An Elden Ring Rune Level 1 run is difficult enough – and now, with the release of Shadow of the Erdtree , a full Rune Level 1 playthrough of the game has become much, much more challenging. Not only are DLC bosses significantly more difficult than the base game bosses, Shadow of the Erdtree introduces no new Great Runes to give Rune Level 1 players new opti

Elden Ring , the latest game in the Soulsborne genre by FromSoftware , has proved to be a landmark hit for the year, with fans across the globe enjoying the open-world fantasy adventure. It's easy to see why fans love Elden Ring , it's a polished game with a gripping world. However, it's not without its challenges, featuring a host of tough bos

To fight this hidden Nightlord Boss battles Elden Ring players need to explore. Reaching it requires many bizarre triggers like rewinding time. This means many players haven’t fought this area-of-effect damage nightmare. Dragonlord Placidusax is a two-headed dragon that more than lives up to his ti

While Kalé's role in Elden Ring is minimal, a lengthy cut questline would have given the dedicated capitalist a much greater impact on the narrative. According to data miners, the storyline would have seen Kalé embark on a journey to locate the Great Caravan that his people once called home. The merchant would leave the Church of Elleh to travel all across the Lands Between, with his search eventually landing him in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds beneath Leyndell where the Three Fingers reside. While Melina typically advises the Tarnished protagonist to resist joining the Three Fingers and possessing the Frenzied Flame, Kalé's cut questline would have put an entirely new perspective on this scena

If the player enters the service of Elden Ring 's bodiless Ranni the Witch (a prerequisite to unlocking the Age Of The Stars ending) they'll become acquainted with multiple NPC accomplices of Ranni, all of whom have a pronounced distaste for a colleague of theirs named Preceptor Seluvis. Rude and scornful in demeanor, the big-hatted Seluvis will begrudgingly sell unique Glintstone Sorceries and Spirit Ashes to the player if they help him with a truly detestable "hob

Kalé's final discovery at the end of his questline, and the being ultimate responsible for the destruction of the Great Caravan, is the Three Fingers. Throughout the early hours of Elden Ring players become acquainted with the Two Fingers, a strange being that resides in the Roundtable Hold and controls the Golden Order. While players are expected to remain loyal to the Two Fingers, discovering and siding with the Three Fingers unlocks an alternate ending to the game where players can resist sacrificing Melina to burn open the Erdtree. The Three Fingers instead give players control of the Frenzied Flame, which is also powerful enough to set the Erdtree alight and open its inner passa

Black Flame Tornado is dropped by the Godskin Duo boss in the Dragon Temple area of Crumbling Farum Azula. This Ash of War can be applied to twinblades, spears, great spears, halberds, and reapers, as long as they allow skill replacement. A charged attack will have the player character spin their weapon around themselves to create a fire tornado. Each hit deals fire damage and applies the black flame debuff to enemies. Unlike the red square debuff in Elden Ring that players remove themselves, the black flame debuff will only last 2 seconds. When the charge is over, the player will slam their weapon on the ground. For an uncharged attack, the player will do a short windup, then slam their armament to the ground creating a small AOE around the pla

There are multiple endings players can unlock for both the main story and side quests within an **Elden Ring ** playthrough. Some of these endings are optimistic in tone, some bleak, with some ambiguous and open to interpretation. Players who are trying out Elden Ring for the first time should be particularly cautious about the following story choices, which are both bleak in outcome and easy to unlock by accid

Seluvis, as it transpires, is an expert in the cruel art of puppetry magic, using special potions to force human beings into a kind of eternal slumber or paralysis, then using their bodies as a catalyst to generate unique Spirit Ashes he obsesses over in dialogue with truly creepy, predatory undertones. A player who goes along with the plans goes down a very dark path indeed, tricking NPCs like the Dung Eater or Nepheli Loux into drinking Seluvis' potion , which binds them to fates worse than death. Thankfully, Preceptor Seluvis can easily be tricked by players and bites the dust part way into the Ranni quest line. This leads him to a truly poetic fate: rebelled against and torn apart by the very puppets he used and abu

This Ash of War is found beyond the Grand Lift of Rold in the Mountaintops of the Giants . Players can search the Fire Monk camp that lies outside the Guardian’s Garrison for a scarab hanging in a tree. Prelates Charge can only be used on large and colossal axes and hammers, so this may be better for a strength build character. Prelates Charge is also the default skill for Prelate’s Inferno Cozier. To get the weapon, defeat the Fire Prelate inside Fort Laiedd on the western edge of Mt. Gelmir. Seethewater Terminus is the closest site of gr