Am I rushing

[@dannydevito_thiccpics]

I see a lot of people on youtube saying their first playthroughs are like 200 hours. I'm 60 hours in and getting close to the capitol. I haven't finished volcano manor either but I have done Ranni's questline. Are there any big chunks of content that can be easily missed before the Altus plateau?

[Fineous🔥]

Tombs, caves a lot of places.
And if you really are rushing it you are in for constant beatdowns in the snowlands (both).

[nfinite.recursion]

You're moving about as fast as I did on my first playthrough. When I made my way to the Capitol's "Balcony" grace, I stopped and again explored more of the surrounding area and pushed further in to Mt. Gelmir.

[Lumina]

So far I can see you didn't miss important bosses or areas. Ofc there are lot of NPC quests to find. When you're interested to complete so much NPC quests as possible you should spend some time trying to figure out such stuff.
Also do the Volcano Manor quests before killing the boss there ( Rykard).
And it's also worth to explore so much dungeons as possible, you never know which one has important loot ( per ex. bell bearings)
Some mini bosses appear only at night, search for them.

[@dannydevito_thiccpics]

Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:

You're moving about as fast as I did on my first playthrough. When I made my way to the Capitol's "Balcony" grace, I stopped and again explored more of the surrounding area and pushed further in to Mt. Gelmir.

Well Im waiting to fight Rykard to finish the volcano Manor quest. There is one person I have to kill in a part of the map that I haven't discovered yet.

[Dr.Abscondus]

There's a huge amount of content in the Capitol and it's still just a step in your journey to the mountains and snowfields beyond. You still have a long way to go.

[Pantoni]

If you're about to reach the Capital... I would say you're halfway through the game, more or less.

Cheers!

[MULTIPASS]

It really depends on how much ground you cover. My first run was over 100 hours, my most recent is 11 hours in at Malenia.

[Lenox]

There are 28 zones. How many have you cleared?

If you figure 5 hours per zone, which is not a lot, that's 140 hours.

My completed playthrough was 450 hours.

[Xengre]

You are not rushing it sounds like. 60 Hours is a lot of time to easily complete all content up to Royal Capital and sit comfy with time to spare without any guides. Now, does this mean you skipped content? Hard to say because each person plays at different rates and I know some people are absurdly slow (like wtf 200 hours? no, not unless repeated playthroughs) while others are very efficient compared to the average player.

There are a number of questlines that start before Royal Capital but the most important is mainly Ranni's for ending, and as simply the biggest questline, and if you want the frenzy ending there is one involving some purple whatever it was item you have to give her at certain locations (this ending is in contrast to the rest just fyi, but there is a way to get them all in one go if you Google it).

Aside from some minor questline stuff for things like the best upgrade material, some minor rewards, etc. you aren't missing a ton if you did skip stuff. The game has a truly stupendous amount of fluff and its hyper repetitive so if you don't want to engage in it and just enjoy what you have and move on that is fine, too. No big loss.

[EchoSON]

Originally posted by Xengre:

You are not rushing it sounds like. 60 Hours is a lot of time to easily complete all content up to Royal Capital and sit comfy with time to spare without any guides. Now, does this mean you skipped content? Hard to say because each person plays at different rates and I know some people are absurdly slow (like wtf 200 hours? no, not unless repeated playthroughs) while others are very efficient compared to the average player.

There are a number of questlines that start before Royal Capital but the most important is mainly Ranni's for ending, and as simply the biggest questline, and if you want the frenzy ending there is one involving some purple whatever it was item you have to give her at certain locations (this ending is in contrast to the rest just fyi, but there is a way to get them all in one go if you Google it).

Aside from some minor questline stuff for things like the best upgrade material, some minor rewards, etc. you aren't missing a ton if you did skip stuff. The game has a truly stupendous amount of fluff and its hyper repetitive so if you don't want to engage in it and just enjoy what you have and move on that is fine, too. No big loss.

What a load of utter BS.
Without guides completing the game in 60 hours? no - you can 'Become Elden Lord' sure.
"does this mean you skipped content? Hard to say" , it's not hard to say , the answer is yes... yes you've skipped content.

Simply refer to the interactive Map and you'll see the sheer volume of things to do and collect.
You can 'finish' a playthrough in 6 hours fairly casually if you know what you're doing.

It takes around 120 hours to 'complete' the game - even then , you'll probably be skipping things.

[I Throw Rocks At Trains]

You are most likely missing a lot. this game is a completionist worst nightmare. But that is part of the charm and most likely by design.

[Fineous🔥]

With all the bells collected, weapons, sorceries/incantations, probably missing some armor (still have to do the paint puzzle....) NG8 i just did a few days ago i can say 60 hours going straight to mandatory bosses, taking an early trip to the hard part of Caelid and Ranni quest line, can be considered "reasonable".

Also of course getting every single "rare" dragon smithing stones of both types.

A new playthrough 60 hours? I openly say to you i dont give two flying damns if a youtuber said so.......enjoying the game properly give it 150 hours, more or less.

As i said above if you rush things they will mop the floor with your face when you reach the snowlands. Because you will not have the proper RL to going there without geting oneshoted.

[Xengre]

Originally posted by EchoSON:

Originally posted by Xengre:

You are not rushing it sounds like. 60 Hours is a lot of time to easily complete all content up to Royal Capital and sit comfy with time to spare without any guides. Now, does this mean you skipped content? Hard to say because each person plays at different rates and I know some people are absurdly slow (like wtf 200 hours? no, not unless repeated playthroughs) while others are very efficient compared to the average player.

There are a number of questlines that start before Royal Capital but the most important is mainly Ranni's for ending, and as simply the biggest questline, and if you want the frenzy ending there is one involving some purple whatever it was item you have to give her at certain locations (this ending is in contrast to the rest just fyi, but there is a way to get them all in one go if you Google it).

Aside from some minor questline stuff for things like the best upgrade material, some minor rewards, etc. you aren't missing a ton if you did skip stuff. The game has a truly stupendous amount of fluff and its hyper repetitive so if you don't want to engage in it and just enjoy what you have and move on that is fine, too. No big loss.

What a load of utter BS.
Without guides completing the game in 60 hours? no - you can 'Become Elden Lord' sure.
"does this mean you skipped content? Hard to say" , it's not hard to say , the answer is yes... yes you've skipped content.

Simply refer to the interactive Map and you'll see the sheer volume of things to do and collect.
You can 'finish' a playthrough in 6 hours fairly casually if you know what you're doing.

It takes around 120 hours to 'complete' the game - even then , you'll probably be skipping things.

I'm not sure why you think this is BS.

How Long To Beat has the following stats for Elden Ring:
Main Story - 53 hours
Main + Sides - 98.5 hours
Completionist - 132 hours
Source: https://howlongtobeat.com/game/68151

These are averages at that, and not fastest.

From my own personal experience playing through exclusively at RL1 with +0 weapons even then I can't see it taking 200 hours and even 120 hours is pushing it and that is while completing 100% content without a guide and very thoroughly exploring. I'm very aware of how padded this game is from personal experience. If you actually level and upgrade your weapons, use meta or strong stuff like Sepukku, Bloodhound Step, strong ash of wars, Spirit Ashes, or multiplayer and stuff I can see it going far faster as you effectively obliterate everything in your path. Further, if you use a guide or online resources it would be even faster since you can cut out a lot of wasted time.

Can I see the average person taking around 120 to complete most/all content? Sure, that isn't unreasonable per the average user since skill levels vary, people will waste time at times, etc. but 200 hours is certainly a considerable stretch for almost anyone.

As for OP reaching where they currently stated in 60 hours? That could reasonably be done doing most of the content up to that point, but we don't know how efficiently they played so it is also equally possible they were just slower than average and did miss stuff.

As for just completing the main story and becoming Elden Lord if your skipping most content and have above average speed it can be far less than 60 hours.

[Nibbie]

I just got to the Altus Plateau and reached Volcano Manor myself, and I am at 66 hours. That is the Steam time, so in-game time would be a bit less, especially since I restarted ~13 times to beat the tutorial boss. I've explored pretty thoroughly too, completed Ranni and Fia's quests with several other NPCs progressed, have multiple weapons and ashes at high levels, beat every boss and completed every dungeon I've found, so I certainly haven't been rushing. The only guides I've ever looked at was for certain steps of some character quests, like where Alexander went to after the festival. We will see what it comes out to by the end, but I doubt 200 hours is a normal time.

[EchoSON]

Originally posted by Xengre:

Originally posted by EchoSON:

What a load of utter BS.
Without guides completing the game in 60 hours? no - you can 'Become Elden Lord' sure.
"does this mean you skipped content? Hard to say" , it's not hard to say , the answer is yes... yes you've skipped content.

Simply refer to the interactive Map and you'll see the sheer volume of things to do and collect.
You can 'finish' a playthrough in 6 hours fairly casually if you know what you're doing.

It takes around 120 hours to 'complete' the game - even then , you'll probably be skipping things.

I'm not sure why you think this is BS.

How Long To Beat has the following stats for Elden Ring:
Main Story - 53 hours
Main + Sides - 98.5 hours
Completionist - 132 hours
Source: https://howlongtobeat.com/game/68151

These are averages at that, and not fastest.

From my own personal experience playing through exclusively at RL1 with +0 weapons even then I can't see it taking 200 hours and even 120 hours is pushing it and that is while completing 100% content without a guide and very thoroughly exploring. I'm very aware of how padded this game is from personal experience. If you actually level and upgrade your weapons, use meta or strong stuff like Sepukku, Bloodhound Step, strong ash of wars, Spirit Ashes, or multiplayer and stuff I can see it going far faster as you effectively obliterate everything in your path. Further, if you use a guide or online resources it would be even faster since you can cut out a lot of wasted time.

Can I see the average person taking around 120 to complete most/all content? Sure, that isn't unreasonable per the average user since skill levels vary, people will waste time at times, etc. but 200 hours is certainly a considerable stretch for almost anyone.

As for OP reaching where they currently stated in 60 hours? That could reasonably be done doing most of the content up to that point, but we don't know how efficiently they played so it is also equally possible they were just slower than average and did miss stuff.

As for just completing the main story and becoming Elden Lord if your skipping most content and have above average speed it can be far less than 60 hours.

The averages are skewed and self admitted - they can't be used

Yeah , I'm on NG+... 5? idk , my third Run took me about 6 hours
though - Completionist (all achievements) - 132 hours , seems about right , which is why I said 120 hours

Anyone who's a first time player and thinks they might have completed all the game has to offer in under 100 hours is talking out of their ass.
It's not a skill thing - I'm good at DS 1,2,3 - I think my first Elden Ring Run was 150 hours, and that's indeed not an 'optimal' run, but that partly was using Interactive map to locate and farm certain items.
I also spent a fair bit of time re-running bosses in Co-op sessions

Someone not using the Interactive map at all could easily spend 200+ hours finding things

So , 60 hours "completing the game" = Skipping content almost definitely, even 120 hours is likely not doable without any guides. Find everything by 'chance' nooope , not happening.

I have pretty much everything (and I do mean everything) in the game - 100% in the truest sense - (which is more likely 99.9%) , there's likely 'something' I don't have.
I feel like 180 hours was when I had 98% of things (using the interactive map) - and all achievements.

But getting all achievements is not 100% , there is a lot to collect beyond that.
And it's not happening in under 200 hours without the interactive map because there are things which are secrets or awkward to find.

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Interactive+Map

Check "All" , and you'll see what completing this game looks like.