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How to fast travel in Elden RingEverything you need to know about fast travel in Elden Ring

Everything you need to know about fast travel in Elden Ring

Elden Ring: the player rests in a cave beside a Site of Grace.

Want to know how to fast travel in Elden Ring?FromSoftware are generally quite kind when it comes to allowing you to quickly travel between its various checkpoints, andElden Ringis no exception. You can freely fast travel between Sites of Grace with the touch of a button. Which is great, because the world of Elden Ring is mind-bogglingly large.

Below we’ll explain how to unlock the ability to fast travel in Elden Ring, and the limitations of fast travel in different situations. We’ll also go over some other ways to explore and travel across the Lands Between.

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How to fast travel in Elden Ring

You can fast travel to a Site of Grace from almost anywhere, at almost any time. The only times you can’t fast travel are:

If you are in combat, you won’t be able to open your map. If you are out of combat but you’re in a dungeon or cave that you haven’t yet fully explored, then you can open your map, but you’ll see that all the Site of Grace icons on the map have a line through them, indicating that you cannot currently fast-travel until you are back out in the overworld.

However, if you’re out in the overworld, or if you’re in a dungeon that you have already explored, then you’ll be able to fast travel whenever you’re out of combat.

The red lines through each Site of Grace icon indicates that fast travel is currently disabled.

Part of the Elden Ring map. All the Site of Grace icons have a line through them, indicating that fast travel is currently disabled.

Other ways to travel besides fast travel in Elden Ring

If you don’t wish to use fast travel, it’s still easier to get around in Elden Ring than in previous FromSoftware games.Your horse, Torrent, is a valuable companion who you can summon at any time to make travelling large distances much easier.

That’s all there is to the simple matter of fast travel in Elden Ring. If you’re looking to give yourself a strong start with your first playthrough, be sure to check out our guides on thebest classesandbest builds in Elden Ring. We also have some tips on useful items to find early on, such as theFlask of Wondrous Physick. Or you can check out ourElden Ring boss locationsmap for an in-depth look at all the major encounters across the Lands Between.