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Elden Ring: The Unaltered Banished Knight Armor Glitch You Missed
Something new in the Lands Between has players talking. Elden Ring: The Unaltered Banished Knight Armor Glitch You Missed slipped past many during patch 1.11. Hidden interactions with weapons and NPC behavior kept it under the radar.
Elden Ring: The Unaltered Banished Knight Armor Glitch You Missed is a bug that leaves armor visuals intact while clipping collision, letting you walk through barriers. Studies indicate unusual memory reads trigger this effect during specific dialogue events. Research shows players notice it mostly in NG+ runs when checking item descriptions closely.
Why this bug appears now
Sequence breaks from Phantom Forest reshaped exploration paths. Those changes pushed players into Banished Knight zones more often. That traffic exposed collision quirks that were always present.
Players using melee builds or stealth approaches see it most clearly. Hostile NPCs sometimes ignore you, turning a visual oddity into a speedrun tool. Practice this in safe test worlds before attempting routes.
One-line takeaway
Use the clip to bypass walls, but save before testing, or crashes may reset progress.
Can this crash my save file?
Most reports say no, but a quick manual backup removes all risk.
Does FromSoftware plan a fix?
No official statement yet, so treat this as a temporary feature until one arrives.
