Leaping before looking can get you killed in the Lands Between, despite lots of players trying to trick you into doing so with their message. With Elden Ring's addition of a vast open world and considerably more vertical navigation, it's reasonable to expect some fall damage at times, but that damage need not be fatal and you can actually survive pretty big drops compared to Dark Souls. There is a method to test whether or not you can survive a fall, and it's easier than you may think. As a matter of fact, all it takes is one easily obtainable little item you may have completely overlooked: Rainbow Stones. Here's all you need to know about this abundant but largely unexplained item.

Using Rainbow Stones to test for fall damage

　　Dropping a Rainbow Stone off a cliff or other height can test whether or not you'll die from making that same fall. If it breaks upon hitting the ground below you, you'll know that you'll perish from taking the leap, too. But if it lands and illuminates the area around it, you'll know you'll be able to safely descend.

　　Rainbow Stone

How to get Rainbow Stones

　　Crafting Rainbow Stones takes only a single Ruin Fragment. This crafting material is generously scattered across the many fallen ruins in the open world. You can rest at nearby Sites of Grace and farm as many of them as necessary to make plenty of Rainbow Stones, though you can only carry up to 99 at a time. If you craft more than that, they'll be sent to your storage box.

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