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ELDEN RING

The Lands Between Guide & Database

Find a clear next step, then open a focused guide for routes, builds, upgrades, bosses, quests, and the Shadow Realm. The hub uses published pages and dated sources instead of creating empty directories.

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Official Elden Ring key art showing a Tarnished beneath the Erdtree

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A verified beginner video

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Video guide · verified 2026-09-14

The Beginner's Guide to Elden Ring

A focused primer on the systems new players most often need before choosing a route or build.

VaatiVidya · Published 2022-02-25

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Guide index

Explore the Elden Ring database

Browse the major topic families players expect from a complete Elden Ring reference. Linked entries open a focused KoalaFun guide; muted entries show real coverage gaps instead of sending you to a thin page.

Start Here

Core orientation before committing levels, materials, or story progress.

Equipment Database

Weapon systems, upgrades, talismans, armor, and defensive gear.

Magic & Summons

Casting capacity, summon choices, and the magic topics still awaiting full coverage.

World & Maps

Map reveal, resource routes, world systems, and location coverage.

Guides & Builds

Practical routes for build decisions, endings, multiplayer, and repeat journeys.

Expansions

Verified access and current expansion or add-on coverage.

  • Shadow Realm map coverage
  • Tarnished Pack guideExisting guide is withheld by the current index-quality policy
  • DLC walkthroughNo focused KoalaFun guide yet
  • Scadutree progressionNo focused KoalaFun guide yet

Quest guide coverage

Popular questlines

Quest routes are especially sensitive to missed triggers. KoalaFun links only the route currently ready for use and shows which named questlines still need a full editorial pass.

  • Ranni the WitchFull route needs editorial expansion
  • MillicentNo focused KoalaFun guide yet
  • Sorceress SellenNo focused KoalaFun guide yet
  • Iron Fist AlexanderNo focused KoalaFun guide yet
  • FiaNo focused KoalaFun guide yet
  • Ending routesVerified guide available

Version watch

Current game status

Checked against Bandai Namco sources on .

Current verified version
App Ver. 1.17 / Regulation Ver. 1.17 · Official source ↗
Tarnished Pack
Available; patch 1.17 adds support and is required for online play · Official source ↗
Shadow of the Erdtree
Available since June 21, 2024 · Official source ↗

Reference

Game facts

Developer
FromSoftware
Publisher
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Genre
Open-world action RPG
Released
February 25, 2022
Play modes
Single-player, online co-op, and PvP
Platforms
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2 (Tarnished Edition)

Windows

PC requirements

Minimum

  • Windows 10
  • Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
  • 12 GB RAM
  • GTX 1060 3 GB or Radeon RX 580 4 GB
  • DirectX 12
  • 60 GB storage

Recommended

  • Windows 10 or 11
  • Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
  • 16 GB RAM
  • GTX 1070 8 GB or Radeon RX Vega 56 8 GB
  • DirectX 12
  • 60 GB storage

Official system requirements ↗

Orientation

Where are you now?

Use the regions as a route preview, not a mandatory checklist. The tags show whether a stop is main progression, optional, recommended, or best treated as a missable check.

  1. Main path

    Limgrave & Weeping Peninsula

    Use the opening area to establish your character, map, and first upgrade materials.

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  2. Recommended

    Stormveil & Liurnia

    The straightforward base-game route continues through Stormveil before Liurnia and Raya Lucaria.

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  3. Optional

    Caelid

    A dangerous detour with progression-relevant objectives; take it when your route or build calls for it.

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  4. Recommended

    Altus Plateau & Mt. Gelmir

    A broad midgame branch with separate routes and optional objectives.

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  5. Main path

    Leyndell

    A core late-game milestone on the base-game progression route.

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  6. Main path

    Mountaintops & Farum Azula

    Late-game areas; check quest and ending requirements before committing to irreversible progress.

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  7. Optional

    Consecrated Snowfield & Haligtree

    Optional late-game exploration with difficult encounters and missed-reward considerations.

  8. Missable check

    Shadow Realm

    DLC access is separate from the base route; confirm its official requirements before starting.

    Open related guide →

Search-led answers

Players are asking

Where should I go after Limgrave?

For a straightforward base-game route, use the progression guide to move through Stormveil and into Liurnia while keeping optional regions separate from the main path.

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Source: KoalaFun Elden Ring source notes

How do I enter Shadow of the Erdtree?

Defeat Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood, then interact with the arm in the cocoon after Mohg. Bandai Namco’s official guide also explains the two access routes to Mohgwyn Palace.

Source: Elden Ring: How to enter the Realm of Shadow

Reference

Wiki-style guide directory

Every linked item is an existing article. Coverage not yet ready for search remains a plain, non-indexable planning note.

Progression

A practical route from first steps to late-game checks.

Character & Builds

Build decisions and stat breakpoints with task-specific guides.

Planned coverage: Class comparison · Build finder profiles

Combat

Core weapon handling and summon systems.

Equipment & Upgrades

Weapons, talismans, and materials organized as a working reference.

World & Maps

Exploration references for maps and key route planning.

Quests & Missables

Ending, respec, and pre-NG+ checks.

DLC

Verified access guidance and DLC map coverage already in the guide set.

Planned coverage: DLC boss directory · Scadutree progression

Route preview

Where should you go next?

Choose a route by goal, then use the linked detail page before acting on quest, ending, or New Game Plus decisions.

Main progression

Clear your next story landmark

Use the progression route to see the base-game sequence and its optional branches.

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Recommended

Upgrade before a hard wall

Improve standard or special weapons based on the armament you already use.

Upgrade weapons →
Missable check

Finish the things you still need

Before Journey 2, review endings and rewards you would otherwise leave behind.

NG+ checklist →

Build finder

Build planning, without stale profiles

The current high-quality set supports stat, scaling, weapon, and summon decisions. It does not label a build as current unless its guide is ready for that claim.

builds

Elden Ring Stat Soft Caps Explained

A soft cap is a breakpoint after which another point gives a smaller benefit; it is not a hard limit. Vigor’s major practical breakpoints are 40 and 60, while damage-stat returns depend on the weapon, affinity, catalyst, upgrade level, and whether Strength receives the two-handing bonus. Use the level-up preview for your exact build.

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weapons

Elden Ring Weapon Scaling Explained: Letters, Affinities, and Two-Handing

Weapon scaling is the bonus attack gained from attributes listed on the armament. Letter grades run from E through D, C, B, A, and S, but the hidden numerical coefficient inside a grade varies. Upgrade level and affinity can change both base damage and scaling; two-handing multiplies effective Strength by 1.5 for requirements and Strength scaling, not Dexterity, Intelligence, Faith, or Arcane.

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items

Best Spirit Ashes in Elden Ring and How Summoning Works

The best Spirit Ash depends on the job: Mimic Tear copies your equipped loadout and costs HP, Black Knife Tiche brings mobile percentage-based damage, Lhutel is durable, Greatshield Soldiers distract groups, and low-cost wolves pressure early enemies. Summoning requires the Spirit Calling Bell, a summon-enabled area, and enough FP or HP.

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items

Best Talismans in Elden Ring

The best talisman is the one that strengthens the build's main damage plan or fixes a survival constraint; choose by damage type, equip load, stamina, casting, or defensive need rather than one universal ranking.

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Bosses

Boss route and encounter preparation

Use the route guide for main and recommended encounters; optional and field coverage is only linked when a focused page is ready.

Route guideBoss order: main and recommended routeOpen the route →

Focused field and optional boss directories are not linked until their coverage meets the current quality gate.

Explore the Lands Between

Maps, upgrades, and quest checks

items

Elden Ring Map Fragment Locations: All 24 Maps

Elden Ring has 19 base-game map fragments and five more in Shadow of the Erdtree. On an unrevealed overworld map, the small pillar icon marks the region's map stele; underground fragments are collected from named corpses or structures instead. A fragment reveals terrain, not every Site of Grace or collectible.

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items

Elden Ring Memory Stone Guide: All 8 Locations

There are eight Memory Stones: buy one from Twin Maiden Husks; loot tower chests at Oridys's Rise, Testu's Rise, Lenne's Rise, Converted Tower, and Seluvis's Rise; defeat Red Wolf of Radagon; and defeat Demi-Human Queen Maggie. They raise the base two memory slots to ten; Moon of Nokstella can add two more while equipped.

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items

Elden Ring Golden Seeds, Sacred Tears, and Flask Upgrades

At any Site of Grace, use Golden Seeds to increase the total number of Crimson and Cerulean flask charges, and use Sacred Tears to increase how much HP or FP each charge restores. Golden Seeds commonly sit beneath small golden saplings; Sacred Tears are found at churches. Allocate charges separately after upgrading.

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items

Elden Ring Great Runes Guide: Activate and Equip Them

After obtaining most Great Runes, restore them at the Divine Tower named in the item description, then equip one from the Great Runes menu at a Site of Grace. Its effect activates when you consume a Rune Arc and lasts until death. Rennala’s Great Rune of the Unborn is the exception: it enables rebirth and is not equipped or activated.

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quests

Elden Ring Endings Guide

Complete the quest line for the ending you want and satisfy its final interaction after the last boss; use a separate backup before the final choice if you want to compare outcomes without another full run.

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Shadow of the Erdtree

DLC access and Shadow Realm orientation

To enter the Realm of Shadow, defeat Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood, then interact with the arm in the cocoon after Mohg. This is the official access condition; it is not a general base-game progression checkpoint.

Read Bandai Namco’s access guide ↗

Open the map fragment guide, including Shadow of the Erdtree coverage →

Current guide set

Recently updated

Dates reflect the individual guide’s recorded modification date, not a site deployment.

2026-09-06Elden Ring Map Fragment Locations: All 24 MapsOpen guide →2026-09-06Elden Ring Memory Stone Guide: All 8 LocationsOpen guide →2026-09-06Elden Ring Co-op Guide: Summon Friends and Fix Missing SignsOpen guide →2026-09-06Elden Ring NG+ Preparation ChecklistOpen guide →2026-09-06Elden Ring Weapon Scaling Explained: Letters, Affinities, and Two-HandingOpen guide →2026-09-05Elden Ring Beginner Guide: What to Do FirstOpen guide →

Source map

Verification and source scope

Last reviewed . Official sources establish game and DLC facts; editorial and community sources are labeled by confidence.