Elden RingGuides & resources

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Use the open world as a learning tool. A difficult encounter can be a signal to explore, upgrade or return later.

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Original player notes and practical frameworks, collected in one place.

Getting started

First 90 minutes: a flexible early-game route

Set up your map, collect core tools, and learn when a hard fight is telling you to explore elsewhere.

Read the basic controls and mark your first Sites of Grace.
Collect map fragments and the tools that unlock exploration quality-of-life.
Choose a direction based on your weapon and upgrade materials, not a universal “best” route.
Return to a difficult boss only after you have a clear upgrade goal.

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How to use this page

This is an original orientation page. It points to the systems worth learning first and keeps changing facts outside the page unless a current source is linked.

A practical first session

Choose one immediate goal for the session.
Practice the decision that supports that goal before changing a full build or route.
Check live details on the linked source before relying on numbers, rotations or event timing.

Editorial coverage

These are the planned modules for this game. A module is published only after original research and a source check.

Getting started
Systems and progression
Current updates
Build planning
Quests and companions

What changes often

Availability, prices, updates, balance, events and item values can change. Confirm those details at the linked official or community sources instead of treating this orientation page as a permanent database.