It may not be fair to outright state that Elden Ring is a better game than Skyrim . After all, Skyrim was released over ten years before FromSoftware's 2022 opus, and it offers a much more casual, relaxed experience with countless strengths. However, when examining the maps of each game, the size, diversity, and opportunities for meaningful exploration in Skyrim _ are dwarfed by Elden Ring
Perhaps the strangest creatures in Elden Ring are the Living Jars – ambulatory ceramic vessels of varying size and stone-like limbs, stuffed to the brim with corpses sealed under a lid of wax. The first Living Jar players can encounter, stuck in a pit in the Limgrave area, is Elden Ring 's gregarious Iron Fist Alexander , who pits himself against different challenges in foes in the hopes of becoming a true warrior. After joining forces with the player to defeat the Starscourge Radahn boss and stuffing himself with the corpses of warriors from an old battlefield, Iron Fist Alexander can be found bathing in a lake of lava in Mr. Gelmir, and will gift the player with a literal Jar to wear as a helmet (this jar helmet happens to be the signature headgear of the legendary Malenia-slaying Elden Ring co-op player called "Let Me Solo He
Connected to the magic of the Godskin Apostles is Bestial magic. In Elden Ring , only the Beast Clergyman Gurranq and his militiamen utilize Bestial magic, which is said to have been created by the primitive beings of the Lands Between long before the creation of the Erdtree. Of course, Gurranq is actually Elden Ring 's Maliketh the Black Blade , so his ancient Bestial magic has somehow been able to overcome the Death magic of the Godskin Apost
Blaidd, the half-wolf, greatsword toting guardian of Ranni the Witch, is an Elden Ring NPC with a popularity comparable to that of Solaire from Dark Souls , thanks to his friendly demeanor, combat prowess, and his disarmingly soft-spoken voice. Fortunately, Elden Ring gamers who want to give their character a wolf's head don't need to attack Blaidd for it. After beating the main boss in Caria Manor and progressing into the area beyond, players can acquire the "Black Wolf Mask" item by hopping up some walls near Seluvis's Rise, where Seluvis brews his potions . The description of this wolf head helm reads as foll
The Greater Will has its message translated and spread by the Two Fingers and Golden Order, respectively. The Two Fingers facilitate communication between the inhabitants of the Lands Between and the Greater Will in Elden Ring , while the Golden Order upholds the tenets of the Greater Will's philosophy by hunting Those Who Live In Death. As such, those who serve the Two Fingers and Golden Order have access to incantations that derive their power from the Greater W
This magic is used by the followers of the Three Fingers, opposite of the Two Fingers vying for the Tarnished's fealty. These merchants were once a greater people but were persecuted for dabbling in dark, heretical arts. In return, many of these merchants cast a curse upon the Lands Between before their de
These same compliments can be paid, arguably to a much greater degree, to Elden Ring . FromSoftware's fantasy map is immense and structured in a way that is different from not only Skyrim , but nearly every other open-world game. Size isn't the only factor to consider here, however, as the way that the Lands Between encourages exploration and delineates lore is also vastly different in Elden Ring versus Skyrim . Other features, such as art style, encounter design, and atmosphere are additional areas where both games differ, and many will find that there are key ways that Elden Ring 's map is even better than the iconic slice of Tamriel shown in Skyr
These child scholars can be heard singing "Sleep tight, bound tight, in mother's umbra; Sleep tight, find life, by mother's amber." This suggests that these children are the eternal subjects of Rennala's practices with reincarnation, fully brainwashed by them, but it seems like pieces of them are lost each time they come b
The story of Radahn's scourging of the stars seems to have been washed out by the timeline of Elden Ring at release , however. Radahn was infected with the Scarlet Rot by Malenia in their battle, which has since driven him to insanity. Now the once great battler of the stars and his long, complex history have been reduced to nothing, as Radahn only worries about where his next meal will come from and which Tarnished will challenge him next. However, the meteor that crashes into Limgrave after his defeat by the Tarnished shows that beneath Radahn's animalistic exterior exists a fierce defender of the Lands Between from extraterrestrial bei
Finally, there are three schools of Faith-based magic left in Elden Ring , and each of them finds its source in a different Outer God. The Deep Of Night mode first, Blood magic, derives its power from the Formless Mother. Many of the Blood incantations require the caster to literally obtain blood from the Formless Mother's body via magic to then attack opponents with it. Though the Formless Mother is the source of power for these incantations, it is Mogh the Lord of Blood who discovered them and enables his servants to use t