Players looking to deal some additional damage to the massive roaming fire-based enemies sprinkled throughout the Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC will definitely want to get their hands on Hefty Furnace Pots. These useful throwable items will deal hefty damage to the massive Furnaces patrolling the many areas of the Elden Ring DLC and can also be used to "wake up" one particular Furnace from its resting spot, allowing players to access a hidden area behind the behemoth creature.
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Although players are free to craft Hefty Furnace Pots, they'll first need to find the appropriate Cookbook to unlock the recipe, and then they'll need to ensure they have the correct materials. Thankfully, grabbing the necessary items and the recipe book isn't too difficult if players know where to look. Here's how to find and use Hefty Furnace Pots in the Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
Updated July 26, 2024 by Erik Petrovich: One of the best new crafting recipes in the Elden Ring DLC is the Hefty Furnace Pot. There are a lot of new consumable and throwable Pot-type items in Shadow of the Erdtree, but Hefty Furnace Pot might be the most useful. This is because it can be used to decimate Furnace Golems in the Realm of Shadow, but only if you know how to aim them correctly. Otherwise, one risks wasting a limited resource, necessary to create Hefty Furnace Pots in the first place. This guide has been updated to include more details on how to make Hefty Furnace Pots in Shadow of the Erdtree, Hefty Furnace Pot throwing tips, and what specifically you can do to guarantee immense damage against Furnace Golem enemies with this new Pot weapon.
How To Find The Hefty Furnace Pot Recipe In The Elden Ring DLC
Thankfully, grabbing the Hefty Furnace Pot recipe is pretty easy and can be done from the start of the Elden Ring DLC without having to go through any major bosses. To unlock the 
Hefty Furnace Pot recipe, players need to get their hands on the Greater Potentate's Cookbook [2]. This particular cookbook is found in Run-Down Traveler's Rest, a small dilapidated shack that's found just below the Ellac Greatbridge.
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From the beginning of the DLC, head north toward the Three-Path Cross Site of Grace, picking up the Scorched Ruins Site of Grace and the Gravesite Plain map fragment on the way to this central location. Once you meet Freyja and Hornsent, head northeast toward the Ellac Greatbridge, but don't cross it quite yet.
Instead, head to the left of the bridge, and look for a way down. You should see a small Shack on the cliff outcropping below the bridge. To get the Greater Potentate's Cookbook [2], look on a body resting against the back of the shack itself.
Picking up the Greater Potentate's Cookbook [2] will unlock access to the Hefty Furnace Pot in the crafting menu. You don't need to interact with the Cookbook to learn the recipe, the Hefty Furnace Pot recipe should automatically appear in your crafting menu upon being acquired.
How To Craft Hefty Furnace Pots In The Elden Ring DLC
Hefty Furnace Pots are relatively easy to make, but require one important ingredient: Furnace Visage. Furnace Visage are very rare, and can only be acquired in limited number in the DLC, which makes it important to ration and plan carefully when you want to use a Hefty Furnace Pot in Shadow of the Erdtree.
To make Hefty Furnace Pot, players must collect and combine the following ingredients:
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2 x
Redflesh Mushroom
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2 x
Ember of Messmer
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1 x
Furnace Visage
It's also important to note that players will need a 
Hefty Cracked Pot to work as a holder when creating these Hefty Furnace Pot. Players will be able to create and hold a Hefty Furnace Pot for each Hefty Cracked Pot they have in their inventory. These Hefty Cracked Pots are found all over the Elden Ring DLC in an array of areas.
Redflesh Mushroom can be gathered from spots all over the Land of Shadow. Ember of Messmer are a bit harder to find and are mainly gathered in Scadu Atlas. Furnace Visage can be gathered from the Furnace Golem enemies and can also be found on the body of defeated ones across the Land of Shadow.
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How To Use Hefty Furnace Pots In The Elden Ring DLC
Players can use Hefty Furnace Pots by equipping them into their inventory and then accessing them as they would a Flask or any other item. Accessing them this way will cause the player to throw them, and the distance they're thrown can be increased by tilting the camera upward.
Unfortunately, there isn't much in the way of "aiming" these items so players will need to use trial and error to understand how they work. They always have an arc that goes a little above the center of the screen, so depending on how high you aim, you can alter its distance. If you lock onto an enemy and throw this, you will typically throw it at their feet, and this is not recommended for Furnace Golems specifically.
Hefty Furnace Pots will do decent damage to enemies but they really shine when used against the towering Furnace Golems that prowl the Land of Shadow. Tossing one of these items and landing it in the "basket" of the Furnace Golem will do immense damage to them. You can throw a Furnace Pot into a Furnace Golem's basket when standing on a platform above it (only in certain areas), or after knocking it down and running to its head to toss one into its basket while its stunned.
These items can also be used to "wake" a Furnace Golem up, such as the one that is sitting in front of the Ruins of Unte near the Castle Watering Hole Site of Grace. Waking this golem up will allow players to access the hidden area behind it.
Elden Ring
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 95 /100 Critics Rec: 98%
- Released
- February 25, 2022
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
- Developer(s)
- From Software
- Publisher(s)
- Bandai Namco Entertainment, From Software
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ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. And BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin. Danger and discovery lurk around every corner in FromSoftware’s largest game to date. Hidetaka Miyazaki - President and Game Director of FromSoftware Inc. Known for directing critically-acclaimed games in beloved franchises including Armored Core and Dark Souls.
George R.R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X
