Margit's Shackle is a useful tool to find early in Elden Ring, but it's incredibly easy to miss. Here's how to find it and when to use it.

Margit’s Shackle is a unique and powerful tool found in Murkwater Cave in Elden Ring's starting area of Limgrave. Margit’s Shackle offers several benefits beyond its main use for the boss fight against Margit, the Fell Omen, and it’s worth picking up -- even if you’d rather defeat Margit without any tricks. The shackle isn’t difficult to obtain, but it can be easy to miss if you make a few missteps.

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The item description of Margit's Shackle reads:

A fetish bathed in golden magic. Shackles were used to bind the accursed people called the Omen, and these ones were made to keep a particular Omen under strictest confinement.

Though faint, the Shackles still retain vestiges of power—enough to trap the once-bound Margit on earth, if only for a short time

Updated Dec 6, 2022 by Jeff Brooks: This article was updated to be more in line with current formatting standards.

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You’ll notice another chest in the room after you return. Opening the chest will teleport you away to eastern Limgrave, and Patches will vanish from the cave. You’ll still be able to pursue Patches' quest later on in the game, but make sure to buy anything you want from him before opening the chest.

Margit’s Shackle can be purchased for 5,000 runes. A bit pricey, especially early on in the game, but well worth the purchase if you can swing it.

Margit, the Fell Omen is the first main boss along the golden story path in Elden Ring. Despite being the intro boss, he can put up a pretty tough fight for Soulsborne veterans and newcomers alike, so some players might be on the hunt for any edge they can get. Enter: Margit's Shackle.

During your fight with Margit, The Fell Omen, you can use Margit’s Shackle to stun Margit, providing a few crucial moments to get some extra attacks in, unimpeded.

Margit’s Shackle can only be used twice against Margit and only during his first phase -- so once he pulls out his giant hammer of light, the shackle is no longer helpful.

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While Margit's Shackle can be a blessing during Margit's boss fight, its other applications are arguably even more valuable.

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Jeff (he/him) is an Evergreen Article Editor at DualShockers. He's been writing mini video game reviews for his friends ever since High School. He graduated with his MFA in Popular Fiction, and he's edited a variety of genres ever since -- from fiction novels to scientific articles and everything in between. He hops around between his PS5, Series X, and Switch, always searching for his next favorite video game.