With a sprawling open world that is just begging to be explored, a lifetime's worth of deep, interesting lore, and an abundance of possible character builds, there are plenty of things Elden Ring deserves praise for. It is a FromSoftware game, though, and these titles have built their reputation on excruciatingly difficult (but also very satisfying) boss batt

Players should charge at Radahn to get him to follow them . The next course of action is to gallop to the western end of the map, run up the hill and stop midway . Radahn is unable to hit the player there, but he'll get aggravated enough to glitch further up the hill. Once Radahn gets climbing, the player should then hop over to a nearby branch and watch as the boss hopelessly tries to reach them and inevitably falls to his death. This video visualizes that particular strategy perfectly, courtesy of Mono R

The Composite Bow is becoming a favorite among players. It doesn't do a lot of damage (65). However, it can be fired fairly quickly. This bow can be obtained early into a game from a merchant near Bellum Church in Liurnia of the Lakes. The Composite Bow can be infused with Ashes of

Lake of Rot and the city of Nokstella were probably awesome on paper. In practice, it's just players skipping the content by running past them in order to avoid Scarlet Rot and all the tedious enemies. While the city of Nokstella is rewarding thanks to enemies that drop Larval Tear, the Lake of Rot area is neither fun nor challeng

Updated January 22, 2025 by Erik Petrovich : When it comes to the best Bows in Elden Ring, players have a lot of choices to sort between. Though there are less than a dozen of any one Bow type, you have Short Bows, Longbows, Crossbows, and all of the other sub-types, there's a lot of options when it comes to the best Elden Ring bows. This guide to All Bows in Elden Ring, Ranked has been updated to include some more detailed location information for each entry to help players hunt down these best Elden Ring Bow weapons more efficiently and get their ranged builds going fas

Updated December 27, 2024 by Erik Petrovich : In Elden Ring, Moonveil Katana builds tend to focus on expanding the players' ability to wield this fast and versatile weapon with backup spells and weapons to complement the playstyle, as well as Talismans and Armor to help boost your effectiveness. This guide to the best Moonveil build Elden Ring players can put together has been updated to provide more details on these recommendations, including new information on the weapons' requirements and scaling, the most useful Sorceries, and more.

Despite being an optional Boss Battles, most Elden Ring players will cross paths with Commander O'Neil and his archers, either by accident or while following Millicent's quest line. When encountered in early to mid-game, he can pose quite the challenge. As an overworld boss, though, he can be led away from the battle arena straight into the Scarlet Rot-ridden swampla

In order to get to Lake of Rot and eventually, Nokstella, players will also have to complete Ranni's lengthy questline. Eventually, this will lead to the area. Ranni's questline is one of the most complex in Elden Ring , so players will want to follow this gui

The Starscourge Greatsword and Lion Greatbow are each rewards for trading in Radahn's Remembrance, but you can only do this once per Remembrance. Head to a Walking Mausoleum to duplicate the Remembrance of the Starscourge so you can get both of these weapons in a single playthrough.

This does more damage per shot than all other crossbows except the Arbalest and Pulley Crossbow, and the latter only does one point of damage more per shot. The Heavy Crossbow is also very stable when used on horseba

Players will have to unlock Mountaintops of the Giants in order to get to Castle Sol. It's an optional area but Mountaintops of the Giants is mandatory so unlocking that region is easy. To get to Castle Sol, players will simply have to head over to the northernmost part of the Mountaintops of the Gia

As players progress through Elden Ring , they'll come up against some truly challenging bosses in the form of Demi-Gods. These storyline ( and optional in some cases ) big bads will test players' skills and reward them by dropping Great Runes, specialized items that can then be activated to use alongside Rune Arcs for a powerful boost to a variety of things.

Alternatively, you can look on the world map for an orange-tinted cave icon on the border of Limgrave and Caelid. Most caves in Elden Ring with lots of crafting materials are highlighted with this symbol on the map.

One of the most iconic armor sets in the game, and a great armor set for the Moonveil Katana build that doesn't rely on samurai-like gear, is the Carian Knight set. You'll look like Moongrum, the named enemy who stands guard outside of Rennala's boss room, but instead of a paltry short sword, you'll be wielding one of the best Intelligence katanas in the game.