Early on in the game I see a lot of people stressing about losing their runes. Trust me on this, don't worry too much about it at the beginning, you'll realize sometimes how freeing it is to lose all your runes and just be able to go into an encounter with nothing to lose. Be patient, concentrate on getting the mechanics down, and I guarantee this will be one of the best video game experiences ever. Subbed.

@xOperational

5 ай бұрын

Well said, Tarnished. Well said.

@FlatMarssSociety

5 ай бұрын

Most runes I've ever lost was a little over 16 million. Leveling up to max is a process.

@danger9696fly

5 ай бұрын

I lost 5 million runes in a dungeon to a frost watchdog npc, I was max level but still that bites

There's hours and hours of things to explore before you need to fight Margit. Don't torture yourself, lol.

@1blktalon

5 ай бұрын

An easy 10 hours. I believe the starting area is the largest with the most to do.

@Ghorda9

5 ай бұрын

@lon alteas plateau contends it, it includes mt gelmir and leyndell.

@canadat4380

5 ай бұрын

I did the entire starting area before ever going to Margot lol usually end up being around lvl like 30 if u do everything.

@Ghorda9

5 ай бұрын

@lon altus plataue probably has more with mount gilmir, leyndel, shunning grounds and three hero's graves.

@canadat4380

5 ай бұрын

@@Ghorda9 yah ur prob right just because volcano manor is pretty massive on its own aswell as the underground area. It's hard to say for sure tho.

Hello. 1- Now that you encountered a wall (Margit) trying going north, I recommand that instead you visit south (i mean very way south). This way is beginner friendly. 2- Also, look closely at your world map and search for something that could represent cave entrances (there is one nearby at the lake) These are often mines were you'll find stuff to improve your weapon more. 3- Don't improve weapon you don't like or have difficulties to play with. Find a weapon style that suits you by trying all (ashes of war moves included, remember to hold your weapon with two hands for that !) 4- As somebody already told you, Don't raise your shield all the time up as it will destroy your stamina. When your stamina is gone your posture will break then you'll take max damage. Learn to roll first (the basic move of souls games, the timing is the key, here) or block hits with your shield raised just before the hit, then lower the shield just after to help the stamina regeneration rate

All those little instruction things that pop up on your screen you can find them in your inventory if you want to read over stuff again.

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Amazing, thank you!!

First off: great episode! Keep going. Death is part of the experience :) Some more advice: - you can sprint by holding "B" - enemies respawning is a mechanic of the souls games. You need to fight your way through to the next savepoint (grace). Only important enemies and bosses do not respawn. If you return to an earlier area later on you will be much higher level with upgraded weapons. So in a way the game does you a favor with this since many enemies have the chance on dropping specific items or gear. This would suck if you only had one chance of getting the items. - quests, story and the general lore are cryptic by design. Much of the world is explained by item descriptions and NPC dialogue that often raises more questions than it answers. So it's okay to be confused AF. If you have any questions though I will try to answer them as spoiler free as possible. - stats and leveling up is a science in itself. Weapons have a base damage and scale up additionally with specific stats. For now you cannot go wrong with vigor. Weapon scaling matters most in the late game. - generally about weapons: I would advise not using a shield as a beginner. Shields screw you over since your stamina does not refill while holding it up. Stamina management is hard enough as it is and most times I see new players using shields it makes their life harder. Also shields are useless on bosses since their attack cannot be blocked most of the time. - Daggers are good but have little reach. If you keep using them one in each hand is the way to go. If you choose anything else faster weapons are imo easier for beginners. The timing for heavy swords can be quite tricky. Anyway it needs to be right for you. Just choose what feels good to play.

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh, thank yoooou! That's really helpful!! Especially sprit hahah. And that also makes sense now why enemies respawn

@grogueQ

5 ай бұрын

This guy gives good advice@@LamoGaming1

@rhrishikeshsane5450

5 ай бұрын

Some minor corrections: Stamina refills while holding up the shield but it is quite slow. So it is recommended to lower the shield to recover the stamina quicker. A good strategy could be raising the shield only when you want to block the attack. Shields have been quite powerful in souls games. As long as your stamina (endurance bar) doesn't deplete completely and the shield has 100% physical damage negation, it will always block incoming physical damage completely. The other attacks like magic, fire, holy, lightening will make you take damage since the shields usually do not have 100% damage negation against elemental attacks. Elden ring even has guard boosting which makes shield pretty good.

@amygdalos96

5 ай бұрын

@@rhrishikeshsane5450 oops okay my bad yeah there is some regen. You are also absolutely right about shields being a powerful tool. Especially against normal enemies and human bosses they are really good. Some even do good damage. I even completed elden ring bonking everyone with the palisade shield (sounds stupid but its pretty easy. The damage is great). Coiled shield or One-eyed-shield or are also really cool. I still stand by my point that it is not easy to manage when to put a shield up and down for a beginner. I feel like its one of the things that kill new players the most (others being panic rolling, rolling away instead of into attacks and generally bad timing).

@rhrishikeshsane5450

5 ай бұрын

@@amygdalos96 fair enough. Also the bosses in elden ring has some insane combos to be able to completely block the entire combo.

Dang, Margaret the Fella doesn't mess around.

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

No he don't 😂

Hey, you're actually doing good. Don't forget this is open world, you don't need to follow the grace direction religiously. You're meant to explore the world and find all the things you need to advance. If you need help LMK.

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

That makes me feel a lot better thank you! I played for an hour yesterday and made zero progress, like no souls or anything. I was feeling pretty beat but I feel much more prepared now 😊

One more tip for now. Level up vigor to 20 first, lasting longer in fights will help you learn how things work. By that time you can be figuring out what sort of style you want and you won't waste points on stats you don't need.

@Ghorda9

5 ай бұрын

for stormveil specifically finding tears and seeds is more important.

Putting a pin here and I'm coming back in 3 months when this chestnut is dual wielding great swords and killing fucking gods. We all start somewhere.

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

You may be severely disappointed, but I'll try my best 😄

First of all, good episode. You're very good for playing with a butter knife. Sometimes there are caves in rock walls or sometimes cellars have been built, you can also play around with the time of day, maybe you'll meet the Boogieman when the lights are out.🙂

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

I'm definitely getting gist that I need to explore more. Good to know about the caves/cellars - thank you!! All ngl that boogieman comment is terrifying 😂

she says your easy right margit says put these foolish ambitions to rest😂

Rolls make your whole body invincible/untouchable during the middle two quarters of the animation, jumps do the same for your lower body

+3 your weapon. Something better than a dagger. Get some flasks, and some vigor. Then fight him.

A very enjoyable first session, and I'm glad you're liking it. Your tactics at the first big soldier camp were spot on--patience and sneakiness needed. If you like you can return later after you get stronger and be more direct.

Big heavy weapons are great against slow enemies and groups of small enemies, small fast weapons are more for stealth and criticals on single small enemies

Do not just talk to people once. Keep pressing “talk”, and they will have additional dialogue. Otherwise you will not hear all they have to say, and you will miss vital information. Information and story is scarce in this game, you will need to hear everyone out if you want to at least somewhat understand what you are supposed to do and how everything is linked together. There is a wonderful story to Elden Ring and the lands between. Sure, it’s a great action game and you can skip story all together, but wouldn’t you wanna know WHY you are supposed to do what you do? 😌

Nicht aufgeben, Sie werden begeistert sein von dieser Spiel

Make sure to exhaust all NPC's dialogue. You'll know when they start repeating themselves.

I love how helpful everyone is in the comments. The Soulslike community gets a bad rep because of the "git gud" memes, but they're actually super kind and helpful. The Elden Ring reddit almost always accommodates "stupid" questions that most of the gaming subs would roast you for. My tip: most of your damage done will come from weapon upgrades. Don't be too scared to lose runes, just focus on upgrades and learning the game for a while. You'll get a hang of it. Oh and that place you wanted to go is called The Church of Anticipation and yes, you can go there. In fact, you already were there. When you died in the beginning of the game to the first boss, that's where you were. You can get back there and teach that grafted scion a lesson :P

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

I'm so shocked with the amount of help I'm getting - I'm so grateful!! Thanks for the tips!

Greetings from Greece! I just found your chanel and i wanted to say hi! Haha

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Hi! 😊

Brave heart stop picking fights so early. 😂 reminds me of my first play through. I quit out and didn’t play for months. Came back and just explored until I found a safe rune farm some ashes and a few good trinkets. 😂

You can always put your sign at Margit fogwall (but I advise you not to fight him now. Explore more of Limgrave). Help others trying to kill him while taking the opportunity to learn his movesets.

You got this! Try finding some caves/dungeons and level up your character and weapon you want to use for a while now you are at the roundtable. Take your time but dont try and balance your stat points at the moment, go for str or dex if you want to melee and invest in some vigor/endurance :D

29:50 to 29:55 Everyone that has played the game has pulled that face many many times. 😇

A Great but terrible time...... Welcome to Elden Ring... :) You did a good job following the grace to where you were supposed to go, but that is merely the main story line if I remember correctly. You don't have to strictly follow it. Like a few others said, I would forget about Margitt for now and explore more of the southern part of the map to get better gear and weapons and upgrade them. Just a note without saying too much, you missed a few things in the Camp with all the soldiers at the beginning. You were right on top of them a couple times but never got them unless it was edited out. I hope you enjoy the game. I am currently on my 4th play through and still have a lot of fun with it.....

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

oh Dang! I know a missed the basement, what else did I miss?

You're in for a treat, this game is awesome. I advise to go south first, lots to explore down there, and will make u a bit stronger also, u may wanna change weapons asap, a dagger is more suited for experienced players u know, its range is very short, so u have to get close and personal with the bosses

People repeat that controller is better like a mantra but there's next to no practical ways in which it's better besides personal habit. It's actually the opposite - you get better camera control, manual aiming and better control during sprinting on keyboard and mouse, just gotta rebind it so it works for you.

Hold down B to sprint and make the steed run

I played ds1, ds3, bloodborne and sekiro a dozen times each before elden ring, still took me more than 2 dozen tries against margit. You can actually beat the final boss without fighting him, but he & stormveil are a stepping stone you want to take early on. I’d recommend killing 2-5 minibosses, grabbing some loot and gear from exploring, upgrading (bigger) weapons, then come back to tree sentinel and him level 24 ish

Always make a note of how many souls you need to level up, and go do it as soon as you have them

Ive never seen someone sneak so much in this game.

You don't have to fight any boss if you have trouble with a boss go level up some and level ur weapon then come back also you can use summons just go back to the church with the trade and you'll get summon. Margot is the boss u need to fight to progress farther but take ur time and explore the zone ur alrdy in there's so much to do caves to find other bosses that are easier.

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Ah okay that makes sense!! I usually follow the story in a game for a while first but I get that I need to explore now first. Thanks!

@canadat4380

5 ай бұрын

@@LamoGaming1 it's better to explore the area u have unlocked now theres a ton of gear/ and weapons and stuff every cave or tomb has a boss at the end which drops loot get ur summoning bell from the church u went to right after u left the tutorial if u teleport to that church u there will be a lady there to give u a summoning bell which helps alot for boss fights.

@canadat4380

5 ай бұрын

@@LamoGaming1 you can get some strong summons that u can upgrade

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Oh okay, awesome! I'll do that 😃 and good to know how the weapons and armour too, I was wondering how to get those

@canadat4380

5 ай бұрын

@Itslamo there's a very strong dagger in the starting area that can easily carry u threw the entire game called redulvia dagger its located in like one of the rivers that's cut off the big water area in the middle you'll get invaded by someone and ge drops it if a dagger is what u wanna use

i would recommend you to explore this game in this order; 1. Limgrave , Weeping Peninsula , Liurnia of the lakes 2. Caelid , Dragonbarrow 3. Leyndell , Altus Plateau 4. Mt.Gelmir , Volcano Manor 3. Mountaintops of the giants , Consecrated Snowfield 4. Haligtree , Farum Azula this list start from weaker enemies region to strongest. eventually u gonna randomly get transport to a new region if certain requirement have been met. don't worry thou, u gonna do travel a lot in this game. just enjoy at your own phase. btw Margit is a really good introduction boss to prepare you for upcoming nastier boss fight :)

The worlds between is pretty small, you will explore it in no time. That shield isn't good for blocking, much better for parrying

Just subscribed to you 🔥

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

U can run by holding b. And you missed some stairs in that 1st area with an important item

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

I can't believe i didnt figure that out hahah. Thanks!

Hey Lamo (sorry, you're fault), cool to see people still doing blind playthroughs of From Software games. Steep learning curve but very rewarding. Don't forget to level up when you have enough runes! Enemies respawn but it's worth it. Do some more exploring, there is TONS of stuff to find. Margit is really tough, you need to go in prepared. Good luck!

Yes @ night

Can't wait to see you slowely but surely turn into a pro who casually kills some of the toughest bosses, you can easily do this! Just be patient, use everything to your advantage, the game won't be fair to you, so don't try to play fair either. You'll eventually feel it "click" and when that happens, you become addicted to the game :)

If you have trouble during a boss fight you can leave and explore other areas . Maybe the experience, loot and runes could help in your main story challenges. Edit : your doing wonderful even when playing with a knife .

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😊

great vid u need to get the spirt calling bell. elden ring is a very big game utube stuff to help u

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Do I get the bell from the church in the starting area?

Hey, don't get discouraged. I died against Margit 30+ times b4 realizing I was too low level and severely undergeared. So b4 giving up, I learned the game more, explored, leveled up to around 20 and got better gear. I suggest you go fight Bloodhound Knight Darriwil and get the Bloodhound Fang. That weapon helped me through most of the early game. Good luck and don't give up!

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Where can I find him? Am I close-by? I'd like to try and kill some mini-bosses before going back to Margit, just so I know I have a chance 😂

You've chosen a really tough class in the bandit. Daggers are one of the worst weapon types, only really useful in specific builds. Pick up a straight sword and a medium shield. Greatsword even better if you can still mid/roll. Block/counter with a 100 physical damage resist medium shield is very new player friendly. As others have said, explore the whole of Limgrave (south) and then come back to Margit. Keep at it though!

@EliteFetishist

5 ай бұрын

daggers the worst weapon type? ... no. These are fast weapons. best DPS (damage per second) mean also faster to apply poison, frost, bleeding status to your foes.

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

appreciate the advice, thanks!!

@jamesocallaghan2699

5 ай бұрын

@@EliteFetishistI should probably have explained myself better. You’re right about the DPS and status effects. But a status effect build has to be aggressive to keep the status effects going, and if you couple that with the very short reach of daggers - this is a tricky thing to pull off for a beginner, I would say.

@EliteFetishist

5 ай бұрын

@@jamesocallaghan2699 maybe not the first choice for a beginner, i can agree with that

why every newbie starts with hardest class in game (*￣3￣)╭

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Oop

oh boi. Elden ring is def stressful but super rewarding and fun as well. Would it be ok if i offer tips? :)

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Yes PLEASE!! All the tips haha

@santiagoavelicavillada4977

5 ай бұрын

​@@LamoGaming1 So first of all you are doing really good!!! don't feel bad about dying! it's part of the game design to just die a lot in order to learn what works and what doesn't. Enemies respawn so that you can always kill them again and stack up on runes $$$ As a matter of fact when you glow like that in 13:17 it means you will get more runes than normal from enemies. Like others said the story and quests are super cryptic (for real No one understands the story fully) but make sure to talk to people multiple times. (like that girl in the shack who is sitting sadly) AND make sure to read item descriptions with the "switch view" option. Item descriptions are lil nuggets of info about quests or the world's history. Definitely go level up and take it easy before facing margit again :) No rush! For starters I would suggest looking for the basement of that camp full of soldiers at stormfront gate. All ruins like those have a basement with valuable items inside.

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 A basement? Is the entrance in the actual camp or hidden around the edges somewhere?

@santiagoavelicavillada4977

5 ай бұрын

@@LamoGaming1 so you can see the entrance to this one riiiight at 27:28 it's a hole lit up by a torch to your left. 😅 this one is particularly important because you need that loot to add special moves on your weapons.

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

I can't believe I missed that

You're glowing because when those golden leaves are raining down from the sky, enemies you defeat will give more runes. And as I have said before, make sure you keep talking to NPCs. Fromsoft has a bad habit of making you have to repeatedly talk to NPCs in order for them to finish any conversation. :/

The word "exploration" doesn't seem to be very familiar to you 😅

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Yeah im definitely picking up that that's a key thing in this game hahaha

This is 100% a suggestion and not advice… I always found the button mapping for souls games to be a little weird. Try mapping your buttons how I do. Left trigger is dodging/sprinting, left bumper is for using your items, right trigger for left hand attacks/blocking, and right bumper is ashes of war (using weapon skill). X to attack, Y to heavy attack, A to jump, and B to interact with things. R3 to lock on and L3 to crouch/dismount. I place my HP and FP flasks in my pouch along with Torrent’s whistle and a flask you find later on. Holding B + d-pad to access items in your pouch is easier than cycling through all my items I find, especially later in the game. The biggest benefit from this layout is it’s easier to sprint and dodge with left trigger than it is pressing B, letting you keep your thumb on the jump and attack buttons. Don’t forget about jump attacks and charge attacks for more damage. Good luck.

@jamesbalderson3931

5 ай бұрын

I also put my flasks and the whistle in the pouch, found it much easier to do than having to cycle through things to find them in the tool bar in a battle. As for the button mapping, I think it totally depends on how the person likes to play it. Personally I had no problem with using the triggers/bumpers for attacks and sprinting and using items with the other buttons.

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

Great idea thanks! and I had no idea about jump attacks - good to know 😄

Don't make these zoom in on boss fights, please.

@LamoGaming1

5 ай бұрын

I won't in future, thanks!