Elden Ring Where To Go First | Beginners Guide

Elden Ring is massive and like other FromSoftware games, it can be challenging. Here a guide on where to go first so you don’t get lost or overwhelmed by area you’re not quite ready for.

So you’ve just stepped foot in Limgrave for the first time and you’re wondering what you should do first. This beginning area of Elden Ring is big and offers lots of things to do as well as secrets to find. With this starter path, you’ll be ready to take on any challenges that come your way.

In this Elden Ring beginner's guide, we’re taking you step by step from your first Site of Grace to your second, third and beyond. We’re giving you some key locations to visit in order to obtain items that will make your time in The Lands Between even more enjoyable and, at times, less challenging. And for those looking for an easier way to explore Elden Ring’s second location, we show a hidden path that does not involve fighting a boss character.

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[rheawen]

POV: You‘re a new player who just jumped into the games and after approx. 14074 deaths you decided to take a look at some guides

[bigdog]

"low level dungeons well suited for beginners" walks into dungeon and gets mauled by 2 gargoyle abominatons

[Cyburwalrus]

Wow, I should’ve seen this earlier. I went into storm hill castle directly and after 5 hours and at least a 100+ deaths..managed to get Godric down to 20pc HP. This is my first souls game and somehow, I’ve not rage quit after dying to those eagles and knights multiple times…

[jordanmcmurray]

I bought a PS5 and this game on a whim because I saw it was a highly rated game. I haven’t played video games since 2011 and to say I’m confused is an understatement.

[andrevieira]

Tip guys, the torch is really useful against an enemy (dunno its name) which is a giant flowers that attacks you with poison and magic. Use the torch to stagger it an cancel any of it attacks

[thisisus.]

Been playing this game for a few hours now and my range of emotions go from absolutely hating the thing to....the best game I have ever played!!! 😊😊

[VirtualRealityOasis]

I would be forever maidenless without this excellent guide []-)

[Waltrow]

0:35 Starting Class / Gift
1:04 Cave of Knowledge / Tutorial Area
1:18 Grace / Kale / Blacksmithing / Torrent
2:40 Map Fragments / Whetstone / Ashes of War
3:38 Stormgate / Stormhill Shack / Spirit Ashes
4:33 Early Dungeons / Stormfoot Catacombs / Groveside Cave
4:50 Waypoint Ruins Cellar / Sorceress Sellen
5:16 Limgrave Tunnels / Smithing Stones
5:46 Flask of Wonderous Physick / Homing Instinct Painting
6:13 Side Dungeons / Weeping Peninsula / Castle Morne
7:34 Stormvale Castle / Margit, the Fell Omen
8:13 Liurnia of the Lakes and Beyond

[ginoprimo]

As someone brand new to From Soft games entirely, I appreciate videos like this that outright tell you/suggest to you the various things to do to get going 👍🏼

[JbBackFeeble]

This is the only video I could find that actually helped me. Thank you so much. Sometimes with games like these you straight up gotta tell people what to do. Saying you can do whatever you want and take your own path is so overwhelming to tell somebody trying to learn. I can do all that on my second playthrough. This video has helped me know what I need and what to look for within the game. It’s so well done and I appreciate it good sir

[Cipher_X_x]

This is my first From software game, and it didn’t disappoint first few runs knowing where I’m trying to farm brass shield at Waypoint ruins and this map is so giant that I ended up running from a dragon, then getting killed by mini dragons, then killed the undead, then chase by the undead, then lost a close battle with an invader…freaking love this game and it is somewhat overwhelming how complex all the mechanics are but thankfully this community is steeped with excellent wiki’s

[josephsua]

Ended up in caelid 5 hours in. Spent the next two hours just exploring after finding the map fragment for it. This game is huge and I love the discovery without hand holding or quest makers forcing you to go around.

[sylviowinters]

This is a life saver I’ve only played bloodborne so this was certainly a lot of help. Much appreciated, I was struggling in the start

[goalhornfanatic]

I can't believe the size of the game so far. I went looking for that Halleigh guy's fort, or whatever his name was and found the Sofia River area on accident, but it was an amazing reveal. The elevator took like 60 seconds to hit the bottom, and it was a crazy cool reveal, almost like the ascendance from Carthus to seeing the view of Irithyll.

[charlie-hkvu]

This is like no other game i've played before. Normally there's an objective or quest or some type of guidance but for this game I genuinely have no idea what i'm supposed to do

[SoFarSoGoodSoWhat]

Also if you're running a dex build, there's another carriage at Gatefront Ruins that has a flail inside the chest, needs 10 str 18 dex and is very effective on horseback 😁

[notorioussor]

Man this helped me so much I done the first two Dungeons and I wasn’t too sure where to go after as I don’t want to go to high level area yet and this helps so much thank you

[juancaban]

This is the first game like this I’m REALLY TRYING. I played dark souls but never got into it because of the difficulty but being older and more patient, I’m giving this one a try so let me be the millionth person to say THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS GUIDE 💯💙

[Chris-jtpl]

man thank you so much. i’ve been so overwhelmed by the massive map and I keep running into bosses that 2 shot me. didn’t realize I wasn’t supposed to go to the storm castle yet. i’ve played every souls game multiple times so i’m just overwhelmed by the open world element, as i’m used to just going down the path. again, thank you so much this helped a ton

[GizzleLeBizzle]

This is my first Souls game and I’m finding it so unbelievably hard it’s just demoralising. Preying this guide will help