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Some amendments to the video / things I've learned from the comments below: On point 7 - Wyatt Weir in the comments has pointed out that the two mausoleums without bells in upper Liurnia "will only duplicate the legendary remembrances (not the shard bearers)". On point 15 - Nuck Chorris in the comments has pointed out that "the whetblades don’t actually give affinity scaling to all ashes. A magic ash cannot be given a sacred scaling, or a fire ash a magic scaling. Magic ashes get cold and magic, fire gets flame art and just flame, lightning/sacred ashes get lightning or sacred scaling. The iron whetblade lets you use any physical scaling for ashes." My bad for missing this, I should have done more research. Apologies
Its probably common knowledge but Fia can give you a greater blessing that seems to last longer, iv only gotten one of those at the end of her questline.
No need to apology man, great work
should pin, had to scroll a bit
i luh u
@@darkolli That blessing also doesn't give the max hp penalty compared to her regular blessing. However, you can only get one per playthrough since it's obtained at the end of Fia's questline and she can no longer be interacted with afterwards.
Also yes - I'm working on an Elden Ring lore video. Though first I have to compile most of the game's lore, which is a monumental task! It's important that I get everything right the first time, so thank you for your patience! Also the lore in this game is insane goddamn just you wait
Love you
And wait we shall, with baited breath. Another round of Vaati lore has begun!
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Nice.
I am about 20 hours in and I am so out of my depth pls help Vaati
The seeker group is a huge success! Always good to see trust worthy messages, instead of constant hidden door- liar ahead duo.
Da
Or a message over every single item, ladder, lever, etc making you miss items when running when running from enemies or dashing through because it will open the message instead of interact with X. played offline for a long time because of that. It’s so annoying. people have completely shit on the message system
If you do use the seeker group will you be able to see summon or be summoned from people not in the group? I’d hate to cut myself off from the majority of the player base.
@@QueenGrezelda yeah the groups don't affect multi-player, as long as you leave the multi-player pass open. And the group messages look slightly different, they have a circle around them
@@jamiec8657 that makes me feel better. Fromsoft have that habit of not explaining some stuff.
Found a cool little secret you may know of already. In the cosmetics section, you can go into the face tattoo portion, and early game it is rather barren with only a few options. But the more bosses you best, the more tattoo options you have. One is similar to Ofnir's eyes on his armor, another is of Lannseax, one of the Erdtree Blessing. I think it is rather cool to find.
That's awesome!!
pretty sure all of those are available from the beginning??
After 9 months and MANY videos… You still taught me something new. Thank you maidenless friend.
@@ClamBanditt Clearly you are maidenless. Virgin.
I've never even touched character customization since the beginning of the game so I had no idea thanks
Would love an ability to ask NPC's to spar with you. I'd love to duel Blaidd or Alexander or Kale, but in a friendly 1 on 1 where no one gets killed. Would have been awesome in previous games too! I'm sure Solaire would have enjoyed a few bouts between friends!
That's a pretty good idea, it's very anime.
Wanna cry? “Oh no… my sun…. It’s setting…”
Should be noted using a Rune arc then changing Great Runes will lose the Rune arc effect and you'll have to use another one, so be sure which Great Rune you want before using a Rune Arc
I have over 50 rune arcs. Was told to save them, but how many do I need?
@@SocietyKilledTheUnicorn that's more than enough, when I want more I just invade and kill people
@@SocietyKilledTheUnicorn for the final boss? 100+ should cover you for phase 1...
@@SocietyKilledTheUnicorn one per life and you can get them from wining invasions. it will stay on until you die
I'm 20 hours in and have no idea what you're talking about.
Vaati : don't forget to use Rune Arcs it might help you on your journey Me: But if i need it later tho.... **beat the game without using it even one**
Rune arcs are more for exploring instead of Boss fights, clearly you didn't explore at all and wanted to finish the game popping your Mimic 😂
@@GSixV i exploring too just didn't care to use that much hahaha
First off, hoarder.
@@ShopperKungVtuber how can you beat the game already? I'm on holidays and have 140hours in and i just got to Forbidden Lands! 😂
@@GSixV checking every corner in the game and doing all questlines takes about 130h. at the end u'll have about 200 lvl. ive lost souls many times so i ended up being 184. i did NOT farm anything. also worth noting that i didnt waste much time on bosses. the longest one was Malenia that took me between 60-80min. regarding the easy ones, margit was dead in about 10min. the length of ur playthrough mostly depends on how fast u kill bosses
5:52 Bro, that tortoise almost got you! Good that you popped that rune arc
Tf is a tortoise? That’s clearly a dog
@@sidable12 my bad
Dog
Why is it always dog
Insane quality of life improvement comes after putting all your 3 flasks on the quick use slots if you use more than one flask in a fight not having to switch between these mid fight is insane.
i like to have my quick use slots as : horse ring, ash summon, torrent food, and the lantern. then i just keep my flasks alone in my equipped items as much as i can.
@@joncatlin1020 yeah but you still gonna have to switch mid combat. Unless you only use one of those. In the end it's only preference. I just realised for me it was a better option since I don't have to check what flask I'm on.
@@joncatlin1020 - I have the lantern and telescope in the pouch slots that don't have mappings. Still quick enough, considering I'd never use them in combat.
Bro I owe you
I have my FP flask in my pouch while my HP flask is in my quick item. This way, I can always quick glance to see how long I shall live in a fight.
About the mausoleums! Some of them don't have bells and those will only duplicate the legendary remembrances (not the shard bearers). The ones with bells can duplicate both the shardbearer and the legendary ones so remember to save the two on the upper section of Liurnia for the non-shardbearers.
Good call out, was wondering what the bell-less ones were for.
damn, wish I noticed this - good catch and sorry for not including this information
What are legendary remembrances ?
@@VaatiVidya I just found this out yesterday when I did all my remembrances but I went to a mausoleum that did all of the remembrances, and then after I went to another mausoleum that didn't do them all I was like oh no. Now I have to get all the first 5 main bosses weapons
@@0hhSly they're remembrances from certain bosses that aren't shardbearers like the one at the end of siofra river (I'm afraid mentioning more would mean spoilers). You can trade them for a weapon and some such like a shardbearer's remembrance but they don't have an associated great rune so you can't get them at a bell mausoleum.
One tip is for a questline that doesn't affect the end game in any way, but one that definitely made me feel like the villain of the playthrough for doing something that I thought was absolutely for the best. When you meet Boc the friendly tailor/seamster in Leyndell, he will mention that he would like to be reborn. You then get the option to give him a larval tear to use with Renalla, only problem being that once he has used it he will then turn in to a naked human in her boss room and die after you try speaking to him. If you want to keep him alive (which again doesn't affect the endgame and is more just because he is a happy guy) then when he asks you if he should get reborn, you can use one of the Prattling Pate items called "you're beautiful" and he will be alive for the rest of the playthrough. You're welcome 👍
7:06: That exact same thing happened to me whilst doing Millicent's quest. I killed the dog and went back in and could still talk to Gowry like he was a ghost. I reloaded and there he was. Seems that when NPCs die from environmental things, the game keeps them in; which is good.
Nah, that's not his real body.
That can't be, Gostoc accidently got killed when I went up the ladder to escape the knight and didn't know Gostoc was up there. (previously he wasn't there, but must have gone back after I had died) was so annoyed!
Similar to item #1, you can favorite sites of grace with R3. You can then quickly get to the list of your favorite sites by pressing Y/triangle twice
0.o that. Is amazing info to have, thx
[Joseph Joestar] Holy Shiiit
Damn that's really useful
Gatefront leggo
Addendum: the blessing you get from hugging Fia is deceptive - it doesn’t just raise your poise, but also gives you +30% damage resistance for ALL DAMAGE TYPES - which is pretty insane. I don’t know why it doesn’t mention it in the description, but it’s well worth the -5% HP debuff!
Yeah, it's rather strong, but it's so brief and time-consuming to reacquire. Do you know if you can stock up on them, or is there a limit to one at a time?
@@badspaceguy2431 one at a time, you can hug Fia and get another one once you use it
Until ... 😭
Yeah, but it lasts so briefly its hardly worth the trouble. I just like the hugs.
@@cardmossdn8058 And that's the exact reason why it goes from "oh, I could see myself using this" to "straight into the trash, never touch the item" for so many players. When I saw that I didn't get a second one, I just never touched the blessing ever again and only used it like 100 hours later when someone told me about the debuff you get.
You can also “Mark Site of Grace” after pressing the “Sites of Grace” button on the map. This allows you to toggle a list of marked Graces. If you then only have one Grace marked, you can very quickly teleport to said Grace by quickly hitting (on PlayStation) *triangle* *triangle* *X* and *X* on the map screen.
"I look at scenes like this, covered in blood, and you make me so proud." That sounds so heartwarming yet concerning out of context.
The whetblades don’t actually give affinity scaling to all ashes. A magic ash cannot be given a sacred scaling, or a fire ash a magic scaling. Magic ashes get cold and magic, fire gets flame art and just flame, lightning/sacred ashes get lightning or sacred scaling. The iron whetblade lets you use any physical scaling for ashes.
Right, pinning this and editing the video to remove bad information
Excellent comment. Love this community.
Yeah, I found this out the hard way. Had to switch from a Poisonous Mist Occult Scythe to a Flame Scythe just so I could use the Black Fire Tornado Spin ash. I was very sad to lose my scaling but in the end it didn't matter much. Just felt weird to lose out on particular scaling unlike any other Souls game simply because I didn't use one of the three required ash types (Blood, Poison or Occult).
@@TrxPsyche I wanted to use the Hoarfrost stomp Ashe with a grave scythe and have it do holy damage for my faith character…I was annoyed when I went back to read the full whetblade description
The "oof" is what got me. Mmmk. Lol
I like that the "Rare Weather" that was the golden petals are actually from players getting mile stones in the game
They're separate effects. I'm playing completely offline and still get the Erdtree leaf rain.
@@apexkonchu2234 it’s probably different for offline players so u can still experience it
it's not, i only play offline and i get it all the time.... it's prob a coincidence that it lined up for him & it's probably not different for offline players nothing else works diff for online and offline, he probably just assumed it worked that way from it coincidentally happening when someone he was talking to in the group did something. i can assure it you procs randomly doing nothing, sometime's i'll afk while i'm scraping my bowl or cleaning or whatever just standing there for 2-3 hours LITERALLY DOING NOTHING OFFLINE and it just pops up, goes away, pops up, goes away & it's the same buff has the gold claw icon & increases the amount of runes i get
@@zeening that doesn't prove anything. There are previous differences in some games based on offline/online play Its nothing new, and nothing to be in disbelief about.
@@maleaque The Erdtree weather effect and the group password milestones are two different things. There is a random chance at night that the Erdtree will grant a rune buff.
Larval tear, for respecing is dropped by giant cannonballs that spawns to crush you. Try to make it hit some wall and kill it. I got like 15 of them in my 1st playthrough.
It was a bug that got patched. They only drop one now. You can only have a max of 18 in NG. I learned that the hard way when I couldn't decide on a build and screwed my entire savefile over. (Think level 120 with 20 vigor levels of screwed)
Another convenient 'secret' for our fellow Seekers: There's an option in System>Sound & Display>Device for on-screen prompts. It allows you to choose between controller and Keyboard+mouse layout for the UI. It makes the life of all those without controllers a lot easier.
But why opt for mouse and keyboard? Add more difficulty to an already challenging game doesnt it haha
@@panzfaust9812 I either had money for this game or for a controller haha Plus I beat the other games wuth KB+M, so already used to it
@@panzfaust9812 I'm a strictly PC player, coming from several RTS and competitive FPS games. And I've played through all the Assassin's Creed games on PC (with M&K). I understand controller is probably easier, but I'd love to be able to play all games on M&K, since I'm most used to that. 60 hours into Elden Ring (my very first Souls game ever) and I'm loving it. Ever since I discovered you could change all the prompts from Controller to M&K 2 hours into my gameplay lol.
@@hylianchriss check out hunt: showdown on pc if havent already. Its a great competitive outlet for me
@@panzfaust9812 mouse and keyboard is a lot easier
Another thing to note, when an enemy explodes denoting they have loot, the size of the white flame determines how good the loot is. Small white flame is bolts or crafting goods. Large flame is gear or weapons, for example.
Just like in the other souls games
I didn't know that. Thank you for the tip!
I'm not so sure. I had a HUGE explosion and I got very excited, having read this tip. The drop was a mushroom. Sad day.
@@Katubug Maybe that's the mushroom you need to un-glitch that one quest-line
@@Katubug it's not the size of the explosion. It's the size of the item flame. A white small flame means it's common. A bigger, blueish flame means it's more rare.
Can’t wait for the Radahn prepare to cry, it’s hard not to feel bad for him, he is admirable.
I feel like he really is the most controversial boss some people like me love him but others say you shouldn't need to summon for it to be a fair fight or fun. But I just like the idea that there's a demi god so powerful the only way for it to be defeated fairly is by summoning all of the friends you make throughout the game.
@@poopuswoopus35 people don't like him because they don't like how they should summon to fight him? I think it's one of the coolest boss gimmicks ever, cause he was built to need summons. So they aren't as unfair as they usually are
For me that was plenty balanced out with how astoundingly annoying the run to him was. The first boss I felt bad for killing was Morgott
@@poopuswoopus35 I was a melee colossal sword user and had a blast fighting Radahn. If people are upset that you have to use the game's mechanics to kill a boss, I don't know what to say...
@@poopuswoopus35 "fair fight" A dude held a festival to kill him. Not summoning people to fight him defeats the entire point of the festival
Good tip for farming runes, or just killing mobs in general. Look for mobs with glowing white eyes, they tend to drop 5x more runes than normal in my experience.
Best farming route I've found is in Moghwyn palace or however you spell it, one site of grace overlooks a cliff and there's a bird you can shoot across the gap with arrows, it'll run at you and fall off the ledge, and bam 11000 runes
Note: Of the seven Walking Mausoleums, only 5 are capable of duplicating Remembrances received by killing shardbearers. They are identifiable by the bells on the underside of the Mausoleum. The two that can’t are both located in northern Liurnia, reasonably close to each other.
You can duplicate Astel's Remembrance from them though
@@cyrus638 astel isnt a shardbearer
Yeah the ones without bells dupe the 'secret' bosses
@@rotatorebato I'm on my third playthrough and I don't know what the fuck a shardbearer is
@@urmumsbaps someone with a great rune
As a note, shardbearer souls can only be duplicated at mausoleums with bells attached.
I was wondering about that! I had felled one of the mausoleums in Liurnia and was confused as to why I couldn’t duplicate anything. I did notice it didn’t have a bell, but I didn’t think much of it at the time. Thanks!
Noted in a pinned comment, my bad.
Wait, what’s the point of the other other ones?
@@WhiteKnuckleRide512 Shardbearers aren't the only bosses that drop rememberances. Its rare, but some other bosses do as well. I think I encountered 2 of those so far, and I'm in what I understand to be the second to last area in the game.
@@TheMike0088 well fuck
In DS1, I accidentally pressed R1 instead of A on the Pardoner. I'm convinced this kind of mistake is why it's done at statues instead of NPCS in DS3 & Elden Ring.
Can’t tell you how many times I accidentally hit Andre and lost access to his blacksmithing
This happened to me with Solaire at the very end of his quest line. I set down my controller and must have accidentally hit R2, because I heard the slice sound effect and looked up to see Solaire dying in front of me. The shame
You're half correct, after DS1, they gave NPCs a 3 strikes rule. I think it progressed something like DS1 it's if you do ___ % damage they're angry, DS2 and onward you need to hit them 3 times, Sekiro you can't even attack an NPC, but since DS3 forgiveness zones became statues. The only game without a setup for that was Bloodborne, where you just don't want to attack people much. DS2 they let you revive their ghosts for their continued business to that point of their death. DS3 they let you collect their ashes to be converted into more wares. Elden Ring follows the same principle of DS3.
Hitting any other NPC can be fixed at the pardoner. The problem with hitting the pardoner is then you can't talk to him to fix it!
I love this guy's content, his elden ring videos are the best, and without spoiling 10 bosses per minute, he creates such enjoyable and informative videos.
For those who don't know, the more summons you have for a boss fight, the more hp it gets and the more damage it deals. 2 summons will equal a one shot on some of the harder hitting bosses
Another banger. Thank you for the quick select on the warp screen that will save me hours in my second playthrough 😂
And thank you for, just, everything you do in general, man. One of the all-time great Tubers. Much love to you and Scott
I don't know why I never pegged you as a FromSoft guy, I listened to a lot of your dnd campaign
Imagine being so dumb you don't even use the buttons on your controller.
Noticed it by accident just before Godrick myself.
@@thealarm7057 imagine being so dumb you don’t realize that some people just don’t notice certain things. And because of that you think they’re dumb for some idiotic reason.
You can actually duplicate Remembrances from Bosses you have already claimed all Items from, I got both items from one, duplicated again and went to ng+ afterwards. However there is 2 types of Mausoleums, those with Bells and those without. You can only duplicate the Remembrances of big bosses like shardbearers on those with Bells, so thats important to know before using a Mausoleum up for one.
OH NOOOOOOOO!!! I have two girlfriends, but very few people on YT are happy for my relationship success. They disl*ke all of the videos I make with my 2 girlfriends. Please be kind, dear sor
There is so much to learn in this game. I'm a perfectionist too so can't help but want to know it all... it hurts, my brain... it hurts. Liar ahead but hole
Thank you you cleared up more of the game in this short video than all the other videos I’ve watched combined 🎉 truly appreciate it
Tip: when killing groups of Poison Pod`s, just throw 4 poisen darts and the pod will explode, the explosion will infect the others around him with poison mist and they explode to.
Or just walk by them
That's sick!
There's a rune that grants health upon enemy death, which activates on watching bloodstains as well.
No way forreal?
@@therealhershalwalker Saw it in RT's lastest video. One of the Great Runes, I think. Can put up link if interested.
@@therealhershalwalker it's Rykard's great rune; when a bloodstain features a dying Torrent, it gives health.
only when Torrent dies with the other player
Torrent has to die in the bloodstain, but a bloodstain can be watched multiple times, and this type is most common near great drops. Free healing. Hope it isn't patched, as any mechanic that has players linger in places of significant death is oddly thematic with the game, like the miracle buffing system they tried to implement in DS1
Vaati haven't watched you in a while, but man I'm so excited for your lore videos coming especially on the war for the runes of the elden rings between all the siblings
I did know about the menu for Sites of Grace, but the shortcut was new. But, doing this, Vaati, if you don't know, I found there's a way to mark Sites of Grace into a second menu (press TRIANGLE twice), so you can keep a short list of Sites with NPCs and Quests you're working on. Love that you started the Secret Seekers, too. It's been fun playing in a community from the get-go.
"Pop one rune arcs whenever you're on a very difficult boss" Vaati: *fighting a dog*
i mean , dog in fromsoft game are kinda like a mini boss
@@eykos70 did you see what dog he was fighting? It's a special kind of dog (5:38)
@@marcusborderlands6177 it was a sacred type of dog
@@Sleepy_Kitsune only the goodest of bois
@@marcusborderlands6177 yep i saw it afterwards , which makes it even more appropriate , you need everything you can to kill this one.
Tip: if u use "simple view" when popping alot of different runes it won't kick u out of the menu!
Easier tip, if you are at a shop, just sell em
@@TimothyGod wait do they sell for the same price? :0
@@Nigrevillian1998 yup
@@TimothyGod The best tips are always in the comments. I'll remember that one for sure.
@@FunkyyCat_ yea, I was going through the start and saw the runes and thought fuck it. Sold the lowest one, are one, and they are the same. So it made it way easier
Just over hundred hours with char level 128 and havent came across Boc. The game has so much content. Even as a sorcerer who uses high damage to clear stuff faster; there is just so so much content...it never ends!
Fia's blessing doesn't just give you poise. Get one from her and activate it, then look at all of your physical defense stats. They skyrocket upwards some in the 50s depending on the gear you have equipped. Check it out. You will only have about 5 or 10 seconds though. It doesn't last long.
God I cannot wait for the lore videos. Vaati, you help me to enjoy these games so much more on my multiple playthroughs with your story breakdowns and details I missed in the beginning. It helps really take in the true magnificence of these games. Thank you and take your time on the lore videos because they are worth the wait!
5:50 I try my best not to attack turtles in Elden Ring, I fell so bad for attacking them in the first place tbh 4 runes aint that much
Stamina.
Gimme dat neck boy
I think you mean dogs
Luckily you can fight a special enemy at night in the church of vows that drops a bell bearing which lets you purchase all the turtle meat you want, guilt free!
But the stamina regen items tho! You could get the bell bearing to buy them from the twin maiden vendor... ORRRRR you could go to the spot near a merchant in northeast limgrave by the bridge, where there's a bonfire near THREE turtles, so you can massacre them to your heart's content and get ALLL the turtle necks :D
I’m so glad to see more great videos from you Vaati, I’m so excited for your lore videos!!
Joining the Seekers group has been a great move. The buffs are great, but more importantly, most of the group, generally, leaves behind really solid advice.
Also: The song the merchants play on their instrument is identical to the song that one of the corpses play in the hidden catacombs beneath the Forsaken Depths in Leyendell. It seems to be the same instrument as well. I don't know what that means lore-wise, but I thought it might be significant.
Also, within one of the shacks, you get the merchants armor set. Have to have one of the enemies there frenzy the shacks to access the items, but some deep frenzy lore in the game.
@@Stu1391 Wow, I did not know that. Going to check that out now. Which schack was it? Thanks for sharing!
@@Stu1391 that has a lot of implications for them perhaps they refused to embrace the flame themselves and left but are still attacked one for being merchants by the ball bearing hunter and by those who are against the flame
They use Frenzy attacks aswell, probably some connecion to the 3 fingers. Might explain why they are almost all isolated or shunned. All i know is every time i saw one i felt so heartbroken i had to buy smth
@@azeria1 They're the reason the world is post-apocalyptic, they brought the black flame that destroyed the dead minor erdtree irrc
The Baldachin's blessing is actually a really useful item!! It doesn't only give poise, it also gives 35% physical damage reduction according to the wiki. It's supremely useful.
Some tips : - Loadout management : if you press the button to switch item/spell/weapon long enough, you will switch back to the first equipped item/spell/weapon of that slot (from left to right) - The talismans that change your appearance, making you appear as a host or a summoned phantom do apply to the Mimic Summon, allowing it to be golden or "normal" (without its ghostly white color) - Each spell and incantation school has its own symbol, which is visible on its icon (on the sheet of paper behind the visual representation of the spell). The same symbol also appears when you cast the spell. This allows you to know without a doubt which spell is strengthened by each specific catalyst. - Blood and Poison status build up aren't inherently strengthened by the Arcane attribute. However, if the weapon applying it has an Arcane scaling, then the status buildup is affected by your Arcane Attribute. This is true for weapon, but also for spell and incantations, if they are cast with a catalyst that has an Arcane scaling (Albinauric staff for sorceries and Dragon Cummunion sacred seal). This also means that weapons with innate blood or poison effect are better of infused with Occult Ashes of War, since it will give a better Arcane scaling to the weapon than from a blood/poison ashe of war. - There are a lot of catalysts designed to be used by hybrid builds or that are even best suited for builds that don't use the main casting attributes : Dragon Communion seal scale with Arcane the most and, as such, doesn't require too much investment into Faith to cast powerful incantations. Clawmark Seal has a really good scaling with Strength and apply it to the incantations, allowing for a build that uses Strength as a primary attribute for casting. Golden Order seal allows to use intelligence as a the main casting attribute without having to heavily invest in faith Albinauric Staff scale primarily with Arcane, making it the primary casting stat... and making the bleed effect of the thorn sorceries even better. - Catalysts that boost damage from schools of sorceries/incantations do so when held, not when used to cast... This means that you can hold the boosting catalyst in one hand AND cast with another catalyst (that scales better with your build) with your other hand.
Great video. Quick note, I gave Boc the gold sewing needle yet I still have it in my inventory so it seems that giving him the needle will not prevent you from doing any clothing alterations yourself. One last thing to remember is that when you alter clothing you actually alter the stats of the armor in the process. Most alterations involve removing or adding a cloak or other bits of cloth to the armor piece in question so when you remove the cloak you actually remove a tiny bit of the protection of the armor. Just found that out the other night.
I love the UI in this game. The presorted inventory sub-categories is just incredible.
They're why I don't even bother with the chest outside of weapons. There's no need, it's all sorted so nicely that there's no clutter ever.
And then there are mfs who cry because they cant stand the ui design of the game
As a web dev and designer, this game OOZES intelligent UI design, those that complain are absolutely dumbed down by AAA copypasta games.
Best UI I've seen in a game really, up there with PUBG. Very minimal and no clutter. People are actually asking for a quest log and mini maps. These people either have mental health issues or have been brainwashed by poor game design into thinking they need that garbage.
@@flannelbeard4621 I noticed a lot of streamers, etc, skimming through tutorials and then complaining about not knowing what to do.
I have to say, the lore of these merchants is quite an interesting one as well, they use Frenzied Flame incantations and when you reach that one secret location in the sewers, you find someone familiar playing an instrument like every other merchant does.
This is due to the cut Kale questline which was found in the Network Test. Kale had you searching for his people in order to get information on the "Grand Caravan". The fate of the Grand Caravan is ultimately revealed in that secret location.
Yeah I was surprised when I heard that there.
@@vornsuki i guess his cut questline was replaced with the finger maiden one then.
In that secret sewer location, you can actually find some very unique lore by letting the enemies use their strong attacks on some of the environment objects… a certain outfit that has a description that ties that all together
jex how do I enter that sewage place? I’m terrible at finding the underground areas
For the rune arc, I noticed that changing the great rune, cancels the rune arc effect you, need to use another rune arc, with the new activated great rune. Nice tip, and very nice video.
Can't say how awesome the SEEKERS group is, im not active with any members other than watching the videos, but seeing y'alls signs and blood pools amongst the others has been amazing!
It should be noted that with boc’s questline the golden needle is specifically for him, you get the golden tailoring kit which gives you the ability to modify godly attire not the golden needle
I got the needle as well as the kit from the chest tho
@@caniwinfirst4235 you give him the needle back
Boc never asks for the golden needle though at least in my play through he hasn’t taken it from me yet
@@illusioned0ne its because you need to choose the dialouge options while having modifiable boss armor in your inv?
On a related note, IDK why Vaati skipped Boc's 3rd location. You can find him at the 1st grace immediately after entering Liurnia.
If you loved bloodbornes healing mechanic for attacking enemies shortly after they attack you you will love melanias great rune btw, at that point equip blood hound step + melanias rune and you have yourself a true bloodborne build
A hunter must hunt !!
@@mumkee5148 hoontah
Enough tremblin' in yer boots!
ghizas wheel though.
@OneFortyFour That's extremely lame. Almost feels like an oversight by the design team, or in the case of Miyazaki, completely intentional because Miyazaki.
Content has always been spot on. The patreons have been amazing. As a vivid dreamer, I have listened to your soothing voice sharing the lore of dark souls/bloodbourne for years. Thank you and your patreons for going above and beyond
Great video. Been playing for about a month. Avoiding spoiler vids, but this was great. I learned quite a bit about the mechanics. 👍
I got like 100 hours in and I've still been dragging my courser to the round table icon. Thanks 👍
haha damn same here. im at malenia and was still draging the cursor
No more zooming out, then jamming down left for me. Funny thing is, I knew about that menu and just chose to willfully ignore it. So much time wasted lol
I got the platinum and I’m just now hearing about it. Damn
150 hrs of dragging a cursor, ive EARNED this quickmenu.
Want to say that (minor spoilers) killing the living boulders in the later underground area (you'll know the place if you haven't been there yet) will always dop a larval tear on the first kill!
some big death status guy in mt gelmir near the volcano manor also drops one
This can be farmed. Help others through this area and each ball drops another tear for you as well if they havent killed it prior. I went through here with 3 friends jad 15 or so tears.
Easiest way to kill these is Night's Mist. They get trapped in the doors or on corners. In fact Night's Mist has killed more things for me than any other spell 😂
As far as I can tell, none of the Merchants hold ill will toward you for killing their brethren despite Kale explicitly telling you they will do just that when you first meet him. That being the case, celestial dew is useless for them. However, one particular questline it is extremely useful for is Ranni's. If you try to make her into a puppet with Seluvis's potion, you will no longer be able to progress her quest. If you use celestial dew afterwards, all will be forgiven and you can speak to her as if nothing ever happened.
I’d love to see a third one of these videos about endgame tips or secrets people may have missed!
The part where he was killing the merchant was heartbreaking, such good voice acting in this game.
Until you realise he was using a flame of frenzy incantation
I literally yelled stop lol
@@liamwinkworth9939 i don’t think the incantation itself is bad just when you pair it with that one weapon
I slaughter all the merchants! Like hell i'm gonna ping around the map looking for the one guy I forgot to buyout, just take their bells and give them to those sweet girls at the round table
@@TheVerendus Or you can place markers on the map. I’m doing that now to keep track of everything. There’re even special icons for it. I know it’s silly but I just hate to kill anything that doesn’t attack me in a game. Really hate when it’s necessary for a side quest or to get a special ending (Like murdering all of Pascal’s village with white flags in Automata. That seriously traumatized me)
I'm sure somebody already mentioned it but when you invade with the recusant finger or the bloody finger you get different music depending on which one you invade with
Hei vaati! I found something interesting about roderika (spirit tuner). When you find him at the shack and you talk to her after she has said everything. If u jump near hear and golden barrier come around her and she will give you more dialog. Check it if u are interested
Minor observation- when item farming (i.e slaughtering rats for Rune Arcs), pop a Rune Arc with Godrick's Rune to increase your Arcane stat along with all the others. +5 Arcane gives a minor but noticeable discovery boost, and as soon as you get one Arc to drop its paid for itself.
This is smart af
@@Xhawk777 da,
Also the Great Rune buff, unlike silver chicken legs, won't expire when fast traveling, making it a small but *permanent* (as long as you don't die!) item finding buff
@@Meoiswa Get the silver scarab. Increases discovery specifically.
You know the game is massive when even the King Vaati is missing/forgetting info and learning from the comments! 😆 If you see this Vaati we all appreciate you ❤️
That and he's really been enjoying the hell out of the game
it makes me so happy how many seekers are still out there after a year
11:04 😂 lmaooooo! I feel attacked SPECIFICALLY 😭
With the amount of lore I'm discovering just by myself I can't wait for those Prepare to cry videos Vaati! Keep up the good work, your videos are amazing! Praise the Erdtree!
Yeah that's the ones I'm waiting for
To add to the fast travel tip; if you press R3 you can switch to the underground map, so you wont have to take the elevator everytime you want to switch upper/lover level, like i did 😄
yur the best
I thought everyone knew this already
Wow that rune ark trick really helped me out. The boss at 5:36 really took me some time to beat without rune arks.
As my first soul's game. Your a life saver, whenever I feel stuck in something, your channel always has the solutions, so thanks for that.
Just make sure to check weight and stats when using the sewing needle to edit you armor, removing capes does actually change their stats, sometimes by a quite a large margin (removing the cape from the veteran's armor decreases poise from 37 to 29). It could make the difference between mid rolls and slow rolls, or being staggered and not being staggered!
I mean, I got 130 poise and the damn rats still stagger me anyway. 8 poise not gonna matter that much
You need both poise and heavy weapons, just like in DS3
@@ir-dan8524 because again from software doesn't know how armour works
@@ir-dan8524 130 poise with colossal sword vs rats headbutts, no chance of winning whatsoever
The only piece of armour I've realised worth altering was the bloodhound's, 1 less weight for some very very minor stat changes! Also noticed how some gear that can be altered make it worse without offering any sort of benefit, other than elden bling..
You can also use an imbued key at the the 2nd highest portal at 4 belfries and warp back to the start of the game church where a maiden is located. You can also kill the start boss and get shield sword if you missed it before
THATS HOW U GET THERE OMG TYSM
Also, the previously locked door at that starting church will be unlocked when you travel there from the Belfry ;)
Baldachin's blessing doesn't just grant poise. It also grants the same kind of damage absorption buff that you get from poise weapon arts like Endure and Stamp, except instead of lasting for 3 seconds, it lasts for 15
Thanks to you, i get so much information from you, not because the game doesn't tell its because they really give us time consume to explore and open our eyes to really get attention any single interest even its an object or location. i love this game because it has so many secrets that can easily miss or we just blind.
Also! If anyone is playing a Faith Build and wondering, "Where the hell is my Lighting Spear!?" go kill the random Elite Godrick Knight wandering just outside the Lunaria artist shack. He'll drop a prayer book you can turn in to get a bunch of lightning incantations. Cuz you know... of course it drops off a random nameless soldier with no indication of anything.
whats your max hit with a lightning bolt? i only got like ~200 with it charged up
@@huh2597 I do about 420 dmg charged up. Make sure to level up your seal and your faith to increase damage (talismans also help)
First of its not just a random enemy. It's literally the only enemy walking around in that area so its kinda obvious its there for a reason. Second Its a DRAGON CULT KNIGHT, not a Godrick knight hence why its a whole different color and drops the prayer book. Lol
That's why I kill everyone at least once , fomo issues lol
@@huh2597 you can do ridiculous numbers of damage with that incantation and it comes out so fast, one of my favorites. If you have the golden order seal that boosts all fundamentalist incantations plus the lightning scorpion charm you will do some crazy numbers.
Vaati. When it comes to duplicating remembrances, you can Duplicate one before NG+ and keep it to immediately use once you get a great rune in the playthrough. Meaning you can get a 2nd Regal Scepter Staff or whatever boss weapon is limited to 1 per playthrough. Bypassing the need to kill it a 2nd time overall
I love the seeker group!! And I just found out what these groups are always wondered what the group passwords are for and why the bloodstains have ritual like circles around them and it’s so cool when the game lets you know when someone became Elden lord as in they completed the game! I want the merchandise by the way they’re sick
you know elden ring allowing on the fly crafting made me use a ton of stuff i wouldn't have used otherwise like bows (waste of souls in previous games), consumables (either limited or expensive to get). I really like that flexibility it grants
The hip lantern is one of my favorite things in this game
Glory to the wee baby lantern and all it's Yarnhamite glory.
Same. This should be priority for every new character that isn't doing a speed run.
Wonder if it's like Dragons Dogma where water can put it out?
It sounds good too!
Just wanted to drop here that Bestial Sling is an awesome faith spell that posture breaks everything and I haven't heard anything about it in the community so I think its getting slept on.
With some dex, it comes out faster than rolls and three uses almost guarantee a hit against moderately good players
Definitely seen a few players use it, looks cool and it can combo into a few spells (shortening their cast time by like ~20%) just like Catch Flame. It'll probably stay slept on until someone makes an "INSANE BROKEN COMBO, YOU WONT BELIEVE" video tho.
This is such an insane spell, you can just run people down while spamming it, quite insane lol
stone of gurranq is better in every way lol higher damage, spammable faster and does way more poise damage, only downside is it kinda sucks for hitting flying stuff and the range isn't incredible but i've honestly stopped using it because it's SO strong it takes ALL the challenge out of killing stuff lol
@@zeening oh shot, this is what I was talking about lmao. Bestial sling sucksssss
on mouse and keyboard the sequence for the Roundtable Hold is G to open map, F to open sites of grace, R to select Roundtable Hold, and E to confirm. I tend to remember it with the mnemonic device “Go Free,” as it vaguely resembles the sequence of GFRE!
Omg the sort by acquisition tip is golden. I was wishing the inventory would open up at the last item I got.
Great video! One small detail I’ve noticed that I haven’t seen anyone mentioning: when you pick up materials/ingredients you’ll see a quick summary of whatever you picked up on the right side of the screen. The bars appearing for items that respawn will be black, whereas those for non respawnable items will be blue (at least that’s what I’ve seen so far) It doesn’t have a huge impact but I think it’s good to be aware of it
oh that's cool
the baldachin blessings also give a ton of damage resistances on top of the poise so its good for boss encounters aswell
Your videos' been inspiring to me, thank you. I'm 80 hours in, first playthrough, but I'm feeling demotivated. But then I see you using a set of weapons I've never thought of (balista + sword) and this gave me new ideas and a feeling that maybe I'm being too conservative and not experimenting with possibilities. So thank you, you helped to refresh the game for me.
Technically, Boc uses the needles, you use the regular and gold sewing kits (acquired at the same time). You don't lose the ability to mod your items yourself at a grace for 500 a pop.
Also altering lowers defense and equip load when it results in the removal a piece. I learned this when I wanted to take a cape off and started medium rolling again.
The glintstone whetblade also adds cold scaling. It still has Int scaling and does Magic damage, but it does less damage in exchange for a hefty frost build up
and gotta say frost is sooo powerful now :D adulas moonblade feels like the most powerful spell to me. People are losing their minds over comet azure, which takes long build up and misses a lot of times, while the moonblade cuts a wide area in front of you and threeshots some bosses with enough int.
@@Yul_B_Awright my moonlight great sword does that without costing fp every cast
@@pyrokine9538 I have that too and use it when I don't feel like casting, but Adulas does significantly more damage when you hit with blade + shockwave at least in my Setup (80 int + lusats staff), has a faster wind up, and hits a bigger area
@@pyrokine9538 it also takes three hours to charge the sword lol
Man, it sounds like I'm really missing out by going dex/fth instead of dex/int. Luckily, I beat Rennala so maybe I'll just respec soon. But it'll take some work to figure out which sorceries I need to use and then to go get them
if you are sneaky/fast you can nab the redhot whetblade in redmane castle, at the bottom of a stairwell just past an iron maiden (you don’t need to beat radahn or the other duo boss beforehand, you can just run in and out.)
This video helped me out so much I never knew about any of this besides how to get to the roundtable lol
The celestial dew can also be used to continue Ranni's quest if you tried to kill her with Seluvis's. I wouldn't be surprised if there are other NPC quests that can be done in this way.
Vaati!!!! So glad i get to see more of this man's vids since ER released
Nice tips! The ones that blew my mind were the Quick grace teleport method (which yes, after 266 hours never knew it existed lol) and Boc's quest! :O
Your merch ideas was always great, but this secret SEEKERS stuff is best, so I ordered the hoodie. Cant wait for your lore videos now I finished almost everything in the game :)
Thank you for posting all these details and guides to help a novice to FromSoft games get his character to a stage where he at least has a chance of defeating Godrick. Much appreciated! Great storytelling as always.
You got this man! Go get em!
Easy way for everyone w/o waiting for upgrade materials for damage - there are bleed weapons, equip a semi fast bleed weapon, learn boss patterns, marvel at the bleed damage. Godrick CAN bleed.
You can do it we all started off that way and still get our asses kicked while playing them so good luck ^__^
Thank you everyone for all the kind and supportive comments. I will be taking on Godrick this weekend and will keep all your tips in mind. Will let you guys know once I've defeated him.
Defeated Godrick this weekend and I am on my way to Raya Lucaria!
the seeker group is so awesome, i didn’t even realize i had 5% more runes from yall😂 it’s constant
Thanks so much for explaining these great runes, I'm almost done my first run and haven't used a single one cuz I had no clue what to do ...I literally accidentally did the one tower activation after beating the boss a week or 2 ago and just making a second run through the area to finally check it off my "exploration list" ..I just put a marker when I feel like I've explored the whole area no stone unturned! .. seriously tho that was best explanation of em .. people say how to use em but they never really say why to use em and they actually gotta be activated, I just didn't wanna waste em not knowing what I was doing .. needless the say they last half of this game should be a breeze now considering I will be getting that added bonus
Tip: Remembrances can be duplicated after you've spent them so you don't need to keep them around just because you might duplicate them later.
So if I already used Radahns remembrance & then find the corresponding turtle I can still duplicate it?
There’s no corresponding mausoleum. Any one with a bell can duplicate any remembrance, whether or not you’ve used the remembrance doesn’t matter. You can only use each mausoleum once though.
@@leberntaco1795 That's not exactly true, the two mausoleums together in Liurnia can only duplicate non-shardbearer remembrances
@@leberntaco1795 Alex is correct, I couldn't duplicate my Godrick remembrance in the walking mausoleums in Liurnia, so there is some kind of correspondence
you mean I can sell it for the souls then replicate it again for an item?
I had 60 hours played and many trips in and out of Siofra before I realized that I can press right trigger to toggle between above/below ground to warp. A lot of trips up and down the elevators.
Wow. I’m so sorry, that must have sucked. But it makes sense there’d be an easier way than taking the elevator every time
Is there more then one entrance to the River because I couldn't find a way to the top half of the Map
@@andrewericdavison Yeah I thought so too, but I reasoned that Siofra is technically a dungeon and we can't teleport out of dungeons.
@@proassassin8473 There is, but you need to activate it from inside Siofra with a stonesword key.
@@proassassin8473 yes, Siofra River is hiding a lot of content actually. You’ll end up back there in the upper area if you follow Ranni’s questline.
your the goat bro! im so glad i found your channel i hope to see more elden ring tips/ info in future videos