Elden Ring
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| Developers | |
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| 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 |
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Elden Ring is a singleplayer and multiplayer action and RPG game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GamersGate | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Humble Store | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Steam | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
Essential improvements
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Fix frame rate drops and stuttering on NVIDIA cards
To fix frame rate drops and stuttering, especially in the open world when exploring or in battle, try the following:
Tested to work on a system with the RTX 3070 and a 5600x. |
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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 | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | [1] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | On by default, no setting is exposed ingame; can be changed in drivers. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Capped to 60 FPS. 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 |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| 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.[2] | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| 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 | |
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| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | Up to three players (with one invader) | ||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 12 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| 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[citation needed] |
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.
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
- ↑ Elden Ring will not support ultrawide monitors - last accessed on 2022-02-02
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-02-24
- Tested on a 7.1 system.