Elden Ring: The Official System Specifications for FromSoftware’s Latest Soulslike

What is Elden Ring?

Elden Ring is another entry into the Soulslike subgenre of action role-playing games, made famous by the acclaimed Bloodborne and the Souls series. Like its devilish cousins, this game serves a punishing cocktail of a higher-than-average difficulty, mysterious lore, and combat focused on reading enemy patterns. This has become FromSoftware’s key selling point for their games, as many players come to relish the challenge. 

The narrative of Elden Ring is set against a rich backstory developed by George R. R. Martin. Set in the realm of the Lands Between, players take on the role of a Tarnished. Once exiled, you have been summoned back to restore the realm after the titular ring shattered. Its shards, known as Great Runes, have corrupted the many demigod offspring of Queen Marika the Eternal. Your quest is to vanquish the deity’s malcontent offspring, restore the titular Elden Ring, and become the Elden Lord. Oh, and try not to die. 

Is Elden Ring a Dark Souls Game?

Even though it’s a Soulslike game developed by FromSoftware, Elden Ring is its own IP in an original world separate from the Dark Souls series. It does however feature similar gameplay elements, much like Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice do. So, you can still expect to find deep character customisation and calculated close-range melee combat that has you juggle skills, magic, abilities, blocking, dodging, and a partridge in a pear tree. 

To help keep the formula fresh and exciting, Elden Ring acts as a natural evolution for these gameplay elements. Not only does it carry on the stealth mechanics introduced in Sekiro, but it brings in horseback riding too. This adds strategic new ways for you to approach combat and a mount for you to explore the open world of the Lands Between. That’s right – FromSoftware are leaving the linear behind for you to stumble headfirst into even deadlier encounters. 

How Does the Multiplayer Work?

Like previous FromSoftware titles, Elden Ring features an online multiplayer experience. And for many, the chaos that stems from this is a key part of Soulslike’s appeal. This takes the form of a cooperative experience for up to four players and a competitive player-versus-player. Using items found in the bespoke multiplayer menu, players can trigger either of these experiences at any time. These are exclusive to online and don’t support local or offline play. 

Summon Allies for Co-operative

You’ll be able to summon other players to aid you on your quest, or join a hosted game. This is similar to multiplayer found in the Souls games. Up to four Tarnished can cooperate in this way, taking on the mighty and demonic foes of the Lands Between together. You’ll have a more limited experience if you’re not the hosting player, but it’s a great way to take a break from a challenging knight encounter. You can also password-protect your game if you’d rather play with friends than random dimensional wanderers. 

Invade and Duel in PvP

Some men just want to watch the world burn, and others just want to fight their fellow player rather than aid them. If you fall into the latter category, then Elden Ring has two modes you can do this in you lucky thing! The first lets you directly challenge another player to a duel and engage them in a fight to the death. The second lets you pick someone’s day to ruin, invade their world, and try to kill them. Perfect if you one day wake up and choose violence. 

You also have the option to egg another player to invade you. You can also call for help if you find yourself outgunned by the interloper. If you, rather understandably, want to avoid the kinds of people gleefully partaking in this carnage then you can simply opt out of it. 

Is Elden Ring a PC Exclusive?

Elden Ring is available to play on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4 and PS5. While it does not feature crossplay between platforms, it does include cross-gen capabilities for Xbox and PlayStation consoles, allowing gamers on older and newer systems to play together. 

Official PC System Specifications

We have got the official PC system requirements for Elden Ring, and with plenty of time to get ready for launch too. 

The Best Gaming PCs to Play Elden Ring

You can find plenty of gaming PCs here at Overclockers UK that are perfect for Elden Ring. Whether it’s your first time in a Soulslike game or you’re a veteran of New Game+, an upgrade won’t hurt when exploring the Lands Between. Here are our favourite picks of the PC crop that meet the official system specifications for Elden Ring.  

OcUK Gaming Kestrel

You’ll be able to enjoy flawless performance in Elden Ring with the OcUK Gaming Kestrel. The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU at the heart of this phenomenal gaming PC exceeds the minimum specifications for this game. What’s more, with 16GB of 3600MHz DDR4 RAM, you’ll be able to enjoy excellent performance when travelling the Lands Between. Your Tarnished and nightmarish foes who oppose you will be depicted in glorious detail, thanks to the AMD Radeon RX 6600 GPU. Alongside this, you’ll have plenty of space for all your games as the Kestrel boasts both a 250GB M.2 SSD and a 500GB SATA SSD. 

The OcUK Gaming Kestrel is one of Overclockers UK’s configurable gaming PCs. Choose from a wide range of upgrades including CPU, graphics card, memory, storage, and OS. 

Refract Gaming Celeste 

Explore the Lands Between in glorious 1440p resolutions with the Refract Gaming Celeste pre-built gaming PC. The Refract Celeste features superb gaming hardware, starting with the powerful AMD Ryzen 7 7700X CPU, which boasts the innovative Zen 4 architecture. We’ve paired this amazing CPU with 32GB of 5600MHz DDR5 RAM, ideal for quickly processing even the most complex workloads near instantaneously. Additionally, the Refract Gaming Celeste features an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GPU. This outstanding graphics card can deliver beautiful graphics and silky-smooth frame rates, thanks to innovative tech, such as photo-realistic ray tracing, and AI upscaling. Not only will the Celeste make your games look good, but with its stylish aesthetic, it will be the perfect addition to any gaming battle station. 

Furthermore, all our Refract pre-built gaming PCs are covered by a comprehensive 3-year parts and labour warranty. Should your PC develop a fault, we’ll collect your PC, repair the issue, and ship it back to you, at no cost to you.

OcUK Gaming Radiance Drift

Experience incredible gaming performance in Elden Ring, with the OcUK Gaming Radiance Drift PC. This computer features an ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A motherboard, which is paired with an Intel Core i9 13900KF CPU. This powerhouse 24 core, 32 thread processor, much like the Tarnished, can make short work of any task thrown its way. Alongside this, the ASUS ROG Strix NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPU delivers beautiful graphical performance in a wide range of gaming titles. Moreover, you won’t have to worry about losing performance to thermal throttling even during an epic gaming session, as the ASUS ROG RYUO III cooler can easily maintain your processor at optimum temperatures.