I Just Found My Favorite Way Of Farming Runes In Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree

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I’ve grown fond of farming runes in because of, even if the way it is done is still somewhat repetitive. Farming runes is a vital step to take in order to level up, especially if you are feeling stuck on a certain boss encounter. As such, increasing your stats can be just what you need to get advantage over the opponent you are facing and take them down before they beat you. However, obtaining runes has always been an obnoxious task, as it often involves running routes with lesser enemies until you have enough to level up.

This gets worse the higher your level is, as rune requirements are much higher, too. Reaching the recommended level for after starting the contents of the DLC can be tricky, but there are ways to circumvent this without having to go back and run these annoying routes. In fact, you can farm runes quite pleasantly by playing and enjoying some of the best boss encounters that the expansion brought forth, such as the one against Rellana Twin Moon Knight, Messmer, or the Divine Beast Dancing Lion, for example.

I started a new Elden Ring playthrough back in January to get ready for the release of Shadow of the Erdtree, yet I regret not farming more runes.

Assisting players in co-op mode can be one of the best source of runes, especially when you are doing so in boss fights. While there is usually a challenge behind defeating bosses, increased because of their HP and damage scaling in co-op, helping others in boss fights is quite rewarding. For starters, even if the amount of runes is decreased when compared to your actual victory over the boss, you can consistently farm thousands of runes in one fell swoop. Another great benefit is that, when in another player’s world, you don’t lose runes if you die in .

This essentially means that you can help players defeat bosses in the DLC without putting your own runes at risk. The only thing you may lose while doing so is time, but that is often compensated for by the runes rewarded when you and your partner