The hardcore action RPG Elden Ring offers brutal battles against monsters and abominations. However, there are also harmless creatures, including turtles. One player decided to forgo exploring the wild, brutal world of Elden Ring and instead crawl around as a turtle with its fellow creatures.
Who is it about? A player on reddit posted – probably not entirely seriously – “Life as Tarnished is hard, so I’ve decided to be a turtle instead.”
He is likely playing the naked class and has put on a turtle shell over his underwear. This is actually a shield, which can be pulled onto the back. Now he is sitting, according to his image on reddit, with a turtle in the grass and enjoying his life as a leisurely armored reptile.
He has likely completed one of the hardcore boss fights where you have to fight against corrupted monstrosities, like the first boss Margit.
Where did he get the shell? When asked where one could get such a fancy shell, the player replied that he got it from a tower north of Castle Morne. There is a whirlwind that allows him to get up.
You can check it out in the video here:
The fans celebrate his action, but some seem to not know what a turtle looks like.
Instead of a turtle, everyone sees just a…dog?
How do the other fans react? The thread with the human turtle was well received on reddit. The post received over 5,000 upvotes and has over 130 comments (as of March 1, 2022).
Many players praise the player’s decision to dedicate himself to the harmless and carefree life of a turtle rather than engage with such epic things as the huge open world and the Elden Ring. Others praise the turtle shell because it is said to regenerate stamina.
However, other players wonder why he would want to become a dog in the first place.
What’s up with the dog comments? Indeed, a large part of the comments on reddit consist of talking about dogs:
- “Why are there 2 dogs in the picture?”
- “What kind of dogs are those?”
- “That, my sir, is a dog!”
- “Heads up! A dog!”
- “That’s a dog, not a turtle, you fool!”
- “You mean you turned into a dog?”
Are they all dumb or what’s going on? In fact, players from Elden Ring seem to take great delight in calling every animal in the game a “dog.” This strange custom has gone viral as a meme related to a specific feature in the game.
Because players can leave comments publicly visible all over the game world in Elden Ring. These can be read by every player and also upvoted to make them more relevant.
In doing so, there are really stupid things, like allusions to fingers in behind or the nonsensical labeling of all animals as “dogs.”
So much for alternative existences as turtle dog. More on Elden Ring can be found here: 12 Tips and Tricks for Newcomers to Elden Ring
