One Elden Ring player suffered an all-too-familiar fate, seeing the "You Died" text flash on their screen as the color washed away. Luckily for them, they can know that they were not alone in the blunder that sent them to Elden Ring's afterlife.
Death is a core part of Elden Ring, as players will often die hundreds or even thousands of times in their quest to become the Elden Lord. Players can receive aid from certain multiplayer features in the online world. Elden Ring players can leave messages for others to help (or in some cases, deceive) them to defeat an enemy or find a hidden reward. A player can also touch pools of blood on the ground, which will show how another player died at this location by summoning a red ghost to reenact their final moments of life. Finally, Elden Ring players can see what other online players who are in that same area of the game are doing. These players appear in an Elden Ring world as white, ghostly figures, who can show a player what they are doing. This can be extremely helpful to players who are lost in the game world and are unsure what to do next. Sometimes, it just provides a mirror to their own failures.
This was shown by Reddit user ShinichiR, who posted a clip of them attempting to break through what appears to be a solid wall but which is, in reality, a passage to a hidden room. ShinichiR has to do so while riding up and down one of Elden Ring's elevators, timing their strikes perfectly to open the passage while the elevator passes the spot. As ShinchiR rides back up the elevator to get another swing, one of the game's white ghosts appears, indicating that this other player is attempting the same strategy. The two stand in nearly the same spot, running forward to try and break through the spot in the wall. Unfortunately for both ShinchiR and the mystery ghost player, the decision turns deadly as they both fall into a crack between the elevator and the wall, plummeting to their death at the exact same time and dying in the same exact position.
I don't know who this person is, all I know, is that we both wanted the same thing, and in our moment of deep spiritual connection, Fromsoft denied us our utopia from Eldenring
Small details and fun interactions like this are what have made Elden Ring one of the most popular games in the world. Elden Ring is full of new and interesting interactions to discover, hidden areas that players can happen upon, but also mistakes that can happen. It's somewhat comforting for a player to know that they weren't the only ones to die in an embarrassing way.
As players continue to explore Elden Ring's world, more and more strategies to survive will be developed and shared by players. This can be in the form of the game's messages or just social media postings. At least players can know that they weren't the only ones to try something if they feel foolish when dying.
Source: ShinichiR/Reddit