How Elden Ring Speedrunners Beat The Game In 7 Minutes
A new world record for Elden Ring speedrunning was set on April 11 that saw the game completed in under 9 minutes, and the record was beaten again on April 12 for a runtime of under 7 minutes — but just how are these speedrunners using glitches to complete Elden Ring so quickly? There are a variety of different ways that Elden Ring glitches, like riding arrows, can be used to get around its world or skip portions of the game, but there are a few tricks in particular leading to the shortest runs.
Elden Ring is an enormous game with so many hidden secrets that it takes roughly 50 hours on average to complete the main quest (and potentially double or even triple that for those planning to explore the majority of its secrets), yet every week it seems that someone sets an almost absurdly short world record for speedrunning the game. While skilled players have been able to find ways of getting around major areas using Torrent to walk on Elden Ring's invisible paths, or using clever in-game parkour skills, none of these techniques have come close to the newly discovered glitch that many have dubbed «The Zip».
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The speedrunner known as Distortion2 uploaded an Any% unrestricted speedrun in which they used different glitches and techniques to bypass significant parts of the game, completing a run in 8 minutes and 56 seconds. However, it was only a single day later when Distortion2 has already beaten their own record. This new world record has the game being completed in under 7 minutes, and is all thanks to one major glitch in the game.
WORLDS FIRST SUB 9 MINUTES IN ELDEN RING. I cant believe this game ended up being so broken. Imagine beating a Souls game
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