With everyone in search of hands-off strategies at Elden Ring, it was only a matter before someone found out how to finish the game without having to fight anything in Elden Ring Runes particular.

In his most recent video, Iron Pineapple, who runs a fantastic YouTube channel dedicated to Souls and Souls-like games, walked us through his attempt to beat Elden Ring as an pacifist. And while the playthrough eventually becomes rather complicated due to speedrun glitches and smart build synergies Pineapple has never broken one simple rule: Avoid direct damage to the enemies and bosses alike.

"I think that the whole event took about 45 hours," Iron Pineapple told MMOexp via email. "Most of the time was just running around and prepping to go on the road, and I only got stuck with a few bosses."

If you're looking to become Elden Ring pacifists out there the game offers everything you require to start your journey. Iron Pineapple began as the Prophet class for its healing abilities and then decided to use an item called the Fanged Imp Ashes as his reward item. His entire strategy was to utilize the game's NPC summons, and act as the support class. As the summons were doing all the damage, Iron Pineapple's goal was to buff and heal them accordingly.

In the video, Iron Pineapple's ran into many dead ends, some of which led him to paths that ended up being ineffective.

In the event that the Godskin Duo in Crumbling Faram Azula, even with his leveled-up ashes a bit of trouble, as an example, Iron Pineapple decided it was time to summon one of the most powerful summons available in the game, Black Knife Tiche. The only problem is that he would need to successfully complete Ranni the Witch's quest line to reach Tiche's ashes. It wasn't until he jumped through its many hoops and reaching the boss who had unlocked Tiche Iron Pineapple that Iron Pineapple realized he couldn't get help, which prevented his from cheap Elden Ring Runes receiving Tiche as well as rendering the entire excursion ineffective.