15 MORE Essential Discoveries in Elden Ring 

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

The seeker group is a huge success! Always good to see trust worthy messages, instead of constant hidden door- liar ahead duo.

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

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.

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!

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

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.

5:52 Bro, that tortoise almost got you! Good that you popped that rune arc

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.

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**

I like that the "Rare Weather" that was the golden petals are actually from players getting mile stones in the game

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.

Can’t wait for the Radahn prepare to cry, it’s hard not to feel bad for him, he is admirable.

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.

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.

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

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.

"I look at scenes like this, covered in blood, and you make me so proud." That sounds so heartwarming yet concerning out of context.

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

As a note, shardbearer souls can only be duplicated at mausoleums with bells attached.

Another banger. Thank you for the quick select on the warp screen that will save me hours in my second playthrough 😂

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

There's a rune that grants health upon enemy death, which activates on watching bloodstains as well.

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.

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.

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: if u use "simple view" when popping alot of different runes it won't kick u out of the menu!

"Pop one rune arcs whenever you're on a very difficult boss" Vaati: *fighting a dog*

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!

I’m so glad to see more great videos from you Vaati, I’m so excited for your lore videos!!

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!

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

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.

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.

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

I love the UI in this game. The presorted inventory sub-categories is just incredible.

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. 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 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.

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.

I’d love to see a third one of these videos about endgame tips or secrets people may have missed!

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.

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.

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!

The part where he was killing the merchant was heartbreaking, such good voice acting in this game.

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.

Great video. Been playing for about a month. Avoiding spoiler vids, but this was great. I learned quite a bit about the mechanics. 👍

your the goat bro! im so glad i found your channel i hope to see more elden ring tips/ info in future videos

I got like 100 hours in and I've still been dragging my courser to the round table icon. Thanks 👍

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

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.

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.

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 ❤️

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!

it makes me so happy how many seekers are still out there after a year

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.

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!

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.

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.

This video helped me out so much I never knew about any of this besides how to get to the roundtable lol

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 😄

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!

Wow that rune ark trick really helped me out. The boss at 5:36 really took me some time to beat without rune arks.

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

The hip lantern is one of my favorite things in this game

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

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.)

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.

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.

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

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

Omg the sort by acquisition tip is golden. I was wishing the inventory would open up at the last item I got.

Vaati!!!! So glad i get to see more of this man's vids since ER released

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 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

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 :)

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

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.

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!

I looked this video after playing about 120 hr and being at the end of NG+ and never knew, that you can easily travelt to roundtable hold :D Thank you for this information, kind sir

The Prepare to Cry’s for this game are going to be insane. I can’t wait! It’s also been an incredible time being part of the Seekers group!

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

Omg thank you. I didn't know you could pull up the round table warp like that.

the baldachin blessings also give a ton of damage resistances on top of the poise so its good for boss encounters aswell

Feeling pretty called out about the Rune Arcs... I just beat the game last night and had 110 of them just lying around. So definitely don't be afraid to use them guys!

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

My best and favorite strategy is figuring out how to cheese enemies, mostly bosses, into dying to Night's Mist. It's a true damage aoe that lasts ~15 seconds and does ~1500 damage over that time. Doesn't care about resistances, and it WILL kill YOU.

"Quality of life changes that the game doesn't tell you about" Never change Fromsoft. Thank you Miyazaki, very cool!

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

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