How to Find Mimic Tear Ashes in Elden Ring

Last Updated on: 23 March, 2024 | 1:04 PM

Elden Ring brings players to an alien world called Lands Between where players begin their journey by exploring different regions and defeating multiple challenging bosses. It indeed sounds tough, but it is tougher when you take on the challenge to complete the game. Tarnished journey to become the Elden Lord if full of dangers and mysteries. Therefore, the first thing players need to focus on during their journey is that they are always prepared with the best weapons, incantations, and summons.

Summons are called Spirit Ashes in the game and Elden Ring has several Spirit Ashes to acquire and use. Different situations call for different summons. However, as a Spirit Ash, Mimic Tear has surpassed every other of the category in popularity and effectiveness in taking down challenging enemies. Therefore, if you are trying to get your Mimic Tear summon, but haven’t yet received it, this guide will help you gather every necessary information about finding Mimic Tear Ashes in the Elden Ring.

Before we proceed to the acquiring process of Mimic Tear, first, let’s check the effects of the Spirit Ash to make sure whether the effort you put into finding it will be worth it or not.

Mimic Tear Effects in Elden Ring- What Does It Do?

mimic tear ashes elden ring — Mimic Tear Stats in Elden Ring

Every Spirit Ash works similarly in the game. If you acquire and equip it for a fight, you can summon a specific spirit with some unique abilities at any point of the fight to help you deal with the enemy. Generally Spirit Ashes summon a specific character or creature, but Mimic Tear is different as this is the only Spirit Ash that summons an exact copy of Tarnished.

It will be an exact manifestation of the player character, with all the weapons and equipment. Mimic Tear doesn’t have any particular ability of its own. Instead, it will use the weapon and equipment the player has been using. Once you summon a Mimic Tear, it will spawn with the same build, armor, and weapons as the player. However, it will fight on its own. In this case, it won’t follow the summoner. Basically, it is the AI companion of the player that helps them fight powerful enemies by dealing heavy damage or sometimes distracting them.

The best part of summoning a Mimic Tear is that players won’t lose FP. Most Spirit Ashes use FP for summon, but Mimic Tear differs here as well. If you summon a Mimic Tear it will instead use HP, which is more convenient.

With these points in mind, let’s check out the location of Mimic Tear in the Elden Ring.

Location of Mimic Tear Spirit Ash in Elden Ring- How to Get It?

If you are trying to locate Mimic Tear, let me tell you that this Spirit Ash can’t be found earlier in the game. To get Mimic Tear, players need to progress to a considerable distance and unlock Norkon, Eternal City. This location requires you to progress pretty far and defeat several bosses. To begin the process, players need to reach Norkon, Eternal City, and to do this, they must defeat Starscourage Radahn. Though he is not a mandatory boss of the game, he needs to be defeated if one wants to access Norkon, Eternal City.

This Demi-god is challenging to defeat. The fight may take a few tries to be completed. However, once you are done with him, and have reached your destination, your next target is to access Ancestral Woods Site of Grace. Once you are at the Site of Grace, the Summon will be found in a chest behind an imp statue in the Night’s Sacred Ground zone. However, it is not as easy as it sounds. Instead, players need to defeat a boss to reach the location.

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This boss fight will give you an exact idea of what Mimic Tear summon will do as the boss you need to take down here is Mimic Tear. The moment players cross the Mist Gate, the Mimic Tear boss will spawn with the exact same weapons and equipment of the players. The more powerful weapons and armor players have at the moment of crossing the Mist Gate, the more powerful the boss will become.

The best way to complete the fight faster is to remove your armor and weapons before you cross the Mist Gate. Once you are at the other side, re-equip it and start the fight. If you cross the gate without them, the boss will spawn without any armor and weapon which makes it vulnerable and defenseless. Otherwise, if you are eager to test your skills and the strength of your gear, go for the fight with the fully armored Mimic Tear boss.

Once the fight is over and you have eliminated the boss, keep progressing through the large staircase, cross the bridge and take the left side way. Keep following the left side path and eventually you will find the Site of Grace that you are looking for. There will be the Imp Statue and the chest to give you the Mimic Tear summon.

Mimic Tear Spirit Ash Limitations in Elden Ring

Mimic Tear is one of the best Spirit Ashes of the game for sure, but it still has a few limitations that players need to keep in mind before they use it. Though Mimic Tear replicate all the weapons, equipment, talisman, etc., they can’t use spells and weapon skills, unless they meet the required attribute. Also, even if it can hold two weapons, it will always prioritize the weapon in its right hand.

However, players can handle these problems and use these limitations for advantage. For example, if you want your Mimic Tear to provide you with ranged support, remove all other weapons and equip only powerful incantations. It will help you get ranged support from them.

Try to use fast and powerful weapons. Mimic Tears sometimes can’t understand the timing of an attack. Weapons with fast attack animation will always help in these cases.

Finally, to solve the spell issues, use buffed spells with AoE effects. This effectively solves the problem as your Mimic Tear will also use them.

That’s all you need to know about how to acquire Mimic Tear Spirit Ash in Elden Ring. The process is a bit complicated, but the struggle is worth the effect.