Wretch is the most diverse class in Elden Ring and also the hardest to play. You will choose this class, the Naked class, only if you want a challenge. Hence, this class is meant to be played by veterans of the soulsborne franchise. The Wretch class starts with almost nothing. You won’t have anything regarding gear and only a basic club and shield.
You must advance through the game in this state, survive, and find your first weapons and shields to slowly become an overpowered character in Elden Ring the hard way.
The thing that makes Wretch the most interesting class is that Wretch has no builds, and at the same time, it is the class for every build in the game. This guide will help you understand how to play and use Wretch Class in Elden Ring.
1. Farm the Godrick soldiers for your first gear
You need a good armor set as early as possible to advance in Elden Ring. Your best option is to head to the Church of Elleh and find a group of Godrick soldiers nearby.
You need to farm these Godrick soldiers for their loot as many times as possible. They drop an armor set decent enough to help you for most of the early game in Elden Ring.
In addition, they drop the Brass Shield, which is good for blocking and reducing incoming damage at your starting levels.
The Godrick soldiers also drop a couple hundred runes to help finance your next purchase from the merchants.
2. Get the Uchigatana katana early on
Incidentally, the Godrick soldiers also drop the Lordsworn’s Straight Sword, one of the best weapons your Wretch can equip early in Elden Ring. You can use its stance skill to do a ton of damage with each heavy attack.
You can also reach the Deathtouched Catacombs north to get the Uchigatana in Elden Ring. This is one of the best bleed weapons in Elden Ring that will help your Wretch character deal much bleed damage at the start and farm runes easily.
3. Avoid any major enemy encounters
You will come across a big enemy encampment when you leave the Church of Elleh that will be very hard for you to beat. Therefore, the good thing here is to avoid them until you have built up the stats.
Move forward until you have reached the site of grace, and utilize the runes here to build the stats. The soldier you fought earlier will give you enough runes to level up.
4. Level up Vigor
In the early stages of Wretch, you will not have any weapon to fight with, therefore your only friend here is the Vigor stat.
Investing in Vigor will build up the health pool and deal more damage in the battle. Meanwhile, the rest of the attributes are related to the weapon, which will be useless until you have one.
5. Get the Golden Seed Keepsake
In Elden Ring, acquiring Golden Seeds will essentially allow you to restore HP, ultimately giving you a boost in stats. The Crimson and Cerulean Flask charges stored will deplete and Golden Seed can be used to increase the number of flasks.
This whole process can be done by visiting a Site of Grace, and if you make your flask crimson, you can cast very early in the Wretch class. Learning spells will help deal with all the dangers along the way.
