At the time of writing, the Seamless Co-op mod has over 170,000 unique downloads after first releasing in late May. The last 30 days on Elden Ring Nightreign Ring 's Steam Charts page shows a peak player count of 107,000. These numbers aren't necessarily directly comparable, and Steam doesn't constitute the entirety of the player base, but it's interesting to see just how much of the active PC community has opted into improved co-op mechanics. Elden Ring is FromSoftware's most approachable game in decades, which only serves to highlight the convoluted multiplayer mechanics. They are clearly not a major detriment to many's enjoyment of the game, but there is a large chunk of players actively utilizing an alternative sys

Purchasing items aren't the only benefit because leveling up is another crucial element that Remembrances can be spent on. In the earlier stages of the game, leveling up is much easier because less runes are required, so players won't want to waste Remembrance runes on that during this stage; however, once a certain threshold is reached, it becomes more difficult due to the new number of runes needed increasing dramatically each level up. Depending on the Remembrance, players should think about cashing it in to help them level up during mid- to late-game progression so that they don't lose everything once they die in Elden Ring , which is commonplace for most maidenless Tarnished. Sometimes the Remembrances can even help players level up two to three times on a sole use if it's strategically combined with other runes earned from defeating past bosses and enem

In total, there are fifteen bosses that drop Remembrances after being defeating. Some of them can be earned by playing through the regular storyline, but the others come from optional boss fights that are scattered throughout the various regions of the Lands Between. Remembrances are a way of rewarding players for beating the toughest enemies in the game, which is why - given how hard Elden Ring 's many boss battles can be - there are only a handful of them. What makes them so valuable is what's stored inside of them; the power of the past owner is conjured into these Remembrances as a sort of essence, which the player can either spend and get runes in return, or they can choose to utilize them in a separate way by adopting part of the defeated boss' power into their personal arse

Deciding to spend Remembrances has pros and cons that are, in effect, irreversible once done. Depending on what players wish to achieve with their particular character build will hold a lot of weight to how the item is ultimately used at the end of the day. Regardless of the decision, however, the Remembrances will stay unspoiled in the inventory until the choice is ready to be m

If the Tarnished decides to finish the job, Patches will drop a +7 Spear that can be pretty beneficial so early in the game. If the player holds off on killing Patches, he will open up a shop, allowing the player to buy a plethora of different items. The items he offers can be extremely beneficial depending on the build the player is going for. He also can be spoken to at Volcano Manor advancing his questline and leading the Tarnished on an assassination mission. After doing this, Patches will eventually move back to Murkwater Cave where he will teach the Tarnished his infamous Patches Squat, a gesture that can be found in most Souls ga

When FromSoftware, developer of dark fantasy video games like Dark Souls , started fashioning a setting for the open-world RPG Elden Ring ** , they took pains to keep it distinct from the premise of J.R.R. Tolkien's own The Lord Of The Rings ** ; among other details, the titular Elden Ring is not a piece of jewelry and the goal of the game is to reforge it rather than destroy it. For all the genuine differences in world-building between Elden Ring and The Lord of the Rings , these two fantasy sagas do still share common narrative threads about ambitious lords and ladies seeking domination and control, only for their good intentions to be corrupted by their pride and the power they wi

Both games use forging as a way to increase the effects of weapons, or in Skyrim 's case, weapons and armor. While in Skyrim players can craft new weapons and enhance their strength, only the latter can be done in Elden Ring . However, players are given methods to enhance their weapons in different ways by adding elements and special skills. This is similar to the enchanting in Skyrim via soul g

If an Elden Ring player visit Mt. Gelmir, they'll discover numerous horrible battlefields, covered with mounds of burned corpses, charred palisades, and slumped Leyndell soldiers who are either weeping over the bodies of their dead comrades or devouring them (or both). Unlike in other regions of the Lands Between, the Mt. Gelmir region has no soldiers or knights clad in the livery of the demigod called Rykard, for the warriors who once followed the ambitious, proud Rykard turned on the Lord of Elden Ring 's Volcano Manor when he fed himself to the Great Serpent in order to become an immortal monster capable of slaying the g