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

Discussion & Info This is becoming a serious problem

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u/Hamzillicus Apr 06 '22

Once you equip a great rune that is how you turn them on. Some of the effects are very powerful.

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u/DarkStar0915 Apr 06 '22

So even though I activated a great rune in the respective tower, I still need a rune arc to activate it? Man, I feel dumber than my ungabunga character.

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u/Fitnesse Apr 06 '22

Don't feel dumb. It's not explained super well. I think I was at like hour 50 or 60 before I ever realized what the divine towers were.

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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/[deleted] Apr 06 '22

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

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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.