Elden Ring Player Attacked While Sitting at Site of Grace

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In a surprising turn of events, one Elden Ring player was attacked by a roaming enemy while sitting at a Site of Grace, one of the game's safest locations. Elden Ring is a game where danger lurks around every corner. Every cavern, catacomb, and tunnel has a plethora of enemies waiting to jump out and attack the player as they explore. Veterans of the soulslike genre have come to expect this from the game, consistently checking corners and long hallways for traps. The only locations in the game that were thought to be completely safe from enemy intervention are the Sites of Grace, that is until now.

The Sites of Grace are checkpoints in Elden Ring. They function in the same fashion that bonfires would in the Dark Souls series. Resting at a Site of Grace allows players to refill their Flask of Crimson or Cerulean Tears and replenish their health. However, doing so also resets all enemies in the Lands Between. The player can also pass time, level up, equip spells, sort their chest, and talk to prominent characters like Melina and Ranni. Players are able to travel between Sites of Grace after locating them and, when they die, they are resurrected at the last Site visited.

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An Elden Ring fan, who is known by the name Odd-Flow-7330, posted a video to Reddit showing how dangerous the safest location in Elden Ring can be. In the video, the player can be seen sitting at a Site of Grace when they are suddenly struck from behind and sent flying into the distance. When they finally get up and turn around, the player discovers that a Mad Pumpkin Head enemy was the one to attack them at this sacred site. This was a surprise to the player as Sites of Grace are usually thought of as an