Don't use any until you're at the end, then use them to clean up what little side content there is worth doing.
Isn't there a point in the story that locks out a bunch of side quests?Elden Ring sidequests are fairly resilient to being locked out.
Following a guide from the start just turns any game into "go there do the thing" Ikea instruction.
Isn't there a point in the story that locks out a bunch of side quests?Nothing significant enough to warrant turning the game into a railroaded checklist dictating everything you do
Nothing significant enough to warrant turning the game into a railroaded checklist dictating everything you do
Isn't there a point in the story that locks out a bunch of side quests?There is a fairly obvious point in the game where things will change, possibly rendering certain things unobtainable (like a single legendary weapon). But I've played through the game multiple times in different orders and don't recall being locked out of stuff. What mostly happens is I have to some more stuff to trigger the next part of an NPC questline.
Isn't there a point in the story that locks out a bunch of side quests?Yes, a place called Volcano manor locks out a few
Nothing significant enough to warrant turning the game into a railroaded checklist dictating everything you do
Also I feel like doing every dungeon and quest in the game by following a guide in a first playthrough is a recipe for burnout.
That's kind of the run I'm doing now. My first run took like 120 hours. This character I am getting everything and I'm at 110 hours and I swill have Leyndell, Deeproot Depths, Mountaintops, Snowfield, Mohgwyn Palace, and Farum Azula. (I'm also overpowered, at level 110 or so already, because of going everywhere and getting everything)What have you been doing <_<
I've wanted to stop a whole bunch because of the burnout but I need to finish this platinum trophy.Can't you skip a bunch of dungeons and still get the platinum? I thought you basically just needed all the unique bosses and all the legendary doohickeys. I remember getting really close to the platinum by just doing whatever I could find on my own. Then I went back and picked up a couple items in places I'd never seen and then I got the plat. Pretty sure there are still dungeons I've never found lol.
At the beginning use a guide until you get Torrent.TC needs a guide to tell him to follow the giant glowing arrows on the map?
TC needs a guide to tell him to follow the giant glowing arrows on the map?
Play it blind and enjoy. If you wanted, look up some of the character quests to understand how to do them. Ranni is the most popular one and most involved but its cryptic as shit.The only cryptic part is
Can't you skip a bunch of dungeons and still get the platinum? I thought you basically just needed all the unique bosses and all the legendary doohickeys. I remember getting really close to the platinum by just doing whatever I could find on my own. Then I went back and picked up a couple items in places I'd never seen and then I got the plat. Pretty sure there are still dungeons I've never found lol.
I could. I could also have started doing it in NG+ with the STR build I beat the game with already. I wanted to make sure I saw everything this time as well as getting the trophies.Okay, that's fine then. If you were only after the trophy then I'd say stop sweating the details. I should go back and look up a list of dungeons to see what I missed some day. It's always weird seeing a Let's Play or randomizer run where someone makes a beeline for something I never knew existed lol. And also just doing a new game or new game plus and randomly stumbling upon a new dungeon when I thought I'd been so thorough before.
Yes, a place called Volcano manor locks out a fewVolcano Manor, if you lock yourself out of finishing the questline, is your own damn fault. It should be apparent that
As well as the demigod of Caelid
Volcano Manor, if you lock yourself out of finishing the questline, is your own damn fault. It should be apparent thatit is not apparent that that entailskilling the lord of the manor ends the manor quests.
But I'm curious what killing the demigod in Caelid breaks.
Elden Ring sidequests are fairly resilient to being locked out.The DLC begs to differ.
The DLC begs to differ.
Lol the DLC is like "Go to this room, exhaust dialogue. Rest for NO REASON or quest won't resume."More like explore entire map and hope you didn't