ELDEN RING |OT| A Song of Grace and Gold

[Tophat Jones]

The Liurnia swamp is a lot.. and either I'm unlucky, or they are really stingy with the Sites of Grace. Rode Torrent all around looking for one. Is this still a richly designed area filled with secrets and things to explore? Or should I just burn past it? Definitely not as inviting as Limgrave, lol.

 

[Morrigan]

I'm actually curious how fans who were against the inclusion of any form of journal prior to release, feel about it now that they've played the game. @Morrigan ?

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I have a google doc of my own notes and it's GREAT

I wouldn't want an in-game journal because then it would spoil me on what's important and what isn't

 

[Yu Narukami]

I looked at a map and after 25 hours I haven't even done a third of the game. 😹

 

[Kain-Nosgoth]

There is an EXTREMELY SUBSTANTIAL rooftop path that covers a ton of the academy grounds, yeah. I can't remember where the entrance is but it's a LONG path and it has a ton of items in it, including the extra glintstone key Thops asked you to find for him.

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that's still the same path we were talking about before, haha

sorry to bother you with this, i'm getting crazy, can't find at all where it could be

 

[Kiro]

PSA: If you are missing a map piece, on the incomplete map there is often a tiny red pillar symbol. That is where you acquire the map piece.

It isn't on all of them, but most of the beginning ones it is there. Made it a lot easier to get map pieces.

 

[Hippopuncher12]

It's funny, I tried to do that and he just rode the elevator up and WAITED FOR ME patiently at the top.

I gotta lure him better, clearly.

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Just jump off as it's going up, he will follow and he will die. So will you, but so will he and you still get his drop.

 

[NotVeryFriendly]

I'm actually curious how fans who were against the inclusion of any form of journal prior to release, feel about it now that they've played the game. Morrigan ?

I for one do wish I could at least have a conversation log that just keeps a history of everything someone has said to me or what note I picked up. It's hard remembering everything everyone has said or wants from me.

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I didn't follow the game pre-release, but at least post release I'm massively in favour of it not choosing to include a journal.

For me there's two advantages; the lack of one puts more pressure on using the map markers, and in some cases it also pushes you towards dealing with the elements of a quest now (while you remember) rather than leaving it in a backlog until later (since you won't forget).

In most games I don't believe this would work, but for the Souls games I think it works well.

 

[99humanity]

A cool mod for the PC version could be an in-game text editor for taking notes. I know we can alt tab but I feel like HDR freaks the fuck out on PC when I do that for some reason

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Yeah also if I change my volume, a windows overlay pops up and my colors are all messed up for a second

The game is super saturated with HDR. It looks amazing - I was shocked looking at a screenshot I took because it's not HDR - the colors are SO much more dull that it looks like a different game. I feel like... it doesn't actually look like that in game with non HDR lol. Something going on there

 

[jett]

If I unenchant a weapon after applying an ash of war to it do I get the ash of war back or is it lost forever?

 

[super-famicom]

If I unenchant a weapon after applying an ash of war to it do I get ash of war back or is it lost forever?

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You don't lose the Ashes of War. They're always in your inventory.

 

[Kain-Nosgoth]

If I unenchant a weapon after applying an ash of war to it do I get the ash of war back or is it lost forever?

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ashes of war are never lost, you can equip and unequipped them however you want

 

[jett]

You don't lose the Ashes of War. They're always in your inventory.

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ashes of war are never lost, you can equip and unequipped them however you want

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holy shit this game does such an AWFUL job at explaining this.

 

[Bessy67]

If I unenchant a weapon after applying an ash of war to it do I get the ash of war back or is it lost forever?

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The only ashes of war you can lose are the ones that come naturally on the weapon. If you overwrite the original and don't have that ash of war in your inventory you can't get it back.

 

[Martinski]

Damn i just rolled over

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Astel the weird space bug

With Mimic Tear +10, that ashen summon is OP as hell.

 

[benj]

yeah, having played im only more enthusiastic about the game not having a journal—the one I'm keeping has added to my enjoyment a lot

 

[SpaceSong]

holy shit this game does such an AWFUL job at explaining this.

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It pops up a tutorial and explains it. There's a back log of tutorials in your inventory you can read.

 

[DanteMenethil]

Im getting a bit stressed trying to remember all my active npc quests stages. I really should have took notes lmao. At first I really like the no quest log aspect now not so sure.

 

[Sande]

That frostbite axe (forgot the name or where to get it) is fucking nuts. The art one shots some groups of enemies for like 10 FP.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

that's still the same path we were talking about before, haha

sorry to bother you with this, i'm getting crazy, can't find at all where it could be

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I'm pretty sure it's one of the branches on the rooftop path. Like I said there's a LOT of them.

 

[jett]

The only ashes of war you can lose are the ones that come naturally on the weapon. If you overwrite the original and don't have that ash of war in your inventory you can't get it back.

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Ah this is good to know. Wish I could experiment with this game's systems without worrying about it autosaving.

 

[Linus815]

I'm actually curious how fans who were against the inclusion of any form of journal prior to release, feel about it now that they've played the game. Morrigan ?

I for one do wish I could at least have a conversation log that just keeps a history of everything someone has said to me or what note I picked up. It's hard remembering everything everyone has said or wants from me.



I slightly disagree, I try to avoid guides when I can but part of the reason I love these games is the community and learning from guides and contributing my own input. It's also why the note system is great. Right now got a 50+ rated message just warning folks about a pretty nasty ambush.

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genuienly think that if it wasnt for that jason tweet, barely anyone would think of even keeping an actual journal.

it just seems like the kind of busy work that i dont want to do during playing, so i made peace with the fact that ill miss out on a bunch of stuff because i dont really remember my npc encounters 25 gameplay hours ago.

 

[Kiro]

For some of the quests, do I HAVE to summon the NPC? Or can I do the fight solo, and that NPC's quest will still continue? I don't really want help on the bosses, but don't want to miss quests either.

 

[Ponchito]

Is there an Era Elden Ring Discord server?

 

[Jimmy Shedders]

PlanetSmasher super-famicom Ace, thanks both!

Sat here at work and already planning out what I want to do in my next session - Can't remember the last time I've done that with a game!

 

[Diogo Arez]

four enemy dogs are harder than sword saint isshin.

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I actually find them easy enough with guard counters, I hate the ants tho

 

[Cloud_Strife]

Is Morgott the omen king the final boss?

 

[toastyToast]

I don't know why but certain weapons just feel shorter than they used to. I'm using the scimitar at the moment and I get an opening like "aw yeah" and just miss a bunch of it. Gotta be right up in the boss' ass. This is the first Souls game where I feel like such a terrible judge of distance

 

[Dark Knight]

Do bosses scale(HP amount) based on how many cooperators are fighting it?

 

[Recreate]

Finding it really hard to jump back into this game since the weekend. Not because I don't want to but works stacking up atm. Been working 55-60 hours a week this year and I feel like elden ring needs a good 3 or 4 hour session at a time. Guess I'll be waiting until the weekend

 

[pixxelz]

You can find it here in the middle of some enemies.

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sweet thanks

I saw him perched on top of

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ruins in the mistwood. You'll hear howling when you're close.

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Head to Mistwood Ruins, then use the emote when prompted.

Then he shows up outside of Darriwil's Evergaol, regardless of whether or not you've already beaten Darriwil. Talk to him there and then you have to wait a while to see him again.

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Welp I still can't find him, maybe I did something wrong

 

[99humanity]

Do bosses scale(HP amount) based on how many cooperators are fighting it?

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yes

 

[Shyranui]

Patches is giving me good intel!? Yeah, sure... I await the backstab

 

[Diogo Arez]

Today and tomorrow I can only play one hour or so and it's driving me insane, I just want to keep playing.

 

[CesareNorrez]

It pops up a tutorial and explains it. There's a back log of tutorials in your inventory you can read.

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I think one of the best pieces of advice is to make sure you read and understand all the information the game presents to you (read it out loud to yourself, even). Go in to your inventory and read about new items, including the different views they offer. Check explanations of all the different parts of the menu. Listen to what the characters have to says and speak to them multiple times. Just mashing through menus will leave you with blindspots.

 

[xyla]

Do I have to type in the multiplayer and group PW every time I restart the game?

 

[ak1287]

holy shit this game does such an AWFUL job at explaining this.

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Not really.

 

[TooBusyLookinGud]

holy shit this game does such an AWFUL job at explaining this.

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You didn't get the tutorial box?

 

[Sande]

The game is super saturated with HDR. It looks amazing - I was shocked looking at a screenshot I took because it's not HDR - the colors are SO much more dull that it looks like a different game. I feel like... it doesn't actually look like that in game with non HDR lol. Something going on there

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In my understanding it's completely normal that HDR footage looks off without HDR, it doesn't just "scale down" to look like standard non-HDR.

 

[Gouty]

Can anyone tell me the name of the enemy (not a boss) that's a humanoid robot with multiple arms that rapid fires arrows and spins its arms around with swords?

 

[bill crystals]

Not really.

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It does an awful job at explaining literally everything lol, it's kind of part of the charm.

 

[JMY86]

I am 50+ hours into this game and I still feel like I have hardly scratched the surface.

 

[Tidalwaves]

Is there anywhere that shows what upgrading the ash summons actually does? It feels like I'm wasting resources without seeing hard stats. Super frustrating.

 

[Kromeo]

I tried to go to Caelid but the invader by the entrance killed me in one hit so I guess this is an area for later

 

[DanteMenethil]

Not really.

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The ingame tutorial does not make it clear at all if they were consumed in the process or not. I had the same exact confusion as him when I started and I take the time to fully read every tutorial text window.

 

[DarthWalden]

How much exploration Is it encouraged?

Like I started exploring all the south and south east portion of the map and was having a good time before realizing that maybe I'll be forced to return back here at some point. I found a tree with an elevator and went to some underworld that was super pretty but also the enemies were super difficult so I just assumed I had veered too far off the beaten path. I tried to fight Margit but he was too difficult for me and I just want to keep exploring.

The thing Im worried about is im going to spend all this time "exploring" and then be forced to come back to that portion of the game later for questing but maybe those worries are baseless and Im intended to just explore.

 

[Metroidvania]

It pops up a tutorial and explains it. There's a back log of tutorials in your inventory you can read.

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I would have sworn that somewhere along the line the game either says, or strongly implies, that after use, the war artes are lost if you unenchant them, as if they were consumables.

I had to google to make sure that wasn't the case.

 

[En-ou]

Nah you're right, this game is terrible for dodging. I wish you could play it like Bloodborne, but you can't.

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I've had no issues fighting Crucible K, Margit and Fallenstar Beast close range and dodging most of their attacks. Playing on PC with wired X1 controller.

 

[Wiibomb]

The Liurnia swamp is a lot.. and either I'm unlucky, or they are really stingy with the Sites of Grace. Rode Torrent all around looking for one. Is this still a richly designed area filled with secrets and things to explore? Or should I just burn past it? Definitely not as inviting as Limgrave, lol.

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in my experience, and if I'm wrong may be someone can correct me, there is not much on the swamp itself, there is more on the edges, on the actually ground parts of the area. Still the swamp itself has some secrets, including a NPC questline I found, but not may bosses.

also there is a good amount of graces around there as well, I think you need to check a bit more.

 

[Mathmarauder]

Does anyone know if it's possible to farm grave glovewarts? The wiki makes it sound like they are static in the world. I want to upgrade my spirits but I'm afraid I won't have enough materials to upgrade a better spirit later.

 

[bill crystals]

The game is super saturated with HDR. It looks amazing - I was shocked looking at a screenshot I took because it's not HDR - the colors are SO much more dull that it looks like a different game. I feel like... it doesn't actually look like that in game with non HDR lol. Something going on there

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The HDR is incredible. The game's graphical fidelity is really great, but it's not exactly mindblowing in this day and age IMO. But that HDR really adds an extra bit of something and it ends up looking really special at times. Really love how dark the caves get, then any time a light source pops off the HDR contrast is just super eye catching. Great looking game.