Game Changes
SpeedFog modifies Elden Ring well beyond shuffling fog gates.
This
page lists everything that differs from the base game.
Your start
Starting grace
Runs begin at the Chapel of Anticipation, where SpeedFog injects a Site of Grace that the base game does not have. It is pre-activated and usable for fast travel, and your respawn point is moved away from the Grafted Scion.
Roundtable Hold from the start
The Roundtable Hold is available from the first minute, without picking up the Wizened Finger. Kale the merchant has moved there, next to the Twin Maiden Husks shop.
All Great Runes restored
You start with every Great Rune restored. Activate one with a Rune Arc to get its buff immediately.
Care package
In most modes, every seed starts with a randomized care package of spells, talismans, tears and armor (weapons too in some modes), identical for every racer, and your class weapon comes pre-upgraded.
Softlock keys granted
Key items that would cause softlocks are granted at start: whetblades, the Spirit Calling Bell, talisman pouches, the lantern and more.
Merchants relocated
Open-world merchants are relocated inside zones. Keep an eye out, they can carry useful gear.
Traversal and the route
One-way fog gates
Fog gates only go forward and are rewired by the seed. To revisit a zone, fast travel to one of its graces.
Pre-opened gates
Barred gates that would block the route are already open, including the Leyndell sewer grates, a Stormveil gate, the Belurat main gate and the Castle Ensis gate.
Return portals in arenas
Boss arenas on the route have a return portal, and are exits to the next zone.
Bloodstains at fog gates
Bloodstains can appear on the ground in front of a fog gate: the more racers died in the zone beyond, the more blood you will see.
Academy abduction height
At the Academy of Raya Lucaria, getting abducted at the bottom of the elevator only works if you drop into the void less than 30 meters above the ground, instead of 100 meters in the Item Randomizer.
Dragon Temple elevator
In Farum Azula - Dragon Temple Lift, you arrive at the bottom of an elevator. If you send it up without riding it, there is no lever to call it back: fast travel back and take the fog gate that led you here again to bring it down.
Fort of Reprimand spiritspring
When the Fort of Reprimand is in the seed, the spiritspring in the ravine behind Edredd's chapel is removed: it would let you jump past the fort's fog gates.
Combat and bosses
Torrent in boss arenas
Torrent can be summoned in arenas where the base game forbids him: Fia's Champions, Astel, Ancestor Spirit and Regal Ancestor Spirit.
Untouchables can be hit
Aging Untouchables, the lantern-bearing figures the base game keeps immune until you parry them, are damageable from the first hit in SpeedFog. No parry needed to bring one down.
Arenas lock behind you
Entering a boss arena locks its exits. Once inside, the only way forward is through the boss.
Depth-based scaling
Enemies scale with the zone's tier (its depth in the route), not with their vanilla location.
Items and economy
Roundtable smithing shop
The Twin Maiden Husks sell smithing stones, and in some modes the Sentry's Torch.
No stat requirements
Stat requirements on weapons are removed: wield anything you pick up. Weapons come upgraded to your highest level.
All recipes unlocked
Every crafting recipe is unlocked from the start, and crafting materials are randomized into the world.
Quality of life
Rebirth anywhere
Rebirth (respec) is available at any Site of Grace for a Larval Tear, not just at Rennala.
Faster graces
Sitting at and discovering graces is much faster than in the base game.
No menu input delay
The input delay when opening menus is removed.