Speedrunner Beats Elden Ring in 2.5 Hours Without Dying Once

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Elden Ring may have only been out for a few weeks, however, this has not stopped players from attempting to speedrun the game. One Elden Ring player was not only successful in their attempt but was also able to complete the run without dying even a single time.

FromSoftware games are supposed to be difficult, as the director of Elden Ring, Hidetaka Miyazaki has apologized to players that find the game to be too difficult. Miyazaki even acknowledged that even he finds the games to be difficult and dies quite often when playing them. This apology was clearly not directed towards the players that have not only started speedrunning the game but have also beaten various bosses using ridiculous controllers.

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Many speedrunners employ glitches and bugs to skip areas and progress through games faster, however, this was not the case for speedrunner Niko Bellic. The player began their run by choosing the Vagabond class and rushed to the Site of Grace at the Gatefront Ruins in order to quickly get the game's mount, Torrent, as Torrent allowed the speedrunner to skip nearly all of the sections of the game that were not important for completion.

Niko Bellic only made use of skips that are provided in the game without any glitches in order to get to some late-game areas sooner. The speedrunner made use of the Vagabond class' starting weapon throughout their run and merely relied on their high level of strength and dexterity and their skill alone, which really shone through in their run. Niko Bellic ended up completing the game in 2.5 hours without dying a single time. Now it will be up to other speedrunners to see if they will be able to best this time.

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