ELDEN RING | Get “Overpowered” At The Very Start

[@BoomstickGaming]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpWlZ62IbK-qnaM *I just put out an "advanced gameplay guide" video with 25 ACTUALLY useful tips!* *Some hidden combat techniques, secret mechanics, and just generally useful stuff.* _-BoomstickAlex_

[@spencerharmon681]

At number 5, if you then go to that areas Big Tree for more juice maybe grab the map peice beforehand. There's also another grave yard kinda close.Then make your way to the near by elevator to the underground river bed. The enemies down there hit like a truck but are pretty slow. It would probably add 5 to 10 minutes. But you'd have that many more runes, some cool weapons, amd more smithing stuff

[@somayehshafeii8283]

!£÷

[@nycthinklab966]

/bow

[@Ra-rn4wu]

Thanks for the video, I been struggling with this game for a day now so it really helps alot

[@usarmygunz]

Great video, if you’re a new player this is the best video for starting the game bar none. I’m sure even Souls game vets found this to be very useful as well. Thanks for this great content.

[@darschpugs4690]

just a heads up for those that don't know, the glowing skulls on the ground, you can roll over them or ride the horse over them and often times they have golden runes in them

[@Tawleyn]

Look for glowing eyes. The skulls with glowing eyes have a golden rune inside 100% of the time.

[@ZwiekszoneRyzyko]

Smashing them with weapon works as well

[@Breakbeat.]

I always just jump, the impact breaks them.

[@ChristopherCaouette]

I just found that out last night too, thanks for the tip!

[@ElliottTrout]

The glowing one always have ruins in them

[@jduff7036]

To save runes, after you first get your mount when resting, if you fast travel back to the Church of Ellah there will be a phantom witch you can talk to who will give you the wolf spirits and the bell for free.

[@KevlarCurt]

Has to be night time to do this, you can press pass time on a save point

[@Midnight-wh2bs]

@@KevlarCurt Doesn't have to be night, if you fast travel back to the Church of Ellah the time will be automatically set to night regardless of what time it was before you fast traveled.

[@Midnight-wh2bs]

@@aedanhadley And is there a reason you have to drop lore info on a video for beginning players that wouldn't know this information? Sure the game has been out for a while but there really isn't any need to explain what's going on there as it is irrelevant to the comment and adds nothing to it.

[@noahcardew4482]

@@Midnight-wh2bs I bought the game like 3 hours ago and this dude just seems to think it's a suitable idea to give an in depth look at lore

[@BongHitsWithRitch]

That happened to me to

[@the_ktb]

At Point "15" in the route you can find a pink boat boss that's rather easy to do. You get cool self-reviving skeleton spirits if you defeat him. I found them to be very stylish and exceptionally good against these big flowers.

[@MarsOnGod]

thank u

[@unshiftedchimp2153]

Magic spam the big flower (takes two full fp bars,) and stab the little ones

[@Ben-fk9ey]

I'm finding the skeleton spirits the most useful I've found so far as they revive after they die. Currently I don't need the summons to do damage for me, just to distract the boss. The wolves and jellyfish both die too quickly for this, whereas the skeletons respawn indefinitely unless they're hit mid-respawn animation.

[@Idkmanlemmeedit]

Are you sure point 15? I couldn't find any pink boat boss

[@two_tone_xlophone2630]

@@unshiftedchimp2153 meh, just double fist torches and smack 'em flowers, lol.

[@dominicfoxwell1996]

This guide was perfect. This is my first souls game and I followed this guide to the letter. Bosses I was getting wrecked by suddenly found themselves getting wrecked. Thank you so much

[@willbowers1185]

what class is he

[@wub0o]

@@willbowers1185vanguard

[@stensballe3683]

wuss

[@seinfan9]

Or maybe he has a life outside gaming?

[@jacks8858]

@@seinfan9maybe lol a lot of people wouldn’t know about that for whatever reason

[@smiah3083]

Just a quick tip, you can actually get the summon bell and wolf summon for free if you go back to the the first church with the merchant after you talk to marina and get your horse. There will be a lady that you can talk to and she gives it to you. Edit: It also needs to be night time

[@CLH-ir5cm]

What blacksmith is it give me a time stamp if u can

[@nathan_8520]

Yeah after talking to milena you have to fast travel to the lost grace site at the church for her to show up

[@CLH-ir5cm]

@@nathan_8520 the church with the Santa clause dude ?

[@smiah3083]

@@CLH-ir5cm it's literally the first merchant you run into at church of elleh.

[@CLH-ir5cm]

@@smiah3083 appreciate it

[@mt_baldwin]

Tip for true newbies that are playing a strength type fighter, after doing what's in the vid, everything you need gear wise is right in that first ruin near where you got the horse, gatefront ruins. The enemies in it random drop weapons, the best shield for a long time and every piece of armor you'll need, I'm still using the armor at level 50. The captain in it is the target for heavy armor and the soldiers the medium armor. The brass shield is the best shield stat wise for a long time. They also drop smithing stones, bow ammo and in the ruins basement is a critical item. Farm this place getting used to the controls and how to fight, that's what I was doing, and you'll be set for quite awhile.

[@andrewelymedina6381]

Thanks!!

[@EvilWaterman]

Hi bud, so just keep killing to you get the shield?

[@binbows2258]

@@EvilWaterman yes. the enemies which use the brass shield are the ones that drop it. The guys with spears also have a different kind of shield (a heavier one). Basically, whatever weapon/shield they use I think they have a chance of dropping.

[@atomicwaffle5787]

Are you talking about gatefront ruin?

[@SnootyToots]

Exactly what I did with my strength build. Nice tip for some of the newbs man

[@Bloodchylde2012]

Not sure if this is helpful but at 1:00 - Grab the WHETSTONE KNIFE from the cellar in the soldiers fort/ruins (will allow you to apply Ashes of War to your weapons. You may want to wait until you have the SPIRIT WOLF summons, so they can distract the guards while you run down the stairs and get it) 1:11 - After getting your horse activate the Grace Point and rest until Nightfall. Teleport back to the Church of Elleh (where the Santa Merchant is) when you arrive Ranni the Witch will be sitting on a wall in front of you, talk to her and she will give you the SUMMONING BELL and SPIRIT WOLF summons. 1:20 - As you approach the bridge, kill the Ball-Beetle for the ASH OF WAR - DETERMINATION. Just as you cross the bridge, head SOUTH and jump over the rocks for a SOMBRE SMITHING STONE [1] 2:54 - After you grab the Smithing Stone from the Jelly graveyard, head EAST up the hill to another Jelly Graveyard and grab the GODRICK SOLDIERS summons 3:48 - Head NORTH instead. Drop down into enemy camp and sneak through the bushes to an enemy sitting in front of a chest. Loot that chest for BEAST CREST HEATER SHIELD. Then quickly ride out to the WEST, when the wolves ambush drops look to your left for a LOST GRACE POINT, grab that and enter the shack to talk to the Warmaster. He sells lots of ASHES OF WAR. Head directly NORTH until you touch the gigantic stone column, then turn and ride SOUTH-EAST, stop at the cliff edge, you'll be above the camp where you just got the shield. Jump onto the ruins roof from here to loot the LANCE from the corpse. Drop down and resume EAST to the bridge. 4:23 - From the tombs, look SOUTH. On top of the arching ruins is a npc. Talk to him, its Lord Haight, he wants his Fort back. Accept his quest, if you ever kill the boss in Fort Haight, come back to him for a reward, the ERDSTEEL DAGGER. 5:48 - Before taking the side path to the right, head around the bend to the left a little, kill the Ball-Beetle for the ASH OF WAR - WILD STRIKES 10:00 - To get to Cliffbottom Catacombs, head NORTH down the path from the Church of Irith. Ride NORTH through the enemy camp, picking up the GLINTSTONE RECIPIE on your way. A little further NORTH is a LOST GRACE POINT, grab that and a little further NORTH is a merchant, buy the LANTERN. Ride directly EAST to the cliff and use the Springjump to get up top. Grab another LOST GRACE POINT then ride SOUTH along the road, sneak around the Troll and loot the carriage for the TREESPEAR. Teleport back to that Grace Point you just got and ride NORTH along the road, through the enemies, until you get to another LOST GRACE POINT, grab that but before you ride EAST to the Guide Statue, look to the NORTH-WEST, see the small ruined tower on the cliff? race up there and climb up to grab another GLINTSTONE RECIPIE and the CARIAN GLINTBLADE STAFF, return to the Guide Statue near that last Grace Point, he will point to the Cliffbottom Catacombs down the south path. Before you enter the Catacomb, go SOUTH a little more and grab the SOMBRE SMITHING STONE [2]

[@goosemafia4067]

thanks.

[@speedbumpz]

Checked to see if anyone else did, updoot

[@tonecognac9500]

Nice addition

[@TexasFalcon9]

Dude thanks! This helped a lot. My only thing was the ball beetle didn’t spawn for me. So I wasn’t able to get wild strikes

[@MaRin34lyf]

Thanks!!

[@engineergaming34]

Just wanted to let you know that I come back to this video every time I start a new character. Thank you for making one that’s short and to the point.

[@bigraider530]

Same

[@DeZnitro_]

I had 6 hrs on my first character and was so defeated and frustrated. With this guide im further ahead in 30min with my new character! Makes the game much less defeating and frustrating! Thanks ( First Souls Game)

[@gerinx3994]

Me too bro. Glad your enjoying it

[@only4posting]

After buying bloodborne -installing-playing 3 hours - dying 300 times- unistalling the game- selling it the same day, then, when it went free on ps+, repeated the same sequence, until the uninstall part... then, 2 years later, I decided to give it a go, by first watching a few tutorials... but still repeating the phase 1 and phase 2... ...I promised I would never play a game like that again. Ever. But then, elden was released.. and with all those 9.5s and 10s, and with 0 microtransactions, I decided to give it a go. Because now, if I don't want to fight a boss, I can easily skip it, and come back later ! Still, I played like 6 hours, killed a few enemies, and was able to reach level 17. But every time i would come across a mob slightly more powerful than me , I would die..die...die... At that pace, I would play it for over 50 hours, barely leveling up, and without killing a single boss ! Then, I've found this tutorial... and already did everything excepting buying the wolf ghost summon thing, almost at the end of the video. Instead of leveling up my lev1 sword, Iwill watch another video, to grab 2 or 3 weapons, like the whip, add some fire/ ice to it, then, will watch another video, to get some cool armors. Once I've done all that, I will be ready to play elden rings and kill all those bosses, hopefully, with 99% fun and 1% frustration/pain/anxiety/, instead of the opposite (1% fun/ 99% frustration...) Because... I not a S/M 😉 I'm generally quite skilled... but no matter how skilled we are, if our weapon only inflicts 0.1% damage, and a simple enemy can basically 1-hit kill us... is it worth it, spending 800 hours on the game...?

[@conoraq]

You're supposed to just explore and find less challenging content instead of spoiling yourself with stupid videos like this one. The developers of this game trusted that the players would have the intelligence to simply go somewhere else instead of beating their head against a brick wall for hours.

[@ErinRichardsonArtUK]

@@conoraq 'supposed to' like we are children at school, you mean?

[@conoraq]

@@ErinRichardsonArtUK Do you actually think looking up a guide is the intended way to play the game? Assuming the answer is no, do you then believe that Fromsoft didn't design the beginning of the game in such a way that the player could find appropriate level content with a little exploration? Elden Ring is about ADVENTURE, but it's not an adventure if you're being led around by a KZbin video.

[@henrycordes7148]

This has so far been the most helpful video for a good start to this game, i just started a new character and ran through this, admittedly i needed up killing a few wolves, and a solider dude here and there, because of random timing, but it was pretty much exactly this easy. Amazing work, no real exploits, no game breaking character killing, perfectly done sir. I will probably start every character this way from now on.

[@nolifezay4636]

How long it take u man

[@seanbattledrums5198]

@@nolifezay4636 at least 20-30 mins depending on when you do this. I did this after 20hrs into the game and it was still very helpful

[@KushHood]

@@nolifezay4636 like if you want to have a nice clean game and dont mind a easy 20 min of following a video it really sets you up well

[@msmiller57]

EXACTLY my same thoughts! Thank you so MUCH!

[@celestialswearing9268]

I have 20 hours in this game and felt like I’ve achieved very little. This was very helpful. Thank you so much!!

[@generalripper7528]

You need at least 40hrs to feel somewhat "strong" in this game imo.

[@SaiMugga]

Im a little over 20 hours and not even level 40 yet

[@Minemon122]

@@SaiMugga i have a little over 22 hours in the game and I'm level 29 and i've easily lost around 30k runes 😮‍💨 i didn't even know you could upgraded weapons/spirits because I was running the game blind

[@nddung92]

I'm on the same boat. Probably open-world game problem, we don't know what to do next after a while. Meanwhile, in sekiro, you've just follow the instruction, then focus on the combat, instead of lengthy wandering, exploring.

[@dielog2211]

It's been 2 days for me and i feel I'm slightly weak asf and i couldn't even beat a miniboss..

[@AngryCalvin]

Man this walkthrough really helped a ton. After completing it I've been breezing through the bosses with a samurai build. There is a helpful boss map online I recommend that will save you hours and help you finish the game even defeating ever boss in the game. This walkthrough really gave me a catapulted start to this game. I was watching someone else's video earlier and was getting nowhere. This is how gaming videos should be.

[@JoaoARSF]

Hi, could you give me the link to this map?

[@thewiseful]

What’s the link

[@Ricozaza]

Is it just me or am I getting different items than the smithing stones?

[@EditorStevo]

why do you talk like an ai...

[@dobbyyay]

Whats the samurai build

[@antiflower5187]

You don't need to buy the summoning belt or the wolves after talking to your fire maiden the first time and getting the horse, go back to the first church, Church of Elleh with the merchant at night and talk to the npc who appears there to get the bell and wolves for free.

[@JohnWick-eb2un]

Is that the place where Santa was?

[@toxickingchristian2645]

John Wick yes

[@EternalAgony29]

@@JohnWick-eb2un yep

[@OsirisGrimoire]

Fast traveling back to church of elleh after getting the horse triggers that npc to show up regardless of time of day (It will turn to night automatically). Ive tested it on multiple characters, normally going there at night or passing time at the site is not enough. The trigger is loading into the church. Dying after resting here triggers it too

[@zackjohnston-watson4874]

At night

[@Yorien666]

Great guide, but here's a recommended path update that just requires around 1 extra minute: GLOWING SKULLS: May sound stupid, but this can quickly add up if you simply pay attention while doing this tutorial. In the open world there are white Glowing Skulls scattered around, and they actually seem to respawn at random locations from time to time. Hitting them or simply stepping on them with Torrent will break those skulls, revealing a Golden Rune [1]. These net 200 runes a piece when used, and you can actually find many of those during your travels, so when going between steps, just detour for a second to break nearby skulls you find and hit the collect button. STEP 1.5 (timestamp 0:45): Before getting the map on STEP 2, activate the Gatefront Grace right at the NW of that soldier camp at the side of the giant gate (activate this Grace first, then go down the road through the camp, picking the map on your way and continuing to the other Grace). STEP 5.5: Generally it'll be nighttime (or pretty close) when you're doing STEP 5. now teleport back to the Elleh Church Grace (STEP 1). If it isn't nighttime yet, just rest there until nighttime. Witch Renna should appear around and give you Spirit Calling Bell key item plus the Wolf Spirit summon for free, saving you a few thousand runes later at the round table. Then tp to the Gatefront Grace (the one you got on Step 1.5) and proceed. With the summon, is easier to carve through the canyon if you are so inclined. STEP 8.5 (timestamp 2:48): Also, as recommended already, once you get the smithing stone in the jellyfish area, instead of TP'ing back to the stormhill shelter ride back hugging the ridge wall to your left. You'll see another group of Jellyfishes there, a couple of them glowing bright red so use those as beacons. You can find the Godrick Soldier Ashes there near the upmost grave, nab it and keep running back to the shelter. You get only two soldiers opposed to the wolf trio, but they tend to be more tanky. STEP 12.5 (timestamp 3:31): After breaking the statue and getting the smithing runes, go North instead and activate the Warlord Shack Grace. You'll eventually want to come back there to purchase skills or for other reasons. You can then follow the path East to proceed. STEP 17.25 (timestamp 5:30): After dealing with all operations at the Third Church of Marika, go to the back of the church (to the north); there's a pond there (don't go uphill, is at the same level as the church) and at it's northern corner you'll find a Teleporter hidden between the bushes (you should see some bluish "gusts of wind" being dragged by the teleporter when close). Use the teleporter and you'll end at the Beast Sanctuary. Go down the steps and you should immediately notice another glowing tree next to the road, with it's respective Golden Seed. Stick to the road (there are some enemies hidden in the bushes if you go offroad), grab the seed and follow the path further down until you reach the next Grace right before the bridge. Note that once you have 6 flasks, next upgrades costs more Golden Seeds, so depending on whether you picked a Golden Seed as your starting gift you may have no immediate use for this one. STEP 17.75 (timestamp 5:53): Once back at the Stormhill shack, passing the "creepy lady" and dropping down from the broken bridge, you should notice (and hear) one of those dung beetles to your right mere metres away from your path, so it takes few seconds to kill. This one holds the storm wall skill (for shields). ***** OPTIONAL CONTENT***** These steps involve either taking a decent detour, or engaging active combat. OPTIONAL 2.5 (timestamp 0:55): In the middle of the soldier camp (next to where the soldiers and wolves/hounds are) there are some stairs down leading to a basement, inside there's a chest with a Weapon Skill and the Whestone Knife key item to swap gear skills. OPTIONAL 3.5 (timestamp 1:00) After getting Torrent at the Grace, go straight SW and drop to the swampy area (might need to go more to the south then backtrack north as the fall at the northmost point is large). There's a small mine dungeon (a small "cave" is actually shown in the main map) at the northmost tip of the lake area itself there you can get a bunch of tier 1 smithing stones from (along with a couple other goodies), generally enough to upgrade a second weapon to at least +2, plus a couple spares. The miners can also be farmed for stones. Miners are resistant to slashing/piercing, so bring a blunt weapon if able to. OPTIONAL 13.5/14.5 (timestamp 3:54): As some people recommended, Tidal Mariner world boss is fairly easy to beat and holds an useful spirit, the Skeletal Militiaman Ashes (couple of squishy skellies that respawn indefinitely unless hit during the spawn animation). From the Saintsbridge Grace (step 13) or the merchant past the bridge (step 14), just follow the road and you'll reach the flooded village boss is located. There's a grace near the village. OPTIONAL 19.5 (timestamp 6:05): After picking the tear in the church, instead of returning back to the earlier Grace simply follow the road north and through the canyon leading to an enemy campsite you can simply ignore by going through one if its sides. After the campsite you should see another Grace downhill, near a campfire. There's a merchant on that campfire that sells the Lantern (a hands-free light source; sheds less light than the torch but you can attach or remove it from your belt at will) plus the Astrologer gear, including the staff (possibly first caster staff your character will have access to if you picked a non-caster class). You can then use the nearby Grace to proceed. EDIT: Added Glowing Skulls, steps (8.5, split 17.5 into 17.25 and 17.75), timestamps, optional content (2.5, 3.5, 13.5/14.5, 19.5) and some wording.

[@wickedowitch1652]

@@TruTube.1. dude, the spirit calling bell is one of the most important things to pick up in this game. If you just follow the video, you won't get it.

[@wickedowitch1652]

@@para-noxis it's got to be night time, and you need to port in.

[@MotoTJph]

thanks, great guide.

[@kinkin5619]

Thanks

[@brantlindsey4260]

For step 8.5, clarifying “upmost” means the farthest East, not North/highest up.

[@JJxlian]

Another Tip: Behind the lost Church there is a thing to teleport with, you will spawn behind some strong enemy so just use your Horse and run down the hill, there you should find another Golden seed and a lost grace near the bridge.

[@4imble426]

This took me some time to find as i was not sure which church you meant. It's number 17, the Third Church of Marika. And the portal behind the church is into the river in the trees on the right (away from the bear). The area this takes you to, when you get to the lost grace by the bridge is an insane grinding place. The dudes here (to the area on the right when facing the bridge) are relatively easy to kill and give just over a 1000 each. With 4 in the local area you can grind 4000 in about 5 minutes by killing them from the horse. If you die, it's short run back.

[@keulron2290]

That’s also apart of a quest. There’s an undead village with a boat based boss and a nearby NPC who says to not go there. If you you kill the boss and go to Roundtable, the NPC will be there and can be shown one of the boss’s drops. He’ll then mark this portal on your map.

[@Sahbab11]

@@4imble426 Those mf witches 1 hit me bro wym lmao. Knew I wasn't supposed to be there when I got a level 9 smithing stone Nvm this spot goated not hard to dodge

[@4imble426]

@@Sahbab11 they do hit hard but their hp is pretty low 😂

[@hussar5695]

Where is the teleporter

[@pudgehog8781]

It's crazy that after months of playing this game, all of my playthroughs still start alongside this video. Bravo to you my friend.

[@Alexhandley55]

Tips for what typically follows this?

[@seacheeks]

@@_user0_once your reach the bottom of that hill where the big guy is turn left and it should be straight ahead

[@jamesd.c.4810]

@@_user0_ south from the perspective of where you are at the map

[@_user0_]

@@jamesd.c.4810 dw I beat the game 4 times alr now

[@JordanWelch]

i bet this guy is great at giving directions

[@pfg222]

Yo tell me about it. He be acting like Google maps.

[@harleen9971]

He literally gives the wrong directions to the graves, says go south but its directly east lol

[@steven.5720]

@@harleen9971 thank you so much I've been trying to find them like a maniac

[@cvxvendetta9058]

@@steven.5720 same bro 😭

[@Quickj79]

Harleen literally been running in circles!

[@VED34]

this video was the difference between me actually playing this game and giving up. Thank you man

[@gnswales]

Me too! I was sick of dying 😂

[@VED34]

@@gnswales instead of dying 100 times an hour I only die about 30 times now

[@runnergo1398]

@@VED34 haha, the person who made this game said that you are playing it correctly!

[@MegaChickenPunch]

filthy casual go back to call of duty

[@xAkito]

Same same

[@Oppositesleeper]

VERY SOLID starting run guide. The maps added throughout were perfect.

[@AngryCalvin]

Awesome video. Being a Dark Souls veteran this game is so much more massive. Character creation and overpowering your character is essential for these types of games. Even though I have beaten a Dark Souls game I got scared and overwhelmed when I jumped into this game. But I also got overwhelmed with excitement just seeing how this game is everything I wanted a Dark Souls game to be.

[@manuelsen69]

DS and DS3 are everything I wanted a Dark Souls game to be. This is just too much of everything.

[@TravisUble]

@@manuelsen69somewhat facts, Elden ring isn’t as good as those games but that’s just cause cause a bloodsoul boner

[@rushpatriot2866]

​@@manuelsen69tell that to the most decorated game in history. Broke the record for most awards ever given to a game it's not too much you just need to pace yourself or learn to analyze information better

[@jamesempire1950]

Outstanding tutorial. As a complete noob, I was able to follow it with ease. Nice work.

[@xandrias6411]

For part 12 to 13. Where do you go?? There’s a giant cliff with the koolaid man telling me he’s stuck. But idk if that’s where I’m supposed to be going

[@karanpandya2973]

@@xandrias6411 don’t climb the cliff, go straight down the road. It’s not too far.

[@SaturdayMorningAction]

@@xandrias6411 from there drop straight down, and the grace is just off to the right

[@apophisstr6719]

This is the type of "overpowered" I absolutely love for this type of game, not so much to the level like speedrunners use in their insane runs, but just good enough to help new players turning a crushing struggle into a fun and challenging early journey.

[@mattwhite9472]

I want to look at this but I don't want to ruin the game for myself by spoiling the exploration. I'm still playing Horizon 2 right now. Elden Ring is going to have a hard time beating it in my opinion. The few minutes I have played looked and felt much worse.

[@FuryousD]

@@mattwhite9472 trust me u wouldn't be spoiling much if u watched this video, he doesn't spoil anything u wouldn't find in the 1st few hours of the game if u are exploring rather than going strait to the 1st major boss in the game

[@MimeCreative]

@@FuryousD This is spoiler this game about picking your Elden Ring explorer find weapon items more not trying to get overpowered u got to play on our own to get there

[@FuryousD]

@@MimeCreative didnt say it wasn't a spoiler, I said it doesn't spoil much, half of what is in this video I found on my own within the 1st 8 hours of gameplay so yea. I mean there are much worse spoilers that will make u way more overpowered that could of been in this video but weren't so yea u wouldn't spoil much by watching this video.

[@bhangchai69]

@@MimeCreative If you are concerned about spoilers, what are you doing watching Eldon Ring videos? Play your own game. Others may not be as skilled...

[@gondalasatvarsh5892]

I am already far ahead in the game, but this video is really well put together. You can get the spirit summon and wolves even early by talking to merchant at church of Ellen, getting your mount and fast travelling back to it at night. (You talk to a new NPC and she gives you those items)

[@korybutler60]

I got the bell but it won't let me equip and use ? Any ideas ?

[@wegowitu]

@@korybutler60 you have to equip the spirits in equipment and use them like a flask. Have to have an arch symbol on the left hand side of the screen to use them, which is pretty hit or miss

[@korybutler60]

@@wegowitu I was trying to use it to summon the wolves and my character was acting like he had an empty flask , like he was missing something , I may not have had the arch on the left of my screen tho , thanks for the tip , I will check when I get home

[@bred1030]

@@korybutler60 you aren’t able to summon in some places

[@aligr3224]

@@bred1030 are they permanent?

[@sirtiddlebupkins8371]

My main ammendment here is to travel back to that first church as soon as you get the horse so you do not miss the Renna spawn; saving you all those runes for the spirit stuff.

[@TeamofLouie]

"After that 20 minutes or so..." he says, not realizing I'm in hour 4 of following this guide.

[@Plankton422]

Dude wtf, just don't fight and just run. Easy job

[@mehbkz]

SO TRU

[@elchapodeoakley]

Ong I keep getting lost.

[@murkypotato6410]

@@elchapodeoakley same tho

[@waltermullins8854]

Phenomenal walkthrough! The only thing I really had an issue with was getting to the cliff bottom catacombs. Once I figured out where it was, I was golden! Thank you for making and sharing this video!

[@CORNZILAA]

bro i died twice and lost all the 5k rune coins i collected in the past hour or 2 i hate my life

[@yogaastuparamaartha8205]

where is it

[@Drewdajerk]

@@CORNZILAA lmfaooo😂

[@Drewdajerk]

@@robhimself33 i can try my best to tell you how i found it. Its in the exact place he pointed to on the map, but you gotta go below that point. So go around the mountain get to the lower level then go to that point on the map

[@yachinhussain1088]

Omg lmao i lost my runes too in that catacomb

[@zacoliver5547]

Awesome guide, really helpfult, thx! Just one important thing to add: If you go immediately back to the church at night, after getting Torrent (horse), you meet an NPC that gives you the cummoning bell and the wolfs for free.

[@Dsrgreyy]

Is that anytime or only if you go right away? I don’t see her here. I have the horse and it’s night.

[@RPR-xr4gx]

@@Dsrgreyy I think it has to be right away. I killed santa and he gave me the bell tho

[@ShevaiAsan]

"Cummoning Bell" made me chuckle..

[@MrEnoch-dy4tg]

I did that accidentally when I stuck and I had no idea where to go xd

[@zacoliver5547]

​@@ShevaiAsan That was on accident, but now that I see it, I also had to chuckle :D. To be honest, I was drunk when I typed the comment :D

[@renegadephilosopher5996]

Skip the weapon upgrade. If you’re already at lake of Liurnia just ride torrent into the temple quarter and grab a pretty decent early game weapon called icerind hatchet. It’s required stats are low and it has a pretty neat ability. It also gives a frost ailment to your swing. Do that instead. It’s stronger than that +4 most likely. You have to fight nothing, though you will have to run past enemies. It’s just sitting there in a chest.

[@foulcharacter3863]

if your doing that just buy the somber stones from iji so you can have that weapon at +4

[@basketballguru9879]

The only thing that sucks is that I'm playing a spell blade type character, so I can't put the scholars' armament on the frost axe.

[@noahc5607]

Where is this at exactly?

[@noahc5607]

Where is this at exactly?

[@rarebit4430]

As someone who's never played a souls game, i was worried about getting wrecked at the start and getting turned off the game. This is exactly what i was looking for. Best starting guide out there. Deserved sub.

[@JordanGrenyionSmith]

I use this guide to start off every toon right. Thanks for making this guide. A few additions; after getting the Flask of Wondrous Physick, it shouldn't hurt to go south to grab two more tears from the Minor Erdtree, and another Golden Seed from near the Fort Haight West grace site. Also, as you're approaching the third grave cluster, short beeline south gets you to the Artist's Shack grace site with a Smithing Stone (2).

[@dusanpavlovic5891]

I know part of the charm of this game is discovering things on your own but my god its so much more fun with a guide. So far, I had 3 playthroughs. First one was me just learning the basics (ER is my first FromSoft game) and being completely clueless. I didn't know what to do, where to go and I was totally lost. That one lasted about an hour. My second playtrhough was better, but I was still lost. I followed a really short guide which only covered the merchant, Torrent, leveling, map fragments and the girl that gives you the jellyfish. I eventually found my way to the Roundtable Hold and almost fought Godrick, but since I couldn't even defeat the Tree Sentinel, Godrick was a big no no. After that, I had no idea what to do and was once again lost, so I gave up on this one as well. So far, the third playthrough is the best. I followed this guide and some tips from the comments and now I'm finally not lost. So to everyone who feels like they're lost and don't know what to do next, just follow this guide and your ER experience will be so much better.

[@alejandrocadena4434]

Seriously bro bless you For doing this and in a user friendly way. I appreciate your hard work for real. Im a long time RPG gamer but this is my first game in like this, dark souls etc. thanks dude

[@mrgopnik5964]

Me: “Ok I’m going in blind, this time no tutorials or easy ways!” Also me, 5 minutes later: *watching this video*

[@Lord_Humungus]

Same here man

[@lUnstable]

Same, I been getting my ass whooped in this game. I played every other souls game and never found them nearly as challenging it’s making me feel like a scrub lmao

[@iamergoproxy3476]

@@lUnstable scrub now savage layer. Claim your throne Tarnished

[@lUnstable]

@@iamergoproxy3476 t-thanks dad

[@FecalMatador]

@@lUnstable only thing close I played was god of war on max difficulty. And this is that but worse

[@ombra711]

Broomstick Gaming is the only channel I need to get tips and tricks for the games I'm currently playing. You never cease to amaze me wifh your technical dissections of games and their mechanics. Definitely a channel that justifies KZbin's existence.

[@redshift912]

No

[@mhdragon1522]

Let me add to this: once you do the last part head to sellia crystal tunnels north east in Liurina of the lakes. You will get a bunch of smithing stones 2, 3, and somber smithing stones, along with a miners bell bearing that you can give to the twin maidens to buy rank 1 and 2 smithing stones. This will allow you to get a plus 9 weapon easily.

[@yoza7359]

who is felling the fallenstar beast with chain armor and a +4 scimmy haha I'm curious cause damn it's tough at this level :)

[@PrymeKut]

@@yoza7359 You ain't kidding. I ran through there with my +4 and got dropped

[@yoza7359]

​@@PrymeKut haha I think blunt weapons or maybe magic would be a good match for the sellia crystal tunnels, I was using +4 slash and literally ended up switching 2hand greatshield to take out the miners lol, although those insect things are more the issue still haven't dropped fallenstar beast lol, gl out there brotha!

[@JawKnee86]

@@yoza7359 I did it with a +3 uchi lol. I opened a chest somewhere and it teleported me there, I was trapped and thought I had to beat it to get out.

[@yoza7359]

@@JawKnee86 did you get the bell bearing? I cleared it just left the bearing on my first visit, blunt weapon makes things way easier

[@SmokeSlim]

Never knew a 11 minute tutorial would take me 3 1/2 hours.

[@alpacino667]

Same thought it would be like 30 min 😂

[@NovaRedHead]

The descriptive details of this guide are legendary. I have like 2 hours played and I can't count how much I've died. Needed a tiny bit of guidance to get me going. Thanks 🤙🏻

[@evalzeyn9730]

Lol new to souls series? Tbh this game wasn't even that brutal. In Bloodborne one had to kill and extremely strong versatile boss who you'd have to memorize his attack to kill and dodge accordingly as two shot would.kill us lol if they did that here most would ik for sure hundreds of gamers would have quit the game

[@stmdgzz]

The ads for dark souls say, "Prepre to due....alot" I've been on the game about 4 days and if I had to guess, I'd say I died 100 times. Add another 300 deaths in areas I was leveling up in. Lol

[@theskywalker8416]

@@evalzeyn9730 yeah, i quit bloodborne and darksoul because of how hard to play and understand what you are doing .This game at least give me soemthing to hang on instead of almost no hope :v

[@dCa991]

@@evalzeyn9730 Your comment is a great example of why people can't stand soulsborne fans.

[@evalzeyn9730]

@@dCa991 hey just cause some of y'all suck ass at souls games doesn't mean the hardcore players wouldn't help you kill them okay. I was low level and on ng 5 lmao we always had experienced players from other countries always playing we had a strong community and it's still that way lol. We help new players learn enemy movements and weaknesses and when to barrage to cause a stagger in bosses. In some cases had secret hidden weak spots. Don't spread your hate around saying people hate us cause we kept souls alive and the newbs from dying. (Or invading your asses and wiping be thankful some expert players focus on helping rather than invading) get better at gaming and stfu about how people hate souls lmao that is OP as is our community.

[@exvndy]

This should be everyone's start for Elder Ring. It took me about 3 hours to do all of this at the beginning. First ever dark souls style game I've played so I died a lot in between tasks. But overall I'm now feeling more prepared and ready then I was before I did this. Amazing work figuring this all out man... thank you! Edit: I definitely recommend doing the extra credit tasks he gave at the end... you might as well after doing all the other things.

[@josephc365]

Been at it for over 2 and just halfway lol

[@averagebloke4474]

@@josephc365 I can't tell where to go when he says head south east. He doesn't show where that is.

[@usernotfound5512]

@@averagebloke4474 look at the compass at the top of your screen

[@donnywaite5920]

Amazing, thank you so much, I’m less frustrated now 😅

[@Melodik_Musik]

I keep dying trying to do the extra credit and lose my runes

[@magmafist]

Feels like Attack on Titan when you're on the horse running around avoiding all the giants

[@rojack007]

This is an amazing guide! I started playing recently but was stuck at the start of the game getting my ass handed to me everywhere I went. Thanks to this I can actually kill some bosses and get somewhere lol

[@opoxious1592]

You are exacly right. No matter where i go, i get my ass kicked no matter who's in front of me. It's so frustrating

[@banjocarlomadrid4758]

I've stopped playing the game in the beginning because my ass was getting kicked everywhere I go. Why didn't I see this video a yr ago. Lol.

[@rushpatriot2866]

​@@opoxious1592you gotta learn the attack patterns

[@gogetum5186]

@@banjocarlomadrid4758 dude me too I bought the game not knowing it was very difficult and not having one idea how to upgrade weapons or anything I gave up but I wanna give it another go

[@1122vikramsingh]

bro same here my ass was always whooped then this big giant came out of nowhere after the soldiers then i uninstalled the game due to frustration now i will try again. cheers man.

[@pizzagateisreal]

This is going be a massive help. Im new to these types of games and I've been wandering around for 3 plus hours getting my ass kicked mostly with Zero direction lol

[@JaceEntertainment]

The game patch just screwed this up

[@jacegaming8232]

@@JaceEntertainment what did it do

[@dailyjumps_paul6245]

@@JaceEntertainment what did the patch do

[@ZoMathew]

@@JaceEntertainment hey what did the patch change from this video

[@GDBAKED81]

I guess it did nothing 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@thealexfish4480]

I'm telling myself I won't do this but I'm definitely doing this. Update: I did it.

[@Hegymegi96]

Me too bro only one more hour now🤣🤣

[@Jack.F1]

What build is everyone going to rock?

[@ohiraeth6625]

facts I’m sad I cracked and watched hella videos I was good for a whole 3 years no spoilers and i just ruined it 😭

[@dustinjames5240]

@@Jack.F1 either dex or strength with faith. I have spent hours thinking of what I’m deciding

[@Pants69]

@@dustinjames5240 me too. I went with confessor, and will go dex with some faith

[@dexter43]

ONE THING TO CHANGE: Do NOT BUY the summoning bell and wolves from the couple at the round table. After you receive Torrent, you can travel back to the Church of Ellen and there is an NPC (other than the shop npc) there that will give you both for free!

[@3ggbrain]

Renna doesn’t appear to spawn after you’ve visited Roundtable. So if you want to go this route, make sure you see Renna beforehand.

[@GrandMasterDerp]

Also important to note that she will only appear at the church at NIGHT

[@aligr3224]

@@GrandMasterDerp that is true, but it dont have to be night. all you need to do is to respawn at the grace or teleport to it and it will auto trigger the night

[@robertpickering641]

I did this so already have wolves..... anything else you would do before following this?

[@chrisnorris3641]

Ya, I never even knew that you could buy them. I just happened upon the NPC that gave them free by random.🤣

[@rickesko]

dude thanks for this. i've been struggling with elden ring for so long that i havent played in a long time until today, your tips helped me out but also gave me a better understanding about certain aspects of the game. this is my first souls game so once again thank you

[@spence6195]

This is probably the best beginner video for Elden Rings right now. Keep up the good work 👍

[@willbgm5x5]

This is great because it doesn’t only get you items and money, but a better understanding of the game for beginners! I didn’t even know how to use the map before this :)

[@joshduehr2898]

From my experience with Dark Souls Remastered and Bloodborne, being OP early is good, but knowledge of what enemies are around and where they are at makes it easier rather than the combat against them. Thank you for the information, I look forward to knowing more about armor and weapons locations.

[@ridethasno]

I never played any of those games before but I’m learning now 🤣 I Look forward to the armor and weapons for my Vagabond.

[@joshduehr2898]

@@ridethasno just don't give up. Don't get greedy when attacking, know how to dodge ( some enemies attacks you need to roll into the attack to not get hit) and know when to heal. Best of luck to you with Elden Ring.

[@ridethasno]

@@joshduehr2898 Thanks Josh! I am learning quickly and always making adjustments. ✌️

[@silenceyouidiot]

Oh yea, the classic days of people with Drake Swords for the first quarter of the game but then suffers through the upgrade material and rather slow attack swing.

[@jp-sn6si]

@@silenceyouidiot it wasn't slow, i think most people used greatswords anyway, because they were easy to use.

[@nugzmedallion8929]

Thank you sir! I just started Elden Ring for the first time (I know I'm late lol) and I just needed a "quick start" guide so-to-speak so I didn't go into all the early bosses and get stomped and this helped a lot!

[@jcrosby4804]

Enjoy. Follow this guide then just go your own path. Too many people are not playing how it was designed. You’re supposed to explore, get lost, get killed, be confused and have to think your way around. Best advice is pick fights with people you can defeat - don’t think you have to defeat a certain boss now. Just go away and come back stronger. I completed Stomveil at level 50 and it was so much more fun and productive than struggling through at level 12. It’s open world for a reason. It’s like a giant test of resource and tactical management. Know when to retreat. Farm runes, upgrade your weapons always - without upgrades they are very weak and they count much more than upgrading your abilities. Most focus on abilities and forget about smithing stone upgraded. BTW Somber Smothing Stonss are for legendary weapons with pre installed ashes of war. Look out for them. Enjoy. 🎉👍

[@Forqot]

Thank you. I had no troubles. I’m a super beginner in dark souls/elden ring and I’ve successfully completed my first “mission” because of you! Thanks so much!

[@cargentius]

While going down towards spot 13, you can veer to the left up into an open field under a bridge and in the back is a talisman to increase dmg on horseback, and I've found it to be extremely useful, same with starting off with the imp ashes since they apply bleed and are great for bosses

[@spliff2559]

yo is it the axe talisman you’re talking about?

[@cargentius]

@@spliff2559 no that's somewhere else, this one is called the Lance Talisman

[@MattieHond]

[@neikthasneak619]

This video is so helpful for starting out. Since I'm a samurai I rely heavily on either blitzing the enemy or dodging so having a +4 Uchigatana right out the gate really helps

[@ztorin]

I finally did this tonight, after getting the game this weekend and not knowing where or how to start. The "15/20" minutes is misleading, as it took me 3 hours last night before realizing I F'd up right before the Round Table room by not grabbing the tear right before. So I had to repeat the whole thing again tonight for another 2+ hours!! But at least I'm now at LV 18 and ready to actually start the game!

[@itsamepaolo1079]

You have saved me greatly! I followed your guide while painstakingly and carefully farming all the common enemies that i could and i managed to scrounge up an additional 12000 runes, although i did have to rescue my runes a couple of when I was killed. Totally worth it, although instead of taking 20 to 30 minutes, it actually took me about 7 hours... But at least now everything is just slightly more enjoyable! Thanks man!

[@elijahfuller9693]

This is a great guide, lol I used this run to make 4 characters, I always use the 1st bonus, but not the 2nd. A couple of things to mention is to get the green turtle talisman for melee weapon users near the boat boss. The spirit wolves and bell are actually freely given after you get the horse, the person giving you these is near kale at nighttime. There is an armor set that isn't too crazy to get called carion knight armor in the academy, this can be gotten without killing anything also. When doing this run you need to steal the key from a dragon. There is also a portal you can find to teleport straight to the academy gate. On the way to the dragon you can get 3 more level 2 stones inside one of those stone structures with a human sized statue in the middle, this will let you +5 your weapon.

[@nethlion9092]

Adding to this, from point 3 you can go south to the lake and at the northwest is a mineshaft with smithing stones. You'll have to fight but you can do this after the route to get prepared for a other weapon when you choose to switch

[@gameANDchange]

To someone somewhat new to this genre, playing the game by following this guide was very fun and rewarding.

[@tired-musubi]

just wanted to drop my thanks by subscribing and telling you that this is my first time jumping into a From Software game after not liking DS1, and your guide helped me beat Margit on my first try after running my head against the wall all day on my first day. definitely feels like you helped me take the difficulty down from soul-crushing to a more enjoyable experience.

[@JudgementNutter]

If you want a cool sword at the beginning, you can get the Uchigatana very early (unless you pick Samurai as the starting class). Go to the Deathtouched catacombs east of Stormhill shack along the main road, right before the bridge. I'd upgrade this instead of your starting weapon (again unless you picked samurai).

[@davidperrii]

Ahhhhh I loved that sword in DS3!!!!

[@scuffedjuan7200]

You can also pick up guts demon slayer sword early !

[@lowdermanc]

@@scuffedjuan7200 where do you get it?

[@shadowu745]

thank you

[@trevor8726]

Does this work well with sword spell build?

[@Nedk82]

I just followed that entire thing and everything was exactly where you said it would be and didn’t take me more then 20 minutes lol. I literally sent it to all my friends after I did it my self. Thank for an amazing starter video man.

[@556WalkemdownTorrents]

cringe guide follower

[@SuperAllelujah]

@@556WalkemdownTorrents cringe comment

[@saswag2004]

@@556WalkemdownTorrents you got rekt

[@mohammadshabir7910]

But I didn't get smithing stone on step 4 from the corpse on the bridge but got something else is this supposed to be random ooh by the way I haven't updated the game yet...

[@grant9005]

@@556WalkemdownTorrents why are you here then lululul

[@defox8929]

I followed this guide and thanks to it I went from getting the crap kicked out of me by Tree Sentinel to starting a new playthrough using this guide and beating him on my first try

[@taeriterry2308]

Wow! Gonna try this later after reach home!

[@hadesmadedat]

New playthrough for tree sentinal?

[@defox8929]

@@hadesmadedat New playthrough just to annihilate everything for the first third of the game. Now I'm all set up to do NG+9 and I have three different lethal builds

[@hadesmadedat]

@@defox8929 fire

[@gregmather3343]

As a new player to the "souls" games I can certainly use all the help I can get, thank you.

[@mavvynne444]

Just play blind bro

[@jimmystrudel]

You're ruining the experience by watching these.

[@thenorthstarsamurai]

Let him play the way he wants

[@MistaCen]

pro tip, don't bother with shields. Practice parrying and roll dodging. Shield blocking is a trap, and guard counter is a trash parry.

[@4lmighty_L0af]

@@jimmystrudel not everyone likes extremely hard and confusing games Most people bought this game because of the hype it seems and many are just giving up Too hard = gay

[@xxICONOCLAST]

Thanks for this. Just some constructive criticism: Some of the parts (especially when you have to go down from your current height) can be incredibly confusing and a marker on the map isn't enough Some sped up footage getting from one point to the next would've been great. Even at X3 speed, it would've helped to know how you got to each part. Some of them were very difficult to decipher which way to go. You just mentioned it and the video hard cut to you already being there. A-B is fine but don''t edit the video to be at B. Show us A-B please. Otherwise, very helpful vid and I'm glad I have a leg up now.

[@totallyenormous8859]

When he say for example "from point A head south east to point B" you end up exactly where you are supposed to idk how u and 99 other people got lost

[@nwing07__]

@@totallyenormous8859 It's not that easy for some people to determine compass directions especially when you have to re-orient and determine where he exactly is. Sure, you can pause the map and figure it out from there, but there's other guide videos that show actual footage running/fast forward walking getting from point A to B. I mean, if 99 other people disagree with you.. then there's merit to what he says lol.

[@SpecialJay525]

Yeah like the part where you go around the vendor and eventually find the tombstones...🙄 I still haven't found them but I jumped down from the cliffs to the next area he mentioned but it was very unclear where the hell the tombstones actually are.

[@totallyenormous8859]

@@nwing07__ out of the 4.8 million people that saw the video, no.

[@savage3boiimalek560]

@@totallyenormous8859 Your logic is based on the assumption that nobody aka 0 amount of people got lost. nearly 110 out of 4.8m people already agree with this constructive criticism. It's a miniscule number but it breaks your logic regardless. I don't understand your point here?

[@allyjazz9760]

2:07 from here go EAST, and you can avoid the wolf ambush and gain SMITHING STONES from a circle of statues. Then head north, around the giant rock/ cliffside, and you’ll find a shack which is the next check point.

[@69mihail96]

This is one of the most useful vids for a starter character I've ever seen for Elden Ring.

[@optimusprime3484]

Great video. I need all the help I can get in souls games and this one looks too good to pass up.

[@YukiYijiKusakabe]

"Down there you'll see a fight breaking out between some wolves and a bear. ... But you have no quarrels with them so grab the rank 2 smithing stone and get the fudge outta there." 😂

[@danielmeredith4222]

Cheers and thankyou so much for all the help and advice you have given me and all of us here. Youve made my journey and many others much more pleasant and enjoyable. I had to pause this video at certain points where I found myself caught up in more quests of my own. This has been the best and most game adventure ever and there's still so much more to unravel. Thanks again Alex for all your hard work xo :)

[@erik8449]

This video is fantastic! For a guy like me who never known the dark souls world and coming into elden ring world was abit overwhelming. This mase such difference! Thank you 🤘🏼

[@bankleaks1217]

I'm completely new to these games, and wow this has taught me many things I was unaware of entirely and made it much easier. This is 👏 amazing

[@50-50_Grind]

In case you give up (which, realistically, you might as a newbie) : you should try Dark Souls 3 or Bloodborne first. They're equally as beautiful but less hard as nails, more like hard as icicles.

[@_.just._.a._.nobody._]

Quick tip. The second cave mentioned towards the end has about 2-2nd grade smithing stones about 4 sets of glovewart

[@makoto4589]

How am I supposed to get there when the bridge is broken

[@lightyagami1275]

how do we get there bruh. ;-;

[@LBreunig50]

Watch section 6 it’s shows a way around the bridge

[@chicodepuertorico1450]

I found that as a Sorcerer, having Torrent and being able to relentlessly cast at enemies while on horseback has made me so OP, sometimes I'm ashamed of myself for taking that advantage. LOL But I've put in a lot of years of frustration with the Souls series, I deserve this!

[@fxranger326]

Yes. Yes you do. Go forth and destroy all your enemies.

[@chicodepuertorico1450]

@@fxranger326 Its really the easiest thing I've ever experienced in a Souls game. I'm actually kind of still in bit of an awe that they allowed the programmers to do this. :D

[@gamechannel1271]

Biggest problem with horseback sorcery is you can't change spells while you're moving without growing a 3rd hand or remapping the controls.

[@simply_the_dev7588]

I've having a hard time killing things with a sword on a horse. I keep attacking the wrong side. And I keep accidently whistling off the horse while fighting lol

[@cooltjh4]

when i cba to get off my horse i just ran around them over and over and over again just slashing at them, killed one of those tentacle octopus monstrocities like tht. took a long time cus they tanky as hell and tbh not really worth it unless the ovaries make something pretty good.

[@jaydeebow6431]

The best guide I ever seen on this game, great content.

[@ronyarco7990]

This is a huge help! Thank you so much for putting the time into this starter guide. I have done some to start already but will be following this to help me get started since this is my first souls game ever!

[@higherlearning1013]

So I've gotta ask being your first aid game do you like it so far? I find it to be a bit easier ths ds2 n 3

[@ronyarco7990]

@@higherlearning1013 I absolutely love it! Once I have been able to better understand mechanics the game slowed down a bit for me. I am truly enjoying the progression and gameplay!!

[@higherlearning1013]

@@ronyarco7990 it's most definitely alot more rewarding just because it's an actual challenge unlike most games nowadays that your basically super man vs a slime if you button mash fast enough. Glad your enjoying it

[@aguythatlikesrice8075]

@@higherlearning1013 hell nah, I'm struggling more with this game than any other soul like game

[@higherlearning1013]

rice lmao me 2 now but was doing great killed 1st boss at stormviel castle with throwing knives n wolves now though lady luck has shined her light elsewhere for elden ring lol

[@peaceup5519]

Thank you so much for this. I'm 43 and have been gaming since I was 7. I'm a huge fan of of the fantasy style, rpg genre. Skyrim being one of my all time favorite games. It wasn't the punishing nature of Souls games that turned me off. It was the gray, somewhat colorless style of the games. That said, Elder Ring is absolutely beautiful... Skyrim? What is that? This no bs starter guide is exactly what I've been looking for. Now I'm set up to begin exploring one of the most engaging, immersive, lore rich games that I have ever played without having to worry about its harsh nature sucking the enjoyment out of my play-through! Seriously, thank you!

[@iPodKingCarter]

I WISH I COULD LIKE THIS VIDEO TWICE.

[@markgrimes945]

What up carter

[@antviper135]

Didn't u was playing Elden ring 💀

[@iPodKingCarter]

@@antviper135 Game 🔥

[@iPodKingCarter]

@@markgrimes945 watch out 😩🤣

[@antviper135]

@@iPodKingCarter You gonna upload it though?👀

[@llava2173]

I put around 2 to 300 hours right after release and stopped playing ever since and the last few days got back into it with a new class and this is by far one of most useful video I’ve found on KZbin in general.. not even for just elden ring out of all the games I play this has just been gold of a video..

[@chilledfish88]

Just jumped back into elden ring after a long long break so this was super helpful and easy to follow thank you very much 😊

[@MaxTheDev-f6t]

This helped me a tremendous amount, got me a super head start and now I'm exploring absolutely everywhere and opening the whole game

[@jonathanconverse8893]

🌟 All in all, one of the best early walk-throughs ever. Of any game. Well done.

[@swain5884]

wow this guys video is great, i sure hope no one at IGN steals it word for word

[@adamcrux6829]

Can't believe how much I missing in the first 10 hours playing. I still used this guide to go back and lvl up my character so this is very useful even if you're not watching before starting. I actually had not yet found the flask of wonderful physics or the spirit calling bell lol... Gotta say the ash spirits really help in boss fights, would've made Margit a whole lot easier.

[@Oldschoolratz84]

There is no 2nd sacred tears and a spell merchant when i go back to the church... ???

[@ketubann9405]

You get the calling bell for free if you go back to the first church after getting Torrent and resting at night

[@willbagnall3416]

You didnt have flask of wonderful physick and you did margit? Massive balls

[@danielbob4310]

I killed him with one help and wolves after the 3rd try

[@truck_it_23]

I haven't found anything like this on KZbin. This is a must for any new character. Well done!!!

[@crushingit5128]

This is honestly a must watch video for all new players. The pace in Elden Ring is all over the place. You are either grinding away against a fairly tough soldier but only get 20 runes for your troubles. Or you wonder around for 10 minutes to try to find someone a little tougher, only to get one shotted. This guide puts you right in the sweet spot of the game being tough but not soul crushing. Plus you get to see some interesting side streets along the way.

[@tylermistura5443]

How far south do u got to go for the second set of grave tombs

[@crushingit5128]

@@tylermistura5443 if you diverge from the path in this video a little, on purpose or by accident, you’ll come across some additional sites with tons of rune rings

[@7StarHeryla]

You’re a literal life saver. I’ve watched people play this game here and there. Tried to pick it up and was just totally lost and I’m like okay I think I can get going with this

[@foxhound8468]

You are an actual Elden Lord lol. Definitely doing this tonight. Thanks.

[@timidhobgoblin207]

Dude, I've had this game a week and yesterday I decided it was so utterly frustrating, agonising and unfair that I was done with it entirely. After watching this however your simple guide has inspired me to at least try one more time to see if I can actually make any progress in this absolute nightmare of a game. Thank you so much!

[@hydreigon2709]

and?

[@patrickbateman2076]

@@hydreigon2709 wdym and?

[@Matt-rq3jx]

The main pillar of this game is that you don't NEED to fight most things at a given time and difficulty does not scale linearly. You need to mark difficult things on your map and circle back when you're stronger. You don't have to bang your head against a wall when fighting a boss because that is all you can do in the game at this point in your playthrough. You can just leave and go explore something else that is more your speed.

[@jaulloa21]

Yea, this game. Basically Wants you dead whenever possible

[@iyeetsecurity922]

I prefer _not_ to use guides such as this, but since I'm not as experienced a Souls player as most, it's *definitely* helped out a _lot_ in getting started in this game. *THANK YOU.*

[@leeskinner9627]

Lol I avoided spoilers until I actually played the game, and now that I'm getting my ass handed to me I'm like "gimme all the spoilers and tips please"

[@tonyg5162]

I played and beat every souls and souls borne game and I needed this guide! Elden ring is very hard imo

[@EducatedJabs]

Tbh they didn’t make the world good enough to feel fair and the game doesn’t want you to learn how to play it. Fair grounds for cheese 🧀

[@amanjha5916]

@@EducatedJabs that's the charm of it, they don't want to spoon feed you at all. Elden and other souls game exist to instill that feeling of helplessness and despair. Each and every boss is designed so as to crush ur spirit untill you finally 'git gud'. Sure it may seem unfair but the satisfaction of overcoming those challenges is worth every bit

[@EducatedJabs]

@@amanjha5916 I agree but I think they went a little too far with this one

[@unrhu]

If anyone doesn't want to miss the Dark moon great sword quest, as soon as you get Torrent go back to the Church of Elleh, it'll be at night when you get Torrent so it's perfect and you can talk to the witch to begin the quest. If you do everything he says without going back you'll miss the quest

[@SilentButDudley]

Big tip for 100k runes within minutes. Go to the big ass dragon after teleporting to the Beast Clergyman. Run south until you hit a bunch of dragons. Get a bleed weapon. Get behind it and hit its tail until dead. 100k runes within minutes. Then, go into the castle and run past everything and loot everything. You can find Radagons soresteal fairly easily. Now you have 100k runes and one of the best Talismans in the game.

[@draggy76]

and by 100k you mean 74-75k, Unless you're adding the amount in this vid, an that's still only around 85k souls, Sorry, """Runes"""

[@belovedrequiem2891]

@@draggy76 get da chicken foot

[@draggy76]

@@belovedrequiem2891 Oooooh, i forgot bout da foot.....

[@rucheetsheth7834]

Me with Cheat engine 🥱🥱😎😎

[@ChristopherCaouette]

Thank you for this. This is my first "Dark Souls" type of game and really have been looking for a good tutorial. Well done with the maps and locations.

[@darksmoke]

not sure if anyone has mentioned this but the camp with the map piece you mentioned there are stair going down to a chest that gives ashes and an item that allows you to put attributes or skill onto a weapon

[@jonyzom6055]

can i remove the ashes from the weapon later?? or will it get stuck with weapon 4ever??

[@uykusuz4296]

@@jonyzom6055 you can remove it if you regret from your choice

[@darksmoke]

@@jonyzom6055 you can but you have to remove it from old weapon first also later you can make copies.

[@daftpanda6533]

@@jonyzom6055 Yes, you can remove them.

[@000swift1]

Thanks for posting this video. For a new player though the inventory system is beyond confusing , no info on how to slot quick items, Jellyfish hasn’t been used once, I’m not gonna stop in the middle of a battle and go into my menu to activate it. Here we go again with another game like ESO where 50% of the entire game isnt explained whatsoever, we rely on KZbin, or rather the Dev’s assume that’s how everyone learns the game without knowing anything prior. A video on how to use the inventory/items menus is probably as important as this video

[@rpelletier2771]

Ill be watching this again when I go to start the game tomorrow!

[@zxon3751]

Just get on today

[@markwarwick9306]

Same ps5 ?

[@EternalShadow72]

@@zxon3751 not even out

[@keeganshigh]

It drops tonight chief.

[@matthewgarcia8476]

@@EternalShadow72 if you have a Xbox change your region to New Zealand and you can have it today

[@TheBezixx]

Also pro tip, you can speed up the process of getting runes from the Golden Runes by selling them to the merchants instead of popping them from you inventory.

[@Forqot]

Thanks!

[@charliemarinello9250]

You can use them all at once though

[@Forqot]

@@charliemarinello9250 he might’ve meant that you could get more from selling them instead of popping. I’ll test this theory tonight

[@CGV3TV]

@@Forqot What's the verdict!?!?

[@gangstapanda124]

@@CGV3TV nah they sell for how much they give you

[@ElDeBargeJr]

Best route guide … you didn’t leave us lost talking about nothing .. stayed on point the whole clip

[@garynalley4277]

I'm just now doing my first playthrough and I basically did all this just running around and already have a plus 6 weapon. Didn't know about the summon upgrade yet so thanks for that.

[@nobodyexceptme7794]

This guy's a goddamn gamer. All these reviews and "tips" this guy doing God's work. Real worthwhile unique detailed guides to improve your experience. Salute this man, boomstick the true kind of da norf!!!!

[@lilsteven4359]

You good sir are worthy of praise. This is my first time playing a game like this and this tutorial really saved me. I already died more time than I care to count 😂 but so far it's been a fun ride

[@riokolza1782]

This is a seriously amazing guide. FIRST thing I do when I make a new character is check this guide out to get a little boost. ONE thing that can be tweaked a little is adding a step for the witch NPC that appears at the first church after you get Torrent...can get the bell for free. :]