Elden Ring still garners a massive, dedicated following almost five months after release, and its subreddit currently boasts more than 1.5 million users. With that many fans on the site, there's bound to be plenty of funny hijinks not only engaged in, but also shared with the entire community.
As it happens, there's an absolute treasure trove of hilarious in-game moments captured by Redditors and many could justifiably be called the best of the subreddit, but these ten certainly have earned their spots among the funniest.
An awkward moment with a horse
Horseback riding is a pretty important aspect of Elden Ring, with players able to unlock the steed, Torrent, after finding three Sites of Grace. But horses are also integral to many of the game's bosses, and after vanquishing one of those bosses, terrible_hero found themselves in a scene right out of a comedy.
"I killed the cavalry dude and now I'm sitting here with his horse...what do I do now?!" the user asked, attaching a picture in which the massive horse towers over the player character but has absolutely nothing to do. There's not really a manual of etiquette in real life for this, so knowing how to interact with a horse whose Night's Cavalry master you've killed is uncharted territory.
Use law of regression, get kicked from a duel
If players want a multiplayer experience, Elden Ring also offers that option. While engaging in combat with non-AI-controlled opponents can add a level to gameplay, having real-life competitors means they have the option of not accepting the fight. This happened to x_-AssGiblin-_x.
"How to be Kicked From a Duel in One Simple Step:" they posted, uploading a video showing their character using Law of Regression, which immediately prompts the other player to leave the duel. That's the downside of having mechanics mirror the single-player experience so closely, since either both players can buff up and cancel each other out, or one player can be so overpowered that fun goes out the window for one or both of them.
Vow not to use Claymore, then immediately do
Daxter999 embodied the ultimate duality of Elden Ring players by posting the following meme: "Me: "I won't use Claymore in this game. Also me:" and then a picture of the Claymore alongside a picture and quote from Bloodborne's Ludwig, appropriate since the same studio created both games.
One of the many fantasy-genre similarities between Elden Ring and other games like Skyrim is how important swordplay is as a mechanic. The biggest complaint of the Claymore is how powerful it actually is, so while pledging to fight without it is a valiant effort, it's understandable how high the temptation is to use the sword when needed.
Using cheap tactics to fight a cheap boss
"If they use cheap boss i will use cheap tactics" proclaimed Fancy_Gonzalez2006 in a post accompanied by a video of the player wearing one of Elden Ring's best armor sets, the Bull-Goat, and fighting the Godskin duo using Seppuku, Flask of Crimson Tears, and Beastman curveswords.
Everyone's bound to have their favored playthrough, but considering the overall loadout on display, the duo were never going to be a match to Fancy. But discontent over the quality of this boss battle is understandable, though, since the fight is necessary to advance the game but at the same time does not provide engaging combat or particularly enjoyable challenge to players. The childish tone of the response is funny because it's understandable.
Speaking with an incompetent finger reader
Finger readers in Elden Ring have the gift of foresight, and Vebb1nator encountered one of them in Caelid. She begins to give the player character a reading, but before she can even say her second sentence, a Giant Dog rushes out of the corner of the screen and attacks her.
Vebb1nator seems to have found a very incompetent version of the NPC, or at least one cursed with the lack of peripheral vision to notice the dog charging straight for her. Could she have escaped it fast enough? Who knows. But for someone who allegedly has the ability to see the future, she definitely didn't see that giant attack dog coming.
Tricking an enemy into a hole
There are many hidden details Redditors found in Elden Ring, but sometimes an obvious detail that one notices in the game can come back in handy in a way the player never could have imagined. Such is the case with Over_Supermarket_609's Looney Tunes-like idea during a multiplayer match.
"I was about to die……and then I remembered this hole I fell into one time," they relate of their multiplayer experience. In an attached video, they bait the opponents to follow them and manage to swerve out of the way just as one of them falls into a massive hole.
"No, I want to be held"
During their questline with Fia, players are presented with a choice between saying "That's right" or "No, I want to be held", and GhostCrackets found this choice to be "THE FUNNIEST F****** OPTION IN THIS GAME." Out of context, it's completely strange and absurdly funny. It's also a choice all players will encounter if they have this quest.
Choosing the second option gives the player Baldachin's Blessing, which increases poise. But the exact phrasing of the choice, and the way in which the embrace happens, is what makes it hilarious, especially considering how serious in tone the game is. Because of that, this moment pushes over into almost absurdity.
Not realizing health has been debuffed the entire game
If players do choose to "be held" by Fia, however, it also results in a 5% decrease in max HP for players, as long as they have Baldachin's Blessing enabled. But anti_ideophobia didn't notice the initial loss, and so went the entire game without disabling this option, which they would have otherwise done.
After "100+ Hrs and over 200lvl ... I just now learn that my health has been debuffed the ENTIRE game" because they "hugged Fia in the first 10 minutes." Imagine having a slight disadvantage for an entire game that you didn't know about! It's a chuckle when it happens to someone else, of course. But hey, on the bright side, the next playthrough will be easier!
Having Latenna the Albinauric summon do all the work
One of Elden Ring's best summons, Latenna the Albinauric is most notable for the long range she has with her magical bows. It makes her incredibly effective in combat, and that's no doubt why Nota7andomguy summoned her in the first place. But in this case, she rendered the player completely unnecessary.
"This game is exactly as difficult as you make it" the post read, followed by a video showing Latenna firing arrows at an enemy while both she and the Tarnished stand on a raised wall. As the Tarnished does nothing, Latenna finishes the enemy off with ease. It's hilarious how effective she is, but she can also definitively take away from the enjoyment of the challenge.
Nothing, yet the enemy still died
At least with Latenna, however, the player had a role by summoning her in the first place. Redditor umihotaru found out that apparently even doing nothing sometimes has very active results in the game.
The fight in question saw umihotaru up against a Night's Cavalry who initially presented a fight, but as soon as he fell off his horse and landed on the snowy ground, for some unknown reason his health shot down to zero immediately. He "fell on his ass and died," the user summed up. Yes, he did, and what a hysterical anticlimax it presents.