Dedicated Elden Ring Player Farms Their Way to 58 Million Runes
FromSoftware games like Elden Ring are famous for having a mechanic that allows players one chance to collect any items that were dropped upon death, as long as they can return to the location that they were killed. This mechanic was first seen in Demon's Souls, and has since been incorporated into other non-FromSoftware games like Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order andHollow Knight.
In Elden Ring this delicate system for collecting runes, which are required to level up, does add an element of risk vs reward to the game. Carrying around a large number of runes will let players continue playing, with a bigger pay-out for when they do finally decide to stop and level up. But the risk increases exponentially as dying would mean the loss of an even greater amount of time.
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Elden Ring fans are divided over carrying around a large number of runes. Many players like to level up as soon as they’re able, while others claim to have gained staggering amounts of runes from random Elden Ring PvP players. Most players will only have more runes than they need to level up if they are farming. By knowing the right places to farm, and dedicating some time to it, an unbelievable amount of runes can be acquired. Reddit user KaleTheVeggies has shared an image of the number of runes they racked up after a marathon farming session.
Gaining a staggering 58 million runes, the Reddit user was able to go from level 188 to level 300 when they had finally stopped to spend their hard-won runes.Elden Ring's level-up costs start off quite easy to meet, but the rune requirement increases with every level. It would take farming this many runes 17 times before the Elden Ring level cap could be reached, and the number
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