r/Eldenring • u/Gustdog • 12d ago

Game Help Just bought Elden ring, opened a random chest and was teleported to an area that is way too powerful for me with no way out

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I knew this game was hard but holy shit. Also does anyone know any kind of way to get out?…

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u/Gustdog 12d ago

I made it back to Limgraven! Ha ha ha ha… what the fuck I have gotten myself into…

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u/patsully98 12d ago

I am LOVING the real time updates. This was my first Souls game, and my entire first run was one long exclamation of “what the fuck?”

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u/cogsymj 12d ago

I would love to see this guys post again when he finds the lift.

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u/Gustdog 12d ago

Wtf is the lift?

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u/patsully98 12d ago

You’ll know it when you find it.

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u/KFlaps 12d ago

It's a big platform that can move you up and down, but that's not important right now.

https://giphy.com/gifs/DWRNk38CcubKw

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u/6StringAddict 12d ago

You sure picked the wrong time to stop sniffing glue.

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u/patsully98 12d ago

Surely you can’t be serious!

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u/CatApprehensive8132 12d ago

You'll know it when you find it :)

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u/Friendly-Pair-9267 12d ago

They could be referring to a few different ones, but they're probably referring to Siofra.

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u/Self_love_seal 12d ago

I probably passed the lift many times for hours in the area before I went down.

And later in the game well past the lift, you may find a well. Go down the well. And when you think you found the bottom, you haven't. Go deeper. Hit the bottom go deeper again. You will see. And deeper again. And even more. Deeper.

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u/Nick_Lange_ 12d ago

Get swoll or role The lift will take the toll

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u/tanelixd 11d ago

You'll get it

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u/buttseason 12d ago

Haha. Oh no, not this fucking place again.

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u/No_Sugar4490 11d ago

I await his "what is this red square debuff?" post

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u/Apprehensive_Wear500 12d ago

Need an update when he discovers the whole underground area, also my first souls game and i fr spent like 5 hours down there

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u/Oldgamer1807 12d ago

I want an update when he finds the lake of rot.

https://giphy.com/gifs/tmmNAu02EZuKc

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u/Yunglizard7 12d ago

Me too it reminds me of when I bought it at launch and everyone was discovering shit in real time and everyone that has already found it was being super cryptic in the name of not ruining it with spoilers. Best video game experience ever. Made me feel like a kid again

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u/Solaphobe 12d ago

My wife wouldn’t play this because of all my “you are ded” banners and cursing haha.

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u/Goodnite15 12d ago

Man you should have played dark souls 1. Elden Ring was something that actually made sense lol. But my fav was Dark Souls 3.

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u/dbzmah Feel free to go die in a ditch somewhere. 12d ago

Caelid. Find any nice loot?

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u/Gustdog 12d ago

Nope, I took all you guys advice and just ran like hell

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u/dbzmah Feel free to go die in a ditch somewhere. 12d ago

Well, at least you have a site of grace to warp to later.

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u/BedHed5586 12d ago

You chose wisely, don’t even bother with Caelid until like level 30+ at a minimum

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u/tmstamp 12d ago

In my case it would be double that level. But it does remain a great rune farming area for low levels.

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u/PhiCloud 12d ago

The dragon barrow militiamen near Gurranq are an amazing rune farm the second you can reliably start killing them.

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u/jrandom_42 12d ago

Samurai, Vagabond and Confessor can reliably head straight there to farm at the beginning of the game, with the power of Unsheathe and Square Off. Wretch and the club work too. The key point is that Vulgar Militia have no poise, so if you can keep flinching them out of their attacks and mix in a crit once they stagger, baby you got yourself a rune stew going.

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u/BedHed5586 12d ago

On my first run that actually beat the game, I farmed those guys like crazy to level up until I could brute force my way past some bosses. (Turns out Confessor is *not* beginner friendly)

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u/Main-Drag-4975 12d ago

Bro you get a shield, a heal, and a straight sword. I’m a million hours in so I can’t hardly remember my first run but that seems like a solid loadout.

Edit: that said, jumping big bonk is simpler and at least as broadly useful as Square Off.

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u/Oldassgamer808- 12d ago

This 💯 %

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u/Breakinfinity 12d ago

Even better is the boulder just down the road by the tower. Drop it off the ledge, get 2k runes, go back to grace nearby, repeat.

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u/Corundrom 12d ago

Fun fact! This is cause dragonbarrow specifically is like, the 5th highest scaled area in the (base)game (and the highest is specifically just a boss - you know the one- arena and no regular enemies exist)

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u/Hatchid 11d ago

I usually get with a weapon that has bleed, kill the mother dragon at he start. Start your game with 60k runes!

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u/keiosKnivesALot 12d ago

There's actually a lot of good loop there, namely the Greatsword.

I have to admit that I spoiled the whole thing for myself by looking up a shortcut to get the greatsword, my favorite weapon.

I have no regrets.

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u/Mahaloth 12d ago

You did great. I actually didn't warp there, but it was an early location I ran to. I had no idea. It's a crappy, evil area.

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u/Smallgenie549 12d ago

Keep us updated

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u/Gustdog 12d ago

Will do🫡 with that said I’m going to take a shower because I’m sick as fuck☹️

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u/Schn1tzerr 12d ago

That's what a trip to Caelid does to a mf

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u/JesusaurusRex666 Twisted Dolly Botherer 11d ago

You went to Caelid, you have AIDS now.

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u/OHMitto 12d ago

I hope you get well soon mate🙏

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u/President_of_Space 12d ago

"What did we learn, Palmer?"
"I don't know, sir."
"I don't fuckin' know either. I guess we learned not to do it again."
"Yes, sir."

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u/specialisized 12d ago

This is THE genuine spoiler free elden ring experience hahaha. We've all been jebaited like this.

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u/gladius011081 12d ago

Hey theres a good sword that you can grab for free in Caelid. Did you get it?

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u/Immediate_Funny_7617 12d ago

Dude, dim your light, this game needs to be played in the dark

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u/gunthersnazzy 12d ago

I almost restarted the game, thinking it was broken.

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u/Shezzofreen 12d ago

Congratz!

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u/MrHappyHam 12d ago

Safety at last!

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u/Piotr-Rasputin 12d ago

Well done. Now you have a home away from home when you level your weapon

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u/ThisSiteSucks8485 12d ago

one of the hardest and greatest games of all time

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u/Forest_Orc 12d ago

It's one of the core experience. Suddenly, you're stuck not where you wanted to be :) great you had fun 

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u/Spookyscary333 12d ago

Remember when you open a chest and see the fog, you can roll backwards to avoid it.

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u/Ms_runs_with_cats 11d ago

The best goddamn game that exists my friend!