The speedrun record for completing Elden Ring has once again been beaten.
As reported by DualShockers, speedrunner and streamer Hazeblade has now finished the game in under 25 minutes, beating the previous record of 29 minutes by Distortion2.
Hazeblade has used a glitch called zipping or wrong warping that allows players to teleport across the map and skip large parts of the game.
World First Sub-25 minute Elden Ring Speedrun using a really stupid glitch we call “The Zip”. YouTube video coming soon. pic.twitter.com/dWmzEBwXt6
— Hazeblade (@hazebladetv) March 22, 2022
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Interestingly, he doesn’t choose the Samurai class at the start like other speedrunners have (he goes with Warrior instead), but he does still pick up the Icerind Hatchet weapon that’s proven popular for its freezing ability.
Check out a video of Hazeblade’s run below.
What’s also notable is that Hazeblade is still playing the game on Patch 1.02 by not updating the game, in order to use old exploits. A recent patch from FromSoftware rebalanced the game, which many suspected would require new speedrunning strategies.