Can I Beat Elden Ring Using Painting Rewards?

[@benhartshorn7484]

Bro beat Elden Ring as an impoverished music major and it was *Fabulous!*

[@nottherealspartan]

i might failed at music class, but i'm glad people enjoyed my music choices

[@solomaxlevelplayer5582]

@@nottherealspartan At least you got a successful Political Carreer as the Elden Lord, hope we don't get a Shattering II

[@morganhunt8051]

Pshhh I’ve been doing that since the game came out(poor music major irl)

[@1stCallipostle]

I'm pretty sure just "music major" implies the rest

[@worldscoolestperson7672]

@@1stCallipostle lmao

[@TekTheNinja]

Man I have the platinum trophy for this game but was not aware the paintings actually did anything.

[@akinozdemirler]

same

[@streetmk2605]

x2 I just got the platinum today and I have no idea this was a thing

[@MrOscar5690]

Platinum in probably 6-8 hours. And same didn’t know they did anything either.. never bothered to look into it 😳 Edit: I was 6-8 days away from platinum. Total took about a month

[@razalime]

Same, got the platinum yesterday

[@FartSticksXDlol]

@@MrOscar5690nah it would take atleast 3 days with sleep

[@Mixim_wixiW]

"Took myself from a homeless person, to a homeless person with a degree." Literally Murica.

[@-HYO-]

Underrated comment lmao.

[@lepindre9193]

@Bill Clinton Enjoyer decree

[@HeyItzSpider]

@juscbhbhuvsdsdvbhjwsdv3843 dude made fun of americans and spelled degree wrong you cant make this up LMAO

[@supremecai5857]

Yea definitely not literally murica. Middle class people can barely afford a degree how tf a homeless person gonna 😂😭

[@jesustejeda6404]

@@supremecai5857 [Meme of guy in a nice suit presenting himself] Landlords:

[@decidedsundew]

Rain of arrows is better on bigger enemies. They get hit by more of them, so it was great that you used it on elden beast

[@KoplamSabdosTopa]

Not sure if anyone has said it yet but I think its really cool that you try to use every item you get from the rewards rather than just sticking with the strongest items you have. It makes the runs alot more intresting and fun to watch. Awesome video!

[@ToniToniChopaaa]

😭

[@AMU-RAA]

You can beat the Game with a Buckler shield at this point

[@nottherealspartan]

i'm exceptionally bad at parrying

[@weirdorangedude6773]

Bet

[@shenronsgoldfish]

The real question is would it be entertaining

[@Kotaraff]

Guy named skumnut beat the game with the rickety shield

[@lucaspacioli3546]

@@Kotaraff love that guy

[@jaxdakid5598]

it might be a good idea to show your map location when you get to certain missable locations like the painters spots, to also give your video a bit of a tutorial element. great vid always look forward to it.

[@honkeytime4907]

Noticed during the video that you said that fire giant doesn’t have a weak spot on his second phase. If someone else hasn’t said it already you can shoot/ hit his wrists for extra damage. Good vid bro keep it up

[@excalibur2596]

His eye is a weak spot as well but really hard to hit.

[@Vipertooth007]

@@excalibur2596 Not with a bow, lmao.

[@MonkeD.Dragon]

For the redmane painting at 01:40, you can use the horse jump boost (before dropping down) and with an mid air jump, you can just fall down there with torrent without dying. I found this trick from the wiki and its really useful, so i thought i should share this, because dropping down there normally is just annoying.

[@vitriolicAmaranth]

Can't wait for the Ymfah version where he glitches a +0 harp bow to cast fire's deadly sin because he absolutely cannot use anything that isn't from a painting reward and has to use every painting reward.

[@vitriolicAmaranth]

@Bill Clinton Enjoyer You say that like he didn't pay six billion USD on a glitch bounty to do his no talking DaS3 run.

[@FranGuevara94]

... ... I didn't know you could get painting rewards... Welp, back to Elden Ring it is!! Great run man!! It was very entertaining

[@Shmandalf]

Ikr, I read painting rewards and was like huh?

[@nipinho]

wait... PAINTING HAVE REWARDS??????

[@mumututu2954]

@@nipinho lol, same reaction

[@RolandButler3]

​@@mumututu2954 same

[@hasanyuruk4257]

Also same reaction🥲

[@jasN86]

As soon as I read the title, I thought, "So you mean you beat it using the Harp Bow!?!? EW!" and wow did you prove my thought wrong! You're great at dodging and timing. Great run!

[@GadBoDag]

You managed to turn the boss fights into 20 minute Monster Hunter battles

[@NoNameX_X0]

16:04 came to the comments just to find no one talking about it, great video btw lol

[@gatopan1507]

great joke, but thats it

[@jackgreehan]

REMEMBER! Fire Giant’s resistances reset between phases

[@Shelpita]

nice run dude!! really unique idea for a challenge. i didnt even know the paintings give anything even though ive gotten a few of them, i never knew you have to find the artist! one more thing to do in the game i guess also nice job on the commentary, you are getting more entertaining every video :3

[@nottherealspartan]

Hey thanks man!

[@dumpy8312]

I didn't know you can't get the rewards without finding the painting first lmao, I thought it was like merchant notes except free

[@sassofono_perso3216]

@@dumpy8312 wait so if you find the painting before the artist you don't get the rewards?

[@GrimOrdnance]

Painting rewards?! I had no idea why randomly a ghost in a chair would appear and drop stuff. A few times I was like, I know I've been here before...

[@Sasha.Z.]

Dude, this was so awesome. I've seen and watched many " to beat ER only with.." videos, but I absolutely forgot about the paintings and the rewards they give. Nice !! 👍

[@harkaran6355]

To dodge the waves of gold you need to roll into it, not away

[@nottherealspartan]

i tried to but it can only be done on certain range it seems

[@Jamie_241]

@@nottherealspartanu can jump it iirc, very reliable

[@davidkamps9879]

@@nottherealspartan laggy attack where animation and hit box aren’t always the same

[@davidkamps9879]

@Bill Clinton Enjoyer I’ve 100% all but PlayStation exclusives. They tried patching waves of gold but you can still roll it and get hit afterwards. Don’t know why you’re so hostile, or why you’re assuming someone with likely triple your playtime is a new scrub. Sounds like you’re projecting.

[@johnapple6646]

@juscbhbhuvsdsdvbhjwsdv3843 スキルイッシュ

[@ClonserHalphalive]

Guy went and prevented some artists from becoming mini moustache men and delivered their art school acceptance letters based on their portfolios left in various spots in the Lands Between

[@legendslaboratory6820]

Hey man…. where did you get that horse? That’s not a painting reward lol

[@spacervirus]

@@legendslaboratory6820 "Dont disturb peace"

[@Youdontknowmeanymore-z1l]

@@legendslaboratory6820 I think it's only fair he gets to use essential items :)

[@fireroastedfire]

Can I say it is nice to see someone who knows how to methodically dodge Waterfowl Dance? Half the challenge runners seem to have SO much trouble with it for some reason

[@ContentCreature]

The trophies are objectively underwhelming. All the missed opportunities

[@Noone-hk1vf]

Been playing for over 200 hours and had no fucking clue paintings gave stuff

[@riptide4840]

I didnt even know the paintings gave rewards for going to the places they show tbh

[@zanelexo2846]

For fire giant, in the second phase, his weak point is his eye, and you can lock onto it from a distance since you used a bow. He is also weak to bleed, so using the bleed arrows would have been easier. otherwise, this was an amazing run my dude, love it. gained a new sub

[@chrismoore5720]

Beat the entire game twice and had no idea they did anything

[@stateofohio5470]

This has quickly become one of my favourite Elden ring videos!! Just the idea alone is amazing, and so creative!

[@graxo3752]

The only bossfight I did with a bow was Commander Niall lmao 🤣

[@water8990]

one way to get rid of his knights

[@demonhunterfanatic]

We all know the trick you used too 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that wall piece to shoot thru the small gap in the wall worked reaaalll well huh? Lol

[@graxo3752]

@@water8990 his knights werent bad. i just didnt want to spend hours to kill him when i knew what was waiting at the end of Miquellas Haligtree lol

[@graxo3752]

@@demonhunterfanatic i almost ran out of arrows, i didnt want to wast my time on him, just wanted to get to Melania lol arrows wont help there. Unless i jump on the branch in her bossroom hahah

[@demonhunterfanatic]

@@graxo3752 trying to get there now....stuck trying to light the torches being guarded by those assassins, on the snowfield. Bastards are tough as nails

[@stickslikeuhu]

Respect the effort! You definitely are a real Spartan :>

[@archsteel7]

I’ll admit, I felt a pang of sadness when you said no crafted arrows. Rain of Arrows with the crafted bleed arrows is genuinely kind of insane.

[@kaiokizen]

awesome idea for a challenge! love your videos!

[@nottherealspartan]

hey i appreciate it!

[@thatlittlemonstrosity]

I think vagabond is an exceptionally good character for challenges like these. He is very versatile, has a good starting gear and his stats are nice and could be changed to a faith or intelligence build since he only has an only 1 point in each missing. Only real problem is arcane but frankly, I rarely see someone going for arcane build in challenges

[@rane9096]

🙏🏽 thank you! I saw an enemy use reign of arrows on me and thought the only thing that I was allowed to you use that was close was the Radahn bow, but as it turns out I’ve had this ability the whole time and didn’t know it 😂 cheers for showing me the way

[@ScarfFoxxy]

Amazing editing! As for Fire Giant's 2nd phase, his eye and his hands are his weak points

[@gabrielepardini1126]

The fireball of the draconic tree sentinel are good even for carian retalliation

[@thesis_gaia7960]

16:08 in an alternate universe.

[@hystericbunny76]

one of the hardest challenge runs ive ever seen. amazing man, very humble and skilled.

[@Readdisyougey]

10:50 that’s not the fake round table hold, that’s the original round table hold the one you teleport to now is the fake one

[@samfish2550]

I feel like the scholars hood is actually decent if simple drip if you can play into the red undercloak

[@xalavon6177]

Wow, this game has so many secrets, I did not know about the paintings at all, I remember picking up a few but didn't think nothing of them... 🤯🤯🤯

[@sukulele792]

great run! your videos are really entertaining:)

[@crumb5756]

Great video man! This format and length for this type of vid is perfect

[@EXZACHTLYWRIGHT]

That lip quiver and smile at the beginning got me! Love this

[@calvinwade6859]

i have 300 hours and the plat trophy and i have never heard of painting rewards

[@dominicderamo4467]

I appreciate that you don’t add a bunch of unnecessary cometary/overdramatizing of the gameplay. Still very entertaining and not the same as every other elden ring challenge video

[@horridfuture3835]

Bows are so terrible it’s criminal.

[@Ailun__]

I never even knew the paintings did anything, this video was enlightening

[@YOURBAEQUIN]

That draconic tree sentinel bow kill was truly Epic. With some Good editing that fight can be turned into a Sexy cinematic gem.

[@maddiefrost3194]

Another fellow mouse keyboard elden ring player!!!! I always think I'm alone in this. It's funny what ends up being easier/harder with m+kb in souls games. Great video, was waiting for someone to do a challenge run on this concept.

[@Rafael_Fuchs]

I find it to generally be easier to play souls-like games with a M&K. Remapping controls is extremely important though; their defaults are awful, and make poor use of the mouse in general. The only thing I find harder is getting the lock-on to behave when fighting a group, but I stuck it on a mouse button and spam click it until it actually targets the right thing (because spell free-aim sucks).

[@alanzilou2905]

@@Rafael_Fuchs I agree the base controls suck but the main thing I did was switch what would be l2 and r2 to mouse 3 and mouse 4

[@Kaazeda]

Good content, nice ! May i ask if you could do a challenge where you can only finish the game using madness incantation or weapon with madness atribute ?

[@chimpanzzzgamer]

Rain of arrows would be perfect for Fire Giant because he is huge and every arrow would connect. You would also use less arrows

[@CaynesDub]

The amount of skill this person has is incredible. Great vid!

[@chalk6554]

not only did you beat the game using only paintings but you did it on keyboard and mouse too, honestly more impressive

[@notyou1760]

Homeless person with a degree. That made me laugh. 😊

[@Shmandalf]

Runs like this go to show, that any build really is viable in Elden Ring. It might take you a lot longer, but even if you completely borked your character it really does just come down to learning the bosses patterns first and foremost.

[@evanseifert8858]

Just because some guy on youtube does something doesn't make it viable.

[@lewkforce]

Literally what "viable" means.@@evanseifert8858

[@annasweets]

Doing this challenge with a keyboard and mouse too? A Wow is in order! 🤣

[@LitchGaming]

Finally someone did it. I was waiting for it from the very release

[@oloszumi8589]

The DLC awaits you, Tarnished

[@chegorach1779]

second phase fire giant's weak spot is his wrists

[@kp0d]

happy to see a fellow mouse and keyboard enthusiast

[@slimthug166]

Nice, almost 400 hours in and I learn the paintings actually do something. Earned my subscription! 😁

[@berylman]

HARP BOW POWER!

[@Saucytea]

bro this is an amazing feat and all but i cant help but hear rahim from dying light 1 when you speak and i love it its so cool to me. anyway great job on this challenge!!!

[@hollowedboi5937]

I didn’t even know that the paintings offered rewards I thought they were just glorified pieces of lore

[@teeman546]

didn't even know you could get rewards from the paintings

[@roll_no_2559]

I defeated Radahn with only npc help 😂 i just keep respawning npcs 😆

[@Unhumqnoid]

Same but I used rock sling to stagger him so I could spawn more

[@GooseGumlizzard]

based

[@Lu4ronusGaming]

Fire Giants hands and head and big eye are weak spots on second phase

[@niklasmitfussl2639]

Godskin Duo looks like a fun fight while ranged tbh. I will do it that way from now on!

[@mastermindgaming5803]

The paintings actually do something? Huh....

[@aditghifari5039]

"O tarnished, thou will face the paintings three in search of great rune. Pick 1 and choose wisely, if thou choose poorly or attack all of them a great calamity will greet thou."

[@SKGattsu137]

Let’s goo! Your channel has so much potential to grow big

[@Pamanos001]

Morgott did die to Fire's Deadly Sin - he closes the distance and you can see a flame proc on his shoulder as he enters his death animation.

[@natureboiii2187]

You deserve more views for this man, great video super well made

[@mattranor]

The fact that you play the game on mouse and keyboard is already more challenging than any run

[@harpingon]

Nice interesting challenge run. Never seen anyone else do painting rewards run. Cool vid

[@shmeckelpeckel4483]

Fun fact you can actually use rain of arrows with a greatbow, that probably would have helped a ton tbh.

[@shourian5646]

....Wait, the paints gives rewards??

[@theomnihero8221]

I have played Elden Ring for a good while, but I have never known that the paintings would lead you to rewards!

[@boogus6764]

I never even knew you could get rewards from the paintings, I’ve been playing the game for like a year, I thought they were just there for no reason

[@kennymartin5976]

The hood is so funny! It makes you look like a denim pyramid head! Jorts Head!!😂

[@Lehory29]

I think with the giant you can also use the Rotbone Arrows you can buy this Warrior Cookbook on a Caelid Nomad.

[@zetheusshumate355]

He stated at the beginning that he wasn't going to craft any arrows, just buy them from merchants.

[@Paarthurdusax]

Back in the day I watched someone beat dark souls with a soup ladle. Nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to souls games.

[@Xaaaach]

“I’d rather wear something than nothing” *Defenses become worse than if you were wearing nothing*

[@LordZeroTheNightmare]

There’s rewards for the paintings and people you turn them into? I’m about 400hours in and I’m just now learning this lol

[@cameronsmith1232]

“My fav place is the haligtree” Literally the first time I’ve heard that said 😂

[@gatopan1507]

Thins are going bueno

[@Casketkrusher_]

I love the rain of arrows aow, combine it with poison and rot arrows and boy everything melts before you.

[@mish8753]

The fact that I thought your clothes looked like THAT certain group and you immediately acknowledged it afterwards 💀

[@Relric]

nice video concept and really fun breakdown of your fights. I know you only had limited stuff to talk about with the limited weapons but was still fun! Do this type of video again!

[@epiccherrypie1475]

"...which is a bit difficult when using mouse and keyboard." SPITS OUT SCOTCH

[@kyur0]

you dodge into the wave for golden wave, right when you’re about to get hit, dodge towards it.

[@300kyuubi]

This was a very good run, and very unique too. Good job Blue music man

[@brandonkerschner1676]

First time seeing your content and it was a real treat. Followed my guy, goodluck and thank you :) .

[@EarCat]

It is criminal to see someone as talented as you with only 14.2k ish subscribers. I shall contribute to changing that with a like and a sub

[@depredation8415]

the laughs maks this so much better

[@forcerot5253]

Interesting fact, if you fight Neil with bows or crossbows like in the video, he always do the same attack because your far and he constantly tries to get closer, i found that when i was doing my crossbow only run 🤣🤣

[@Oxxygen_io]

Best part about this is that you get to see all their moves

[@reeetawd]

Damn a Milania Bow only fight actually looks pretty fun.