The EVIL Business of Elden Ring Runes Selling

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  • Опубликовано: 4 мар 2024
  • Elden Ring does NOT possess microtransactions. However, some shameful individuals took it upon themselves to come up with a business to scam new players by "selling" runes, items, weapons like Rivers of Blood, Moonveil and others... Wether you play PvE or PvP, you will agree that someone promoting a Rune Selling Site for Elden Ring is a SCAMMER. Ranni, the witch, tells you all about it.
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  • @OnlyWaifuYT
    @OnlyWaifuYT  3 месяца назад +469

    Use my code 'gitgud' to get 0.0001% discount on buying MY runes: rb.gy/lf0li4
    Do you know of people who have bought runes? Also, Join our discord! discord.gg/onlywaifufirelink

    • @officerx1597
      @officerx1597 3 месяца назад +47

      What an excellent link will definitely use in the future

    • @isakfolkhage
      @isakfolkhage 3 месяца назад +22

      I swear to Marika bruh EldenKing is such a bad source for er builds and his videos are so obnoxious to watch as well.

    • @Tarnthewarrior
      @Tarnthewarrior 3 месяца назад +8

      Who does your art?

    • @brommel_
      @brommel_ 3 месяца назад +3

      Wow free Runes worked thanks

    • @WarshipMolester
      @WarshipMolester 3 месяца назад +20

      Before I even clicked on the link I guessed correctly that it was a rick roll bravo onlywaifu you got a good chuckle out of me

  • @hyetta.
    @hyetta. 3 месяца назад +1872

    there’s no way people actually pay for runes right?? 😭

    • @Angelo.A.J
      @Angelo.A.J 3 месяца назад +208

      Yeah there is, I remember a dude justifying it cause he has no time and he has money, dude was saying everyone who disagrees with him was a loser. That comment was deleted so you will have to take my word on it

    • @pascalkreymborg5414
      @pascalkreymborg5414 3 месяца назад

      ​@@Angelo.A.J bro could just visit Moghwyn Palace

    • @hyetta.
      @hyetta. 3 месяца назад +77

      @@Angelo.A.J i’ll take your word cuz i also was gonna buy it like an idiot but i realized all the souls games had exploits so i used that instead of wasting hundreds of dollars man

    • @Viper_Darkstorm
      @Viper_Darkstorm 3 месяца назад +50

      Unfortunately, I been cooping with someone who bought runes that send him into lvl 400. On NG... The challenge was gone completely. "But it was just 10 dollars" 😭😭😭

    • @theavragefaithenjoyer
      @theavragefaithenjoyer 3 месяца назад +30

      Why have a fun challenge when you can over level yourself and win effortlessly

  • @BobStallmanArchUser
    @BobStallmanArchUser 3 месяца назад +858

    i respect a rune duper 100000x more then someone who buys 1 damn rune.

    • @absolutedegenerate2992
      @absolutedegenerate2992 3 месяца назад +19

      Same... EARN IT

    • @YTDariuS-my6dg
      @YTDariuS-my6dg 3 месяца назад +54

      It at least requires some technical know-how. Personally I respect the DSR method the most because it takes some precise inputs (not particularly hard but still) and even then it's less "duping" and more "tricking the game into thinking I used 999 Souls of a Lost Undead while in fact I only had 1 in my inventory"

    • @TheDoomsdayzoner
      @TheDoomsdayzoner 3 месяца назад +5

      I mean.... Why dupe when we can farm and even glicth certain items into existence with ease?

    • @YTDariuS-my6dg
      @YTDariuS-my6dg 3 месяца назад +29

      @@TheDoomsdayzoner with enough momentum duping can bring more results, not to mention that it can be useful for sharing things with friends without losing the thing yourself. For me personally duping is both more practical in certain cases and may on occasion elicit a sort of rewarding feeling. You know, like a friend wants a drop he's been farming for hours and still hasn't gotten so I drop him my copy and just reload my save. In effect the scammers do the same thing, they just charge you money for it.

    • @TheDoomsdayzoner
      @TheDoomsdayzoner 3 месяца назад +3

      @@YTDariuS-my6dg fair point.

  • @Ziostorm
    @Ziostorm 3 месяца назад +349

    These sites blow up my inbox every day even offering to pay me 10k a month to promote their rune selling…
    I’ll stay broke a little longer but at least I won’t be promoting rune scams

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud 3 месяца назад +20

      Good on you for having principles man love your lore videos btw.

    • @kam_3953
      @kam_3953 3 месяца назад +24

      10k a month? On what, runes? No way they're gonna pay you that much. 😅

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud 3 месяца назад

      @@kam_3953 Depends on how much they're making from suckers.

    • @ETBrooD
      @ETBrooD 3 месяца назад +1

      @@kam_3953 You better believe it's quite the profitable business

    • @made.fresh.daily.
      @made.fresh.daily. 3 месяца назад +4

      real move Zio. it will come.

  • @TheUndeadHumor
    @TheUndeadHumor 3 месяца назад +164

    Great job on calling out these websites. Their emails are always full of grammatical errors, so it's clear something's wrong. Then you look at the service they offer. It is essentially preying on your audience. Who knows what these websites are doing with your card details & other sensitive information. Even if you get your item it's not worth it.

    • @Esponea_482
      @Esponea_482 3 месяца назад +4

      Exactly

    • @Kira-pv4xq
      @Kira-pv4xq 3 месяца назад +1

      Oh mah god Elden Ring Abridged guy

    • @dragonmaster1360
      @dragonmaster1360 3 месяца назад

      @TheUndeadHumor
      I once read something about those. It seems like the scams that include the errors are intended to be error filled. It ropes in the people that are less likely to double check stuff or think about the situation. Ignore spelling and grammatical errors? Likely to ignore other fishy stuff regarding the actual content of said (scam) emails.
      I also heard that a "perfect" email, with well written grammar and few spelling mistakes, seems to set off the "fake" alert in a lot of people. Makes them think it's either fake, made by ai, or a scam. So, ironically, the errors themselves make a lot of people think "this couldn't be a scam!" or something like that. It's bizarre, it really is. But, I also understand it. I was once accused of being AI in a Discord server, because I wrote a relatively formal response with few grammatical and spelling errors. So... There definitely is a bit of feasibility when it comes to the idea that a "too well written" email could trigger some mental alarms.

    • @reggielacey2235
      @reggielacey2235 3 месяца назад

      Yes it is

    • @HolyKnight-kh1im
      @HolyKnight-kh1im 3 месяца назад

      @@reggielacey2235 You have an iq below room temperature do you

  • @nerdyzekrom8018
    @nerdyzekrom8018 3 месяца назад +618

    my favorite moment in elden ring was stealing some guys lord runes in the church of elleh and immediately using finger severer. then the buyer tried threatening me by accusing me of theft and finding my ip address. funniest shit of my life

    • @tevinstrachan1421
      @tevinstrachan1421 3 месяца назад +86

      I ended up invading there and stole some runes and items myself 😂.
      I was like you scumlords don't deserve these. My first character used them well

    • @lukaogadze5071
      @lukaogadze5071 3 месяца назад +26

      stealing stuff is most fun thing in pvp :D

    • @henrypham9525
      @henrypham9525 3 месяца назад

      They are so dumb. They could be summoned as a duelist and they would never have to worry about invaders

    • @guardianvalor962
      @guardianvalor962 3 месяца назад +14

      I might just become an invader to do this

    • @ericsbuds
      @ericsbuds 3 месяца назад +12

      invading and taking the items is amazing

  • @My.VillainArc
    @My.VillainArc 3 месяца назад +1168

    If you're gonna pay for runes, just delete the game.

    • @UtubeH8tr
      @UtubeH8tr 3 месяца назад +28

      Or self delete.

    • @froggy8714
      @froggy8714 3 месяца назад +53

      Don’t self delete, just delete the game, since you’re not gonna be playing it

    • @My.VillainArc
      @My.VillainArc 3 месяца назад +8

      @@froggy8714 Exactly. Why pay for something that you can easily grind for in the game

    • @Baelfyre
      @Baelfyre 3 месяца назад +9

      ​@@My.VillainArc Some people don't want to spend the better part of a whole year to get to max level lol.

    • @My.VillainArc
      @My.VillainArc 3 месяца назад +28

      @@Baelfyre You don't even need to reach max level to beat the game or have an OP build. Just grind like everyone else

  • @bombthing
    @bombthing 3 месяца назад +150

    Mohg: "My child will buy runes online"
    Radagon: *shows an image of the Mohgwym Palace albinauric genocide*

    • @mattfayne9691
      @mattfayne9691 Месяц назад

      //Mohg: "My child will buy runes online"//
      And I did. But to defeat Mohg, I simply cheesed him by falling through the floor of the level while swinging my sword. Then got the message he was felled. Never had to fight him!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank God for cheats!!!

  • @JOHLumLums
    @JOHLumLums 3 месяца назад +91

    Interrupting their transactions are actually a satisfying idea I can't lie.

  • @SaturNo_O017
    @SaturNo_O017 3 месяца назад +165

    The first time I saw one of these scam websites where you buy runes was in a video teaching you how to AFK farm,
    I literally said out loud "figures..."

  • @spacesloth9529
    @spacesloth9529 3 месяца назад +279

    Jesus christ.
    "Oh fromsoft games don't have micro transactions? We will fix that!"
    - some scumbag on ebay.
    Ah shit you said the same thing later in the video. I gotta stop commenting before watching the whole thing.

    • @pedroabumanssur976
      @pedroabumanssur976 3 месяца назад +3

      We need not only microtransactions but also loot boxes; Instead of playing the game i want to buy these in bulk for a low chance of getting crafting materials
      Imagine how amazing that would be

    • @huyvungodong6849
      @huyvungodong6849 3 месяца назад +2

      Imagine FS make any weapon only have 0.01% drop rate, even boss souls, and sell drop rate boost in store. They gonna swim in cash. Gotta go and tell them.

    • @ExTremZero
      @ExTremZero 3 месяца назад

      @@huyvungodong6849 so destiny 2 mechanics?

    • @pedroabumanssur976
      @pedroabumanssur976 3 месяца назад

      @@huyvungodong6849 Why level arcane when you can BUY item discovery stat ? Actually i had one even better idea
      Scratch the golden scarab and silver scarab and instead add boosters for runes and item discovery on an online shop

    • @pedroabumanssur976
      @pedroabumanssur976 3 месяца назад

      @@huyvungodong6849 Why level up arcane when you can buy boosters on a store
      Remove gold scarab and silver scarab and instead sell boosters for item discoveries and runes as well

  • @omarelfakihperez4466
    @omarelfakihperez4466 3 месяца назад +40

    >Game is too hard
    >Keeps diying
    >Buys runes to make it easier
    >Game is still hard
    >Dies to Margit anyways

  • @lorddaniel20061
    @lorddaniel20061 3 месяца назад +9

    Buying runes for as high as $500. What a sad state of affairs.

  • @lavenderpsycho
    @lavenderpsycho 3 месяца назад +151

    A sand merchant at the beach is a perfect metaphor for this, boggles my mind people are willing to pay for something that will happen naturally, crazy.

    • @chukola
      @chukola 3 месяца назад +4

      I was surprised when I when to the beach and this exactly. She was selling sand and shelling in a tiny bottle with the name of the town we were in, and it costed 7 dollars just for one…I bought one the bottle looked cool

    • @saj9972
      @saj9972 8 дней назад

      ​@@chukolau got scammed brub

  • @tobisenpai5953
    @tobisenpai5953 3 месяца назад +69

    Do they NOT know about the Albinauric farm at Mohglesters palace😭

    • @ETBrooD
      @ETBrooD 3 месяца назад +4

      There's an even better farm in the area if you use a common glitch

    • @tobisenpai5953
      @tobisenpai5953 3 месяца назад +7

      Yeah ik about that one too but im too lazy. Sacred relic + gold beetle is enough for me

    • @creeperYT9824
      @creeperYT9824 3 месяца назад +1

      and the chicken farm for early game

    • @agustincasas6676
      @agustincasas6676 3 месяца назад +5

      I mean, Even if they didnt want to farm if they are on pc the can just download a save with max runes

    • @IronChief13
      @IronChief13 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@ETBrooDthe best farm is the glitchless one...

  • @SomeNewGuy
    @SomeNewGuy 3 месяца назад +12

    you guys remember when someone on twitter posted a screenshot of elden ring with a ton of overblown modern gaming UI elements, ads promoting a battlepass and rune packages for like 19.99 USD and everyone laughed at it because they knew it was ridiculous
    yeah

  • @ryandamelio5637
    @ryandamelio5637 3 месяца назад +18

    Tyrannicon was the absolute WORST when it came to promoting this garbage.

    • @thinkingsoutherner9911
      @thinkingsoutherner9911 3 месяца назад +4

      Ah man! Isn’t he the same guy who made all those Sekiro guides and boss v. boss videos? What a shame

    • @absolutedegenerate2992
      @absolutedegenerate2992 3 месяца назад

      ​@@thinkingsoutherner9911 yes he is...

    • @Nickallsopp92
      @Nickallsopp92 3 месяца назад +1

      I stopped watching him because of this bs.

    • @Raito73
      @Raito73 3 месяца назад

      Yeah, its sad I actually like his guide videos they're really helpful and interesting, but i watch his channel less and less because he keep promoting these site

  • @shaman7940
    @shaman7940 3 месяца назад +121

    I agree with this whole video. I play on Xbox (yes, Xbox…) and every time I go on to Elden ring group posts to either help people with bosses or to fight club I see at the very least TWO posts with brand new accounts promoting these garbage scams, and even worse I see people actually interacting in the post! 💀

    • @crabbit.
      @crabbit. 3 месяца назад +15

      Never be ashamed of your gaming platform. You do you. It’s your entertainment. Game on brochacho.

    • @Andiandru
      @Andiandru 3 месяца назад +4

      I've been playing on Xbox since I was 3 years, I bought my series X recently, besides some gaming releases is better on everything else (imo).
      Don't be ashamed of liking what you want, we should be ashamed if Microsoft started releasing "remasters" of 4 year old games, adding one mode only and selling it full price

    • @edsx28
      @edsx28 3 месяца назад +1

      I just finished the campaign on Xbox and it was amazing.
      In my case, i used the weird place with those albanauric things to earn runes

    • @SomeHaterWhoHatesBread
      @SomeHaterWhoHatesBread 3 месяца назад

      Those are bot accs from u4gm, I spam report them until the get perma-banned for advertising.

    • @ExTremZero
      @ExTremZero 3 месяца назад +1

      Xbox is only hated in EU and loved in the States.

  • @lindor6393
    @lindor6393 2 месяца назад +4

    That laugh or "smirk" at 3:35 is simply perfect lol

  • @reybot5125
    @reybot5125 2 месяца назад +4

    The other main problem with buying runes is what to do with them.
    Max out your level?
    Upgrade every weapon ever?
    Upgrade all the spirit ashes?
    Go shopping?
    At some point, you will run out of uses for runes and yet still be acquiring them constantly as you play. That’s extremely boring. Why on earth would anyone be in a hurry to get to that point?

  • @HolyKnight-kh1im
    @HolyKnight-kh1im 3 месяца назад +159

    Imagine buying runes for a no microtransaction game instead of playing the game

    • @OmicronX-1999
      @OmicronX-1999 3 месяца назад +5

      Some people just hate having money to burn I guess.

    • @SomeHaterWhoHatesBread
      @SomeHaterWhoHatesBread 3 месяца назад +3

      Fr, they don't even need to buy runes, just find a person who's willing to dupe runes for free. As long as you've done 1 legit run with no items or runes being dropped to you, then do whatever afterwards.

    • @reggielacey2235
      @reggielacey2235 3 месяца назад

      Because I want too

    • @HolyKnight-kh1im
      @HolyKnight-kh1im 3 месяца назад

      @reggielacey2235 You would rather lose money for runes instead of getting them by simply playing the game

    • @czdelta6332
      @czdelta6332 3 месяца назад

      ​@@reggielacey2235 yeah yeah whatever play whatever you want but you're an idiot if you pay for runes it's so easy to cheat everything you want for free and plenty of exploits paying money to do it is just completely stupid that money would have been better to use wiping your own butt although I guess if you like wasting money go ahead whatever makes you happy I guess 🤣

  • @Micocash
    @Micocash 3 месяца назад +200

    1:35 i think i know that guy

  • @chewbacachunks8644
    @chewbacachunks8644 3 месяца назад +6

    I can confirm there are people that absolutely pay for runes. I was playing in the 1v1 arena and got matched with a guy who clearly had absolutely no idea what was going on. I beat him in like 5 seconds, and since it looked like he was very new to the game and to pvp I decided to give him some advice. He had no vigor even though he was around level 150 so I told him to level vigor and about the softcap and such. He thanked me for the advice, then he asked me if I knew any good websites to buy runes. -_- bruh.

  • @Kiragura
    @Kiragura 3 месяца назад +2

    I've been seeing these same ads for buying in-game items on my YT feed. Your video was right below one in my feed. I didnt know people were also buying runes too 🤦‍♂️, but it figures that people who dont wanna actually do the work in-game for runes and items.

  • @tek512
    @tek512 3 месяца назад +121

    The sheer number of RUclipsrs willing to be complicit in this garbage is staggering. Worst part is, some of them are quite popular.

    • @ghoulishgoober3122
      @ghoulishgoober3122 3 месяца назад +6

      It's even spread to other games. Basically on release Lords of the Fallen had the same shops to buy souls

    • @bellpuggoyle3273
      @bellpuggoyle3273 3 месяца назад +2

      @@ghoulishgoober3122 Fortunately no one cares about LotF cause game is another fail just like the original one (Lookin at peak of 32k players at premiere and 500 online as of 11:00 AM CET)

    • @RichardDuncan-ju1xk
      @RichardDuncan-ju1xk 3 месяца назад +5

      Isn't that site the one the GURU punts? Can't remember the channel.

    • @tek512
      @tek512 3 месяца назад +7

      @@RichardDuncan-ju1xk Tyrannicon is the channel you are thinking of, I believe.

    • @RichardDuncan-ju1xk
      @RichardDuncan-ju1xk 3 месяца назад

      yep, thats it

  • @andresrodriguez2343
    @andresrodriguez2343 3 месяца назад +53

    We should do a “legit character” and spread free runes to all players we meet on a Santa cosplay

    • @ETBrooD
      @ETBrooD 3 месяца назад +10

      Make sure to first dupe them in massive quantities so you cost these scammers huge amounts of lost revenue :)
      Maybe even make a few threads to announce the action

    • @creeperYT9824
      @creeperYT9824 3 месяца назад

      just open cheat engine, give yourself 5000000 lord's runes, tumr on online and give these to everyone

    • @Hunter-zf7rt
      @Hunter-zf7rt 3 месяца назад +6

      Well when I played DS3,I was an invader protecting the host.Just as I was about to leave bro gave me 99 champion souls.20 free level ups.

    • @theapexsurvivor9538
      @theapexsurvivor9538 3 месяца назад +1

      Makes me want to do a cosplay hide and seek session, leaving duped runes and covenant items somewhere easy to find while just pretending to be an enemy. See how many invaders I can make happy.

    • @andresrodriguez2343
      @andresrodriguez2343 3 месяца назад +1

      @@theapexsurvivor9538 damn I actually like this a lot, leave little packs of 10 in the host’s path until the end of the level

  • @RayRayRayRayRayRay
    @RayRayRayRayRayRay 3 месяца назад +9

    8:02 What a dishonest weasel. The scam isn't that someone paid and didn't get runes. The scam is that someone is paying. At all. I KNEW I wasn't the only one who thought EldenKings was a weirdo.

    • @ladonmccabe
      @ladonmccabe 3 месяца назад +1

      The hilarious thing is, if you go to his latest video, he says that Waifu "slandered" him, and has no evidence. You know, despite the fact she posted multiple screenshots of his own comments and discord. He's highly delusional

  • @CoffeeMakesEdits
    @CoffeeMakesEdits 3 месяца назад +3

    I bought magma blades from there when I was desperate ash and regretted it, honestly ever since then I learned how to dupe and just cheesed it that way I’m not spending even 2 dollars on those sketchy sites. Their support chat is sketchy, the website is sketchy everything is. I regret even buying the stupid swords.

  • @Falx415
    @Falx415 3 месяца назад +29

    Likely this is an unfortunate side effect of the mainstream success of Elden Ring. I can't remember ever hearing of something similar happeneing in previous Souls games.

    • @OmicronX-1999
      @OmicronX-1999 3 месяца назад +9

      It DID happen, but it wasn't nearly as visible.

    • @absolutedegenerate2992
      @absolutedegenerate2992 3 месяца назад +5

      Its true, once something hits mainstream, it sucks...
      Star wars, marvel, video games...

    • @theapexsurvivor9538
      @theapexsurvivor9538 3 месяца назад

      ​@@absolutedegenerate2992I mean, those first two were more a product of being bought by a corporation that worships money and stocks and hates anything that might hurt their bottom line (like taking risks and creating compelling stories like they used to). The mainstream has less to do with it than shareholders and IP laws.

    • @MightGuy15
      @MightGuy15 3 месяца назад

      ​@@OmicronX-1999ds3?

    • @Evan-k
      @Evan-k 3 месяца назад

      ​@@absolutedegenerate2992you're 12

  • @NIGHTMAREGOD50
    @NIGHTMAREGOD50 3 месяца назад +48

    Pretty sure someone already said this but not only is farming runes a pain but it’s so much more rewarding once you finally grind to the level you want

    • @mohammadsaleem5990
      @mohammadsaleem5990 3 месяца назад +4

      Even if you don't want to grind, just download a max level save lmao. Why are you paying for something you can get for free?

    • @FlyingPenguin196
      @FlyingPenguin196 3 месяца назад

      @@mohammadsaleem5990or just use cheat engine.

    • @monhi64
      @monhi64 3 месяца назад

      @@mohammadsaleem5990wait what? I didn’t know this was a thing but I’d absolutely want a max level save just to see what it feels like. I would imagine the odds that what you’re talking about is pc only tho, is near 100%

    • @doncoria9505
      @doncoria9505 3 месяца назад

      ​@@mohammadsaleem5990console players, maybe?

    • @theapexsurvivor9538
      @theapexsurvivor9538 3 месяца назад

      ​@@doncoria9505so long as you have a microSD-USB (or just a lightning/microC-USB) adaptor, you can download the save on your phone and upload it to your console. Or if you have a PC you can just use a plain $5 USB stick. There's definitely downloads for PS4/5, not sure about Xbone.

  • @troutpond3250
    @troutpond3250 3 месяца назад +5

    FYI for high level players, winning an invasion can get you up to 100,000 runes, on the contrary activate taunters tongue and jump an invader with your friends to get a massive amount of runes. (First steps is the best place for me)

  • @Axlenex
    @Axlenex 2 месяца назад +5

    Imagine a game coming out with no microtransactions, only for people to add microtransactions to the game anyway

    • @zanido9073
      @zanido9073 14 дней назад

      It's not microtransactions, it's a stupid tax. The game files are saved locally, you can infinitely dupe whatever you want.

  • @RetroNutcase
    @RetroNutcase 3 месяца назад +64

    There was an Elden Ring content creator I pretty much lost all respect for the moment they began promoting Aoeah. It was so pathetic too.
    "You want runes and armor right quick?"

    • @Tory-JJ
      @Tory-JJ 3 месяца назад

      And I bet he still made money. Losers who sucked.

    • @absolutedegenerate2992
      @absolutedegenerate2992 3 месяца назад +1

      Yeah same it was Arrokz wasnt it?...

    • @anarchyripper2251
      @anarchyripper2251 3 месяца назад +10

      That was Tyrannicon for me

    • @amannamedsquid313
      @amannamedsquid313 3 месяца назад +2

      @@anarchyripper2251 Tyrannicon did that? Damn.

    • @anarchyripper2251
      @anarchyripper2251 3 месяца назад

      @@amannamedsquid313 yeah I dont know if he still does. I stopped watching him after he started supporting that stuff and then tried to defend it when the community called it out. Like i get ppl need sponsers to make money but at least go with Raid Shadow legends over a scam site like Aeoah or whatever its called

  • @Schizonibba
    @Schizonibba 3 месяца назад +45

    Damn, bro scamming instead of getting a job

    • @csabawars
      @csabawars 3 месяца назад +3

      I blame the buyers. Who sell it is smart.
      If there is no demnant there shudnt be sellers too.

    • @miguelnascimento2847
      @miguelnascimento2847 3 месяца назад

      If they are willing to pay 10k for advertisement I guess they make alot of money. Where I live I'm lucky if I can get close to 1k a month for a regular 40 hours a week job, I'm sure I could do that ammount easily without working as much just selling runes. And cmon, it's not really a scam if the buyers get what they pay for, it's just ridiculous that there are people that actually pay for something that is so easy to get either by legitimate ways or cheating

  • @exxy9931
    @exxy9931 3 месяца назад +4

    As someone who has had this joke (Elden King) come up in their recommended feed, I can attest that at one point, there was a link for this "service" in their video description I came across.

  • @CarlVercetti
    @CarlVercetti 3 месяца назад +2

    Worst thing: you can find ads on RUclips and reporting them serves NOTHING because for Google it’s not scam

  • @MrSlaughterrific
    @MrSlaughterrific 3 месяца назад +24

    These are the people I invade on my 301 character. They paid for runes and items to spam L2 and gank with 2 other goobers but get shitted on by meme builds

    • @GamingPIPI
      @GamingPIPI 3 месяца назад

      Being a ganker is nothing to be ashamed about

    • @are3287
      @are3287 3 месяца назад

      @@GamingPIPI
      It is pretty sad though

    • @theapexsurvivor9538
      @theapexsurvivor9538 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@GamingPIPIunless you get wrecked by a meme build. At that point you should just go Hollow.

    • @GamingPIPI
      @GamingPIPI 3 месяца назад

      @@are3287 9/10 invaders are shitty, so i don’t give them a decent fight anymore lol. They either run away across the entire map or they have some meta build to spam you with. The entire purpose of an invader is to mess up someone’s playthrough. THAT is sad 😂. Why do you think invaders deserve an honourable fight. Unless they show they’re honourable, they gonna be ganked lol

    • @ladonmccabe
      @ladonmccabe 3 месяца назад

      ​@@GamingPIPI thats because you guys are literally incapable of feeling shame.

  • @bobinthescrubs
    @bobinthescrubs 3 месяца назад +12

    Who the hell ever needed runes so bad they had to buy them? Just poke the big dragon with bleed for 10 or so minutes and you're good.

    • @ETBrooD
      @ETBrooD 3 месяца назад +7

      You can even glitch it out and make it respawn if you're fast enough. After it dies you gotta rush to the nearest Site of Grace and sit. With some luck you can repeat this a few times.

    • @theapexsurvivor9538
      @theapexsurvivor9538 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@@ETBrooDInstructions unclear, "convinced" the Albinaurics to "participate" in the Great Leap Runeward...

  • @ferret3639
    @ferret3639 3 месяца назад +6

    Poor Melina, a bath alone is not enough to scrub away the sheer ick feeling of even pretending to endorse these scams. Well, fire is always an option. Perhaps, even a Frenzied Flame?
    In all seriousness, I like that you took the time and effort to create an engaging and entertaining video to help explain and denounce these scams, while offering alternative, free ways to achieve the same results under way less scummy and potentially dangerous circumstances. It's a reflection on the value of effort you put into the games yourself that you create, script and edit these videos so wonderfully.

  • @FyterianTV
    @FyterianTV 3 месяца назад +6

    Tyrannicon is another large RUclipsr (617k subs) who promotes these scams

  • @Evooon
    @Evooon 3 месяца назад +11

    I really don't understand the point of buying runes when you can just grind them in certain areas like Moghwyn's Palace. That is guaranteed to give a large amount of runes if you spend like 20 minutes to 2 hours. This was my main way of going from level 150 ish to 357 (not within 20 minutes to 2 hours ofc).

    • @ExTremZero
      @ExTremZero 3 месяца назад +2

      Most of them, I guess are new to souls usually Ubisoft title enjoyer where you can even buy shit in their Single player titles to skip farming.

    • @bagredecartola1289
      @bagredecartola1289 3 месяца назад +1

      I mean, feel like steamrolling ng+? Respec your build and get radagon's sword and get some podcast in the background while you press L2 for 2 hours

    • @theapexsurvivor9538
      @theapexsurvivor9538 3 месяца назад

      I mean, it'd be like buying souls when the corvian knight under the bridge in the painted world exists. Just longbow it to death until you can wield the Millwood greatbow and stagger it to oblivion.

  • @kimacid7618
    @kimacid7618 3 месяца назад +6

    I remember i got in an argument witha guy justifying pay2win in games because he "has no time" and is "busy" in real life. Even called others that disagreed with him as someone that spends time in a basement. Like dude, if this guy thinks it's waisting his time then why play a game?

  • @himenomagnum248
    @himenomagnum248 3 месяца назад +2

    I had this video running in the background. Than Sellens feet-pics were mentioned and I changed to full focus immediately

  • @Zer0Main43
    @Zer0Main43 2 месяца назад +1

    The craziest part is that they wouldn’t still be around by this point if people weren’t buying them, running websites cost money, if they weren’t making a profit they wouldn’t still be up

    • @AshleyCarter699
      @AshleyCarter699 2 месяца назад

      How is it crazy that people are willing to spend money to get things faster in a video game? Duh?

    • @joeshroom8482
      @joeshroom8482 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@AshleyCarter699idk it's kinda pathetic if you ask me, also kinda pathetic to respond to every comment saying it's dumb too.

  • @vpaul4374
    @vpaul4374 3 месяца назад +12

    Imagine buying a full game that has no microtransactions, and yet you URGE to spend money on things that you get for free.
    the mobile industry really created some kind of uncurable brainrot in today's kids

    • @zanido9073
      @zanido9073 14 дней назад

      The incurable brain rot is that they don't just fucking dupe the runes themselves, the game files are fucking saved locally. You have to be unfathomably stupid to pay money when you can just dupe them yourself.

  • @cristianberardi8093
    @cristianberardi8093 3 месяца назад +5

    Scam aside. I can't remember a single instance in which I needed to farm souls for levels in these type of games, they're usually very well paced in that regard. Lets say you can't be bothered to learn the game, so you wanna hit level 150 before Margit, then you go farm. If you can't be bothered to farm either, maybe just go watch someone else play the game instead at that point, idk xD

  • @JustMiluna
    @JustMiluna 3 месяца назад +3

    Me calmly farming with some good classical music in the background : "you guys buying?!"

  • @Far-Reez
    @Far-Reez 3 месяца назад +4

    3:36 The laugh😂😂😂
    I can't😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤

  • @xinlou6707
    @xinlou6707 3 месяца назад +8

    Do these people realize its a single player game at core and you can just use a trainer to give yourself 999999999999 runes with just 1 click ?

    • @amberow9892
      @amberow9892 3 месяца назад +3

      It's natural selection at this point. There's no way people first think of paying instead of glitching or just downloading a mod

  • @KogasaTatara514
    @KogasaTatara514 3 месяца назад +26

    Oh my god.. If you really want to get anything in the game and don't care about playing legit, just use cheat engine bruh.

  • @kyiaao
    @kyiaao 3 месяца назад +4

    Love how ppl complain about microtransactions like it's the game developers fault, yet Elden Ring's lack of microtransactions proved that it's the ppl that's the problem and not the game developers

    • @zanido9073
      @zanido9073 14 дней назад

      Apples and oranges.

    • @Destrudo5359
      @Destrudo5359 5 дней назад

      ​@@zanido9073nope stfu it's the communities fault.
      .perido

  • @Raymond670
    @Raymond670 3 месяца назад

    I remember seeing these on youtube ads and it always freaking concerned me.

  • @BoRice82
    @BoRice82 3 месяца назад +5

    My wifi didn't work the 1st 8 months i played. Beat everybody except elden beast and malennia without help.

    • @brago900
      @brago900 3 месяца назад +3

      Many of us did it if only because when we got to that point the vast majority of people had not yet arrived. I still remember how I turned the minetic tear into magical artillery to make it as impossible as possible for Malenia to get up from the ground (the moment she gets up from the ground she starts her spam of slashes and you're dead).

  • @procow2274
    @procow2274 3 месяца назад +3

    There are a lot of people even big channels that willfully and knowingly look the other way for money

  • @bagredecartola1289
    @bagredecartola1289 3 месяца назад +4

    People really be paying 60 bucks on a game, then even more money to not play the game, marvelous

  • @wheelskeleton5648
    @wheelskeleton5648 3 месяца назад

    whenever i search elden ring 100% of the time there's a youtube ad about those scams shops.

  • @NatiiixLP
    @NatiiixLP 3 месяца назад +4

    Wait, wait, wait, wait... I thought these items were somewhere on a remote, properly secured server.
    Is it like Terraria, where your items aren't on a server, but rather in a local save file that you can reverse engineer and modify?
    You're telling me people are paying for single-player items??? There's no way, lmao!
    I have never played a Souls game, just watch this channel for the lulz, and this is precisely the content I'm here for!

  • @ETBrooD
    @ETBrooD 3 месяца назад +12

    The irony that people pay for runes that have been acquired through a cheating method, while people could themselves use that same cheating methods to acquire even more runes. Thank you for your contribution, you might be saving people boatloads of money.

  • @johnokazaki7967
    @johnokazaki7967 3 месяца назад

    Thanks for adrssing this problem 😭 I would never buy runes, but I see thise pesky scam sites every so often and thought I denounce them, they keepa appearing 😭😭😭

  • @Moonboogie
    @Moonboogie 3 месяца назад +1

    Another egregious example of this that I saw were service offers where you could pay someone to come win at Monster Hunter for you.

  • @lastmellon489
    @lastmellon489 3 месяца назад +7

    You assume I have a friend for the duplication glitch.

  • @slaytora5235
    @slaytora5235 2 месяца назад +4

    Me who grinded over 700m runes. 😂 why buy them?

  • @zevrs5800
    @zevrs5800 3 месяца назад +4

    I can’t believe anyone needs a video about this. The sky is blue.

  • @ghostfesse8858
    @ghostfesse8858 3 месяца назад +5

    Finally someone who's pointing out those type of scam. A lot of Elden Ring content creator are promoting this scam. And I honestly feel Bad about their community wich is manipulated.

    • @Spid4r1
      @Spid4r1 3 месяца назад

      Hey , do you Care to say which creators you know that promote this? I'm rather curious

    • @zanido9073
      @zanido9073 14 дней назад

      ngl, if ppl are dumb enough to fall for this they deserve it. the save files are fucking local, just dupe the shit yourself. jesus christ.

  • @NT-00
    @NT-00 3 месяца назад +6

    The consequences of mobile gaming

    • @arsenii_yavorskyi
      @arsenii_yavorskyi 3 месяца назад

      Nope, it's been around since WoW, possibly even earlier.

    • @NT-00
      @NT-00 3 месяца назад +1

      @@arsenii_yavorskyi I know it's been around for a long time, but mobile games have popularized this type of monetization too much, there's a reason why these are the ones that make the most money.

  • @edwarddavis7858
    @edwarddavis7858 3 месяца назад +3

    Imagine buying a Mario game, then paying someone to play the game until the final level and giving it back to you.

  • @Sam-ux7cn
    @Sam-ux7cn 3 месяца назад

    The first time I saw those shops I couldn't stop thinking that it was a scam.

  • @Raionhardt
    @Raionhardt 3 месяца назад +1

    Im glad someone finally spoke up about this.
    These sites should be illegal and the videos should be taken down

  • @burrzie8446
    @burrzie8446 3 месяца назад +2

    I know this Elden King ytuber. I remember him deleting my comment and a handful of others in one of his vids after calling him out on promoting scam sites.

  • @fancymustache3793
    @fancymustache3793 3 месяца назад +21

    "Not buying runes your buying time and convenience" Well you wouldnt be playing games if you needed those now would you?

    • @YTDariuS-my6dg
      @YTDariuS-my6dg 3 месяца назад +2

      Yeah like why did you even buy the fucking game if you don't have the time to play it properly. Not to mention that with all those runes you're not gonna have fun playing anyway since you'll just steamroll everything. And convenience? In a game where the main theme is struggle and success through persistence? Get out of here boy, this ain't your momma's video game.

    • @GamingPIPI
      @GamingPIPI 3 месяца назад +3

      Im not playing the game to mindlessly grind the farmspot for hours. I play for boss battles, exploration, making builds and coop/invasions

    • @YTDariuS-my6dg
      @YTDariuS-my6dg 3 месяца назад +1

      @@GamingPIPI good thing you don't have to, as boss battles and explorations will naturally give you all the runes you could ever need.

    • @GamingPIPI
      @GamingPIPI 3 месяца назад +1

      @@YTDariuS-my6dg not really, you dont become level 150-200 by just finishing the game. Besides i also used it for buying upgrade stones and other materials. There’s a limited amount of upgrade stones for each playthrough. So purchase is needed. Especially if you like to test many weapons fully upgraded. As long as the dlc doesn’t require new stones, i can upgrade all the upcoming weapons as well. It’s also nice to have unlimited runes in case you want a 2nd, 3rd of 4th character.

    • @DaTanMan01
      @DaTanMan01 3 месяца назад +4

      @@GamingPIPI I wish I could see your face when you find out about Smithing Stone Bell Bearings xD

  • @AmritZoad
    @AmritZoad 3 месяца назад

    Thanks for covering this topic

  • @nathanpierce2541
    @nathanpierce2541 3 месяца назад +2

    I legit laughed seeing people selling runes as a long time Souls player this is when i knew the community was infiltrated by casuals but that was expected by the sheer abundance of new fans

    • @Bitter-Wounds
      @Bitter-Wounds 3 месяца назад

      Considering you can beat the game with the L2 button alone, I'd day FROM knows very well the market they cater to now

  • @ExcellionDark
    @ExcellionDark 3 месяца назад +9

    Personally, I also find this argument so funny: "Not everyone has time to invest hours in games."
    If I don't have time, I don't play.
    When I play, I play to play and not to finish.
    I mean, what's the point of having the game if I don't want to play it?
    I don't have much time myself (work, kids, family, friends) and sometimes I sit down to play just to grind 1-2 levels and then the day is over.
    And?
    Some people no longer treat games as something for entertainment, but rather as part of a to-do list.
    Anyone who buys runes or weapons for real money because they "don't have the time" has not understood the purpose of games.
    "The route is the goal."
    Playing a game is the point.
    To have it finished, the end.

    • @mattfayne9691
      @mattfayne9691 Месяц назад

      //If I don't have time, I don't play//
      This is a VERY bad and shitty attitude. Expected from Souls fans though, they're a very rude and obnoxious bunch. Smart asses! In reality, many people DO have lives unlike you and other couch potato's. Many like myself have businesses to run and work 14hr days 6 days a week. I LITERALLY do not have time to farm for 200hrs maxing out all stats. I would be playing ER for years.
      But at the same time, I want to experience it. You have the shitty attitude that says, ''if you cannot do it all on your own then you have NO RIGHT to experience this game. This is a very ''Nazi''-like mentality. Do it my way or don't play it. WOW...just wow!

  • @samueleborn9909
    @samueleborn9909 3 месяца назад +2

    I honestly don’t get why people even farm runes, let alone buy them.
    I always get enough just by fighting random minor bosses and gathering countless talismans, weapons, spells, and armor that I’ll never use (I grab them for the lore)

    • @IronChief13
      @IronChief13 3 месяца назад +1

      Sometimes I want to do bosses as an invocation so I farm between + I want to be able do use anything for the DLC so 60 in every stat is the way to go

  • @marinomichele
    @marinomichele 3 месяца назад

    This is information.
    Information is the real power.
    Thanks For this content !!!❤

  • @cerb1221
    @cerb1221 3 месяца назад +10

    pro tip, just get a mule from nexus.

  • @janebtar2167
    @janebtar2167 3 месяца назад +8

    Never subscribe or give likes to any youtuber advertising this shit. It's a blatant scam

    • @are3287
      @are3287 3 месяца назад

      Also report them to youtube for scam

    • @quint2568
      @quint2568 3 месяца назад

      Thats not a scam though... You know words have meaning...

  • @stwbf2729
    @stwbf2729 3 месяца назад +1

    3:33 “ferb, I know what we’re gonna do today!”

  • @leocontreras2188
    @leocontreras2188 3 месяца назад

    I still remember how it was back in DS3, when there were no arenas, people hosted Fight Clubs outside Suly boss fight, some people just ran around dropping embers, souls, even maxed out weapons sometimes.
    You could argue it "ruined" the experience by making it easier, but the thing is, they did that just because it was fun, of course there were some hacked items and all that, you can't have good without some bad, but man it's sad how it degenerated to this.

  • @Jtb1122own
    @Jtb1122own 3 месяца назад +3

    Lmao, who buys runes? You got to be really terrible at the game...

  • @dyfuh8523
    @dyfuh8523 3 месяца назад +2

    I actually bought runes for 5€ to level up to 713 (the max level) but that was only after I already beaten the entire game several times (NG+ 9), done and collected everything the game has to offer multiple times like talismans, armor and weapons and was already at level 507 from playing the game and farming with a total play time of 430 hours.The reason I wanted to reach max level was because I'm a completionist and I just wanted to be max level but it was taking way too long farming and to not have to respec all the time and upload/download my save every time I tried a different weapon/build. I personally don't think I wasted money considering it was also only 5€ and not 200+ lol.

    • @comrad_cat
      @comrad_cat 3 месяца назад

      I don't think you get the idea of this video, you could have don't it for free, communities on discord and reddit do it for free

    • @bagredecartola1289
      @bagredecartola1289 3 месяца назад

      Yet you could've done it for free on patches emporium or cheat engine

  • @SlyRocket
    @SlyRocket 2 месяца назад

    I just heard a trial for aeons in Final Fantasy 10 in the background and got so excited xD

  • @audraxgaming2042
    @audraxgaming2042 2 месяца назад +1

    Literally had hackers drop me max stacks of souls, blood echoes and runes in every FS game since DS1, completely by chance lmfaooooo

  • @soundofmadness1993
    @soundofmadness1993 2 часа назад

    The way you are tearing down scammers like this and quoting Harry Potter you've stolen my heart. lol SUBSCRIBED!!!

  • @brotherbudds8274
    @brotherbudds8274 3 месяца назад

    I was legitimately faced with some smuck in a PS4 chat room who offered to give me some of those really large runes, like lords runes or something. Pretty well pushed for it for a solid minute even while I was basically saying no. I eventually said along the lines for them to get lost and they said “it’s your loss”. Despite my character being RL: 150 at the time and having beaten the game twice. (Never mentioned that to the guy but it didn’t need to be said anyway)
    It just screamed scam all over. Despite it happening nearly a year and a half-life ago the video really helped bring that memory back lol.

  • @Manny-Prime
    @Manny-Prime 3 месяца назад +1

    I invaded 2 players "trading items" I ended up stealing 600 starlight shards and gold fowls foot. I bailed and they were IMMEDIATELY blowing up my messages saying how much money was spent to get those items and to return them 😂

  • @henta.i.3838
    @henta.i.3838 3 месяца назад +1

    Even for a casual player like me it only takes less than five hours to create a new character, get my weapon of choice for that playthrough and level them up to 150 and +25/+10 respectively. That also includes getting Mimic Tear and leveling it up to +10. To be fair I use wrong warps and rune farming glitches but I still prefer that over entering my CC info on those scam sites.

  • @RCHCourierTV
    @RCHCourierTV 3 месяца назад +1

    The only time I went searching for extra runes was on my 4th character and just wanted to speed up the leveling process, but the moment i saw someone CHARGING FOR RUNES I fucking died laughing in my chair thinking “how in the name of god are you gonna charge someone $20 for something they can gain in like 5 mins??” It’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen and yes while I did just say I was looking for free runes, I don’t agree in any way with people selling in game currency that you can get by just KILLING EVERYTHING YOU SEE.

  • @V.IVRusty
    @V.IVRusty 3 месяца назад +1

    I can’t fathom paying to make a game easier and skip gameplay. How can anyone be that pathetic?

  • @omegaacestudios
    @omegaacestudios 3 месяца назад +1

    What's worse, if you look up anything Elden Ring related on RUclips, there are legit ads for buying Runes. Like wtf!?

    • @nothingtoseehere9648
      @nothingtoseehere9648 3 месяца назад

      That's a youtube problem but youtube doesn't care

    • @theapexsurvivor9538
      @theapexsurvivor9538 3 месяца назад

      It's even taking over the sites that share steam keys from all over the world so you can get discounts. I'd assumed someone had made a scam game until I realised what it was... And became even more disgusted.

  • @PabbyPabbles
    @PabbyPabbles 3 месяца назад +1

    That's like booting up Mario 1 and paypaling $100USD to a random guy on the internet so he can run his TAS on your game to get you placed on top of the 8 warp pipe in 4-2
    At least the $120 SoJ on Ebay was kinda hard to get back in 2001, even if you knew the trick

  • @arashink
    @arashink 3 месяца назад

    I work in a casino. That clip of slot players with the mention of microtransactions was sad but hilarious.

  • @kingoftheuniverse3374
    @kingoftheuniverse3374 3 месяца назад +1

    It takes 1 HOUR to get to the moghwyn palace on average for me. Spawn > Vare > Margit > Godrick > Table > Vare > Trilple Belfry for Maiden portal > Vare > 3 invasions > Vare > Mohgwyn Palace.
    And if you dont have a large AOE attack like dragon breath or Wave of Gold for the albinaurics, you can shoot the bird with any bow/crossbow even if you cant use it.

    • @minespatch
      @minespatch 3 месяца назад

      Hoarfrost stomp is pretty good early game aoe until you get blasphemous blade or mohg's spear.

  • @namenlossterbliche6239
    @namenlossterbliche6239 3 месяца назад +1

    I swear, some people will go out of their way to get scammed and farmed

  • @Mario-SunshineGalaxy64
    @Mario-SunshineGalaxy64 3 месяца назад +1

    Honestly if people are this gullible and/or desperate they deserve to get scammed, especially when there are players that are completely willing to trade items or drop runes for *_free._*

  • @derekbateman7378
    @derekbateman7378 2 месяца назад +1

    Gamers: *buys runes to instantly reach max level*
    The same gamers: "Why am I so bored playing Elden Ring?"

  • @MrBerserkinTime
    @MrBerserkinTime День назад

    Everytime I reload youtube, there's a scam ad for this shit

  • @crusader-j4126
    @crusader-j4126 3 месяца назад +1

    The fact that people ACTUALLY PAY to get runes or items in Elden ring just makes me cringe on a WHOLE different level, and I havent even beaten the game yet.
    From someone who is a Casual player: "git gud"

  • @blazingsonic
    @blazingsonic 3 месяца назад

    FINALLY a channel that calls them out! Now someone bring up all the damn sped up video guide!

  • @PaperFroggo
    @PaperFroggo 20 дней назад

    Article 10 of the EULA even states that doing so is completely not allowed and can result in a permanent ban