A commonality that most FromSoftware titles possess is the sheer variance in how each game can be approached, and Elden Ring is no exception to this. With newfound stealth options, a large selection of weapons and equipment for the player to choose from, as well as combat and magic options, Elden Ring has a lot to offer purely from a mechanical standpoint. However, it seems that players can use certain aspects of the game's equipment to their advantage.
A central mechanic that has been present since the release of Demon's Souls is the ability to invade other people's in-game worlds. This creates an additional layer of depth to any given Souls game's difficulty, given that players will also have to worry about the strength of other players. However, one Elden Ring player recently figured out a way to trick invaders that were planning to attack them.
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A Reddit user named xdc_lis found a way to trick an invader into thinking the player was an enemy NPC. The player disguised their character as a soldier serving under Godrick the Grafted and proceeded to summon an invader to their world, only to trick the invader into believing they were an NPC by walking along the same scripted path that an enemy NPC typically would in a specific location.
This is an extremely impressive feat, considering that the player likely had to walk back and forth for an extensive period of time. Though, for how much time the player spent pacing back and forth, it must have certainly been satisfying to see the invader run right past the player without noticing anything. Moments like this really help to highlight the potential of Elden Ring's stealth system.
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