Elden Ring players are already having a field day with the messages they can leave each other in-game, but one particular note is being used more than others. The phrase “fingers but hole” is repeatedly being used by players, as those exploring its open world are gleefully making use of its message templates.
Elden Ring’s messages want you to fingers but hole
Fingers are a staple of Elden Ring, with players using them in order to access the game’s multiplayer component. As such, the word ‘fingers’ appears in the game’s message templates, which allows players to choose from a number of words to theoretically craft a sentence that will help other adventurers. For instance, players can use the templates to lay down a message informing others of a nearby chest, or a particularly strong enemy, or even a hidden secret. However, given that FromSoftware has included the words ‘fingers,’ ‘but,’ and ‘hole’ in its message templates, there was only one way this was ever going to go.
Exploring Elden Ring is routinely bumping into messages telling you to “try fingers but hole,” or some other unfortunate amalgamation of these words. As such, when others go to read a message thinking that it may help them on their journey, they are instead encouraged to perform an impromptu rectal examination on themselves.
This routine suggestion hasn’t been lost on players, who have taken to social media to point out the ample number of “fingers but hole” messages:
Half of Elden Ring is telling strangers to finger a hole and pointing at things and saying “dog”. And thats why it is an instant classic.
— Mr. Highlight Reel (Official) (@Papapishu) February 25, 2022
Elden Ring fingers but hole speedrun any%
15 seconds pic.twitter.com/DanphzR9Tl— Marco Yolo (@ItsMarcoYolo) February 25, 2022
After 3 hours of Elden Ring the best piece of advice has been:
try fingers but hole
— Brian (Grimmmz) (@MrGrimmmmz) February 25, 2022
Elden Ring may be a strong contender for Game of the Year and a huge achievement by FromSoftware, but that won’t stop players from taking this modern classic and using it to ask other players to explore their own anuses. Time will tell if players will become more inventive with their message, or will continue to insist that we finger but hole, but we’re enjoying these messages in the meantime.
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