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@user-tf9tq6mg5f

Ай бұрын

i cant get the dlc day 1 maybe in week for sure in your opinion is it worth the hype i hope it takes a month or two to unveil all the secrets and beat all the bosses

@joshuaw2143

Ай бұрын

Do grace mimics refill your flasks?

@ostravamasterson4178

Ай бұрын

Please before the dlc starts, Fia is Fortissax

@AluminumHaste

Ай бұрын

Glad to see you're getting sponsors, just wish is wasn't for companies like this.

The squirrel blew my mind.

@bobbywalker2980

Ай бұрын

Who knew we had another friend in this game , one that doesnt try to kill us too.

@majesticderp

Ай бұрын

My questions is, "how many more are there?"

@VideoStalker00

Ай бұрын

Same... same.

@JC.Denton..

Ай бұрын

Same

@dougallen5734

Ай бұрын

Same

You can use the mimic grace close to the Placidusax's TP point, take a sreenshot, send to Fromsoftware asking "why you didn't do that?", that is the best way to use the mimic grace

@angbald

Ай бұрын

Haha. Nice. Honestly I don't find that runback too terrible. This was my first fromsoft game and after playing demons souls and coming back to this it's not a bad run at all. Lol

@bortjjr5827

Ай бұрын

@@angbald yeah but placi and rennala are the only 2 Boss whitout grace or a Marika's statue is so annoing

@Troo-Thirts

Ай бұрын

Best idea 😂

@Aaylias

Ай бұрын

Same with rennala and red wolf!

@Aaylias

Ай бұрын

@@bortjjr5827Not just them, also the red wolf of radagon and the cleanrot knights in the abandoned cave along some other small dungeon bosses

There is a rat in the sewers that leads you to Mohg I’m told, I’ve never actually seen it. 2:07

@baka_monogatari3389

Ай бұрын

There's a rat that runs toward the hole that drops onto the path leading to Mohg. It hangs out next to the hole and will aggro if you go near it after it follows its path. It doesn't go anywhere near the other holes and there's no other rats in that section, so you just really need to find the rat rather than following it like the spectral squirrel.

@raider_reaper_4194

Ай бұрын

🤯

@jamesalderson6803

Ай бұрын

Wtf

@jukkahurskainen5192

Ай бұрын

I noticed the rat today!! When you open the way straight from the Grace and drop in the sewers from the pipe in the room with an omen and an imp, there’s a rat down there that leads you to the correct drop and even behind the big rat.

@thatfunkadeus

Ай бұрын

Jerma's Mohg Moment confirmed?

Convergence Developer here. I checked the game files for the Crucible Knight + Fallen Hawk Soldier interaction. This is deliberate. There is a special effect placed on those Fallen Hawk Soldiers, and also half of the Fallen Hawk Soldiers that are a bit further back. This effect causes them to get an increased 99% absorption from in this case the Crucible Knight. I have also compared it to similar instances like the battle between Misbegotten and Soldiers at Castle Morne, and the Pumpkin Head in the Courtyard with the Misbegotten, I could not find this logic applied there. It can of course still be said that both were handled by different teams, but the damage reduction was definitely there on purpose. They simply might not have thought about the application of the Bewitching Branch.

@nightscout9979

Ай бұрын

Out of curiosity, does this same 99% absorption value get applied to the Crucible Knight that fights beastmen near the Boltdrake Talisman +2 in Farum Azula? I'm wondering if the Crucible Knight was actually supposed to have the 99% absorption value against the Fallen Hawks instead, as it would line up with the Farum Azula enemy vs. enemy scenario.

@OblivionZX

Ай бұрын

Hopefully this gets boosted :)

@Ziostorm

Ай бұрын

Wow that’s interesting. Thanks for finding that!

@LordExelot

Ай бұрын

@@nightscout9979 I just cheked, and it's indeed the same effect that the Cruicible Knight has. But I can tell you with certainty that the application of this effect on the Fallen Hawk Soldier is no accident.

@nightscout9979

Ай бұрын

@@LordExelot What indicates that the Fallen Hawks having this trait wasn't an accident? Also, do any other enemies in Nokron have such damage modifiers?

3:00 A child getting abducted and stuffed in a cocoon. That's some Mohg and Miquella shit right there

@nild1587

Ай бұрын

Uncle's habit 😩

After rereading the Grace Mimic, I think the best way to use it is if you’re in a new area and don’t know where to go, the Grace Mimic will work as a stick you throw into the air and wherever it points to is where you go.

@godly_potatoe69xd19

Ай бұрын

Ig I’ll use that in shadow of the erdtree to make a random choice of where I go

@TheRealJohnHooper

Ай бұрын

No, I tried it and it shows into random directions.. It is really useless..

@godly_potatoe69xd19

Ай бұрын

@@TheRealJohnHooper yeah it is supposed to be random the op isn’t suggesting it’s not, they’re just saying if you want to choose a random area to go to while exploring, it works that way

@ZugzugZugzugson

Ай бұрын

@@godly_potatoe69xd19 .......... you can literally do that without using the grace mimic....

@ronaldsegrest3464

Ай бұрын

I actually used them in the middle of Caelid and Liurnia. I threw a couple down, then used my map to draw a straight line. It allowed me to find a couple hidden graces and if you were near an edge or mountain, you knew there was a secret nearby if it pointed straight into the sea. Definitely helped with my first playthrough.

The Spirit Squirrel thing made me feel a Elden Ring's poser. This is mind blowing!

I dont know if anyone noticed that before.. (Not sure which place it was ), I saw a pack of wolf puppies running around like they were playing but when I looked closer they were actually chasing that invisible teardrop scarab. It was cute af (I apologize if this might be a widely-known thing, I'm a fresh Elden ring player😅)

Damn, Aurora borealis in mountaintop of the giants would've been soooo cool

@MaXXssg

Ай бұрын

Would have been too beautiful honestly

@dickwagon1314

Ай бұрын

Aura borealis in you kitchen, at this time of year?

@desgyulabalogh3429

Ай бұрын

There would have to be a Sun in the lands between for that. But there aint cuz Marika stuffed IT in her tree. Look around anywhere, no Sun whatsoever.

@anonisnoone6125

Ай бұрын

A lot of the cut content makes me question wtf is Fromsoft's reasons for cutting out so much actual good stuff from the game? They cut out Kale's quest, they completely changed Millicent's quest, they cut out the aurora borealis? Y the hell did they even cut out the aurora borealis?

@omerozel4716

Ай бұрын

​@@desgyulabalogh3429the sun is right there what are you talking about?

DLC feels so far yet so close... can't wait! 1 DAY LEFT!!! TARNISHED BE READY!

@BazookaBeanIsEpic

Ай бұрын

why always no comments. try fingers

i have used a fake grace to "help" people, just set it fairly far, and act like youre a friend, lead them to the grace and as they approach it you hit them with an aoe attack

DLC HYPE is INSANE.

@DrLowHouse

Ай бұрын

Just as i like it😂

@jasonburnell8727

Ай бұрын

yep i’m in on it aswell lol can’t wait

@XxXstylezXxX

Ай бұрын

Boner!

@CoznFly

Ай бұрын

i was excited then my save files got deleted :(

@g.mendes0482

Ай бұрын

@@CoznFlythat sucks dude… but at least you can still replay the best game ever created🤷🏽‍♂️

Torrent is Miquella confirmed!

@TAZMASTA40

Ай бұрын

😂

@TheCrewExpendable

Ай бұрын

Nah the spoiler is Citizen Kane basically. Torrent pulled Miquella's sled! His sled when he was a kid!

@erin1569

Ай бұрын

Tits also requires the theory of Melinda being Miquella

@ashencometmom5291

Ай бұрын

what if torrent is miquella's shadowbound beast

I know other have stated that the Grace Mimic has *some* usages. However the MOST useless item is the Glass Shard item. It LITERALLY has zero usages in the base game. It's not usable as an item on it's own and its not used as crafting material for any item. Why it exists at all is still a mystery.

@OneAmongstMany87

Ай бұрын

I second this! Glass shard is the most useless item in my mind, it doesn’t even emit light…

@kol2456

Ай бұрын

I hit the collection limit by the end of my first game. I suffer from being easily distracted by shiny objects

“Only following grace mimics” would be an interesting challenge run

I saw the deal about the rabbit following on twitter. Later that day I was playing with my brother in the sewers and I thought I noticed a rat running away and leading us to the area to drop into in the last part of that puzzle. It could be coincidence but it instantly reminded me of this.

The story of Gowry and Millicent is so awesome. Makes me even happier to kill him at the end of the quest.

I’ve noticed after all this time.. we need more grafted animal parts as weapons. The dragon head. ISNT ENOUGH.

@ryanvandoren1519

Ай бұрын

Lion claw weapon would be dope

@TheFallen3

Ай бұрын

@@ryanvandoren1519 that’d be cool asf, maybe Jump in the air like them

@jaycee474

Ай бұрын

Magma wyrm scalesword is a dragon dingdong

Thank you for staying spoiler free the only channel left that i can watch before dlc release

@subject8776

Ай бұрын

Ratatoskr is spoiler free too

Has anyone tried using a grace mimic in front of Rogier? He makes a point to tell you he hasn't seen it.

@nayyarrashid4661

Ай бұрын

I think he meant the guidance not the site itself.

@kevinz3905

Ай бұрын

@@nayyarrashid4661 That's what I was referring to. Can you drop a grace mimic in front of Rogier? In his introduction he says that although he is a tarnished he hasn't seen the guideance of grace. The grace mimic's description says it will do when there isn't anything else.

Gigachad Zio uploading spoiler free Elden Ring videos.

You know it’s gonna be a banger video when zio starts off with, “alright, what’s going on guys”

@L.K.48

Ай бұрын

But he always starts o... *Ooooh*

@swyjix

Ай бұрын

He don’t start no O, man.

Spoiler free and absolutely cant wait

Lol the squirrel one is crazy

Could you imagine the developer who made that squirrel like "THEY FINALLY FOUND SQUEAKERS!!!!"

There's a white bird at Stormville.That will take you to a hidden treasure

Good reason for grace mimic: BM, invade someone and kill them, toss down a grace mimic and do a sitting emote

The prisoner mask also has its left eye covered. Feel like it’s mostly just a reoccurring design choice but it would be wild to see they come up with some connection

I recreated the map of the DLC using the footage from the trailers, and a bunch of stuff people may have missed (no preview spoilers) I'd love to ask you your thoughts on it?

@linedpaper5374

Ай бұрын

real glad my curiosity made me click. fantastic stuff.

@JarHed69

Ай бұрын

@@linedpaper5374 Cheers brother, real kind of you to say! Glad you enjoyed it!!

Yo Mr Ziostorm it is unbelievably cool of you to be posting non DLC content for all us stubborn oldheads to enjoy in the coming week. The fact that you could be popping off by uploading spoilers and are doing this instead is extremely appreciated and respected, you're one of the people who make this fandom feel like a real community.

The flaming Zombies in Caelid also explode like that. There isn't much connection to Miquella, but I guess you could talk about St Trina's Torch being found in the Ruins in Caelid.

@TGZ-vx1it

Ай бұрын

Those flaming/exploding zombies are also at the windmills outside of Dominula (they aren't in the village, though).

Aurora Borealis? At this time of year?

@jakubchalupa8510

Ай бұрын

At this part of the Lands Between? Localized entirely within Sekiro Dubi's PC?!

@kanardy

Ай бұрын

....Can I see it?

Grace Mimics are gonna be great for the first playthrough of the DLC if you get lost or overwhelmed, since it points the player in the right direction. Very good first playthrough item.

@Ziostorm

Ай бұрын

It’s entirely random, so I’m not sure how it can point you in the right direction

@letsrock12345

Ай бұрын

​@Ziostorm cause every direction in elden ring is the right direction

@plaidpoet

Ай бұрын

Is it proven to be random? They don’t point to real nearby graces? (The grace they point to could be different if there’s multiple mimics)

Grace mimic has a use in er. If in invasion you are stuck behind an illusiory wall, you can dispel it by placing 2 grace mimic and doing a few particle effect (throwing knives for exemple) . Useful if u ever invade the mine that leads to rykard rune tower.

The other squirrel guide shows you the path around Stormveil, was struggling to find it my first play through and the little dude helped out big time

The only other scripted animal event I’m aware of is the giant rat that runs from you after you jump down into the open pipe in the Subterranean Shunning Grounds. Following it pretty much leads you on the path to the Forsaken Depths site of grace. Most useless ‘item’ is glass shards. They can’t be sold, or used for item crafting into anything useful.

Something i did not know for a long time and only noticed because i did not kill the enemy right away is that those Nobleman who carry around chests containing Golden Runes can turn invisible. If you let them run away from you and they get far enough they will turn themselves invisible. If you get to close though they will be revealed.

yo thanks for featuring that little discovery w/ the crucible knights!

iirc there's a deer in the dragonbarrow cave where the bull-goat's talisman is that will lead you to the somewhat hidden entrance to the other part of the cave as well.

I like using rainbow stones in caves to remember where I’ve been , and save time, honestly quite useful

Woah...I never knew about that Zamor Ruins Squirrel...thats awesome. I'm doing my pre-DLC new build right now and I'm just about to get to Morgott & enter the Mountaintop, so I'm definitely checking this out soon

@angbald

Ай бұрын

One thing I didn't think of is make sure to keep some mausleums handy for duplicates of the dlc remembrances

9:57 grace mimics points to a grace if you follow the arrow.

Great content bro! Love stuff like this.

Did you know Lanseax can be cheesed. If you attack her in the spot where she runs away it will trigger her boss fight to have a 10th less health. If you go fight her at her boss fight and run away so her health bar dissapears when it reappears she has lost an additional 10th of her health.

two additions: with the mimic tear, if you take off your weapons, let the mimic spawn, he will not have any weapons. You can then reequip you weapons and splat him all you want. Another place you can get the mobs to kill a boss is in the Consecrated Snowfields. The fire dragon boss will be attacked by the squid things just outside of his cove. Aggro the squids, drag them close to the dragon, aggro the dragon, and run him to the squids.....get some popcorn and watch the fight!

Ayo those are actually really cool secrets that i never seen on any other videos you've earned a sub mate.

Well the blood servants and miquella's soldiers aren't the only ones to explode in that fashion. There exist fire equivalents to the blood servants in Caelid and they rush you to explode too

@sanguinetales

Ай бұрын

And the Poisoned peasants in Volcano Manor

I had no idea😮 Cool! Thanks for this.🤙🏾

You a real one ziostorm

Every true Soulsborne Vet understands the value of the Rainbow runes. As for the the Rowa fruit I actually have always used the Rowa fruits to heal Torrent. Even utilizing the upgraded version of them once in late game areas. Honestly very useful whenever engaging in horseback combat especially when fighting on horseback against bosses such as those Meteor Bull (I forget their real name)

@g.mendes0482

Ай бұрын

It’s Fallingstar Beast, but I like meteor Bull better 😂

Great video mate, most of the secrets I did not know

The squirrel was really a surprise. I do have the impression something similar happens in Tetsu's Rise, where some specific spectral mobs there stand still and stare at the turtles until you bother them. Edit: I just checked. The specific dudes I mentioned will spawn as soon as you touch the Imp Statue, they will be standing still on rocks and each staring at one of the turtles. If you touch Imp Statue while looking to your right (south) you'll be able to see one of them.

Great job and thumbs up. Keep up the great content. 👍

so exciting! cant wait to get back into all the lore

A fascinating video bro, I didn't know any of these, well done!😮😊

Awesome as always Zio I like in Northern Saskatchewan and we get lots of the aurora borealis. would be cool have it going off in game and outside same time!!

Kinda interesting to think about that maybe Gowry was supposed to be Gorey but a mistranslation happened as the Japanese Kanji between Gowry and Gorey is the same so they just left it as Gowry.

I cant wait for the zoom out from whoever's psyche we're exploring in-game to the real world version of Michella waking up, getting in his car, and driving to his 9-5. All of it was just a dream taking place within his Inner-World as his own path toward individuation. Crazy

I usually just take off my gear for the Mimic Tear fights, but I have never seen the lightning pot strat before

Ok, the squirrel was something I knew nothing about, crazy all the small details, I love it!

Went in thinking I knew everything, got humbled by the squirrel.

The immolated walking corpses from caelid also explode themselves when you get near them.

I've noticed that when enemies are fighting each other, they always deal significantly lower damage than they should (see Misbegotten and Godrick Soldiers in Castle Morne). Normally the Bewitching Branch causes them to take the normal damage. So I suspect that for some reason, that scaling modifier isn't turned off for the soldiers in the aqueduct. Why that is, you'd need to look directly in the code like you said

I used the grace mimic on my first NG+ run as a coin of sorts. If I just wanted to explore I'd drop one and go whatever direction it pointed.

Noticed this the other day. A statue in the lower levels of Auriza Hero Grave has an identical spear to Messmer’s, wrapped in vines which I mistook for snakes. The appearance isnt a striking resemblance but there are some resemblances

The squirrel bit actually blew my mind. I did not know about that.

There was a squirrel in limgrave that led me to one of the early dungeons on my first playthrough.

If I wasn't already subscribed that squirrel bit would have done it for me! Keep up the great work.

I've always wondered due to its description and we get one right away if the mimic could possibly lead to the frenzied flame the closer you get to it I've never experimented it but the way it specifically states going against grace and that "unrefined grace will lead too truer encounters" screams the three fingers to me

The squirrel one is ridiculous lol, I would’ve never known that wow

The fire zombies found in Caelid and by Windmill Heights also do the exploding animation. I'm not sure if they have any ties to Miquella.

There are corpses in Caelid too who blow themselves up.

@DIY_10K

Ай бұрын

gaol cave and one of the catacombs too

Everything i do feels like i'm just doing it to pass the time while the DLC comes out haha I can't wait

Ive posted a video on tiktok of a clip that i have done like 1.5 years ago of 1shotting the mimic tear before it transforms with the jar cannon. It was very exciting to be able to discover that but it didnt get any attention.

A few days is not a week and a half!!! Hahah, I got so excited for a split sec.

Just finished an all bosses run with dlc in mind- totally forgot that area with the wormfaces in CFA existed

11:40 was amazing 😭

gonna pre order the dlc this friday, this is probably the game that made most excited for something in my entire life, i hope the dlc lives up to the hype

Tried using the Grace mimicks in the DLC to maybe find caves or secrets, before reminding myself "oh yeah, they're random"

You can use the grace mimic as a tool that helps you decide where to go next to add some randomness to your playthrough

@yakkovski

Ай бұрын

thats exactly how i used it

Love ur videos big dog keep up the passion for this great game so fromsoft keeps blessings us withem

Good shit zio

Only channel with continued Elden Ring videos spoiler free, absolutely can't wait. Only 10 day left!

The point of a grace mimic is told to you in the item description. It points in a random direction when you can't decide where to go.

That 1 about the squirrel is just nuts!

The Grace mimic could work for a troll screenshot to your Friends, like don't worry about some dangerous place there is a Grace right here 😂

My theory about the left eye symbolism is that it allows them to be in the shadow realm (asleep) and the lands between at the same time. Since most of the characters with that mark are spectral it makes sense that they could maybe warp back and forth.

I was thinking that the grace mimic would actually be useful in the new dlc since I wouldn’t know where to go initially. Maybe the direction is only random because it’s sending you to different locations like caves,catacombs, evergaols , and main bosses.

It is at times like this that I wish I had the ability to go into stasis for about a week.

The thing with the hollows looks like it could be just an effect of the crucible attacks being blocked by their 100% DR shield. The Greattshield Soldier ashes are ridiculous against many enemies, one of my favourites for my Astrologer build.

The mimic tear trick works on all transforming mimic tears not just the boss. I use Bolt of Lanssax to snipe them from afar and they never turn into those mimic warriors. Or that mimic tear giant in front of the fingerslayer knife location

10:45 There are other enemies of that type that explode in Caelid but it's fire for example. There are poison variants too. I don't think this is connected to Miquella in this case.

ah phendrana drifts OST used when on the snow mountains. how i miss playing metroid prime for the first time

I love this segment ❤️

Mimic tear strat has been a staple of speedrun and bingo runs for a while, I thought everyone knew about this 😄

Just for you Zio, when I start up the DLC im gonna throw down a grace mimic and go in whatever direction it points in first, just for the hell of it.

Grace mimic has a great usecase in the Seamless Multiplayer mod. Trolling friends is hilarious

Thanks for uploading spoiler free videos. I have been avoiding them like a plague, but it has been making me miss normal elden ring videos 😹.

"The final week and a half gonna be the slowest of all" bro spoke facts right off the bat