Elden Ring beginner’s guide – 10 top tips and tricks to get you started

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GameCentral offers a spoiler free starter guide for how to survive the opening hours of the notoriously difficult Elden Ring.

Everyone knows FromSoftware games like Dark Souls and Bloodborne are difficult and it’s true, but that doesn’t mean they’re impossible and you absolutely don’t have to be a super-skilled gamer to be able to play them. The main requirements for doing well in a From game, including Elden Ring, are patience and attention to detail. Compared to that, quick reaction times are a relatively minor consideration.

So if you haven’t played a From game before, and you don’t consider yourself a particularly good gamer, don’t worry because you can still triumph in Elden Ring. Especially as this game is notably more accessible than previous titles and not quite as punishing of failure.

Beyond the tips below there are also a couple of general points to remember, starting with the idea of playing co-op with other players. This makes a lot of areas, especially bosses, much easier – so much so that some players almost consider it cheating. To access the multiplayer options you have to use a Furlcalling Finger Remedy to reveal nearby Summon Signs, in the vicinity of a Martyr Effigy. That sounds complicated but you get the remedy quite early on and there’s a clear explanation of how it works in-game.

The other thing to remember is that other players are there to help even if they don’t join you in battle, both in terms of in-game text messages and online wikis and other communities. The most popular wiki is here and you’ll see it quickly fill up with more information now the game is out and people get to grips with it.

For instant help though make sure you read any messages you see on the ground, most of which are written