wikipedia posted:

Elden Ring is an upcoming action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game is a collaborative effort between game director Hidetaka Miyazaki and fantasy novelist George R. R. Martin, and is scheduled to be released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on February 25, 2022.

Elden Ring takes place in the realm of the Lands Between, sometime after the destruction of the titular Elden Ring and the scattering of its shards, the Great Runes. Once graced by the Ring and the Erdtree which symbolizes its presence, the realm is now ruled over by the demigod offspring of Queen Marika the Eternal, each possessing a shard of the Ring that corrupts and taints them with power. As a Tarnished — exiles from the Lands Between who lost the Ring's grace — summoned back after the Shattering, players must traverse the realm to ultimately find all the Great Runes, restore the Elden Ring, and become the Elden Lord.

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Sockser posted:

Me, running into a big gently caress-off field boss dragon in my path to cooler poo poo:

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Kaiju15 posted:

Finally managed to get my screenshots off the ps5.

YoshiOfYellow posted:

Oh and can't forget my best ally:

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Takes No Damage posted:

*reads posts about fighting birds with swords for legs*

deep dish peat moss posted:

This may have already been posted itt but lol

Oxxidation posted:

minor spoilers throughout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6MW-qdNoYA

boop the snoot posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBGSrxyhCMs

Stick Figure Mafia posted:

https://i.imgur.com/jTgtCQH.mp4

RPATDO_LAMD posted:

You can see exactly where the map pickup is, there's an tower-like icon in each unrevealed section of the map that shows where to find it.

e: it looks like this

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

So that list of sites of grace you can bring up? Turns out it has a check mark system so you can check off dungeons or areas you’ve completed.

RPATDO_LAMD posted:

The first password is for co-op matchmaking, the 5 below it are for messages and bloodstains (this is where you should put LLJK).
Passwords don't affect invasions at all, although the co-op password probably affects red summon signs.

drunken officeparty posted:

What are the small obelisk looking things I see everywhere

SKULL.GIF posted:

They enable using summoning ashes

I was wondering that for the longest time myself too. I was half convinced it was lore-related

hazardousmouse posted:

I haven't monkied with ashes of war yet, I can't imagine they're consumed when you apply them?

Filthy Monkey posted:

Not consumed. Swap them in and out to your heart's content.

Propaganda Hour posted:

Can we put this at the top of the OP? Because for my first 20 hours I thought they were consumed. It wasn't until I found my first duplication material that I understood that you only need to duplicate ash if you want to apply the same ability to multiple weapons.

deep dish peat moss posted:

I strongly recommend following these starting steps for new players, this will unlock your mount, ashes of war, and spirit summoning right away, and those 3 things enable a whole lot more progress. Spoiled for the sake of anyone who wants to go in blind but I don't recommend it for these 3 early things.


1) from the starting area, proceed forward until you get to a boss fight. You need to either die or win the fight, either one.

2) after the fight you'll be in a new area. There is a ghost sitting in a chair next to a hole in the ground. Jump in that hole if you would like to do the tutorial, otherwise leave through the other door in the room.

3) light the bonfire outside. Look around and you'll see a church. Head to that church next, don't fight the big horseback man yet.

4) at the church talk to the vendor and light the bonfire. This vendor sells the crafting kit for 300 runes and a torch for 100 runes. You want to buy them both. There is also a blacksmith's anvil at the Church, approaching and looting it opens up weapon upgrading.

4) to the northwest ish side of the church is a series of high cliffs/precipices you can climb. Climb to the top and interact with the statue.

5) go to the location the statue points you toward to find a catacomb. Clear the boss of that catacomb.

6) return to any bonfire and rest. An npc should appear to give you your mount. If not, just run around for a while, find new bonfires, kill things, whatever - until you trigger the mount scene at a bonfire.

7) go back to the church bonfire and there should be a new npc there. Rest if they don't show up. if it doesn't seem to trigger, explore for a bit again and make sure you run around on your horse, then come back to the church. When the npc is there, talk to them to receive the ability to use spirit summons

8) Proceed up the road to the north from the church until you get to the Gate Ruins. Clear it and look for stairs leading down into the ground. Go down the stairs and open the treasure chest to get the final piece of the puzzle here, the item that lets you equip ashes of war.

Mailer posted:

Don't know if this is in the OP, but exhaust all dialog from everyone. There are so many quest chains I've missed just because I didn't mash the Talk option. D showed up for a couple of visits then permanently hosed off so that's an entire chain I'll never see until a replay happens.

Azran posted:

Dunno if this has been shared already but there's a lot of stuff that's entirely new to Elden Ring and I had no idea even existed after like 50 hours. Some standouts:

-You can use your left handed weapon on a horse by pressing the two handed input
-You can keep your shield up while backstepping
-You can't accidentally fall to your death while on an attack chain
-Weather affects lightning and fire damage
-Golden leaves means you get extra runes from killing stuff
-Stone miners explode if they get lit on fire

amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg_hveDzzvo

deep dish peat moss posted:

General tips I picked up, filtering out all of the general souls-series tips:

The following key items can be found right at the start of the game, don't go past the 3rd bonfire without them:
The horse
Whetstone Knife allowing you to use weapon arts
Torch, Crafting Kit, Telescope (from a merchant)

Return to the first few campfires after you make "some progress" and try resting at them. This unlocks the ability to summon NPC spirits

You can get an early 100% physical block shield from the guards in the early ruins as a random drop

Thanks to the open world you can cheese a lot of fights by backstabbing an enemy, running until it drops aggro, then returning to backstab them again (hey it's Sekiro!)

Equip weight doesn't matter on horse so you can min/max powergame by equipping your heaviest armor when mounting up

Buy Stonesward Key whenever you see it, it's the equivalent of DS2's stones of pharros

Catacombs contain (loot type spoilers) Spirit Ashes and Spirit Ash upgrade materials
Caves and Mines contain (loot types) special equipment and ore for upgrading gear
Towers contain magic and equipment for mages as well as spell attunement slots

Collect every gesture you see because some puzzles require them

The phrase "something guides the way" means there is an invisible platform nearby

Militia Camps, Forts, etc - everything you see, contains good loot, so don't just ride past everything. But also feel free to bypass everything you can't handle yet and come back later.

you can't respec until after a late-game boss and this video recommends focusing your stats and NOT going for a quality build but I'm still going for a quality build

Upgrade materials are not rare

Red Mundus posted:

If anyone is like me and hates how dodge works based on button release and not button press I've found a way to fix it if using Steam.

First click Controller Configuration on your Elden Ring library page. Then follow the images below.








This will still let you sprint but you will dodge first before sprinting so be careful. This basically turns it into Sekiro's sprinting if you've ever played that.

Let me know if this breaks something. I've been using it for awhile and no problems so far.

Vakal posted:

I hope Martin's entire contribution to the plot was just scrawling hollowed ashen tarnished on a pizza grease stained napkin.

porfiria posted:

Is this the ending to Game of Thrones?

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Ghislaine of YOSPOS posted:

I'm kinda annoyed at how dark soulsy it looked. write one game that doesn't involve a curse from soft. One!!

VideoGames posted:

I want to know what is with that floor with the face the character is walking up the ladder away from.

Fair Bear Maiden posted:

They've been doing it since they started as a company. They won't stop now.