@tom_schultz @fuzzybinary the way I learned to be OK with it in Dark Souls (which took several attempts) is to be OK with losing the souls. You can always make them back, the enemies respawn after all. It’s best in Elden Ring where there’s loads of alternative places to explore if somewhere is too hard. You can just let them go, it’s fine - all the important stuff like items persists. Sometimes a good strat is a suicide run to grab the items & not worry if you die