Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Beginner Guide - MUST KNOW TIPS Before You Play (2024)

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Random soldiers napping on the roadside can 2HKO me. And I love it.

You should really make a vid on NPC questlines that you can miss, I’m pretty worried about that

WE ARE SOO BACK!! can't wait for 100 more crazy fun build guides 🥳

Happy DLC day fellow tarnished!!!

there was a spinny dude just north of the first grace and god damn that guys moved so fluid

Renala: I'm gonnuh throw the moon at you.
The DLC: That's adorable.

Thank you for everything you do! You ARE the souls-wiki lord 🙌

Beat mohg and radahn at level 66, going in, wish me luck 😰

Happy DLC Day Yall ! Thank God For This Gudie !!

The DLC kicked my ass 😅 I went straight to Belurat, not knowing what was waiting for me there. I usually go in blind but I might consider following your progression guide. I'll try again tomorrow and then I'll make a decision. Thanks for all the guides

So hyped!! Can’t wait till midnight tonight !

I did absolutely everything I possibly could on a new character until right before I burned the erdree! In literal perfect time for this to drop today! It’s amazing!

The dancing lion is grinding my gears

This feels like it’s going to be as deep, if not deeper than the secrets in the base game. I just played about 30 mins of it and am hooked again. I had a 262 blood build I took into the DLC and it feels ok. I’m sure I’ll need to change up soon. Can’t wait to try these new weapons

Now the journey begins!!

Fextralife always the best 👍
Quick fire no nonsense greatness.

I have it downloaded and started it yesterday but put it down fast. I have to wait til after work today when I have a few days off, because I can tell I’m going to be sucked into this for a while. lol. Exciting release!!!

Perfect vid, no spoilers, basic stuff.

I never played a harder game,Love it!

Your map was great for the base game and I am sure it will be good for the dlc🎉

Lifesaver thank you

love how using anglo-saxon words makes everything sound better. yay history!

Ive been looking for the build selector, where can I find it?

Nice tip on where to go if you don't want to progress yet, sadly I still need 30mins to wait before the dlc opens despite others already playing..

Can heartily recommend the Backhand Blade build. Hyper aggressive play style with fantastic capability on that BlindSpot skill.

It's crazy how like soft and lazy you get when your immensely over powered in the main game and going back to barley chipping hp bars and getting 1 tapped 😂

I can't find the build selector tool anywhere! Is it online yet?

I've gone to the shadow realm with level 105 and +22 or 23 greatsword. In the base game have just reached the Fire Giant boss, so couldn't upgrade the weapon further. But it's my second playthrough, so first dlc area feels fine for now.

We love you, Fextra! You are my main source of information for anything RPG and your Wiki's are my Bible.

Where is the build selector tool on the website? I can't find it anywhere

the dark paladin armor is awesome. is it in the base game or the dlc ?

Another great video, I’ve been trying to find a guide without (major) spoilers as I haven’t got the DLC and this is it.
It sounds like all enemies hit hard and can 2-3 shot players, even at 60 vigor. Is there a way to level up in the DLC to counter this? Or is it just part of Shadow of the Erdtree whatever your level?

Hi, i can't find the mentioned Build Selector Tool, anybody know where to find it? Thanks in advance!

Can’t wait for Saturday or sometime next week because the Deluxe edition (physical) still isn’t mailed to me despite preordering.

so far i’ve done the bosses in the order: weird jumping dragon dancer lion guy (forgot name), renalla knight lady, and then the scudotree avatar and i have tier 3 of the fragments, am i doing the bosses in intended order or did i skip something?

Should I take my 54Str/45Fth character, or 80int character? I just want to know which one is more likely to be able to USE as much new stuff?

I just jumped back into Elden Ring after a long time away and I completely forgot my character, build, how to play etc.. almost overwhelmed/lost. I considered restarting from scratch, but I don't know if I wanna go through the entire game/bosses all over again, lol.

Are their any weapons, armor, or talismans with regen or life steal for my immortal vampire build?

Glad I watched this, I found that dragon and somehow must've ran right past the katana

You have a very good commentator voice.

If you go with the build with the stone shield and mohg spear you can have a easy life, trust me, 50 str for shield and arcane for the spear to proc bleed. The shield can absorb any dmg without you taking dmg for all the moobs and some boss atks

That dark paladin build calling my name

How about resistances enemies and bosses? I play on faith build with art flame and giant hunt. Fire dmg is good on this dlc?

these new weapon types is what i was dying for at LAUNCH! change of gameplay from the standard souls combat. better late then never tho. all 8 look amazing and fun.

How is the New Game Plus (NG+) scaling?

What will I mess by going into castle ensis to get the light greatsword first?

Did you find a way to get on top of the root plateau near the entrance to Belurat?

At minute 8:28 what is the name of the katana and the staff you are using?

Still some time until launch here but i apreciatte the early guidance fextra, i was hoping to learn how to get the new katana and this is already here thanks!!

I'd love that Knightblade build earlier but I understand..

I killed the furnace big guy on the starting area 2 handing a daggers with the use of raptor of the mist on one.
Took a while but was pretty ez that way.
At some moment it drops down to the ground like the vanilla game giants and then you can 140crit damage it for somewhere around 20k dmg.

Will scadutree fragment carry over for the next playthrough? Or we need to get it from 0 again

I couldnt believe that the scadutree blessings were permanent so ive just been hoarding them refusing to use them lol. Activating them should make things a bit easier 😅

Will you relase a video gor the dark paladin buold?

I’m using the morgotts curse sword with blood & flame incantations but I’m struggling in the snowy mountaintops area

I started last night, the dancing lion thing decimated me

Make sure to do the quest lines before it’s too late they are helpful late game

The star lined sword really butters my biscuit.

Hey im new here, where can i find the build selector tool?
Cant seem to find it on the wiki

paitently waiting until 12 AM today :(. 5 hours left. going to take a nap

where can we find the build selector tool ?

Only a couple hours in but my lvl194 Royal Frost Knight is feeling good so far. Enemies def hit like tanks. I can tell it’s going to be a struggle at points tho

Are any of the new DLC weapons available before entering the Shadow lands?

Can you actually access the Scaduview scadu fragment? It seems like I'd have to complete Castle Ennis first.

How many more larval tears are in the dlc?

Does it scale with ng+ or just blessings

How does thou find where the Knightblade build is?

How do I get to the build selector?

I'm going in with my 100% character at lvl250 ng +4 I'll see how it goes but I may change up my build for fun. I typically change it every NG cycle.

Bout that time fellas 😎

Any know if being in NG+ already affects the dlc?

If you find a sleeping/sick kindred of rot (pest) by a precipice, DON'T KILL IT! I did and you may (will?) mess up a companion quest. I don't know what to do 'cause I already messed up. Maybe healing it? Good luck!

Try the death knights twin axes they're really good in my opiniom

Wheres the build selector link

8:24
"My" wisdom? I wouldn't go that far. 😂

So I’m new game plus and technically haven’t killed the bosses. Can I start it anyway or maybe reset the new game plus?

My lvl now 276 NG+4 so can I enter the DLC or start again main story for build again and lvl up which one easy for DLC Bosses

what about a pure magic/caster build for the start of the DLC? Any tips? XD

i'm playing the DLC from a NG+ playthrough, and i'm definitely regretting it. Should've just started a whole new game before this.

Oh baby… here we go again

Link for build selector?

Hi have been playing the base game with blood hound fang will this weapon get me through the dlc or do I need a better weapon ?

Don't know if start the dlc after an NG+... I have a 160 lvl character but my sidequest gone south very quickly and I don't know if it's best for my to start an NG+ or just start over😅 Someone can give me an advice?

Is there larval tear locations ?

Am I going to be ok going in from my current NG+1 or is that going to make the DLC much more difficult??

Where is the Build Selector Tool? I can only find the calculator.

Good luck everyone!!!!

Lol😂 thats why the dogboss twohitted me with every move 😂

what is that blue katana that you have and how do you get it? thanks!

dark paladin build :O!

This dlc on ng+3 is a doozy for sure. Everything does SOOO much dmg. Insane. Im lvl 226 with 60 vigor and just dummied. Having lots of fun tho. Just killed the boss for the first main area but i havny explored the left side of the game yet. Im hoping i didnt mess any quests up.

I’m sure you’ve already found it since making this video but there is a scadutree fragment east of the scorched ruins in a graveyard dropped by a pot guy.

I went in at lvl 147, let's goooo

I went to the wiki and was looking to see how to backup my game on Xbox series S but I don’t not see Xbox as an option . Can you backup on Xbox?

Was it a bad idea to start the dlc on ng+

does the dlc have any relevance for returning players who stopped playing mid-game a while ago and are starting a fresh save?

I can’t find the build calculator In the video . Does it look different now ?

Does someone know how yo exit the dlc i want to upgrade sone weapons but i cant find away back to roundtable hold

Just read this in the walkthrough "boost Spirit Ashes beyond +10" with the Revered Spirit Ashes .... and was wondering how lol because none of em appear to go up more for me ...