Finding the Dung Eater's cell in Elden Ring , among other things, triggers the appearance of his summon sign outside the boss room for Mohg, Eldenringfans noted the Omen. Alternately, if the player force-feeds the Dung Eater a potion from the creepy Preceptor Seluvis, the Dung Eater will be transformed into a living puppet the player can summon using special spirit ashes - a fate worse than death even for a being as defilement-obsessed as

This ending signals that Melina will return as a boss fight in Elden Ring’s DLC . The only issue with this may be the element of player choice. Not all players decide to go the route of the Frenzied Flame, and requiring this ending to access the DLC isn’t likely. The closest FromSoftware has come to a DLC that references the player’s choice is Dark Souls 3: Ashes of Ariandel . In this case, the only thing that changes is a line of dialogue spoken by Sister Friede if the player has chosen the Usurpation of Fire ending. Elden Ring’s choices feel more consequential than that, however. So it's improbable that Melina’s role in the DLC will be reduced to a few lines of dialo

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

The boss fight against Starscourge Radahn , the culmination of a festival of war organized by the Witcher Hunter Jerren NPC, takes the NPC summoning mechanic of Soulslike games up to 11 in Elden Ring . The game lets players repeatedly summon unfamiliar and familiar allies like Blaidd to battle the red-maned, gravity-controlling Demigod. Besides player-friendly NPCs such as Iron Fist Alexander or mute NPCs such as Great Horned Tragoth, players can also summon Patches (NPC) , the cowardly, fast-talking, and hairless FromSoftware NPC that has been backstabbing players and kicking them off ledges since Demon's Sou

Scattered across The Lands Between are seven paintings that are tied to scavenger hunt quests. These puzzles require the player to find the locations from which each painting was made. When the correct places are found, the player will discover Wandering Artist Spirits. Upon interaction with the spirits, they drop a unique item and disappear. Fans of the Dark Souls series will almost certainly think of the Painted Worlds whenever they come across interact-able paintings in FromSoftware’s Soulsborne gam

In the decaying wilderness of Elden Ring 's Caelid region, players can encounter an ailing red-haired woman named Millicent , suffering and afflicted by a divine contagion called the Scarlet Rot. By giving her an Unalloyed Gold Needle (located in the swamps of Caelid) she implants in her own body, Millicent can drive Elden Ring 's Caelid-centric Scarlet Rot infection into remission, regaining strength and lucidity. Invigorated and newly motivated, Millicent embarks on a quest to discover her origin - a quest that if completed will generate several useful summon signs in the mid-to-late game areas of Elden Ri

Queen Marika, the ruler of The Lands Between in **Elden Ring ** , has ties to people and places that may point to her actually being a Mimic from the Eternal Cities. This Elden Ring theory has evolved in the months since the game launched. It may sound outlandish at first but makes a lot of sense when considering the game’s penchant for hidden plots and alternate identities. The theory also has significant in-game evidence to back it

The Sword of Night and Flame once stood next to the Moonveil as the best weapon in the game. It’s dual ability in the form of the Night-and-Flame Stance allowed the Tarnished to use either a powerful Faith-based or Intelligence-based spell. While both moves were strong, the Intelligence Night spell was especially noteworthy in PvE because of its resemblance to Comet Azure. Combined with Royal Knight’s Resolve, the Sword of Night and Flame allowed players to easily kill bosses from a distance as shown by Schlechtelaunetyp above, and if an opponent closed in at all, they could then use the Flame ability to wipe out any remaining hea

In the Mountaintop of the Giants area of Elden Ring , players can encounter the being known as Shabriri , an undying avatar of the Three Finger's Frenzied Flame who has possessed the corpse of another NPC called Yura. Shabriri, soft-spoken, eloquent, and utterly unhinged, urges the player to avert Melina's act of self-sacrifice by imbuing themselves with the power of the Frenzied Flame, bestowed by the Three Fingers entity sealed away beneath Leyndell. If the player does become the Lord of Frenzied Flame in _Elden Ring _ , Shabriri will become an NPC players can summon outside the boss arena for Godfrey, The First Elden Lord, wielding both Yura's Nagakiba katana weapon and Shabriri's own Frenzied Flame Incantati