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Elden Ring: 10 Memes That Perfectly Sum Up The Game

Painted Worlds appear in the first Dark Souls - the Painted World of Ariamis - and during Dark Souls 3 ’s expansion, Ashes of Ariandel - the Painted World of Ariandel. In both cases, these worlds are accessed when the player interacts with a painting. What follows is a short cutscene of the player character being pulled inside the painting when their hand touches the canvas. The player is then transported to a world entirely separate from the rest of the g

The description for the Sun Realm Shield reads: " Shield of honor depicting a city crowned by the sun. It has seen better days. Much like the wear upon the shield, the Seat of the Sun is long faded away. " This is possibly a nod to Anor Londo, the capital city of Lordran from the first Dark Souls . In the lore, Anor Londo was the seat of Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight, for ages after he and the other Lords discovered the Lord Souls during the advent of f

The Raptor’s Black Feathers armor in Elden Ring nods to a beloved Bloodborne character, Eileen the Crow. It features a cape crafted with bird feathers, intended to imitate the Elden Ring 's Deathbirds, and is worn by an assassin called Ravenmount. Eileen’s armor has much in common with this set, being adorned with a cape made from crow feathers, similarly invoking worship of birds as figures of de

If the Crucible is the primal energy of the Erdtree and where all life once blended together, then it has to contain an incredibly large amount of power. This connection also shows the Erdtree's parasitic nature because it needs to feed off of the energy of the Crucible, unable to survive without an external source of energy. Since the Crucible is where life blends together, it can be assumed that the second source of energy for the Erdtree is the souls of the dead who will tell the Tarnished that they are waiting to return to the Erdtree. The reach of the Erdtree's roots allow it to gather those souls easily, and allows it to spread the Greater Will's Grace through the Lands Between . Regardless of how the energy is used, it's gathered through parasitic me

This trophy puts players' skills to the ultimate test and requires them to conquer every major trial that is laid before the players. While there are many trophies players will have to go out of their way to obtain in this game there is no more difficult than this one, but it perfectly shows why Sekiro is one of the strongest protagonists from the SoulsBorne ga

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 Not Fooled trophy is incredibly difficult to how the trophy relies far more on luck rather than strategy. While some players have identified ways to tell if a Fool's Idol is a clone or not, most can't say the s

In most games, falling from a height would cause some damage, but in Elden Ring , it almost always seemed to be either no damage or instant death. The results offered major frustration for some players, as they likely lost their runes to falling to areas they couldn't reach ag

While players who want to get through the game more swiftly might find themselves skipping over Ranni's quest line, those who find the base storyline challenging may have an overall easier time by undergoing Ranni's st

However, there is also a chance that this leak is a hoax fabricated by the group responsible for the ransomware attack. Based on the other game titles released, some individuals believe this leak is a hoax and has no chance of being true. That said, this also happened with Capcom several years ago, ultimately resulting in the Dragons Dogma 2 sequel being revealed ahead of sched

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

There are some animal-themed armors in the game. However, none are as over the top as Armor best ranged build Maris King. The cat headpiece along is great to watch exploring the Lands Between. It's also a fellow Bandai-Namco property, so it's not hard to imagine this becoming a real DLC one

class=There have been many assumptions about what an Elden Ring _ DLC will entail, but among these theories, a supposed future DLC called _Barbarians of the Badlands has spread over the internet as rumors of leaks have proliferated. As exciting as this may sound for fans, this title leak is the result of a ransomware attack on Bandai Namco Entertainment, an attack that has resulted in the reveal of several game titles to be released in 2023 even while many have doubts about the leak's authentic