The Elden Ring DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, has been publicly launched. For its $40 worth, gamers get to leap into an entire new space with extra weapons, bosses and secrets and techniques to uncover. However it’s a bit difficult to get into the DLC when you’re within the sport, so here is how you can begin Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.
First, you will have to buy Shadow of the Erdtree to your platform (PC, XBox Sequence X/S, PS5) and set up it, after all. However you do not entry the DLC via the principle menu — as an alternative, you will want to achieve a particular space and defeat two non-obligatory bosses to earn the fitting to get into the DLC.
We’ll clarify intimately beneath, however the TL;DR to entry the DLC is: defeat Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood, then within the Mohgwyn Palace area the place you have defeated the latter, contact the withered arm hanging out of the egg. Growth, you have made it to the DLC.
However earlier than you bounce into Shadow of the Erdtree, be sure to’re ready. Early opinions of the DLC have famous its issue, even above the bottom sport — which is nice for gamers looking forward to a problem, however you will wish to be ready.
First, FromSoftware recommends gamers have their characters attain degree 120-150 earlier than making an attempt the DLC. Throughout our preview, we got pre-made degree 150 characters with fully-upgraded weapons, and we had been nonetheless challenged.
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Talking of weapon upgrades, you will wish to enhance your greatest weapons as excessive as they’ll go earlier than delving into the Land of Shadow within the DLC. To do this, you will want common and somber smithing stones — ensure to get or purchase sufficient by securing all of the miner’s bell bearings that permit you to purchase smithing and somber stones round Elden Ring. It is a good suggestion to fill up on smithing stones, since you will wish to improve among the over 100 new weapons you will discover within the DLC.
And if it has been awhile since you have put down Elden Ring, you may wish to re-familiarize your self with the sport’s fight, weapons, objects, talismans, armor and builds. Assuming you are completely prepared, here is how you can get to the DLC.
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How one can entry the Elden Ring DLC
As talked about above, you may’t simply entry the DLC from the menu — you will want to seek out it inside the sport. Earlier than you try this, you will have to defeat two bosses: Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood.
Starscourge Radahn might be discovered earlier within the sport within the space of Caelid, simply east of the beginning zone of Limgrave. You may have to journey to the southeast fringe of Caelid and transfer via Redmane Fort. You may have to activate any Altus Plateau website of grace or progress Ranni’s questline far sufficient to talk with its related non-player characters, in keeping with Fextralife, to make sure that the citadel is throwing its Radahn Competition inviting fighters to problem Radahn — together with you, Tarnished. Head previous the gathered NPCs and speak to Jerren, then go up the chapel and take the carry all the way down to the waygate teleporter.
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Mohg, Lord of Blood is trickier to seek out, and is positioned a lot farther into the sport. The simplest option to get to Mohgwyn Palace, the place Mohg resides, is to observe the NPC White Masks Varre’s sidequest, which entails both taking part in player-versus-player fight and invading a number of different gamers’ video games or defeating an NPC. Ending the hunt provides you an merchandise, the Pureblood Knight’s Medal, which you need to use to be taken to Mohgwyn Palace.
When you’re PvP-averse, the opposite option to Mohgwyn Palace is a waygate teleporter within the Consecrated Snowfields space, which itself is positioned far into the sport after you have positioned each halves of the Haligtree Secret Medallion and introduced it on the Grand Elevate of Rold. The teleporter to Mohgwyn palace is positioned on the western fringe of the Consecrated Snowfields space. Go searching for Lesser Runebears and, when you attain the place the place you are invaded by a Sanguine Noble NPC, head west and down from there.
When you attain Mohgwyn’s palace, you will have to make your approach across the swamps, dodging some nasty summoned large skeletons, and up the mausoleum. You may should defeat or sprint via a horde of gradual zombies that die with a blood explosion, then navigate a darkish tunnel with extra nasty Sanguine Noble enemies showing. Lastly, you will attain a carry that takes you to Mohg’s boss area. Defeat him and method the cocoon with the drooping arm, which belongs to the physique of Miquella, who left his flesh behind when touring to the Land of Shadow. Contact the arm and also you’re off to the DLC.
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