Caelid became a source of a number of memes, as its Mordor-like style certified it as a zone no one would want to walk into. If Limgrave is the game's version of The Sound of Music or a field of cute lambs, then the idea of a far more frightening zone is terrify

The logic of the Painted Worlds isn’t fully explained, so much of how they work is merely speculation. One theory is used to suggest how Elden Ring connects to Dark Souls and FromSoftware's other games. At the end of Ashes of Ariandel , the player finds someone called the Painter. She sits in front of a blank canvas awaiting the return of Gael, who will bring the paint she’ll use. After completing The Ringed City , the player acquires this paint, which is actually an item called Blood of the Dark Soul, the description of which says it is " used as pigment [...] to depict a painted world ." When the player gives this to the Painter, she says, " I will assuredly finish the painting. Of a cold, dark, and very gentle place. One day, it will make someone a goodly home. " The player never sees the completed painting, but it is theorized that it could be the world of Elden Ring or Bloodbor

Many of these players ended up spending hours on early game bosses, or even prepping to kill them, and likely never made serious progress through the game, often resembling the girl in the second half of the m

Despite their tragic origins, Miquella and Malenia fought hard to protect each other. Her brother was dedicated to finding a cure for Malenia's Scarlet Rot, and even denounced his Empyrean title and obligations when he learned that the Golden Order had no remedy to offer his sis

Both luckily and unluckily for players, Elden Ring 's patches have largely served to buff rather than nerf. This protects the health of the game by allowing new strategies to arise while avoiding taking away anything from the Elden Ring that players may have enjoyed. However, in practice, this has resulted to the rise of the Rivers of Blood katana meta in Elden Ring , which has left other approaches to the game in the d

Elden Ring’s ties to Bloodborne 's Eileen the Crow run deeper than aesthetic, however. Eileen is known as a Hunter of Hunters, eliminating those who have gone mad and blood drunk from Beast Hunting. Her story has fascinating parallels to a character in Elden Ring named Yura, the Bloody Finger Hunter. He hunts those who have been enthralled by Mohg, The Lord of Blood, and his blood magic. The Bloody Fingers invade the worlds of other Tarnished to defeat them. During his quest line, the Tarnished helps Yura defeat several members of the Bloody Fingers, including the assassin Ravenmo

Elden Ring 's 1.03 patch thought bosses should have more of a chance, though, and drastically reduced the effectiveness of Hoarfrost Stomp. The patch notes share that the move's casting time and FP cost were increase while its area of effect was decreased. This rendered its staggering effect useless, as bosses and players alike could close in on a Hoarfrost Stomp user and attack in between the usages of the no-longer-spammable Ash of

For one, her Cleanrot Knights were unshakably loyal to her, especially since this required them to contract the Rot themselves after spending so much time around her. Likewise, she indirectly inspired those who would become known as the Kindred of Rot, believing Malenia to be a goddess that would usher in a new age of

Not many players of Elden Ring ever get the chance to summon the NPC called The Dung Eater for a boss fight, mainly because unlocking his summon signs require completing one of the darkest and most evil quests in the game. Personality-wise, the Dung Eater is a piece of work, obsessed with murdering people and defiling their corpses in order to infect them with a curse that will follow their souls from reincarnation to reincarnation. The Dung Eater's quest-line only moves forward if the player brings Seedbed Curses to his physical form, located within a prison in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds beneath Leyndell, Royal Capi

The most substantial nerf Bandai Namco levied on Elden Ring was the alteration to the effect of the Ash of War Royal Knight’s Resolve. The way Royal Knight’s Resolve used to function in Elden Ring was that it would allow the Tarnished to deal 80% more damage with the next hit they threw with any of their weapons. This meant that a player could have a disposable weapon with the Ash of War, use it, and then shift to any other armament (be it a sword, staff, or finger seal) and deal a tremendous amount of damage. This made Royal Knight’s Resolve essential to any PvP or speed running PvE build, as when used in conjunction with a spell like Comet Azure, every boss became a one-hit kill just like YouTuber Nipthemad shows in the video ab

FromSoftware has not confirmed that their games take place in the same continuity, but they’ve done a remarkable job of keeping the themes of Dark Souls and Bloodborne in **Elden Ring modding community Ring ** alive. The mastermind behind most of the Soulslike games, Hidetaka Miyazaki, has notably been averse to sequels, which may explain why there has not yet been a Bloodborne 2 . Despite this, the studio seems to deliberately include Easter eggs and references that fuel speculation of a shared unive