Elden Ring continues its merry way to the top of the most popular games of the moment, remaining at a proud 13th place of the most played games on Steam. Players continue to uncover many secrets…and bugs that should have been discovered. be patched for a long time and which can make the game extremely easy both against bosses and against other players.
Elden Ring: a glitch already present on Dark Souls 3
It has now been two months since the latest game from the From Software studio, Elden Ring, was released . Players had time to enjoy the adventure at their pace, discovering many secrets and tricks as well as experimenting with multiple builds and ways to collect money and XP quickly. Nowit’s time for PVP. the invasion of players and especially to; the optimization of routes, builds and àgrave; looking for many bugs and glitches that can be exploitedto achieve one or more of these objectives. And some work well, even better than what players could have expected, since a bug has already been detected. present and well known from the Souls series makes a comeback in Elden Ring.
Indeed, this bug or glitch, named; The Tumblebuff Glitch, simply allows you to use any ashes of war as well as any buff on any weapon, even if it cannot. receive normally. Goodbye legendary weapons lying around in your collection, and hello to these weapons. a real war monster capable of rolling over everyone. This bug is unfortunately well known to players of the Souls license, since it was already fixed. present on old opuses, in particular Dark Souls 3, until patch 1.10 which will finally come to it. end. If you want to make this glitch, here is an explanatory video (in English) explaining the realization step by step. not. Otherwise, here it is:
- Put in your main hand the weapon you want to add a buff or ashes of war to.
- In the other hand, put the desired upgrade.
- Switch to “two-handed stance”.
- Sprint forward.
- Move your analog stick back and forth for the most precise ;ment possible in order to achieve a 180°
- As you turn around, press the left weapon ability key (L2 or RT on a controller).
- Quickly open the inventory, stand on the weapon é equipped in left hand and repeatedly press the square button. or X to remove it.
If you successfully complete all of these steps, the chosen buff or Ashes of War will be applied to your equipped weapon. e in the right hand. This works on all weapons, except for distance as in body to body; body.
Elden Ring: a problematic bug
If some bugs can remain innocent, this one is still very problematic, for the simple and good reason that it can improve any weapon. The problem being that some players, rather than using it against bosses, which is already an abuse of the rules in itself, prefer to use it against other players, invading their world. This creates therefore an unbalanced balance of power; since the innocent player is therefore much weaker than the invader.
This is not the first bug that is used; in Elden Ring. Many speedrunners use it to abuse the game’s physics. one of them, the French speedrunner Seeker_ managed to to rise to first place in the Any% Unrestricted category. A completely mind-blowing record and video in just 5 minutes and 58 seconds. Seeker_ also ranks at; 3rd place on the Any% leaderboard by finishing the game in 22 minutes and 18 seconds. You can find the video of his exploit below.