Torrent, the magic horse-goat that allows you to get round Elden Ring’s world at cruising speeds, is among the highlights of the sport, however that’s to not say they’re excellent.
You might have seen that generally Torrent’s well being hasn’t refilled like different NPCs. Or that generally, as a substitute of permitting the participant to double-jump whereas exploring/travelling, they’ll merely fall to their deaths, taking you with them.
Whereas I’m certain some followers have deluded themselves into considering these are acutely aware selections—”oh, Torrent’s coronary heart is eternally torn between freedom and servitude”, or “occasional lengthy falls are a reminder of life’s inherent pitfalls”—Souls skilled and modder extraordinaire Zullie The Witch has a extra sensible reply: one is a design oversight, the opposite probably a bug.
The well being factor comes from the truth that Torrent isn’t ruled by the identical script—tying them to a selected level on the map—that different NPCs are, although Zullie does level out within the video under that there are many different methods to shortly get Torrent’s well being again up, like feeding them, consuming potions or simply letting them regenerate naturally (Torrent “passively regenerates” 3HP per second).
Now onto the falling factor, triggered when Torrent falls off a ledge as a substitute of leaping, and leaving the participant unable to set off a second soar and so plunge to their demise. Zullie explains within the video that it’s not really a random act of cruelty, however a bug, one which solely impacts gamers holding sure kinds of weapons (from classes 2 & 3, like massive swords, spears, and many others) in sure methods (like over the shoulder). “That is probably a glitch”, they clarify, “some flag being unnoticed of the falling animations related to classes 2 and three”.
The explanation for digging into that is fairly humorous; in an accompanying tweet, Zullie says “I used a spear, then a swordspear, after which a greatsword for my first playthrough of Elden Ring, which suggests I believed Torrent merely couldn’t soar after falling off a ledge. It seems Torrent has a number of glitches which will should be labored out.”
If you happen to’re into this sort of stuff, we featured another code-digging from Zullie a number of weeks again after they took a have a look at Elden Ring’s Secret Wall saga.
