When Elden Ring first launched, the Mimic Tear was arguably the best of the NPC spirit ashes—a twin with your exact selection of weapons, spells, and armor, meaning they could heal themselves, and help you double up on applying statuses like bleed or frost. The Mimic Tear was so good, that bringing a fully upgraded Mimic became the go-to tactic for any number of tough bosses.
Understandably, the Mimic Tear was nerfed, though, as part of Elden Ring’s first patch, along with some other extremely powerful items and skills like the Moonveil Katana and the Hoarfrost Stomp.
Still, it’s fun to roll through bosses with your very own doppelganger, and it still allows you to double up on frost or bleed buildup in a way that few of the other ash NPCs allow. In this Mimic Tear guide, I’ll explain where to find your long lost lookalike, though be warned, you’ll need a Stonesword Key for this one.
Mimic Tear spirit ash location: Nokron, Eternal City
To get to the Mimic Tear ashes, you’ll want to have the Night’s Sacred Ground Site of Grace unlocked. If you don’t already, you’re in for a bit of a journey, so buckle up.
The short version is that you’ll need to begin the Ranni quest, fight one of the trickier Elden Ring bosses: Starscourge Radahn, and then head into Nokron, Eternal City by venturing deep into the earth near For Haight West. Assuming you’ve done all that, carry on your merry way through Nokron.
Appropriately, you’ll have to fight a clone of your character as a boss to progress through this area. After defeating your twin, continue making your way clockwise and downwards along the rooftops of Nokron until you reach the Ancestral Woods site of grace. You’re close now, and you’ll need to do some additional parkour to reach the final destination.
Head southwest and downwards by way of more rooftops, ledges, and balconies. After you find a rooftop courtyard, head east across another ledge, a broken arch, and then through a window into a chapel. You’ve made it! You did bring a Stonesword Key, right? Unlock the fog wall in this chapel by using a key on the Imp Statue nearby and kill the last, unaware enemy standing between you and the chest containing those spirit ashes.
This walkthrough below by Gaming With Abyss does a great job of showing the speedy path through Nokron to the chapel.
