Elden Ring AFK farmers suck but you can rob them by hiding in a bush

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AFK Farming is ruining Elden Ring, or so says a vocal part of the community. But one player has found the perfect way to deal with rune farmers – and I heartily approve.

Elden Ring's PvP is all about the v between the Ps. If one of the Ps is absent, the door is open for an existential crisis. But that hasn't stopped some players from bowing out of the conflict and quietly retiring to a life of farming in The Lands Between. 

Greedy players discovered they could earn themselves a lot of runes simply by finding an out-of-the-way spot to hide and then inviting other players to invade their game. If the invader dies before they can find the host then the host earns runes, and waits for another invader to enter their game and suffer the same fate as the first. These AFK farmers can spend hours sat out of sight, quietly collecting runes. But players looking for a regular PvP duel will be sorely disappointed by the farmers' antics. 

But AFK Farming in Elden Ring has gotten a bit more perilous in recent times. Hosts are getting more than they bargained for as Invaders looking for a fair fight are going to extremes to reach them. Like redditor SwaxOnSwaxOff executing a flawless sword attack to get to a sliver of a ledge and mete out punishment accordingly. But fellow redditor Teasnarker has a much sneakier plan that turns the tables on the hosts. 

What you're looking at is an Elden Ring player who has ascended to a new level. After invading an AFK farmer in Liurnia four times in a row, the fifth time was the charm.

«After 4 pointless invasions I'd had enough,» Teasnarker recounts. «I decided that this host wouldn't get a single rune more from me. So when hunters showed up, I ran away and put on the mimic's veil in a bush. And I hid