Dragonkin are impressive and intimidating dragon humanoids, yet they are not very powerful. Two can be found in the Lake of Rot and Siofra. There is also a stronger variant called Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella found in Elden Ring . It is implied that the dragonkin’s relationship with the underground cities of Nokstella and Nokron, caused their decline. They are described as "decrepit, pale imitations" of other dragons. __ Something about the dragonkin living underground caused them to never achieve immortality or know what real lightning is . Killing them is easy and maybe mercy, but it can still leave a bitter ta

Most Elden Ring dungeons are optional. There may be an NPC questline that leads the Tarnished into one or two of the dungeons, but finding and exploring them is up to the player. They are beneficial to explore since some give you Smithing Stones, crafting ingredients, or new items. It may be easy to compare these dungeons to Bloodborne 's __ Chalice Dungeons, but Elden Ring fixes the problems with Chalice Dungeo

Thoroughly exploring The Lands Between is already a massive time commitment, and doing it thrice so that everyone in the party can have all the loot becomes tedious. There's an argument to be made that limiting the scope of co-op sessions is a stylistic choice, meant to represent serendipitous help offered by another Tarnished, but FromSoftware already offers the opportunity to use multiplayer passwords so that Summon Signs are only viewable by certain players. Elden Ring 's co-op could be easily improved by simply embracing a more traditional version of cooperative gameplay, where progression is shared and sessions aren't cut short by the completion of an object

If left to his own devices, Boc will eventually depart in search of Queen Rennala at Raya Lucaria Academy, who can change people's appearances with her golden egg of Rebirth. On his own, the kind, gentle Boc will perish, and if the player gifts Boc with one of the Larval Tear items needed for players to reallocate attribute points, he will successfully reach Rennala and become reborn, but winds up losing everything he used to be in the process. The true happy ending for Boc in **Elden Ring ** requires an obscure item called the Prattling Pate "You're beautiful," found in the Mr. Gelmir region where Volcano Manor, home of the Tarnished hunters , resides; use this item in front of Boc, and he will hear his own mother's voice refer to him as beautiful, giving the gentle Demi-Human the validation needed to love himself for who he

Players of Elden Ring only catch a glimpse of Godwyn The Golden, the firstborn son of Godfrey and Marika, long after his murder during the Night of the Black Knives. Far below the surface of the Lands Between at the heart of the Deeproot Depths, the once-beautiful body of Godwyn has bloated and metastasized, everdark adel sprouting a mermaid-style fish tail and tree roots adorned with pale eyes. Before becoming the Prince of Death, though, Godwyn the Golden was a fearsome but gallant Demigod who defeated ancient dragons such as Fortissax, won their friendship, and established a sanctioned Dragon Cult in Leyndell. Fia working for Elden Ring 's Prince of Death is something of an extension of this cult. A boss fight against Godwyn in his prime (unlocked through time travel or diving into an ancient creature's memories) would be an epic duel on the level of the Nameless King fight from Dark Souls III , pitting _Elden Ring _ players against a foe capable of wielding golden lightning and matching the raw strength of drag

From a certain perspective, the gameplay and narrative of Elden Ring is merely the final chapters of a far longer and epic history the player only glimpses in fragments. Long before the player's Tarnished character returns to the Lands Between in search of the Elden Ring, mythical heroes and monsters left their mark on the world. Ancient dragons ruled the skies with crimson lightning, a mysterious gloam-eyed queen and her servants hunted gods with black flame, Elden Ring 's Queen Marika and Godfrey carved out a new dynasty with blade and golden power, General Radahn halted the stars in the sky, and the twins Malenia and Miquella grew a brand-new world tree that creatures of all shapes and sizes could call h

There are three giant, inaccessible arenas players can travel to in Elden Ring 's open world - one in Limgrave, one in Caelid, and one in Leyndell, the Royal Capital. Each of these arenas bears a close resemblance to the Colosseum of Ancient Rome and are stylistically associated with gladiator-type enemies who wear serpentine adornments. Players can't access the interior of these arenas in the base Elden Ring game, but may be able to uses these arenas as PVP hubs when the next Elden Ring DLC comes out. A player versus player boss battle like the Old Monk fight from Demon's Souls would be particularly appropriate in such an arena setting, potentially invoking the bombastic spectacle of Roman gladiator matches, a sentiment already represented in Elden Ring 's historically inspired armor sets , or letting players fight each other on horseback in the style of knightly jou