Elden Ring’s latest update, called Nightreign, introduces a host of fresh tricks that appeal to both veterans and newcomers. Right off the bat you notice an odd little quirk: if you’re knocked flat, you can crawl like a penitent worm until your hands brush a nearby Sight of Grace.
Do that quick enough and the fountain sighs, boots you back to your feet, and nobody ever stops to pat you on the back. Players also experiment by dragging stubborn enemies close to the Grace, healing up under the lights, even if the brutes stand right on the spot—the glow takes a break and you’re on your own again.
Even the landscape pitches in on the fun once you spot a Spirit Stream coiled by the walls of a fort. Jump, ride the gust, and the wind shoves you onto a rooftop where a forgotten chest or a roaming scarab waits, blinking like it never stood a chance. Those surprise vertical routes nudge explorers to keep their eyes up instead of just staring at the road ahead.
Iron’s Mark does more than just score a hit. Flick the stick mid-leap and suddenly you bounce farther than you thought possible, almost like the ground is letting you cheat. Stand toe-to-toe with an enemy, yank the camera back, and the strike shoves you away—plenty of breathing room, no health spent.
Smash both directional buttons the instant the seal pops, zip forward, badge the foe, and blink back to safety; classic whack-a-mole and never sit still when the hammer falls.
Environmental Hazards and Loot Secrets
- Illusory Ruin Walls:Â Certain ruin walls hide behind a cheap glamour trick; wallop the stone and, bang, an alley opens up with elder chests and glinting scarabs.
- Hidden Staircases:Â A staircase may look finished, yet one good smack turns it into a ladder straight to loot-town, and that swing is always a gamble worth taking.
- Storm-Affected Zones:Â Every so often a thunderhead parks over its favourite neighbourhood, and that patch of ground lights up with a bright, pulsing circle on your map. Out of nowhere, a ragtag crew of NPC raiders drops in, each one swinging an oddball weapon that never asks how many experience points you have. Defeat them while the rain is falling to claim gear most players only see three runs later.
The spectral hawks gliding at eye level are the closest thing the game has to a fast-pass ticket, yet they won’t keep you safe from the monstrous archers hunched on distant cliffs. One careless zig and you get a pin-prick reminder that up here even gravity aims.
Some map-wide wanderers pop up with upgrades nobody else carries, so long as you’re willing to sign the invisible paper that also summons two boss arenas in the last circle. It sounds sketchy, yet those extra runes sparkle.
Veterans swear by instant-item use because milliseconds matter the moment shields break. Tap the upper face button and nudge the D-pad up (H for keyboard hunters) and a potion, grenade, or snack vanishes before you finish blinking.
If your inventory feels crowded, keep that same button pressed and flick left or right to flip through whatever junk you threw in last. Faster management turns frantic scuffles into calm maths, and at least half my surviving runs owe their breath to that one trick.
| Action | Controller Tap | Keyboard Shortcut | What Happens |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instant Snack on Item | Grip Top Face Button, hit D-pad Up | Clamp down H | Slurp the item right out of the air |
| Wheel Through Gear | Grip Top Face Button, slide D-pad Left/Right | Drum T or Y | Flip among whatever you’ve just tossed in your pouch |
| Tag a Location or Gear | Grip Top Face Button, thump the Right Stick | Smash X | Dot the map with a handy marker |
| Back-Pedal on the Wheel | Nail Top Face Button, jab D-pad Down | No key listed | Reverse the item wheel like turning a clock face backward |
Rune Buying Hint: If your runes feel too skinny, scour the Elden Ring DLC runes forums; several sites hawk shiny runes for a few coins, sparing you the grind.
Glitch Exploits and Rune Farming Hotspots
Players keep buzzing about a quirky trick in Night Rain that spits out millions of runes in a single session. Once you’ve toppled Godric in Stormville Castle and chatted up Vare plus the lady at the Church of Inhibition, the glitch opens up and lets you scoop runes faster than you can swing a club.
If you wander to the far edge of a few maps—Midpoint Dynasty or right at the Mazelium Entrance—you can start tossing spells nonstop while you fall. After a couple of minutes you’ll see runes stacking up, and nothing on-screen can touch you. When you finally feel rich, blink back to the closest Sight of Grace, catch your breath, and do the whole thing again.
Throw on the Golden Scarab talisman first; its extra 20 percent burnishes those runes until they almost shine. Pulling off the trick isn’t as simple as hovering—it means double jumping, hugging ledges, and tip-toeing across branches and broken rocks. Sweet spots keep popping up: the ledge above the palace approach, the opening at Dynasty Mazelium, even a few lonely crags tangled with trees.
| Location | Steps | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Midpoint Dynasty | Drop straight down, hop onto the black rocks, then glide northeast and call Torrent back. Hold your spell for two full minutes without letting up. | Maintain incantation while falling for rune farming. |
| Left Mazelium Entrance | Take the stairs, whip a hard left, hug the wall, and double-jump onto the dark tree and bloody ledges. Fall into the hole and keep the incantation going to pocket runes. | Practice double jumps to avoid fall damage. |
| Right Mazelium Entrance | Plummet down, summon Torrent, scramble up the tree-mountain, and hit those double-jumps. Just like the left side, hold the spell in mid-air. | Keep incantation active during descent. |
| Palace Approach Ledge | Stick to the left slope, drop down, then chain double-jumps onto the ledges. Cast the spell while you’re falling so the runes stack. | Combines precise platforming and spellcasting. |
All these glitches let you rack up runes far faster than normal grinding. Master the timing first, though, or one missed jump ends matchmaking and kills the haul.
If botch-proof farming sounds safer, plenty of services offer an Elden Ring Nightreign Boost. You pay a fee, skip the risks, and walk away with gear and currency almost instantly.
Keep an eye on the travelling merchants; they’re quick on their feet and switch stock based on who’ll be waiting at the end of your dungeon run. One minute you find iron-smithing stones, the next minute there’s a rack of talismans and shock-soaked swords useful for a mage-swings-a-sword build like the Recluse.
Your journal blooms with remembrance jobs every so often, tasks that appear and spark your to-do list like fireflies. Finish them and you’re handed odd trinkets and sometimes even the chance to fling Wilder’s grapple-whip, a flaming chain that makes foes feel the heat. If the whole party jumps in together, runes multiply and everyone walks away richer, which is a nice excuse to stand shoulder to shoulder in a dark hall.
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