The merchant Kalé, a minor NPC that players can encounter early in **Elden Ring ** , could have revealed the Lands Between's darkest secrets in a cut questline. FromSoftware's epic fantasy RPG features a wide range of supporting characters for players to meet, ranging from fellow Tarnished to more bizarre fantasy creatures. The title's nomadic race of merchants can be a godsend on the player's quest to become Elden Lord, with Kalé appearing as a noteworthy example right when players step into the game's open world. However, a cut Elden Ring Kalé quest would have given the friendly salesman a much more important role in the st

Black Flame Tornado is dropped by the Godskin Duo boss in the Dragon Temple area of Crumbling Farum Azula. This Ash of War can be applied to twinblades, spears, great spears, halberds, and reapers, as long as they allow skill replacement. A charged attack will have the player character spin their weapon around themselves to create a fire tornado. Each hit deals fire damage and applies the black flame debuff to enemies. Unlike the red square debuff in Elden Ring that players remove themselves, the black flame debuff will only last 2 seconds. When the charge is over, the player will slam their weapon on the ground. For an uncharged attack, the player will do a short windup, then slam their armament to the ground creating a small AOE around the pla

While Kalé's role in Elden Ring is minimal, a lengthy cut questline would have given the dedicated capitalist a much greater impact on the narrative. According to data miners, the storyline would have seen Kalé embark on a journey to locate the Great Caravan that his people once called home. The merchant would leave the Church of Elleh to travel all across the Lands Between, with his search eventually landing him in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds beneath Leyndell where the Three Fingers reside. While Melina typically advises the Tarnished protagonist to resist joining the Three Fingers and possessing the Frenzied Flame, Kalé's cut questline would have put an entirely new perspective on this scena

Many players would almost certainly welcome seamless cooperative sessions by default in future FromSoftware games, but the help of transient strangers has become a cornerstone of the Soulslike experience. Since FromSoftware was uncompromising in its vision for more than a decade before Elden Ring 's massive success, there's really nothing to suggest the studio will pivot to new multiplayer systems in the near future. It isn't out of the realm of possibility; FromSoftware could, after all, make a game specifically designed to be played in co-op. For now, though, downloading **Elden Ring ** 's Seamless Co-op mod will have to satiate players looking for a more straightforward experie

At this point in the year, there are a number of video games with TBA 2022 release dates. The following are subject to change, pending delays and new announcements. The list of video games releasing in 2022 with no official dates yet incl

Like many aspects of Elden Ring , its multiplayer gameplay has its origins in 2009's Demon's Souls . A game filled with convoluted systems like manipulatable World Tendency, Demon's Souls was the first experiment for a multiplayer system that would become popular with dedicated fans as it was further refined through Dark Souls and Bloodborne . While connected to the game servers, bloodstains, messages, and fleeting apparitions encroach from the worlds of other players. Dark Souls vaguely provided an in-universe explanation for the multiplayer mechanics, claiming the White Soapstone allowed and Undead to become a phantom and manipulate Lordran's distorted flow of time to assist others in com

Prayerful Strike is a great Ash of War for any paladin build. When used, the player raises their armament, then slams it onto the ground. Every successful hit restores HP to the player and nearby allies. While the slam animation can take a long time, the health restoration makes it the perfect Ash of War to help a player get through a difficult area. It can also be useful for players assisting others with the many Elden Ring bosses . Prayerful Strike you can try eldenringworld.com only be applied to axes and hammers. It is dropped by an invisible scarab leaving footprints on the lake near the west entrance of Leyndell, Royal Capi

Another weapon that can be found early in the game, the Bloodhound's Fang is a curved greatsword that is earned by defeating Bloodhound Knight Darriwil in Limgrave's Forlorn Hound Evergaol. The sword is most useful because it can be upgraded very easily and has a powerful sk

Often, it seems that to be an NPC in a FromSoftware-developed dark fantasy RPG is to be doomed to a grisly fate. Solaire, the jolly NPC knight who aids players throughout Dark Souls , is fated to fall into despair and death as he searches for his own "personal sun," while half the NPCs in Bloodborne go insane or become bosses themselves. There are (sometimes) ways to keep friendly NPCs in Elden Ring from suffering horrible ends, but the open-world gameplay of this RPG makes it hard to locate the paths leading to the more desirable endi