Elden Ring Nightreign is best experienced online, when you team up with your friends and embark on an expedition to rid the land of Limveld of monstrosities. Apart from the staggering difficulty of the game, other issues may halt your adventure before it even begins. There are some connection issues with Nightreign plaguing the players on both PC and consoles. Here are a few effective methods that can help you resolve it, so you can start matchmaking for your expedition without any issues.
Elden Ring Nightreign: Roundtable Hold Guide
Elden Ring Nightreign brings back an expanded version of the Roundtable Hold as the main hub area, here are all its features that players can use.
How to Fix Matchmaking Not Working In Elden Ring Nightreign
There are reported instances where players are trying to connect to a multiplayer session with either their friends or randoms, and the game is stuck on the matchmaking screen. This is quite a common issue that players on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation are encountering. Here are some potential fixes that you can try to resolve this issue and successfully connect to a session.
- Cancel & Restart Matchmaking: This is one of the fixes suggested by FromSoftware, specifically for players on PS4 and PS5. The method is to simply cancel the matchmaking process and restart it again.
- Restart Your Game: One of the most common fixes that has seen some success is simply restarting your game. This allows the game to reconnect to the servers, which will improve a player's connection rate to multiplayer sessions.
- Remove Password: Players can create private sessions to host multiplayer runs only with people who are part of it. However, this can cause some issues, which may lead to a multiplayer connection loop. Simply remove the password and re-enter it, and try commencing the expedition again.
- Turn on Cross-Region Play: Nightreign matchmake players within their specific region to avoid latency issues. However, you can head into settings > network > set Cross-Region Play to Matchmake to widen the net of players you can matchmake with.
- Remove Shifting World Events: It's best to get rid of Shifting World Events by sleeping in the waiting room. Some players might avoid matchmaking with a player if they have Shifting World Events occurring in Limveld.
- Play at Another Time: Not a fix, but a workaround considering the overloaded servers of Nightreign that suddenly got flooded with players trying to access the game. When that happens, it's best to try once or twice, and if all fails, simply play at non-peak hours for the time being.
- Check Network Connection: It's plausible that something might be wrong with your network connection, instead of the game servers. It's always best to try rebooting your internet or contacting your ISP to confirm if any unscheduled backend maintenance is underway.
Can You Play Nightreign Without Multiplayer?
If you've tried everything and nothing seems to be working for you, don't let multiplayer stop you from experiencing the game. Elden Ring Nightreign can be played in single-player mode, which is a welcome addition for solo players.
Albeit, the single-player mode isn't balanced yet, and you'll have a tougher time managing the ever-increasing difficulty. However, playing the game solo is a much better option than not playing it at all.
Elden Ring Nightreign
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 80 /100 Critics Rec: 78%
- Released
- May 30, 2025
- Developer(s)
- From Software
- Publisher(s)
- Bandai Namco Entertainment, From Software
WHERE TO PLAY
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Number of Players
- 1-3
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Unknown
- PC Release Date
- May 30, 2025
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- May 30, 2025
- PS5 Release Date
- May 30, 2025
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG, Soulslike, Roguelite
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC
