"The holy grail of DLC skips": $10,000 Elden Ring speedrun competition blows the whole scene wide open with a new gravity-defying strategy that lets you float past bosses

Elden Ring.

An incredibly useful Elden Ring speedrun strategy that lets you walk through the air and skip through certain areas has been discovered, all thanks to a Shadow of the Erdtree bounty competition hosted by prominent speedrunner Distortion2.

The competition has a massive prize pool of $10,000 (and counting, thanks to the bonus prize pool), so needless to say, entrants have been giving it their best shots. Competitors have to adhere to certain rules, for the most part - they aren't allowed to quit out of the game in the middle of their run, for one. A few exceptions to this rule are proving popular, though, such as the new 'Legasus' or 'Sleepwalking' strategy.