Here are some ways to "pause" your game while playing Elden Ring.
Elden Ring is an beautifully chanllenging game – one that requires quite a lot of dedication, focus, and patience. There is a chance that players might get overwhelmed during a certain situation or might just need a washroom break. So, how to pause Elden Ring whenever you need some time off?
There’s an exploit that players can use to pause the game without using a mod. Thanks to @IronPineapple_ for this trick/exploit:
If you prefer to use a mod from Nexus mods to pause the game, there’s an option to do that as well. Simply download the Elden Ring pause mod and watch it do the work for you. Do it at your risk, though, because some players who have used mods have encountered the Inappropriate Activity Detected error message.
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If you are playing the game on your PS5 in offline mode (which will prevent you from getting invaded), you can use a workaround to pause Elden Ring. Whenever you want to pause, put the PS5 in standby mode/rest mode.
To put your PS5 in rest mode:
Update: Here’s a note from the developers:
These were some of the workarounds you can use to ‘pause’ game in Elden Ring. For more guides on this game, be sure to check out our dedicated Elden Ring section on Gamer Tweak. For example, here’s how to get and farm Runes, use multiplayer items to summon and be summoned and much more.