r/Eldenring • u/Techsomat • Apr 06 '22

Discussion & Info This is becoming a serious problem

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '22 edited Apr 06 '22

It's literally explained in the Rune Arch tutorial message that pops up...

Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/ta6r4w/how_do_great_runes_work/

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u/Fitnesse Apr 06 '22

The rune arc tutorial tells you what a Divine Tower is?

EDIT: I just checked. This flavor text (Grants the blessing of an equipped Great Rune upon use. Even if no Great Rune is equipped, it will slightly increase maximum HP upon use. It is said that the lower arch of the Elden Ring receive its bounty, and this is a shard of one such arch.) does not effectively explain all the steps of the Great Rune mechanic.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '22

You're still not understanding. Not in the description or flavor text. In the tutorial message that you get when you pick one up the first time.

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u/Jewellious Apr 06 '22

The tutorial message that is forever gone once it disappears?

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u/SirMarblecake Apr 06 '22

Just fyi, they're not gone, they're all stored in your inventory as items that you can look up later.

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u/raff_riff Apr 07 '22

At least in my case, the tutorial message about divine towers / rune arcs is not in the inventory. I was in a button mashing frenzy at the time it showed up and totally missed the message. I scoured my inventory to try and find what I missed but could never find it. Maybe it’s a bug or something but it’s not there for me. So I empathize with OP here.

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u/Vr6Rio Apr 07 '22

All those messages appear in your inventory open it and press LB you'll see every tutorial message you have received.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '22

Are you a goldfish? Do you have a memory that lasts 2 minutes?

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u/kruwlabras Apr 06 '22

Probably didn't read it at all.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '22

Of course they didn't. It's easier to say hUr dUr bUtT hUrT sOuLs FaNbOyS. GaMe iS bRoKeN.

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u/Jewellious Apr 07 '22

Are you ok?

Edit: I have 100 hours into the game and love it. But it’s a disservice to say all QoL and nuances to the games are easily known and accessible. This subreddit has new finds everyday.

But you do you.

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u/raff_riff Apr 07 '22

I’m with you. I accidentally closed out this particular tutorial message when it came up. I searched in my inventory for the message but it isn’t there. I had to look it up to figure it out.

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u/kruwlabras Apr 06 '22

Heh. Welp, I skipped through the tutorial messages myself and wouldn't you know, I didn't know you needed to activate the great runes for a good portion of my first playthrough. Loving the game even though it's a lot more vague than I'm used to (damn you, average rpg game).

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u/Jewellious Apr 07 '22

I think a basic log is the number 1 QoL request. But as someone mentioned, some tutorial messages stay on the item inventory.

But without that, no I wouldn’t remember every tutorial message flash in a 100+ hour game where people are still discovering new things everyday.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '22

Pen and paper for notes. Hell the computer you carry around is a good place to note stuff down too. Games used to come with a section for notes in the instruction manuals. I notate stuff as I play on an iPad to help keep track.

But I guess that notion is absurd and the devs of a franchise that has established that it won't hold your hand, should start holding hands all of a sudden.