Speedrunner Beats Elden Ring in Less Than 30 Minutes

Dist is the Goat. Not only does he run the games super fast, he's also famous for finding glitches or exploits which is double the work and effort. Super likeable guy as well

I could never speed run because I like to look at everything as I go in games, especially shiny things. Shiny weapon or item look at it. If you can look at something and spin it around in the inventory like on Skyrim or Borderlands look at it, especially if it's shiny. Nice water look at it. Shiny surface look at it. I'm like a magpie for shiny things in games.

@JON22 obviously, he's done a thorough playthrough before as well. You just don't speedrun a game the first time around

The only time I did a speedrun was to beat The Last Guardian in under 5 hours to achieve the platinum. Never doing another speedrun in my life 😅
But these feats are truly impressive; to beat a game of the scale of Elden Ring in that time is amazing and requires lots of skill and dedication. Hats off to those gamers.

The only speedrun I've done was driving home from work when I realised it had been delivered

@JON22 This isn't his first time playing this game lol

@mariomaster96 @dschons I know that. I'm just saying I could never speed run. I've restarted modded Skyrim on Xbox so many times but I'm still like "phwoar look at that water", "Look at that sky" or spinning around ingots and jewellery to catch the light in the inventory or the new ingredients added from the creation club in the anniversary edition.

@JON22 Same here, I like to admire the art in games. I always disliked the Uncharted Speedrun trophies.

@fido I remember speedrunning Uncharted 4 for a trophy. Killed the entire joy of that game for me. lol.

I have such mad respect for speedrunners and everything they do.

can't wait to actually beat Elden Ring myself so I can watch a speedrun without spoiling all the late game stuff - by that time they'll have probably whittled it down to 10 minutes to complete the game

If you got out of the character creator in under 30 minutes have you really played Elden Ring?

@Thenewguy yeah speedrunning is so stressful. I was following a guide and was still falling behind in some areas, made me want to hurl the controller at the TV and quit multiple times 😅

@Medic_Alert You could have just used a Laval Tear and respec your character. I found a hilariously broken OP sword what needed 24 INT and 24 Faith so i dropped my INT/DEX build and respec to use that sword and make a build around it.

@WallyWest ah yes, the Sword of Night and Flame

@dschons I'm so temped to drop it due to how broken it is but its so damn cool i want to keep using it.

@Medic_Alert Funny. I'm also around 32 hours in playing as a confessor trying to get strength up but I got a sorcery staff and was thinking about trying to get my intelligence up to 16, currently at 10, to try and use the advanced glintstone spell. The lower spell is nice. Right now I'm riding around the countryside hurling bolts and fireballs at all the enemies that scared me before. Problem is once I'm off the horse I'm useless so I'm never making it past Magritte but ce la vie.

For me speed running is like drifting in racing games. I appreciate the skill, it's just not for me. I like story telling and world building the same way I like the driving line. It will be no surprise to anyone I like photo modes.

"Elden Ring, therefore no sleep"
Hilarious xD

@Medic_Alert That's pretty much the plan. Of course I still haven't figured out the NPC summon thing yet, or maybe I did but haven't had the opportunity to use it.

It's one thing for a game to be difficult to play, it's another for them to just leave out instructions. I wasted 15 minutes today trying to use my ashes of war. If they ONLY work during 2 handed welding then somewhere it should say "two handed required". I looked that up. So I'm trying to find the NPC thing on my on. I also had to look up how to get the ash summoning bell. Having to fast travel to a place is an odd requirement, some people don't like fast traveling. Whenever I do I always go back to the 1 outside the tutorial church, that's my "home base".

So I keep going, searching until I can't.

@Medic_Alert Magic is so OP in this but the magic is so cool i don't care, i mean how can i not love throwing a magic comet at a boss haha.

@rjejr there's a crucial bit of information you may be missing about summoning Spirit Ashes:

You can only summon them in selected areas and not everywhere on the map.

Most important: you will know when you are able to use summons when you see a white 'grave headstone' symbol appear in the lefthand side of your screen. Unless you see that symbol you can't use summons. If you're not sure what it looks like go to a ruin or a boss fight and you will see it appear.

Other non-spoiler tips:
find the 'physics' flask, that will help.

Find Golden Seeds to upgrade how many flasks you can carry.
Guard counter and jump attacks are very powerful.

If you want to use Ashes of War on your sword effectively pick a shield with no skill or R2 will default to the shield's Ashes of War.

Use Torrent to scout dangerous areas to find Grace Sites, and pick up scattered treasures, when you have little or no runes to lose so dying isn't a problem, there's no pressure to return to where you died and you can continue exploring.

Use target lock in dark places to see if there are enemies hiding that you can't see.

Lure dangerous enemies out and then retreat far enough away that they walk back to their starting positions, crouch down and press 'circle' to fast crouch towards them for a backstab.

Save the runes you have found and only spend them when you have collected runes from enemies and are close to having enough to level up - this way you don't risk losing all your collected runes at once trying to get enough. Worth doing before you take on a boss so if you die and decide to come back to it later you minimise how many runes you lose.

Try to get at least one weapon to +5 as early as possible for the early game.

Use Furlcalling Fingers to see other player's Summoning Signs. Dont worry about using them, they are easy to craft once you reach the area on the map that has the flowers you need to make more.

Always exhaust all the dialogue with everyone you meet until they repeat themselves. If you make progress in the game and see them again, talk to them again incase you've done something that could trigger more dialogue.

Enemies with yellow eyes are worth more runes and are more dangerous.

When exploring it almost always worth going all the way to the edges of everywhere you can. Also follow cliff faces in case you come across a cave or a tunnel. When you do go to the edge of a cliff look up/down to see if there are any hidden areas. Torrent's double jump is very handy.

On the map screen, use markers (Square button) to remember places of interest you have found but perhaps aren't ready to take on, or to show areas that you have cleared the boss so that you don't go back there because you can't remember if you've beaten it or not.

The backstab animation makes you invulnerable to attack. Use the time you are in the animation to quickly spin the camera around to see if you have triggered other enemies to attack you so you can quickly roll away and lock-on to them.

Make enemies climb up rocks and then drop down. They will also drop down which leaves them open to an R2 or jump attack and potential stagger.

Look out for a talisman that is available early in the game that gives you health for performing backstabs. Very helpful.

I don't know if it's just the speed run but the game looks well boring

@Medic_Alert I've been to a few boss areas and pressed Triangle over the things that look like crucifixes but nothing has ever happened, it just tells me I'm doing something wrong or missing something. Assumed I missed another bell. And the community has been good to me, though I haven't wandered into the forums or Reddit yet to ask for help.

And while I get the figure it out part, every game should have a basic - hold O to dash, push L3 to dismount - what the buttons do table of contests. How the buttons work isn't exactly - go here at night but only after you beat boss A but before you beat boss B - kind of exploration stuff.

@riceNpea Thanks, I finally figured out the summoning ashes a couple of days ago when the tablet for the 10 Commandants shows up on screen - though I suppose a tombstone makes more sense. 😂 What I hadn't figured out yet was summoning NPC players which I think you can do before boss fights. My kid will tell me eventually. They actually only found all of that stuff after they beat Magrit, kid has skillz.

Figured out magic flask, I think on my own. 32 hours and no boss fights gave me time. Currently using half health and more stamina. I have 3 or 4 others I swap in and out on a whim.

I've found a bunch of seeds and tears, 7 total health and magic flasks plus upgraded several times. Both require 2 now.

Still figuring out the parry timing, as in I ain't got no timing.

I think I knew and have been doing the rest of that. I never get off the horse. I have about 53 sites of grace. I can't go any further though b/c of madness, needing 2 great runes and I can't fly to the west, though looking at the map may not be anything over there anyway. Someday I will figure out that madness cure though, canabis sucubus or something.

Thanks for all the tips. 👍

@rjejr the summon sign found at boss entrances Medic Alert is referring to are the gold coloured ones you can see on the ground, like gold messages, that summon other players. You can only see those if you use a Furlcalling Finger.

The crucifixes you are pressing triangle on are perhaps Marika Checkpoints and only serve as spawn points like Grace Sites only you can't rest at them and change anything, so make sure you're equipped for the boss before you reach the checkpoint at the boss entrance. Either that or they are for the summoning pool which you only need to press triangle once in the game in each one.

When you finally get a Great Rune they still need to be activated (at a special location for each one) before you can equip them and use runes to grant you their power.

Use Spirit Ashes as soon as you enter a boss fight. They distract the bosses a lot leaving you to use magic from a distance to do a lot of damage, or making it easier for you to backstab them, if that is possible. They really make the fight a lot more manageable.

@riceNpea "You can only see those if you use a Furlcalling Finger."

I thought those fingers were for invading other actual players games or for summoning other actual players. To get NPCs to fight with you was something else. Though since I have absolutely no idea what that something else was your way sounds good.

I do have one of those furcaling fingers but I have enough crafting items to make a couple dozen more. I noticed today I had 999 of those red flowers so I sold 100 to a merchant.

I have plenty of crafting items and more than 1 page of recipes but I don't think I've crafted anything yet. I only bought 1 pot so those items are limited. I have purchased every cookbook I've come across. I have 88 runes, about a few more of every level up to 8 or 9, the 3800 one. I have been using them to level up, I smash however may I need to level up at every site of grace when I have close to what I need. Think I'm level 31 or 32.

Thanks for the tip, I'll give them a try next time I get near something that looks like it might work. Now that I think about it always see lots of those white messages outside the fog doors, probably the spot.

@rjejr
Good morning.
To get npc summon available sometimes you have to find them and talk to them first.
(And/or do their quest)

@JJ2 "To get npc summon available sometimes you have to find them and talk to them first.
(And/or do their quest)"

OK, see, this is what people mean about the game being hard. Been talking about this for a week, you're the first person to mention that part. I have talked to several NPC, I got jellyfish girl to take up w/ ugly blacksmith guy in Roundtable Hold, and I freed some lords castle and he gave me a lame dagger as a reward, blood dagger I already had seems much better. I found lovesick guy standing over Lanya's body and now he's gone left the roundtable to murder those rapscallions who done her wrong but I'm not sure where. Guess in that big swamp somewhere but also possibly that well guarded fortress up on the cliff nearby. Mostly I just talk to ghosts though. Well I suppose we don't talk to them, just listen to them mutter a few words. Oh, and I still have that letter from the girl to give to her dad in the castle. I've been all thru that castle out to the island in the back where the boss quickly killed me a couple of times before I gave up. Gotta assume her dad is dead and on that island beyond the boss, so he ain't ever getting that letter.

One good thing about open world, usually something else random to do. Like get my Intelligence up to level 16 to use that glint array, that looks like fun. 6 more levels to go though, may be hard to stick around that long. Maybe I should try taking out all of those lighting bolt throwing giants on storm hill.

@rjejr
Oh yeah there are some intricate quest but sometimes it’s simple. I suppose you saw the pot guy in the first gameplay trailer. You free him and he helps you later. Even simpler not far from Godrick fog there s a hero girl you just talk to and she s available to summon near the fog.

Her dad is in the castle where you see a battle going on.

@JJ2 I've seen the pot guy feels like a couple of times since freeing him from the dirt. Today was in the bottom of some cavern that took me way too long to get out out. Probably should have just run out like I did w/ the crazed centipede lady witches, I wanted no part of them, just ran on down and out. 😂

My main accomplishment for today was summoning a hunter to kill some red finger invader down on the river. I helped a little but mostly watched. Tried a fort in Caleid but those bats were too much for me and any spirits I threw at them, never made it past the first room. Certainly a step up from 2 hit bats in Limgrave.

Oh, some NPC actually put a red mark on the map. I was shocked. SHOCKED that anyone actually put something helpful on the map. Beast lord eating deathroot. (Oh yeah I beat the first boat sea mariner as well, that was fun.) Guy outside w/ the huge scythe is not to be trifled with.

@riceNpea @lolwhatno @JJ2 Elden Ring noob update: So after around level 44 and 56 hours finally watched my wolf mob and Lulu Warrior Princess take down about 90% of Godrick's health so I could stab them in the gut a few time to get bleed damage then zap them w/ gilntsone pebble from across the way for the last few %. Stormveil castle was pretty epic, 20 years ago it probably could have been it's own game. I still need to get to the tower to turn the rune on but the castle today wore me out so that's for another day.

I'd liek to beat 1 more boss, probably Renafa, to get 2 runes to open the capital doors to the north, so I can finish the map, then I'm done. I've read enough bad stuff about Ranada to know that's beyond me, I can't even beat a t-rex rat in Caelid, but spending probably 100 hours on a game will be enough for me. It's my kids birthday present, I'm getting Kirby Friday, more my speed.

@lolwhatno I summon everything I can whenever I can, so the wolf spirit ashes and that girl we met just outside the boss fight door. I'd have no chance otherwise.

This morning, after several failed attempts last, I enchanted my great rune at the tower. That was a long fun run. And a not so fun detour into the cellar to get burned alive by a giant monster dragon tree boss. But going all around the castle to get to the gate was quite the trip, failed 4 or 5 times right from the start b/c I was rushing onto things but after that a really good backdoor end around run, ending w/ taking out the lion by the front room w/ the 4 thankfully not attacking suits of armor. Then, killing the first 2 giants and outrunning the last to the transport ruin at the end.

Not done yet though, I am going to attempt to level up enough to take on Rennalla at the library. I just got the 3 expensive fire spells, that should help get there. I've done enough traveling and rune sites I can jump in and out at my leisure. If I get her great rune activated - I think I read that one comes already activated, I can then pen the Capital passage to the north. I can't beat that guard though. Watched my kid try a few times, level 86 w/ some massive stick weapon and some black curse mist looking attack. Never got the boss below half health. But that will take me to like 75 hours or so, mostly good fun, so I'm ok w/ quitting then. Kirby comes out Friday. 😁