Why is my ping high in ELDEN RING?
ELDEN RING has no game server to pick. When you play together, one player hosts and your lag depends on the route between you and that player.
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ELDEN RING at a glance
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox
- Servers
- Peer to peer: one player hosts
- Server choice
- There is no server to pick
- Server list
- Not published
- Measured by our test
- No server to measure
- Status page
- Not published
- Checked
- October 15, 2026
How to see your ping in ELDEN RING
Bandai Namco Entertainment does not document this.
There is no server to change: one player hosts
ELDEN RING has no game server to pick: one player hosts and the others join that game. Bandai Namco Entertainment documents no server setting.
How ELDEN RING connects players
Elden Ring multiplayer works by one player hosting: cooperative guests and invaders join the host's own game world. There is no game server region to pick, so your lag depends on the route between you and the other players. A password in the multiplayer settings limits matches to people using the same password, which is the main way to choose who you connect to.
What Bandai Namco Entertainment says about ping
Bandai Namco Entertainment publishes no ping figure or advice for ELDEN RING.
Our test reads its own bands next to that: Excellent under 40 ms, Good 40 to under 80 ms, Playable 80 to under 130 ms, Poor 130 ms and above. These are our lines, not Bandai Namco Entertainment's.
What our test reads for ELDEN RING
- ELDEN RING has no game server to measure, so the result gives no verdict. The test still times every region, which shows how your own line reaches the world.
Fixes that fit your ELDEN RING result
- Ethernet or Wi-Fi, when the spread is high or requests go missing.
- 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, when you play on Wi-Fi.
- Background downloads, when the spread jumps while others use the line.
- Router QoS, when the home line is full.
- Console ping, when you play on a console.
ELDEN RING ping questions
Does ELDEN RING have game servers?
Can you pick your server in ELDEN RING?
What is a good ping in ELDEN RING?
Sources
The ELDEN RING facts on this page come from Bandai Namco Entertainment's own pages, read on the dates shown.
- ELDEN RING: Introduction to the Multiplayer System (Bandai Namco Europe, 21 Feb 2022), news post, read October 15, 2026
- ELDEN RING FAQ (network test) (Bandai Namco), official page, read October 15, 2026
- Elden Ring - Online Game Manual [ENG] (Bandai Namco Support, written for the Network Test version), support article, read October 15, 2026