Notoriously hard Elden Ring gets its world-first no-damage playthrough

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An Elden Ring streamer has posted the game's first-ever no-damage playthrough, beating the whole game without taking a single hit. That's a monumentally impressive achievement considering the game's enormous scope and – of course – its crushingly high level of difficulty.

Twitch streamer Seki announced the completion of their Elden Ring no-damage run on Twitter. The tweet has since gone viral throughout the Elden Ring community, gathering over 26,000 likes at the time of writing. You can view the tweet below, though do be wary of spoilers if you've yet to complete the notoriously difficult game for yourself.

WE GOT THE RUN!!! WORLD'S FIRST NO-HIT/DAMAGE ELDEN RING. SHOUTED MY LUNGS OUT LOL #ELDENRING pic.twitter.com/E46WSlXU3vApril 2, 2022

Seki provided context for the Elden Ring no-damage run to Kotaku, saying: «No-Hit/No Damage is harder than a regular no-hit run as the player cannot take [any] environmental damage such as fall damage/poison etc. This adds difficulty to the run as I don’t have access to buffs such as Red-Feathered Branchsword which could potentially increase my damage output if I had low health.»

Without helpful crutches like the Red-Feathered Branchsword – or the option to take damage at all – Seki had to rely on equipment that's powerful in most Elden Ring encounters. His weapon of choice was the Moonveil katana, a popular sword that scales with the Dexterity and Intelligence stats. The katana also features the incredibly powerful Transient Moonlight Ash of War, which fires a potent magical projectile from the blade.

Seki, who has also completed a no-damage playthrough of the brutally hard Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, claims to have spent upwards of 130 hours solely on preparations for the Elden Ring run.