Elden Ring — 25 Tricks and Hidden Mechanics

Here's a quick Elden Ring guide showing off a bunch of easy to miss/hidden tricks and mechanics.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:26 Horse i-frames
0:58 Horse Jump Pads
1:14 Horse Strong Attacks
1:47 Double Jump Redirection
2:13 Horse Finisher
2:28 Rainbow Stones
2:49 Accurate Hitboxes
3:00 Shield Bounce
3:28 D-pad Shortcuts
3:51 Glowing Eyes
4:10 Grab Attacks
4:30 Item Drops
4:44 Poison Areas Tip
5:09 Enemy Stance-Break Decay
5:54 Weapon Bounce
6:09 Combo Bonus Damage
6:37 Two-Handing on Horseback
7:12 Big Enemy Friendly Fire
7:32 Falling Off Your Horse
8:13 Demi-Human Leaders
8:25 Stealth Trick 1
8:39 Stealth Trick 2
8:56 Ladder Moves
9:12 Map Fragments
9:30 Jumping Jump Guy
9:55 Outro

[Corsiare]

Dunno if beginners notice it enough, but the glowing skulls laying around on the ground that you can kick around, can actually be broken for a rune item, 200 runes per pop. Or ran over with Torrent. Super useful early on.

[Gnagniel]

Minor horse tip: if you're having trouble with some trickier parkour sections, invest in the Telescope item. If used on horseback, it will allow you to rotate Torrent in place without the extra forward or backward movement

[runnerpsu]

Thank you for making and sharing this video! Two years ago, at the age of 72, I purchased my first ever gaming system a PS 4 Pro. I've played several COD's, God of War, GTA, AVC, Ghost recon Breakpoint, Wildlands, and Division 2 which I obtained the platinum trophy. Earlier this year, I was able to buy a PS 5 and 4K monitor so I bought Ghost of Tsushima! WOW!!!! A week ago, I bought Elden Ring. I've been getting my butt kicked and die a100 or times or more a day. I'm going to use your tips to try and make some progress.

[Lowlightt]

Basic Tip that I know a lot of people missed. Crafting throwables like fire urns require Cracked Urns but they seem rare for most players. So they don't craft them. However Cracked Urns are not consumed in the making of Throwables. Instead they simply act like Flask Charges for Throwables. The more Cracked Urns you fine the more throwables you can have at one time. So don't feel afraid to craft throwables in the game.

[Epicmonk]

Here's another extremely important tip (or rather warning):
*_TORRENT'S DOUBLE JUMP DOES NOT NEGATE FALL DAMAGE_*

[BarryBizzle]

Another tip: The enemies in the mines carrying the minerals on their backs; They are often weak to fire damage and sometimes even explode with just 1 hit from your torch.

[OhMercyMe]

here's another horse trick: Torrent can walk through poison and other gross swamp areas without suffering any status ailments

[JesusDaZL]

The part of demi-humans is actually on a note one of the merchants have. Not sure which one, but i read it ingame. Those notes all cost 200 runes and is actually really useful

[SolemnVisitor]

The getting coated in poison when rolling in it mechanic was in Dark Souls 2, and for those who don't know- you can use the Soap item to clean that off and stop the build up

[Hemobuds]

You were right, there is one guy who didn't know you could attack to your left on your horse. Thanks! I can't believe I never even did it accidently throughout 34 hours of play.

[qu]

I went to the Mistwood and found an elevator inside this big structure. I went inside figuring it was just another mini dungeon. Waited on the elevator for almost 30 seconds as it took me down into these huge, underground ruins.

There is so much cool stuff to see in this game it’s unreal.

[altusshow]

I really hope the Devs are proud of themselves.

I mean that. This game is a masterpiece, and I hope they feel proud of what they've made, and how much love it's getting.

[Conns]

Another useful tip. If you're sick of having to two-hand your weapon in order to use its weapon art. There is an Ash of War that is called No Skill. Attach that to your shield and now your weapon's skill will be the default attack that comes out when you press L2. Even when you have the shield out.

(Spoiler: you can buy it from Warwick, a merchant in a shack to the east of Stormveil Castle)

[Nahpax]

Another tip I just figured out after 30 hours. You get more runes at night when you see the golden leaves of the Erdtree raining down. I think it applies the same buff as the gold-pickled fowl foot.

[Maximo-Maximus]

Great video! Something to add to the rainbow stone is that if it lands and turns yellow, it means you’ll take fall damage. If it’s green it means you won’t :)

[mrgarneau]

Another horse tip: using the command to two hand a weapon will switch to your off hand weapon. This is useful if you off hand a spell focus, as you can switch to it easy on horseback.

[schlorpologist]

This game is a masterpiece. I’ve already accumulated over 20 hours and I haven’t even fought the main boss of limgrave yet. Also I think all of us can agree that we need a certain metallic fruit to guide us through the pvp meta

[alexzan]

The caves where you find upgrade materials are found in the "burned" parts of the map. little burned hole looking spots.

[tvremote]

Here's another really useful tip i just realised: when on horseback, you only need to press the sprint button once to keep moving fast. You don't have to keep holding it like in previous souls games. Torrent will start walking slowly again when you fall down to a lower platform, but then just press sprint again once to start moving fast

[OscarRobbing]

What an excellent video. 25 non-spoiler but obscure mechanics that are incredibly useful to know.