Elden Ring
Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure · 2022 · Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
An open-world action RPG from FromSoftware and Bandai Namco with large legacy dungeons, online co-op and PvP, and almost no guidance on NPC questlines. Many quests can be lost by passing a point of no return or by killing an NPC too early, though missed content respawns in New Game+.
Guides and missables below stop at this point. Move it forward as you play.
Quest walkthroughs
Quests for Limgrave and the first gate. Open a quest for step-by-step directions, choices, rewards and troubleshooting. Its full walkthrough reveals that quest’s details.
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Quick tips
Limgrave and the first gate
Pick a class that fits your style
Vagabond, Samurai and Warrior are sturdy melee starts, Astrologer is a ranged magic start, and Confessor is a hybrid. Choose the one that matches how you want to play.
Limgrave and the first gate
Collect your key early tools
Get Torrent, the Spirit Calling Bell and the Flask upgrades early. Use Torrent in open areas.
Limgrave and the first gate
Invest in Vigor
Put early levels into Vigor, then your main attack stat. Around 40 Vigor is a common target before the mid-game.
Limgrave and the first gate
Pick a main weapon and a ranged option
Choose one main weapon and upgrade it steadily, and carry a bow or catalyst as well.
Limgrave and the first gate
Handle the Tree Sentinel as you like
The roaming Tree Sentinel is optional at the start. You can fight it or avoid it.
Limgrave and the first gate
Protect your runes
You drop your runes where you die, and dying again before you recover them loses them. Grind runes safely at easy catacombs and caves.
Limgrave and the first gate
Use Spirit Ashes
Try the first Spirit Ash you find. Spirit Ashes are very strong, especially in boss fights.
Things you can miss
Optional quests, items or choices you can lose access to by progressing past a point. Guides often call these “missables”.
Friendly NPCs and merchants
Can be lost after: Limgrave and the first gate
NPC shops and merchants can be killed by accident, and an NPC killed before they give you their items or shop stock is lost for the playthrough. Don't attack friendly NPCs before they finish talking.
Nepheli Loux's questComing up
Can be lost after: First legacy dungeon
A community guide lists skipping Nepheli in Stormveil Castle and killing Godrick as a failure condition. Talk to her before killing the castle's boss. A guide also lists bypassing the castle via the eastern path as a likely failure, marked with a question mark.
All Elden Ring missables by stage (contains spoilers)
Opening this list shows every missable’s name, including ones past your spoiler line. Names only, no details.
- Friendly NPCs and merchants · can be lost after Limgrave and the first gate
- Nepheli Loux's quest · can be lost after First legacy dungeon
- Millicent's quest (Gold Needle line) · can be lost after Altus Plateau and Volcano Manor
- Recusant Henricus's invader reward (Fevor's Cookbook [3]) · can be lost after Altus Plateau and Volcano Manor
- Leyndell questlines · can be lost after The golden capital
- Bolt of Gransax and similar items · can be lost after The golden capital
- Fia's questline · can be lost after Mountaintops and Haligtree route
- Mountaintops NPC questlines · can be lost after Mountaintops and Haligtree route
- Brother Corhyn and Goldmask questlines · can be lost after Final approach and endgame
Guides and data last refreshed Nov 12, 2026. They are generated from web research and may contain mistakes.