Elden Ring gives players several tools to help them defeat its many challenging bosses. Summoning NPCs or using Spirit Ashes will take aggro away from them, and it's relatively easy to respec into one of the many overpowered builds in Elden Ring.
However, a lot of tactics and strategies have received nerfs in patch 1.03 for Elden Ring. For example, the Sword of Night and Flame is not as effective anymore, and it’s also not viable to rely solely on the Mimic Tear to defeat the bosses. Update 1.03 removes a lot of other exploits and implements several balance changes that have made speedrunning Elden Ring much more difficult. However, it looks like one bug is still present that allows users to quickly regain their HP.
A user named SoraBanTheThird uploads a short clip that shows a PvP encounter in Elden Ring. SoraBanTheThird first hits the opponent with a massive swing that takes away a majority of their HP. However, the player is seen quickly switching between two pieces of headgear, regaining a sizable portion of the HP with every swap, and they get back to full health in less than 5 seconds.
The two pieces of equipment are the Karolos Glintstone Crown and the Olivinus Glintstone Crown. Both helms raise intelligence 3 when equipped, and can be found at Raya Lucaria Academy in Elden Ring. However, there is a trade-off, as the Karolos Glintstone Crown reduces total stamina by 9%, while the Olivinus Glintstone Crown reduces total health by 9%.
Multiple users confirm that they encountered this bug in PvP, and they couldn’t figure out how their opponent was regaining HP. Vincesteeples thinks that this trick will get patched sooner rather than later and update 1.03 proves that From Software is set on quickly removing exploits from Elden Ring. JustNobodyPNW states that similar bugs are present in all From Software, as users can quickly equip and unequip the Sun Princess Ring to regain HP in Dark Souls 3. Although, as others have pointed out, the amount regained is very minimal when compared to this bug.
Thankfully, Elden Ring does not have many major game-breaking bugs that adversely affect the experience for the player base. Such issues are fairly common in most games, and hopefully, From Software continues to release updates that remove exploits and improve the overall balance in Elden Ring.
Elden Ring is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.