The Elden Ring DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, has been publicly launched. For its $40 value, gamers get to leap into a complete new space with extra weapons, bosses and secrets and techniques to uncover. However it’s a bit sophisticated to get into the DLC when you’re within the sport, so here is find out how to begin Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.
First, you will must buy Shadow of the Erdtree in your platform (PC, XBox Sequence X/S, PS5) and set up it, in fact. However you do not entry the DLC by means of the primary menu — as an alternative, you will want to achieve a selected space and defeat two optionally available bosses to earn the precise to get into the DLC.
We’ll clarify intimately under, 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 soar into Shadow of the Erdtree, ensure you’re ready. Early evaluations of the DLC have famous its issue, even above the bottom sport — which is nice for gamers longing for 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 increase your finest weapons as excessive as they will 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 let you purchase smithing and somber stones round Elden Ring. It is a good suggestion to top off 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, gadgets, talismans, armor and builds. Assuming you are completely prepared, here is find out how to get to the DLC.
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Learn how to 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 throughout the sport. Earlier than you try this, you will must defeat two bosses: Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood.
Starscourge Radahn could be discovered earlier within the sport within the space of Caelid, simply east of the beginning zone of Limgrave. You may must journey to the southeast fringe of Caelid and transfer by means of Redmane Fortress. You may must activate any Altus Plateau web site of grace or progress Ranni’s questline far sufficient to speak with its related non-player characters, in accordance with Fextralife, to make sure that the fortress 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 elevate 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 best strategy to get to Mohgwyn Palace, the place Mohg resides, is to comply with 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.
In case you’re PvP-averse, the opposite strategy 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 Carry 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 must make your method across the swamps, dodging some nasty summoned large skeletons, and up the mausoleum. You may should defeat or sprint by means of 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 elevate 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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