Elden Ring: How Invasion System Works? [Quick Guide]

The invasions system in Elden Ring is almost similar to Dark Souls 3 but has some new additions. If you plan on playing online, you should familiarize yourself with these items since they may save your life.

They might even help you get the upper hand on someone unaware of this information. So without further ado, here is the Invasions guide and everything you need to know.

Invasions And Summon System

Here is a summary table for the Invasion and Summon System:

No.	Name	Type	Effect
1	Festering Bloody Finger	Consumable	Attempts invasion of other player's world
2	Bloody Finger	Reusable	Attempts invasion of other player's world
3	Small Red Effigy	Reusable	Sends a hostile sign to summoning pools
4	Duelist’s Furled Finger	Reusable	Creates a competitive multiplayer summon sign.
5	Furlcalling Finger Remedy	Consumable	Reveals co-op and hostile summoning signs
6	Tarnished’s Furled Finger	Reusable	Creates cooperative multiplayer summon sign
7	Small Golden Effigy	Reusable	Sends a co-op sign to summon pools
8	Finger Severer	Reusable	Sends another, or oneself, home

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What Is Invasion System?

There are two types of multiplayer in Elden Ring. There is the summon system and the invasion system. They both involve letting foreign players into your game through online play.

Festering Bloody Finger Stats:

Name	Festering Bloody Finger
Type	Consumable
Effect	Attempts invasion of other player's world

Bloody Finger Stats:

Name	Bloody Finger
Type	Reusable
Effect	Attempts invasion of other player's world

Small Red Effigy Stats:

Name	Small Red Effigy
Type	Reusable
Effect	Sends a hostile sign to summoning pools

Duelist’s Furied Finger Stats:

Name	Duelist’s Furled Finger
Type	Reusable
Effect	Creates a competitive multiplayer summon sign.

Invasions can be done by first getting a consumable known as a Festering Bloody Finger. You can hold up to 99 of these in your inventory at any given time, but it’ll be better for you if you get the Bloody Finger, a reusable version that lets you do infinite invasions.

To get this item you have to complete White Mask Varre’s questline.

You can also use the Small Red Effigy to send a competitive signal to all areas with the Martyr Effigy. This is like leaving an open invitation for someone to challenge you and is a more instant way to activate competitive combat compared to the Duelist’s Furled Finger, which does the same thing but only at one spot of your choosing.

Summon System

 

Furlcalling Finger Remedy Stats:

Name	Furlcalling Finger Remedy
Type	Consumable
Effect	Reveals co-op and hostile summoning signs

Tarnished’s Furled Finger Stats:

Name	Tarnished’s Furled Finger
Type	Reusable
Effect	Creates cooperative multiplayer summon sign

Small Golden Effigy Stats:

Name	Small Golden Effigy
Type	Reusable
Effect	Sends a co-op sign to summon pools

The summoning system is a little different than the invasion system described above. To summon someone, there are multiple items that you can use.

The first of these is the Furlcalling Finger Remedy that shows you the summon signs placed by players, interaction with these allows you to bring them to your world in phantom form. They have half their crimson tear flasks and slightly reduced stats in this form.

To place down your summoning sign, use the Tarnished’s Furled Finger. This will allow players in other worlds to see your summon sign and bring you into their world in phantom form.

A similar item to this, the Small Golden Effigy, sends your summon sign to multiple locations with a Martyr Effigy. This lets you get into games quickly and expedites the summoning process if you don’t mind which location you are summoned to.

These are usually located near dungeons and before boss rooms.

My Tips & Recommendations

Name	Finger Severer
Type	Reusable
Effect	Sends another, or oneself, home

After you join an invasion, I recommend using the Finger Severer, which probably does what you think. It has one of two actions, it can either return you to your world if you have been summoned, or it can eject players from your world that have been summoned.

It depends on whether you are the host of the session, but it is a pretty valuable item when an invasion goes wrong, and the player you thought was easy pickings is a god at parries and punishes.

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