𒐪Elden Ring any% speedruns are approaching the limits of the community'sಌ current methods, but some players have thought up some innovative ways to drop the time even lower – like straight-up using cheat engines.

Over the weekend, speedrunner set a new unrestricted any% record for Elden Ring: a scorching 6:46, a full 13 seconds faster than the first sub-seven minute clear 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:recently achieved by Distortion 2. SeekerTV's record-breaking run polishes the well-worn "zip" method which uses carefully overlapped animations to launch players long distances, forcibly spawning and killing bosses without any actual combat. While there's still room for improvement with🌸in this method, it seems doubtful we'll see more dramatic time reductions until new glitches are found.

pointed out in a recent tweet, a recent run – which accumulated over 150,000 views before it was – did exactly that, all while throwing up a smokescreen of markers and menu spam. 

A gag video from mimics the cheat-assisted 𒉰clear and stresses that faked runs shouldn't take away from the accomplishments of actual speedrunners. Latching onto the joke, reputable Dark Souls sleuth Zullie The Witch s▨hared a staggering seven-second clear of the Elden Ring menu screen. 

You can check out legit Elden Ring records on , which currently separates runs into four official categories: any%, any% uไnrestricted, any% no wrong warp (a reference to a specific route), and routes for nabbing all the boss remembrances. 

If you're going to break the rules and camera, at least turn Elden Ring into an oddly adorable isometric game.