Elden Ring has captivated players since it was released last month, becoming FromSoftware's biggest launch ever with its peak concurrent players on Steam being more than double all of its previous games combined. Now that players have had a chance to jump into the latest Soulsborne title, many have been discovering fun secrets in the game or giving themselves challenges, such as completing Elden Ring using the Ring Fit Controller.
Video games, even open-world ones, typically have an order that missions and boss fights are expected to be completed. This means that if players manage to complete things in the wrong order or become a lot more powerful than intended at that point in the game, it can be easy to break the game which can lead to some interesting results. This can be as simple as having more runes in Elden Ring than players should at the start of the game, or being able to defeat bosses with ease.
One of the most memorable boss fights in Elden Ring is against Godrick The Grafted. During the battle, a cutscene triggers which sees Godrick slice off his own arm before ripping the head off a dragon to use it as a flamethrower for the second part of the fight. However, Reddit user u/LunarGuardian was able to sequence break the game and showed off a screenshot of the dragon's head still being attached at the conclusion of the boss fight.
In the seconds before the cutscene triggers that sees Godrick slices off his own arm, he stabs himself with the weapon, but players are still able to deliver damage to the boss. The Reddit user explained in a comment that by staggering Godrick The Grafted when the animation is playing where he stabs himself, it will cancel the animation and the phase 2 cutscene will never trigger, which will make the fight easier as Godrick won't use the dragon as a flamethrower, and will allow the player to continue dealing damage to completely deplete Godrick's health bar and end the fight during phase 1.
The dragon's head still being attached has no bearing on the rest of the playthrough, but a sequence break like this could help to improve speedrunning times as it cuts a few vital seconds off a run, so it will be interesting to see if any other similar battles can be broken in Elden Ring, such as the Rennala boss fight.
Elden Ring is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.