Beginner's Tips

Understand Combat Basics: Elden Ring's combat revolves around timing, stamina management, and understanding enemy patterns. Start by learning how to dodge and block effectively.

Explore Thoroughly: The Lands Between are full of secrets, from hidden weapons to rare crafting materials. Exploration often rewards you with essential gear and upgrades.

Patience is Key: Don't rush into battles unprepared. Often, taking a strategic approach or simply retreating to fight later with better gear makes a huge difference.

Level Up Wisely: Prioritize leveling up attributes that complement your build (e.g., Strength for melee fighters, Intelligence for sorcerers). Upgrading your gear is just as important as leveling stats.

Classes and Builds

Melee vs. Ranged: The class you choose will determine your playstyle, whether you're focused on melee combat or prefer ranged attacks like bows or magic.

Strength or Dexterity: Classes like Vagabond are ideal for Strength builds, while Samurai or Bandit suits Dexterity-focused playstyles. Magicians will find the Astrologer class helpful for ranged spellcasting.

Magic and Spells: Intelligence and Faith build excel at magic, offering powerful offensive and support spells. However, magical builds might require more finesse early in the game due to limited health and stamina.

Keepsakes

Keepsake Selection: At the start, you'll choose a keepsake that offers various benefits. The Golden Seed, which provides an extra flask for healing or mana, is an excellent choice, especially for beginners.

Melina's Accord and the Horse

Melina's Role: After finding three Sites of Grace, Melina will offer to help you level up and grant you the ability to summon the horse, Torrent. This horse enables you to traverse faster and even engage in mounted combat.

Horse Combat: Torrent allows for strategic hit-and-run tactics against enemies and bosses, such as the Tree Sentinel. Use it to your advantage when facing tough foes in open areas.

Boss Fights

Tree Sentinel: One of the first major bosses, the Tree Sentinel is extremely challenging. It's best to come back later when you've leveled up. Mounted combat with Torrent can make this fight easier.

Godrick the Grafted: Godrick is often a roadblock for new players. He has two phases, so study his patterns and avoid his whirlwind attacks. Summoning allies or spirit ashes can also help in this tough fight.

Margit, the Fell Omen: Margit can be beaten with practice, but be sure to use Elden Ring items and Spirit Ashes found earlier in the game to survive his relentless attacks.

Rune Farming

Early Rune Farming: Farming Elden Ring runes efficiently can significantly boost your progress. Look for early-game farming spots, such as the enemies near the Third Church of Marika.

Golden-Eyed Enemies: Enemies with glowing eyes drop more runes, so keep an eye out for these to farm quickly.

Weapon and Armor Upgrades

Smithing Stones: To upgrade your weapons, you'll need to gather Smithing Stones. These can be farmed or purchased from merchants. Upgrading your weapons is crucial to deal more damage as enemies grow stronger.

Weapon Scaling: Each weapon scales with specific attributes, so choose weapons that benefit from your highest stats. For example, Strength weapons get more powerful as you increase Strength.

Armor Sets: Armor is scattered throughout the world and provides crucial protection. While some armor may look great, consider its weight and protection values to maintain a balance between mobility and defense.

Ashes of War

Customizing Weapons: Ashes of War are abilities you can apply to your weapons, granting them powerful special attacks. Choose Ashes that complement your build, like increased damage scaling for your primary stat or enhanced magical abilities for sorcerers.

Respecting and Adjusting Builds

Respect After Rennala: After defeating Rennala, you'll unlock the ability to respec your character, allowing you to reassign attribute points if you want to adjust your build.

By mastering these aspects of the Elden Ring, you'll be well on your way to conquering even the most challenging parts of the game. Explore, upgrade, and take your time with bosses—victory comes to those who are patient and prepared!