Exploring Elden Ring's 1.00 Version (Doomed Farum Azula)

[@BertoPlease]

COMPLETE SERIES VIDEO IS FINALLY OUT: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2mVg6mYa9x4ac0 Music: 0:00 - Crumbling Farum Azula (Elden Ring OST) 3:18 - Godskin Apostle (Elden Ring OST) 5:23 - Crumbling Farum Azula (Elden Ring OST) 8:30 - Dragonlord Placidusax (Elden Ring OST) 10:08 - Beast Clergymen (Elden Ring OST 12:38 - The Nexus (Demon's Souls OG OST)

[@Malte12345]

the wrong theme playing in farum axula was the night theme in limgrave and its not on spotify

[@BertoPlease]

I friggin knew it sounded familiar aaaaa, that explains haha

[@minerman60101]

The youtube channel "General Chadahn" has been putting up all of those more obscure music tracks.

[@BertoPlease]

@@minerman60101 oh i think ive had the recommended too 🧐 noted noted

[@minerman60101]

Bernahl was added as a summon in 1.03 I think. The purple particles on Maliketh might be the indicator that you can riposte with blasphemous claw; this is a golden hue on release. Maliketh can fall in the pillars on current patch but it instantly fades him out and puts him in the center of the arena, which is an amazing way of handling this sort of bug. I'm going to miss this series, but it'll be good to have all of the information out there. I feel bad that you necessarily can't do this on PC and have the braindead easy save management it offers.

[@Demokaze]

Shame they removed every gravity stone from Farum. Their presence there would emphasize what the description of the Ruins Greatsword says.

[@simonealcazar816]

This needs to be clarified, that is misreading of the item description, it understandable because if not carefully read you might think it’s referring to Faram Azula itself. I will highlight the important details w/ Caps In the written text: “Originally rubble FROM a RUIN which FELL from the sky, this surviving fragment was honed into a weapon.” “The RUIN it came from CRUMBLED when STRUCK by a meteorite, as such this weapon harbors its destructive power.” This is talking about the pieces of Faram Azula you find around the Lands Between especially in Limgrave and Liurnia. Which is told through the Sanctuary stone reveal they’re from Faram. “A rare piece of stone fragment found near places where RUINS have FALLEN from the sky.” So the Ruin Greatsword is referring to THOSE ruins of Faram Azula being hit by a meteorite and from it can the sword. Not that Faram was destroyed by a meteorite. That is a big misconception, there’s no information in the game that states that Faram Azula was destroyed by a Meteorite. It’s not to say it wasn’t but the sword doesn’t really mean Faram.

[@Demokaze]

​@@simonealcazar816 I have said the same more or less. Though I did not rule out the possibility that the meteorite may have struck an already ruined Farum and pieces came down imbued with gravitational power because that fits the sword's description too and as you can see they did consider putting gravity stones there to hint at that. Plus it's unclear if the debris circling Farum stays like that because of the storm fuckery or because of gravitational fuckery like the one occurring at Limgrave's crater.

[@simonealcazar816]

I can understand you’re reasoning there. I would probably lean more into the time theory because Faram doesn’t have obvious time of day changes unlike the other Legacy dungeons. I could see earlier in development it would be more due to a meteorite was more obvious but how little we get with Faram origin of destruction and the removal of the gravity stone, it feels like they’re shifting to their another reason IMO. The meteorite theory doesn’t really explain the Tornadoes either so while I don’t outright dismiss the theory, I remand skeptical of the Faram Azula’s destruction being meteor related.

[@hoggo3789]

Wow! Look how Far(um Azula) we've gone!

[@BertoPlease]

Help

[@Melanittanigra]

they really went nuts with the particle effect colors in 1.0 lol

[@Ursling]

I like the placidusax song going silent so much more. It's chilling

[@BertoPlease]

One of the most memorable parts of the series 😩

[@paralam2175]

The music in the 'Liurnia Belfry' chunck of Farum Azula in the Night version of Limgrave's OST

[@crudnom7090]

I love you uploading this today cause Ive been binge watching the whole series today

[@BertoPlease]

Haha I do post every Saturday, maybe the algo was giving me a hand 👀

[@valonyaver600]

I love how placidusax's critical indicator is red. Makes him more unique. I wish it stayed in the release.

[@AlexHyena1]

yeah it was one of the early patches that they added Bernahl as a summon for the Godskin Duo as everyone hated that fight before we found out about sleep pots

[@excatalyst1443]

I noticed that the Orbital slash anime move that maliketh does looks to have a much wider aoe. cause the orb stretched all the way to his back legs but in the current version of the game the orb is more in front of him around his face. Also the purple effects look really cool wished they kept it.

[@BertoPlease]

I suck at dodging that attack so much that I wouldnt have noticed in a 1000 years 🤣 but damn

[@minerman60101]

@@BertoPlease The death spiral AoE always follows a particular combo, so you need to dodge towards him during that combo to get the big opening while he does the AoE

[@notquitenil]

I do want to point out that in early versions of the full release on PC, that ambush by the Farum Beastman did still work. I actually remember being annoyed that I couldn't deal with it for lack of arrows at the time. A few versions later this was changed, which I believe coincided with a nerf to the range of the player's own Honed Bolt spell. They may have accidentally edited the bullet used for that enemy's spell without realizing it because of a batch edit.

[@BertoPlease]

iiiinteresting, thankfully I can verify this on PC by downpatching at some point, but thanks for the insight 👀 I dont have memory of having this ambush but i played through the game pretty slow so i mightve gotten to it by the time that was patched

[@ilhamadigunawan5264]

​@@BertoPleaseI also encounter similar experience with the lightning ambush in the release version. It annoyed me so much. So i think you're right in the video about they nerf the range and broke the ambush one, because if I'm not missremembering there's a lot of complains about the lightning beastmen in the area before placidusax is.

[@StanleyG23]

11:28 He can still get stuck in a pillar in the release version, but it occurs quite rarely. I think it's much more likely to happen if you fight him for too long while he's in his Maliketh form.

[@ender_slime_7387]

Happened to me twice in one fight on my first play through

[@victorprati7908]

the purple effects on Maliketh's blade might be related to the gloam eyed queen and the destined death stuff

[@BertoPlease]

Could be a subtle call to that!

[@foxepunz4849]

I feel like doomed would be too obvious of a word for fromsoft themselves to use in the farum azula name, they tend to make you find out lore bits yourself, they want you to see the word "crumbling," and wonder why its described as crumbling (that would imply it was falling apart, without telling you whats happening and why its a mish mash of floating rocks) and lets you ask the question "why is it crumbling apart" instead of just telling you, it also matches the visual identity of the area well. idk and I don't care that the name changed it could be either one but making the area name more vague is a very fromsoft thing to do haha also this kinda series seems cool, subbed

[@BertoPlease]

I can totally see that as well, and dont mind either or haha

[@onesecgaming8102]

Just got caught up, cant wait for the final ep

[@Ambatakum-jr5]

the ruins great sword has a different ash of war in 1.00 and its literally broken it seems the only way to perform it is by standing in the bottom of a hill but idk if its just me or its 1.00 that has this prob

[@vycanismajoris6871]

Wow same. I thought it was something wrong with my disc but apparantly its supposed to be like that in 1.0.0. It only works in certain terrain, like you pointed out. So wierd.

[@apukami3643]

Maliketh even now can stick get stuck in the pillar rarely but he just instantly teleports away to the center of the arena when that happens

[@mukimaster]

In post release for me maliketh got stuck in the pillar and he just respawned, so its possible. Btw currently this is my favourite series on youtube.

[@BertoPlease]

Oh like the dragons when they get too far? Thats wild i havet had it happen until this haha Also awww whaaa 🥹❤️

[@unaffectedbycardeffects9152]

For getting multiple ending, you can upload your save to a USB/PS+ cloud, get an ending, download your save and get a different one. Repeat until you've gotten all of them.

[@BertoPlease]

Maybe I'll connect that account to a PSN, thats the only reason I cant yet

[@unaffectedbycardeffects9152]

@@BertoPlease of for some reason you can't you could just use a USB. I've done it for getting Bloodborne's Platinum in one playtrough

[@NiraSader]

So in post release when Maliketh glitches into a pillar, he warps back to his original position, guess that was because of what happened in 1.0

[@talalal-rufaii6672]

I think the purple particles coming out of Maliketh's blade was just an indication to use the blasphemous claw to counter it. Because when the game got released everyone was confused when to use the blasphemous claw to counter Maliketh's blade, but they changed it with the blade just glowing gold(except for destined death aoe attack).

[@BertoPlease]

I have to admit I was trying to use the claw to see if its different in 1.00 but i'd never used it, but i didnt think to use it during those attacks either 🤣 so perhaps it didnt matter what color, people still mightve still not known what theyre for lmao. In fairness, those are scary af attacks to try to parry

[@BraveryMclarty-bc4yf]

Ah I remember the ER 1.0 days. The first time I got Elden Ring, I started it on 1.0. My internet wasn’t working the day I got it, so it wouldn’t update. So I tried playing it without updating, and yeah. Beat the game at least once on the version, or I was close at least.

[@miamismallman]

Love these

[@Ambatakum-jr5]

the dragon claw also in this version only have the endure ash of war which sucks

[@jragonthedragon3055]

Crumbling cause if you look around it is crumbling away.

[@BertoPlease]

Huh never noticed 🧐

[@jragonthedragon3055]

@@BertoPlease Yeah I mean the kingdom of farum azula is already destroyed soooo...how can it be doomed ya know?

[@zinniegirl_lass]

at 7:18 it sounds roughly like the limgrave night theme, though I could be entirely wrong

[@BertoPlease]

Nah u rite, a few people have confirmed

[@LeGabrielMan]

He still gets stuck in Release, it happened to me on my first playthrough with one of my friends. He teleports out of the Pillar in Release

[@Black_Screen_013]

0:42 what is that on your back I saw a ghost with it but I don’t know the name of it

[@BertoPlease]

The cape / armor? Mausoleum Knight armor

[@Black_Screen_013]

@@BertoPlease thank you

[@amadhollow635]

Dlc where we fight prime placi, and like Tiamat his five heads can shoot different types of flames

[@TTv_rBots]

Placi doesn't have the effect that shows how far the explosion is.😮

[@BertoPlease]

Explains why I got hit by it once :)

[@TheHogfatherInvades]

Let's go!

[@wilbertrogetii1578]

7:11 the track here is Limgrave Ambient (Nighttime variation)! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rITOhpd7a7CEjtU

[@jorb333]

The black and Ghostflame effects seem to be different on explosions.

[@jorb333]

Maliketh can still get stuck on pillars but now he teleports to the center.

[@alienmewn]

I need to play this game .. I prob shouldnt watch but it looked cool 😂 and omg the dragon

[@BertoPlease]

omg Sky this is so late game 😩 the dragon is my fave

[@Amitlu]

Is the cutscene for the burning of the erdtree any different? I heard that in the 1.00 version the dialogue was changed about what flames burned the tree.

[@BertoPlease]

What you heard is most likely referring to the dialogue Melina gives you after trying to go to the Erdtree after Morgott, there's a small difference there (refer to Leyndell vid). There was a small difference in the Melina burning cutscene, I covered it at the end of Mountaintops video :)

[@j.pedrotti1649]

That's a cut line extracted from cutscene subtitles, but like a lot of scrapped dialogue it didn't get used anywhere, not even in 1.0.

[@Amitlu]

@@j.pedrotti1649 Ah thats what I read then. Probably had to do with the alterations to the Farum Azula section and it being mandatory now.

[@Jacobinks]

Cold

[@woolsword8200]

idk if its just me or not, but Malkieth's Destined Death AoE seems a lot bigger

[@BertoPlease]

Some others have said that too! I'll have to explore look at it again and see if I get hit in a spot that would normally be safe

[@navios1572]

We gotta see all aow and spells/incants

[@BertoPlease]

Thats the plan (at least for the ones I have), but I'll only talk about them here if they look or work different in anyway

[@A045-c7k]

Where is meteriote staff in 1.0 ?

[@BertoPlease]

You have to farm it! I think any battle mage drops it, like the one next to Church of Plague, or before Haligtree Loretta

[@masterashina9121]

Lol i got a gravel seal from killing some random knight in leyndell

[@BertoPlease]

Yeah thats how you get it current patch? Theres no leyndell knights there in 1.00

[@Silverstar114]

I have to wonder why every single item pickup that changed from 1.0 used to be complete ass. Why, at any point during development, would they think that every item should be crafting materials??

[@Ickarichi]

Placeholders?

[@theFreddyFighter]

I hate farum Azula, I hope it crumbles to dust and falls into the sea

[@dominickbolieau9328]

From is great at making games that are semi perfect it's kind of crazy. Seems like they just change shit bc they feel like it tbh though. They're kind of really bad game devs and I love dark souls. If only they were more competent in their field, or more clear as designers wtf they're actually trying to do

[@dominickbolieau9328]

Also on that note the fp system sucks ass and the attunement system was much much better

[@dominickbolieau9328]

Ds1/2 ftw

[@BruceLee-kf7rl]

According to Dark Soul gatekeeper the Act Man, you are only allowed to play the game exactly the way developers intended. Playing an older, unpatched version of the game will "ruin the lives of others."

[@BertoPlease]

LOL pls tell me he said this in jest

[@victorprati7908]

wth?! 😂

[@lnb671]

I’ve seen maliketh get stuck in the pillars as recent as the last patch 1.09. Only a handful of times throughout all of my runs

[@ShiniestMeatManKrieg]

I have seen mali get stuck in a pillar on current patch. He disappeared and respawned at the middle.

[@BertoPlease]

Yknow a handful of people have been telling me that, but no one has said anything about the boulder thing 👀 wild, i thought itd be backwards

[@ShiniestMeatManKrieg]

@@BertoPlease never seen the stagger but I have seen some boss attacks linger after a cutscene. Firegiants orb explosions being a good example where they started to blow up, cutscene, and then blew up and killed me. Same with rykards slam explosion with the snake, only to be in phase 2 without warning. So assume the boulders could work as well.

[@BertoPlease]

@@ShiniestMeatManKrieg yeah ive seen the boulders in phase 2 before as well, just wondering about them hitting AND staggering himself