How Dark Souls Helped Break Elden Ring Speedruns

[@catalystz]

At 5:55 I say 'bonfire' but of course meant a 'grace'. Miyazaki, they are all bonfires, estus flasks, and souls to me, damn it!

[@JackQNielsen]

It blows my mind how much the production quality of these types of breakdowns you make have improved from video to video, you deserve way more recognition given the blood sweat and tears you’ve put into it over the years with your speedrunning finesse. This is the most polished juggernaut of explanations of glitches I’ve seen and we all know about them by now but the way you explain what’s happening inside the game during is informative even to people who already have a level of knowledge there. Anyway great stuff man it’s been awesome seeing you make these kinds of vids more

[@catalystz]

Thank you for the kind feedback. It is an absolute pleasure that you hold me in such high praise, I really appreciate it!

[@aqueelkadri8371]

16:49 "I have finally finished my casual playthrough and dove into speedrunning starting with the All Remembrances category" What he forgets to mention is that he already got the world record for it

[@rik-tmstr]

How elden ring was... "shattered"

[@MR.DRIPKNIGHT3335]

Even the elderly wants to join in on the fun!

[@dtsnelson]

This made me laugh hard enough that my partner was concerned that I was okay. Thank you for the laugh kind internet stranger.

[@swagwolfgang]

Doesn’t the elden ring get shattered in the game?

[@swagwolfgang]

@@dtsnelson why

[@dtsnelson]

@@swagwolfgang because it's a quality pun. The elden ring gets shattered in the game so it was funny.

[@olly123451]

Love the quality of the editing in this one, really makes a big difference to the video!

[@catalystz]

Thank you very much! I feel like I always try to improve at least one little thing a video at a time.

[@bogdanmocanu5829]

Man I dont even want to start to think how much time did you spend editing this video, not to mention the cinematic shots. This is definetly GOLD

[@DoctorSwellman]

I just got around to watching this and I really appreciated the effort that it took for you to explain the tech surrounding this broken run. The visual aids are top notch, and the transitions are really well done. Excellent vid Cata

[@catalystz]

Thank you so much, Doc! It means so much coming from a great creator who understands the process behind videomaking.

[@Syz_gy]

Holy crap the editing on this is amazing.

[@benza4827]

It was a blast to see you on SGDC this year! Keep up the good work, love your streams / explanations. I love to see a Czech speedrunner make it so high.

[@catalystz]

Thank you so much!

[@Tossen98]

Great video - deserves more exposure!

[@daveOnYouTube]

By the end of the intro, I had to sub because of your articulate explanation of why you love glitched speedrunning. It was so well said and I totally agree!

[@strigalet1468]

You make very high quality and interesting videos, keep it up buddy!!

[@xyphontis2911]

i remember getting so excited noticing that i accidentally force quit wrong warped during the first week

[@ushaktheobvious8391]

I'm afraid, ER wrong warps may have been patched. "ELDEN RING: Patch Notes 1.06 - Fixed a bug in some maps that allowed users to reach unexpected locations using certain procedures."

[@Johnnycpublic]

That's fine,speed runners won't use current patch then.

[@catalystz]

I have not tested 1.06 myself yet, but it did seem like the Map Wrong Warp was patched, at least in certain spots. Force Quit is still confirmed to be working. However, From messed with WWs a bit in 1.04 and then they worked as normal in 1.05, so who knows wtf they are up to 😂

[@mauviestwand]

dude your videos are always fire but the production quality here is just insane. good job Cata 👏

[@EZ2BCHEEZY36]

Great work, Cata!

[@haryman222]

Wow the motion graphics on this blew me away. Such a shame the algorithm hasn't picked this video up!

[@user-pl7lr5dn8q]

i always look forward to ur videos

[@moosecannibal8224]

I love how passionate speedrunners are about the collaborative effort put into the games :) Also, I agree with the other guy, the production value of these videos are insane.

[@potasama]

Thank you cata, have a great day as well

[@SomeIdiota]

This explains why I was having certain issues in my casual runs! I've had some weird warping issues.

[@JojenReed]

Excellent as always!

[@JohnTheParasite]

Damn, your videos are so entertaining. Keep it up!

[@catalystz]

Thank you as always, John!

[@elijahjamez452]

really like ur editing skills in the video

[@vihu2001]

can't wait for more runs and videos

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

They probably didn't bother setting a proper default position for many of the overworked maps since it should never be needed under normal circumstances

[@catalystz]

For sure. It's also possible they simply disregarded using the first spawn point on the list as a fail-safe location and just didn't fix their lists. OR rather did not have time to fix their lists.

[@Antillar]

Incredible video, Cata! However, it is sad to watch such video now when so much more has been discovered, I feel like this video became partially outdated even prior to being released. Would really like you breaking other ER glitches though

[@catalystz]

Thank you, Antillar! You are totally right, the script was written all the way back in March and the university obligations just kept me away from this. Fortunately, I should have a lot more time now and the newest glitches will be covered as soon as possible!

[@DoktorTaiko]

We'll just take the DS1 strats and push them into Elden Ring!

[@BanacaNation]

“Sheer size of Elden Ring and its content resulted in sloppiness “ *EpicNameBro has entered the chat *

[@MrSuperProoo]

Where did you learn to edit so good? All self taught?

[@minerman60101]

2:39 You missed Ranni's rune on the Elden Ring logo. It's an extremely subtle component, appearing as two arcs interwoven into the intersection of circles, and I often see one or both excluded in fan recreations of the logo. You can see what her great rune looks like if you look up at the game's moon, because she stuck it there lol

[@catalystz]

You are not wrong! The entire logo is usually a lot more complicated, but for the sake of clarity, it needed to be kept simple in this case. Thanks for paying attention to such small details.

[@MaddiesYorkshireFuntime]

Amazing intro, got my sub just from first minute or 2 Well done

[@moz6388]

As much as people hate speedrunners for breaking games. No one can deny that Speedrunners are the sole reason why some games are still alive today. They love the games more than anyone else. That's why they spend thousands of hours trying to learn EVERYTHING inside or outside of the game.

[@catalystz]

That's exactly my thought. Speedrunning allows for any game to become competitive, and also for a community of players to form around who can keep on enjoying it even many years after its main life cycle.

[@dr.balance3377]

Welcome back from GDQ Cata i hope your RNG is getting better xd

[@catalystz]

Thank you! It was a very busy month of travelling but it feels good to be home 😉

[@MaddiesYorkshireFuntime]

You started losing me about min 12 tho bro, we don’t all know the terms u and ur peers are super familiar with but amazing editing and video in general tbh geez. Good work!

[@cank2111]

Tabora bgm, love it.

[@andy4an]

somber path is 10 stones standard path is 12*8+1 or 97 stones the latter is annoying as heck.

[@catalystz]

It's a shame because it basicly automatically disqualifies any standard weapons from the fastest speedruns.

[@andy4an]

if you did a speed run with no somber weapons allowed... the run would just be tiresome since you have to do so much collecting.

[@LeoHiranoo]

14:35 wasn't this patched in 1.03? "Patch 1.03 - Fixed a bug with the Ash of War, Determination and Royal Knight's Resolve, where the damage buff will also apply to other weapons without that skill."

[@catalystz]

That's right, alongside the Icerind nerf. However, it does not matter much as players on PC could simply downpatch back to 1.02, where the glitch still works!

[@bronze81]

🔥 video

[@High-Overlord-Pugula]

there is no such thing as a video game, the whole idea of one is a urban legend

[@Easyflux]

It's kind of ironic how the umbrella term is no longer the way in which the majority of games are run anymore.

[@JD-kl9xw]

Not even a mention of the zip glitch?

[@Johnnycpublic]

I think he considers that different.

[@nordalio]

there was a text saying that any% unrestricted wasn't covered

[@nydeatha9220]

Pog

[@jamesowens7148]

2,5 minute of saying nothing? Get to the point.

[@nightmaregats]

Speedrunners are very dumb tho, the came just got released and they keep sharing such discoveries, making the game be patched. Why not wait till they stop caring about the game so stuff dont get patched. I'll never understand speedrunners.

[@catalystz]

Considering the game will most likely have a DLC release next year, it would mean holding off on speedrunning the game for over a year at minimum. You cannot expect people to not share their findings. Especially when some glitches might be initially discovered by casual players. You are not completely wrong, however, as the game may be in an unfortunate state by the time the DLC rolls out.