Where Should Elden Ring's Designated PvP Zone Be?

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Like FromSoftware's many RPGs before it, Elden Ring relies heavily on its community in key ways to create an experience beyond what's built into the game. One of the ways FromSoftware does this is through its player vs. player features. Elden Ring features systems for players to fight each other, but little in the way of organization. That's why the Elden Ring community is starting a conversation about where to hold PvP duels.

From Software games allow players to invite randomized invaders into their game, but it's an uncertain process. That's because players are spread out across many ranges of progression within the in-game world, something that's true in Elden Ring, too. The community establishing specific locations for players wanting to PvP, a place they can gather and invite opponents into with the knowledge that they all want to duel, is a now-proven way of creating a semi-organized PvP environment.

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While historically these PvP locations have grown organically within each FromSoftware game, perhaps by From Software's design, the Elden Ring community is taking a more proactive approach to the situation. Players are finishing the game and are excited to do more PvP, so they want to build a scene to support that. With that in mind, the location of Elden Ring's Main Academy Gate point of grace is a clear early favorite. It offers an open, circular space that's optimal for dueling and is accessible early in the game.

There are criticisms of the Main Academy Gate location, of course. There's a nearby path of escape and some wolves that can be agro'd by griefers and cowards. It's not a particularly aesthetically pleasing dueling site. Then there's