Several items in Elden Ring are Easter eggs that refer to FromSoftware’s previous titles. The Sun Realm Shield has intriguing and mysterious ties to an important city in Dark Souls lore, but the drop rate for this shield is incredibly low, so it’s easy for most players to miss. An armor piece called Raptor’s Black Feathers resembles a notable Bloodborne character whose quest line parallels that of a summonable Elden Ring NPC . Scavenger hunt-style puzzles across The Lands Between involve paintings, which also bring to mind one of the most intriguing lore aspects of the Dark Souls franch
**Elden Ring ** centers around the Greater Will, which spreads its Grace to the Lands Between through the Erdtree. The Erdtree might be the most famous plant in the Lands Between, but Miquella seeks to create a new great tree as a source of power to bless the people without the influence of the Greater Will, despite having been chosen by the Greater Will as an Empyrean. However, both of these great trees might have some parasitic qualities depending upon how they're viewed and what acts as their source of power. Yet only one of them is a true parasite upon further investigat
Anor Londo's name is likely an adoption of a language created by J.R.R. Tolkien in Lord of the Rings , and can roughly be translated as " Land of the Sun ." If Elden Ring and Dark Souls were connected, the Sun Realm Shield could be an artifact from when Anor Londo basked in the sunlight. Though this is likely just an obscure Easter egg for fans, it does present the interesting idea that the events of the Dark Souls series could have happened long ago in Elden Ring ’s timel
From one beautiful landscape to another, players fought tooth and nail to reach their objectives, fending off magnificent dragons and wicked fell omens throughout the journey. The game quickly became an internet phenomenon with many streamers and content creators taking a stab at the difficult bosses. And as with any popular game, Elden Ring comes with a ton of great me
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
King from Tekken is one of the most iconic fighting game characters . His counterpart, Armor King, isn't as famous but is still beloved. They're both funny characters, being wrestlers with cat masks that only speak in growling sounds and this mod allows players to bring that hilarity to Elden Ri
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
The blood-lusting birds are too agile for ranged attacking and stay too far away to use melee, aggravating their target consistently. Slashing erratically isn’t all they can do, these skilled beings will even toss explosive barrels toward players, knocking their prey back with ease without a chance to coun
The sword and shield are essential for any dark fantasy game and Elden Ring has tons of great shields and swords available. But one thing that Elden Ring doesn't have is indoor plumbing. As such, it's fun to watch the player character run around with a plunger and toilet s
However, not all players want a setting to be bleak all the time. There are some light and strange moments, like with the Merchant Kalé. However, for some gamers and modders, this isn't enough and so they've created some truly funny and bizarre mods that absolutely break the g
Rogier, one of the game's NPCs, has dialogue that hints at links between the Nox and the Numen. He says that the Black Knife Assassins are scions of the Eternal City. This implies that the Nox and Numen may actually be the same race. One likely scenario is that when the Greater Will arrived in the Lands Between and demanded the residents worship it as their god, the Nox refused to convert and were punished. Numen, translated from Latin, can mean "favor of the gods." The Numen may be those of the Nox who accepted The Greater Will as their
**Elden ring game cover Ring ** features tons of references and nods to FromSoftware’s previous games. The infamous NPC Patches is notable, though many players are aware of his presence and know it as something of a recurring joke. However, several Easter eggs fuel the continuous speculation on a connection between the universes of Elden Ring , Bloodborne , and the Dark Souls series. There's no definitive proof that any of these share a continuity, but Elden Ring 's Easter eggs supply compelling implicati