{"id":1214851,"date":"2026-02-22T05:46:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faXFNiZJXnHJZssP3WGFMk"},"modified":"2026-02-22T05:46:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:46:51","slug":"its-not-just-you-elden-ring-nightreigns-matchmaking-is-taking-forever-if-it-works-at-all-and-there-doesnt-seem-to-be-a-fix%e2%81%a0-aside-from-queueing-with-a-full-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-elden-ring-nightreigns-matchmaking-is-taking-forever-if-it-works-at-all-and-there-doesnt-seem-to-be-a-fix%e2%81%a0-aside-from-queueing-with-a-full-group\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not just you: Elden Ring Nightreign&#8217;s matchmaking is taking forever if it works at all, and there doesn&#8217;t seem to be a fix\u2060\u2014aside from queueing with a full group"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>First reported by Eurogamer, FromSoftware has acknowledged long matchmaking times for Elden Ring Nightreign despite <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/more-than-2-million-people-have-played-been-brutalized-by-elden-ring-nightreign-in-its-first-24-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\">having 2 million players and counting<\/a>. The studio&#8217;s initial suggested fixes are not particularly helpful, especially on PC, and the best solution right now is really just queueing with a full team of three.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ELDENRING\/status\/1928794984418787458\" target=\"_blank\">initial tweet<\/a> about matchmaking, FromSoft suggested restarting the matchmaking process if it&#8217;s taking too long\u2060\u2014I and the commenters on Twitter thread can tell you right now, that hasn&#8217;t helped. FromSoft&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ELDENRING\/status\/1928822575318126753\" target=\"_blank\">only other suggestion<\/a> has been changing your NAT connection type on PlayStation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nightfarers, If you encounter issues finding other players when launching an expedition in #ELDENRING #NIGHTREIGN, please try restarting the matchmaking process. Thank you for your patience and understanding.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1928794984418787458\">May 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NAT type is something you can also adjust on PC, but I&#8217;m sorry: I&#8217;m not going to be messing with my router on account of one game&#8217;s borked matchmaking. This looks to be an issue across all platforms: Commenters on Twitter mention Xbox as well as PS5, and there are threads on the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Eldenring\/comments\/1kz7q3k\/anyone_else_having_trouble_with_the_nightreign\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elden Ring subreddit<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/2622380\/discussions\/0\/597402121489481216\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam forums<\/a> mentioning long wait times as well.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m honestly just feeling relieved: PCG contributor Nova Smith and I snagged a single rando for a run across two hours of waiting for matchmaking last night. I was terrified I&#8217;d somehow earned an EAC shadowban of some extraction, but nope, the game&#8217;s just in shambles for everybody right now.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fairly confounding set of server woes, judging solely by the symptoms: I can log in fine and connections have been rock solid once in a game\u2060\u2014none of the excruciating log-in queues or dropped matches you&#8217;d usually associate with a bad live service launch.<\/p>\n<p>Matchmaking just takes forever despite the game having between <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2622380\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\">200,000 and 300,000 players online<\/a> on Steam at any given time. Hopefully there&#8217;s a fix, but until then, your best bet is securing a third player or trying out <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/if-you-want-to-play-elden-ring-nightreign-in-a-duo-the-seamless-co-op-mod-is-already-out-dead-simple-to-use-and-it-wont-mess-up-your-vanilla-save\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yui&#8217;s Seamless Co-op mod for Nightreign<\/a> to unlock duos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"3b55d717-49d5-4ee5-895f-7ee673ae4caf\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Elden Ring Nightreign tips\" data-dimension48=\"Elden Ring Nightreign tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:603px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"YWMDSKvmzh7vYnFSTFALBA\" name=\"nightreign door\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/its-not-just-you-elden-ring-nightreigns-matchmaking-is-taking-forever-if-it-works-at-all-and-there-doesnt-seem-to-be-a-fixe281a0-aside-from-queueing-with-a-full-group.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"603\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/elden-ring-nightreign-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"3b55d717-49d5-4ee5-895f-7ee673ae4caf\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Elden Ring Nightreign tips\" data-dimension48=\"Elden Ring Nightreign tips\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Elden Ring Nightreign tips<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Start your run right<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/elden-ring-nightreign-tier-list-best-character\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nightreign tier list<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; The best nightfarers<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/elden-ring-nightreign-rune-farm-best\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best Nightreign rune farm route <\/strong><\/a>&#8211; Level up fast<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/elden-ring-nightreign-best-team-compositions\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best Nightreign team comps<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Squad goals<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/elden-ring-nightreign-best-relic-rite\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nightreign best relics<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; The rite stuff<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/elden-ring-nightreign-bosses-nightlords-list\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nightreign bosses list<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Every Nightlord<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/its-not-just-you-elden-ring-nightreigns-matchmaking-is-taking-forever-if-it-works-at-all-and-there-doesnt-seem-to-be-a-fix-aside-from-queueing-with-a-full-group\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First reported by Eurogamer, FromSoftware has acknowledged long matchmaking times for Elden Ring Nightreign despite having 2 million players and counting. The studio&#8217;s initial suggested fixes are not particularly helpful, especially on PC, and the best solution right now is really just queueing with a full team of three. In an initial tweet about matchmaking, FromSoft suggested restarting the matchmaking process if it&#8217;s taking too long\u2060\u2014I and the commenters on Twitter thread can tell you right now, that hasn&#8217;t helped. FromSoft&#8217;s only other suggestion has been changing your NAT connection type on PlayStation. Nightfarers, If you encounter issues finding other players when launching an expedition in #ELDENRING #NIGHTREIGN, please try restarting the matchmaking process. Thank you for your patience and understanding.May 31, 2025 NAT type&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-elden-ring-nightreigns-matchmaking-is-taking-forever-if-it-works-at-all-and-there-doesnt-seem-to-be-a-fix%e2%81%a0-aside-from-queueing-with-a-full-group\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1214852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[23,748],"class_list":["post-1214851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-action","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It&#039;s not just you: Elden Ring Nightreign&#039;s matchmaking is taking forever if it works at all, and 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