Is Elden Ring down? How to check Elden Ring server status explained

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If you've been playing Elden Ring, you'll know that its online multiplayer component – where you can read messages from other players and even summon them for boss battles – is a big part of the fun. But this does mean that there are Elden Ring servers that need to remain healthy in order for the game to stay online.

Sometimes, though, things go wrong and you'll need to check the Elden Ring server status. You might be seeing the 'network status check failed' error message every time you try to boot up the game, or you might get kicked out of your game and shown a message that reads 'inappropriate activity detected — returning to title menu', or you could've fallen prey to some other server issue in the game.

So, what's going on right now with Elden Ring servers? Does it have anything to do with the upcoming Elden Ring DLC? Keep on reading to find out what's going on with the game's online component today!

Yes, Elden Ring is currently down, the developers have confirmed.

In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), the Elden Ring developers announced that Elden Ring would be going offline at 8am GMT on Wednesday 3rd April.

This downtime should be ending at 10am GMT on Wednesday 3rd April, with the social media post confirming that this downtime should only last two hours.

Check back shortly, then, and you might find that the servers are back in business!

But no, this update has nothing to do with the upcoming Elden Ring DLC. The post says that no new data or patches will be applied during this process. It seems to just be a server health update.

To check whether Elden Ring is down at any point in the future, your best bet is to look in on the official Elden Ring Twitter account, where the developers will surely let you know if anything major is going on in terms of outages or planned maintenance.

Also on Twitter, you could search the words 'Elden Ring server' and see if anyone else is experiencing and reporting the same issue as you. If they are, there are probably