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Elden Ring

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Elden Ring
Elden Ring cover
Developers
FromSoftware
Publishers
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Japan FromSoftware
Release dates
Windows February 25, 2022
Reception
Metacritic 94
OpenCritic 96
IGDB 96
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Genres Action, RPG
Themes Fantasy
Elden Ring on HowLongToBeat
Elden Ring on IGDB
Elden Ring on MobyGames
Elden Ring on Wikipedia

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

General information

Official Discord server
Official Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Version Differences

The Deluxe Edition contains the base games plus digital artbook and original soundtrack.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Pre-order pack Pre-order only.
Windows

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
16:9. See Mods to remove letterboxing.
Multi-monitor
See Mods.
Ultra-widescreen
See Mods.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
See Mods.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Scales automatically via Texture Quality setting.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Anti-aliasing quality can be switched between Off, Low (FXAA), and High (TAA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Capped at 60 FPS. See Mods to change FPS limit and remove 60 Hz limitation.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
Set to support ray tracing in a future update.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Many keys cannot be remapped.
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
X-Axis can also be inverted.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Xbox Wireless Controller variant.
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Steam supports official Dualshock 4 controllers.
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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 four players total. Two other players can be called for cooperative play with additional room for one invading player.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 27014-27050, 50050
UDP 27000-27030, 3478, 4379, 4380, 50000-50003
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

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, likely caused by background loading and shader compilation mismanagement.[2][3]
Potential fix for stutter and frame rate drops[citation needed]
  • The game is a DirectX 12 title with no shader precompiling. The game will stutter less the more you play as it saves its shaders on your PC. Note that every time you update your drivers, the shader stutter will begin again.
  • Forcing Vsync off in the GPU control panel for the game or globally, substantially reduces stutters at the cost of introducing tearing. Setting Vsync to fast turns it off and reduces tearing to imperceptible levels.
  • Disable Microsoft Device Association Root Enumerator in your Device Manager. To find this, go to your Control Panel, locate Software devices, Right click Microsoft Device Association Root Enumerator and click Disable Device.
  • Disable Steam Overlay by Right clicking Elden Ring in your Steam Library, choose Properties, Uncheck Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game.
  • The game may occasionally freeze up for several moments at a time when using a controller. Uninstall all Microsoft Store and PC Game Pass games that are located in your Windowsapps folder. Update your Xbox App via the Microsoft Store. Reinstall your games via the advanced installation settings located in the General section to another custom game folder. If the Xbox app does not show the advanced installation settings, uninstall it, then reinstall it from the Microsoft Store. Some games, such as Sea of Thieves, do not currently support advanced installation. If all else fails, uninstall the Xbox app and all Xbox games. Further explanation

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.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
See Mods to remove 60 Hz limitation

White screen with cursor followed by a crash to desktop after launching the game

Upgrade to a newer build of Windows
  • The game seems to require DX12 features not available on some older builds of Windows. Updating to build 21H1 (or at least build 1909 [citation needed]) fixes the issue.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok, SpeedTree
Audio Wwise
Interface Scaleform
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Epic Online Services
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[4]

Easy Anti-Cheat

The embedded Easy Anti-Cheat component prevents unknown third-party tools from injecting themselves in the game. This protection can be disabled, which allows the use of said tools.
Online play will be disabled when Easy Anti-Cheat is disabled.
Launch the game without EAC[5]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\game\.
  2. Create steam_appid.txt and write 1245620 inside the file. Don't forget to save it.
  3. Run the game through eldenring.exe. It will launch directly and still have full integration with Steam.

Notes

Optionally, add eldenring.exe as a non-Steam game or create a shortcut on your desktop.

Mods

Flawless Widescreen

The anti-cheat must be disabled for this mod to load; see Easy Anti-Cheat.
Allow widescreen aspect ratios
Remove windowed resolution limitations
Engine already HOR+; allow additional FOV
Add FPS adjust (just set it to 360fps)
Vignette adjust from 0% (off) to 100% (default)
Remove the 60Hz limit on fullscreen
Increase the distance for full rate animations
Chromatic aberration removal

Elden Ring FPS Unlocker

The anti-cheat must be disabled for this mod to load; see Easy Anti-Cheat.
Unlock frame rate (remove FPS limit)
Remove forced 60 Hertz (Hz) limit in fullscreen
Increase or decrease field of view (FOV)
Add support for widescreen monitors
Game modifications
Global game speed modifier (increase or decrease)
Disable losing Runes on death

Elden Ring Proton Patcher

The anti-cheat must be disabled for this mod to load; see Easy Anti-Cheat.
Set custom frame rate limits
Remove black borders when using resolutions with an aspect ratio other than 16:9 (e.g. ultrawide).
Remove vigniette overlay
Remove chromatic abberation filter
Increase animation distance / fix choppy animations at screen edges
Remove 60hz limit when using fullscreen mode

Pause the game

The anti-cheat must be disabled for this mod to load; see Easy Anti-Cheat.
Lets you pause the game by pressing P or your desired hotkey.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-8400
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
System memory (RAM) 12 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
A 64-bit operating system is required.
The game will run on Intel Core 2 processors, despite the minimum processor requirements.[citation needed]

Notes

  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.

References

  1. Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-02-24
    Tested on a 7.1 system.
  2. Elden Ring's PC performance simply isn't good enough • Eurogamer.net - last accessed on 2022-03-02
    "The stuttering issues suggest that shader compilation management is poorly handled, with shader code compiled the first time it's needed in-game, generating split-second delays throughout the experience.
    [...]
    In addition to this issue, there's further stutter, seemingly tied into background loading.
    "
  3. Kotaku - Elden Ring Isn’t Running So Great On PC - last accessed on 2022-02-25
  4. Verified by User:13xforever1 on 2022-02-24
    Windows 11 warning
  5. Pause the game at Elden Ring Nexus - Mods and Community