Players are finding faster ways to finish Elden Ring, as speed run time lowers twice in one hour before leaderboards even open
Back on March 9, 2022, some major developments occurred in the world of Elden Ring. Despite the leaderboards not being open just yet, two streamers, LilAggy and Distortion2, have dropped their game time down by some massive numbers.
LilAggy initially posted a 59:38 run and was, for a time, a world record. Within a few hours, Distortion2 posted his run on YouTube as well, completing the game at 49:29.
Perhaps most impressive about Distortion2’s run is that he claims it was the first attempt to speedrun the game at all. He feels that there is still room for growth in the Any% speedrun times and that it could possibly go under 40 minutes, according to the YouTuber in the description of the video.
The first run, completed by LilAggy, featured a few notes in the video's comments section. It points out that one of the warps used (Volcano Manner) is an intended mechanic, but the remainder of the warps used are not.
The streamer said he was trying to force the game to spawn him at a default position for whatever area he was in when he last died. He also said he dumps all his level-up stats into HP and FP without losing damage because the Icerind Hatchet skill he uses doesn’t scale with stats. It only uses the upgrade level of the weapon.
LilAggy’s 59-minute run was incredibly impressive, but it was cut short only a few hours later by Distortion2’s 49-minute run. What is perhaps most interesting about all of this is that the Elden Ring leaderboards aren’t even open yet.
According to Speedrun.com, the game's leaderboards won’t be available until March 18, 2022, but that could change. There is a chance that both of these runs may not align with the rules decided on by Speedruns’ community, however.
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