Category: Guides & Tips
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ER Tarnished Edition: Every New Item and Where to Find It
Fellow Tarnished, the patch notes never mention this one: buy the Tarnished Pack and the Twin Maiden Husks start stocking Backhand Blades at Roundtable Hold. That’s a Shadow of the Erdtree weapon, on sale before you’ve touched Stormveil.
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When Elden Ring Stops Being Fun (And How to Fix It)
Fellow Tarnished, after countless hours in the Lands Between – bosses buried, the game finished more times than you’d admit out loud – you can hit a strange wall. Not a difficulty wall. An expectation wall.
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10 Enemy-Drop Weapons Worth the Grind in Elden Ring
Bloodhound’s Fang. Blasphemous Blade. Moonveil. You know them, and so does every third co-op summon outside a boss fog gate. But the Lands Between hides weapons no chest will ever hand you – the kind you farm off enemies at 2% a kill. Here are ten worth the grind.
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A Bandit Run with Buckler and Dagger(s) is Hilarious!
In a previous post I explained why learning to parry is a game changer and suggested a run with the Bandit starter class to practice it. Well, I took my own advice…
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Learning How to Parry in Elden Ring is a Game Changer
Fellow Tarnished, let me explain why learning to parry is a game changer in Elden Ring. And no, it’s not just about adding a slick new move to your arsenal (although that’s a nice bonus). It’s about how it completely changes the way you look at the game.
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Elden Ring, Caelid Guide – Part 3: Into the Dragonbarrow
The part of Caelid where even Caelid is scared of itself! You made it. You’ve survived the Swamp, outwitted Sellia’s sorcerers, and watched Radahn crater into the Wailing Dunes like a blazing comet. You’ve done Caelid. Pat yourself on the back.
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I Put My Faith Into Two Bandit’s Curved Swords
I recently set myself a challenge: complete an Elden Ring run with two Bandit’s Curved Swords, but not the usual bloody way. I wanted to see how hard I could push these two little blades by pouring every rune into Faith and setting the whole thing on fire. Turns out: very hard.
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Elden Ring, Caelid Guide – Part 2: Sellia, Radahn Festival
Two bosses, one meteor and a horse named Leonard. If Part 1 was about surviving Caelid’s rot-soaked welcome, Part 2 is where things escalate significantly. You’ve made it through the Swamp of Aeonia, kick-started Millicent’s questline, and hopefully stocked up on Preserving Boluses.
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SotE’s Most Overlooked Weapons (And Why You’re Wrong)
Shadow of the Erdtree dropped over 100 new weapons on us, which sounds like a paradise of choice, but then you realize that the internet collectively decided within 48 hours that the Backhand Blades are the best thing since sliced Erdleaf Flower, and everyone else fell in line.
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Elden Ring, Caelid Guide – Part 1: Surviving Southern Caelid
Welcome to the Rot, Tarnished (again). Population: You (briefly) This is the next part of our ongoing Elden Ring region series – and if you thought we’d ease you in gently after the Lake of Rot, think again. We’re staying rotten. Let’s be honest, nobody enters Caelid on purpose the first time.