Elden Ring is a fusion of Souls-like action and difficulty, alongside open-world gameplay. As one of the Tarnished, you’ll battle vicious bosses, gather items to boost your capabilities, discover secrets, and immerse yourself in a cryptic but mesmerizing narrative arc. You’re likely to spend a hundred hours or so, while only scratching the surface of the massive realm known as The Lands Between. Here’s our Elden Ring guides and features hub to help you with everything you need to know about the game.
Note: I’ll continue updating our Elden Ring guides hub with more articles, so stay tuned. Well, it’s a big-ass game, and I’m only one person. Sigh…
Elden Ring guides and features hub
Official review – Elden Ring is made by FromSoftware, so it tries to carry the banner for the Souls/Soulsborne franchise. Does it succeed and is it worth your while? Or did it fail to live up to the hype?
Technical review – Elden Ring has a gorgeous world, but how does it perform under the hood? We take a look at the graphics, performance, and other settings.
Elden Ring starter guides
This section will have some early-game tips for newcomers, as well as the topics concerning general mechanics that you’ll be using throughout the campaign.
- Beginner’s guide: Combat, survival, and exploration
- The best class to choose during character creation
- How to dual-wield and use power stance
- Rune farming and leveling
- How to avoid losing runes on death
- Torrent mount and mounted combat
- How to get ranged weapons and ammo
- How to upgrade your Spirit Ash summons
- Where to find Smithing Stones/Somber Smithing Stones for weapon upgrades
- Where to find Larval Tears for attribute reset/respec
Elden Ring campaign walkthrough
This section contains our main objectives to progress further in the campaign. The first few guides have topics that are tackled in sequential order. After you clear the Academy of Raya Lucaria, the game becomes more open-ended, and it’s up to you how you’ll handle the objectives.
Limgrave
- Limgrave walkthrough
- Boss: Margit the Fell Omen
- Legacy Dungeon: Stormveil Castle
- Secret: Liftside Chamber door unlock
- Boss: Godrick the Grafted
- Secret: Divine Tower of Limgrave – Activating Godrick’s Great Rune
Liurnia of the Lakes
- Liurnia of the Lakes walkthrough (Academy Key)
- Legacy Dungeon Boss: Rennala Queen of the Full Moon
Altus Plateau
- Region/Transition: Altus Plateau (via Ruin-Strewn Precipice)
Mount Gelmir
- Region/Transition: Mount Gelmir and Volcano Manor (via Bridge of Iniquity)
- Legacy Dungeon Boss: Rykard Lord of Blasphemy
- Secret: Divine Tower of West Altus – Activating Rykard’s Great Rune
Caelid
- Legacy Dungeon Boss: Starscourge Radahn
- Secret: Divine Tower of Caelid – Activating Radahn’s Great Rune
Leyndell Royal Capital
- Region/Transition: Leyndell Royal Capital (via multiple routes)
Mountaintops of the Giants and Crumbling Farum Azula
- Forge of the Giants and point of no return
- Boss: Fire Giant
- Boss: Maliketh, the Black Blade
Leyndell, Ashen Capital
- Boss: Sir Gideon Olfnir, the All-Knowing
- Boss: Hoarah Loux, Warrior
- Boss: Radagon and the Elden Beast
Overworld, side activities, and secrets
This section will have additional activities that you can do on the side, as well as those that can be discovered while exploring the overworld. These are not specifically tied to the progression of the narrative arc.
General
Sorceress Sellen full quest guide
Waypoint Ruins and the Three Scrolls
Azur, Lusat, the Prisoner, and the Puppet
The Academy: Help or kill Sellen
Prayerbooks for Incantation spells
Flask of Wondrous Physick, Tears, and Minor Erdtrees
Boss: Erdtree Avatars and Putrid Avatars
Boss: Wormface
Boss: Ulcerated Tree Spirit
Bell Bearing locations for the Twin Maiden Husks
Deathroot locations for Gurranq and D
Boss: Tibia Mariner
Dungeon/Boss: Black Knife Catacombs and Cemetery Shade
Waypoint Ruins and the Three Scrolls
Azur, Lusat, the Prisoner, and the Puppet
The Academy: Help or kill Sellen
Boss: Erdtree Avatars and Putrid Avatars
Boss: Wormface
Boss: Ulcerated Tree Spirit
Boss: Tibia Mariner
Dungeon/Boss: Black Knife Catacombs and Cemetery Shade
Boss: Tree Sentinel
Boss: Flying Dragon Agheel
Secret/Spell: Coastal Cave, Church of Dragon Communion, and Dragon Heart Spells
Dungeon: Fringefolk Hero’s Grave/Stranded Graveyard
Dungeon/Secret: Murkwater Cave, Patches, and Bloody Finger Nerijus
Dungeon/Secret: Mistwood Ruins, Forlorn Hound Evergaol, and Blaidd the Half-Wolf
Dungeon/Secret: All other dungeons and secrets in Limgrave
Secret: Church of Vows and Celestial Dew (remove hostility of NPCs you accidentally attacked)
Dungeon: Caria Manor
Secret/Quest: Three Sisters/Witch Ranni
Dungeon/Secret: Carian Study Hall
Secret: Moonlight Altar
Secret: Blaidd’s armor set
Secret: Mirage Rise and Phantom Crests
Dungeon: Sainted Hero’s Grave
Dungeon/Secret: Fort Laiedd and Mount Gelmir (West)
Legacy Dungeon: Volcano Manor (Invader missions)
Dungeon/Quest: Sellia Town of Sorcery
Nokron Eternal City
- Region/Secret: Nokron Eternal City
- Boss: Mimic Tear
- Dungeon: Night’s Sacred Ground
- Mimic Tear Ashes – What makes it the best summon in the game
Deeproot Depths
- Region/Secret: Deeproot Depths and Fia
- Boss/Secret: Lichdragon Fortissax
Nokstella Eternal City
- Region/Secret: Nokstella Eternal City
- Baleful Shadows and opening Rennala’s treasure chest
Lake of Rot
- Dungeon/Secret: Lake of Rot
- Boss/Secret: Astel Naturalborn of the Void
Hidden Path to Haligtree/Miquella’s Haligtree
- Secret: Haligtree Secret Medallion and Grand Lift of Rold
- Puzzle: Ordina Liturgical Town
- Boss: Malenia, Blade of Miquella
Mohgwyn Palace
- Region/Secret: Moghwyn Palace
- Boss/Secret: Mohg Lord of Blood
Crumbling Farum Azula
- Boss: Dragonlord Placidusax
Secret Endings
- Age of Order: Goldmask and Scribe Corhyn
- Age of Despair: Dung Eater, Sewer Gaol, and Seedbed Curse
- Age of the Duskborn: Fia and the Death-Prince
- Age of the Stars: Witch Ranni and the Dark Moon Ring
- Lord of Frenzied Flame: Where to find the Flame of Frenzy and Three Fingers
Elden Ring is available via Steam.
