Elden Ring: The Noob's Guide Part 1 (Ultimate Beginner Guide) 

Timestamps for future reference: 1:15 Starting class and gift recommendation 4:30 Explanation of controls 7:00 Tutorial 25:00 Start of Limgrave (path to church of marika grace) 27:30 weapon upgrades, merchant, crafting kit 28:52 using the world map, using beacons, and how to find in-game maps 29:30 Combat tips 31:36 Map and path to Agheel Lake North grace 32:33 leveling up, horse, pouch 35:20 monkey questline 37:10 Somber Smithing Stone 1, path to Agheel Lake South grace 42:23 Detour to Starlight Shards and Royal House Scroll 44:30 Beacon for Fort Haight 46:00 Fort Haight Golden Seed, Left Dectus Medallion 48:26 Waypoint Ruins (1st time) 50:00 Discovering Siofra River grace (the underground) 53:04 Start of Blaidd questline, getting the Spirit Calling Bell and Lone Wolves Ashes 55:27 Spirit Ashes showcase, how to talk to Blaidd, Axe Talisman 58:39 Dariwil boss fight, Bloodhound's Fang, Somber Smithing Stone 2 1:03:21 Flask of Wondrous Physick, Sacred Tear 1:06:50 Ash of War: Sacred Blade, Summonwater Village grace 1:09:12 Path to Caelid 1:10:20 Graves for free runes 1:11:19 Caelum Ruins Grace, Dragonbarrow West Grace 1:13:47 Somber Smithing Stone 8 and 9 1:16:20 The Round Table 1:20:00 Fort Faroth Grace 1:21:40 Right Dectus Medallion, Radagon's Soreseal 1:25:26 Church of the Plague (sacred tear) 1:26:54 Stormhill Golden Seed, Jellyfish ashes 1:29:42 Getting to Liurnia without fighting Margit 1:31:36 Church of Irith (sacred tear), Thops questline 1:32:48 Lantern, Liurnia of the Lakes map, Laskyr Ruins grace 1:36:02 Teleport to Academy Gate Town grace 1:36:59 Golden Seed, Liurnia North map 1:38:39 2nd Diallos location, teleporter to Liurnia West, Blacksmith Ijj 1:40:43 Liurnia graces 1:42:49 Academy Glintstone Key 1:43:46 Golden Seed 1:44:53 MEME 1:45:20 How to get past the mages, Somber Smithing Stone 3, Church of the Cuckoo grace 1:46:59 Safe route through zombies, path to next grace 1:48:14 Longtail Cat Talisman, Abductor Virgin shortcut to Volcano Manor 1:50:21 (7 is PATCHED, see newer video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fQXW9YI7sV4.html) Somber Smithing Stone 5 and 7 1:55:03 Subterranean Inquisition Chamber grace (allows warp to escape) 1:57:51 Bellum Church sacred tear 1:59:40 Capital Outskirts 2:01:08 Capital Highway Junction grace 2:02:38 Golden Seed, Altus Plateau map, Sacred Tear of Second Church of Marika 2:03:48 Safest path to Somber Smithing Stone 6 2:06:28 Golden Pickled Fowl Foot 2:08:00 Merchant, Coastal Cave (monkey 2nd location) 2:09:35 +100k runes by killing giant dragon 2:12:54 Upgrading weapon, leveling character 2:16:02 Farming Brass Shield at the Gatefront 2:17:36 Flexing on the Erdtree Sentinel

You can't look up things you have no idea exist, so videos like this really help show you things you would have never known

For newcomers, PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION! just now finding this, the Volcano Manor Jump for Stone 7 has been patched for sure as of 1.05 with no real easy way to get it. So far, up to 6 has been plenty for early game having defeated Margit after a few tries to learn mechanics. Good Luck gamers! Thanks again for getting me off to a great start.

As a new player to Elden Ring, and not a pro gamer, this was seriously one of the most helpful videos ever. I literally went through this step by step and it took me a little while because I had to start and stop and go back a few times but absolutely would recommend this to ANY new player. I can't wait to see what the other two walkthroughs have in store!

This is my first youtube comment, but this is such a good guide I cant help but make a suggestion for the people like me that didnt get into it until now. This is my first Souls game, but this should help you save time. 1. Do everything he does, except waste time on the somber 7 stone, there is a dip in the rocks where you drop down in Volcano Manor, where he drops was patched, dont waste time on the ledge jump, just accept youre not getting the 7 yet. 2. Dont waste time farming the dragon for runes. When he levels his sword to +9 pause the guide, and go to the Atlus Highway Junction grace to farm and practice. Be careful at night, that night calvary is a pain in the ass. As long as you dont get too close you wont agro it. There is a variety of enemies in the area for you to practice fighting on horseback and on foot(including a knight you can get the brass shield from, 3 1100xp trolls you can practically get to kill themselves, riders on horseback, foot soldiers with shield and spears, and one of those brass head mfs.) Its not the best as far as rune per minute farming, but the time you save not attempting the jump and the dragon, you can spend mastering the timing of weapon and its skill, and how the camera moves when locked on. After an hour or two, when I got comfortable fighting the knight on the platform (without falling off or getting hit, on horseback and on foot) I easily leveled vigor str and dex to 25, if you want something else to dump levels in, youll be abusing bloodhound finesse, so throw in some focus(I got faith to 12 because I know I'm using poison mist at some point.) Then go back to the guide after you've leveled and got your 6+ or... 3. This is where I got cocky and decided to fight Margit before continuing the guide, just to see if I had actually gotten better, and if I really missed out that much not getting the +9. Beat him first time with the floor summon and the wolf summon. They distract him enough you can finnesse him to death. By now you should know the timing of the L2 R2. I still have 30 min left in the next video and I'm not making another comment on the other video. 1. Dont R2 Patches, you will kill him. 2. Kill the monkeys before you try to talk to the NPC, they will follow you apparently and people are killing him accidentally, if you do he drops a golden seed. 3. You have to travel to another grace, then back at night for the shack, even if you didnt fight Margit like I did, this mini boss battle is as easy is he makes it look if you did what I told you in the first video. As soon as he begins materializing you can lock on, and as soon as you can lock on you can begin the first strike of the BHF, 2 full BHF will stagger him, appreciate how easy that was and finish him. 4. Theres also an ash of war where the jellies are.

This guide is incredible. I have been struggling with this game for weeks as a total newcomer. This guide is idiot proof and so helpful. Thank you so much! 👍

I am so grateful for this guy. I just completed the game just because of him I was able to enjoy this game.

Frickin' awesome guide bro! One of the best guides out there for starting out and getting the resources you need to protect yourself and learning the map, and how things work in Elden Ring. You rock!

I never played a souls game you’re a life saver bro, I watched countless videos and nobody broke it down like this I feel like I understand the game now. Thank you

As a souls vet i really appreciate you making a guide this comprehensive for the newbies. Much love to you man. Im 100% subbing

Bro even a year later your helping the noobs. Honestly man some of the best content on RU-vid is how your laying it down. Keep up the awesome work my man.

Oh thank you for making this game enjoyable! I was getting really frustrated being stuck in Limgrave so long. I can finally see the world! You, sir, are a blessing!

The way you describe things concisely--all the particular things and protips, exactly what noobs will be trying to know in that moment--is exceptional. Great work, and thanks!

Bought the game today, thought I’d run a tutorial rather than getting lost in the vastness of this game. About halfway through the guide (I’ve died a few more times than you have 😂). As said in previous comments, clear, concise and not condescending in the slightest. Thanks from a complete noob ❤️

This was so much help, was seriously struggling until I found your channel. Appreciate the time it took to do this.

Appreciate the work you put into this. I've been wanting to get serious with this game for months. Many starts and stops that ended with just feeling overwhelmed. Breaking the habit of wanting to kill everything in a game as you come to it was a must for me. Your guide is really helping me to focus on exploring, building, and prepping.

I knew jumpin would come out with a noobs guide for ER...years ago his guides helped me get through DS...well done again jumper!

I have to thank you so very much for this. I'm a 46 year old longtime gamer and i got this game about a month ago.I was really excited but my lack of experience and knowledge quickly put the breaks on my efforts. I'd give it a go every day but I was SO lost. Never played any fromsoft games at all ever before this, and to me this was a difficult game experience because I just didn't have a clue what I was supposed to be doing or what anything did. Sure I read up on it but alotta things were just simply to geared towards previous souls games players so the basics they'd cover were kinda way over the heads of the basics I needed to get how it all connected. I found this vid when my char was a lvl 16 vagabond and getting creamed by the golden knight daily and that boss I think stunted my thinking cause I didn't realize the trap it was and thought damn if in getting roflstomped this bad already by an opening boss maybe I just cant handle these newer games. This vid though was so accurately detailed and you always took time to explain the plot behind the actions. Not just the what's but the whys and that turned around everything for me. Just finished the first vid and this included me taking 3 hours on the volcano jump (no joke I didn't realize it had been nerfed since the release). The rest though went quite quickly and really helped me learn important stuff like opening battle moves and stuff maybe taken for granted by the experienced souls gamers but totally unknown to noob me. I cant thank you enough because I knew there was something special about this game, was why I kept trying, and this opened the curtains to just how special it just might be, I just needed a compass and a crash course in the basics and the goals. And getting to gut stomp that golden *#$@ at the end was like... Heaven. Again thanks, this went a bit long but this really mattered and helped me to enjoy this finally, and also to give me the foundation ill need for future characters and playthroughs. Much respect bro.

I just got Elden Ring less than a week ago and have spent many hours playing it now and I still learned a lot from this video. Thanks for making it! ❤️🙏

I wish I discovered these videos before watching broke back Cowboy's brutal walkthrough. These videos are wayyyyy better

Jump for joy! Been so looking forward to the new noobs guide man.

This guide is awesome, I’m just 1hour into it I’m learning a bunch of great things, tips , and tricks. Thank you for making this!!

Just wanted to thank you for making this guide. Elden Ring is my first souls game and I had more or less given up with it after failing to make much progress. Other guide videos felt like they were aimed at people who already knew how to play so they didnt work for me at all. After following this video, I have been able to actually engage with content in the starting areas without feeling overwhelmed and I actually want to push on. Good job.

Dude you killed this guide!!! I can’t imagine the work and time you put into it. I’m going to be buying this weekend finally, and I’m pretty certain this is guide is how I’m going to build my character. Thanks for all your work; much respect!!!!

bro you did an outstanding job! i was about to give up on this game until i saw this video. the way you explain things is easy to understand and follow. thank you for this

You're on guide 11 currently. But the most pivotal thing in all these guides gets said in the first 4 minutes of this video. Absolutely best guide to be found anywhere.

I had uninstalled this game back when it was new because it was so damn hard. I followed this video exactly, and now I'm loving the game! If it wasn't for you, I would have never experienced this incredible game. Thank you very much for all the hard work!

A year later and this guide was so helpful, I started this game having no idea what to do and being completely lost to now having a basic understanding of the game and unlocking a good amount of starter stuff by the end of this video ❤

I so appreciate this video. Your explanations are simple, easy to follow, and thorough. I need to upgrade my PC before I can get this game, and in the meantime I will be following this series to ensure I get the best start. Thank you!

Hey dude I beat bloodborne and dark souls using your guides. You're by far the best on RU-vid for these walkthroughs thanks heaps for what you do. Cheers. Dan

This is GOATED. Man, thank you for the time and effort put into this video. This is an incredible guide to make the game more enjoyable and to give you options as a new player. Love you for this man. you deserve whatever comes your way! Legend.

This is exactly what I needed. Thank you for explaining everything so clearly.

This has to be the most in depth guide I've found so far, thank you! Always appreciated for the trash players like myself :'D

Yooo! So glad you’re making this! You were my first intro to souls games a few years ago and now I’m a “pro” I love the content you make. I was just watching your ds3 series. You’re killin it

Nice job Very detailed it’s been a while since I’ve seen somebody actually take care and showing where people need to go and how to do it keep up the great work man really enjoying the content

I have loved this whole run. I have no idea how RU-vid works as a creator but having section points like other videos would be amazing for yours. You put a lot of detail and explanation into these and have helped me a lot as a first time fromsoft game

Hi, thank you so much for this playthrough guide. Im new in any from software games, so this guide helps me getting comfortable with all the dying 😅 gives my character purpose. My thanks and best wishes for you Sir!

That feel good feeling from helpin fellow gamers out. Props and respect man. I used this as a "make sure you did this" type of video. I missed a few things early on, but most of it I discovered on my own and kinda grooved into once I learned how to move around and avoid certain enemies. Discovering is definitely part of the secret to progressing. It makes enemies from past locations a breeze and excellent for training your combat skills/motions. I did however, get a lot of ruins..ended up dying and then not realizing I could grab them, must of missed that during some point. But yeah, lost like 4k runes. Then I see you, and a dragon, and am like.........................................................

Your Bloodborne noobs guide helped me a lot a few years ago. Good to see you still doing them.

I was so mad when i bought this game. Never played a souls like. I'm so glad to of found your guide. Thank You!

I’m already past all this, but it’s actually really cool to see a walkthrough that takes a completely different approach than the other walkthroughs and “get OP quick” videos. Those all follow the same path mostly, but Jumpin’s early route is different, which is kinda cool.

With your guides I played Sekiro, Bloodborne and demons souls PS5. , thanks for all the effort you put on it can't wait to learn from you

I unnistalled the game after bought it, i would just die over and over again.Even now without the 7th stone because of the jump patch . I feel like i'm so much more prepared. Thank you

I absolutely love this guide !!! I'm entirely new to games like these and I thought that this game was so hard and was about to stop playing it, your walkthrough really helped me to play the game and enjoy it ! I'm subscribing to your channel ! 💙

Wanted to say thanks for a great guide. I went off on my own after the first installment, but as a Dark Souls newcomer and combat neophyte, your guide helped me power up my weapon to a somber 6 (I came in post volcano jump patch) and gave me the self confidence to believe I could actually finish this amazing game. Which I did earlier this week (including Malenia). Keep up the great work!

At about 2:06:00 there is a tower just west of the First Mt. Gelmir Campsite grace that has the pulley bow, one of the best in the game. I was exploring during your Volcano Manner Noob’s guide and I found it. Thank you for all your work on these guides! I would have given up on this game long ago without them.

I honestly don't think I'd be able to figure this all out on my own. I understand the game doesn't hold your hand and while I enjoy a challenge, I just don't have the time these days to master a game like this. It's an amazing game and I feel that this walkthrough is absolutely amazing. It lets gamers like myself that have avoided souls games to finally experience them without feeling lost. I do my own farming and exploring and when I am stumped, I'll return here to be guided. Thanks for your video!

thanks :D started elden ring 4 days ago and already got the grafted blade greatsword to lvl 6! So far I'm having an amazing first time player experience in the game!

The jump has been patched, you can still make it to the bottom just don’t jump off the edge gently walk where the 2 rocks have a dip and land but after running past the slugs and guy on the bridge that jump is patched 🙃

What a brilliant guide thanks for covering everything from Australia

Absolutely the best game guide I have ever found. Glad I read the comment below about volcano manor before I punched my monitor in frustration. Thanks and will be watching for more.

Anyone watching this video can tell you put a lot of thought into it. Thanks for the training wheels, It's really opened this game up to me

I’ve been trying that jump for stone 7 for hours

Ok I made the vulcano jump.. you have to jump at least 5 meter before the point he drops in the video, right before a small boulder. This way you land on the same kind of beach near the lava and you survive the drop.. Hope it helps!

I appreciate the time and effort you put into this. I got the game when it first came out and got about halfway through, but then I had to focus on my real life and I stopped playing. Now...a year later, I could not remember anything about the game or the controls, but your video is a perfect reminder for me to get back into things. Thank you!

Exceptional guide. I actually decided not to start my game until finishing this series and I’m very glad I did.

I just bought these game , I have to say these walkthrough has to be one of the best ones I have seen in years and probably ever . I like how you explained everything. Keep up the good videos I will make sure to subscribe and like the videos.

you are awesome man for this just like DS3 days

Completely new to Elden Ring, been wanting to jump in for a while, looked like fun! This made it easy for me today. thanks man! Great content

Thanks Jumpin, your guide is the BEST, entertaining and informative. I truly appreciate it.

So excited for this, I finished Demon’s Souls and Bloodborne with help from your guides!

Good job bro been watching you for year and years!

Im just flabbergasted on how much knowledge goes into this game to fully understand it. Great vid, thanx!

Thank you so much for this I enjoy the amount of detail you go into. I had been stuck on the bloodhound knight and you were the first walk-through I found that even mentioned the co op summon! Totally watching the rest of these!

longtail cat talisman no longer lets you make the fall at 1:51:24

I followed your ds2 walkthrough and was so happy that you made one for this game

Just finished part 1 and can't thank you enough. Zero clue how you got this all done and knew how to do it. Even now with part 1 done, no idea where I'd go next of you left it at that.

So they patch the jump at Volcanic Manor but you can still make the jump all be it harder, I showed this in my newest part of The Noob's Guide: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BK8bAW7izLw.html I bet you they will patch this again in the future

I can't make the long jump at 1hr 54 min any pointers ???I have light load.im jumping front right side aiming at ledge

Great guide, thank you very much for all the time and effort you put into this. Top notch work!

I bought this game on release. I just wrote it off that I was too old to play it. Glad I found this video you have done a awesome job explaining this to someone has never played this series. I get it now. Thank you!

Thanks Jumpin! Your Guides have teached me really a Lot in all of the Souls Games! Because of your older Noobs Guides i learned so much that translated to other Souls Games that now i could really enjoy Elden Ring blindly from day One! I will watch this anyways, you never can learn enough ;) Thx a lot man!

If it gives anybody hope, I made the jump down the lava and then off the giant gear to get the somber smithing stone 7 today! I kept dying sliding down into the lava but I found if you slide down a few feet to the right where he slides down in the video, you'll land on a little piece of rock that's protuding out and won't die. As for for the jump to the smithing stone, I got it in just a few tries by sprint jumping, holding the spring button in midair, and aiming just ever so slightly to the right of the corner of the ledge that's sticking out. I hope this helps!

I'm not a very good gamer when it comes to combat games. I really do poorly at boss fights, too, so this game is very intimidating to me. But it's a genre I love, so I want to be able to play it and not get frustrated. Your tutorial is so helpful. Your teaching style is good and easy to follow. I love the advice and tips you give. I feel like I can play this game and have a good time with it. Thank you.

Already learned something from this video. Been playing a while and did not know you could more than one potion at a time. Clutch.

Died lots of times jumping down the branches at the tower in Caelid. Finally got to the bottom and there was a simple path from near the dragon lake….woulda been easier. But great video!

In Volcano Manor, the jump to get the somber smithing stone 7 has been patched. They made the ledge smaller.

Excellent guide. I have finished my first play through and still enjoyed this well made starting guide. It's nice for me, since it cuts out a lot of unnecessary time.

Bro this is a epic way to start the game especially for a first time player, I'd done 20hrs of game time before finding this video and it giving me some sense of direction.

Your guides pulled me through Dark Souls 2 and I can't wait to watch and follow this guide!

For everyone struggling with the jump at 1:54 I can confirm it still is working even after the patch as of 5/14/22, took me a lonnng time. The first time I got it I got stuck on the boxes and death machine guy killed me, finally got it again after a while

Thank you for this series - brand new to these games

Went through the tutorial of the game, i almost die and didn't learned half of what you're explaining. Great job, hopefully, i'll be able to play this game this time.

for some reason in the volcano manor when you jump down for me i keep dieying even when i had the tailsmin on

I don’t think people realize how special this series is for new players. Jumpin pretty much taught me everything I know about souls games, starting from dark souls one. Real OG to the souls community. Also it’d be really nice if you put timestamps on key items and bosses. To help us 100% the game too.

Thank you , your guide is very clear and detailed

Starting my first ever playthrough and this is an amazing guide. Love the patience and attention to detail. Everything you do is explained and so simple to understand!

Having watched this video for pretty much 2 hours straight I was super frustrated to be one of the many noob players completely unaware of the Volcano Manor patch / issues / difficulties. It even seems like now the Talisman you get before going into VM doesn't act in the same way it used to and the drop from the cliff at the front (for me at least) only ends in death. I'm guessing this means I'm essentially now stuck having to work through Volcano Manor as my first "real" experience in this game? Being that everything up until this point has been prepping?!

Love this guide, really clear and easily followed, just a shame the bridge jump no longer works in Volcano Manor. Anyone found somewhere else to get a Somber 7 earlier on?

I just followed this and it made it so easy ...thank you!

oh my my this video is great. I'd be totally lost without it .I'm halfway through part one and loving it

Could you maybe do an updated version of how to get the somber stone 7 since they patched the jump to get it. I would be forever grateful 🙏 love the content you make. You are really great at explaining the why's and why not's. Look forward to see you future content

1:54:32 in can that jump be made still? I’ve tried it a hundred times and I can’t get it

Something I find useful is pressing the triangle button or equivalent when in the menu screen to bring up a list of the sites of grace you have discovered. This took me a while to figure out but it makes moving around a lot better. Also, you can move a bit quicker while crouching by holding down the sprint button.

Thank you for this video. I was so lost and now I’m actually enjoying the game this has helped a ton

The jump in volcano manor is patched😢 1:54:26

Yeah, I've been following you for years, ever since I needed a guide for the original Dark Souls. It's been a while and playing now ER I needed something to get used to the new/old mechanics, and you do a great job at highlighting the new stuff. You are getting better and better, and family friendly it seems, you used to swear a lot back then 😁

Haven't seen your channel in years, since I used your old Dark Souls 1,2 and 3 vidoes as a guide. Nice to see this, since I was almost giving up on this game! So helpful :D

For those curious about volcano manor: 1. To not die when you fall, try to drop onto the solid ground below. If you fall directly between the two small slabs of land at the bottom it seems to cause instant death. Fall either side and you live. 2. The wheel jump to get the somber smithing stone 7 does not work anymore as it’s been patched. There is a glitch for pc to get one somewhere else but other than that if you’re playing on a console you’ll need to wait until you’re good enough to kill the skin god and just get it in the sewers later.

i can’t land that jump off the cliff at volcano manor and i’ve been trying this for like 2 hours now