An unluckyElden Ringplayer ended up dying, due to no apparent fault of their own, on the way to collect over a hundred thousand runes.Runes are a form of currency inElden Ring, as gamers can use them in a variety of ways to improve their character, such as leveling up or upgrading their weapons.
Like theDark Soulsgames, players lose their runesupon dying inElden Ring, forcing them to respawn at a previous Site of Grace. While users can retrieve the lost runes by collecting them from their last place of death, they are lost forever should players die on the way. It’s possible to lose a ton of runes in this manner, as oneElden Ringplayer ended up losing 120k runes by dying on the way to get them back.
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A Reddit user named n00miii has shared a small clip from alate-game area inElden Ringcalled Crumbling Farum Azula. The player is on the way to fight Maliketh, with the fog door being guarded by a Draconic Tree Sentinel. The user n00miii runs past the Tree Sentinel and enters the boss arena to trigger the fight, but one of the enemy’s attacks hits the player despite being through the fog door, and the resulting impact makes them roll off the platform to their death. In the post’s title, n00miii confirmed that they were on the way to collect 120k runes from their last place of death before this unlucky incident occurred.
Players will also notice that the Tree Sentinel throws a fireball at n00miii as they are going through the fog door, but the user doesn’t take any damage during the transition. The platform leading to the boss arena is fairly small, and manyElden Ringgamers have probably died by falling off of it in some way. However, it’s perhaps rare for players to have died due to a lightning strike by the Draconic Tree Sentinel standing outside the arena.
Users in the comments section recommend always killingTree Sentinels inElden Ringas they don’t respawn, allowing players to freely explore the area. One fan also mentions that this particular Draconic Tree Sentinel gave them more trouble than the boss, with many players sharing complaints about the lightning attacks. Another user suggests that gamers should spend their runes before initiating a boss encounter, as it’s always possible to lose them by accidentally dying in the game.
Elden Ringis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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