Top 5 Worst Decisions in Elden Ring

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  • @SamBram
    @SamBram  4 місяці тому +62

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    • @Digbigbombig
      @Digbigbombig 3 місяці тому +6

      Get the bag king you desserve it

    • @pyromaniacdave4821
      @pyromaniacdave4821 3 місяці тому

      Bro, 6th worst decision, Beating Metyr mother of fingers and absorbing the remembrance runes instead of getting the staff she give you, (casts both spells and incants) I made the mistake once lol

    • @burellyt
      @burellyt 3 місяці тому

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    • @onebakedwalrus
      @onebakedwalrus 3 місяці тому

      ​@burellyt yea nordVPN isnt very good tbh. They save and store ALL your info/passwords/IPs/DNS and whatever else you give them. Masking an IP does NOT protect you from a real hacker. Not even a little bit sadly.

    • @SirNoddy1
      @SirNoddy1 3 місяці тому

      ​@@burellytok bro

  • @Warrior-Of-Virtue
    @Warrior-Of-Virtue 4 місяці тому +1402

    You can also give the potion to Dungeater to get him as a summon instead. And if anyone deserves such a fate, it would be him.

    • @satoristeve
      @satoristeve 3 місяці тому +103

      Dung Eater is also easily top 3 best summons in the base game.

    • @jefforious2000
      @jefforious2000 3 місяці тому +13

      best summons ive been told

    • @satoristeve
      @satoristeve 3 місяці тому +52

      @@jefforious2000 A lot of people swear by Mimic Tear. I’ve rarely gotten much value from it. I used Tiche for most all of my first play through and after I got Dung Eater in my second and I used that for everything because it’s great at drawing aggro and tanking damage. A few bossesa maxed out Dung Eater summon can basically solo. There were I think three bosses I switched to Tiche and Tiche did better. Melania for one-he couldn’t tank quite that much and wound up being more of a battery for her. Tiche’s better at trying to evade.

    • @Warrior-Of-Virtue
      @Warrior-Of-Virtue 3 місяці тому +39

      @@satoristeve Your milage with Mimic will vary depending on your own build. If you're geared and leveled to Hell and back, Mimic will obliterate everything in front of it. If you're still putting the finishing touches on your build, another summon might serve you better.

    • @satoristeve
      @satoristeve 3 місяці тому +15

      @@Warrior-Of-Virtue No doubt. I’ve been playing as an EXTREMELY casual gamer who has yet to really learn the From way of doing things. Which is to say that my builds are most likely very amateurish and inefficient, hence the mediocrity of my mimic. I should probably do something about that eventually.

  • @brenolk4642
    @brenolk4642 4 місяці тому +943

    Best decision to make overall, do not talk to anyone, including accepting the deal with Melina, and just bare the weight of the journey on your own

    • @SamBram
      @SamBram  4 місяці тому +268

      The real definition of 'Let me solo them'

    • @PatGunn
      @PatGunn 4 місяці тому +137

      @@brenolk4642 I like driving around in the Accord she gives you. Just gotta change the oil occasionally with oil pots

    • @TheRealHaloLover
      @TheRealHaloLover 3 місяці тому +40

      It's all very predictable. With all Souls like games it's the same. Do an NPCs quest and they'll either get killed or try to kill you. 😴

    • @PatGunn
      @PatGunn 3 місяці тому +16

      @@TheRealHaloLover there are plenty of counterexamples, particularly in ER

    • @meteoric_lens6102
      @meteoric_lens6102 3 місяці тому +20

      Your softlocked at leyndell after morgott because she gives you the item to activate the lift to get to the mountaintop of the giants

  • @RaineAvina
    @RaineAvina 2 місяці тому +86

    I'm on NG+4. You're telling me I've been taking 5% more damage this whole fucking time.
    This game is amazing.

    • @proton3748
      @proton3748 День тому +1

      No you have been taking 5.26% more damage

  • @titusg4247
    @titusg4247 Місяць тому +156

    The worst mistake you can make is doing Ranni's quest line to get her ending and not going back to her tower to talk to her one last time to get the altered dialogue with her ending scene that changes from something like "come, my companion" to words of the effect of "come, my beloved." For the simp ending, that detail is crucial, and I'm aware many guides don't mention talking to her at her tower one last time.

    • @brunosoares6151
      @brunosoares6151 25 днів тому +5

      Thank you

    • @thesprinkler7893
      @thesprinkler7893 11 днів тому +2

      LMAOO that's the funniest simp comment I've ever read

    • @its_jesteR
      @its_jesteR 3 дні тому +1

      This happened to me and I was so fucking salty and spedrun the game AGAIN just to do that shit.

  • @TheShadowOfHumanity
    @TheShadowOfHumanity 3 місяці тому +513

    "Embracing" a hot blonde in private gives a health debuf? Sounds like real life tbh.

    • @TheVanderbone
      @TheVanderbone 3 місяці тому +16

      Baldachins blessing sound kinda close to “Ball-to-chin” to me

    • @anthonyhenderson5334
      @anthonyhenderson5334 2 місяці тому +7

      That's what it is, a good deal of this game has juvenile joke meanings and double meanings​@@TheVanderbone

    • @adawg3032
      @adawg3032 2 місяці тому +9

      @@TheVanderboneI think it’s more of a reference to the item description of the temple in the guise of a bedchamber, temples can have baldachins which are just fancy canopies.

    • @xmercyme3923
      @xmercyme3923 8 днів тому +1

      ​@@anthonyhenderson5334 why are you just making things up? Baldachin is a real word, lol.

    • @anthonyhenderson5334
      @anthonyhenderson5334 8 днів тому

      @@xmercyme3923 and if you look at how it's ready and how it sounds. It doesn't change my statement.

  • @merManc
    @merManc 4 місяці тому +298

    Boc is confirmed to die if he goes off on his own to find a larval tear and then make his way to Renalla. His body can be found outside her library, near the lift. Seemingly he failed to make it, as he's still in demi-human form.

    • @GoldenChildBH
      @GoldenChildBH 3 місяці тому +10

      I refuse to ever let this happen

    • @blakarican18
      @blakarican18 3 місяці тому +56

      The only way to save him is to tell him he's beautiful with the voice box thingy I believe

    • @maciek_p
      @maciek_p 3 місяці тому

      good

    • @ahuman5150
      @ahuman5150 3 місяці тому +20

      Yep, I thought If you don't do anything when he is Leyndell, he would stay there. I came back awhile ago and he was gone only to find him dead at that location 😢

    • @Kostadin_Arolski
      @Kostadin_Arolski 3 місяці тому +7

      Just oneshot him before he even transforms from his bush form

  • @jettblade
    @jettblade 3 місяці тому +339

    I do agree that all of these are some of the worst decisions you can make. I personally think that killing Alexander early is one of the worst things you can do. Not only do you betray one of the best characters of the game you also lose out on a few questlines and miss out on some good items.

    • @thejason755
      @thejason755 3 місяці тому +33

      I didn’t murder him when i first met him because he was the first person in the game i actually felt safe being around. Kale is sus but generally decent, but i genuinely felt safe being around Alex because we were both on the same journey: me to become elden lord and him to become the greatest warrior. I know what i have to do in Farum Azula when we meet, but i’m not sure i have the strength to do it.

    • @brucewang3113
      @brucewang3113 3 місяці тому +7

      @@thejason755let me hold your hand while we give Alexander the fate he deserves! If we don’t kill him something else will and probably make him do things with his hole he doesn’t want before killing him! Remember when he tried helping us with Rahdahn? He would of got turned out if we didn’t save him!!!

    • @alliii835
      @alliii835 3 місяці тому +2

      @@thejason755kale is sus????

    • @kayhaich
      @kayhaich 3 місяці тому +3

      Speed runners are evil

    • @Mar-t123
      @Mar-t123 Місяць тому +1

      Why would you kill him?

  • @paracame8162
    @paracame8162 3 місяці тому +74

    Fia quite literally tells you that she would take a bit of your "lifely vigor" before the first time you hug her though

    • @yoruichixx6951
      @yoruichixx6951 Місяць тому +11

      You expect me to read?

    • @mrticklenuts2124
      @mrticklenuts2124 19 днів тому

      I doubt any new player understands what that means when they first read it

  • @SputnicWasTaken
    @SputnicWasTaken 2 місяці тому +199

    Number 1 undoubtedly: Selling stuff for runes when you're new to the game without realising their worth.

    • @CharlotteSitzer
      @CharlotteSitzer Місяць тому +3

      I did this with the axe talsmen:/

    • @SputnicWasTaken
      @SputnicWasTaken Місяць тому +5

      @CharlotteSitzer Two handed sword talisman better anyways since it enhances all non ash of war attacks by 15% so uh

    • @CharlotteSitzer
      @CharlotteSitzer Місяць тому +2

      @@SputnicWasTaken oh! Thank you

    • @jaredcrabb
      @jaredcrabb Місяць тому +1

      They stack.

    • @SputnicWasTaken
      @SputnicWasTaken Місяць тому

      @@jaredcrabb They stack but there are better dmg talismans either way

  • @Dracoboss98
    @Dracoboss98 3 місяці тому +373

    I played blind my first playthrough. I ended up at Malenia with no whetstone knife and baldachin’s blessing active. Anyone who says you can figure out Elden Ring without a guide is expecting way too much of the average player. I was a souls veteran and found the game quite confusing blind. It took a while to even figure out how to get torrent and level up, since I just went out exploring right at the start of the game, like I thought I was expected to.

    • @choppercove
      @choppercove 3 місяці тому +28

      But.. you did figure it out. You made it all the way to Malenia.

    • @adams308
      @adams308 3 місяці тому +2

      Agree big time

    • @Nylspider
      @Nylspider 3 місяці тому +36

      The point they were trying to make is that they missed the whetstone knife, a crucially important item that is way too easy to miss, to the point where it’s possible to play through the whole game without finding it

    • @PETEYBOY954
      @PETEYBOY954 3 місяці тому +4

      @@GinoYeTayI’m almost 200 hours in my first play though. Is that what those streaks are next to some of the sites on the map?

    • @rodrigoandrade8586
      @rodrigoandrade8586 3 місяці тому +2

      I have it but I don't know what is for

  • @spikescafe3940
    @spikescafe3940 3 місяці тому +180

    You actually lock yourself out of Age of Order ending by igniting the Erdtree before using Law of Regression on the statue while Corhyn and Goldmask are in Leyndell. I know because I did this!

    • @choppercove
      @choppercove 3 місяці тому +5

      Woah, I can search some phrases directly from your comment. That's cool.

    • @jaspersomaek
      @jaspersomaek 3 місяці тому

      @@choppercoveHow does that work?😮😮

    • @choppercove
      @choppercove 3 місяці тому +3

      @@jaspersomaek I just see a word highlighted in blue with a little magnifying glass next to it. If I click it, it searches it on UA-cam. Guess it's a new feature they're rolling out.

    • @jaspersomaek
      @jaspersomaek 3 місяці тому

      @@choppercove ohhh, I don’t have that yet. I guess you’re the lucky selected population for feature testing. Haha

    • @JavelineerKrieg
      @JavelineerKrieg 2 місяці тому

      ​@@jaspersomaek it happens to me too. Its kinda creepy the fact that it happens without us noticing.. Every word we type is checked as a potential key word to search things

  • @freytkf5984
    @freytkf5984 4 місяці тому +453

    How dare you not mention not killing Rya when she asks you to do so. If you let her live and then kill Rykard, she leaves on a journey of self discovery.
    She may dissapear from the game, but at lesst she doesnt die at our hands.

    • @dezopenguin9649
      @dezopenguin9649 3 місяці тому +37

      So surprising for a tragic FromSoft NPC quest to have an ending that's hopeful in the "I can do new stuff instead of being perma-locked into one idea of what my life is." Reminds me of the Nailsmith in Hollow Knight.

    • @Bot803
      @Bot803 3 місяці тому +10

      Yeah a journey of becoming a lesbian

    • @intraw831
      @intraw831 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Bot803😭😭😭😭

    • @binemisko
      @binemisko 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@Bot803 i feel like thats the principle of every self discovery character in games. yep the self discovery is gay, my purpose is found

    • @Enoch1212-m7g
      @Enoch1212-m7g 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@Bot803She was a lesbian when I met her.

  • @PatGunn
    @PatGunn 4 місяці тому +102

    No mention of giving the potion to the Dung Eater? He's astoundingly strong as a summon, plus it's good for story reasons to make sure he isn't still around

    • @SamBram
      @SamBram  4 місяці тому +15

      I think the Dung Eater falls into the category of 'Toughest Decisions' for me. I think the 'when everyone's super, no one will be' logic behind his plan does work in theory. But I need to delve more into the intricacies of the plan myself before finally judging it

    • @PatGunn
      @PatGunn 4 місяці тому +6

      @@SamBram fair point. But it's less controversial that of the base game summons, he's in the top 5 if you can afford the sp cost

    • @justdrop
      @justdrop 2 місяці тому +4

      @@PatGunn I think what he's saying is that Dung Eater may actually have the right idea, even if he acts as a hammer and treats everyone like a nail. Dung Eater is angry because of the way the Omen are treated, he believes that if everyone is cursed as they are, nobody will persecute one another for the affliction. His murder is wanton, but also equal to how people would act towards an Omen. His actions are potentially justifiable.

  • @MrNINEinchLIMP
    @MrNINEinchLIMP 3 місяці тому +45

    Wow. After 10 play throughs, I still don’t know shit about this game lol

  • @icykuikinu6757
    @icykuikinu6757 3 місяці тому +58

    I used to think that the frenzied flame ending wasn't nearly as bad as the dung eater ending, which just sends everyone into ceaseless torment and suffering. Before the DLC, I thought the Frenzied Flame was more-or-less like a cleansing, a restart of the world when it got control, kinda like a forest fire. A little bit of pain for a new life.
    But then the Abyssal Woods happened. Legitimately the most terrifying area in the game by far. There I learned the true depths of the Frenzied Flame and the Madness it caused, and nothing in this game [besides maybe Miquella] is more terrifying. I ended up believing that the Frenzied Flame ending now is the dung eater ending but worse

    • @thejason755
      @thejason755 3 місяці тому +15

      If anything, reading what that ending does to the world just further convinces me that the Ranni Simp ending is the morally correct ending for my playthrough.

    • @gediminasmorkys3589
      @gediminasmorkys3589 3 місяці тому +4

      But you didn't really learn anything. Midra is a failed lord. There would be no Abyssal Woods once the real lord of Frenzied Flame appears.

    • @alliii835
      @alliii835 3 місяці тому +8

      @@thejason755i dont understand why people think ranni’s ending is the best outcome for the world, she literally says she wants certainties and emotions to become impossibilities, basically an empty world, where people have nothing to believe in, they just.. exist

    • @wiswc
      @wiswc Місяць тому

      There is nothing morally correct about that smurf ​@@thejason755

    • @yyy76yyvhxxffb32
      @yyy76yyvhxxffb32 5 днів тому

      ​@@alliii835
      No,its not like that.
      The golden order was corrupt by the gods.
      Gods were rannis father and mother.
      She didnt like to be controlled all the time by the golden order which she didnt knew was being controled by her father.
      Her ending is about her thinking that by breaking the golden order(thing that she thought controled her but it was her father all along) she would give people free will.
      The reality is that her age of stars is not good because it doesnt have a good foundation while if you perfect the golden order you are creating a good fiundation to save the lands between.

  • @jeromemorin9352
    @jeromemorin9352 3 місяці тому +120

    To me, it was progressing Ranni's quest with my mage without going back to Seluvis before giving her the blade from Nokrom. I found him dead later, with no way to get the magic scorpion charm until the next run. Very frustrating.

    • @38Jim
      @38Jim 3 місяці тому +13

      This was something I expected to be on the list

    • @SassenachCJ
      @SassenachCJ 3 місяці тому +1

      I did the same thing my first playthrough

    • @blakarican18
      @blakarican18 3 місяці тому +8

      I did this on 2 back to back playthroughs because I'm an idiot

    • @crypt0sFX
      @crypt0sFX 3 місяці тому +4

      Immediately did whatever that guy wanted on my 2nd playthrough.

    • @kitkat6959
      @kitkat6959 2 місяці тому

      Skill issue

  • @Alikaakui808
    @Alikaakui808 3 місяці тому +59

    The frenzy flame is the best option gameplay wise, if you are invaded by another play, you have an advantage they don’t have in regards to healing

    • @Tangloa
      @Tangloa 3 місяці тому +6

      Sorry for sounding dumb, but what’s that advantage?

    • @jdudeck9163
      @jdudeck9163 3 місяці тому +15

      @@Tangloa You can use a frenzyflame stone, which has the same affect as a warming stone, but it only heals those touched by the frenzy flame. Any other people go mad when they get near it.

    • @ButterDawgDawgWitDaBudda
      @ButterDawgDawgWitDaBudda 3 місяці тому +12

      ​@@jdudeck9163 Also it looks funny when your Mimic keeps spamming infinite Frenzyflame Stones around with frenzy spewing from their eyes with no sign of damage present

  • @adawg3032
    @adawg3032 2 місяці тому +13

    Funny that it’s a in game mechanic that a woman shares a bed with you steals some of your life but bolsters your strength.

  • @reed-785
    @reed-785 4 місяці тому +166

    in my opinion the ending from the dungeater is way way worse than that of the frenzied flame

    • @juld55
      @juld55 3 місяці тому +2

      why?

    • @verrasin3854
      @verrasin3854 3 місяці тому

      @@juld55probably because the dung eater ending basically means theres will always be another dung eater to pass through generations that will do the same exact things except to a bigger scale, for the frenzied flame its basically just making almost everyone go insane, but the dung eater ending is basically telling everything and everybody, “die so i can mutilate your dead body”

    • @brandonvasser5902
      @brandonvasser5902 3 місяці тому

      Dungeater just wants to see the whole world get aids

    • @SureDude-xy8fq
      @SureDude-xy8fq 3 місяці тому +6

      To be fair, there isn't really any good endings or even decisions in the game. They all hurt someone or everyone

    • @juld55
      @juld55 3 місяці тому +12

      @@SureDude-xy8fq Since when does "good" mean "not hurting anyone"? That's like an 8 year old's definition of good.

  • @xAmbja
    @xAmbja 3 місяці тому +64

    Not a story break bad decision, however, on my first play through I refused to use the Serpent Hunter for the Rykard fight and thought he was the hardest boss in the base game. Only to kill him extremely easily on my next play though, should I have only been less stubborn! 😹

    • @Lisselle.
      @Lisselle. 3 місяці тому +3

      I did that too! I didn't even read the name of the weapon, I was so scared when I went in, so I didn't realise it's purpose. I uninstalled during that first Rykard fight, lol!

    • @kastenedwards1217
      @kastenedwards1217 2 місяці тому +2

      @@Lisselle.scared of what ?

  • @maximillianmarcus5928
    @maximillianmarcus5928 3 місяці тому +48

    I wish we had the choice of giving the potion to others as well specially gideon the all sucking.

    • @DashBolt
      @DashBolt 3 місяці тому +4

      You can give it to the dung eater and get him as a summon. He's one of the best in the game

    • @Mikeofzedead
      @Mikeofzedead 3 місяці тому +6

      Might be a false memory but I had the potion and talked to Gideon. He basically sees through you and wishes you a pleasant day and to choose wisely...

    • @modernminded5466
      @modernminded5466 Місяць тому

      You _can_ give it to gideon.
      Which just makes him pocket it, wasting it.

  • @SayJim
    @SayJim Місяць тому +19

    I did the Sellen questline, not knowing the disturbing end that comes...

  • @HoldYourSeahorses
    @HoldYourSeahorses 3 місяці тому +14

    I’m really surprised you didn’t mention probably the worst thing you can do is burning the tree too early. When I did it, it locked me out of so many quest lines and stopped me from acquiring items and incantations permanently. Not to mention I had to walk around for so long with ash floating everywhere.

    • @SamBram
      @SamBram  3 місяці тому +4

      The point of no return is more when you kill Maliketh. Burning the Erdtree is necessary to get to Farum Azula for things like the final smithing stone bell bearing. I'd need to look again at what actually becomes locked out after simply burning the Erdtree but I don't think it's much

  • @GBK100TTD
    @GBK100TTD 3 місяці тому +23

    I messed up Millicent, Fia, Nepheli, Gostoc, & Corhyn/ Golden Mask quest lines. Killed Thops so I messed up any quest line that uses him.

    • @jaredcrabb
      @jaredcrabb Місяць тому

      All Thops gives you is the Eruditioj emote. Millicent and Fias questlines can be finished even if you dont try to do them them, and Fias can be finished without ever talking to her. The others I doubt it, as I never even knew they had questlines.

  • @juneJumper
    @juneJumper Місяць тому +12

    The worst decision I ever made was following a guide to complete every quest in one playthrough. Absolutely. fucking. soul draining.

    • @britesoul
      @britesoul 19 днів тому +1

      I’m the opposite, the guides have helped me a bunch . I wouldn’t even get half of the interesting stuff if i were to go in blind

  • @Bunny-pr8gw
    @Bunny-pr8gw Місяць тому +8

    I locked myself out of meeting Ranni by leaving Limgrave too early. Ended up buying the bell from the shop at the round table, but I’m sad I missed the experience of meeting her

    • @DarcelMavis2und2
      @DarcelMavis2und2 Місяць тому +5

      me too , I started the game and just Started walking and blasting bosses left and right until a buddy of mine in discord told me about his first run and he advises going to her as soon as possible or she doesnt spawn anymore . well fuck me them I guess

  • @GBK100TTD
    @GBK100TTD 3 місяці тому +24

    Im hurt I thought giving him that Larval tear was helping him I never went to Rennala because I don’t do rebirth I like my chaotic build I can do just about anything but RIP 🪦 Boc 😢

  • @Mikeofzedead
    @Mikeofzedead 3 місяці тому +14

    I rushed the Volcano for the pizza cutter. Then I met everybody, took my somber stone 7... Struggled a bit.
    Magma worm was no problem, Noble took a few tries. And THEN, you fight Rikkart as a 60 str user with that weapon... I had the mimic tear which i summoned after equiping serpent hunter.
    Needless to say we wrecked him. No flamming skulls chasing me, no fire of doom aoe.
    I had the build. I had the weapon. I shined. I screw up like 6 quests...

  • @seanm6619
    @seanm6619 2 місяці тому +6

    On my first playthrough I missed all NPCs, killed every boss as soon as I could and missed damn near everything. I know better now.

  • @ayrtonsenna7626
    @ayrtonsenna7626 3 місяці тому +10

    Seluvis' potion can also be given to Loathsome Dungeater so that he would become a puppet, and it's like top 3 in the game alongside Mimic Tear Ashes and Black Knife Tiche, and Nepheli's questline would be unaffected. Note that giving him the potion will prevent you from obtaining the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse locking you out from the Blessing of Despair ending and theoretically you'll also won't be able to acquire the Omen Armour set but giving him the potion then killing him will give you both the armour and the puppet, not the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse however.

  • @Agustin9191
    @Agustin9191 3 місяці тому +8

    I killed Boc at the cave, I saw that as an act of kindness, he was suffering, Anyway.. Maybe in NG+ I will follow this quest.

  • @WhiteeyeDoC
    @WhiteeyeDoC 2 місяці тому +8

    doing sellen's questline is a bad decision too! i mean, seeing her as that glintstone-faces-ball-thing broke my heart

  • @StruggleGaming
    @StruggleGaming 3 місяці тому +6

    For number 3 at a point where you have the dung eater restrained you can feed the dung boi the potion and he is one of the most powerful summons in game. A use for the potion, while keeping Nepheli alive.

  • @executionart8134
    @executionart8134 3 місяці тому +10

    The worst is probably declining Melina to be your maiden.

  • @pbibbles
    @pbibbles Місяць тому +5

    I was trying to find the hidden entrance to Deeproot Depths and didn't rest at the Site of Grace before the Three Fingers. I followed Hyeta's hint to strip naked and enter the doorway, thinking that must be it. I can't tell you how disappointed I was when I finally rested and Melina broke up with me for good. I am currently working on ridding myself of the Frenzied Flame; I just finished Millicent's quest and am in the process of continually jumping into the rotten meat grinder that is Malenia's boss fight. Wish me luck! 😂

  • @krazykalle4518
    @krazykalle4518 3 місяці тому +5

    The biggest mistake I made in my playthrough was not getting a second Echo of Malenia to dual wield her sword before going into NG+ ...

  • @DatRitzBoi
    @DatRitzBoi 2 місяці тому +5

    I had NO IDEA about that positive path in Nepheli Loux's storyline, just the bad one. Thanks for that.

  • @wittynclever
    @wittynclever 4 місяці тому +26

    I screwed up so many things on the first play through. I watched too many videos on how to get the best gear and all the flasks that I blew right through so many quests.

    • @Soulofagreathero
      @Soulofagreathero 3 місяці тому +2

      Rookie. Mistake. Git Gudder

    • @jasliketheflower
      @jasliketheflower 3 місяці тому +3

      I'm realizing that right now 🥲
      I spent so much time exploring I forgot to follow questlines, now I'm 50 hours in and feel like I'm missing out on some really important content.
      Ps. I accidentally killed Boc in the Coastal Cave because I thought I was "putting him out of his misery"... I fucked up 💀

    • @wittynclever
      @wittynclever 3 місяці тому +1

      @@jasliketheflower Good news is NG+ can change everything!!!

    • @Golfhippy10
      @Golfhippy10 2 місяці тому

      lol meeeee tooooo

  • @yearoldsinger
    @yearoldsinger Місяць тому +2

    I got the frenzied flame ending on my first playthrough simply because I thought I’d be able to open the door and look at the 3 fingers without accepting its embrace but that clearly ain’t work. The dumb shit that happens when you go through your first playthrough blind

  • @Zavalas_SMT1
    @Zavalas_SMT1 15 днів тому +1

    The one with boc i looked around that area like 12 times and could never find him i didnt know he was a tree lol

  • @gateshance141
    @gateshance141 3 місяці тому +6

    Dungeater summon is my go to if I’ve died to a boss at least 30 times

  • @SiverFangBlackWing
    @SiverFangBlackWing 3 місяці тому +11

    You can just use the buff after hugging Fia and you HAVE TO HUG FIA to get an ending.

    • @Kiingpoppa
      @Kiingpoppa 3 місяці тому

      Wdym??

    • @SiverFangBlackWing
      @SiverFangBlackWing 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Kiingpoppa Fia give you an item called “Baldachin's Blessing” that you can use to get rid of the health debuff while also gaining +35% physical damage negation and +34% poise for 15 seconds. Fia has a quest-line with a related ending.

    • @Kiingpoppa
      @Kiingpoppa 3 місяці тому

      @@SiverFangBlackWing okay Thanks :)

    • @tomb613
      @tomb613 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@SiverFangBlackWing If you keep the Baldichans Blessing equipped while using Mimic Tear the Mimic will use it and you can keep it for yourself to use in the endgame. It is a powerful one time use buff so it's worth saving and having the Mimic use it is a bonus!

  • @reginaldgilmorejr.1201
    @reginaldgilmorejr.1201 3 місяці тому +3

    I gave Giddeon the potion instead of Dung Eater. Messed with my head so much, I started a new file. Now I’ll just use this file as a “whatever I get” kind of ending. The new one will be Fias.

  • @Heniekoriginal
    @Heniekoriginal Місяць тому +3

    The worst decision is talking to Ranni before completing Rogiers quest. I did it and i locked Rogiers, Fias and D's quests

  • @kreativerreis-bg7nb
    @kreativerreis-bg7nb 7 днів тому +1

    Im doing my playthrought right now and i am so scared to Take the "wrong" path in the Game or unintetionally skip certain parts

  • @Linkxkatgamerz
    @Linkxkatgamerz 3 місяці тому +5

    I'm on my first playthrough and I decided to do the frenzied flame ending, I'm tired of every good person dying and all the bad people living, even if I purge everything at least no one will suffer.

  • @motojauntx
    @motojauntx 3 місяці тому +2

    I also feel bad for helping Selen turn herself into a suffering bowling ball. She may have been better off pinned to that wall…

    • @SamBram
      @SamBram  3 місяці тому +1

      'We try to help but only make it worse' - most Elden Ring quests (actually most FromSoft quests)

  • @Nobody-tr6pc
    @Nobody-tr6pc Місяць тому +3

    To me the worst decision i could ever make was killing varre in the very beginning. I've been through hell navigating through entire region, fighting bosses i was not supposed to, doing extra chores just to get to mohgywn palace..

    • @marcgedeon2434
      @marcgedeon2434 13 днів тому

      Had the same thing happen to me, it's super irritating

  • @phillipshrader5726
    @phillipshrader5726 3 місяці тому +2

    I'm honestly still stuck at Malakith and haven't played in a while because of it...but I had a playthrough where I tried to see how far I could get in the world without ever fighting one boss...I did make it to Leyndell...

  • @johnminet9067
    @johnminet9067 3 місяці тому +6

    First play I killed after 10 min Varre, pedantic and noxious caractère till I realise I couldn’t farm runes and level up anymore !

    • @thejason755
      @thejason755 3 місяці тому +1

      I actually gave him a pass when i first met him. I’m not sure where he went after i beat Mogh tbh.

  • @scottwilly86
    @scottwilly86 2 місяці тому +1

    When the beast clergyman snapped and attacked me I didn't stop attacking until he was dead. Locking me out of getting a cool weapon and incantation. I didn't realize he had stopped fighting I was in survive mode and just keep dealing damage

  • @MiniMaxi7
    @MiniMaxi7 3 місяці тому +4

    Great video! I killed Maliketh before fully exploring Leyndell 😢
    But I did complete all Volcano manor before Rykard

  • @jsteele07189
    @jsteele07189 3 місяці тому +2

    the silliest and most absolutely based quest option is to progress Sellen's questline all the way to the point that she goes to the Academy (which involves interacting with Azur on Mt. Gelmir, Lusat in Caelid north of Sellia, and one of Sellen's bodies in Seluvis's laboratory at the Three Sisters) just so you can summon her against the Red Wolf of Radagon in Raya Lucaria. She's a trash summon and will barely help you lol

    • @justinmckinney9192
      @justinmckinney9192 2 місяці тому +1

      But if you go back to the bodies after her quest line you get Azur and lusat's full armor set

    • @jsteele07189
      @jsteele07189 2 місяці тому +1

      @@justinmckinney9192 you'll get to pick up those armor sets as soon as you interact with their bodies. You won't miss the armor either way, which is nice.

  • @TheAurgelmir
    @TheAurgelmir 29 днів тому +2

    The Frenzied Flame follows much the same philosophical idea as the Human Instrumentality Project in Neon Genesis Evangelion. Revert everything back to it's origin. Interesting that the flame is yellow, and people turn into Fantas in Evangelions...

  • @kayhaich
    @kayhaich 3 місяці тому +3

    I think letting dungeater out to kill your crab bro and then defile his corpse is terrible,then theres betraying ranni...which is actually okay because igi and blaidd live ....and sevulis :/ also, killing turtle pope means you killed the only character who takes all tomes for spells and incantations...not that you would...would you???

  • @chriskelvin248
    @chriskelvin248 3 місяці тому +10

    This is not a game like the rpg Fallout games where you are routinely faced with good vs evil, justice vs chaos opportunities to turn the tide- sometimes small-scale, sometimes pivotal. The ramifications of your choices are often not clear, nor do the consequences seem to compute with a particular morale bent that the player intends to paint upon their game. It’s a weird ER murkiness that can be debated and picked apart in the forums, but playing it yourself, it’s often as baffling and ultimately mysterious as traversing the mist.

  • @YourOneNOnly_
    @YourOneNOnly_ 3 місяці тому +5

    All this could be avoided if there's was a pop up warning the player that beating said certain boss would forward active quest lines. Making the player double check for anything they missed.

  • @refundreplay
    @refundreplay 3 місяці тому +2

    I figured Seluvis was up to some evil plot, but I gave Nepheli the potion last night, right before I stopped playing. 😑

  • @kemsatofficial
    @kemsatofficial 3 місяці тому +12

    If the Frenzied Flame ending is evil, then what is it when you let Melina burn herself, then claim the Flame of Frenzy after she dies?

    • @ztwiggyy
      @ztwiggyy 3 місяці тому +5

      *Insert Leonardo Di Caprio Laughing during Django Meme*

    • @gediminasmorkys3589
      @gediminasmorkys3589 3 місяці тому +1

      I call it my go-to gameplay loop. That way she doesn't get to badmouth my decisions.

    • @AdrienBackSteel
      @AdrienBackSteel 28 днів тому

      Frenzied Flame isnt evil one. Elden ring story isnt black and white, its much more complex, it's more a radical reset, which can be valid when we see how corrupt is already the world. and canon-wise the most accurate of all endings. (star being the fan-service one)

    • @patrickboland2231
      @patrickboland2231 27 днів тому +3

      Bruh, the FF is the EVIL ending. Nothing's getting reborn, reset or renewed. All that's left is... nothing at all.
      There's multiple things you can do to fix the world. It's not beyond repair .

    • @AdrienBackSteel
      @AdrienBackSteel 22 дні тому

      @@patrickboland2231 oops i didnt "saved" the 99% encounters who try to kill me the whole adventure :(

  • @Angi_Mathochist
    @Angi_Mathochist 3 місяці тому +1

    I took the frenzied flame before burning the erdtree. Then I finished the game, took the flame ending, went back a save, undid the frenzied flame with the needle, and did all the other endings that I could. I didn't get the Dung Eater ending because I chose to give Dung Eater the potion and get him as a puppet this time. I'll get his ending on my NG+.
    After doing all the endings, I went back to my save from just after finishing the game and went into the DLC. So now I'm doing the DLC *with* the frenzied flame. The advantage of this is that I can use the frenzyflame stones for healing myself and my mimic tear during battles, and they won't heal the enemies, like regular warming stones would.

  • @ravenhood8006
    @ravenhood8006 2 місяці тому +3

    It was great, but i disagree with the point where you say frenzied flame is a bad ending ,that i believe it's the true ending with 4 reasons:
    1.world hates us
    2.greater will hate us
    3. No one is trustworthy
    4. You save the person who gave you purpose to do this even though she will never know
    That's all i can say

  • @puckstopper25
    @puckstopper25 2 місяці тому +1

    If I could bring up another terrible decision, you can attack Jar Bairn, like an absolute monster. Doing so before his questline is done locks you out of the Companion Jar, and possibly Diallos' ending if done early enough, but you just have to be a real bastard to do so in the first place.
    Apparently there's a way to save Jarburg from getting attacked at all, too, but it involves learning Diallos' questline almost entirely.

  • @erikaleksandermoe1634
    @erikaleksandermoe1634 2 дні тому

    If I'm not mistaken you can kill Rykard and still get the Hoslow and Raging Wolf sets. Kill Rykard after you get the final quest from Tanith and the quest from Bernahl but don't tell Tanith after you have defeated Rykard until after you have done the two quests. You can thus get the Blasphemous Blade earlier than when you reach getting the Mountaintops of The Giants.

  • @joelout
    @joelout 19 днів тому +1

    Missing out on magic scorpion talisman because you rush Rannis questling to get the DMGS...

  • @RickyGrove
    @RickyGrove 4 місяці тому +8

    I hugged Fia on my first playthrough and suffered the consequences. No more hugs. Creepy, too. Thanks for the great video!

    • @justindunlap1235
      @justindunlap1235 3 місяці тому +3

      I'm not sure why but a hug from the deathbed companion didn't sound very appealing.

  • @sirtophat1825
    @sirtophat1825 Місяць тому +1

    Bruh I wondered where that little debuff came from that little 5% from Fia I just figured I spawned with it lol. Maybe I’ll get rid of it soon though after 100 levels I spent with it.

  • @reavern
    @reavern 2 місяці тому +1

    My first playthrough of Elden Ring I just bulldozed through the game, skipping most NPC quest-lines and optional “dungeons” like Raya Lucaria, Volcano Manor, the Subterranean Shunning Grounds, Nokron, and Haligtree (I didn’t even know about the latter two). The reason being that FromSoft conveys the lore so poorly, so deliberately cryptically, that you never really understand anything on the first playthrough. That’s why I wasn’t a real fan of Elden Ring at first.
    It wasn’t until the DLC was announced that I decided to give ER another chance and for my second playthrough I delved into the lore through YT videos and wiki/fandom pages. For my second playthrough, I was extremely thorough, finding and exploring every cave, catacomb, and hero’s grave, beating every dungeon and demigod, and earning all of the Great Runes. But I did screw up a couple of things.
    Firstly, I completed Volcano Manor and killed Rykard BEFORE completing the Tarnished-killing quests, so I missed out on several of the rewards from Lady Tanith. I also slew Fia rather than embrace her at the roots of the Erdtree, so I missed out on the Lichdragon battle and Fia’s Mending Rune. Slaying NPCs after they more-or-less asked me to was a recurring mistake in this playthrough, because I slew Rya before I acquired the Memory-wiping potion - I regretted that. I also burned the Erdtree before I unlocked the Consecrated Snowfields and completed the Haligtree and Moghwyn Palace, which seemed wrong.
    But I stand by my decision to kill the Dungeater immediately after unlocking his cell, because I didn’t want to advance his quest-line or claim his Mending Rune. I also immediately killed Shabriri.
    In my third playthrough, I opted to use Seluvis’ Potion on the Dungeater to acquire him as a puppet, which seemed like the best choice overall. Perhaps if I do a fourth playthrough, I’ll go “evil” and complete those quest-lines. My third playthrough I chose a Sorcerer Int-Dex build, so I completed Ranni’s quest-line and chose her Mending Rune for that ending. I also completed Sellen’s quest and was disappointed how she ended up, because I liked her better than Rennala.
    I wish there was the option to help Sellen fight Rennala and defeat her for real, and install Sellen as the new Lady of Raya Lucaria.

  • @_its_lunar_
    @_its_lunar_ 24 дні тому

    Killing Rykard also cuts you off from any side quests at the manor like Rya’s and also locks off Diallos’s quest too

  • @darthvaderreviews6926
    @darthvaderreviews6926 19 днів тому

    My worst 1st playthrough decision was getting paranoid and deciding to kill Fia at the last possible moment before Lichdragon Fortissax

  • @-_Blitz_-
    @-_Blitz_- 2 місяці тому +1

    Near that scarlet rot bit I snuck into a cabin with a dog outside it and the dog somehow managed to kill this wizard, so I missed out on that quest. I also accidentally killed Patches. This is my first time playing btw 😂

    • @justinmckinney9192
      @justinmckinney9192 2 місяці тому +1

      That's Millicent's quest line. You miss some good talisman options like rotten wing insignia

  • @Shah_Goje
    @Shah_Goje 3 місяці тому +2

    I didn't give boc the larval tear, unfortunately, i killed him by a mistake

  • @Zel-Veraan
    @Zel-Veraan 28 днів тому

    Dude, I spent so much time getting lost that I never even saw a single one of the things you mentioned outside of Boc. I barely even saw the Altus Plateau and I don't think I ever fought the Tree Sentinel: that's the kind of half playthrough I had.

  • @bkyu39
    @bkyu39 3 місяці тому +2

    I was so grossed out by Fia that I killed her, and then couldn’t get the dragon lightening spells. *sigh*

  • @rouinz
    @rouinz 3 місяці тому +1

    my biggest mistake was killing the fire giant before claiming rivers of blood. truly devastating

  • @gmason5
    @gmason5 18 днів тому

    #1 mistake is killing jars in jarburg, I didn't know there were some npc jars, & they attacked me first. And I didn't even know Alexander was there and would be horrified by it. 😢

  • @trexx8149
    @trexx8149 5 днів тому

    I promise I didn’t really read what was happening but nahpeli was a great npc and I was very upset when she was banished downstairs

  • @stoyannedyalkov6016
    @stoyannedyalkov6016 3 місяці тому +2

    Man your videos are so contagious and engaging. Keep going. You’re doing amazing job. Explaining everything in such a simple and easy to digest manner. So happy I’ve stumbled upon your channel! 🎉

  • @wiseferret4745
    @wiseferret4745 2 години тому

    You can aggro boggart before fighting dung eater and boggart won't be there. Instead there will be a noble in the chair. Then you can use a dew to reset him and save him with violence!

  • @fleef69
    @fleef69 19 днів тому

    I accidentally swung my weapon and killed boc at the entrance of the cave… never forgiving myself for that

  • @PoggoThomas
    @PoggoThomas 25 днів тому

    I just did the 5th mistake, killed Rykard and Lady Tanith while she was eating him without finishing all Volcano's Manor quests

  • @GhostWriter-Gohan
    @GhostWriter-Gohan 3 місяці тому +19

    Baldachin's Blessing has the following effects:
    When in Inventory, Max HP is reduced by 5%.
    When used, grants +35% physical damage negation and +34% poise for 15 seconds.
    Also prevents stagger from attacks with damage level 0/1/2/3/5/8/11 for 15 seconds.
    The 5% missing Max HP is restored after the 15-second buff expires.
    🎉

    • @themuffinprincesa21
      @themuffinprincesa21 3 місяці тому

      The max hp is not fully restored actually. You get the max potential back, but you remain missing the HP until healed via items, spell, or resting at a grace site

  • @Angi_Mathochist
    @Angi_Mathochist 3 місяці тому

    As others have said, you forgot to mention that you can give the potion to Dung Eater. He is a MUCH better use of the potion than Nepheli, and his puppet is one of the best spirit ash summonses in the game. I would put it potentially third, after the Mimic Tear and Tische.

  • @JohnS-i7l
    @JohnS-i7l 3 місяці тому +1

    with eloquence did you deliver the nordvpn ad. truly masterful.

  • @s0l0striker5
    @s0l0striker5 20 днів тому

    when I gave Boc a larval tear and wondered where he went then went back to find him there then watched him die… I got off elden ring and cried… I actually felt so bad about a fucking video game

  • @0x-fy0d0r
    @0x-fy0d0r Місяць тому

    The real gems were showing the Melina scene of "I'll fasho kill you, it's my duty", because I backed up save to do all endings saving FF last because I wanted the frenzy seal, and, thats the ending i just really actually decided on, that and, delivering the realization that, truly the only way to Really destroy the world for good, is to do exactly that, letting her die, and Then doing LoC ending..which..was the whole point I chose the ending xD

  • @rollplaster69xd73
    @rollplaster69xd73 28 днів тому +2

    did anyone realized, that using Baldachin's Blessing wil remove that debuff???

    • @nandoulin
      @nandoulin 18 днів тому

      You mean like he literally explains in the video?

    • @rollplaster69xd73
      @rollplaster69xd73 18 днів тому

      @@nandoulin not sure how about you, but I didn't noticed that he explained that little detail

    • @nandoulin
      @nandoulin 18 днів тому

      @@rollplaster69xd73he adresses that a 2:33 :)

  • @sadariusmanson566
    @sadariusmanson566 2 місяці тому

    I accidentally almost died the flame ending once the only that stop me was looking up what the needle does

  • @hallepic8218
    @hallepic8218 Місяць тому

    I was trying to do the Goldmask quest line and was stuck so I took down the fire giant and burned the tree down. When I returned to the prist he was dead and goldmask no where to be seen

  • @ozyy2424
    @ozyy2424 14 днів тому +1

    frenzied flame is the best ending. Idc if youre destroying the world, its badass

  • @Blazik3n99
    @Blazik3n99 Місяць тому

    I beat Rykard early and I really regret it. I was playing a strength build with heavy armor, it sucks that I missed out so much gear that would work for my build. I've not played the DLC yet but I hope it has some good armour sets.

  • @i_can_c_u_2295
    @i_can_c_u_2295 3 дні тому

    Tbh, I am still in my first playthrough and still not sure if I am ready to defeat Maliketh. I don’t know what stays and what disappears. Rykardnis already dead tho.

  • @cainwallace
    @cainwallace Місяць тому +1

    My biggest mistake was killing varre as soon as I walked out into limgrave lmao

  • @stephengrizzanti1510
    @stephengrizzanti1510 Годину тому

    Sooo i accidentally killed nepheli in my first couple hours of my first playthrough. Didn't know about the tears and church and just went on not knowing a damn thing lol

  • @jamesbowen2088
    @jamesbowen2088 2 місяці тому

    Oh yeah I gave Boc the Larval Tear because I wanted to give him what he wanted and make him happy. Then I found him by Rennala and realized what I had done. It's a good thing we have the ability to alter our own garments.

  • @fredv7349
    @fredv7349 3 місяці тому +1

    I still wish you could get to farum aula earlier without glitches.

  • @DrRexie
    @DrRexie 3 дні тому

    I think the dung eater ending is far worse than the frenzied flame ending because you have literally poisoned and tainted generations to come to suffer the never-ending rot of the dung eater

  • @PureCapsaicin
    @PureCapsaicin 3 місяці тому

    I wanted to try age of stars for my 2nd playthrough, progressed too far into the game or something and when I got to the ranni quest line point where she just says … the guy I was supposed to talk to was dying and I could go further. Biggest mistake Ive made in my 350 hours

  • @MarginalSC
    @MarginalSC 3 місяці тому

    Bad decision is to do fias quest then tell her no and kill her when she says you’ll have to kill her to stop her. No litchdragon fight for me first playthrough

  • @carlosshoemaker2566
    @carlosshoemaker2566 25 днів тому

    I killed Sellen the second time I saw her not realizing who it was. Did I screw myself out of stuff or is there anything I can do to learn her sorcery/get back into that quest line?