Topic: Elden Ring Hype Thread

Finally beat the game! Turns out I had done enough to earn a bunch of different endings, so after about 160 hours and some unwanted frustrations at the end, I decided to save scum to see them all. I looked up a guide to get the 3rd trophied ending (I was very close to having it already, just hadn’t found an illusory wall I needed to). I’m so close to the platinum now, I’m pretty tempted to go for it. Anyway, what a game.

@Jimmer-jammer Congrats on getting to the end - 3 times as it turns out 😉. That's what I did as well and each ending proved quite interesting. Good luck on finishing off the other trophies.

@Jimmer-jammer I saw your post in the other thread and was going to ask which ending you got

Which trophies do you have left to mop up then?

So it's just me and you left standing then @JohnnyShoulder !

I got to the Tower no problem (not realising that's what I was even doing) when I went through Caelid/Dragonborrow but was getting smashed by the enemies so left it alone. I went back recently and got through no problem so it shouldn't be much of an issue for you.

@Jimmer-jammer And 160 hours? Oh no, that means I've still got another 50 to go

@Thrillho Oh I suspect I'll still be here long after you have finished to meet and greet any new players who stumble in here. Kinda like an npc in a game.

@Thrillho I'm still here too!! 👋 bashing away after nearly 70 hrs since launch and making my way through the subterranean shunting grounds. Slowly but surely I'll get there 🐢

@render Thanks! Yeah, I found the endings to be quite satisfying as well, at least by From Software standards. I’m very curious to see where they take any future DLC. I’d like to explore beyond the fog to the Numen lands, as learning more about Marika’s origins could be quite interesting. Tanith and Rykard’s arc are left wide open. Ranni’s great rune is unaccounted for (as is the rune of death arguably)…

@Thrillho So I had a few to choose from, though trophy-wise, some are a variation of one ending. There are three trophy endings. My favourite ending was the result of seeing Ranni’s quest through, so if I were choosing one for my play through, it’d be that one. I have five trophies left. The four “collect all legendary…” ones, and I somehow missed a boss. I’ve save scummed myself to after the final boss, and will hopefully be able mop up the remaining things I need to, then I’ll choose Ranni’s summon sign as my final ending of choice before moving into NG+ and probably leaving it there for a long while.

@R1spam Always good to have another tarnished in the Lands Between!

@Thrillho I just beat that Gargoyle outside the Bestium Sanctuary. I have put a load into vigor since I last faced it, and maybe facing two of them gave me a lot of practice. I stayed really close to it and most of the swings either missed me completely or I rolled past them. As the AoE attacks are highly telegraphed, I just kept my distance to avoid them.

@JohnnyShoulder Nice. I've had a productive couple of hours this evening, managing to beat Mohg, Morgott, and then that gargoyle as well (ironically, the one that took me the most attempts!).

@R1spam Welcome to our little club Good luck with that region as I was around lvl100 and those Omen enemies still caused me all sorts of grief in that area.

@Thrillho I'm level 108 and those guys still hit real hard! Not as hard as that grafted monster in the jail cell further down in the dungeon! I have managed to find my way to the dungeater, through the catacombs and have unlocked the first shortcut back to the grace. @JohnnyShoulder I got teleported there what seems a lifetime ago now! Stole the talisman, ran like hell and never looked back. I should head back there sometime 😂. The game is so vast it can be hard to keep track of app the threads

@R1spam Same here and I only just got back there! Some of the red eye enemies hit hard but I've also levelled up a fair few times too! Think I will go back to Altus Plateau as I've only done some of it.

@R1spam The sewers are a real maze and the catacombs down there equally as confusing!

I cleared out some more of the Hero Grave locations this morning and god, I really hate those chariots!

After that, I pushed on East from Leyndell, having beaten Morgott, and made it to the end of the Forbidden Lands which was a cool location after the city.

I took a detour to beat the Fell Twins as well. A cool aesthetic to that fight but I’m not sure it was meant to be so easy with me and Mimic Tear bro using Bloody Slash to max effect

The talisman you get from the boss in the Leyndell catacombs is great for a blood build too.

@Thrillho I still have a couple of those hero ones to clear. They’re pretty hardcore!

@Jimmer-jammer I’ve had to look at a guide for a couple as they’re so obtuse.

@Thrillho That’s good to know, thanks! I haven’t been through that one. Also, just to to let you know, in attempting to wrap up the platinum, I’ve learned that there is a missable armament in Leyndall, so if you’re going for that at all, don’t miss it! I’ll have to do a few things in NG+ to get to it it as I never found it on my run.

@Jimmer-jammer Yeah, I think I picked that weapon up already.

I think it’s possible to drop weapons and items in co-op for someone to pick up though which can trigger the trophy so I don’t know if that would be an option if you don’t end up doing a full NG+ run.

@Thrillho oh, that’s nice to know, thanks!

Well, I've made it to the mountain top of the gods after literally melting the black blade kindred with the comet azur spell! Between that, my level 10 mimic tear and my +8 moonveil blade, I feel like I've been making some real progress last few sessions.

So I’ve been cleaning up for the platinum and I have to say, it’s amazing how many things I’ve missed. I thought I was pretty thorough but a cave here, hero’s grave there, missed ruins and imp seals, an entire Divine Tower 😂 …It all adds up. The best part, doing it all after Leyndell is destroyed means I get to take in the new sights! The heavily burning Erdtree really transforms The Lands Between and breathes new aesthetic life into the world. It’s quite stunning at times.