Though Elden Ring doesn't have an "easy mode," there are many resources and tools within the game players can use to make overcoming certain challenges easier: character builds with long-ranged Incantations and Glintstone Sorceries, summoning other players or Spirit Ashes to even the odds during difficult boss fights, applying special status effects such as Bleed, Frost, Scarlet Rot, and so on. Even with these special advantages, Elden Ring remains a difficult RPG full of enemies that punish players for mistakes and moments of carelessness. Some critics argue Elden Ring 's hard difficulty unfairly punishes players who paid for and want to enjoy the game, while defenders of Elden Ring argue even the most popular video Games With Bad First Impressions can't (and shouldn't) be designed to appeal to every possible consu

As the user explains in a follow-up comment, players also need to restore FP after summoning Oleg, so summoning him when she's so weakened means it's easy to transition into the next stage with full FP and Oleg at full health, the most ideal circumstances when employing the FP-costly spirit summon as backup. Players just need to ensure the restraint of not ending Phase 1 prematur

Of course, the wolves aren't known for being Tank summons, and Some-Scheme838 points this out as their weakness, recommending that players should go with "a tankier summon" than wolves, as using wolves was the main focus of the original poster's strategy. An example would be Mimic T

The gameplay and obtuse storytelling of Elden Ring takes the fantasy action RPG mechanics codified by Demon's Souls and Dark Souls and spices it up with a vast open world players can explore on horseback (specifically, through the frequent use of Elden Ring 's horned spectral steed named Torrent , summoned when the player character blows on a whistle ring). This open world exploration introduced new players to From Software's Soulslike series of games and attracted the attention of open-world game designers from other game studios. Some of these game designers publicly expressed a dislike for how Elden Ring broke certain rules of game design, while simultaneously wondering how Elden Ring became so successful despite breaking those ru

The game world of Elden Ring is rich in detail, diverse in environment, and positively teeming with enemies of different origins and affiliations. At the same time, there are many unsolved mysteries in the simulated expanse of the Lands Between along with world-defining characters the player can only glimpse through rumor, statuary, and item descriptions. These unseen titans of Elden Ring 's lore and backstory would make for excellent DLC bosses - particularly if they could plausibly have a presence in the new region unlocked by the

Preserving health is even more critical on a single-player fight, and Metaspark's recommendations do just that. Even if it's hard to memorize, players can keep as much in mind as they can while learning the patterns to avoid on their own. Rolling is also more beneficial the less amount of armor and weapon weight players have equip

Players certainly don't want their characters to look the same as everyone else's, and the option of armor helps give a snazzy look and extra defense. The best-looking armor sets can be essential for some players, even over their protectiven

The Spirit-Caller Snail is another optional field boss in Elden Ring that can be found in the Road’s End Catacombs and Spiritcaller Cave. This little guy summons spirits to fight on his behalf. Some of these spirits can be tricky to fight, but defeating the snail will banish all his summoned spirits. What makes killing the Spirit-Caller Snail so sad is he is just so weak. A few hits, and he is done, and watching him shake his head, desperately ringing that bell to summon his spirits is comical. Indeed, a pathetic s

Many quests in Skyrim can feel a bit repetitive and unnecessary, but at least there is always something to do. It seems near impossible to actually complete every quest in Skyrim , but that also helps give players many options to choose from. Perhaps if or when Elden Ring expands, it will be more capable of competing with Skyrim 's absurd quest opti

Certain essential Elden Ring item descriptions claim that the Gloam-Eyed Queen was at some point defeated by Queen Marika's servant Maliketh, who seized the Queen's power over Destined Death and bound it into his black blade. Theoretically, a DLC boss fight against the Gloam-Eyed Queen could come sometime after the player defeats Maliketh the Black Blade in Crumbling Farum Azula. With Maliketh slain and Destined Death unbound, the Gloam-Eyed Queen could recover from her ignominious defeat and utterly destroy players in a boss fight where she hurls black flames around with reckless aban

Though Miquella never speaks or interacts with players in Elden Ring 's main game, it's possible to construct a hypothetical Miquella boss fight scenario simply through examining his in-game lore. According to certain item descriptions, Miquella was a master of Golden Order Fundamentalism, and would likely wield incantations such as Triple Rings Of Light or Radagon's Rings Of Light in a boss fight. Miquella, like his sister Malenia, was an Empyrean - a being capable of becoming a vessel for an Outer God's power - but also created Unalloyed Gold Needles capable or cutting people off from the influence of said Gods (like the one used in Elden Ring to help Millicent fight the Scarlet Rot). If players did wind up fighting a Miquella possessed by an Outer God like the Formless Mother, they might be able to end the fight by stabbing Miquella with one of his own Unalloyed Gold Needles, freeing him from the influenced of the possessing deity. According to the description for the Bewitching Branch item, Miquella was also supernaturally charismatic and inspired fanatical loyalty in this subjects; this lore detail could be the basis for a boss fight where Miquella summons waves of faithful servants to defend hims