15 Best Characters In Elden Ring Ranked

The logic of the Painted Worlds isn’t fully explained, so much of how they work is merely speculation. One theory is used to suggest how Elden Ring connects to Dark Souls and FromSoftware's other games. At the end of Ashes of Ariandel , the player finds someone called the Painter. She sits in front of a blank canvas awaiting the return of Gael, who will bring the paint she’ll use. After completing The Ringed City , the player acquires this paint, which is actually an item called Blood of the Dark Soul, the description of which says it is " used as pigment [...] to depict a painted world ." When the player gives this to the Painter, she says, " I will assuredly finish the painting. Of a cold, dark, and very gentle place. One day, it will make someone a goodly home. " The player never sees the completed painting, but it is theorized that it could be the world of Elden Ring or Bloodbor


Each game's final trophy can only be obtained when every other trophy is first obtained in the game. This is a remarkably difficult task as there are always quite a few different trophies in the games that are much more difficult to get than oth


Daxter999 embodied the ultimate duality of Elden Ring players by posting the following meme: "Me: "I won't use Claymore in this game. Also me:" and then a picture of the Claymore alongside a picture and quote from Bloodborne 's Ludwig, appropriate since the same studio created both ga


Elden Ring features perhaps the most complex questlines yet crafted, but, due to the game's open-ended nature, most of them are easy to miss. Offering unique missions, awesome items, and hidden bosses, there are some fan-favorite Elden Ring characters for whom first-time players should look

Ever since Demon's Souls , FromSoftware developers of Soulslike RPGs have been trying to balance out the perks and downsides of wielding light and fast weapons vs. heavy but hard-hitting weapons. To this end, the recent Elden Ring 1.06 patch has adjusted the move-sets of weapons in the Greatsword, Curved Greatsword, and Great Hammer categories in order to make them more viable for players in PvP and PvE. The speed of heavy attacks and certain light attacks for these cool Elden Ring weapons has been increased and the recovery time for attack movements has been shortened, making it generally easier for players to strike a foe, then roll out of the way before the enemy can strike back. The speed of Guard Counters has been increased as well for heavy weapons, making it easier for Elden Ring players to use this proto-parry ability against boss enemies and fellow play


A one-armed warrior, she may remind some FromSoftware fans of the One-Armed Wolf protagonist of 2019's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice . Ultimately, players can either defend or challenge her at the end of her questline, and each option yields unique end-game it


In reality, Boc is secretly hoping to receive affirmation from the player. Offering him the Golden Needle, a piece of demigod armor to alter, and using the "you're beautiful" Prattling Pete in front of him affords him the praise he's so long desired. While he's not among the most useful characters in Elden Ring , he's one of a very small number of Elden Ring NPCs who aren't predestined for a terrible f


Melina is one of the first characters the Tarnished meets on their journey and serves as the player's maiden and guide throughout the game. She tells the player that she is searching for her purpose, which was bestowed upon her by her mother inside the Erdtree. This seems to imply that she is the offspring of Queen Marika, an important figure in Elden Ring Strategy Ring’s story , but nothing definitive is presented to confirm this. Once the player defeats Morgott, the Omen King, in Leyndell, they can take two paths that influence Melina’s f


FromSoftware typically reuses assets across its games for practical purposes, such as the same weapons and animations appearing in multiple games, and this will likely be the case for FromSoftware's next game after Elden Ring . These similarities are not necessarily connections or references, though. Instead, they are merely efficient use of assets for game design. However, FromSoftware occasionally places items and assets in its games which fuel theories about connections between the worlds and themes of the Soulslike ga


During their questline with Fia, players are presented with a choice between saying "That's right" or "No, I want to be held", and GhostCrackets found this choice to be "THE FUNNIEST F** OPTION IN THIS GAME." Out of context, it's completely strange and absurdly funny. It's also a choice all players will encounter if they have this qu


Although she's relatively easy to miss, Rya is an integral NPC who can help the player considerably in their travels. Speaking to her in Liurnia of the Lakes will allow the player to converse with Blackguard Big Boggart, and, when encountered in Altus Plateau, she'll offer to take the player to Volcano manner, thereby skipping the notorious ascent up Mt. Gelmir. Rya is another fairly tragic Elden Ring character; secretly a man-serpent who is troubled because of her connections to Lady Tanith and Lord Rykard, the player can assuage her worries by giving her the Tonic of Forgetfulness. Unfortunately, completing her questline rewards players with Daedicar's Woe, the absolute worst Talisman in Elden Ri