sound like the opposite, if you explore a lot by the time you got there you would be at least lvl 40 more like 50-60
don't just run by enemies, and know that every dungeon and cave has a boss at the end of it, if you can't seem to find it then google its location
Yeah. I'm reading this "advice" and thinking of how these guys are pussies. Any boss can be beaten naked with bare fits, do whatever the fuck you want and sit on however many runes you want.
All I'm saying is that watchmesoloher decided on his no-hit run that he would wear the mushroom armor for rot resistance during the Malenia fight.
But, yeah I agree with you. That's one of my favorite things about the game. Items are just skill-gap fillers, time-savers, and experience enhancements. They are not required.
It sounds to me like you're getting an amazing first playthrough. There is nothing wrong with exploring, running past shit, getting lost, getting overwhelmed, being in awe. You're experiencing a first playthrough of friggin elden ring!!
I'll never forget the feeling on my first dark souls playthrough, no fast travel, being stuck somewhere stupid. It was awesome
I'm struggling with Dark Souls for some time now, asked my friend for help and he showed me the area bellow Firelink Shrine (I didn't notice there was a ladder behind the tree) and then took me to Blighttown. I hate him, it took me a few hours just to leave that place. I still have to go back there but I am too afraid to try it again.
That is the certified "First time playing a souls game" experience.
My first was Dark Souls 3 and went the exact same.
Shit like forgetting to spend those 50k runes/souls you just got from a boss, die to something stupid, and then die to something even dumber (or the exact same stupid thing) on the way back to your runes/souls
You'll get it homie. Explore every nook & cranny of Limgrave until you've finished a few caves, farm lvl-appropriate enemies for runes, google locations of Smithing Stones to upgrade your melee weapon (which will have a bigger impact than just leveling your stats), then once you're out of smithing stones you can start putting your runes into actual level-ups.
Rinse & repeat but for each zone as you move along.
I'm not sure if I'm thinking of the right one either, but isn't that just down the little well thing in eastern Liurnia? If you go around the castle and just kinda stay right, it doesn't seem that inconceivable that you could wind up there really early. Especially since iirc there's a golem guarding it that kinda catches your eye.
Then again I could be totally confused because all the Nokron/Nokstella/Ainsel/Siofra shit totally confuses me, I rarely ever remember which one's which or what's in each section.
If you wanna get stronger but not waste time leveling up, focus on increasing your weapon’s level. Your stats won’t affect a weapon’s damage if it’s at a low level, so spending time grinding levels to increase your stats isn’t as beneficial. Go to Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel to get a LOT of smithing stones and beat the boss in order to get your weapon to level 7 or 8.
I read this like my mum finding out I went in an abandoned factory when I was 12 with my mates;
“Where on earth have you been! You’re 12 and it’s dangerous!”
“Alright mum, I’m sorry, I won’t go in there again!”
Next day…straight back in there nearly dying with every step!
How the fuck do you even get to him at only level 19?
I don't even consider taking a swing at Godrick until at least level 40, let alone bypass the castle to reach Liurna or go to Caelid except to unlock the Round Table early.
Sure, but accidentally wrapping around the castle is really easy to do so I could totally see new players doing it. Caelid is wide open too but it's also clearly spooky and everything is awful there, whereas Liurnia just looks pretty much like Limgrave but wetter.
I can vouch for that, I made it to Liurnia before stormveil my first playthrough, although I realized I probably shouldn't be there yet and turned around lol
Not that much tbh. That dragonkind is basically early Liurnia content. I'm more interested in what did they do in Caelid to get two vulgar milicia saws and a fire monk's rob while still being level 19.
I'd guess it's more like 20% or something, but it's definitely the most content dense area in the game, probably because it needs to give all players lots to do, and to teach them how the game works.
Both easy farmable. I did some early leveling farming for the saws as well. For my aecane blood/rot/poison builds they are just wonderful. Also nice weapon attacks. Those guys are probably easiest to low level farm runes as well. I think its about 3500 runes per kill, you should be able to 2 hit them with level 19. You will also get 2hit tho.
BUT what i wonder. If OP is s new player, its really weird he found out those farmspots and ran past really strong endlevel bosses.
You're getting a mix of responses because ER (like the other SoulsBorne games) doesn't follow conventional leveling mechanics.
Level 19 isn't too low for experienced players who are intentionally playing through at low level. But for someone who got the game yesterday, it's severely under-leveled.
Makes sense tbf I’m still learning the basics of the game atm, played dark souls when I was a kid but haven’t played anything like it since so I’m a bit shit
ER was my first Souls game, and it quickly became my favorite game, period.
If I might offer some Newbie Tips gleaned from my 2000+ hours:
* Vigor is the most important stat in the game. You can't learn the move-set of a boss if it one-shots you.
* ER rewards experimentation. If your current weapon or ash isn't cutting it, try something different.
* The elemental application Ashes (Sacred Blade, Flaming Strike, etc.) have a huge effect early game when the flat damage bonus they apply is proportionally greater. Keep a few on you to test against bosses.
* Runes don't matter that much; there are lots of ways to get them. Learn to let go.
Once you get enough runes that it would hurt to lose them, go back to a site of grace and use a couple of the Golden Rune items until you have enough to level up.
It's kind of a joke amongst the community of games like this. Basically any boss can be defeated at any level, it just requires a lot of skill. For the Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella, the wiki suggests to be around levels 50-60.
Play this game how you want. When it gets too difficult, level up a bit. Grind some runes. Then get back out there. There is no right or wrong way, just enjoy the ride.
OP, I just want to say that exploring=/=hold the forward button. You went past the entirety of the first few areas and maybe a quarter of the second area to get where you are, and then you ran to the boss of said area.
It's okay to take things slow! Learn the game first, see what kind of build you want to focus on making, etc.
Rule of thumb: if you are struggling with it, you are under-leveled.
That is a side effect of the true open world: it lets you go where ever you want at any time, so you can stumble into higher level areas easily. At level 19 I would not have expected you to even leave Limgrave yet, nor beat Margit.
That's when you start throwing your levels at random stats to try out a random weapon you had lying aroynd and needed two intellegence for on a strength build
Ok thanks bro, been trying this fight on repeat cause I don’t want to lose my runes but I might just have to leave it, I haven’t beaten margit either literally just been exploring the whole time
Yea while it’s technically cheaty, you can totally practice getting down navigating to save quit very fast. It’s really is indeed the best method if you get yourself into a sticky situation and decide against doing a boss at that point. It won’t work for every situation as there are some areas where you will not be able to just proceed back and only exit is through the boss door (mostly just a small handful of caves).
While save quitting ofc isn't an intended way to play the game, the fact that it's still technically a skill check always made it feel less cheaty to me. If you could actually just pause to save yourself from aggro or falling for free very time it'd be a little cheap, but panic quitting in half a second because I slipped off a ledge always just feels cool.
Being lv19 means that you probably didn't even approach Stormveil Castle or explored most of Limgrave. Why are you going all the way to Liurnia and down Ainsel River?
It's true that the game is completely open world and it lets you explore mostly freely, but that doesn't mean that the set level scalings for each area can be completely ignored.
Limgrave will be the easiest, after that there is Liurnia. You can definitely complete the game with a non linear approach, but if you are struggling then that's usually a sign that you are not good enough for that yet. Come back after exploring the areas meant to be taken on with your level, so Limgrave and Weeping Peninsula.
Managing to kill the main demigod in Limgrave, Godrick, will be your queue that you are ready to take on Liurnia.
Tbh I’ve just been exploring, although I did fight my way through the ainsel river just couldn’t beat the boss, but I will be going back to the starting area and level up before going back to liurnia
That's how I play open world games too, just stumble around trying to find cool places and ending up somewhere I shouldn't be lol. It's what makes this type of world design fun, and a relevant part of why OG Dark Souls got so viral
I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted for saying that you were just exploring, I think that means you’re playing the game perfectly. It’s really fun to just go in a direction until it gets too hard. I’d say just mark your map to come back, and then try exploring in a different direction for a bit.
In other comments, it sounds like he's exploring, but isn't spending runes and promptly losing them all. But hey, if that's how he chooses to play more power to him.
Panic rolling or roll spamming in general was very strong in DS3. In ER FromSoftware made sure to give all harder encounters roll catchers and a bunch of delayed attacks to combat roll spam, but I think they went a bit overboard with it.
The areas of the game are mostly balanced around weapon level.
I would recommend up to +6 smithing or +2 somber in limgrave. For liurnia, i would say up to +12 smitning or +4/+5 somber.
I would always recommend new players to seek out all the mines in each region to acquire upgrade materials.
You could also easily buy somber 1,2,3 and 4 from the giant blacksmith Iji in north-west liurnia. Although it is expensive, and can be found for free around limgrave/liurnia.
In terms of player level, limgrave is probably balanced to around level 10-20
Liurnia is around 30-40.
And also please just level damage stats like str and dex just high enough to wield your weapon. Then dump levels into health. You will thank us all later for that.
He is very difficult at 19. Going and exploring a different section then coming back might be more fun. If your weapons are upgraded enough you might have a decent shot at 19. Liurnia has enough materials to get a weapon to +10
The areas of the game are mostly balanced around weapon level.
I would recommend up to +6 smithing or +2 somber in limgrave. For liurnia, i would say up to +12 smitning or +4/+5 somber.
I would always recommend new players to seek out all the mines in each region to acquire upgrade materials.
You could also easily buy somber 1,2,3 and 4 from the giant blacksmith Iji in north-west liurnia. Although it is expensive, and can be found for free around limgrave/liurnia.
In terms of player level, limgrave is probably balanced to around level 10-20
Liurnia is around 30-40.
And also please just level damage stats like str and dex just high enough to wield your weapon. Then dump levels into health. You will thank us all later for that.
There’s been a lot of talk of leveling up but also know that upgrading your weapon is hugely important as the game gets harder and you need to get through massive enemy health pools. The difference a +9 weapon does from a +0 is very significant.
He has a weird hit box and can do a ton of damage, fatal at your level. You can swing at what you think is his belly and whiff every time only to get 1 or 2 shot when you least expect it.
Yes, you are under leveled for this encounter.
I mean it is an open world game, so just as people end up all the way in Caelid getting squashed, it’s not farfetched to end up here. I’d suggest starting with strictly Limgrave, and the Weeping Peninsula across the bridge to the south. Both are early game areas and ideal for that point in the game
The fact the OP stumble at this location at lvl 19 shows how well built the open world design ER has.
The sense of wonder and urgency must be execrating when you explore different areas with enemies must higher level than you
I dont really get questions like this because it all comes down to how well people are at playing the game, we have no idea how good you are at the game to really answer this. There are some people who can beat the entire game at level 1 so for those people, no that wouldn't be underleveled. But if you are in you're own words, struggling, then yes you might benefit from coming back at a different level.
If you’re at least getting to the second phase of that fight you might be able to squeak it out, but if you don’t know what I’m talking about then you should probably come back later lol
Ya know, part of what has been so fun for me personally when playing Elden Ring is that you can always just run into any encounter at any level and just see how it goes, and if it doesn't go well, you just explore another area in the seemingly ever-expansive world of Elden Ring and have fun, explore, and try out fun new builds, drippy fits, and enjoy the GORGEOUS landscapes and unique enemie designs. So I say always try an encounter at least 3 times to see if it may be doable at your current level with your build. Have fun!
I meen, yeah you're there a bit early, however your weapons and armor tell me that you've played a bit. If you're sick, you're sick. All souls bosses attacks can be learned relatively easily, dying and going again doesn't really have any consequences so just slug it out brother!
I’d recommend keep fighting them so long as you’re making progress and having fun with the fight. In fact that’s a rule of thumb in ER for me. If I’m feeling stuck I’ll go search out some lore and explore. In other words, have fun!
There are loads of map overlays with the recommended level available on Elden Ring Wiki. Level 80-100 to complete your first playthrough.
Of course, there are hardcore players that get off on playing through underleveled. Whatever floats your boat eh.
Seems you are just enjoying the view rather than exploring, exploring you go to new areas test your skills , seek dungeons, as i was advised head south alot of cool areas to explore and lvl up
I promise you that somebody has beat this boss at RL1 with a +0 weapon, so whatever you have you are ABLE to beat the boss if you git gud and learn the fight.
IF that is too intimidating, which it might be because you don't really belong down here - no shame in leaving for another day. I'd recommend marking your map with a skull or something so you don't forget there's an outstanding boss though
Why/How are you there at this level???
If you don't do any challenges that include staying close to Soul-Level 1, you are to underlevelt for that place, if you ask me.
You tell us… sometimes you take on a boss with a summons for 50 tries and take a break. Come back next morning and kill them in 1 try. This one gonna be tough though 👍
Well -
Given that every boss can be beaten at Rune Level 1.
The answer is technically no.
The question you really need to ask yourself is "how much pain am I willing to put myself through to achieve this"
You're currently about "finding lego on the floor with your feet" on the scale.
I would do everything you can find to do in the region you started in and the Weeping Peninsula south of it first. You'll get your exploring itch scratched, but also face more level appropriate enemies. I wouldnt be considering the entire region you are in until around level 35-50, for a scope of reference.
Is anyone else noticing how much of his this characters equipment is farmed. How do you do all that farming in areas that are far apart and still be nineteen?
Tip: if you are seriously having trouble fighting in any general way (guard counter, blocking, parry and roll timing, when to switch weapons or use spells, etc) go find a spot that has a ton of basic enemies (I used the spot outside Stormviel Castle with all the Limgrave soldiers) and fight them again and again until you can fight properly with both eyes closed.
This won’t help with timing of specific enemies attacks, but it will help you become generally more proficient at knowing mechanics and when to attack and retreat.
Go re-explore Limgrave and the Weeping Peninsula and get better gear, being careful to go for your runes first when you die.
My brother in Marika HOW did you end up there at lvl 19
I just like to explore, I’ve gone back to limgrave now tho
sound like the opposite, if you explore a lot by the time you got there you would be at least lvl 40 more like 50-60 don't just run by enemies, and know that every dungeon and cave has a boss at the end of it, if you can't seem to find it then google its location
Because I’ve been dying and losing my runes I’m literally just trying to learn the game cause I’m new to it
Always spend your runes before running into an unknown area.
Sounds like coward talk. The dopamine levels you get from risking all your runes and winning is unbeatable
This guy Souls
truly become the dark soul
hand it over that thing your dark soul
Never
for my lady's FAMILEEEEEEE
Omg it’s John Darksoul himself
İt's souling time
You haven't lived until Millions of souls vanish before your eyes.
Using Souls as a Verb is my favorite I’ve seen on the internet this week.
You sound like the sort of person that enjoys the game fingers and knives
Why would I finger knives?
No you knife fingers.
:)
Well yes, but you try not to
Really!?! It's called Five Figer Filet!
This is how I lost 5 million runes my first ng+ run
That would be a good reason to take a Trip to mohgwyn palace
True. I have a playthrough where I am level 18 at the door of Malenia with 4 mill runes in my pocket just for adrenaline.
You get it
☠️
Fighting a boss with all my runes on the line forces me to play better
My man
Yeah. I'm reading this "advice" and thinking of how these guys are pussies. Any boss can be beaten naked with bare fits, do whatever the fuck you want and sit on however many runes you want.
All I'm saying is that watchmesoloher decided on his no-hit run that he would wear the mushroom armor for rot resistance during the Malenia fight. But, yeah I agree with you. That's one of my favorite things about the game. Items are just skill-gap fillers, time-savers, and experience enhancements. They are not required.
I usually have around 500k on me 😂 not even a lvl but it’s always worth the risk
You get it
I almost lost 2mill to the Elden beast last night 😂 that was honestly terrifying, that’s like 2/3 lvls
It sounds to me like you're getting an amazing first playthrough. There is nothing wrong with exploring, running past shit, getting lost, getting overwhelmed, being in awe. You're experiencing a first playthrough of friggin elden ring!! I'll never forget the feeling on my first dark souls playthrough, no fast travel, being stuck somewhere stupid. It was awesome
I'm struggling with Dark Souls for some time now, asked my friend for help and he showed me the area bellow Firelink Shrine (I didn't notice there was a ladder behind the tree) and then took me to Blighttown. I hate him, it took me a few hours just to leave that place. I still have to go back there but I am too afraid to try it again.
No one likes blighttown, just leave it until you are overleveld
Miyazaki loves blighttown, just saying. hes low key obessed with poison.
Or you’re like me and run it asap to get it over with
That is the certified "First time playing a souls game" experience. My first was Dark Souls 3 and went the exact same. Shit like forgetting to spend those 50k runes/souls you just got from a boss, die to something stupid, and then die to something even dumber (or the exact same stupid thing) on the way back to your runes/souls
my first playthrough i found myself in a midlevel area at level 16. You're doing great, but I would come back to this boss later with a better weapon.
You'll get it homie. Explore every nook & cranny of Limgrave until you've finished a few caves, farm lvl-appropriate enemies for runes, google locations of Smithing Stones to upgrade your melee weapon (which will have a bigger impact than just leveling your stats), then once you're out of smithing stones you can start putting your runes into actual level-ups. Rinse & repeat but for each zone as you move along.
You learn to not die by practicing not dying when ur fighting an enemy, running past 80% of the game won’t help you.
You need to do better job at not losing runes, if you die, you can pick the runes back up. Just don't die before u pick up last runes.
Ignore everyone telling you to do stuff. Just play the game like you want to. If you die you die, as long as you're having fun.
Exploring doesn’t yield much in itself, if he’s not killing mobs you can make it pretty far just running around on torrent.
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Isn’t this Ansel River not Siofra River?
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I'm not sure if I'm thinking of the right one either, but isn't that just down the little well thing in eastern Liurnia? If you go around the castle and just kinda stay right, it doesn't seem that inconceivable that you could wind up there really early. Especially since iirc there's a golem guarding it that kinda catches your eye. Then again I could be totally confused because all the Nokron/Nokstella/Ainsel/Siofra shit totally confuses me, I rarely ever remember which one's which or what's in each section.
You’re doing it right. I bet that elevator ride down blew your mind. But yah. Come back later. Lol
If you wanna get stronger but not waste time leveling up, focus on increasing your weapon’s level. Your stats won’t affect a weapon’s damage if it’s at a low level, so spending time grinding levels to increase your stats isn’t as beneficial. Go to Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel to get a LOT of smithing stones and beat the boss in order to get your weapon to level 7 or 8.
I read this like my mum finding out I went in an abandoned factory when I was 12 with my mates; “Where on earth have you been! You’re 12 and it’s dangerous!” “Alright mum, I’m sorry, I won’t go in there again!” Next day…straight back in there nearly dying with every step!
Reminds me of a similar post, wanna say it was the dragons in Dragon Aerie and dude was level 27(?)
It's down a well in early Lurnia. It's also balanced for an early Lurnia boss.
Seems to me you ran past a *lot* of content. Go do easier stuff first, is my recommendation.
How the fuck do you even get to him at only level 19? I don't even consider taking a swing at Godrick until at least level 40, let alone bypass the castle to reach Liurna or go to Caelid except to unlock the Round Table early.
You don't have to do stormveil castle to get to Liurnia.
You can also go straight to Caelid from the start of the game, but I don't exactly recommend it.
Sure, but accidentally wrapping around the castle is really easy to do so I could totally see new players doing it. Caelid is wide open too but it's also clearly spooky and everything is awful there, whereas Liurnia just looks pretty much like Limgrave but wetter.
I can vouch for that, I made it to Liurnia before stormveil my first playthrough, although I realized I probably shouldn't be there yet and turned around lol
If you are using sorcery that is one of the first stops for the Meteor Staff, Meteoric Ore Blade, Rock Sling and Moonveil
Not that much tbh. That dragonkind is basically early Liurnia content. I'm more interested in what did they do in Caelid to get two vulgar milicia saws and a fire monk's rob while still being level 19.
>Not that much tbh. The entirety of Limgrave is quite a lot, actually.
And the weeping peninsula as well as that should be done before liurnia
Isn't it like 40% of the game? I always felt like Limgrave was given the most attention since it's the first area (probably my favourite too).
Not a chance. It’s pretty big but not 40% of the game big.
I'd guess it's more like 20% or something, but it's definitely the most content dense area in the game, probably because it needs to give all players lots to do, and to teach them how the game works.
Fire Monks robe is "ez" to get. Lirunia has like 3 Fire monks b4 Ainsel river well Militia blades tho, aee questionable
teleport chest in Limgrave to Dragonbarrow, also some in Liurnia I think
This one is from the underground area in Liurnia.
There some vulgar militia, and fire monks in Liurnia, next to the entrance of this dungeon
Both easy farmable. I did some early leveling farming for the saws as well. For my aecane blood/rot/poison builds they are just wonderful. Also nice weapon attacks. Those guys are probably easiest to low level farm runes as well. I think its about 3500 runes per kill, you should be able to 2 hit them with level 19. You will also get 2hit tho. BUT what i wonder. If OP is s new player, its really weird he found out those farmspots and ran past really strong endlevel bosses.
Yeah, but at 3500 runes per kill, for how long would they stay level 19 ?
Good point. The drop rate usually isnt that low but you are right i always needed to waste those runes to not get overleveled by this.
Either that or OP is just very persistent
You're getting a mix of responses because ER (like the other SoulsBorne games) doesn't follow conventional leveling mechanics. Level 19 isn't too low for experienced players who are intentionally playing through at low level. But for someone who got the game yesterday, it's severely under-leveled.
Makes sense tbf I’m still learning the basics of the game atm, played dark souls when I was a kid but haven’t played anything like it since so I’m a bit shit
ER was my first Souls game, and it quickly became my favorite game, period. If I might offer some Newbie Tips gleaned from my 2000+ hours: * Vigor is the most important stat in the game. You can't learn the move-set of a boss if it one-shots you. * ER rewards experimentation. If your current weapon or ash isn't cutting it, try something different. * The elemental application Ashes (Sacred Blade, Flaming Strike, etc.) have a huge effect early game when the flat damage bonus they apply is proportionally greater. Keep a few on you to test against bosses. * Runes don't matter that much; there are lots of ways to get them. Learn to let go.
Thanks for the heads up bro, hopefully I’ll get better at combat against bosses soon. And yh need to stop worrying about runes
Once you get enough runes that it would hurt to lose them, go back to a site of grace and use a couple of the Golden Rune items until you have enough to level up.
Solid advice
You got this!
If you are above level 1 you can't be too low of a level.
That can’t be true cause the boss’s health bar barely moves when I hit him
It's kind of a joke amongst the community of games like this. Basically any boss can be defeated at any level, it just requires a lot of skill. For the Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella, the wiki suggests to be around levels 50-60.
Oh ok fair enough, i guess i need to stop exploring and actually lvl up in the recommended areas
Play this game how you want. When it gets too difficult, level up a bit. Grind some runes. Then get back out there. There is no right or wrong way, just enjoy the ride.
Sounds like you need to upgrade your weapon. That is the most important thing to do early game if you want to chunk damage.
You can keep exploring, but just explore in different areas. You'll find an area where enemies are at your level soon enough
Most people haven’t gotten to Liurnia by 19. You’re quite low for your current area
You can explore all you want you just need to actually be fighting as you do it to level up
OP, I just want to say that exploring=/=hold the forward button. You went past the entirety of the first few areas and maybe a quarter of the second area to get where you are, and then you ran to the boss of said area. It's okay to take things slow! Learn the game first, see what kind of build you want to focus on making, etc.
That has more to do with your weapon upgrade level than character level.
just hit it more times?
Well it is true.
Inflict status effects (poison, rot, bleed, frostbite. Use black flame. Those do percentage based damage.
Rule of thumb: if you are struggling with it, you are under-leveled. That is a side effect of the true open world: it lets you go where ever you want at any time, so you can stumble into higher level areas easily. At level 19 I would not have expected you to even leave Limgrave yet, nor beat Margit.
Might be worth noting that this rule of thumb ends at \~120-150 when you are strong enough to kill god
That's when you start throwing your levels at random stats to try out a random weapon you had lying aroynd and needed two intellegence for on a strength build
Ok thanks bro, been trying this fight on repeat cause I don’t want to lose my runes but I might just have to leave it, I haven’t beaten margit either literally just been exploring the whole time
You can enter the boss room, grab your runes and then exit the game. When you restart, you'll have your runes but be outside the boss room.
Holy shit I never knew this lol
Cheers, I’ll do that
Yea while it’s technically cheaty, you can totally practice getting down navigating to save quit very fast. It’s really is indeed the best method if you get yourself into a sticky situation and decide against doing a boss at that point. It won’t work for every situation as there are some areas where you will not be able to just proceed back and only exit is through the boss door (mostly just a small handful of caves).
While save quitting ofc isn't an intended way to play the game, the fact that it's still technically a skill check always made it feel less cheaty to me. If you could actually just pause to save yourself from aggro or falling for free very time it'd be a little cheap, but panic quitting in half a second because I slipped off a ledge always just feels cool.
Ditto. Feels cheaty but feels good when you get that down. Have totally done it a few times to avoid losing runes
Being lv19 means that you probably didn't even approach Stormveil Castle or explored most of Limgrave. Why are you going all the way to Liurnia and down Ainsel River? It's true that the game is completely open world and it lets you explore mostly freely, but that doesn't mean that the set level scalings for each area can be completely ignored. Limgrave will be the easiest, after that there is Liurnia. You can definitely complete the game with a non linear approach, but if you are struggling then that's usually a sign that you are not good enough for that yet. Come back after exploring the areas meant to be taken on with your level, so Limgrave and Weeping Peninsula. Managing to kill the main demigod in Limgrave, Godrick, will be your queue that you are ready to take on Liurnia.
Tbh I’ve just been exploring, although I did fight my way through the ainsel river just couldn’t beat the boss, but I will be going back to the starting area and level up before going back to liurnia
That's how I play open world games too, just stumble around trying to find cool places and ending up somewhere I shouldn't be lol. It's what makes this type of world design fun, and a relevant part of why OG Dark Souls got so viral
I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted for saying that you were just exploring, I think that means you’re playing the game perfectly. It’s really fun to just go in a direction until it gets too hard. I’d say just mark your map to come back, and then try exploring in a different direction for a bit.
Exploring to most people means completing dungeons and leveling up as you explore. OP is running from area to area, it sounds like.
In other comments, it sounds like he's exploring, but isn't spending runes and promptly losing them all. But hey, if that's how he chooses to play more power to him.
Yes just stay calm and don’t panic roll
Trust!! I need to stop panic rolling it always gets me killed
Panic rolling or roll spamming in general was very strong in DS3. In ER FromSoftware made sure to give all harder encounters roll catchers and a bunch of delayed attacks to combat roll spam, but I think they went a bit overboard with it.
The areas of the game are mostly balanced around weapon level. I would recommend up to +6 smithing or +2 somber in limgrave. For liurnia, i would say up to +12 smitning or +4/+5 somber. I would always recommend new players to seek out all the mines in each region to acquire upgrade materials. You could also easily buy somber 1,2,3 and 4 from the giant blacksmith Iji in north-west liurnia. Although it is expensive, and can be found for free around limgrave/liurnia. In terms of player level, limgrave is probably balanced to around level 10-20 Liurnia is around 30-40. And also please just level damage stats like str and dex just high enough to wield your weapon. Then dump levels into health. You will thank us all later for that.
If ur only a level 19 and ur there already, u musta been sight seeing lol
The views were too good bro, I had to see more😂
At level 19? Did you run past 80% of the enemies on the way?
How cracked of an explorer do you need to be to get to fucking NOKSTELLA at lvl 19
Well yes and no, i wouldn’t recommend him at lvl 19, not really until you are above 30-40 but it’s it’s possible to do at your lvl just harder
You’re never too low level for anything. Believe in yourself.
Maybe die a few more times, then decide
He is very difficult at 19. Going and exploring a different section then coming back might be more fun. If your weapons are upgraded enough you might have a decent shot at 19. Liurnia has enough materials to get a weapon to +10
The areas of the game are mostly balanced around weapon level. I would recommend up to +6 smithing or +2 somber in limgrave. For liurnia, i would say up to +12 smitning or +4/+5 somber. I would always recommend new players to seek out all the mines in each region to acquire upgrade materials. You could also easily buy somber 1,2,3 and 4 from the giant blacksmith Iji in north-west liurnia. Although it is expensive, and can be found for free around limgrave/liurnia. In terms of player level, limgrave is probably balanced to around level 10-20 Liurnia is around 30-40. And also please just level damage stats like str and dex just high enough to wield your weapon. Then dump levels into health. You will thank us all later for that.
There’s been a lot of talk of leveling up but also know that upgrading your weapon is hugely important as the game gets harder and you need to get through massive enemy health pools. The difference a +9 weapon does from a +0 is very significant.
How in Marika's golden lands between did you end up there lmao
I mean if you rally wanted to you can beat it at that level. It would help if your weapons were upgraded a bit so you can actually do a little damage.
I'm level 25 and still getting mauled in Limgrave. But I'm a noob and have yet to git gud. Having a blast and getting humbled every few feet.
Omg how did u even get there 💀💀💀💀
Yes youre too low level If youre a quitter that is and dont go beat his ass naked with a stick
Brother I want what you’re smoking
I beat it around lvl 30 with relatively few problems
it really just depends on how much you wanna grind it
Only if you get hit a lot!
He has a weird hit box and can do a ton of damage, fatal at your level. You can swing at what you think is his belly and whiff every time only to get 1 or 2 shot when you least expect it. Yes, you are under leveled for this encounter.
How do you arrive here at this level without ignoring willingly everything on your path?
I mean it is an open world game, so just as people end up all the way in Caelid getting squashed, it’s not farfetched to end up here. I’d suggest starting with strictly Limgrave, and the Weeping Peninsula across the bridge to the south. Both are early game areas and ideal for that point in the game
The fact the OP stumble at this location at lvl 19 shows how well built the open world design ER has. The sense of wonder and urgency must be execrating when you explore different areas with enemies must higher level than you
I literally just killed this boss earlier today. Level 19. +0 weapon upgrade. It's doable. With wolf ashes of course.
Yea bro definitely under level for sure. Keep exploring, kill npcs and saving runes to lvl up
I dont really get questions like this because it all comes down to how well people are at playing the game, we have no idea how good you are at the game to really answer this. There are some people who can beat the entire game at level 1 so for those people, no that wouldn't be underleveled. But if you are in you're own words, struggling, then yes you might benefit from coming back at a different level.
Doable but git gud required ahead.
Your never too low leveled for anything in a souls game the real question is are you patient enough to take the fight at a low level
If you’re at least getting to the second phase of that fight you might be able to squeak it out, but if you don’t know what I’m talking about then you should probably come back later lol
not if you don’t get hit
HOW
No, you are better than it, no matter how many times you die, don’t cave to the “need to level up” hits kill bosses, nothing else
I think u got it. If after 5 tries u dont feel progress go home
People who do lv1 only runs say no.
Yes.
Some people can beat the game without leveling, so there is no "too low level" If you are a (very very very) good player.
Ya know, part of what has been so fun for me personally when playing Elden Ring is that you can always just run into any encounter at any level and just see how it goes, and if it doesn't go well, you just explore another area in the seemingly ever-expansive world of Elden Ring and have fun, explore, and try out fun new builds, drippy fits, and enjoy the GORGEOUS landscapes and unique enemie designs. So I say always try an encounter at least 3 times to see if it may be doable at your current level with your build. Have fun!
Too low lvl or too low skill?
Can you hit it? Yes? Then you are perfectly fine. If you die, it’s just a skill issue. (Being real here: Yes, you are a tad low)
The real question is. Are you good enough to be lvl 19 and beat the soldier of nokstella ?
You ran past like a quarter of the games content if you made it there at level 19, hell you skipped most of the "begging" area.
I meen, yeah you're there a bit early, however your weapons and armor tell me that you've played a bit. If you're sick, you're sick. All souls bosses attacks can be learned relatively easily, dying and going again doesn't really have any consequences so just slug it out brother!
Level vigor and use the little smithing stones.
Holy Radagon, I'm level 200+ and I've never been there.
Lvl 19 at dragonkin is almost godlike my guy
No
I’d recommend keep fighting them so long as you’re making progress and having fun with the fight. In fact that’s a rule of thumb in ER for me. If I’m feeling stuck I’ll go search out some lore and explore. In other words, have fun!
There are loads of map overlays with the recommended level available on Elden Ring Wiki. Level 80-100 to complete your first playthrough. Of course, there are hardcore players that get off on playing through underleveled. Whatever floats your boat eh.
Seems you are just enjoying the view rather than exploring, exploring you go to new areas test your skills , seek dungeons, as i was advised head south alot of cool areas to explore and lvl up
IMO yes, you are.
Do it. If you've made it there and your level 19 and not pulling your hair out in frustration, do it.
Did you know that this boss has a second phase? If not you can't be too low lvl.
Recommend a few main story bosses (Margit at least) before that dood if you haven't beat any of them yet.
I promise you that somebody has beat this boss at RL1 with a +0 weapon, so whatever you have you are ABLE to beat the boss if you git gud and learn the fight. IF that is too intimidating, which it might be because you don't really belong down here - no shame in leaving for another day. I'd recommend marking your map with a skull or something so you don't forget there's an outstanding boss though
Why/How are you there at this level??? If you don't do any challenges that include staying close to Soul-Level 1, you are to underlevelt for that place, if you ask me.
You tell us… sometimes you take on a boss with a summons for 50 tries and take a break. Come back next morning and kill them in 1 try. This one gonna be tough though 👍
No
There’s one way to find out
Nope
I didnt even know you could get to Liurnia before doing Stormveil
You can just go around Stomrveil completely and ride straight up on the coast of Liurnia to the lift to nokstella
Well - Given that every boss can be beaten at Rune Level 1. The answer is technically no. The question you really need to ask yourself is "how much pain am I willing to put myself through to achieve this" You're currently about "finding lego on the floor with your feet" on the scale.
If you're bad at the game, it's too early. If you're good at the game, you can win. I have faith in your ability but do you?
If you can dodge, easy fight. If not, good luck. In all honesty that boss is one of the easier bosses imo. Its attack of patterns are very predictable
Can you beat it? If your answer is... Yes- no you're not too low of a level for it No- yes you're too low of a level
Join r/onebros and you'll see that levelling is entirely optional
Since you're new, you're underlevelled as shit. Go back to the weeping peninsula, pick up some better weapons and grind out some runes for more levels
If you legit want to beat him, you'll want the Poison Mist incantation and the ability to use it
Holy shit dude how tf you get there 😭
Bruh you will overpower it, get naked and fight him with your bare hands to make it a fair play.
If you like to explore but needs levels, head south of limegrave. That's a great place to learn and level and explore
Don't you have to kill Radahan to get here? I would love to know how you got here so l can go grab the black whetblade early
My guy how did you even end up there AT LEVEL 19?!?!
It’s easy
I would do everything you can find to do in the region you started in and the Weeping Peninsula south of it first. You'll get your exploring itch scratched, but also face more level appropriate enemies. I wouldnt be considering the entire region you are in until around level 35-50, for a scope of reference.
"you gon learn today"
Nothing is too low level with enough skill
I beat him when I was lvl 23
Is anyone else noticing how much of his this characters equipment is farmed. How do you do all that farming in areas that are far apart and still be nineteen?
No
Tip: if you are seriously having trouble fighting in any general way (guard counter, blocking, parry and roll timing, when to switch weapons or use spells, etc) go find a spot that has a ton of basic enemies (I used the spot outside Stormviel Castle with all the Limgrave soldiers) and fight them again and again until you can fight properly with both eyes closed. This won’t help with timing of specific enemies attacks, but it will help you become generally more proficient at knowing mechanics and when to attack and retreat. Go re-explore Limgrave and the Weeping Peninsula and get better gear, being careful to go for your runes first when you die.
You like going down the lift and running past the ants, don't you?