Elden Ring players have gotten terrifyingly good at killing bosses as quickly as possible. Just days ago, one Tarnished slayed Malenia in just 15 seconds on NG+7. But Twitch streamer questi0n_markss (opens in new tab) isn't interested in fast boss kills. With the patience of a saint, they've been defining Elden Ring's anti-speedrun leaderboards by killing bosses with absurd limitations like dealing one damage at a time, with fights lasting upwards of five to seven hours for one attempt.
Questi0n_markss has been tackling ridiculous Elden Ring boss runs for a while – they bare-fisted their way through the game eight months ago (opens in new tab) – but I didn't learn of their exploits until I saw their recent post about killing Morgott in eight-and-a-half hours while doing just one damage per hit. It turns out this fight actually took them closer to seven hours – and you can watch the big finish around 4:17:30 in this Twitch VOD (opens in new tab), complete with the mandatory "let's freaking go" – but that's still an unfathomable effort to... basically anyone.
Morgott is just one of the many bosses they've defeated this way, but he's a good demonstration of how intensive this challenge is. According to the Elden Ring wiki, Morgott, the Omen King has 10,399 HP, so you'd have to hit him that many times if you're only dealing one damage. How do you deal exactly one damage? By equipping a single piece of the Briar Armor set and rolling directly into an enemy – 10,000 times.
Apart from sheer endurance, this challenge also demands near-perfect knowledge of a boss's move set. To survive against Morgott for seven hours straight, questi0n_markss used stamina-replenishing items to make sure they were always able to dodge. They also
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