Author: Keflor Lamichhane

As an old school gamer, I kept on saving the game and reloading the save till everything went right. It’s a standard gamer habit to save before a huge bossfight and reload if we lose. I was honestly shocked when I found out saving does not work how it traditionally does in the Souls franchise. In most of the FromSoftware titles, the game automatically saves when you exit the game. That way you cannot reload from a custom save. It is to ensure every decision the player makes counts. This same save system is used in the Elden Ring.  In…

For the lovers of magic, Elden Ring has a big library of sorceries and incantations. You will find spells that range from morbid dark arts, vicious blood magic, flashing beams of lights, exploding fireballs to gentle healing incantations. If you are an aspiring spellcaster, read on and learn how to memorize an arsenal of spells. To start, you will need Memory Slots to equip magical spells. Memory Slots are like memory cards where you can install spells so you can cast them in battle. The more slots you have, the more spells you can carry into a fight. Initially the…

The Two Fingers in Elden Ring are one of the entities that guide the path of the Tarnished. You will hear the mention or even come across the physical representations of the Two Fingers numerous times during your traversal of Lands Between. Two fingers also have their own group of incantations(spells). You can use these spells if you have leveled up your faith enough to meet the requirements.  Two fingers are a sect, above all else. They worship Erdtree but they set themselves apart from the original followers of Erdtree. This is proven by Two Finger Incantations and Erdtree Incantations…

Discarded palace key is an item that unlocks a small chest in Raya Lucaria Academy. If you have noticed a locked chest next to the boss-turned-NPC Rennala, that is the one. The chest contains the Dark Moon Ring, another Key Item required to complete the quest of NPC Ranni the Witch. Read along to know more about Ranni and how to get the discarded palace key from her storyline. Ranni is one of the first demigods you will meet in the game. She is the daughter of Rennala, Queen of Full Moon and Radagon, a champion of the Golden Order,…

Fashion Souls and Elden Bling, these are common terms floating around in the forums of Elden Ring. In souls games people have long worn armor not for protection, but for fashion. You need to show off your moves in style. There is no other way. Elden Ring adds further into the design of armor by making some of them alterable. These altered armor and helmets lose some of their additional stats in exchange of, you guessed it, style. Style is the most powerful invisible stat that an armor can give you. Especially if you are someone who is focused on…

Crumbling Farum Azula is the final location of the main storyline in the Elden Ring. It is an enormous floating palace structure amidst a deluge of whirlwinds. It is located far off the main continents of Lands Between. This place is filled with the remains of intricate arches and majestic towers. Closer inspection at some columns will reveal bones of beasts fused with rocks melted by dragonfire.  The environment of Farum Azula looks wildly mesmerizing. The torrents of violent winds seem to have lifted up several rocks in the air. These floating rocks and numerous soaring dragons perpetually fill the…

The player character is called Tarnished in the Elden Ring. The game never explains to you what the Tarnished actually means. There are hints scattered in the narrations, item descriptions and NPC dialogues about what it means to be Tarnished. In general terms, tarnished means corrupted material, especially metal. In Elden Ring, the characters like players are branded Tarnished, that doesn’t mean they are corrupted or evil. In the Japanese version(original) of the game, the player is called Asebito, which translates to a faded or a forgotten person. To figure out what the Tarnished is, the player in Elden Ring has…

If there is one thing that can make you feel like a master of Soulsborne, it’s successfully parrying your enemy attacks. Parry and Riposte is an art form. It is the art of successfully blocking an enemy attack and stunning them leaving them vulnerable to counterattack. Parrying takes a lot of skill and knowledge. If you have tried, you know how difficult it is to execute a parry in the Elden Ring.  To pull off a parry, you will need a weapon or a skill that has parry as its special ability. Primarily, these weapons are shields. Weapons like knife,…

Elden Beast is the Final Boss of the Elden Ring. It is the physical, living manifestation of the Elden Ring itself. The encounter with the Elden Beast is not just a spectacular boss fight, its origins and lore also make a wild vivid tale. Read on and we will explain in detail what the Elden Beast is. The Elden Beast originated in the stars. Far away from Lands Between. It arrived with a golden star that fell on Lands Between in time long before memory. The Elden Beast is an ancient primordial being. It is the watchdog that protects the…

Purifying Crystal Tear is an item that is useful to defeat Mohg, a very difficult boss in Elden Ring. It is a key item that can be mixed in the Flask of Wondrous Physick. The resulting elixir instantly cures the Lord’s Blood Curse inflicted by Mohg. This one time per fight curse can be an instant death spell if you are caught unprepared. Use this elixir and you will make your life a lot easier during this boss fight.  You can get Purifying Crystal Tear as a drop after defeating the Invader Bloody Finger Eleonora in the Second Church of…