Elden Ring Trick Lets Players Enter Leyndell Through the Back Door

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Elden Ring is the latest RPG developed by FromSoftware. Like with FromSoftware's other titles, Elden Ring players are often looking for optimal ways to defeat bosses and beat the game as quickly as possible. While some players are proud of the achievement of beating the game on its own, this is not enough for some diehard Elden Ring fans, who take as much pride in finding exploits for speedrunning or quickly taking down bosses as they do in completing objectives through regular means.

As Elden Ring speedrunners are constantly setting new records in completing the game as fast as possible, any tricks that might let them become Elden Lord quicker are seen as incredibly valuable. Now, one Elden Ring fan has discovered a quick but tricky way to get into Leyndell, the Royal Capital. Usually, the gate to Leyndell is only accessible to players who have collected two Great Runes and visited the Roundtable Hold.

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However, one Elden Ring player has found a way to Leyndell through what they term the «back door.» This trick is shown in a short video and has the Elden Ring player standing with their feet pointed against two cracks on a platform. They then proceed to walk off the platform while drinking from their flask. Due to using the Ruptured Crystal Tears, one of many Tears that can be placed into Elden Ring's Physick Flask, the player does not die from falling when walking off the ledge and instead bounces off the floor in an explosion.

This trick requires some specific placement and timing, with the Reddit user who found it stating that wearing no armor can be helpful for accuracy. Usually, when a player forgoes wearing armor, it is to make the game harder for