The hud-less approach weirdly reminds me of the original PS1 Resident Evil trilogy, where you have to pause the game to check on your health and items.
Also, fun fact - if you set things up right, you actually have more options for NPC summons at the Magma Wyrm than you can pick. Not only could you get Tragoth and Boggart, but if you do her quest up to that point but haven't gone up to meet her yet, Millicent will show up and fight the Wyrm one-handed. This is what she's referencing in her Altus dialogue when she talks about being unable to help more - she can't use her Ash of War because the weapon isn't in her main hand.
Fun Fact: All of the Holy Projection Weapons that Morgott uses are actual weapons that you can get and use. The Daggers are Erdsteel Daggers, the Spear is the Treespear, the Hammer is the Giant-Crusher and the Swords are Carian Knight's Swords. (This is all 100% confirmed thanks to the game's files, by the way).
@@tevenpowell8023I assume it has to do with the ramifications of the marriage between Radagon and Rennala. Loretta, the Miquellan Knight's Sword and Morgott's own holy swords reinforce the importance of such event in the history of the Golden Order. If we keep in mind some of Rogier's dialogue, where he talks about how the Golden Order in the past integrated various practices that stood outside of it, it all paints a rather fascinating picture. After all, in the words of Miriel, heresy is not native to the world; it is but a contrivance
@@Navelia There's another element to them. All of them save the Daggers are found in the grave carriages. They're weapons held by former heroes - possibly even Tarnished he had the Night's Cavalry hunt down.
It'd be fun if Tulok did a run where he specifically used all of the weapons Morgott could summon plus Morgott's weapon for a biblically accurate Morgott build.
TO BE FAIR, I think it’s only when you try to kill him to get the necklace back if I remember correctly. Also he’s a poor guy stealing from a rich lady and he sells us lobs… crab… prawn (?) for only 600 bucks. … SIX HUNDRED ELDEN BUCKS, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
Considering she is recruiting for Volcano Manor, I always figured she either sold the necklace under value or gave it to Boggart so she can accuse him.
The lore difference between a recusant and a bloody finger is their ideologies. The Recusants descend from the OG serpent-cult of Gelmir, and formed to take down the Golden Order because they believe the Golden Order is wrong, philosophically incorrect -- that not all things strive to conjoin and come together, that not all things can have a place in the Golden Order. That the only order that matters is that which is enforced by violence. Them killing those loyal to the Golden Order is seen as philosophical proof that they are right, that a Champion takes without asking and spills blood on the path to rule. The Bloody Fingers are religiously motivated, rather than philosophically motivated like the Recusants. They fervently believe in the power of the cursedblood, in the formless mother -- That Mohg will usher in a new, bloody golden age. Basically -- Recusants hate god, Bloody Fingers want a different god. At least, that's my two cents on the matter.
I really wish there was a unique after-credits line from Melina for people who used the needle to suppress the frenzy. I mean, she threatens to murder you if you do the frenzy ending, but I feel like the player going out of their way to play a really obscure route that involves doing two of the lengthier and more convoluted quests and beating the hardest boss in the game just to prevent their Maiden from being used as a firestarter without dooming the fate of the lands between have earned at least a little acknowledgement at the end, even if it's just her going "You really wouldn't have needed to do that... Mylord".
Unless Melina was using the power of an Outer God, which means after you use the needle to block the Frenzied Flame, she's also blocked from being able to appear to you.
@@darthplagueis13 why wouldn't she be? She literally said she could only move freely in the Capital. And I highly doubt she'd ever wanna be by your side, considering you "saved" her from something she WANTED to do
@@Dastardly_Duo It's highly questionable that such a restriction still holds after the Erdtree is burnt down and the Rune of Death is unleashed. Not to mention that, once a new Elden Lord rises to the throne, there's a good chance that the arrangement could be changed, anyways. Besides, she saw it as her duty to do it. Doesn't mean she was necessarily looking forward to ending up as kindling and the alternative of using the flame of frenzy to burn down the tree just didn't seem acceptable to her. There's no way she could have known about the needle ahead of time, so this would come as a surprise to her, but not necessarily an unwelcome one.
Patches is a good dude, helping you access difficult locations with the teleport virgin which *does* get you much closer to the erdtree and get down cliffs with his bloodline technique, the fall-damage cancelling kick. He also immediately apologizes whenever you call him on his malarkey, as opposed to every other npc who doubles down.
Hey Phil, Northwestern Canadian here, "full of beans" is quite common around here and means energetic, we mostly use it to describe dogs jumping around having a good time. When our dog goes running around because he's so pumped up we describe it as "getting the beans out". I hope the added context only makes you love the phrase more and I encourage your creative or contextless use of the phrase in the future :3
I usually get a good chuckle out of every needle drop and cutaway, but I actually laughed out loud - like a full laugh - at the Roundabout "Yes" needle drop! Super enjoyable run as always, keep up the good work!
"Summoning is cool and it makes you bond with the characters more" - I really do feel this. I always summon npcs where possible in souls games. It's fun, it adds character to the world, and then adds a little bit of extra context when you find their dead bodies or have to fight them later.
knowing i missed several quest on my journey, i shall now sit here fresh on NG + 1 and follow this video word by word because i grew up without a father and this random guy who makes elden ring videos is the only parasocial connection keeping me from going crazy. Great video, keep up the good work.
This is one of the best runs you've done, not gonna lie. The combination of a build entirely of your choosing and the generally unqiue pathing (as in going where the quest needs you rather than optimal pathing) just made it extremely fun to watch. I appreciate the Bully the Mage joke. Very clever.
This was my first fromsoft game and I was told I needed a guide to do all the quests because I’d get locked out of them. Turns out, no. I ended up only missing the jellen part of the witch quest. Funnily enough I didn’t even find jarburg until I after finished the whole game and was just going around lookinh for stuff I may have missed, but talking to jar and reloading like 10 times worked to resolve the entire thing all in one go
Iirc to summon Yura for Agheel you first have to get killed by the dragon, then go back to Yura to exhaust some 'i told you so' dialog, and then his sign appears near the Agheel lake stake of marika. A lot of hassle to get a not-very-helpful summon to fight an already not that hard world boss, but the dialog you get from Yura after beating the dragon together is pretty good, adding some extra characterization for both Yura and Eleonora.
This was nice and playing without the HUD is a nice touch. Fun fact when you use miquella’s needle to get rid of the frenzy flame shabriri can’t be summoned to fight Godfrey you have to do the frenzy flame ending.
Feeling bad for fighting Tragoth is canon. If you look at his armor description it talks about how he's always helping everyone with tough battles and he's everyone's friend and... and... DAMN YOU PATCHES😭😭😭
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I never knew you could just have the Great Jar NPCs throw themselves off the ledge! I fought them so many times trying to get that talisman early and nobody told me?????
I like no HUD too sometimes, but I much prefer customizable HUD. Whenever I have the option I lower the HUD opacity to like 5-10% if I can so it’s barely noticeable unless I’m actually looking for it. I’d try running HUDless in Elden Ring but I’m a caster so I need to know what spells, how much FP… etc. if I had the option though I’d definitely customize it to have very low opacity, only show the status bars and hide everything until I interact. Basically the lock on only appears for a moment when you click it on, and it would flash quickly when you turn it off. The menu box would be invisible until you swap spells and it would show up and the fade away after a moment, same with flasks… etc. stuff only appears when you need it. Maybe even Status bars too.. your Health/FP/Stamina bar only shows when you take damage or use them and the becomes fully visible and lightly pulsing when you’re dangerously low on health/FP/Stamina. Same with Runes. It just pops up when you gain runes and then fades away. For the compass it could appear when you press/hold the “pouch”/quick menu button (triangle on ps5) and then it fades. That would be so nice, clean looking and make for much better screenshots and recording and it would be really immersive for basic exploration and stuff. Nothing in your view unless you want it and the important information only shows when you need it. If I played on PC I’d absolutely try to mod this or ask someone to mod it for me. The “immersive mode” HUD, or “Spirit HUD” because it’s invisible most of the time but guides you like a friendly spirit assistant just giving you little updates. “Hey bro, you’re gonna die soon. Fix that?” Also, another mod I always wanted was an option to automatically swap to the first slot of your item wheel (your flask) when your health hits a certain threshold. No more panic scrolling for the right slot for your flask, no thinking about it at all… your health is super low, just hit square and heal. Done. There should also be a consumable talisman like the sacrificial twigs that will burn one talisman to auto heal you using your own flask. If a hit would’ve killed you, it uses a flask to heal you and burns the consumable talisman. For those times when you’re super close to beating a boss but trying to heal quickly enough gets you killed. Call it maybe “spirit flask” or something or “grace flasks” and they’re just like sacrificial twigs. “A fragile magical flask that; once bonded with its user, will automatically administer the healing effects of crimson tears to a tarnished in dire need. These items were prototypes developed to fight scarlet rot and treat wounds on the battlefield, but the cost and skill required to create them made them very impractical to outfit an entire army with. What was once a promising and innovative invention that was believed to potentially change warfare forever, has been relegated to rare oddities often found in the collections of nobles or high ranking military commanders who sought them for their historical value more than their practical use.” … something like that. Maybe when you equip the talisman, it takes one flask away from your inventory (as if you poured the liquid into a different container.) and sits ready to save your ass! You get one “freebie” per flask where a single attack, no matter how strong is negated by the healing. The attack lands, your health bar goes down and immediately ‘wshhzzhh’ you get healed. You get to survive one attack that would have killed you, whether you had 1hp and a turtle bumps into your shin, or you have full hp and a demigod turns into a meteor and lands on your spine full force. Either way, you get a freebie and a full flask heal. Those are my two mod ideas. Immersive HUD, and the Spirit Flask consumable talisman.
I wont lie, seeing you go HUDless makes me wanna start a new mage build without a HUD. Especially cuz I kinda just learned today that Spinning Weapon on a staff does Strike damage, and with high enough Int, basically makes it immediately stance break Crystalians, one of my biggest pains to face, and I want to go and work through a Base Game playthrough to hit all the stuff earlier than I am in my MAIN mage playthrough (which is, NG+2 and over level 200, lol).
The kale thing kinda makes sense to me cause you'd hear the obviously-a-guy-making-a-howl-sound-and-not-an-actual-wolf and then later on you'd be talking to kale to buy shit or just out of curiosity and you'd see the new text option
Yeah, I was still going back to Kale and saw it, but got stumped on the next stage of the quest... because I’d killed deriwhil in the gaol like 3 hours prior and didn’t remember his name
42:30 When you want to see Gowry, you warp to the Heart of Aeonia site of grace, where you defeated Commander Niall. Then just head East a short distance and walk around a hill. The entrance to Sellia, and Gowry's shack by extension, will be right there. No need to get attacked going through Sellia. 1:27:13 Yeah, the only thing in the game that hints at Elden Beast even existing is the description of the Elden Stars incantation. And even then, nothing to make you think it'll be the final boss.
I got a lvl 150 with 11 larva tears and a lvl 102 with 10 larva tears ready and, I got enough ancient dragons smithing stones and somber ones as well on both characters. I can't wait to hop on and play it on Thursday or Friday when it comes out!
Tulok, I've loved your videos all the way back to the fifth entry on the tier list. I am super excited for you to take on the DLC. (With no magic as god intended)
I did this run last month. (minus selevos or whatever his name is) It was super fun. Can't wait to watch the video because I'm commenting this before I've seen 2 seconds of the video.
52:09 "ok, you done bashing my brains in? Im getting back up". "Oh no you don't. Get back here. I feel like one more bonk." "Ugh, fine, 😮💨 But just one more and that's it."
Im more worried that they're gonna add new content but some of it might be connected to old quests. IE, a new recusant hunt or two that happen in the land of shadows, but if you already finished volcano manor, you gonna be shit outta lucks.
They've already said the DLC isn't going to affect anything in the main game, so... hopefully not. Though I wouldn't be surprised if Malenia changes in some way after you beat her brother.
"Full of beans" is totally a phrase here in the UK! It means being hyper, energetic, that sort of thing. Definitely getting a bit old fashioned now, though.
For Corhyn’s Quest, It’s completely possible to get 37 INT to use Law of Regression without levelling INT. Using Stargazer Heirloom+5INT, Marika’s scar Seal+3INT, Twinsage Glint Crown+6INT, Grafted Blade Great Sword+5INT, Intelligence-knot Crystal Tear+10INT and Godrick’s Great Rune +5INT with a Rune Arc. (Hero-INT7)+5+3+6+5+10+5=[41INT] 🤓🧐🧠
Pro tip to the hudless gamers if you hold down on the D-pad (or the equivalent on PC) it will switch to the item you have first in order allowing you to keep your place. (If Phil said this I have not gotten that far yet so don't bully me)
Love your content, genuinely can't tell if you've really never heard a rambunctious child or animal described as "full of beans" but if you tell people it's a common phrase I can guarantee I at least believe you
Hey man, I always watch your videos because you are pretty funny, and our political views are very similiar. But that part at 1:14:20, really hit close to home. No matter how much time passes, this kind of stuff, still gets to me. And hear you say those words, made me feel better, about myself and all. And I hope you're better about this too.
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To the right on ground, when respawning at the stake
The hud-less approach weirdly reminds me of the original PS1 Resident Evil trilogy, where you have to pause the game to check on your health and items.
Ah, the perfect moment for my favourite NPC quote: "..."
The ever-brilliant Goldmask indeed.
And delivered by the Audio Designer, the best voice actor out there.
Also, fun fact - if you set things up right, you actually have more options for NPC summons at the Magma Wyrm than you can pick. Not only could you get Tragoth and Boggart, but if you do her quest up to that point but haven't gone up to meet her yet, Millicent will show up and fight the Wyrm one-handed. This is what she's referencing in her Altus dialogue when she talks about being unable to help more - she can't use her Ash of War because the weapon isn't in her main hand.
thats crazy cool
Fun Fact: All of the Holy Projection Weapons that Morgott uses are actual weapons that you can get and use. The Daggers are Erdsteel Daggers, the Spear is the Treespear, the Hammer is the Giant-Crusher and the Swords are Carian Knight's Swords.
(This is all 100% confirmed thanks to the game's files, by the way).
His swords being Carian swords always seemed strange to me. I wonder why the developers chose those ones specifically?
@@tevenpowell8023I assume it has to do with the ramifications of the marriage between Radagon and Rennala. Loretta, the Miquellan Knight's Sword and Morgott's own holy swords reinforce the importance of such event in the history of the Golden Order. If we keep in mind some of Rogier's dialogue, where he talks about how the Golden Order in the past integrated various practices that stood outside of it, it all paints a rather fascinating picture. After all, in the words of Miriel, heresy is not native to the world; it is but a contrivance
@@Navelia There's another element to them. All of them save the Daggers are found in the grave carriages. They're weapons held by former heroes - possibly even Tarnished he had the Night's Cavalry hunt down.
It'd be fun if Tulok did a run where he specifically used all of the weapons Morgott could summon plus Morgott's weapon for a biblically accurate Morgott build.
Or in other words, his build sucks
My favorite NPC is Boggart. Wait, he calls Rya a what? Unfriended, blocked, cancelled, poop eaten, defiled.
TO BE FAIR, I think it’s only when you try to kill him to get the necklace back if I remember correctly. Also he’s a poor guy stealing from a rich lady and he sells us lobs… crab… prawn (?) for only 600 bucks.
…
SIX HUNDRED ELDEN BUCKS, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
"Defiled" DAMN
Considering she is recruiting for Volcano Manor, I always figured she either sold the necklace under value or gave it to Boggart so she can accuse him.
@hexkirn shes way to pure to really get whats actually happening there, trickery like that is completely alien to her thought process
@@Corundrom I don't know why you'd assume that. She isn't dumb, she's just sad.
The lore difference between a recusant and a bloody finger is their ideologies. The Recusants descend from the OG serpent-cult of Gelmir, and formed to take down the Golden Order because they believe the Golden Order is wrong, philosophically incorrect -- that not all things strive to conjoin and come together, that not all things can have a place in the Golden Order. That the only order that matters is that which is enforced by violence. Them killing those loyal to the Golden Order is seen as philosophical proof that they are right, that a Champion takes without asking and spills blood on the path to rule.
The Bloody Fingers are religiously motivated, rather than philosophically motivated like the Recusants. They fervently believe in the power of the cursedblood, in the formless mother -- That Mohg will usher in a new, bloody golden age.
Basically -- Recusants hate god, Bloody Fingers want a different god.
At least, that's my two cents on the matter.
I really wish there was a unique after-credits line from Melina for people who used the needle to suppress the frenzy.
I mean, she threatens to murder you if you do the frenzy ending, but I feel like the player going out of their way to play a really obscure route that involves doing two of the lengthier and more convoluted quests and beating the hardest boss in the game just to prevent their Maiden from being used as a firestarter without dooming the fate of the lands between have earned at least a little acknowledgement at the end, even if it's just her going "You really wouldn't have needed to do that... Mylord".
Unless Melina was using the power of an Outer God, which means after you use the needle to block the Frenzied Flame, she's also blocked from being able to appear to you.
Now she's trapped in the Capital against her will.
@@Dastardly_Duo Is she, though?
@@darthplagueis13 why wouldn't she be? She literally said she could only move freely in the Capital. And I highly doubt she'd ever wanna be by your side, considering you "saved" her from something she WANTED to do
@@Dastardly_Duo It's highly questionable that such a restriction still holds after the Erdtree is burnt down and the Rune of Death is unleashed. Not to mention that, once a new Elden Lord rises to the throne, there's a good chance that the arrangement could be changed, anyways.
Besides, she saw it as her duty to do it. Doesn't mean she was necessarily looking forward to ending up as kindling and the alternative of using the flame of frenzy to burn down the tree just didn't seem acceptable to her.
There's no way she could have known about the needle ahead of time, so this would come as a surprise to her, but not necessarily an unwelcome one.
Patches is a good dude, helping you access difficult locations with the teleport virgin which *does* get you much closer to the erdtree and get down cliffs with his bloodline technique, the fall-damage cancelling kick. He also immediately apologizes whenever you call him on his malarkey, as opposed to every other npc who doubles down.
Some people accuse me of being an npc but they haven't finished my questline yet
Seeing the pattern, i dont recommend that they do your questline
Hey Phil, Northwestern Canadian here, "full of beans" is quite common around here and means energetic, we mostly use it to describe dogs jumping around having a good time. When our dog goes running around because he's so pumped up we describe it as "getting the beans out". I hope the added context only makes you love the phrase more and I encourage your creative or contextless use of the phrase in the future :3
Can't wait to NP-SEE what's up with this one
Could you please do an Eleonora build?
Uh, I think this is the wrong person
phil would be proud
Please turn off your internet
I usually get a good chuckle out of every needle drop and cutaway, but I actually laughed out loud - like a full laugh - at the Roundabout "Yes" needle drop! Super enjoyable run as always, keep up the good work!
What no “You always remember taking your first Bad Dragon,” at 7:31? It was right there Phil.
But agheel was a good dragon, doesn't work
"Summoning is cool and it makes you bond with the characters more" - I really do feel this. I always summon npcs where possible in souls games. It's fun, it adds character to the world, and then adds a little bit of extra context when you find their dead bodies or have to fight them later.
Tulok: Alexander doesn’t run fast, so we’re doing all the work 1:19:44
Alexander: WEEEEEE
My favorite NPC is Iron Fist Alexander.
That’s my Battle Buddy 4 Life.
The one NPC who never insults you, regardless if he's defeated or if he kills you after you attack him first
What a madlad
Absolutely true. Sometimes I do Alexander's questline just to fight Fire Giant with Alexander.
knowing i missed several quest on my journey, i shall now sit here fresh on NG + 1 and follow this video word by word because i grew up without a father and this random guy who makes elden ring videos is the only parasocial connection keeping me from going crazy.
Great video, keep up the good work.
Boc being saved using the "your beautiful" is the best choice fromsoft has made npc wise. Only to rip out hearts out with alexander 😢
i kill boc
As a D fan, the level of D’srespect in this video is tarnishing my soul
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Favorite npc has to be Tortoise Pope
i know its a tortoise but "turtle pope" just sounds better
You mean dog?
Thank you for not calling tortoise "dog."
Behold!
dog
Could this be a dog?
My favorite NPC is Roderika, who learns to believe in herself!
This is one of the best runs you've done, not gonna lie. The combination of a build entirely of your choosing and the generally unqiue pathing (as in going where the quest needs you rather than optimal pathing) just made it extremely fun to watch.
I appreciate the Bully the Mage joke. Very clever.
This was my first fromsoft game and I was told I needed a guide to do all the quests because I’d get locked out of them. Turns out, no. I ended up only missing the jellen part of the witch quest. Funnily enough I didn’t even find jarburg until I after finished the whole game and was just going around lookinh for stuff I may have missed, but talking to jar and reloading like 10 times worked to resolve the entire thing all in one go
"full of beans" is a British phrase generally meaning someone is energetic :)
Is the beginning a reference to the Tolarian Professor ? 😳
Many Elden Ring players ask the question, does Phil watch Tolarian Community College?
Yeah, he plays magic- he's gotta know about Prof hitting 1 millon subs. Surprised I had to scroll down so far.
@@TheHometodd i'm happy for Prof, it's a well deserved million ❤️
Iirc to summon Yura for Agheel you first have to get killed by the dragon, then go back to Yura to exhaust some 'i told you so' dialog, and then his sign appears near the Agheel lake stake of marika. A lot of hassle to get a not-very-helpful summon to fight an already not that hard world boss, but the dialog you get from Yura after beating the dragon together is pretty good, adding some extra characterization for both Yura and Eleonora.
Rya is my favorite npc. she's cute and cool and she's a snake and she gets a happier ending than most
1:09:36 I can never tell if you're serious or just clowning around. Thats a terrifying power. You'll make a great poker player.
This video was great!. It's a long one, but it showed a lot of quest content that I think most people have missed on their own playthroughs.
This was nice and playing without the HUD is a nice touch. Fun fact when you use miquella’s needle to get rid of the frenzy flame shabriri can’t be summoned to fight Godfrey you have to do the frenzy flame ending.
She Shadow, On my Erdtree, Till I DLC?
"Full of beans" is a British phrase meaning full of energy. Maybe because you're full of gas, or jumping beans don't know, make up your own reason.
I haven't seen anyone play without the HUD, and I salute you for sacrificing utility to be cinematic!
I've gotta try playing without the HUD, that is genuinely very cinematic
Feeling bad for fighting Tragoth is canon. If you look at his armor description it talks about how he's always helping everyone with tough battles and he's everyone's friend and... and... DAMN YOU PATCHES😭😭😭
AMAZING VIDEO - i thought i had seen all quests, but i sure missed a lot of parts during my many playthroughs
cant wait for dlc theme videos
Don't worry, Millicent doesn't just jam a random needle from a stranger in her chest, she specifically jams a random needle from a stranger in her eye
Counterpoint: Have you SEEN what Boggart looks like under the mask? That man can rob my secret snake any day of the week
Love getting to re-experience all the questlines of Elden Ring in about a movie's length of time, this run is v appreciated
Jargaritaville has been living rent free in my brain for months, thank you Phil and Corey
Can’t believe we finally got a Phil singing sesh I’ll be waiting patiently for the Christmas album
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Omg you had me do a double-back at “Patches moved back to Murkwater Cave” thing
'Full of beans' is a British term for excited or animated/full of energy
0:05 is that a "Tolarian community college's" The Professor -type cadence I detect?
I never knew you could just have the Great Jar NPCs throw themselves off the ledge! I fought them so many times trying to get that talisman early and nobody told me?????
You can also do it with the night cavalry in Caelid by the bridge. Jump up on the tree root and he'll throw himself off trying to get to you.
That Yes hit was really good. Well done.
I like no HUD too sometimes, but I much prefer customizable HUD.
Whenever I have the option I lower the HUD opacity to like 5-10% if I can so it’s barely noticeable unless I’m actually looking for it. I’d try running HUDless in Elden Ring but I’m a caster so I need to know what spells, how much FP… etc.
if I had the option though I’d definitely customize it to have very low opacity, only show the status bars and hide everything until I interact. Basically the lock on only appears for a moment when you click it on, and it would flash quickly when you turn it off. The menu box would be invisible until you swap spells and it would show up and the fade away after a moment, same with flasks… etc.
stuff only appears when you need it.
Maybe even Status bars too.. your Health/FP/Stamina bar only shows when you take damage or use them and the becomes fully visible and lightly pulsing when you’re dangerously low on health/FP/Stamina.
Same with Runes. It just pops up when you gain runes and then fades away.
For the compass it could appear when you press/hold the “pouch”/quick menu button (triangle on ps5) and then it fades.
That would be so nice, clean looking and make for much better screenshots and recording and it would be really immersive for basic exploration and stuff. Nothing in your view unless you want it and the important information only shows when you need it.
If I played on PC I’d absolutely try to mod this or ask someone to mod it for me. The “immersive mode” HUD, or “Spirit HUD” because it’s invisible most of the time but guides you like a friendly spirit assistant just giving you little updates. “Hey bro, you’re gonna die soon. Fix that?”
Also, another mod I always wanted was an option to automatically swap to the first slot of your item wheel (your flask) when your health hits a certain threshold. No more panic scrolling for the right slot for your flask, no thinking about it at all… your health is super low, just hit square and heal. Done. There should also be a consumable talisman like the sacrificial twigs that will burn one talisman to auto heal you using your own flask. If a hit would’ve killed you, it uses a flask to heal you and burns the consumable talisman. For those times when you’re super close to beating a boss but trying to heal quickly enough gets you killed.
Call it maybe “spirit flask” or something or “grace flasks” and they’re just like sacrificial twigs. “A fragile magical flask that; once bonded with its user, will automatically administer the healing effects of crimson tears to a tarnished in dire need. These items were prototypes developed to fight scarlet rot and treat wounds on the battlefield, but the cost and skill required to create them made them very impractical to outfit an entire army with. What was once a promising and innovative invention that was believed to potentially change warfare forever, has been relegated to rare oddities often found in the collections of nobles or high ranking military commanders who sought them for their historical value more than their practical use.” … something like that. Maybe when you equip the talisman, it takes one flask away from your inventory (as if you poured the liquid into a different container.) and sits ready to save your ass! You get one “freebie” per flask where a single attack, no matter how strong is negated by the healing. The attack lands, your health bar goes down and immediately ‘wshhzzhh’ you get healed. You get to survive one attack that would have killed you, whether you had 1hp and a turtle bumps into your shin, or you have full hp and a demigod turns into a meteor and lands on your spine full force. Either way, you get a freebie and a full flask heal.
Those are my two mod ideas. Immersive HUD, and the Spirit Flask consumable talisman.
Watching every minute of these is always worth it. The cop slide clip making an appearance fucking killed me.
NPC stands for Nice Professional Content
I wont lie, seeing you go HUDless makes me wanna start a new mage build without a HUD. Especially cuz I kinda just learned today that Spinning Weapon on a staff does Strike damage, and with high enough Int, basically makes it immediately stance break Crystalians, one of my biggest pains to face, and I want to go and work through a Base Game playthrough to hit all the stuff earlier than I am in my MAIN mage playthrough (which is, NG+2 and over level 200, lol).
Just a little fun fact:kalè had a cut content quest line. Sekiro Dubi has a video of said questline if you are interested
My favorite NPC is Nepheli.
My favorite elden ring funny man is back! I've already got google open on my work computer!
The kale thing kinda makes sense to me cause you'd hear the obviously-a-guy-making-a-howl-sound-and-not-an-actual-wolf and then later on you'd be talking to kale to buy shit or just out of curiosity and you'd see the new text option
Yeah, I was still going back to Kale and saw it, but got stumped on the next stage of the quest... because I’d killed deriwhil in the gaol like 3 hours prior and didn’t remember his name
I watch your videos every morning while I eat breakfast. Great way to start the day. Thank you
I actually did this for the build i'm preparing for the DLC a few weeks ago, it felt like playing through for the first time again
full of beans is actually a pretty common expression here in brit land, basically just means "am excited" or "have a lot of energy"
Heck yes! I'm in the middle of doing the same run as this, going to be a great guide
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When you want to see Gowry, you warp to the Heart of Aeonia site of grace, where you defeated Commander Niall. Then just head East a short distance and walk around a hill. The entrance to Sellia, and Gowry's shack by extension, will be right there. No need to get attacked going through Sellia.
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Yeah, the only thing in the game that hints at Elden Beast even existing is the description of the Elden Stars incantation. And even then, nothing to make you think it'll be the final boss.
I got a lvl 150 with 11 larva tears and a lvl 102 with 10 larva tears ready and, I got enough ancient dragons smithing stones and somber ones as well on both characters. I can't wait to hop on and play it on Thursday or Friday when it comes out!
Tulok, I've loved your videos all the way back to the fifth entry on the tier list. I am super excited for you to take on the DLC. (With no magic as god intended)
I did this run last month. (minus selevos or whatever his name is) It was super fun. Can't wait to watch the video because I'm commenting this before I've seen 2 seconds of the video.
Great Video! Honestly loved the Jargaritavile bit
Oh heck yeah over an hour long Tulok video! I know what I’m watching with lunch!
Pot bro is best bro (except the part where he eats people, don't worry about that though)
I do all the questline on pretty much every run. It’s pretty fun and gets you good items
Try doing Bare Fist next time. I’ve done it and plan on doing it in the DLC. Would be fun
52:09 "ok, you done bashing my brains in? Im getting back up".
"Oh no you don't. Get back here. I feel like one more bonk."
"Ugh, fine, 😮💨 But just one more and that's it."
Im more worried that they're gonna add new content but some of it might be connected to old quests.
IE, a new recusant hunt or two that happen in the land of shadows, but if you already finished volcano manor, you gonna be shit outta lucks.
They've already said the DLC isn't going to affect anything in the main game, so... hopefully not.
Though I wouldn't be surprised if Malenia changes in some way after you beat her brother.
Beautiful music, must rate 12/10 and must get a full version
I always thought full of beans was a common phrase? It means to be hyperactive / full of energy, its pretty commonly used in Ireland :3
2:24 i've always assumed that she was referring to a grafted scion there
My favorite npc is Alexander but boc is a very close 2nd. Right when the game came out I had a new coworker named Boc and he’s was pretty chill.
1:13:07 "Full of beans" is in fact a very common phrase in the UK, meaning "full of energy". No explanation needed
My favorite NPC is Varre, it's always funny to break his heart for believing so fervently in Mohg
I sure do hope nothing tragic or sad happens in any of these questlines!
"Full of beans" is totally a phrase here in the UK! It means being hyper, energetic, that sort of thing. Definitely getting a bit old fashioned now, though.
Do everything 100%, making out quest lines, full clearing all the legacy dungeons of any enemies, etc - is how I always do this game.
Thanks for the video. We all needed that.
Man I spent the entire video thinking how satisfying removing the rust from the anchor would be.
48:54 Your little references make my day.
Say what you will about the Dung Eater, but he can give Seluvis' quest the ending it deserves.
Alexander is my favourite, though.
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Oh my God, someone else remembers 'just a pancakes kh videos! I ain't seen anyone acknowledge them in ages!
You're one of a privileged few youtube channels that I've actually turned notifications on for.
Love your vids!
Two days late but
I feel like 80% of the reason this vid was made was for that "NPSee" joke
If so, worth it
For Corhyn’s Quest, It’s completely possible to get 37 INT to use Law of Regression without levelling INT. Using Stargazer Heirloom+5INT, Marika’s scar Seal+3INT, Twinsage Glint Crown+6INT, Grafted Blade Great Sword+5INT, Intelligence-knot Crystal Tear+10INT and Godrick’s Great Rune +5INT with a Rune Arc.
(Hero-INT7)+5+3+6+5+10+5=[41INT] 🤓🧐🧠
YEAH BABY!!!! Great work as always Phil!!!!!
34:49 Sir, I feel extremely personally called out lol!
Seriously tho, great video as always!
ADVENTURE ZONE REFERENCE??????? Magnus rushes innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
I've gotta say Boc is my guy. He just wants to be loved, and I think that's beautiful.
Really great job, both you and Cory!!
Love the Tolarian Community College reference at the begining
My favourite NPC is completing all the other NPC quest lines? Good
Damn were being treated well excited for this one!
Pro tip to the hudless gamers if you hold down on the D-pad (or the equivalent on PC) it will switch to the item you have first in order allowing you to keep your place. (If Phil said this I have not gotten that far yet so don't bully me)
Love your content, genuinely can't tell if you've really never heard a rambunctious child or animal described as "full of beans" but if you tell people it's a common phrase I can guarantee I at least believe you
"Many Magic: The Gathering players ask the question". Nice reference lol and congrats to the prof on a mil
Hey man, I always watch your videos because you are pretty funny, and our political views are very similiar. But that part at 1:14:20, really hit close to home. No matter how much time passes, this kind of stuff, still gets to me. And hear you say those words, made me feel better, about myself and all. And I hope you're better about this too.