What are sacramental buds used for?

Used as the crafting material for Bewitching Branches, and Preserving Boluses, Sacramental Buds are said to be "cultivated with youthful, sacramental blood."

What's up with the constant connection to Malenia and Miquella? Beyond simply the implication of youth, these buds appear in areas relevant to each character. However, they're infrequent in the places they presently inhabit; Mohgwyhn Palace, and the Haligtree.

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Elden Ring features a plethora of resources that are scattered throughout the regions of Lands Between. Sacramental Bud is one of these resources that can be used as a Crafting material. While it is a farmable crafting material, it does not respawn after resting at a Site of Grace. But they are extremely rare to find. Hence, finding and tracking them down can be a bit difficult. Not to worry, we have compiled all the locations and the enemies that drop these buds. So, here’s our guide on where to find Sacramental Bud in Elden Ring.

Where to Find Sacramental Bud in Elden Ring

Mentioned below are all the locations where you can find the Sacramental Buds

Altus Plateau

You can find 11 buds around the Writheblood Ruins located to the north of Mirage Rise. You can find 9 inside the ruins and 2 buds in the southeast direction.
In addition to that, you can also gather 7 Sacramental buds near the Amber Starlight site of Grace. It is located to the northeast of the Altus Highway Junction site of Grace.

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Mt. Gelmir

You can find over 24 Sacramental Buds scattered around this region.

Starting from the ninth Mt. Gelmir Site of Grace, pass through the rope bridge and climb down the ladders. Head in the northeast and then to the south direction to find 1 Sacramental Bud.
From that location, you can climb down and head in a southwest direction to find 4 buds.
You can also find 4 Sacramental buds to the northeast of Hermit Village and east of the Corpse-Stench Shack.
As you explore this region further, find 4 buds right outside the western wall of Fort Laeidd.
You can find other 4 Sacramental buds to the north of the entrance of the Wyndham Catacombs.
Lastly, you can find 3 of the buds to the west of First Mt. Gelmir Campsite, the site of Grace.

Leyndell Catacombs

You can find 2 Sacramental Bud near the boss lever in the Catacombs.

Miquella’s Haligtree

You can find 3 of these buds to the southeast of Haligtree Canopy, the site of the Grace.

Caelid

You can find over 15 Sacramental buds near the Church of the Plague at Caelid.

You can find 7 inside the graveyard while 8 outside of this location.
If you have discovered the Southern Aeonia Swamp bank, site of the Grace, fast travel over there to gather more buds.
You can collect 2 of these buds near the corpse sitting on the chair in that location.
In addition to these, you can also find one Sacramental bud to the northeast of Smoldering Wall, the site of Grace.

Mohgwyn Palace

While these are all the locations to find the Sacramental buds, they can also be dropped by certain enemies.

Which Enemies drop Sacramental Buds

If you choose to fight and defeat Millicent upon progressing through her questline, she can drop 5 Sacramental Buds.
Some of the Land Octopuses also drop these buds.
And there are 7 Rotten Strays located in the Writheblood Ruins that drop Sacramental Buds.

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But there’s only a three percent chance that they will drop this material.

What are Sacramental Buds used for?

As mentioned earlier, you can use them for crafting materials.

They can be used to craft Preserving Boluses and Bewitching Branch.
You can use the Preserving Boluses that can cure Scarlet Rot. To craft it, you need 2 Dewkissed Herba, and 1 Crystal Cave moss, along with the Sacramental bud.
On the other hand, you can use the Bewitching branch to switch an enemy into an ally temporarily. But you will also need Fevor’s Cookbook and one Miquella’s Lily to craft it.

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Elden Ring’s crafting index is so vast, that you will have to scavenge for various materials along the way. In this guide, we will see where to locate some Sacramental Buds in Elden Ring and their uses.

Some materials are quite rare to find. It will take a lot of time to scavenge for these. Here we will see where to locate some Sacramental Bud in Elden Ring and its uses.

Sacramental Bud is a material that is used in crafting the Preserving Boluses and the Bewitching Branch. Preserving Boluses are used to cure rot and alleviate the Scarlet Rot status effect. Bewitching Branch is used to charm any pierced enemy into an ally by using up FP. Both these items can be crafted by getting the respective cookbook, namely Fevor’s Cookbook [3] and Armorer’s Cookbook [6].

To find Sacramental Bud, you will have to venture into Caelid. There are two locations where to can find these. You can check the Church of Plague that is south-east of the Dragonbarrow West’s Site of Grace. You can also go there by heading southwest from the Minor Erdtree area. The cemetery next to the Church also houses some Sacramental Buds

If you have Mount Gelmir region unlocked, you can find it on an adjacent cliff to where the Nomadic Merchant is sitting.

To identify Sacramental Buds, you will have to look out for any plant that has a white-ish stalk and has a red colored bud on top that looks like it’s filled with blood. You can easily spot it in the dark because of its slight glow.

That’s all there is to know about where to locate Sacramental Buds and its use in Elden Ring. If you liked this guide you can check out our other guides as well.