FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki has confirmed that Shadow of the Erdtree will be the only expansion released for beloved role-playing game Elden Ring.
How to prepare for Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC
12.04.2024 - 15:55 / polygon.com / Hidetaka Miyazaki
Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion is just around the corner, which means time’s running out to get ready for its arrival.
Shadow of the Erdtree is set to be absolutely massive; according to director Hidetaka Miyazaki, the addition will be approximately the size of Elden Ring’s starting area, Limgrave. In other words, you’ll have a lot to dig into come June 21, including finding out what happened to the game’s most mysterious demigod — but only if you’re prepared for it.
If you’re not sure how to prepare for the expansion or simply haven’t played the base game in ages, don’t worry. Here’s everything you need to do in Elden Ring before Shadow of the Erdtree.
While you don’t have to beat the game to take on Shadow of the Erdtree, you do need to attain a certain amount of progress before you can jump in. FromSoftware has said that the upcoming content will exist on a brand-new map that’s separate from the main game. Based on info released thus far, you’ll access that region via Mohg’s palace (and, to that end, by defeating Mohg).
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After all, we know that Mohg has kidnapped Miquella, one of the main protagonists of the DLC. In the base game, Miquella is housed in an egg that you can interact with once you beat Mohg. Currently, the mummy-like remains don’t do anything, but Shadow of the Erdtree’s single trailer shows Miquella’s egg seemingly coming to life.
Beyond its lore importance, there are plenty of other reasons to visit Mohg’s palace before the DLC drops. For one thing, the cliffside area preceding the blood-soaked map features Albinaurics who drop a startling amount of XP. Likely, Mohg was using them as fodder for his blood god. If you stock up on items that boost your Runes, like the Gold Pickled Fowl Foot and the Gold Scarab talisman, you can use these enemies to power-level in no time.
It’s possible to gain dozens of levels in minutes if you farm the enemies repeatedly. Fortunately, you can fast travel to the start of the level once you kill the Albinaurics to force the game to respawn them all. Make sure to snipe the bird roaming the blood lake that’s visible from the cliff — it can’t really hurt you, and it’s a great source of XP as well.
Miquella is mentioned heavily throughout Elden Ring, but you never actually see or speak to the fair-headed Empyryan. And like most Souls games, all the storytelling is fairly subtle, so it’s entirely possible to not know what’s going on with Miquella — or to miss the smaller details that will likely be fleshed out in the DLC. Watching lore videos (like the one above from the popular FromSoftware content creator VaatiVidya) is a good way of remedying this issue.
One of the major themes for Shadow of the Erdtree seems to be blasphemy. The
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