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Receiving an impromptu health check-up at Elden Ring is really pleasant. each one of your messages is evaluated, but did you realize that you may also be making money off of group passwords? Inspired by VaatiVidya's recent breakdown of crucial game discoveries, here's a brief PSA on a feature that solo-minded gamers may easily ignore.
Vaati says that when a member of your collective defeats a shardbearer monster, you may momentarily get a five percent Rune buff. The greatest aspect is that you may have up to five groups active at once and that everything is asynchronous, requiring nothing more from you than to provide your group password. It's a great feature to play with your close pals, or at least next to them, but if you join a large group, it scales much more widely.
You may update your password on the PS4 or PS5 by pressing Triangle after opening the menu and choosing Multiplayer. Settings — from this point on, you may input a Group Password or a Multiplayer Password. The latter is how you may increase your rune total.
There's more to this system than simply getting more Runes, as the game reveals, saying that "you'll be more likely to see messages, summon signs, bloodstains, phantoms, and so on from others using the same password."You may complete as few or as many of the five available spaces as you'd like.
popular passwords for groups
I'm currently use these five Elden Ring passwords for groups:
- “SEEKERS” — VaatiVidya
- “straydmn” — r/EldenRing
- “FEXTRA” — Fextralife Elden Ring Wiki
- “fcb” — FightinCowboy
- “Koopy” — r/TwoBestFriendsPlay
My Rune boost activated before I could even complete completing all five entries. The status symbol is as follows (it resembles the Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot with an up arrow):
While the effect is in force, you'll also notice that your character has a golden glow.
It's important to keep in mind that although group passwords only need to be entered once (and that you are free to change or remove them whenever you choose), they do not carry over from one character to the next. If you have a lot of alternate characters, you will need to enter the passwords again for each one that gets tarnished.
I probably ought to have investigated this before finishing Elden Ring., but I suppose that's the purpose of more plays! I should put this game away for the time being since I've been controlling the TV in the living room with it. (The word "should" is the key.)
See this late-game guide for more information on rune farming.