Elden Ring group passwords can give you an easy Rune buff

Group passwords are the backbone of Elden Ring‘s multiplayer scene. Whether you and our friends are playing the game’s box-standard multiplayer mode or using one of the many incredible mods fans have made to trick it out, you’ll need passwords to explore the Land Between as a team.

Luckily, group passwords are much more than a way to join a group for cooperative multiplayer or PVP. Many Elden Ring group passwords significantly buff the number of Runes you get when you defeat one of the game’s shard-bearing bosses. Some of these passwords give you a boost of up to 5%, so you and your friends could end up squeezing a few more level-ups out of the game’s most epic bosses.

Specific passwords also come with other effects, including unique summon signs, varying amounts of bloodstains, and the chance to run into hostile phantoms. Here are some of the best co-op codes in Elden Ring.

How to use group passwords in Eldren Ring

After popping open the menu and selecting Multiplayer, you can press Triangle on PS4/PS5 to change your password Settings — from here, you can enter a Multiplayer Password or a Group Password. The latter is your ticket to scoring more Runes.

You can input up to five group passwords during a session, but you don’t have to fill every slot. Having multiple group passwords active can lead to strange results, so think carefully before you input co-op codes.

Popular Elden Ring group passwords

At the moment, I’m using these five Elden Ring group passwords:

Before I could finish filling out all five entries, my Rune buff was already active. Here’s the status icon (it looks just like the Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot with an up arrow):

You’ll also notice that your character has a golden glow while the effect is active.

While group passwords only need to be typed once (and you can change or remove them whenever with no penalty or restriction), they won’t automatically carry from one character to the next; if you’ve got a bunch of alt characters, you’ll need to fill out the passwords again for each individual tarnished.

This is probably something I should’ve looked into before finishing Elden Ring, but I guess that’s what subsequent playthroughs are for! I’ve been dominating the living room TV with this game, so I should cool it for now. (The keyword being “should.”)

For further Rune farming, check out this late-game guide.