Like FromSoftware’s previous efforts,Elden Ringis a notoriously difficult game that will push players' skills to their limit. However, there are waysElden Ringplayers can make the tougher encounters a bit easier on themselves, like by leveling up.Elden Ringplayers collect runes from killing enemies that can in turn be spent to improve their stats, which should go a long way in helping them conquer the game’s tougher fights.
Elden Ringhas eight stats that players can level up during their time with the game: Vigor, Mind, Endurance, Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Faith, and Arcane. TheElden Ringstats have soft capswhere players get less return on their investment, so a good strategy is to focus on leveling up three stats to their soft cap, then start putting points elsewhere. However, the more one levels up inElden Ring, the more difficult it becomes to do so, as each level requires more runes.
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Elden Ringplayers can level up all their stats to 99 to hit max level, but doing so is going to take a considerable time investment. Even when abusingElden Ringrune farming spots, it’s highly unlikely that most players will hit the max level
Elden Ring: What is the Level Cap?
IfElden Ringplayers are truly dedicated enough to max out their stats to 99, they will hitlevel 713. And according to theElden Ringwiki, doing this is going to cost a staggering 1,692,558,415 runes in total. Needless to say, mostElden Ringplayersaren’t going to hit the level cap, but they should still be able to do and see everything in the game.
Elden Ringis a tough game, but one does need to max out all their stats and hit the level cap to conquer it. In fact, it’s very within the realm of possibility to unlock all theElden Ringachievementswithout getting anywhere close to level 713. However, those that can’t get enough ofElden Ringand want to play the game endlessly may as well shoot for having a maxed-out character as a goal.
Eventually, it’s possible FromSoftware will release anElden RingDLC expansionthat will give players even more challenges to overcome, but even then it’s highly unlikely that it will require players to hit the level cap or get anywhere near it to be successful. For now, fans can enjoy exploring the Lands Between provided in the base game and leveling up their stats as they like.
Elden Ringis out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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