
Even with my character about twice as powerful as before, Margit could still obliterate me in one or two hits. Granted, simply overpowering a boss is not usually an option in Elden Ring.

This time, the boss went down after three tries. And, when I felt that I’d found everything that I could find, I confronted Margit again. All told, I spent a good three or four hours just exploring and getting stronger.
#MARGIT ELDEN RING UPGRADE#
I found a blacksmith, who could upgrade my weapons beyond their initial +3 limit I found optional bosses on the overworld that dropped tons of character-building Runes I found helpful Ashes of War, which gave my broadsword bonus damage based on my high strength stat. I also found another dungeon, which led to a whole new area of the map I hadn’t explored. Along a stretch of abandoned coastline, I found a merchant selling a versatile broadsword - much faster and more damaging than my beat-up wooden club. After I hopped back on my horse and revisited the open fields of Limgrave, I realized how right I was. I figured that I might have missed a useful weapon or piece of armor somewhere along the line. What I didn’t realize, though, is that Elden Ring doesn’t have just a few optional objectives - it has a lot. I had explored a handful of optional dungeons and bested a handful of optional bosses.

I had already acquired a set of armor and explored the areas surrounding Margit’s domain.
#MARGIT ELDEN RING SERIES#
A situation made worse, if you're playing on Xbox Series X and dealing with longer loading times.Īt first, I wasn’t sure what to do. But as you deplete Margit’s HP, his combos get faster and more frequent, and I quickly found myself overwhelmed. To my credit, I was able to get Margit down to about 1/3 of his health multiple times.

I figured that since Margit was the game’s first required boss, I’d be able to defeat him, even if it meant I had to have a nearly flawless fight. While I was able to buy a respectable set of chainmail gear, I still had only a simple club when I first confronted Margit. I started the game as a Wretch, deprived of armor and wielding only a simple club. In my first attempts to defeat Margit, I made a mistake that I imagine many Elden Ring players will also make: I tried to do it too quickly.
