How to Pause in Elden Ring (Xbox, PS4/PS5, PC)

FromSoftware, the developers of the action role-playing game Dark Souls, has released their newest title, Elden Ring. The fact that Elden Ring is a vast open-world game, giving players the ability to approach the tale at their own pace, is a significant differentiator between it and the other difficult RPGs that the developer has produced in the past. Because there is so much to see and do in Elden Ring, the experience may become very overwhelming at times. Because of this, some players may ask if there is a method to pause the game in order to take a little break from the intense action.

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How to Pause in Elden Ring

On Xbox Consoles

On Xbox consoles, you must access the menu, navigate to the inventory section, select the Elden Ring by pressing, and then press A. This will pause the Elden Ring (A).

Then you should press help, which will cause it to appear at the bottom of your television screen.

When you go into the help menu, a choice option will appear, and at the bottom of it will be written “Menu Explanation.”

To pause the game, simply hit the “A” button when the option appears. For your convenience, a picture of that has been added to this post.

On PS4/PS5

Pressing the “Options” button, which opens the menu, is the first step towards pausing the Elden Ring on a PS4 or PS5 system.

Now press the (X) button on the item to enter the equipment or inventory menu. When you are in the equipment area, pressing “touchpad” will bring up a menu.

From there, you will need to press to select “Menu Explanation” from the available options (X).

No of what happens next, the game will remain frozen for you. For your convenience, a picture of that has been added to this post.

On PC

In order to pause on a computer running Microsoft Windows, you need to click the ESC key, which also opens the main menu.

Now, use the mouse to navigate to either the inventory or the status tab, and then click the left mouse button to open it.

After that, drag the arrow to the help option by clicking it, and the option that requires you to click it will appear in the menu explanation.

This will cause your game to be halted. For your convenience, a picture of that has been added to this post.

There are a lot of people who enjoy being able to juggle multiple tasks at once, thus it would be troublesome for them to not have the option of pausing their favourite game for a minute while they do something else. There are a tonne of things that may be done in regular life that can also be done while gaming, such as feeding your cat, using the restroom, answering the phone, or checking your social media accounts for new updates. With all of these considerations in mind, FromSoftaware wants players to lose themselves in their masterpiece, completely immerse themselves in the experience, and give the game their undivided attention.