Elden Ring for Dummies: Basics for EVERYTHING You Need to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask) PS5 GAMEPLAY

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A little while ago, we published a beginners tips guide to #EldenRing – what we didn’t realise though, was that for some these tips weren’t beginner enough. If this is your first From Software game, a lot of the most basic systems here are not obvious at all. So, Aoife Wilson is stripping it right back to the very beginning for anyone who might be struggling still. This is Elden Ring for Dummies – that is, anyone who just needs a bit of a helping hand from someone in the know, explaining the things that From Software didn’t. We cover attributes, levelling, weapon scaling, equip loads, magic use, invincibility frames, Spirit Summons, the HUD, flasks, item crafting AND MORE. Let us know if you have any further questions in the comments! #Eurogamer #EldenRingforDummies

00:00 – Intro
00:51 – Finding the Tutorial
01:41 – Stats & Attributes
03:43 – Usage requirements & Weapon scaling
05:28 – Vigor & Endurance
07:28 – Your Equip Load
09:08 – How Magic Works
10:16 – Memorising Spells
11:30 – Wielding Magic
12:33 – Map Fragments
13:38 – How to Find Torrent
14:08 – How to Unlock Spirit Summons
14:43 – How to Summon Spirit Ashes
15:23 – How to Upgrade Spirit Ashes
16:01 – Turning on the HUD
16:26 – Using Your Quick Slots
17:08 – How to Use & Upgrade Your Flasks
17:52 – Item Crafting & Cookbooks
19:17 – Saving & Quitting the Game
20:24 – How Multiplayer Works
21:51 – Outro and Part 2?

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29 thoughts on “Elden Ring for Dummies: Basics for EVERYTHING You Need to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask) PS5 GAMEPLAY”

  1. I watched this thinking “Oh, I know all this stuff already. These really are the basics.” Then I remembered I’ve never actually played a From Software game before. At all. I’ve just watched every one of your soulsborne videos multiple times. Thanks for making me an expert by osmosis!

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  3. This video will be getting watched a lot when I'm playing this. I didn't even know that you could improve the map.

    Played this for 3 hours so far and I have struggled a lot with this. Would very much like a video on combat, I am especially dreadful at that.

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  4. Very nice video.
    If this helps people as well.
    You have a quick pouch you can use by holding down triangle and then pressing one of the D buttons.
    You can find it to the top right after pressing the start button.
    I find it usefull for summons and buffs.
    Hope it helps 👍

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  11. Quick tip for getting staffs, bows, other weapons early on. As soon as you go to the roundtable the first time you can find a statue in the back area of the left hand hallway (not the one with the blacksmith) that sells ALL the starter weapons for every other class you didnt choose (bows, staffs, seals, axes, daggers, shields, etc.). It also sells some armor and other minor items. Hugely beneficial especially for finding a bow very early.

    Also, the Golden runes you pick up (i.e. the ones you find on the ground in skulls, dropped by enemies, or laying throughout the world) these are not added to your rune count UNTIL you use them BUT wait until you are at a site of grace or merchant to use them when youre in need of some extra runes to purchase items or reach the amount needed for next level up. Try not to use them all if you dont need to. They can be a great emergency stash if you die before recollecting your dropped runes.

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  14. Great video. Would like to add that most of the pop-up tutorials get added to the Info tab of your inventory. Can't remember what it said about dodging? Just go to the Info tab, find the entry "About Dodging" and press the key/button on screen to see the details.

    Count me in for a video on combat, as this is my first Souls game (watching Eurogamer and the Oxbox/Oxtra teams convinced me to try), so I'll take all the help I can get.

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  15. Thank you yet again Aoife! As previously mentioned I’m not a beginner in FromSoft games, and even already have 10 hours in Elden Ring… and still I learned a few new things in this video. I couldn’t find anything when I started playing about the little blue “tombstone” symbol on the left of my screen, but thanks to you I now know it means that I can summon. Sincerely, thank you Aoife ❤️

    Now if we could just get a play through of Elden Ring with you and Johnny, I could die happy.

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  16. fantastic thank you so much this 8is the stuff I wish the game told me I had no idea how to play what I should be doing thus became frustrated and immediately was put off and went back to playing things that were fun with this info I will maybe able to enjoy this game thank you

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  19. Excellent stuff, many thanks Aoife! Yes please to a Combat for Dummies follow-up, and possibly a very general guide for which areas to try at different stages? I've played a few hours, but still feel heavily under-prepared for any bosses, and I'm unsure what to do next…

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  24. Stay tuned for the third and final video in the series: "Elden Ring for arrow77", where Aoife dumbs it down even more, uses sock puppets with her explanations, and ends every sentence with "you dumbass".

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  25. I don't know if this happened to anyone else, but I got over half a dozen sites of grace (resting at every one) and still didn't get the cutscene to unlock leveling up. I didn't get access to leveling until I got to one specific site of grace.

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