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Elden Ring is a singleplayer and multiplayer action and RPG game.

General information

Official Discord server

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition also available.
		Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe Edition also available.

All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\EldenRing\GraphicsConfig.xml
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1245620/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\EldenRing\<user-id>\ER0000.sl2
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1245620/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen		Use Flawless Widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		No setting is exposed in-game; can be changed via drivers.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 60 FPS. Use Flawless Widescreen or Elden Ring FPS Unlocker. Fullscreen mode also forces a 60 Hz refresh rate; this can be avoided by running in borderless windowed mode.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)		Set to support Ray Tracing via a patch coming after the game's release.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Set "Device for On-Screen Prompts" to "Keyboard and Mouse" to show keyboard prompts for controls.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Range from 0 to 10.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Under Keyboard/Mouse settings listed as Mouse Y-Axis. X-Axis can also be inverted.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Range from 0 to 10.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound Effects, Voice.
Surround sound		Gameplay uses up to 7.1. Cutscenes are limited to 5.1.^[1]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Thai

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		Up to three players (with one invader).

Issues unresolved

Random stutter and frame rate drops in open areas

The game appears to suffer from stuttering issues, particularly during combat in open world areas.^[2]^[3]

Set the game executable to High Performance in the Windows 10/11 Settings app^[4]
Open the Settings app. Under the System option, open the Display options and select the one titled Graphics. Select Desktop app, browse for `<path-to-game>\Game\eldenring.exe` and click Add. Select the ELDEN RING entry in the list and set it to High performance under the Options.

Set the Shader Cache to unlimited in the Nvidia Control Panel^[4]
Open NVIDIA Control Panel. Select Manage 3D Settings. On the Global Settings tab, change Shader Cache Size to Unlimited.

Issues fixed

Controller not detected when playing via Steam Input

Enable desktop configuration

Go to Steam > Controller > Desktop Configuration to open the Steam Controller Configurator.
Select 'Browse Configs' and apply a configuration of your choosing to use in-game (note: this will also enable the controller in this configuration on your Desktop)
Exit the Steam Controller Configurator.
In your Library, right-click on Elden Ring and select 'Properties...'.
In the controller category, ensure Steam Input is enabled.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok, SpeedTree
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Anti-cheat	Easy Anti-Cheat	Current version is not compatible with CET, which is enabled by default on Windows 11 and some Windows 10 configurations with Zen3 (Ryzen 5000+) and Intel 11th Gen+ CPUs^[5]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10	10, 11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-8400 AMD Ryzen 3 3300X	Intel Core i7-8700K AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
System memory (RAM)	12 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	60 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 3 GB (Nvidia), 4 GB (AMD) of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

The game will run on Intel Core 2 processors, despite the minimum processor requirements.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1245620/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1245620) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-02-24
Tested on a 7.1 system.
↑ Eurogamer - Elden Ring performance: what to expect on PS5, Series X/S and PC - last accessed on 2022-02-25
↑ Kotaku - Elden Ring Isn’t Running So Great On PC - last accessed on 2022-02-25
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 /r/Eldenring subreddit - POSSIBLE FIX FOR PC FRAME RATE - last accessed on 2022-02-25
↑ Verified by User:13xforever1 on 2022-02-24
Windows 11 warning

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1245620/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1245620) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2] Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-02-24
Tested on a 7.1 system.

[3] Eurogamer - Elden Ring performance: what to expect on PS5, Series X/S and PC - last accessed on 2022-02-25

[4] Kotaku - Elden Ring Isn’t Running So Great On PC - last accessed on 2022-02-25

[eldenfix-5] 4.0 ^4.1 /r/Eldenring subreddit - POSSIBLE FIX FOR PC FRAME RATE - last accessed on 2022-02-25

[6] Verified by User:13xforever1 on 2022-02-24
Windows 11 warning

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+|120 fps notes              = Capped at 60 FPS. Use [https://www.flawlesswidescreen.org Flawless Widescreen] or [https://github.com/uberhalit/EldenRingFpsUnlockAndMore Elden Ring FPS Unlocker].<br>Fullscreen mode also forces a 60 Hz refresh rate; this can be avoided by running in borderless windowed mode.
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Developers

	FromSoftware
Publishers
	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Japan	FromSoftware
Release dates
Windows	February 25, 2022
Reception
Metacritic	95
OpenCritic	96
IGDB	97
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Genres	Action, RPG
Themes	Fantasy