How increase Flask of Crimson Tear charges in Elden Ring Nightreign

Your Flask of Crimson Tears is your primary means of healing in Elder Ring Nightreign. But you start each match with just three charges. To get more, you’ll need to put in some work.

In this Elden Ring Nightreign guide, we’ll explain how to increase Flask of Crimson Tears charges, plus detail some other methods for how you can heal yourself when you run out.

How to increase flask charges in Elden Ring Nightreign

As Flasks of Crimson Tears are your default source of healing (not to mention the most reliable source as well), it’s worth getting as many charges as possible. To increase the number of charges in your flask, you need to visit churches.

According to our testing, three to four churches will spawn every match. When you find a church, interact with the altar inside of it to increase your flask charge by one. 

The upgrade to your Flask of Crimson Tears lasts for the whole match, and you won’t lose them if you die. That, you don’t carry the upgrades over to the next match, which means that visiting churches is a core aspect of Elden Ring Nightreign’s gameplay loop.

While difficult, it’s not impossible to reach all four churches and grab all available upgrades in a match. You can learn all where they usually appear on the map in our guide covering all church locations.

You can only visit churches during the first two nights, and the coming of a new day does not restore upgrades at churches you’ve already visited. Planning out your route to each choice is critical when preparing to face the Nightlord of your run. Our guide on all church locations in Elden Ring Nightreign can help give you an idea of where they’ll appear.

Alternate healing methods in Elden Ring Nightreign

While Flasks of Crimson Tears are the default means of healing in Elden Ring Nightreign, there are many additional methods of healing as well, although you never know whether you will find most of them or not during a match. 

Aside from flasks, your next-best bet for healing during a match of Nightreign is the Site of Grace. When you get close to one, they not only recover your HP and FP, but they also replenish your flask charges. Take advantage of the fact Sites of Grace are marked on your map. If you know how far away the closest Site of Grace is, drinking your last flask, increasing the chances of you staying alive for the journey, is worthwhile.

Beyond Sites of Grace, keep an eye out for relics that add healing effects to your flask. For example, the Delicate Burning Scene relic makes it so your Flask of Crimson Tears also heal allies when you use it.

You can also interact with special glowing fields, which are spread out across the map. Each type of field gives you a different buff. Look for the small field with red flowers to restore some HP.

There are also incantations that will heal you, such as Urgent Heal (heals a small amount of HP) and Erdtree Heal (creates an area-of-effect that recovers HP for you and your allies). You shouldn’t consider relying too much on using these though. You never know if you will find a Finger Seal, the piece of equipment you need to cast incantations — or even better types of seals — and what incantation it will come with.

Passive abilities are also a rare yet extremely potent method of healing. When defeating powerful enemies, a purple sphere appears from which you can pick a reward. It is possible to see abilities that will restore HP when you land attacks on enemies.

Just like incantations, passive abilities are random, so you never know when one is going to appear for you. However, if you get one, a passive ability might be a better pick than a new weapon, so it’s worth paying close attention.

For more Elden Ring Nightreign explainers, here’s the best way to revive teammates, TK, and a list of all church locations.