How Does This CRAZY Elden Ring Glitch Exactly Work? - The Zip Glitch Explained 

Watch out for the debuff though!

@@Daravae So the devs are not willing to patch this one out? I don't get it...

@@-_Nuke_- seems intentional to me. Might be lore reasons for all we know.

@@iLuvHinata360 "These golddigging hoes always got take somethin in return'" - Hidetaka Miyazaki

@@-_Nuke_- why tho? This is a bug that you have to INTENTIONALLY try to use, and it doesn't affect your gameplay. If someone want to skip something then just let them be. What you don't get here? Do anyone use this glitch to hurt you lol?

First step, tutorial Second step, zip to God

@@vancedaccacc9860 *Malenia Begins walking up* New Player : "This is the tutorial?"

this is probably how it has been found

Good call. We use a EAC bypass so we technically are already offline but people that don't use this can probably stay offline yeah.

This one is gonna be very detailed so it's gonna take a little while longer. Feel free to ask any questions here if you have them! Questions I will be featuring: “Why” does this glitch work? / Is there a technical explanation on why this works? “Can this be done on console?” / “Can it be done on a controller?” “Can you only Zip using Block + Walk?” “Why does this glitch allow for despawning bosses?” “Can I zip to any place?” “Will FromSoftware patch this?” “Where can I find the macro for this?”

@@Daravae I followed the "use 108-109 BPM metronome" trick but im so inconsistent. but im persistent! I will get this

@@btaggingd5700 There's a more efficient method now which I'll also list in the next video, stay tuned!

Didnt exactly get why they work/What makes it work.

@@TheAmethyz still a pretty new glitch and takes time to develop knowledge! Hopefully more is discovered as runners use it more

@@TubbyTotodile propably would need to get hands on the code to find out why that is a thing?

@@TheAmethyz I'm not smart enough for that personally lmao but if someone were to do that I feel that could explain a lot!

@@TheAmethyz We don't exactly know why this happens since we don't have the game's code. Possibly an underflow thing.

I had a similar experience at some point, I can't remember where it was but I only ended up moving a few meters away from where I started.

I was wondering about this how many people have zipped by accident lol

I managed to clip a moment where I zipped backwards out of nowhere to the back of the boss room while fighting Malenia. It was immediately after my Flame of the Fell God exploded and I was convinced it was some weird knockback glitch

Fuck that's what I was trying to figure out.. I'm on ps5 and I haven't gotten it to work once yet.

Are you on ps5 or PS4?

@@amsbeats841 I'm on xbox series x but I would imagine it works the exact same on the other consoles.

@@soundsofapollo late reply but it's probably due to the inconsistent framerate

@@arkii8540 definitely. Same problem in ds2, the parrywalk is inconsistent due to frame rates

I managed to accidentally do it just trying to walk around farum Azula I’m sure If I was a speed runner I would’ve been able to recreate the process

Thanks! And haha nice. Would like to see that Tiktok!

Ah that sounds amazing.

Nobody can say for sure why this works because we do not have access to the game's code. The testing group believes it has to do with passing on certain values to the next cycle of the block idle animation in a way that causes your velocity to be calculated wrong. Keep in mind this is just a theory based on what we observed and might not be correct.

My guess it has something to do with animation interpolation. Since it only works when animation loops or in other words when animation time is 0 its probabily a division by a value close to 0 and the closer you get to 0 the bigger the zip

@@tomasgarza1249 I would have guessed integer underflow somehow

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Definitely. Was also mentioned at the end of the video but its discord.gg/SpeedSouls

can you pass a macro?

It's not cool it's heroically sad

@@olly115 yah I’m so depressed about it, might end it all

@@olly115 What do you mean?

Dist is a beast.

You can zip anywhere that is loaded on the overworld. Farum Azula and the Roundhold Table aren't loaded in so I guess they are exceptions.

Well, I tried for around more 30 minutos and I got more 2. But i noticed, that I only could do it close to the border of the map, and only when looking down, when I was close to more things (props, enemies, effects) I could do it actually, but it zipped very short distance, a roll distance away I would say. My main language is portuguese, so try to overlook my lack of good phrasing, I remember programming a game in 2d, using monogame, I had this prop that I could move using the arrows, but more fps it had, faster it moved, there is a way of calculating the time passed from the last processed frame to the next, so it would use the time instead of the number of frames, that make my prop aways move at the same speed no matter the frame, maybe there is something after the animation loop not using the time but all the frames, including not rendered frames. What I think is happening here is the fallowing, although the game is running at locked 60 fps, I think the engine is processing the other frames, most of the time it doesn't matter because is considering the time between frames, but maybe after you move while doing the defending animation there is some calculations that add to your coordinates to garantee that you are where you should be, and THAT is not bound to fps/time check, and it was make for normal move speed, where you get closer to the right spot, so it add so little (like 0.001) and didn't matter too much, but when walking it probably make calculations wrong adding way more then what it should (like 1) because it thinks you are at normal speed, and should be way further, and if your game could run at 1000fps, it will add Way more to that then it should until 60fps locked frame check that stops you. The question is, the time between frame 59 and 60 is 1.6666 ms, how many frames normally "ignored" are adding to your coordinates to adjust you coordinates before frame 60 stops adding and put you in the new coordinate? To test if that is true, someone should teste in different settings, if the zips farther in lower settings and shorter in high settings my theory somewhat is true. I cant test it my computer is to slow for that, at least my GPU is.

If the computation is the key thing, the reason could be that there is less stuff on the view to compute if you look down.

No clue but not really sure if it sounds related to zips.

PS5 running PS4 digital copy of Elden Ring stored in the SSD

It's not patched, I just did it for the first time by watching this, but I've mostly gotten like, micro zips. I've gotten maybe 8-10 micro zips and one (1) long zip in probably 200+ tries now

You can't really zip on 30 fps. It just gives you rather short zips.

@@Daravae Uh, no? I've zipped from the starting island literally half-way to Leyndell (I died because I was falling for too long, but it was definitely a far zip)

If you want I'll record some 30fps zips later

@@Daravae ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8Hljq7ww-Rs.html I don't know if links work in your channel or not, so this may or may not arrive. This video was taken such that I literally started recording it after I launched the game to get footage for a 30fps zip. Ignore the controller overlay, I use a controller for normal gameplay, but zips are easier with KB+Mouse, so it doesn't show anything. I'm not sure if I used the Alt-Key to slow-walk in for this zip, I don't think I did, but I also don't remember. Hope that helps! Edit: Looking at the video again it does seem like I did actually use slow-walk, my bad! :)

​@@Daravae Lol quite strange to dismiss someone telling you they can? The glitch itself likely has nothing to do with specific framerate/frame-times -its just a matter of consistent reproduction for the user. Given the instantaneous massive increase in velocity, its very likely some edge case arithmetic underflow/overflow relating to how state is passed around. Could even be some obscure race condition if it has to do with threads communicating between the physics system and animation system (could also explain why some hardware might be more difficult to reproduce since this is entirely in the hands of the OS and very performance dependent).

Aren't consoles running this game at 30 fps?

@@serioussam909 from what ive seen, it goes between 30-60 and dips to 20 sometimes but my main question is if it is only on keyboard or can controllers execute it and if so how

@@triforcetim1190 But you need stable 60 fps. Consoles fail to provide that.

@@serioussam909 I've yet to see video of it, but there have been some that claim they can. It may not be consistent, but it can still be done in certain places in sure

@@serioussam909 I’m pretty sure running the PS4 version on a ps5 gives a somewhat stable 60

This question gets asked quite often and will be covered in a new video that will be released very soon (probably tonight) detailing a lot more about Zips, the manual setup, macros, answering frequently asked questions and more. Stay tuned!

@@Daravae Interesting!

they cover your question in the video, yes the ground affects the glitch

I haven't tried this but feel free to try this out and let us know.

I don't see why not, it's unlikely to occur but the process definitely seems like it could happen by mistake

Definitely. That's also how this glitch was discovered!

The requirement being just walking while blocking? Definitely doable on accident

Not sure if it's the exact same glitch but absolutely. I ended up doing the zip accidentally during combat. Wasn't a significant distance though so I hadn't even equated what happened with the zip everyone was talking about.

Console works.

@@Daravae No it doesn't. If you claim it does, prove it. It warps you 5 meters or so. This glitch does NOT work on console whatsoever.

Probably with a Mega Zip from Leyndell, or even from Altus or somewhere along those lines.

@@Daravae thanks! I've looked into it and found that it's possible now I'm just trying to figure out if I can do it on PS5. It seems you can't lower the quality settings? It should be running at 60 consistently I would think but idk for sure.

Works in a few games. Prince of Persia Zip Glitch is one of the more famous ones.

I think it is but it needs to be very very very frame perfect

Not trying to speed run but you can do it on ps5 trying but can’t do it

Were u using a controller or keyboard?

@@notatryhard1521 controller

@@notatryhard1521 I don't think you can use a keyboard on console for elden ring

How do u do it on ps5

Watch the follow-up video I made. Its explained in the FAQ in the end.

Nobody can say for sure why this works because we do not have access to the game's code. The testing group believes it has to do with passing on certain values to the next cycle of the block idle animation in a way that causes your velocity to be calculated wrong. Keep in mind this is just a theory based on what we observed and might not be correct.

To be clear: You press a movement key while holding the Slow Walk button.

Bruh he said it has to be frame perfect. Do you think if it was as easy as that he wouldn't have discovered it?,

@@georgethommen5434 Yes, but he also said that it's inconsistent.

@@ArjunTheRageGuy it incosistent with perfect timing

Yep.

Look at my "How to Zip" video to discover some useful tools that will help you to Zip.

Talking without any real knowledge of the game or the glitch but just as a random dev, the game movement is all controlled by animation and that is probably what the glitch exploits, since the animation state is kinda stuck probably on the times you don't die the game never register that your character started to fall so if you are not falling there is no fall damage

The only thing that matters is your ending position. If your ending position after a fall is located higher than your starting position (for example when doing a zip) you will cancel all fall damage. When your ending position is located lower than your starting position, you die as normal like regular fall damage would behave.

@@Daravae I really though fall damage was different since I saw some ppl saying to avoid double jumping with the horse so you don’t prolong your time in the air and kill you when you would otherwise survive, does it work different when on a horse maybe?

@@balzaque1 nope

I honestly think this is only possible on pc

The glitch itself is consistent and reproducable. We can explain a lot about how to perform it but knowing how it exactly works is something nobody truly knows without having access to the source code. But since its possible for most people, its better to both allow it and have a category for it since it allows people to experiment with an underdeveloped and undiscovered glitch and potentially learn more about it. Zips are also consistent enough to be done in its own isolated category which is the case right now. Only 1 out of 6 categories allows using Zips and that is Any% Unrestricted. Meaning people that dont like it or cant get it to work can run other categories without Zips.

Following for answer

It can be done on both console and PC. Although console should be even more difficult due to some systems having more unstable game performance such as the PS4.

@@Daravae Thats good to know. I play on ps5 and will try it playing with optimized frame rate and see what happens. Thx for the reply!

No?

Ah yeah it can be quite tedious.

Check my new video on Zips. The answer is in there.

Смотри, могу ошибаться, но вроде так понял. Есть стабильные 60 кадров в секунду. В игре Elden ring вроде стоит ограничение, то есть больше 60 не получиться. 129-135 кадров это значит 2 секунды и 9-15 кадров сверху

they don't go outside

Well i think a part of it is the community. Everybody who plays a game usually encounters some interesting things that most likely aren't exactly intended that way. Some people might just ignore it but especially people who speedrun games pay more attention and they share that stuff somewhere. So i am pretty sure most of that stuff is just accident but it needs just one person who then shares it somewhere.

@@markcaruso9040 Imagine putting others down because they’re better than you at something

@@MrTacoMan123 i'm not putting them down and they are better than me at it i just go outside

@@markcaruso9040 okay then go outside instead of crying about it? Lmao

Because your ending position was located lower than your starting position. Only if your ending position is located higher geographically than your starting position, is when you can negate fall damage entirely.

A Zip but only teleports you a few feet.

Console works.

probably not

Yeah I can't seem to find a video on WHY it does this, just that it does. Seems like a strange leap from doing these motions to why it forces you to teleport in a direction.