Base game

Elden Ring Equipment

Upgrades, materials and how to put them to use.

Poise, damage negation and equip load: how Elden Ring armour changes the way you move and fight.

Apply an Ash of War, keep the skill you want, choose a compatible affinity and fix a missing option or a shield taking over the skill button.

Reach Moonlight Altar, defeat Alecto in Ringleader's Evergaol, and claim Black Knife Tiche.

Claim Bloodhound's Fang from Darriwil, learn its two-part skill, and upgrade it as a Somber weapon without wasting ordinary smithing stones.

Flasks, pots, greases and boluses: the Elden Ring consumables that are actually worth carrying.

Defeat Radahn, enter Nokron through the crater, and use a Stonesword Key in Night's Sacred Ground.

Guard boost, stability and parrying: how to use an Elden Ring shield without hiding behind it.

Choose a casting focus, meet spell requirements, and build enough FP and memory for the spells you actually use.

How many talisman slots you get in Elden Ring, and which effects are worth a slot on a hard fight.

Know whether a weapon uses Smithing or Somber Smithing Stones before you spend a rare material.

How Elden Ring weapon scaling, requirements and upgrade paths decide what suits your build.