FromSoftware Elden Ring action game supports a multiplayer mode that offers both cooperative and PVP. We have summarized all the information that is currently available for you.

This is Elden Ring: The action role game is developed by fromSoftware, which is better known for its popular and clear games Dark Souls. In Elden Ring, the developers joined the famous Writer George R.r. Martin (Song of Ice and Fuego, also known as Game of Thrones) has come together to offer an even deeper narration in a dark fantasy environment.

Chaos and ruin have reigned in the intermediate land since the powerful Eldenring was fragmented. The balance of the world was lost when the tree of the Earth with the ring also lost its source of life. The many children of Queen Marika, who governs the intermediate country, broke the Eldenring chips and his power for themselves.

But the crazy depravity of the fragments corrupted and distorted these demigods. In his madness they began a war that went on to history for destroying and further destroying the intermediate country. Many years later, assume the role of a desecrated whose people were expelled from the middle land a long time ago. Now they return to claim the power of Eldenring for yourselves.

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Elden Ring cooperative: Fight with friends or strangers

This is how the cooperative works: The attentive fans of Soulsborne games among you will quickly notice that there are many similarities between the Games of Dark Souls and Elden Ring. This is largely the case of the cooperative system.

When you are away from home in the world of intermediate land, you can call your friends or random players to help you in battle. Originally, a group of up to 4 players should have been possible, but that has been changed. Our colleague, Elena Schulz de Gamestar, discovered in the new interview with the developers that you can now invite a maximum of 2 other players to your session.

There should be only a few restrictions where cooperative multiplayer mode is not possible. Basically, you can call other players in most places within Elden Ring, both in the dungeons and the open world. According to Elena, the fights against the heads of the world outside the dungeons and the curtains of smoke along with other players are possible.

The world of Elden Ring is huge and you can explore it almost completely with your friends.

In a video that was shown to Elena, two players went to a place in the open world where a boss was standing and attacked him together. Then, the players went down to a dungeon, where dodged traps and resolved riddles together. Of course, the cooperative companion convened could also use all the usual skills of him in combat.

However, in exchange for the help of cooperative players, you can no longer call your horse in the open world. That means it will be slower to explore, at least on the surface.

Cooperative mode also arrives this time without the consumption of valuable resources such as humanity, which you know other SoulSborne games. You can see in the first trailer of the game that a certain element is still required, but the barrier to evoke other players should be significantly reduced.

In addition, since the world of Elden Ring is extremely large, there will be special places where you can leave your mark or see if there is someone currently available to cooperate.

JCJ in Elden Ring: invasions and duels

Here’s how it works PvP: In an interview, the director of Elden Ring, Hidetaka Miyazaki, confirmed that the multiplayer will also include PvP. Again, it will work in a relatively classic way, as fanatics already know by the previous sets of fromSoftware:

• There will be invasions again where players can invade your world.
• You can enter yourself to the sessions of other players and hunt them there.
• You can challenge other players to duels.

In an interview with the Russian site Igromania.ru, Miyazaki also explained that in PVP the players can not hide forever in the huge open world of Elden Ring. There will be certain interface elements that will give both players enough information about their opponent. During the development, there was a lot of emphasis on ensuring that PVP is the least frustrating possible.

It will also feature faction previous games. They are used more for RPGs Elden Ring and give a flavor in addition to the PvP. It is not necessary to participate in PVP.

In PVP, the rule that the horse can not be used if another player has just joined your game or if you are in the world of another player. Bad news for everyone who has been waiting for epic duels of horsemen on horseback.

Groups: The new multiplayer function of Elden Ring

What are the groups? The new feature seems to be a kind of guild within Elden Ring. They are designed to facilitate the players gather and share information. To create a group, you simply have to set a keyword that is similar to the password system of SoulsBorne games.

The typical asynchronous elements of the FromSoftware games, such as blood stains or messages, will be closely linked to the group system. The messages of the players of your group are especially marked so you can find them more easily. Your enchantments will also be more visible and prioritized by the game system. That is, it is more likely to see them than other asynchronous elements.

There is no upper limit for members of a group. This means that players can basically form huge clans. By using messages, you can not only exchange reliable information about hidden elements, secrets or good places of cultivation in a group, but can also be better coordinated in PVP.

For PVP lovers there is the possibility of true fight clubs, in which members can crush each other to the content of their heart or maybe even organize real tournaments.

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When does Elden Ring appear? The release date of Elden Ring has been officially set for January 21, 2022. It will be launched for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S.

According to our colleague Elena Schulz de Gamestar, this date was confirmed again during the interview of it with the developers. FromSoftware is currently in the process of eliminating the latest impurities and giving the final touches to the game. Therefore, you can expect the next round of pain and death in the winter of 2022.