Once the 1.09 update is installed, ray tracing can be enabled in the title menu. Those who want to play with this technology activated should know that it will take its toll on game performance, which will suffer both in terms of frame rate and resolution. Bandai Namco hasn’t gone into details or shown a trailer, so for now we don’t know how enabling ray tracing affects console. On PC all we have are new minimum and recommended specifications to play Elden Ring with this technology that improves the quality of shadows and reflections.
Minimum requirements to play Elden Ring with ray tracing:
- OS: Windows 10
- CPU: Intel Core i5-10600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB)
- Graphics settings: 1080p, low quality and ray tracing to a minimum
Recommended requirements to play Elden Ring with ray tracing:
- OS: Windows 10
- CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K or AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (8 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (16 GB)
- Graphics settings: 1080p, high quality and high ray tracing
You can read the full patch notes 1.09 here.
On the other hand, Bandai Namco has recently published a series of statistics about Elden Ring to honor the millions of adventurers around the world who are exploring or have explored the Middle Lands. One of them tells us that the long-suffering players have started 5,900 boss battles, with Malenia being number one with 329 million attempts. In second and third place we have Margit and Sentinel Agreste from Limgrave with 281 and 277 million attempts, respectively. What do Elden Ring players die from? 69% for enemies and NPCs, 15% for status effects (poison, bleeding…) and 14% for falling.
