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General Information
Developer: FromSoftware, Inc.
Publisher: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Release Date: 25 February 2022
Price: $59.99 (US) | £49.99 (UK) | €69.99 (EU)
The Golden Order Has Been Broken
Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
In the Lands Between ruled by Queen Marika the Eternal, the Elden Ring, the source of the Erdtree, has been shattered.
Marika's offspring, demigods all, claimed the shards of the Elden Ring known as the Great Runes, and the mad taint of their newfound strength triggered a war: The Shattering. A war that meant abandonment by the Greater Will.
And now, the guidance of grace will be brought to the Tarnished who were spurned by the grace of gold and exiled from the Lands Between. Ye dead who yet live, your grace long lost, follow the path to the Lands Between the foggy sea to stand before the Elden Ring.
And become the Elden Lord.
A Fractured World
Journey through the Lands Between, a new fantasy world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki (Dark Souls), and George R. R. Martin (Game of Thrones).
In your journey to become the Elden Lord, you will traverse the Lands Between, left utterly devastated by the Shattering. From wide, sweeping landscapes to tight, treacherous dungeons, on foot or by horseback, immerse yourself in a vast, seamless world and FromSoftware's largest to-date.
From the grand fields where your journey begins, mythic creatures prowl the veldts, ineffable horrors lurk in the bogs and marshes, and all manner of soldiers and itinerant warriors are waiting for those who wander unawares. Be weary as you grow as the Tarnished, more fearsome foes will block your path and test your might.
Through Might and Magic
Elden Ring expands upon the Souls formula with new avenues of play. Stealth is now a viable option in avoiding detection and clearing bandit camps with ease.
Summoning the fallen souls of your foes anywhere and at any time to assist you in defeating the toughest of enemies is encouraged.
Sprit Springs litter the landscape to make traversal as seamless as possible as you scale the tallest of mountains on the back of Torrent, your trusty Spirit Steed. This introduction of mounted traversal goes hand in hand with the new mounted combat, adding even more ways for you to approach combat than ever before.
Crafting makes an introduction, with resources gathered in Marika's Domain going towards the creation of new and powerful equipment.
The catacombs of the Lands Between house vast treasures within, reserved only for the most bold of Tarnished.
In the Age of Gods
The Demigods – once members of a royal and noble family have now been reduced to squabbling warlords hellbent on a never-ending conflict, ruling their respective fiefdoms with an iron fist.
Possessing shards of the Elden Ring known as Great Runes, they wield astronomical power at the price of their sanity.
Six legacy dungeons for six mad rulers. Will you be the one to challenge the Demigods & restore the Elden Ring?
Media
Video 1 - Launch Trailer
Video 2 - Overview Trailer
Video 3 - Gameplay Preview
Video 4 - Story Trailer
Video 5 - Gameplay Reveal
OT created by iFirez & vestan
A message from iFirez, one of the OT creators
Well here we are, I honestly didn't think this day would ever come… but before I get into that, let me just say a huge thanks to vestan for letting me in on his OT claim for Elden Ring and letting me go ham on the design and posting this. I really hope you all like the OT, I tried to do something special for this one… as it's my last. Also a big congrats to NightmaresHunter for suggesting the winning title "A Song of Grace and Gold". Which, foolishly, I originally omitted from the initial poll and it was added in later and still came out pretty high in the results and then it took the final voting poll by a good margin. I really appreciated everyone who suggested OT titles and big props to Mifec too, sorry your's missed out.
So with that all said, I guess we get to it, as I mentioned this is my final OT. I've been doing these things for 3 years now, my very first was Anthem, of all things. My goal was always to try to create a detailed thread that felt like an extension of that game's unique world, tone and voice. Whether that be ink and brush strokes with Ghost of Tsushima, colourful child-like postcards with Animal Crossing or loud science fiction with Halo Infinite. I enjoyed every single second of making OTs, I really did. I won't be going anywhere either, I'm sticking around Era, as active as ever. But I feel like there's a lot of creative talent in this community and I hope the claims I would have taken, go instead, to someone passionate about creating high quality, informative OTs for those respective games communities to hang out in - just as I am. My very first OT helped me get a job in the games industry and life is just so very different now than it was in 2019, so it's time for me to step aside before I turn 30 and let some others climb that OT design ladder. I can't wait to see what you all cook up in the future - it has been an honour creating OTs these past few years and of course shout outs to all the usual suspects of talented OT creators who have posted alongside me… but a final thank you to TheMoon for their tireless and often thankless work on the OT claim system and I always appreciated letting me collab with you on the Xenoblade Switch OT, keep up the good work... all of you.
This isn't a goodbye because you'll all see me around, but it is a farewell of sorts - from my OTs.
"Laugh hard. Run fast. Be kind."
"Now rise, Tarnished."
iFirez Previous OTs:
Anthem | The Outer Worlds | Darksiders Genesis | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX | Animal Crossing: New Horizons OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 | Homeworld Franchise | Ghost of Tsushima | Marvel's Avengers | Ghost of Tsushima: Legends | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | Halo Infinite OT1 OT2 | God of War PC | Elden Ring
vestan Previous OTs:
Killer7 PC | Catherine Classic | Dragon's Dogma for Switch | RAGE 2 | Devil May Cry for Switch | KILL la KILL the Game | ASTRAL CHAIN | Borderlands 3 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Red Dead Redemption II PC | Persona 4 Golden PC | DEATH STRANDING PC | Demon's Souls PS5 | No More Heroes III | DEATHLOOP | Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy | Elden Ring
Anthem | The Outer Worlds | Darksiders Genesis | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX | Animal Crossing: New Horizons OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 | Homeworld Franchise | Ghost of Tsushima | Marvel's Avengers | Ghost of Tsushima: Legends | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | Halo Infinite OT1 OT2 | God of War PC | Elden Ring
vestan Previous OTs:
Killer7 PC | Catherine Classic | Dragon's Dogma for Switch | RAGE 2 | Devil May Cry for Switch | KILL la KILL the Game | ASTRAL CHAIN | Borderlands 3 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Red Dead Redemption II PC | Persona 4 Golden PC | DEATH STRANDING PC | Demon's Souls PS5 | No More Heroes III | DEATHLOOP | Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy | Elden Ring
Release times & Countdowns
Xbox, PlayStation & PC (Steam) Pre-loads are all available now.
Console and PC Release/Unlock times:
UK (GMT/UTC):
Consoles: Feb 24, 2022 at 7:00 PM
PC: Feb 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM
Central Europe (CET):
Consoles: Feb 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM
PC: Feb 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM
New Zealand (NZDT):
Consoles: NOW AVAILABLE TO PLAY
PC: Feb 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM
Australia (AEDT):
Consoles: NOW AVAILABLE TO PLAY
PC: Feb 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM
Japan (JST):
Consoles: Feb 24, 2022 at 10:00 AM
PC: Feb 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM
Eastern US (ET):
Consoles: Feb 25, 2022 at 12:00 AM
PC: Feb 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM
Central US (CT):
Consoles: Feb 25, 2022 at 12:00 AM
PC: Feb 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM
West Coast US (PT):
Consoles: Feb 25, 2022 at 12:00 AM
PC: Feb 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM
This annoys the hell out of me even more when I can't get through a door 😂
you don't have the right, O you don't have the right
therefore you don't have the right, O you don't have the right
therefore you don't have the right, O you don't have the right
Hello.
Killed
today, neither were super hard or anything, mostly on the frustating side of things.
Killed
Malenia and Godskin duo
r/Eldenring - Apparently there is a hidden wall in Volcano mansion that will only open after 50 hits
64,477 votes and 4,791 comments so far on Reddit
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Apparently invisible walls may require more than one hit? So you mean to tell me not all of the "hidden path ahead" messages that didn't do anything may not have actually been trolling? 😭
The search for the Land of Reeds begins~
I can see it being a DLC area though.
Rattling through these OTs my god
Redemption for the trolls. What a FromSoft-esque twistr/Eldenring - Apparently there is a hidden wall in Volcano mansion that will only open after 50 hits
64,477 votes and 4,791 comments so far on Reddit
Apparently invisible walls may require more than one hit? So you mean to tell me not all of the "hidden path ahead" messages that didn't do anything may not have actually been trolling? 😭
This games dark souls 2 level of obsession with 'let's just shove two of the same boss into one area' is mind numbing
Bloodborne was the perfection of all of the best bits of souls games combined into one package
This is like all the best and worst aspects of souls games tied into a really quite frankly dull open world with the side quest now even more of an arse to try and track ( although the new update does help)
I still really enjoy the game as it's main story bosses are incredibly fun, but man the side content is just doo doo.
Im only at the royal capital but so far my ranking is
Bloodborne
Ds3
Ds1
Elden Ring
Demons souls
Ds2
Bloodborne was the perfection of all of the best bits of souls games combined into one package
This is like all the best and worst aspects of souls games tied into a really quite frankly dull open world with the side quest now even more of an arse to try and track ( although the new update does help)
I still really enjoy the game as it's main story bosses are incredibly fun, but man the side content is just doo doo.
Im only at the royal capital but so far my ranking is
Bloodborne
Ds3
Ds1
Elden Ring
Demons souls
Ds2
Welp, time to go back through everything in the game and hit each and every wall 50+ times LOL
Just saw your post in the old thread, really appreciate the gesture but I'm on PS5 unfortunately.
But yeah, if anyone can help carry me (I'm not going to pretend I'd be much help for the encounter, especially the latter half of it), I'd literally be in your debt forever. These are the words of a broken man.
"Try jumping" reminds me of how confused I am when I see a dozen bloodstains on the steps at the top of a divine tower.
