Some speedrunners have decided to prove that accessing Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is not that difficult and long, at least for them: it takes them less than half an hour.
The arrival of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is an event that has spread great enthusiasm throughout the community, but the problem is that many players have probably not yet met the requirements to access the new expansion of the FromSoftware game, so it can be It is comforting to know that 28 minutes can be enough to reach this level .
“If you are a speedrunner” is the part of the sentence that is missing from the previous statement, however: to gain access to the new area contained in Shadow of the Erdtree it is in fact necessary to have defeated at least Radahn and Mohg , who are not even obligatory to advance in the main game, therefore it is possible that the objective was not achieved by a large number of players, as the statistics collected confirm .
Although speedrunners have skills and experience that are not exactly common to all users, the fact that many of them are specializing in achieving this goal in less than half an hour can, if nothing else, be of comfort to the many users who have to still face the two bosses in question.
Less than half an hour, but it’s not easy
The rules for the challenge are well defined: it involves using a specific class and not exploiting any glitches to reach the required level, i.e. defeat Radahn and Mohg in the shortest time possible.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree – Story Trailer
Furthermore, one of the elements followed by the speedrunners is the killing of Magnus, which allows you to complete Varré’s quest and obtain an object with which to immediately teleport to the Mohg area.
Among the best results at the moment are Spicee’s 27 minutes and 39 seconds and Mitchriz’s 27 minutes and 55 seconds, but it is clear that the times are destined to progressively decrease as the attempts increase.
This obviously doesn’t mean that an average user can start from scratch and reach Shadow of the Erdtree in less than half an hour, but it can be comforting to know that someone succeeds, to perhaps give an idea of the amount of play needed to reach the requirements base for expansion.
In the meantime, to get to know it better we refer you to our review of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree .