if you're skipping this video to go in blind - we hope you have fun!

If you have trouble finding illusory walls, just search for the "Hidden passage ahead" message that the community has kindly placed before every single -illusory- wall in the game.

I’m about 20 hours into Elden Ring and I seriously believe this could very well be a contender for one of the greatest games of all time.

I started the game last night and what amazes me is how open the world feels. I’m trying to commit to moving in one direction in terms of exploration while leveling up for now. I started going around in circles for a while. There’s just so much to see and do, I love it!

As a note: The blessed dew talisman does NOT restore enough HP to negate poison. It does help it not hurt as much, but doesn't negate it.

Me: Ignored all Elden Ring info for 2 years so as to go in completely blind. Also me: remembers this week it’s coming out and spend 3 days binging all the info I can find….

I'm sure this is mentioned somewhere in the comments, but you do NOT have to duplicate a remembrance before you use it. You can duplicate any remembrance you've ever had one time. So, you can use it to create a weapon and then find a mausoleum later and duplicate it once even if it's no longer in your inventory.

Tip for summons use skeletons since they also reanimate and revive with full hp. Useful for boss fights and they keep on reanimating unless they get hit during reanimating animation then they're gone. Makes em great for breaking aggro off you

One quick correction i'd like to make : you can also acquire copies of remembrances you already used at mausoleums, so no need to wait in spending them if they have something you want

Margits Shackle only works during phase 1 just so you know, he becomes immune to its effect in phase 2

This list is amazing. Respect to those that skip videos like this due to spoilers! Me, on the other hand, would probably miss almost all of these so I totally appreciate this video.

Just a quick note. I got the spirit tuner just by talking to her and then reaching lvl 20. I didn't go get the item, and I hadn't beaten Margit. You don't need to do what this video says you do aside from finding her and exhausting her dialogue at the shack. And then exhausting her and the blacksmiths dialogue once she shows up at the round table.

That first one about the Stormhill Shack, with the spirit tuner: it looks almost identical to the little shack with your second bonfire in the Undead Settlement in Dark Souls 3. You can even spot the corresponding bridge in the far background.

Another tip for fighting Margit is jumping heavy attacks. After dodging his attacks, find a window to jump and heavy attack him, it has a chance to stagger him and give you a crit hit window. I did it with the sword in the one of the caravans in front of the gates, not sure if it's doable with other weapons. It made my life so much easier

Margit’s shackle didn’t seem to have any effect in the 2nd phase of that fight for me. Use it early and save your spirit summon for the 2nd phase to aggro him!

This feels like it’s going to be the first souls like game that really clicks with me. I’m only a couple hours in but I’ve made enough adjustments to where it doesn’t feel so hard I just wanna quit after a few hours, but enough of a challenge to keep me engaged. Even just taking away the majority of fall damage is pretty cool, and the fact you can run away from a lot of fights until you have the power to deal with them is pretty awesome

I'm definitely getting those items at the start no matter how long it takes me. This is the first time I'm gonna be playing a Souls type game so better to be prepared from the start.

Blessed Dew talisman doesnt completely negate poison. It helps alot but does not cancel it out entirely.

Fun tip about remembrance duplication - you actually don’t need to have saved the remembrance to duplicate them! You can duplicate remembrances you’ve already spent, as far as I can tell more than once (for runes the third time I guess?). Also some mausoleums seem to only allow certain remembrances to be duplicated - maybe only at that location for that remembrance.

I'm currently working on a mage build and only got 50 hours into the game. For whoever wants to do a mage build but dunno where to start with leveling up and the mage type weapons. Here's what I know. First tour gonna wanna focus of ur mind, vigor, intelligence, and dexterity especially your dexterity. You also might want to throw some points into your endurance as well. Now in the way of staffs I would recommend getting the meteorite staff and the rock sling spell. The meteorite staff can't be upgraded but it will get you mid way in the game. The rocksling spell is pretty much three purple rocks but they do some good damage when they all three hit. Now I would recommend getting the lazuli glintstone sword in my opinion it's a must for a mage build. When you just have to farm a few mages until they drop the sword. For its special you press left trigger and it'll shoot a glintstone pebble but it'll be at good for close up and it deals quite a bit of damage. When you fire the glintstone pebble from the sword press right trigger and that'll do a lunge to do even more damage. Rhe sword can be upgraded but you need somber smithing stones to upgrade the lazuli glintstone sword you'll come across a giant smith called master igi gonto him for upgrading that sword. Once you get the spirit calling bell I personally use the lone wolf ashes and the rotten dog ashes. There is one type of ashes that is great for a mage build but I can't remember what he was called. Anyway I used the rotten dog ash summon to expose godfrey to scarlet rot I just summon the dog and I keep godfrey's lock on me until I noticed his health started to decrease by itself without the rotten dog biting him. Just keep running away from him and he'll soon die. That's what I did and so far I'm currently sitting at the volcano manor. Now yes if you accept the invite to the volcano manor you can still access the round table hold you'll just open up a quest line and on ur map you should see red blips that'll either be quests or bounties available to do once you accept the invite to the volcano manor.

I feel like a fromsoftware game should and do deserve a part two & three of these kind of videos all things considerd

I love how easy it is to summon help. Just make sure you craft furlong fingers they are made from erdleaf flowers that are everywhere. I’m so glad they removed the need to be ln a certain state like being in embered state from ds3 because it was hard to find ember seeds your first play through it’s a tough game.

If you're having trouble with illusionary walls Margit's shackle can be used to dispel them it also activates the fire pillars in catacombs

"This is all easier said than done" And that sums up this game perfectly.

Never been a huge souls fan just for lack of experience, however I will be going all in with this game...pretty stoked to give it a run. Great video

For the tailsmen at the start, you can shoot the fire trap with an arrow and it goes down and you can run on bu

I can 100% confirm that you don't actually need to keep the remembrance to duplicate it, you can duplicate any remembrances that you've previously held in your playthrough. The Mausoleums with the bell beneath them are the only ones you can duplicate the higher tier ones, like the shardbearer remembrances and the ones with out the bell can duplicate the lower ones like the ancient tree spirit moose thing's remembrance

Jake and the Birdman are the main reasons I followed the channel all those years ago. I’ve always had this impression that these guys still enjoy what it is that they do on each channel they Host, and as a sigma gaming specimen as their target demographic. From their honest truly in depth breakdowns in their genius “Before you Buy” series to their personal channels where they might cover more obscure titles or gaming news I recommend this channel to just about every friend that games.

I feel like there's so many hidden secrets in this game that it'll be impossible to 100% it. We'll still be uncovering new things after years😂

Make sure to exhaust the dialogue with the spirit tuner woman when you first meet her in the shack, she’ll give you a spirit at the end

Follow-up note on the Spirit Tuner: once you help turn Roderika into that and she loses her red cloak, you can find it sitting-on top of the same pile of corpses you found her men’s memento on. Gives a comparable vigor boost from the Confessor’s hood and it looks dope.

7:34 I love how you fall after your stomp XD

It took me almost 6-8hrs to beat margit but it felt so good after beating the boss without using any spirit/summon. The journey of me learning how to get in my 100dmg hits in between the boss's ridiculous move sets was so satisfying. Soon after, I beat godrick or whatever his name was in the castle. I died a number of times but honestly, he did not feel as brutal as margit.

You know the devs are having fun when they pack so much into a game. FS could've easily cut 1/3 of the content and depth and fans would've been happy, but these guys went way beyond what anyone expected. Nice to see greed doesn't own everyone.

12:20 this isn't the main route to that area. You're supposed to jump on a ledge close to where you fight the pots, that's also how you open the shortcut next to liftside chamber

Here’s a huge one! There’s a pause function!!! When using the inventory/equipment/status/settings display screens. At the bottom it should have a button designated as “help”. Press the corresponding button. Of the next three options, they should offer a “menu explanation” option. Click that one. There done complete. You are now paused whilst in a solo (non player coop/invaded) game world.

I'm ready!! I live in Alaska, so 8pm today for PS5

Prince of deaths pustule you can get without the boss fight. Go to the ramparts checkpoint and when you get to the 3 birds, instead of fighting them, turn right and do a running jump. After making the jump. Go to to the right and you’ll see a big drop but there is a tree you can land on top of. After landing on the tree, roll towards the opening on the right. And you’ll just drop right down to where the talisman is.

With that last one, you might want to do it on your second run-through. It interferes with Ranni Questline and you can miss out on one of the best armors in the game.

A very useful trick for fake walls and activating traps is to use one of the shackles. They have a large area of effect and will reveal hidden things and deactivate some traps.

Jake called Gestures (Jest-churs) "Guesstures" lmao I love it.

This certainly cements my starting item pick, being the key. I was debating between that and the seed, but getting what is essentially the Ring of Favor is overly worth getting the key instead of the seed.

at the statue where you need to use the erudition emote you can also scale the broken wall outside of it and double jump with your horse to make it onto top half of the tower, honestly i didnt know about the emote solution until watching this and when it said "erudition guide thee" i just thought it meant there was a unique solution to scaling it that you would need to find lol

By the way, Margit's Shackle also reveals hidden walls and disables fire-breathing traps.

Be careful with the trap chests one I opened sent me basically to the in game hell or basically the eclipse from berserk lost all my runes

I've never played a Dark Souls game before but I pre-ordered this one and I can't wait to explore it all out. But I'm pretty sure I'm going to miss more than half the secrets in this game

Bro that duplication tip is gonna help a LOT. I just defeated Godrick last night so I’m glad I didn’t do anything with the rune

All these things are really helpful, thanks. That fact about illusory walls just gave me my first loud groan about this game. The "hidden path ahead" meme is already stale on day 1, and I usually ignore messages in front of walls. But now...

I'm in love with this game without even playing it 😂

10 things the game doesn't tell you 1. Story

The talisman that boosts health stamina and carry weight is a game changer for me right now. Getting that allows me to wear the Radhan armor set and stay at medium level rolls.

Amazing as always!! Thanks for the hard work and great reviews as always guys

AMAZING Vid!!! Unlocking great OP items early is Always a Huge Help in From Software games…like getting the Whirligig Saw in Bloodborne extra early, which made the rest of the game easier💯

i am brand new to this stuff and hearing that the first real boss (#8 on list) that I beat him on my own with spirt ahe summon wolfs I can not believe I beat him omg so hard but im proud and so happy to hear some vetern players may have struggles with him I know I can do this! :D

This reminds me of a scene from Grandmas Boy. You know, where he is at the table with the kids, during the wedding party. LMAO. Great stuff brother.

Thanks for the video. Beat Godrick and not sure what I'm supposed to do now, I guess I just need to explore

Funny enough with the summon lady I didn’t talk to her after I went inside the castle and she still showed up at the round table so she probably shows up after you beat the boss

This game doesn’t tell you anything… I‘m running around for a week and just don’t know where to go. Completely lost.

This game is truly next level on the soul genre, took a while but they did it. Im still 6h In but the world is so massive that even previous areas that I explored really cautious, I find new things on 2nd and 3rd look.

Excellent vid! Loads of stuff I haven’t seen in others ☺️

My man Jake coming through in the clutch again. Pizza’s on me this time.

Always love your vids. Keep up the good work!

Cheers guys for your video, I'm downloading it now and researching, heads up vids. Thanks again.

By activating one of the teleport traps you can get send to the crystal mines and die a bunch. However once you escape into the swamp, hug the coastline below the city and you can get the "Rotten Stray Ashes". I found it by accident and later learned that its ability to stack ROT is insanely good for early and mid game, especially that git Margit or the T-Sentinel.

omg was hoping for this video before I played the game!!! comes out in 15minutes O_O

10:15 I have never heard gesture being pronounced like this before....

Very helpful video! I love FROMSoftware and the lore of Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Elden Ring. Makes me wanna go read the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter books.

Also with the ashes of war, test them out at a site of grace and you can reset your FP when you reset as well as being able to change your ash of ware until you find the one you want to use

This game is such a great example that we don’t NEED quest markers and a huge task list. It forces you to actually pay attention.

I’m glad I found this video I was definitely considering getting the HP increase amulet, thanks guy you the real Elden Lords

OK, found most of these on my own, so not too sad I watched this. Also learned of a couple areas I hadn’t found yet. So many places tucked away in easily-missed parts of the map, it’s crazy!

If you’re kinda sleeping on those Ashes of War and you’ve played Sekiro, think of them as the Art skills from Sekiro. Fairly positive the Ashes of War are essentially a carry over mechanic from Sekiro anyway.

8.5 Hours in one sitting, lvl 1-39. I am HOOKED. I love this game.

This game alone is awaking something in me that’s been asleep since the 90s era of gaming.. Absolutely going to be alongside some the best gaming experiences of all time.. no doubt about it..

You can duplicate a remembrance after using it. Certain mausoleums are only for optional bosses. The ones with bells are for great rune bearing bosses

Yo gameranx, it would be great if you guys add like chapter/timestamp for each numbers for avoiding spoilers and stuff. All in all good video always loved these helpful series!

Roderika appeared at the round table for me after I talked to her a bunch but hadn't gone right into Stormveil castle nor gotten the item from the grafting room. I think you can trigger the move by fighting Margit for the first time.

This is my first Souls game so I went in without the mindset of a fanboy. This game is literally sitting in my top all time list. It’s a masterpiece. You know it’s a great game when you’re 70 hrs in your first play through and already thinking about your second playthrough when you still got 70 more hrs of your first playthrough ahead of you. It’s that kind of game. I never followed the development of this game so I never anticipated it. It’s been the biggest surprise I’ve had gaming in a long time.

If u spend ur remembrance you can still duplicate it at the bell after u spend it. But there are certain bell walkers for each remembrance. So if you enter one after knocking it down and there’s nothing to duplicate it’s because ur at the wrong one for that boss soul.

You don't need to go back to rodericka with the item, she will go to the hold by herself after a bit of time away from her. She can still become a tuner after this, and if you return to where she was sitting there will be a golden seed in her place.

10 things the game doesn't tell you. 1. ANYTHING

ahhh i cannot wait to play at midnight!! i’m stuck at work till 9pm tonight and gotta be back at 9am tomorrow but elden ring is gonna be more important than my sleep tonight. honestly can’t say a games been more important than my sleep in a while cause boy do i enjoy sleeping

Note for the remembrances. You can spend them and get another one at the mausoleum. And the 2 at liurnia only allow you to duplicate non shardbearer remembrances.

Never played a souls game, pre ordered this one, but the more I watch to prepare the more I realize I may get really frustrated. I tend to get lost easily in games, like mass effect one was really frustrating to navigate and so was dragon age. Do you think I’ll be able to enjoy this? Open world exploration games are my absolute favorite

I honestly expected to watch this and see 10 thing's I already knew about elden ring but each one I had no idea about and shocked me at how close I came to finding them myself but missed them by a few feet 😂

6:15 you can actually redeem the remembrance at the finger reader at the round table, and still go back and duplicate them later.

I totally missed that item from the imp door at the beginning. It’s going to go perfect with my heavy armor great sheild grafted sword build.

I'm 3 hours into the game, and I'm playing on the lowest graphics with a 1050 TI and some how, I haven't had any issues so far, runs pretty smooth actually with is wild since all my pc parts are below the minimum requirements. I just hope it stays fine so I can finish the game.

Glad I watched this after margit Boss spent like 2 hours fighting him and almost came to the conclusion he was impossible then I managed to beat him without getting hit once. Sometimes failing over and over again only pushes you to try harder.

Wonderful video, as always. What a great channel. If I could, though - shame on everyone who has neglected to mention to you that gesture is pronounced like "jest-ure" - not "guest-ure". That's on my 10 things no one bothered to tell you before making such great youtube content.

You can use walking mausoleums after you have used a remembrance, you dont have to still have it in your inventory

I’ve been debating on purchasing this, so seeing these videos helps with my decision. I’ve just never been a huge From Software guy, so I don’t know if I wanna throw down 90 bucks Canadian for a game I might not b into, ya kno?

One of my favorite channels :) watch everyday! Even find games I like that I never knew about before!

I love how you leave certain details out to prevent spoiling the game you’re the best

All great points but I'm having a little chuckle everytime he says gesture 😄

I think i got it why people are so hype about this game. The game throws you into the world and gives you little information as possible and you have to discover all of that. Like finding x key and an item to open an dungeon and you do that by yourself. The combat is super hard. Then how you suppose to know all of that stuff... Don't kill it so he opens a store 😂 Not a lot of games are like that.. I see

Minor spoiler for Stormveil Castle below: There's an npc just inside the left tower after defeating Margit. Talking to him starts his quest line that has him steal around 25% of your runes everytime you die. You can return to him and see he's opened a shop with said runes he stole. Killing him returns all runes that he nabbed.

Yo. This is my first from software game, I’ve been to intimidated to play any of them, and with this I’m still pretty intimidated lol but man this game can feel really rewarding and even addicting. Idk if I’ll have as much enjoyment for the rest of their games since the open world element really does it for me, but they did a phenomenal job on this. I can understand the hype.

This video is really helpful!

I gotta feeling this game has thousands more untold secrets!