To change your name in Elden Ring, travel to Roundtable Hold, enter Fia’s room, and use the Clouded Mirror Stand — the cosmetics menu lets you rename your Tarnished completely free, as many times as you like, with no Larval Tear needed. The whole job takes under a minute once you know where the mirror hides. If you need a new name first, start with our best Elden Ring names list before you fast-travel.
Step by Step: Rename at the Clouded Mirror Stand
Step 1: Rest at any Site of Grace and fast-travel to Roundtable Hold. Step 2: Walk to Fia’s room — the side room where Fia, the Deathbed Companion, sits on the bed. Step 3: Interact with the Clouded Mirror Stand beside the bed to open the cosmetics menu. Step 4: Select the name field, type your new name, and confirm. Step 5: Exit the menu — your new name applies immediately to summon signs, invasions and messages.
That is genuinely all of it. The mirror is a full character editor for appearance, voice and name, which is why so many players walk past it for 80 hours without noticing. More naming help and generators live on Stylish Nickname Maker.
Rename vs Respec: Do Not Waste a Larval Tear
Players constantly confuse two different systems. Renaming and appearance changes happen at the Clouded Mirror Stand and cost nothing, forever. Respeccing your stats happens with Rennala at the Academy of Raya Lucaria and costs one Larval Tear per respec. If all you want is a new name, never hand Rennala a tear. Larval Tears are limited per playthrough, while mirror visits are unlimited — rename on a whim before every new build, area or invasion session.
Names Worth Switching To
Short on inspiration at the mirror? These ready-made Tarnished names cover the main build vibes — full lists with epithets are in our name guides:
By Build Vibe
- Strength: Gorefang Ashworth
- Strength: Cinderlord Bram
- Dexterity: Kaelith Thorn
- Dexterity: Voss the Quick
- Intelligence: Oriana Starweaver
- Intelligence: Morvain the Pale
- Faith: Sister Aurelia Dawn
- Faith: Cassian the Oathbound
- Arcane and Bleed: Severa Nightveil
- Arcane and Bleed: Rivers of Dread
- Rot builds: Rotmother Selene
- Rot builds: The Festering Saint
- Frenzy builds: Vessel of Frenzy
- Frenzy builds: Chaos Herald Vaath
- Funny switch: Bonk Enjoyer
- Funny switch: Zero Vigor Andy
- Funny switch: Panic Roll Paul
- Funny switch: Let Me Solo Her Intern
- One-word legend: Grief
- One-word legend: Eclipse
- One-word legend: Ruin
- One-word legend: Ashfall
- Knightly: Ser Roland Ashworth
- Knightly: Lady Elianne
- Knightly: Gareth Dawnshield
- Knightly: Isolde Marigold
- Grim: Malachar the Hollow
- Grim: Dame Ysolde
- Grim: Aldric Graveborn
- Grim: Havelock Grimm
- Eerie: Threnos the Weeping
- Eerie: Pale Wyrm Oswald
- Eerie: Mother of Scars
- Eerie: Ulcerated Bram
- Invader menace: Gravewalker
- Invader menace: Duskbane
- Invader menace: Ironwraith
- Invader menace: Voidherald
- Co-op helper: Rowan Brightshield
- Co-op helper: Seraphine Valorian
Prefer comedy for your next run? Our funny Elden Ring names has 42 more, and the random nickname generator plus League of Legends name generator are handy for spinning unexpected core names to test in the mirror.
Troubleshooting: Name Too Long or Not Saving?
The name field is short, so test long names in the mirror menu — if your epic title clips, shorten the epithet first (“the Hollow” survives, whole sentences do not). If a name will not accept certain characters, simplify to plain letters and spaces, which always work. Progress is not at risk: renaming never resets stats, gear or questlines — it is pure cosmetics, exactly like changing your face at the same mirror.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where exactly is the Clouded Mirror Stand?
Inside Fia’s room at Roundtable Hold, next to her bed. Interact with it to open the cosmetics menu, where the name field sits alongside appearance options.
Does renaming cost a Larval Tear?
No. Renaming is free and unlimited at the mirror. Larval Tears are only for respeccing your stats with Rennala at Raya Lucaria — a completely separate system.
How many times can I change my name in Elden Ring?
As many times as you like. There is no cost, no cooldown and no item required — just return to the Clouded Mirror Stand whenever you want a new identity.
Will my new name show in multiplayer?
Yes. Your character name appears on summon signs, in invasions and on messages (subject to your online display settings), so your rename takes effect everywhere immediately.
