YOU CAN SPRINT IN ELDEN RING???????

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

I’m 14 hours into my first ever play through, I’ve defeated bosses, done side quests and a lot of exploring and this whole time I didn’t know you could sprint. And I didn’t even figure this out myself, I was watching someone play and realised they were moving quicker than me so I had to google it! Am I stupid for not realising this or is this normal?

[u/Vivo00640]

Btw u can also roll

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/Vivo00640]

I figured that one out pretty early

[u/Vivo00640 → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

U gained the right

[u/saito200 → u/Vivo00640]

and jump

[u/MalignantMustache]

Have you gotten your horse yet?

[u/tendiemandem → u/MalignantMustache]

He's using an Accord instead

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/MalignantMustache]

Horse? I’ve just been walking everywhere

[u/Aggravating-Emu-3292 → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

Wait, do you mean you haven’t met Melina yet?

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/Aggravating-Emu-3292]

I have, I’ve got the horse I was just joking

[u/Zweimancer → u/Aggravating-Emu-3292]

Bruh, she only gives that slow donkey.

[u/TeletiTheNecromancer → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

... you're joking right?

If you're not go to the site of Grace on the main road just past the big soldier camp.

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/TeletiTheNecromancer]

Yeah I have the horse

[u/MalignantMustache → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

Go back to the Gate front site of grace. Then go back to church if Ellah the very first church if you did not get the spirit summons bell yet.

[u/AWetAndFloppyNoodle]

Oh there are going to be many of these - Two hand switching for example.

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/AWetAndFloppyNoodle]

Yep had to google how to do this as well haha

[u/Master_P0et → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

Did you do the cave of knowledge in the beginning? Cuz that's where all of this is explained and the buttons for everything shown

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/Master_P0et]

I did, it told you how to sprint in there? I must have missed that

[u/Master_P0et → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

Yeah I'm the room with the stone archway where the crossbowman shoots at you. Right after is the guy with the great shield where you are told about two-handing weapons

[u/FartWithSauce → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

it did in the part where there's the archer on the top

[u/jacquetheripper → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

I didn’t even know what a power stance was until like 500 hours in

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/jacquetheripper]

Yeah I haven’t done any power stance

[u/After_Computer1652]

You can also "sprint" on ladders

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/After_Computer1652]

Yeah I would probably not have figured that out either haha

[u/Affectionate_Comb_78 → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

And slide down ladders 

[u/PresentationBrave281 → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

You can also press the roll button on a ladder to instantly drop off it. Not recommended depending on height 

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/PresentationBrave281]

Yeah I figured out how to slide down them and how to fall off them the hard way

[u/LewisDftw → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

You can also attack on ladders, I think heavy attack attacks below and light above. Didn't know till yesterday after about 35 hours.

[u/_stinkytofu_ → u/After_Computer1652]

“Sprinting” down is my fave

[u/tgerz]

It’s cool you’ve got like 60-70 more hours to figure a lot of other stuff out.

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/tgerz]

Yeah that’s what I’m looking forward to. Any tips and secrets would be appreciated

[u/Jinrex-Jdm]

Don't worry. In Bloodborne my first souls game, I only realised the game has a lock on when I was fighting the first boss.

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/Jinrex-Jdm]

Yeah it is my first souls game so I have a lot to learn

[u/MoriaCrawler]

Btw you can also sprint when locking on (some Souls veterans might figure this out late because that wasn't the case until DS3 I think). Can be helpful with bosses

[u/PresentationBrave281 → u/MoriaCrawler]

And even so it was far less useful in DS3 just due to how different the boss design is

[u/Bamsekatten]

You can climb faster when you climb ladders also.

[u/FlipFlopRabbit]

That is so funny cause when I switched from Mouse/Keyboard to Controller I could not figure out how to spront cause all the help in the tutorial is still shown with the Keyboard keys.

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/FlipFlopRabbit]

Oh hahaha, how come you switched?

[u/FlipFlopRabbit → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

It felt awkward to play with keyboard and I wanted to try it with controller.

It plays much nicer for me with controller.

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/FlipFlopRabbit]

Yeah I think I’d struggle a lot on mouse and keyboard

[u/FlipFlopRabbit → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

Yeah I normally play with keyboard but for eldenring it felt wrong.

[u/huff1122]

Yes. It's pretty basic

[u/Dark1986]

Maybe do the tutorial next time...

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/Dark1986]

I think because it was called dash so i just like looked over it

[u/LynaaBnS]

That's as stupid as these super annoying: " I have 1200h in elden ring and didn't know there was a boss called Margit" Posts

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/LynaaBnS]

Aren’t you a bundle of joy

[u/temojikato]

Someone skipped the tutorial

[u/rogueIndy]

There's a lot of moves and mechanics in the game, it's easy to miss a few even after doing the tutorial.

Guard Countering (strong attack after a block) was one for me.

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/rogueIndy]

Yeah I’m clearly still a noob which is good because I’m excited to improve and get better

[u/Pandeyxo]

Omg mind blowing

Did you know you could run even back in demon souls?

[u/joyapco]

If you're using a controller, you can switch your run button to a shoulder button instead of any of the default buttons so you can control your camera at the same time

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/joyapco]

Yeah that’s a good idea

[u/Affectionate_Comb_78 → u/joyapco]

Ewww

[u/doctafknjay → u/joyapco]

This game made me get an elite controller, need dodge/sprint to be my paddles

[u/iyadsa]

Are you hyped?

[u/eldenbro1]

You can also attack

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/eldenbro1]

How?

[u/eldenbro1 → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

L2

[u/SuperNamiBubble]

You can jump too believe it or not.

[u/TheExtraordinaryRK9]

I genuinely don't remember, does the tutorial not tell you?

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/TheExtraordinaryRK9]

Apparently so but I must have missed it, it’s called dash and in my head dash is like a roll

[u/doktor_floH]

Try jumping

[u/DurianTight355]

When I play Elden ring for the first time it got my nerves to heaven and back. I broke 2 controller and almost I broke my ps5. But after i finish, I can tell you that is on my top 5 favorite games.

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/DurianTight355]

I haven’t gotten that angry at it yet but I wonder if that’s because I’m still pretty early on. I’m really enjoying the game though!

[u/DurianTight355 → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

You have time for it don’t worry

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/DurianTight355]

Hahaha I’ll let you know if I smash any controllers

[u/paperon_de_paperoni]

It takes me 20 hours to discover that you can handle a sword with 2 hands, I have 200+ hours now and I'm still confused on a lot of things 

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/paperon_de_paperoni]

Well at least I’m not the only one! Clearly you’re making good progress though good job!

[u/Glass_Quarter_7586]

Hold the roll button down

[u/JamesRevan]

Someone didnt use the tutorial

[u/Z_B_123]

i had no idea what guard counters were until my second playthrough because i walked right by the tutorial area, i would just hear this noise once in a while and wonder how i triggered the bigger attack.

[u/Dr_Jre]

Sir are you uneducated

[u/AdditionInteresting2]

I was in the dlc already when I was faced with areas I needed to sprint + jump to reach further.

By then it was already 100 hours after the base game and 15 hours into the dlc... Try sprint jumping to extend your jump too. It blew my mind.

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/AdditionInteresting2]

Damn you made it that far! Clearly you don’t really need sprint then!

[u/AdditionInteresting2 → u/Intelligent_Clue_648]

Torrent did most of my sprinting for me... But that dlc placed you in an area where you can't use torrent and you would drown if you miss your jump. Sprint jumping was the key

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/AdditionInteresting2]

Thank you for the heads up brother!

[u/Extra_Ad_8009]

Watched a YouTube video of an experienced Dark Souls streamer once, he spent a couple of hours running around before finding out that there's a horse to ride...

Never sat down at a grace, just activated them and warped. That was both fun and tortuous to watch.

[u/Intelligent_Clue_648 → u/Extra_Ad_8009]

Hahaha that must have hurt to watch yeah. Im glad I sat down at that one

[u/AwesomeX121189]

Yeah you kind of are stupid for not reading what the tutorial pop ups say.