Elden Ring: 10 Interesting Facts About The Game s Making

The four main Sleep-inducing tools of the game - the Sleep Arrows, the Sleep Pots, the Soporific Grease, the Elden Ring Sword of Saint Trina and St. Trina's Torch - are all associated with the mysterious St. Trina, described in item text as being either a young girl or boy and most decidedly not an adult. Many FromSoftware fans had guessed that Miquella and St. Trina were the same person before said guess was confirmed by the discovery of a cut quest-line revolving around the collecting of dreams from sleeping enemies and an NPC named Rico. Lying dormant in Elden Ring 's files is cut dialogue where the NPC Rico realizes St. Trina and Miquella are one and the same, and moreover, that Miquella is cultivating a dream world in his he


It would be hyperbole, at best, to say that Miquella is a villain in. To achieve his goals, Miquella may resort to ruthless methods, but said methods are consistently less atrocious than the limb harvesting of Elden Ring 's Godrick the Grafted , the blasphemy of Rykard, or the genocidal imperialism of Queen Marika. Every piece of game lore about Miquella suggests that he genuinely loves his sister Miquella, genuinely wants to free her from the Scarlet Rot, and genuinely wants to be a good lord to his follow


Thanks to Souls Youtuber Zullie the Witch, we know why this fight feels so familiar. In the game's code, Zullie found that assets from an unused Farron Wolf Dark Souls III boss were pulled into Elden Ring patch notes Ring and re-appropriated in the form of the Red Wolf's curved sword attacks, which feel like a loving callback to The Great Grey Wolf


Like the deities and heroes from mythologies the world over, the Demigod children of Queen Marika in **Elden Ring ** are both heroes and monsters, and the Empyrean Miquella may fall prey more to this more than players think. While the demigods can be shining paragons of excellence and ambition, they're also deeply flawed and capable of astonishing cruelty. Among these brutal god-heroes, Miquella comes across as the most virtuous with his three-fold goal of curing his sister Malenia's Scarlet Rot affliction, creating a home for the outcasts of the Lands Between, and liberating the planet from the influence of alien gods. A close investigation of the game lore, however, reveals a dark side to this golden-haired, perpetually youthful Demigod, who uses mind-altering magic to rally legions of fanatically devoted followers and tampers with the realm of dreams in order to realize his ambiti


Developers of FromSoftware's Elden Ring are faced with a quandary when designing weapons and spells for RPGs like the studio's latest and previous works, such as Dark Souls and Bloodborne . They can't (or rather, shouldn't) make a single weapon good at everything in the game, or else players would simply use that weapon to the exclusion of others. Thus, FromSoftware developers need to carefully design weapons so they have a fun balance of strengths and weaknes


While some could interpret his silence as having nothing to say, Brother Corhyn interprets his subtle motions to actually hold significant meaning, implying a great many things about the Golden Order, The Erdtree, and the outer gods that mere mortals weren't intended to decip


Using the Spirit Ash system, Elden Ring developers created NPCs from their summoning system --- naming it "The Buddy System." This system hinted that there were unique NPCs that could be used for summons, each of them a temporary companion as you call to them to get through a combative encoun


The brief chats he exchanges with you leave you eager to find what the jar man has gotten himself into next. Such a spirited character is quick to stand out, earning him a spot as an instant favorite for many play


His followers, numerous as they were, followed their Lord with heads held high and a fiery resolve in their hearts, trusting in their leader that he would preserve their shared desire for a world without The Greater Will. Their devotion and sacrifice would ultimately end in Lord Praetor Rykard and Volcano Manor's downfall. On his journey to uncover and fully comprehend the true nature of the dark sorcery hidden beneath Mt. Gelmir, Rykard took on a partner in Tanith, a fearless and bloodthirsty consort who becomes the head of Volcano Manor at the culmination of the legacy dungeon quest l


Her significance doesn't stop there, though her nature is mysterious and so is the reason she offers you an accord to begin with. Melina wishes to help guide you, aiding you and leading you along the path to Erdtree, but as you go on, you might wonder what exactly is in it for her or who she really is. Many theorize a connection between her and the other most iconic NPC, Ranni, though most of it is speculation driven by an obvious key physical feature and copious amounts of l

Hidden inside the code of Elden Ring, there is a string of text within the Divine Tower of Limegrave map that hints there was a boss fight intended to be at the top of the Divine Tower. More specifically, it suggests that this boss would've been a Crucible Knight; however, since the name ID was set to 0, we're unable to know the boss' n