@@Dudenamedtayit’s just when you have more stuff equipped on your character and it’s too heavy, it’s labeled as equip load in the equipment menu I think
@@Dudenamedtay Just to add to that, Endurance is the stat that increases how much you can carry. There's four levels of encumbrance. Fat roll happens when you're over 70% of your equip load. Light is under 30%, medium is in-between. If you go over 100%, you can't roll at all. Medium is where you want to be, nice balance of mobility and protection, so if you can't raise the Endurance stat or equip an item to increase your Equip Load, take gear off or swap to something lighter so you can roll better.
@@Dudenamedtay YOURE FAT no but basically you have too much equipped which means you roll slowly. On your equipment screen on the right is should show a % of how equipped you are.
@Dudenamedtay you're awesome dude! The game was only fun when I overleveled myself early, so here it goes.... third church of Marika, farm the little guys to your desired lvl (I did 150. It's pretty high but I want to have fun, not agony lol) get the guts greatsword and lions claw ash of war. Upgrade sword to at least +18 right off the bat. You'll trivialize everything until late game, this made my ER experience MUCH more enjoyable! Hooe this helps, homie!
Tips- hold the dodge/roll button while moving to sprint. Check your equipment load. If it says heavy, change/remove some armor to make it medium. This effects your rolls and invincibility frames. Try different weapons when you find them. Use jumping heavy attacks when possible to break the enemy poise. Get the repost by using light attack on the glowing portion. The spectral steed ring can be used to summon your horse. Makes life easier.
If you want a description of the stats and how they work. You can open up your stats window and hit the options button, and it will allow you to get in depth Information on the stats. Also, read the description on every item as some of them have passive effects. Such as a piece of armor giving you a boost in a stat. Otherwise, have fun and good luck. 👍
Great content my man 👌 A few tips for beginners: - when leveling up at sites of grace, start with vigor (= health points) - holding down the dodge button will make you run faster - buy a torch from Santa - smithing stones are used to upgrade your weapon & make it deal more damage, you can use them at the blacksmith at Roundtable Hold (bottom left corner of map) - hitting strong attack after blocking with a shield will deal a strong counter attack - It's an open world, if something is too hard, go somewhere else and come back later when more leveled up & stronger - have fun 😁
Dude your editing and commentary are on point! I thought I was watching someone with a much bigger audience before I looked at subscriber count and views. You're doing great! A few tips from someone with like 500 hours in this game and thousands of hours in prior souls titles: 1. In Elden Ring, if something feels too hard, you almost always can turn around and explore elsewhere to get stronger before coming back. The game encourages that and you'll have a lot more fun if you aren't slamming your head against a wall for hours. 2. There's no wrong way to play! Absolutely nothing wrong with using summons or overpowered weapons, the game is hard no matter what. A lot of people enjoy the challenge of staying away from summons and cheese-y weapons, but that doesn't mean you have to if you have more fun playing a different way. 3. Definitely level up, from how you've been playing it seems like you might enjoy strength build playstyle, so leveling endurance, vigor, and strength and using a big weapon is a good bet for you. 4. On an xbox controller, you can press X on an item in your inventory to see more details about it. On weapons, that will show you the stat requirements needed to wield it, as well as the scaling. Scaling is basically a damage increase that a weapon gets based on your stats, it goes through grades. E, D, C, B, A, and S, E being the worst, S being the best. Increasing a stat that a weapon has good scaling in will increase the damage a lot. 5. You should probably unequip some gear so that your equip load (on the right side of your gear menu) is at medium. It'll make your rolls a lot more effective for avoiding attacks, and lets you run a bit faster. Heavy load makes the game a lot harder to play without man upsides. Keep it up dude, you got yourself a subscriber and I'm hyped for the next part of the playthrough!
Oh man, Im sorry you ended up in caelid so fast, it happened to all of us lol. Definitely learn about equip load and fat rolling. And I would totally recommend leveling vigor a bit and explore before throwing yourself at bosses. Keep at it this was awesome! Thanks for uploading!
some tips! use summons. do not listen to what dudebro elitists want to scream about how it's "cheating". you're new and if you're struggling with a fight, summons at this level wont do a ton of damage but they can take the heat off of you at least. i like to equip mine on the top right side of the menu with the horse for easy access this is an open world soulslike game, which means you will come into contact with field bosses and areas that are far above your level. when in doubt, just run and they'll eventually lose interest in you. even in dungeons, sometimes it's best to just run through everything, loot as much as you can, complete the lever puzzle for the door, and then just either die or make it back to the grace point fat rolling is because you're wearing too much equipment. you can check that in your status menu to see "heavy load". a medium or light load is best. medium is like average but light is when you need fast movement. im not joking when i say that armor doesn't do much in these games. it's far better to just not get hit overall than to try to minmax how much defence stats you have. hence why medium or even light loads are key do not spam roll. people quit this game because they think spam rolling gives them infinite s (invincibility frames) and then they cry when they die. you want to time a roll/dodge just as an attack is coming down to hit you. compared to bloodborne and ds3, elden ring is fairly lenient with the timing imo 40:26 that noise is a stance break and congrats you did a crit hit! you can find the spots to crit hit on if they're glowing or, if it's a humanoid creature, just their backside or head as they bend down. since you're using a shield, i just want to mention that you can parry humanoid (for the post part) creatures if you time a parry right. but your shield needs to have the skill "parry" on it because otherwise it's just gonna do a shield bash. but yeah basically rolling is best for huge bosses like that instead of holding the shield up. it's kinda like if you have 500 hp but end up taking 480 damage with your shield up, that's still a ton of damage and thus you should avoid it by just rolling. you'll get the hang of the timing with a lighter equipment load spells are fucking op in this game. much like with summons, do not listen to people who scream about how it's "cheating" to use spells. if you see a cool spell you might want to use, fuck it go for it. it's in the game for a reason and thus is a potential tool. but honestly, do the style of build you want and don't feel like you have to minmax yourself to hell and back. im level 150 in the dlc which might seem overleveled, except i have about 20 to 30 points in each stat (50 in vigor ofc) so it evens out. a bit of a "jack of all trades" build, if you will. and so many people have called my build terrible but it allows me to access tons of different weapons for each situation. so yeah play the game how you want, level how you want. the softcaps in this game are fairly lenient compared to dark souls where you could only put like 20 levels into your health before the return stats back for the cost of souls became horrible. meanwhile it's 60 for vigor in elden ring i only just realized how long ive been rambling but im honestly hyped to see a new person genuinely play for the first time with zero experience. welcome!
@@Dudenamedtay been trolling you 🤣 but in all seriousness, listen to my fellow "hollows" and "hunters" (they know what I mean). Play however you want it, just as you did right now exploring wherever the game takes you. Now go out there and claim your Elden Lordship 🎉🎉🎉
I have to say on its own without tips that I am impressed of your willpower to persist through and beat that boss that early in the game, most people skip that one for later.
well that's some determination! :D imagine beating a hidden mid game boss (tree spirit) as your first boss, while fat rolling, with no levels, no sprint button, no horse exploring and no clue at all - well played, but that's some next level challenge run you've done there. Not that it will stop you from dying so often, but it will feel a lot more fluid with a few adjustments :D tip: try to read "major" items or "unusual looking" items (weapons, armor and their skills in general) through the inventory. you can view more details (hidden effects, attributes, lore, etc.) by pressing the square button (on ps5 controller) while hovering over items. general tip: always medium or light equip load, never heavy; watch necessary attributes needed for weapons (2handing lets you increase your strength by 50%, so you can wield e.g. 30 strength weapons with only 20 strength leveled while 2handing) and have fun exploring - there is (almost) no corner of this world where you won't find a hidden item, cave, chest, npc, etc.; special tip: intelligence = sorcery, faith = buffs and elemental type magic, arcane = assassin type style with bleeds and status effects, dexterity = "usually" faster weapons, can pair well with arcane and in some cases intelligence, strength = heavy and slow hitters e.g. colossal weapons and can pair well with faith type magic. endurance = your stamina and equip load, vigor = your HP-pool. Other than a lot of Vigor and a few points in Endurance, I recommend not spreading your stats, but choosing one of the attributes above to invest into. you can change it later on in the game. have fun
Congratulations my brother, you were awesome for a first timer. Nice persistance and endurance! Thats the way. Souls games are addictive as hell, youre gonna see that
i like how bros getting a dark souls 1 type experience in elden ring lol. like this legit reminds more of my first ds1 playthrough than it does the average first ER playthrough I see
This was dope. A bit of advice: perseverance and patience are your two biggest assets in this game. Everything this game presents to you is a chance to learn and adapt. Don't lose your cool. Learn from your failures and you'll become pretty insanely powerful.
Super fun to watch. I really hope you stick with it, you have a great attitude for learning. I was sold when I saw Eddie in the background! Also talk to NPC's a bunch their conversation might seem to end but it isnt really over until they repeat themselves.
dude the fact that it took you "only" 6 hours to beat that thing is impressive, that's supposed to be a mid-game boss. When I first played this game I had already played EVERY other souls game, and I still needed around 5 hours to beat this thing, and I came here almost exactly like you did, I had just started the game and still had my starting gear, but I decided that I was gonna spend the first hours of the game in this hellhole tobeat that worm. Congratulations and thank you for making me re-live my first time
Amazing Vid make sure to exhaust the npc dialogue as it is very important for quests and to trigger events Just finished the full vid your persistance on the tree spirit was insane not tryna glaze but im really impressed just subbed
Vigor=health Mind= the blue bar. Magic bar Endurance = equipment load ,stamina Strength = ups damage for heavy weapons builds Dexterity = ups damage fastweapons. Like daggers curved swards and such. Intelligence= ups damage for sorceries. Faith= ups faith incantations damage. And fills up the maddness meter faster. Arcane = ups damage for dragon incantations. Also ups your discovery chances( allows enemies a chance to drop better loot when killed.) And builds up the bleed meter faster. Edit. I'm not a pro if I'm missing anything that the stats dose let me know.
Bro, you have a grasp on only half the mechanics available and you're already doing great. I really hope you keep playing this, I know you can beat this game just from seeing your tenacity. Subscribed.
Perseverance is the key to any FromSoft game. They are hard games, but learning the bosses and working hard for the win is so rewarding feeling. I’m subbed. The next thing I’d recommend is to determine what kind of build you want, then start leveling up those stats. Until you make that decision, leveling up Vigor and Stamina is ALWAYS a good idea.
@@Dudenamedtay Small side note: Most Stats have a soft cap which usually starts at 60, like Vigor for example. Past 60 Vigor is not really worth investing into, which you can tell because you're only getting like 1/4th of hp that you were getting pre 60. Arcane on the other hand, which increases your bleed potential, doesn't have any cap as far as i know.
We've all been there bro, lol. First time playing this game, my stubborn souls veteran dumbass never rested at graces I would just touch them to be able to teleport to them, and never got Melina to enable leveling up or got the horse, until after Margitt 🤦. I did level up my weapons, but bosses fucking sucked, I legit was so confused and didn't think you could level up during my first like 10~15 hrs lol
Not sure if you know but the glowing skulls like the one at 7:32 that you kicked around have a little bit of runes in them just roll over them and pick up the item. Also if you need any directions just look at the map there are trails from some graces that are basically pointing you in the right direction, sometimes.
I finished the game yesterday after 192 hours brother (heavily exploring). This video right here is an essence of ER. You git gud and succeed. Keep it up brother...and also level a bit :D
As said, heavily exploring, like I probably killed vast majority of bosses, seems like I've been to every dungeon etc. but I also let it to be more natural, so sometimes I was exploring where I should not have been yet, dying a lot. It's easily doable under 100hours I'm just crazy deep diving. Last tip, don't spoil yourself too much, this game will drop your jaw, let it be surprise (and to sometimes look up, after hours of desperstion, where tf is the thing you need is no shame) Stay strong.
Bro you are a legend 👏👏💪 honestly i bow down to you, it was my first ever souls game too and i picked that same starting class and that same starting item (stonesword key) and i went to this cave too but i couldn't do it, and i was not even fat rolling (slow roll when you have too much stuff equipped). The amount of patience you have is mind blowing. This game is now my favourite game ever with sekiro being a really close second maybe at the same level. You are gonna love this. Please keep them videos coming 🙏
You did the same thing as me when i started and you bested the tree spirit without any levels. i subscribed and will be watching you on your journey to beating every boss in this game. You got my respect sir
My dude, that was incredible. I didn't even dream of taking on that damn thing till I was much higher level, and I shamelessly magicked my way through the whole game because life's too short. But I absolutely respect the shit out of you for putting in the work and getting your parry on like a boss. Don't give up skeleton, you totally got this. Go forth and become the Elden Lord.
Bro you are killing it! Elden Ring was my first souls-like, and the experience is unreal. Keep doing you. Try not to use summons, but I don't blame you if you do! This is some top-tier content!
Love being able to experience ER for the first time again victoriously. You got great energy dude and I'm looking forward to the rest of your journey! A couple tips that people will have already mentioned: 1. Whenever you have enough runes to level up just fast travel to a site of grace and do it. Focus on Vigor (Health), Endurance (Stamina i.e. the amount of times you can roll and swing your weapon, and how heavy your equipment can be, try not to ever have a heavy load you don't wanna fat roll), Strength (if you wanna wield heavy weapons) or Dexterity (if you prefer light, faster weapons). If you want to do sorcery then do Dexterity and Intelligence. 2. Equip your Spectral Steed Whistle to one of your pouches. Then you can just hold down Triangle (or Y) and press the direction of whatever pouch you equipped it to to summon it. It'll make traversing the map so much easier and quicker! 3. From the start if you go south until you find a bunch of stone worm looking things and interact with what they're pointing towards you'll fight a boss. Defeat that boss and it'll give you the Blooodhound's Fang - one of the best weapons in the game that can literally carry you to the end as long as you upgrade it.
Buddy, I know it looks bad. It's about to get a lot worse. But that dopamine rush from killing a boss your first time. The feeling of relief... but don't worry about wasting a healing flask use right before sitting down. sitting down at a grace refills your flasks always talk to npcs until they start repeating themselves. this is called 'exhausting dialogue'. always exhaust dialogue
Bro ngl thats impressive you were waaaay too underleveled for that boss. Remember this game is stellar at jebaiting you into zones / fights you were not supposed to take on yet
Hey man I recommend watching some videos about how to start off in Elden Ring. I recently started playing and a virgin to souls games just like you. RUclips videos really helped get me on the right path to levelling and killing the correct bosses. Elden Ring is such a vague game, it doesnt tell you how to do anything or where to go. So dont be afraid to seek some help from more adept players. In a game like this its defo needed. Great video! Earned my sub.
I hope you know that beating THAT boss as your first boss, without leveling, and heavy rolling, is fucking impressive. This dungeon is supposed to be one of those "Guess ill come back later" things but you just told the game to fuck itself out of sheer determination. I love these kinds of videos and would definitely be excited for you to beat the game. By the way, if you can handle Elden Ring you can handle any Souls game.
It was never easier to press subscribe on a newcomer. Keep it up! I am looking forward for the next video watching you being way ahead of yourself. ^^ I'd put those levels in vigor btw. Never a bad start to survive and once you find a weapon that interests you work towards that.
An absolute pro tip tip for these (fire)-pillars like 20:28 usually you can attack with any weapon but if you stumbe upon margits or mohgs shackles (you can buy them from patches) you can use them at really large distances "allmost" anywhere in the area an it will affect the pillars and also reveal all hidden walls.
@@Dudenamedtay There is a character you might meet "Patches" if you search the map. I am a fan of exploring every inch of a map to discover all the secrets. He sells items you can use to do stuff. One is the shakkle. I thought you can only use it on a Boss. Never had to use it tho as i was always overleveled. There are hidden paths in ruins and dungeons mainly. That if you roll into them or attack them will vanish and reveal the path behind them. Like holographic walls or floors or so. Many are marked by player comments on the floor but many are also fake ;D.
Stumbled onto this one, but I'm glad it was recommended. This playthrough reminds me a lot of my first playthrough. Ngl, I was hearing Morpheus say "He's beginning to believe" when that health bar finally started dipping down past the name.
Honestly, I'm impressed that he got all the way to the bottom of Fringefolk Hero's Grave AND beat the tree spirit without sprinting and not having leveled up at all. I was like level 40 before going to that dungeon and still struggled. This dude's got an insane amount of determination.
Tips. Hold the button you use to roll /dodge...it allows you to sprint, but drains stamina if in combat. Kill some trash mobs to get runes...you'll need them and smithing stones to level up your weapons. You didn't grab the ability to put ashes of war on your weapons. Go back to Gatefront Ruins, in a cellar guarded by the soldiers with wolves is the item you need to enable ashes of war. Use your horse. Look at control menu to see how to set spectral steed whistle into your pouch or item roll so you can quickly summon your horse. You need the horse to access some parts of the game. You're doing fine in the will to win department, but you're making yourself frustrated as a result. Exit that dungeon, go level up your weapons, then come back. You ARE a caster. You have incantations. Use your finger seal to use spells. Uou can get more incantations, offensive, defensive, and heals at Roundtable hold. You can also use Smithing stones to level up your finger seal to increase your incantation scaling /damage. Don't givebup. The game provides everything you need as a noob to cruise through it. The key is exploration. I feel your pain. Elden Ring was my first experience with Souls games as well. I absolutely loved it once i figured it out, but like you, I was getting frustrated early. Good job on taking the Ulcerated Tree Spirit
You definitely got the potential to be a big RUclipsr with a good fanbase. Keep up the great work, remember, you can rest if you dont feel like playing or recording anything.
Holy shit! The sheer determination you have to beat that boss on your first souls game with heavy roll is insane... You are more resilient and determined than most 😅
As a past souls virgin myself who’s also first game was elden ring, I have to say I really appreciate your general optimism. ^_^ My best advice is to try not to lose that for as long as you can! I can assure you that it is the key to beating this game as well as getting the immense satisfaction that it’s trying to deliver! Also I wouldn’t worry about the content being repetitive honestly. Most people who watch others play these kinda games would prefer to see how much blood sweat and tears they put into challenges and the emotional journey that comes with it, rather than the actual content of the game itself. It’s no a brainer to look up stuff and take advice but be sure to play it your own way! I hope this gives you a little bit of motivation. :)
Great video. Epic game with so much to explore. Impressed that you took on the Fringefolk Hero’s Grave, because there were way easier starting caves/catacombs. Tips: Definitely exhaust the dialogue of all NPCs until they repeat themselves. To understand the lore, read the item/weapon/armor descriptions. In settings turn on recent items. Try out a ton of weapons and find what you like best. Can dual wield weapons in the same category, some have great move sets
Magic in this game is awesome and there’s a huge amount to choose from that can enhance your gameplay in fun ways like elemental weapon buffs from different ashes of wars or spells or crafting items. Can definitely help take down tough enemies if you exploit weaknesses
Very entertaining bro! Easily one of the most disastrous first sessions I've ever seen 😂 you'll get it all figured out and become Elden Lord though! I believe!
Holding the circle button (your roll) will make your character run. Using the spectral steed whistle will summon your horse -- you can find it in your items, but I would highly suggest making it a shortcut like your flasks and stuff. Upgrade vigor to 50 (by endgame, but always keep this one growing -- it's your HP) Mind is whatever -- it's the blue bar for weapon skills and magic. Upgrade Endurance to 30 eventually (controls green stamina bar, but also how heavy your armor can be -- the higher the stat, the heavier the armor you can wear and still fast roll -- right now you were fat rolling which is generally considered bad since you get less invincibility and it takes longer) All the other stats depend on what weapon you want to use. If you want to play someone who uses giant weapons and heavy shields, do strength. If you like katanas, bows, rapiers and other "finesse" weapons, go dex. Intelligence is for casting spells, and Faith is for casting incantations. Spells need a staff to use, and are very diverse....you can summon magic swords, magic shields, and even cast a kamehameha. Incantations (faith) needs a talisman to cast and is equally versatile. You can throw boulders, summon lightning bolts, create firestorms or use holy light to kill enemies. Arcane is like the "luck" stat in other RPGs. It increases item discovery, but also increases the amount of status buildup on your enemies. Elden Ring has a VERY popular mechanic called "bleed" where once an enemy or boss is hit enough with a weapon that has bleed buildup, they'll take a huge burst of damage that is based on their overall life (I think it's like...15 percent of their total life.) High arcane means this procs more often. Overall, you don't need arcane unless you are going for a status build that uses poison or bleed. If you use a lot of magic or incantations, I'd recommend probably like...20 in mind, but generally you can kind of ignore it until you need it. Some people limit their build to level 150 for PvP, but if you don't care about that, you could honestly level as much as you want. I think I remember Randy Orton saying his character was level 500 or something by the time he beat it lmao.
The bloodhounds fang that you can get from the Everdale at the bottom of limgrave is a really good weapon throughout the entire game as long as you upgrade it
@@Dudenamedtay Even with leveled up weapons and character, those beasts suck to fight. I’m amazed you kept at it for so long, and congrats on beating it. For Vigor, you will want at least 40 Vigor. Getting that as early as possible is usually nice, you can usually go through most the game with 40.
Some tips: HOLD DODGE TO RUN AND CLIMB LADDERS FASTER Upgrade your weapons and be mindful of the scaling of your weapon. If it has a C scaling in strength and D in Dexterity, you'll get more out of leveling your strength stat. The game is trying to teach you to gauge when you should just leave and come back later. If you don't see yellow damage in the Healthbar when hitting a boss with your light attack, you probably aren't ready for them. If you spend more than an hour on a boss don't be afraid to google what level you should be at for them but also early game weapon upgrades are a ton of help. Pump up your vigor, your endgame goal should be 60, obviously don't ONLY level vigor but it's the most important thing right now. Play with your equipment. Check your equipment and the bottom right for your weight. It controls your dodges and invisibility frames when dodging. You don't wanna be over medium load. All weapons talismans and armor contribute to your weight. Your horse is an item and you equip it similar to your flask. Spectral steed whistle. I put it in my pouch for quick access but you could equip it in the same spot as your flasks. Your pouch is another quick items thing. You hold X on ps5 for it then use the direction buttons to choose the item. I think it could also be hold triangle or Y. Go to your menu and look at the right side to see what's equipped in your pouch. Right above gestures. In settings make sure your mark new items and new items tab is turned on. Go back to Santa and pass time at the grace to night.
something really important in elden ring and just all dark souls games is the leveling system which is pretty overwhelming for new players. put simply there are many different attributes that you can upgrade via the graces with the runes you get from killing any enemy or boss (you will lose all your runes if you fail to collect them from where you previously died before dying again). for now i would recommend upgrading vigor to start as it just increases your health but other attributes can be just as important depending on what type of build you are going for (magic, strength, ect.) every time you upgrade one of these attributes the amount of runes it takes to upgrade something increases(also some weapons take certain attributes you must meet to be able to effectively wield it which you can see in the weapons description). Another super important thing is that you can also upgrade your weapon which you can do using "smithing stones" or "somber smithing stones" (depending on the weapon) which you can find hidden around the map. you can take these stones to the roundtable hold (the place you were teleported to by melina where nothing attacks you) and by using the correct stones (every time you upgrade your weapon you need a different type of stone (smithing stone(1) smithing stone (2) ect.)) you can bring them to the black smith and use them along with runes to upgrade your weapon to make it do more damage.(this can be done with any weapon in the game but there are only a limited amount of the higher level smithing stones located around the map). also you can find golden seeds around the map that you can use at a grace to get more total flasks and you can allocate which of your flasks you want to heal you and which ones you want to restore FP (fp is used if you use magic or a weapons special move(special move is done by holding down the right trigger and then pressing one of the left triggers)). oh yea and that ring that melina gave you spawns a horse that you can use to travel around the map much faster. you can equip the horse by pressing the menu button and then looking at the "pouch" inventory on the right side of your screen and allocating the "Spectral steed whistle" to one of those spots which you can then use by holding down y and then selecting the direction on the d pad that matches to where it shows up in the bottom left. and one last thing is that the graces have a golden beam that shoots out of them that points in the direction of the next grace on the intended path with the mandatory bosses (the boss you killed is pretty difficult and completely optional). theres alot of other stuff that i have probably missed but i hope this helps (sorry for yapping so much lol) (and i know the other guy said this but you can run by holding B)
You were spot on saying how small and weak your character is in this world. You got the struggle™️ all new players experience. It sucks now but half the point is that with each victory, each level up, each new spell, each weapon upgrade, you get stronger in game, and with each death you get stronger outside of the game. When these ulcerated tree spirits show up again later in the game, imagine the joy you will feel when you tear them apart with your bare hands and make them feel true fear.
This Man got baptized by fire and he owned it. Bro is near base level, fat rolling, no upgrades, base flasks, and it's his first souls game, gotta give him credit, he's got the heart of a warrior for not giving up. I would've not done this on my first playthrough fighting ulcerated tree spirit right out the gates😅
Go to your map and follow the yellow fire-like pointing from the grace sites...it shows the direction youre supposed to go in. It will help you early on so you stay on path with enemies you can handle at your level.
If you see an item on the bottom of a cliff or high up on a ledge, there is some way around to get to it. The game communicates many things through the loot it gives you. Read item descriptions and make a mental note to follow the loot. Of course, you should still always be vigilant. Loot can also be the tell-tale sign of an enemy ambush. My rule of thumb: As long as you keep finding loot, you're going the right direction. This applies to a lot of games, but this game takes the concept rather seriously
The first rule of Souls games is "Patience." The more stressed you get, the harder you rage, the more mistakes you'll make. The enemies are designed to punish you if you panic, so calm is going to be your best friend. Every Boss has a lesson to teach you. Learn well, and your foes will fall like wheat to a scythe. I generally start with Tank builds, because it's easier to learn attack patterns when you can survive making more than one mistake. So Vigor is going to be a leveling priority early on. 40 Vigor is a good point to aim for as a final target, but most players (especially melee builds) go for 50 or more eventually. I also find it useful to always have some kind of ranged option available. Because even if it doesn't do much damage, it's surprising how often you can make a fight easier by pulling one guy's attention with a thrown knife. Which brings me to my next point: Aggro Management. It's ALWAYS safer to fight one opponent at a time, and it's all too easy to get swarmed under by multiple enemies. Try out everything you think seems cool and don't be afraid to employ anything you think will give you an advantage. There is no "wrong" way to play as long as you're enjoying yourself. Save "Challenge" runs for later on when you feel more comfortable with the game systems. The break points for Equipment Load are
Its a tough game, but its really worth it. It gets better as you level up. If something is too hard, go to a different area and come back when you're stronger. This game rewards exploration.
Welcome to Elden Ring, good luck on your journey! Just know that you do not have to lock in on a boss that's overwhelming -- Elden Ring gives you a lot of directions to go and a lot of ways to get stronger. Especially for your first time, everything goes, the point is to achieve victory, not to suffer. Level up, find better gear, suss out weaknesses, bring in a spirit summon. Then come back and punish the boss that gave you trouble. Save the challenge run stuff for when you're ready for a second playthrough.
17 minutes in, I wonder when this dude is gonna discover the sprint button. 😂 Also the fact that he has a f**kin horse. All love though, this was super fun to watch!
Advice from someone who has played these games for a long time, read the descriptions of items you pick up. Sometimes it’s just flavor text telling you about the lore, but other times it’s really important just to see what the item does.
If you haven't found them yet, there are 2 caves in the cliff face north of the Church of Ellegh, those are your starting caves. from there I suggest going south to the weeping peninsula. The Hero's Graves are more mid game so don't feel bad about your deaths. Enjoyed the video, good luck with your run.
subscribed hoping to see more, here are some advices: 1. your stat is good with faith build, you can mix and match some stats together, watch the stats explain from the pros (basics that I told u), 2. if you want u can watch the full questline guide, some quest just not doable when you did sth like kill a boss then you can not access the quest anymore (cant get the rewards you gonna need like talisman and material, cant access to game endings). 3.farming in this game is painful if you are like me losing a the runes when dead so you might wanna watch some guides to farm runes (varre quest is important to farm runes), just an advice, save some time grinding, you can level up to the boss cap lvl and do it for it to be legit if u want.
I'm commenting because I want to but don't know what ai should comment. Oh, arise now, ye Tarnished. Ye dead, who yet live. The call of long-lost grace speaks to us all!!
You could probably watch a short beginner guide just to help you get through the start of pf the game and get a basic idea of what is going on. I think you will really enjoy it. It would be cool to see you get better.
u crazy for doing that big guy basically at the start of the game, almost everybody playing that game see he way too strong and leaves and come back later. gg for that
damn this guy is entertaining.
no clue, no sprint, fat rolling but ill be damned if he ain't determined.
keep at it bro.
Fat rolling ? What’s that? 😂 and I appreciate the love
@@Dudenamedtayit’s just when you have more stuff equipped on your character and it’s too heavy, it’s labeled as equip load in the equipment menu I think
Ahhh ok makes sense
@@Dudenamedtay Just to add to that, Endurance is the stat that increases how much you can carry. There's four levels of encumbrance. Fat roll happens when you're over 70% of your equip load. Light is under 30%, medium is in-between. If you go over 100%, you can't roll at all. Medium is where you want to be, nice balance of mobility and protection, so if you can't raise the Endurance stat or equip an item to increase your Equip Load, take gear off or swap to something lighter so you can roll better.
@@Dudenamedtay YOURE FAT
no but basically you have too much equipped which means you roll slowly. On your equipment screen on the right is should show a % of how equipped you are.
bro beat the tree spirit without leveling and with heavy load. this is gonna be a breeze for him.
Fr tree sprits still slap me even at lvl 200 💀
Bro i thought I was watching some famous streamer I didn’t know about but then I saw 84 views?? You’re so underrated
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I appreciate it guys
yea give him a sub guys,
@Dudenamedtay you're awesome dude! The game was only fun when I overleveled myself early, so here it goes.... third church of Marika, farm the little guys to your desired lvl (I did 150. It's pretty high but I want to have fun, not agony lol) get the guts greatsword and lions claw ash of war. Upgrade sword to at least +18 right off the bat. You'll trivialize everything until late game, this made my ER experience MUCH more enjoyable! Hooe this helps, homie!
@@frankorellana3406 thanks for the tips ! I appreciate it
Tips- hold the dodge/roll button while moving to sprint. Check your equipment load. If it says heavy, change/remove some armor to make it medium. This effects your rolls and invincibility frames. Try different weapons when you find them. Use jumping heavy attacks when possible to break the enemy poise. Get the repost by using light attack on the glowing portion. The spectral steed ring can be used to summon your horse. Makes life easier.
Ahhh that explains why I was so slow lol. Thanks
If you want a description of the stats and how they work. You can open up your stats window and hit the options button, and it will allow you to get in depth Information on the stats. Also, read the description on every item as some of them have passive effects. Such as a piece of armor giving you a boost in a stat. Otherwise, have fun and good luck. 👍
Great content my man 👌
A few tips for beginners:
- when leveling up at sites of grace, start with vigor (= health points)
- holding down the dodge button will make you run faster
- buy a torch from Santa
- smithing stones are used to upgrade your weapon & make it deal more damage, you can use them at the blacksmith at Roundtable Hold (bottom left corner of map)
- hitting strong attack after blocking with a shield will deal a strong counter attack
- It's an open world, if something is too hard, go somewhere else and come back later when more leveled up & stronger
- have fun 😁
P.S. at sites of grace, go to "flasks" and use the golden seed you got from beating the boss to get more healing flasks 👌
Thanks a lot this is really helpful
Avoid vigor like a plaque 😂, unless you want to PVP, run around naked, weave and boink 😅
@@teoigi3247tf are you saying
@jonathanDstrand just trolling, like the good ol' finger but hole🤣
Dude your editing and commentary are on point! I thought I was watching someone with a much bigger audience before I looked at subscriber count and views. You're doing great! A few tips from someone with like 500 hours in this game and thousands of hours in prior souls titles:
1. In Elden Ring, if something feels too hard, you almost always can turn around and explore elsewhere to get stronger before coming back. The game encourages that and you'll have a lot more fun if you aren't slamming your head against a wall for hours.
2. There's no wrong way to play! Absolutely nothing wrong with using summons or overpowered weapons, the game is hard no matter what. A lot of people enjoy the challenge of staying away from summons and cheese-y weapons, but that doesn't mean you have to if you have more fun playing a different way.
3. Definitely level up, from how you've been playing it seems like you might enjoy strength build playstyle, so leveling endurance, vigor, and strength and using a big weapon is a good bet for you.
4. On an xbox controller, you can press X on an item in your inventory to see more details about it. On weapons, that will show you the stat requirements needed to wield it, as well as the scaling. Scaling is basically a damage increase that a weapon gets based on your stats, it goes through grades. E, D, C, B, A, and S, E being the worst, S being the best. Increasing a stat that a weapon has good scaling in will increase the damage a lot.
5. You should probably unequip some gear so that your equip load (on the right side of your gear menu) is at medium. It'll make your rolls a lot more effective for avoiding attacks, and lets you run a bit faster. Heavy load makes the game a lot harder to play without man upsides.
Keep it up dude, you got yourself a subscriber and I'm hyped for the next part of the playthrough!
Wow that’s really helpful. Thanks a lot and I appreciate the support
You are doing great! I'll definitely be back for more episodes like this! Keep them coming 🧚🏼♀️✨✨✨
I appreciate the support ✨✨✨
Oh man, Im sorry you ended up in caelid so fast, it happened to all of us lol.
Definitely learn about equip load and fat rolling. And I would totally recommend leveling vigor a bit and explore before throwing yourself at bosses.
Keep at it this was awesome! Thanks for uploading!
Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the tip
some tips! use summons. do not listen to what dudebro elitists want to scream about how it's "cheating". you're new and if you're struggling with a fight, summons at this level wont do a ton of damage but they can take the heat off of you at least. i like to equip mine on the top right side of the menu with the horse for easy access
this is an open world soulslike game, which means you will come into contact with field bosses and areas that are far above your level. when in doubt, just run and they'll eventually lose interest in you. even in dungeons, sometimes it's best to just run through everything, loot as much as you can, complete the lever puzzle for the door, and then just either die or make it back to the grace point
fat rolling is because you're wearing too much equipment. you can check that in your status menu to see "heavy load". a medium or light load is best. medium is like average but light is when you need fast movement. im not joking when i say that armor doesn't do much in these games. it's far better to just not get hit overall than to try to minmax how much defence stats you have. hence why medium or even light loads are key
do not spam roll. people quit this game because they think spam rolling gives them infinite s (invincibility frames) and then they cry when they die. you want to time a roll/dodge just as an attack is coming down to hit you. compared to bloodborne and ds3, elden ring is fairly lenient with the timing imo
40:26 that noise is a stance break and congrats you did a crit hit! you can find the spots to crit hit on if they're glowing or, if it's a humanoid creature, just their backside or head as they bend down. since you're using a shield, i just want to mention that you can parry humanoid (for the post part) creatures if you time a parry right. but your shield needs to have the skill "parry" on it because otherwise it's just gonna do a shield bash. but yeah basically rolling is best for huge bosses like that instead of holding the shield up. it's kinda like if you have 500 hp but end up taking 480 damage with your shield up, that's still a ton of damage and thus you should avoid it by just rolling. you'll get the hang of the timing with a lighter equipment load
spells are fucking op in this game. much like with summons, do not listen to people who scream about how it's "cheating" to use spells. if you see a cool spell you might want to use, fuck it go for it. it's in the game for a reason and thus is a potential tool. but honestly, do the style of build you want and don't feel like you have to minmax yourself to hell and back. im level 150 in the dlc which might seem overleveled, except i have about 20 to 30 points in each stat (50 in vigor ofc) so it evens out. a bit of a "jack of all trades" build, if you will. and so many people have called my build terrible but it allows me to access tons of different weapons for each situation. so yeah play the game how you want, level how you want. the softcaps in this game are fairly lenient compared to dark souls where you could only put like 20 levels into your health before the return stats back for the cost of souls became horrible. meanwhile it's 60 for vigor in elden ring
i only just realized how long ive been rambling but im honestly hyped to see a new person genuinely play for the first time with zero experience. welcome!
Thank you for the short novel I appreciate it 😂 this was very helpful. I’m thinking about going for a melee build not sure yet. We’ll see
Play how you want to play. If you don't know how you want to play, or if you aren't having fun, reassess your choices and try something new.
@@Dudenamedtay been trolling you 🤣 but in all seriousness, listen to my fellow "hollows" and "hunters" (they know what I mean). Play however you want it, just as you did right now exploring wherever the game takes you. Now go out there and claim your Elden Lordship 🎉🎉🎉
I have to say, as someone who is just starting the game the comments section on this video is great.
So many people are giving tips and positivity.
Armour is more valuable the farther you are in the game if you get a med roll with armour it’s better then light roll without any
I have to say on its own without tips that I am impressed of your willpower to persist through and beat that boss that early in the game, most people skip that one for later.
The algorithm threw me here and I'm glad it did. Great quality content, happy to sub!
well that's some determination! :D imagine beating a hidden mid game boss (tree spirit) as your first boss, while fat rolling, with no levels, no sprint button, no horse exploring and no clue at all - well played, but that's some next level challenge run you've done there. Not that it will stop you from dying so often, but it will feel a lot more fluid with a few adjustments :D
tip: try to read "major" items or "unusual looking" items (weapons, armor and their skills in general) through the inventory. you can view more details (hidden effects, attributes, lore, etc.) by pressing the square button (on ps5 controller) while hovering over items.
general tip: always medium or light equip load, never heavy; watch necessary attributes needed for weapons (2handing lets you increase your strength by 50%, so you can wield e.g. 30 strength weapons with only 20 strength leveled while 2handing) and have fun exploring - there is (almost) no corner of this world where you won't find a hidden item, cave, chest, npc, etc.;
special tip: intelligence = sorcery, faith = buffs and elemental type magic, arcane = assassin type style with bleeds and status effects, dexterity = "usually" faster weapons, can pair well with arcane and in some cases intelligence, strength = heavy and slow hitters e.g. colossal weapons and can pair well with faith type magic. endurance = your stamina and equip load, vigor = your HP-pool. Other than a lot of Vigor and a few points in Endurance, I recommend not spreading your stats, but choosing one of the attributes above to invest into. you can change it later on in the game. have fun
Thanks for the tips, I wasn’t aware that I was doing a challenge run lol
Tree Sentinel is early game, just not like immediately out of the gate.
Congratulations my brother, you were awesome for a first timer. Nice persistance and endurance! Thats the way. Souls games are addictive as hell, youre gonna see that
Yeah im already enjoying the game a lot lol and I feel like I did terrible but thanks 😂
@@Dudenamedtay bro even veteran players like me can die 300x to a boss. You will meet some real nightmares on your way.
Beasts and monsters? Brother you will slay gods!
GODS?!?!
@@Dudenamedtayyup.!
it's true ☝️
i like how bros getting a dark souls 1 type experience in elden ring lol. like this legit reminds more of my first ds1 playthrough than it does the average first ER playthrough I see
I was dying watching you fight that boss over and over. Reminded me of my first time!
This was dope.
A bit of advice: perseverance and patience are your two biggest assets in this game.
Everything this game presents to you is a chance to learn and adapt. Don't lose your cool. Learn from your failures and you'll become pretty insanely powerful.
Super fun to watch. I really hope you stick with it, you have a great attitude for learning. I was sold when I saw Eddie in the background! Also talk to NPC's a bunch their conversation might seem to end but it isnt really over until they repeat themselves.
You’re the first one to make a comment on him lol, I’m definitely going to stick with it.The game is super fun
dude the fact that it took you "only" 6 hours to beat that thing is impressive, that's supposed to be a mid-game boss.
When I first played this game I had already played EVERY other souls game, and I still needed around 5 hours to beat this thing, and I came here almost exactly like you did, I had just started the game and still had my starting gear, but I decided that I was gonna spend the first hours of the game in this hellhole tobeat that worm. Congratulations and thank you for making me re-live my first time
Amazing Vid make sure to exhaust the npc dialogue as it is very important for quests and to trigger events
Just finished the full vid your persistance on the tree spirit was insane not tryna glaze but im really impressed just subbed
Nah you’re not glazing lmao. Thanks for the sub
Vigor=health
Mind= the blue bar. Magic bar
Endurance = equipment load ,stamina
Strength = ups damage for heavy weapons builds
Dexterity = ups damage fastweapons. Like daggers curved swards and such.
Intelligence= ups damage for sorceries.
Faith= ups faith incantations damage. And fills up the maddness meter faster.
Arcane = ups damage for dragon incantations. Also ups your discovery chances( allows enemies a chance to drop better loot when killed.) And builds up the bleed meter faster.
Edit. I'm not a pro if I'm missing anything that the stats dose let me know.
Faith also increases heal amount for incantations
honestly with how much you unknowingly gimped yourself, it's crazy impressive that you beat the tree spirit
Bro, you have a grasp on only half the mechanics available and you're already doing great. I really hope you keep playing this, I know you can beat this game just from seeing your tenacity. Subscribed.
Perseverance is the key to any FromSoft game. They are hard games, but learning the bosses and working hard for the win is so rewarding feeling. I’m subbed.
The next thing I’d recommend is to determine what kind of build you want, then start leveling up those stats. Until you make that decision, leveling up Vigor and Stamina is ALWAYS a good idea.
Noted ✏️🗒️ thank you for the tips
@@Dudenamedtay Small side note: Most Stats have a soft cap which usually starts at 60, like Vigor for example. Past 60 Vigor is not really worth investing into, which you can tell because you're only getting like 1/4th of hp that you were getting pre 60. Arcane on the other hand, which increases your bleed potential, doesn't have any cap as far as i know.
Bro i love you're content underrated creator
You were also way too underleveled for that boss lol
I wasn’t aware of that lol. I thought I just sucked
@@Dudenamedtay That too, but we all do at first. You'll become awesome!
I couldn't do this so early! That was crazy dedication. I was impressed as hell.
We've all been there bro, lol. First time playing this game, my stubborn souls veteran dumbass never rested at graces I would just touch them to be able to teleport to them, and never got Melina to enable leveling up or got the horse, until after Margitt 🤦. I did level up my weapons, but bosses fucking sucked, I legit was so confused and didn't think you could level up during my first like 10~15 hrs lol
Not sure if you know but the glowing skulls like the one at 7:32 that you kicked around have a little bit of runes in them just roll over them and pick up the item.
Also if you need any directions just look at the map there are trails from some graces that are basically pointing you in the right direction, sometimes.
I finished the game yesterday after 192 hours brother (heavily exploring). This video right here is an essence of ER. You git gud and succeed. Keep it up brother...and also level a bit :D
I’ll definitely level up lol
That’s a shit ton of hours
As said, heavily exploring, like I probably killed vast majority of bosses, seems like I've been to every dungeon etc. but I also let it to be more natural, so sometimes I was exploring where I should not have been yet, dying a lot. It's easily doable under 100hours I'm just crazy deep diving.
Last tip, don't spoil yourself too much, this game will drop your jaw, let it be surprise (and to sometimes look up, after hours of desperstion, where tf is the thing you need is no shame) Stay strong.
@@vampRaziel I’ll try my best not to spoil myself. I’m really enjoying the game so far
I'm 92 hours in on my first playthrough. I've cleared everything all the way up to the mountain of giants.
You're doing great! some of the guys in the comments have given really good advice too. I subbed. Looking forwards to your elden ring journey my guy.
Thanks for the sub dude appreciate it
17:45 😂 I’m sorry but that was just too funny. Looking forward to watching the rest of your adventure.
Glad you enjoyed the vid lol
I’m glad this came across my feed. This is like a legit first play through by a guy that never played souls games. Keep the going bro
Thanks man
there you go, you've got a new sub. Hope you're enjoying being a part of the soulsborne community
Bro you are a legend 👏👏💪 honestly i bow down to you, it was my first ever souls game too and i picked that same starting class and that same starting item (stonesword key) and i went to this cave too but i couldn't do it, and i was not even fat rolling (slow roll when you have too much stuff equipped). The amount of patience you have is mind blowing. This game is now my favourite game ever with sekiro being a really close second maybe at the same level. You are gonna love this. Please keep them videos coming 🙏
You did the same thing as me when i started and you bested the tree spirit without any levels. i subscribed and will be watching you on your journey to beating every boss in this game. You got my respect sir
My dude, that was incredible. I didn't even dream of taking on that damn thing till I was much higher level, and I shamelessly magicked my way through the whole game because life's too short. But I absolutely respect the shit out of you for putting in the work and getting your parry on like a boss.
Don't give up skeleton, you totally got this. Go forth and become the Elden Lord.
Bro you are killing it! Elden Ring was my first souls-like, and the experience is unreal. Keep doing you. Try not to use summons, but I don't blame you if you do!
This is some top-tier content!
Love being able to experience ER for the first time again victoriously. You got great energy dude and I'm looking forward to the rest of your journey!
A couple tips that people will have already mentioned:
1. Whenever you have enough runes to level up just fast travel to a site of grace and do it. Focus on Vigor (Health), Endurance (Stamina i.e. the amount of times you can roll and swing your weapon, and how heavy your equipment can be, try not to ever have a heavy load you don't wanna fat roll), Strength (if you wanna wield heavy weapons) or Dexterity (if you prefer light, faster weapons). If you want to do sorcery then do Dexterity and Intelligence.
2. Equip your Spectral Steed Whistle to one of your pouches. Then you can just hold down Triangle (or Y) and press the direction of whatever pouch you equipped it to to summon it. It'll make traversing the map so much easier and quicker!
3. From the start if you go south until you find a bunch of stone worm looking things and interact with what they're pointing towards you'll fight a boss. Defeat that boss and it'll give you the Blooodhound's Fang - one of the best weapons in the game that can literally carry you to the end as long as you upgrade it.
Confessor is super cool. So many skills to use as you find them during exploration.
lets get you to 300
We’re getting close 😂
You never have to ask the Souls community for help. You're gonna get it whether you want it or not. 😂
Buddy, I know it looks bad.
It's about to get a lot worse.
But that dopamine rush from killing a boss your first time. The feeling of relief...
but don't worry about wasting a healing flask use right before sitting down. sitting down at a grace refills your flasks
always talk to npcs until they start repeating themselves. this is called 'exhausting dialogue'. always exhaust dialogue
Bro ngl thats impressive you were waaaay too underleveled for that boss. Remember this game is stellar at jebaiting you into zones / fights you were not supposed to take on yet
Ngl I thought that was the first boss the game wanted me to kill lol. Didn’t know I was under leveled
Oh man. This is great. I want to give you so many hints and directions, but this is such an amazing run I don’t really want to.
Btw you can run by holding b on xbox or circle on ps and youre fat rolling so equipt less stuff or upgrade endurance
Really enjoyed this man, super impressive and can’t wait to see more content. Subscribed
Hey man I recommend watching some videos about how to start off in Elden Ring. I recently started playing and a virgin to souls games just like you. RUclips videos really helped get me on the right path to levelling and killing the correct bosses. Elden Ring is such a vague game, it doesnt tell you how to do anything or where to go. So dont be afraid to seek some help from more adept players. In a game like this its defo needed. Great video! Earned my sub.
I agree, watch the ER for beginners video it’ll keep spoilers to a minimum but will give you the basics
I hope you know that beating THAT boss as your first boss, without leveling, and heavy rolling, is fucking impressive. This dungeon is supposed to be one of those "Guess ill come back later" things but you just told the game to fuck itself out of sheer determination. I love these kinds of videos and would definitely be excited for you to beat the game. By the way, if you can handle Elden Ring you can handle any Souls game.
It was never easier to press subscribe on a newcomer. Keep it up! I am looking forward for the next video watching you being way ahead of yourself. ^^
I'd put those levels in vigor btw. Never a bad start to survive and once you find a weapon that interests you work towards that.
An absolute pro tip tip for these (fire)-pillars like 20:28 usually you can attack with any weapon but if you stumbe upon margits or mohgs shackles (you can buy them from patches) you can use them at really large distances "allmost" anywhere in the area an it will affect the pillars and also reveal all hidden walls.
Woah didn’t know that lol. Very cool tip
I need you to explain this in Fortnite terms . I have no idea what some of the terminology means 😂
@@Dudenamedtay There is a character you might meet "Patches" if you search the map. I am a fan of exploring every inch of a map to discover all the secrets.
He sells items you can use to do stuff. One is the shakkle. I thought you can only use it on a Boss. Never had to use it tho as i was always overleveled.
There are hidden paths in ruins and dungeons mainly. That if you roll into them or attack them will vanish and reveal the path behind them. Like holographic walls or floors or so. Many are marked by player comments on the floor but many are also fake ;D.
Stumbled onto this one, but I'm glad it was recommended. This playthrough reminds me a lot of my first playthrough.
Ngl, I was hearing Morpheus say "He's beginning to believe" when that health bar finally started dipping down past the name.
Honestly, I'm impressed that he got all the way to the bottom of Fringefolk Hero's Grave AND beat the tree spirit without sprinting and not having leveled up at all. I was like level 40 before going to that dungeon and still struggled. This dude's got an insane amount of determination.
This man doesn't even know how impressive this actually was. Can't wait to see the evolution.
Tips. Hold the button you use to roll /dodge...it allows you to sprint, but drains stamina if in combat.
Kill some trash mobs to get runes...you'll need them and smithing stones to level up your weapons.
You didn't grab the ability to put ashes of war on your weapons. Go back to Gatefront Ruins, in a cellar guarded by the soldiers with wolves is the item you need to enable ashes of war.
Use your horse. Look at control menu to see how to set spectral steed whistle into your pouch or item roll so you can quickly summon your horse.
You need the horse to access some parts of the game.
You're doing fine in the will to win department, but you're making yourself frustrated as a result. Exit that dungeon, go level up your weapons, then come back.
You ARE a caster. You have incantations. Use your finger seal to use spells. Uou can get more incantations, offensive, defensive, and heals at Roundtable hold. You can also use Smithing stones to level up your finger seal to increase your incantation scaling /damage.
Don't givebup. The game provides everything you need as a noob to cruise through it. The key is exploration.
I feel your pain. Elden Ring was my first experience with Souls games as well.
I absolutely loved it once i figured it out, but like you, I was getting frustrated early.
Good job on taking the Ulcerated Tree Spirit
Thanks for letting me know about that item, I’ll definitely grab it
If you are committed to this game, ill subscribe, my advice to you is, check the wagons, you are missing stuff.
You Hella Entertaining Bro 🔥 Hope the algorithms Help ya out so you get the Audience Numbers you deserve 💪
You definitely got the potential to be a big RUclipsr with a good fanbase. Keep up the great work, remember, you can rest if you dont feel like playing or recording anything.
I appreciate the support
Holy shit! The sheer determination you have to beat that boss on your first souls game with heavy roll is insane... You are more resilient and determined than most 😅
That's honestly *so* impressive that you beat tree spirit as your first ever boss, fat rolling and all.
As a past souls virgin myself who’s also first game was elden ring, I have to say I really appreciate your general optimism. ^_^
My best advice is to try not to lose that for as long as you can! I can assure you that it is the key to beating this game as well as getting the immense satisfaction that it’s trying to deliver!
Also I wouldn’t worry about the content being repetitive honestly. Most people who watch others play these kinda games would prefer to see how much blood sweat and tears they put into challenges and the emotional journey that comes with it, rather than the actual content of the game itself.
It’s no a brainer to look up stuff and take advice but be sure to play it your own way! I hope this gives you a little bit of motivation. :)
Great video. Epic game with so much to explore. Impressed that you took on the Fringefolk Hero’s Grave, because there were way easier starting caves/catacombs.
Tips: Definitely exhaust the dialogue of all NPCs until they repeat themselves. To understand the lore, read the item/weapon/armor descriptions. In settings turn on recent items. Try out a ton of weapons and find what you like best. Can dual wield weapons in the same category, some have great move sets
Magic in this game is awesome and there’s a huge amount to choose from that can enhance your gameplay in fun ways like elemental weapon buffs from different ashes of wars or spells or crafting items. Can definitely help take down tough enemies if you exploit weaknesses
Keep going bro.. this one of those game that when it hooks you... IT HOOKS you
Very entertaining bro! Easily one of the most disastrous first sessions I've ever seen 😂 you'll get it all figured out and become Elden Lord though! I believe!
Holding the circle button (your roll) will make your character run. Using the spectral steed whistle will summon your horse -- you can find it in your items, but I would highly suggest making it a shortcut like your flasks and stuff.
Upgrade vigor to 50 (by endgame, but always keep this one growing -- it's your HP)
Mind is whatever -- it's the blue bar for weapon skills and magic.
Upgrade Endurance to 30 eventually (controls green stamina bar, but also how heavy your armor can be -- the higher the stat, the heavier the armor you can wear and still fast roll -- right now you were fat rolling which is generally considered bad since you get less invincibility and it takes longer)
All the other stats depend on what weapon you want to use. If you want to play someone who uses giant weapons and heavy shields, do strength. If you like katanas, bows, rapiers and other "finesse" weapons, go dex. Intelligence is for casting spells, and Faith is for casting incantations. Spells need a staff to use, and are very diverse....you can summon magic swords, magic shields, and even cast a kamehameha. Incantations (faith) needs a talisman to cast and is equally versatile. You can throw boulders, summon lightning bolts, create firestorms or use holy light to kill enemies.
Arcane is like the "luck" stat in other RPGs. It increases item discovery, but also increases the amount of status buildup on your enemies. Elden Ring has a VERY popular mechanic called "bleed" where once an enemy or boss is hit enough with a weapon that has bleed buildup, they'll take a huge burst of damage that is based on their overall life (I think it's like...15 percent of their total life.) High arcane means this procs more often. Overall, you don't need arcane unless you are going for a status build that uses poison or bleed.
If you use a lot of magic or incantations, I'd recommend probably like...20 in mind, but generally you can kind of ignore it until you need it. Some people limit their build to level 150 for PvP, but if you don't care about that, you could honestly level as much as you want. I think I remember Randy Orton saying his character was level 500 or something by the time he beat it lmao.
The bloodhounds fang that you can get from the Everdale at the bottom of limgrave is a really good weapon throughout the entire game as long as you upgrade it
I’ll grab it in a future upload
Boring, everyone uses it :( i hope for more taste here ;)
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Even with leveled up weapons and character, those beasts suck to fight.
I’m amazed you kept at it for so long, and congrats on beating it.
For Vigor, you will want at least 40 Vigor. Getting that as early as possible is usually nice, you can usually go through most the game with 40.
This game was my introduction to the soulsborne games and at first the frustration was real but after a while it just becomes funny
Some tips:
HOLD DODGE TO RUN AND CLIMB LADDERS FASTER
Upgrade your weapons and be mindful of the scaling of your weapon. If it has a C scaling in strength and D in Dexterity, you'll get more out of leveling your strength stat.
The game is trying to teach you to gauge when you should just leave and come back later. If you don't see yellow damage in the Healthbar when hitting a boss with your light attack, you probably aren't ready for them. If you spend more than an hour on a boss don't be afraid to google what level you should be at for them but also early game weapon upgrades are a ton of help.
Pump up your vigor, your endgame goal should be 60, obviously don't ONLY level vigor but it's the most important thing right now.
Play with your equipment.
Check your equipment and the bottom right for your weight. It controls your dodges and invisibility frames when dodging. You don't wanna be over medium load. All weapons talismans and armor contribute to your weight.
Your horse is an item and you equip it similar to your flask. Spectral steed whistle. I put it in my pouch for quick access but you could equip it in the same spot as your flasks.
Your pouch is another quick items thing. You hold X on ps5 for it then use the direction buttons to choose the item. I think it could also be hold triangle or Y. Go to your menu and look at the right side to see what's equipped in your pouch. Right above gestures.
In settings make sure your mark new items and new items tab is turned on.
Go back to Santa and pass time at the grace to night.
Super helpful, thanks a lot !
something really important in elden ring and just all dark souls games is the leveling system which is pretty overwhelming for new players. put simply there are many different attributes that you can upgrade via the graces with the runes you get from killing any enemy or boss (you will lose all your runes if you fail to collect them from where you previously died before dying again). for now i would recommend upgrading vigor to start as it just increases your health but other attributes can be just as important depending on what type of build you are going for (magic, strength, ect.) every time you upgrade one of these attributes the amount of runes it takes to upgrade something increases(also some weapons take certain attributes you must meet to be able to effectively wield it which you can see in the weapons description). Another super important thing is that you can also upgrade your weapon which you can do using "smithing stones" or "somber smithing stones" (depending on the weapon) which you can find hidden around the map. you can take these stones to the roundtable hold (the place you were teleported to by melina where nothing attacks you) and by using the correct stones (every time you upgrade your weapon you need a different type of stone (smithing stone(1) smithing stone (2) ect.)) you can bring them to the black smith and use them along with runes to upgrade your weapon to make it do more damage.(this can be done with any weapon in the game but there are only a limited amount of the higher level smithing stones located around the map). also you can find golden seeds around the map that you can use at a grace to get more total flasks and you can allocate which of your flasks you want to heal you and which ones you want to restore FP (fp is used if you use magic or a weapons special move(special move is done by holding down the right trigger and then pressing one of the left triggers)). oh yea and that ring that melina gave you spawns a horse that you can use to travel around the map much faster. you can equip the horse by pressing the menu button and then looking at the "pouch" inventory on the right side of your screen and allocating the "Spectral steed whistle" to one of those spots which you can then use by holding down y and then selecting the direction on the d pad that matches to where it shows up in the bottom left. and one last thing is that the graces have a golden beam that shoots out of them that points in the direction of the next grace on the intended path with the mandatory bosses (the boss you killed is pretty difficult and completely optional). theres alot of other stuff that i have probably missed but i hope this helps (sorry for yapping so much lol)
(and i know the other guy said this but you can run by holding B)
also if you wanna know what the attributes for leveling up mean you can press the help button in the leveling menu and it will explain
also this video is crazy good and super well edited
I appreciate the essay bro
Best explanation I've ever seen
You were spot on saying how small and weak your character is in this world. You got the struggle™️ all new players experience. It sucks now but half the point is that with each victory, each level up, each new spell, each weapon upgrade, you get stronger in game, and with each death you get stronger outside of the game.
When these ulcerated tree spirits show up again later in the game, imagine the joy you will feel when you tear them apart with your bare hands and make them feel true fear.
Can't go wrong with Confesser. One of the most practical starting classes.
Great video man. Good shit. This is what I looked like when I first started, lol.
This Man got baptized by fire and he owned it. Bro is near base level, fat rolling, no upgrades, base flasks, and it's his first souls game, gotta give him credit, he's got the heart of a warrior for not giving up. I would've not done this on my first playthrough fighting ulcerated tree spirit right out the gates😅
Love seeing people jump in. Keep going. The way out is through. Don't you dare go hollow.
I won’t 🫡
Good shit bro, take ur time and Explorer more dont give up.!!
New sub my guy, keep them caming.!
Taking out the Ulcerated Tree Spirit with a level 10 character isn't easy. Congratulations.
Go to your map and follow the yellow fire-like pointing from the grace sites...it shows the direction youre supposed to go in. It will help you early on so you stay on path with enemies you can handle at your level.
That Tree Spirit dude is a nightmare. Grats on beating it under levelled! I'll see you at Malenia :D
This was a fun watch, you got the persistence needed for this game for sure. Would just give one recommendation, figure out your horse.
Someone informed me about spawning the horse. I’ll be sure to do that next vid
And I’m glad you enjoyed watching
Great stuff, really enjoyed the video and subbed!
Thanks for the sub
If you see an item on the bottom of a cliff or high up on a ledge, there is some way around to get to it. The game communicates many things through the loot it gives you. Read item descriptions and make a mental note to follow the loot. Of course, you should still always be vigilant. Loot can also be the tell-tale sign of an enemy ambush. My rule of thumb: As long as you keep finding loot, you're going the right direction. This applies to a lot of games, but this game takes the concept rather seriously
The first rule of Souls games is "Patience."
The more stressed you get, the harder you rage, the more mistakes you'll make.
The enemies are designed to punish you if you panic, so calm is going to be your best friend.
Every Boss has a lesson to teach you. Learn well, and your foes will fall like wheat to a scythe.
I generally start with Tank builds, because it's easier to learn attack patterns when you can survive making more than one mistake. So Vigor is going to be a leveling priority early on. 40 Vigor is a good point to aim for as a final target, but most players (especially melee builds) go for 50 or more eventually.
I also find it useful to always have some kind of ranged option available. Because even if it doesn't do much damage, it's surprising how often you can make a fight easier by pulling one guy's attention with a thrown knife.
Which brings me to my next point: Aggro Management.
It's ALWAYS safer to fight one opponent at a time, and it's all too easy to get swarmed under by multiple enemies.
Try out everything you think seems cool and don't be afraid to employ anything you think will give you an advantage. There is no "wrong" way to play as long as you're enjoying yourself. Save "Challenge" runs for later on when you feel more comfortable with the game systems.
The break points for Equipment Load are
Super helpful, thanks a lot !
Its a tough game, but its really worth it. It gets better as you level up. If something is too hard, go to a different area and come back when you're stronger. This game rewards exploration.
Bro got clapped by an optional boss for 6 hours, lmao. I respect the hustle, homie. I'll be here next episode.
Man, you are a legend!
killing the ulcirated tree spirit level 10 first game is so impressive well done 👏
Welcome to Elden Ring, good luck on your journey! Just know that you do not have to lock in on a boss that's overwhelming -- Elden Ring gives you a lot of directions to go and a lot of ways to get stronger. Especially for your first time, everything goes, the point is to achieve victory, not to suffer. Level up, find better gear, suss out weaknesses, bring in a spirit summon. Then come back and punish the boss that gave you trouble. Save the challenge run stuff for when you're ready for a second playthrough.
maan what an improvement over 6 hours. you got ridiculously unlocky with the route you chose btw.
Beating this boss at this level is amazing.
Very impressive. You maybe the first streamer to kill the putrid tree worm as first boss at that lv in first blind play through.
17 minutes in,
I wonder when this dude is gonna discover the sprint button. 😂
Also the fact that he has a f**kin horse.
All love though, this was super fun to watch!
Thanks man 😂
Advice from someone who has played these games for a long time, read the descriptions of items you pick up. Sometimes it’s just flavor text telling you about the lore, but other times it’s really important just to see what the item does.
If you haven't found them yet, there are 2 caves in the cliff face north of the Church of Ellegh, those are your starting caves. from there I suggest going south to the weeping peninsula. The Hero's Graves are more mid game so don't feel bad about your deaths. Enjoyed the video, good luck with your run.
I’ll definitely go there in a future upload, thank you for the tips
This is an impossible challenge: No Running and No Horse.
subscribed hoping to see more, here are some advices: 1. your stat is good with faith build, you can mix and match some stats together, watch the stats explain from the pros (basics that I told u), 2. if you want u can watch the full questline guide, some quest just not doable when you did sth like kill a boss then you can not access the quest anymore (cant get the rewards you gonna need like talisman and material, cant access to game endings). 3.farming in this game is painful if you are like me losing a the runes when dead so you might wanna watch some guides to farm runes (varre quest is important to farm runes), just an advice, save some time grinding, you can level up to the boss cap lvl and do it for it to be legit if u want.
Some sites of grace have a trail of light pointing in a direction. Go that direction if you're confused on where to go! Good luck!!!
What Try Bow means is, if you shoot the pillar shooting fire, itll drop down. Doesnt have to be an arrow, hitting it at all will do it
I'm commenting because I want to but don't know what ai should comment.
Oh, arise now, ye Tarnished. Ye dead, who yet live. The call of long-lost grace speaks to us all!!
You could probably watch a short beginner guide just to help you get through the start of pf the game and get a basic idea of what is going on. I think you will really enjoy it. It would be cool to see you get better.
u crazy for doing that big guy basically at the start of the game, almost everybody playing that game see he way too strong and leaves and come back later. gg for that
fun fact, the hair you chose was just added with the DLC, so you picked the right time to start