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Elden Ring Official Strategy Guide, Vol. 2: Shards of the Shattering Hardcover – June 30, 2023

by Future Press (Author)
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This second volume of Future Press’ Elden Ring Books of Knowledge is dedicated to the many creatures that inhabit the game’s world and the arsenal of armaments you can acquire to deal with them. Every enemy and boss you’ll encounter and every armament you can find is presented with artwork and stats in a beautifully designed, premium hardcover volume.

Learning to Fight
The first chapter provides an in-depth battle primer, fully explaining all of the combat-related gameplay elements. If you want to know exactly how every aspect of the game’s combat works, look no further; we’ll show you how to excel with any play style.

The Bestiary
The Lands Between is teeming with all manner of beasts, and we don’t spare a single page dissecting and analysing them here. We present thoroughly tested combat strategies that don’t require specific items or skills and account for every play style. Learn how to overcome even the toughest of foes, from the lowliest of wretches to the Shardbearers themselves.

The Armaments
Elden Ring features an unparalleled selection of weapons, spells, armor and special abilities to experiment with―the variety on offer is dazzling. We catalogue all of them in an easy to reference format with complete stats for all upgrade levels to make working on builds a pleasure.

The Complete Package
As with Volume I, this book is designed to chronicle everything about Elden Ring and be an impeccable source of reference. Easy to pick up and read, even those who’ve already played through the game should find it full of fascinating insights. With that in mind, Volume II also includes an exclusive interview with Elden Ring’s Director, Hidetaka Miyazaki.

Premium Production
This hardcover book is manufactured using the finest papers and most durable binding process befitting of a true collector’s piece. It comes with four carefully selected art prints and a bookmark ribbon for ease of reference.
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  1. Print length
    528 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Future Press Verlag und Marketing GmbH
  4. Publication date
    June 30, 2023
  5. Dimensions
    12 x 8 x 2 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    3869931191
  7. ISBN-13
    978-3869931197
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Future Press Verlag und Marketing GmbH (June 30, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3869931191
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3869931197
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.88 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12 x 8 x 2 inches
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Redefining Game Guides for more than 25 years

Ever since being founded in 1998, Future Press has been dedicated to producing the highest quality game guides in the world. Our team of highly professional authors and designers work together to guarantee a harmonious and logical interplay between content and design. We’ve worked closely with the most renowned and successful publishers and developers in the industry, always aiming to redefine what a game guide can be.

Our focus is, and always has been, on creating the best possible guide for the game we're covering. This is why we only produce one guide at a time, with our entire staff dedicated to its production. Our core team of authors is made up of exceptionally skilled gamers, working alongside single-project specialist players who are among the best in the world at the type of game we're writing about. Our ultimate goal is to give the reader the best possible understanding of the game they are playing and to deepen their enjoyment of playing it, regardless of their skill level.

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Customers find the book great, useful, and weighty. They also say it fills in all the lore gaps and answers all the questions they didn't find out.

"...I purchased both of these books for Elden Ring. They fill in all the lore gaps and answer all the questions I didn't find out playing the game...." Read more

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"Fantastic, high quality 2 book set for lovers of Elden Ring who want a deep-dive on pretty much everything!!Volume 1:..." Read more

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Customers are satisfied with the printing quality of the book. They mention that it has nice printing, and glossy thick pages.

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Beautiful book wish I had it a year ago
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Beautiful book wish I had it a year ago
Like the title says it’s a beautiful book well made good paper stock like it’s predecessor vol 1. It looks great on the book shelf anyone who loves the game enough to buy this book or collects books like this as I do will enjoy owning it for that reason but I think owners will find as a guide it’s just easier to just look up the info online plus the DLC isn’t included. I’ve waited a year for this book to come but in that time I’ve moved beyond Elden Ring (for now at least). When the DLC comes out I’ll dive back in but like I said this book will be of no use with that
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Joey
5.0 out of 5 stars Best I found!
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2024
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I am a huge fan of the game first and foremost. People who are familiar with the Dark Souls games as well as Elden Ring will probably agree that the lore in these games is very interesting. I purchased both of these books for Elden Ring. They fill in all the lore gaps and answer all the questions I didn't find out playing the game. High quality hard cover book with glossy thick pages. I highly recommend this serious of books for anyone wanting the whole Elden Ring world given to them in great writing and vivid illustrations.
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Anthony Jacobs
5.0 out of 5 stars Bought one 2 years ago, got it a year later.
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2024
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When will this product be back in stock through Amazon officially? The price has skyrocketed within the past 1-2 months and this is now out of stock everywhere, even the Future Press website. Amazing collector’s book. Want more.
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Aaron Vandiver
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, high quality 2-book set for lovers of Elden Ring!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
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Fantastic, high quality 2 book set for lovers of Elden Ring who want a deep-dive on pretty much everything!!

Volume 1:

Maps - In depth maps of all areas, sub-areas, all legacy dungeons, and all mini dungeons. Every enemy, every item, every drop in beautiful full color.

All NPC'S review, Every Questline Review

Step by step walk through and strategy for every area in the game! Location of every item and item drops.

Volume 2:

- Every Enemy full statistical breakdown and strategy
- Every Boss and field boss " ".
- Every NPC Invader " " + related questlines if applicable.

Every weapon, spell, summon ash, ash of war, consumables, talismans, great runes, Rememberance, full statistical breakdown and related strategy.

Full build guide with guideline required stats and recommended loadouts to support the build.

Plus... many other useful topics not listed.
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Julie
5.0 out of 5 stars Officially have both volumes now
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2024
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 Great book! Mines slightly unique as its bound backwards and upside down. Lol probably why I got it second hand.
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M00rdekai
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Collectors
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2024
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Love Elden Ring? Having trouble getting through a certain spot in the game? Want to know what weapons there are to use? Character’s gone missing? This second half of the text books made for Elden Ring has all the information you could ask for.
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KingKy
5.0 out of 5 stars Volume 2 has equipment and enemies
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2024
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Amazing birth control while also being a great conversation starter. You can look most the information up online but spreading this book open to look or read up on something shows off my Ubertism. The art included is cherry, my lustful eyes can barely go a day without seeing such treasures and hidden knowledge. So very sinful please pray you never become addicted, the challenges and heartache you face are of legend. Can’t wait for volume 1 to get here.
Together they will help me understand where it hurts and how to be ok.
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Frank Baughtman
5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely high quality
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024
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And I mean extremely. This is a HUGE, HEAVY, weighty book loaded with information and beautiful artwork. A steal at $50. I was shocked by the quality of this.
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Juno Galaxy
5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2024
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This book is very detailed
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Tiago
5.0 out of 5 stars Livro perfeito!
Reviewed in Brazil on May 16, 2024
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Chegou hj dia 16/05/24, bem antes do previsto q era dia 22.
Bem embalado e sem nenhum amassado.
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samtoutcour
5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive Quality
Reviewed in Canada on March 21, 2024
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The amount of detail in these books is unbelievable. The print quality is phenomenal and all the illustrations. One for collection in my opinion. Love the game and love the books.
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Filip
1.0 out of 5 stars Amizing product, bad delivery condition!
Reviewed in Germany on May 21, 2024
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Product itself is amazing, good quality amazing pictures and text. But condition was terrible. They just wraped it in some paper and foil and thats it. No protection at all. It got all scratched and torn.
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Mariusz Wolny
5.0 out of 5 stars Pozycja Obowiązkowa!!!
Reviewed in Poland on March 5, 2024
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Super wydanie
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Szenhidrat
5.0 out of 5 stars Please be mindful of what this book is
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2024
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This book is a printed wikipedia. A nicely produced wikipedia, but a wiki nonetheless.
You are not really getting a true strategy guide, certainly not a lore book (the whole story section of the two books together is the last 10 pages of the first book) and not an art book (every picture is taken in-game except for the chapter titles). If you are looking for those, you will not find them here.
What you do get here are detailed maps with locations and items, quest line explanations, list of every spell, object, and enemy in the game.
But let's be frank here: you will never ever use it for that information since you will get it way faster on the internet, whether you left that melted mushroom in the area or not. Also, everything is quite literally taken from the game, so if you read the item description, then you have read everything.
So if you are looking for something mentioned in the first few sentences or you think you want to regularly grab this book for reading, please don't buy it.
If you are looking for something Elden Ring related that is good quality and you can put it out for display and very rarely browse through it out of nostalgia, then it is a book worth getting.
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