In many FromSoftware games, it is common for a few weapons to become popular among players. Elden Ring is no different, with many using Rivers of Blood for PvP encounters, which means many players end up with similar builds. As useful as bleed effect and Rivers of Blood is in Elden Ring - for both PvP and PvE - it gets boring to see the same strategy repeatedly. The wide range of weapons in Elden Ring should lend itself to more variety in play style, but it's easy to overlook some less popular opti

Though it's often cited as the trilogy's black sheep by some hardcore fanbases, Dark Souls II was still widely acclaimed in its own right. The change in creative direction regarding level design and combat mechanics was admittedly seen as jarring to some, but praises went to its grander overworld scope and the creativity in customizing character classes/bui

Elden Ring has several NPCs that can only be summoned when certain steps are taken. Players going through their first few playthroughs of Elden Ring may miss these important steps and not have the chance to summon a certain NPC. Other NPCs can only be summoned when specific choices are made that will drastically alter the game’s storyl

The Twinblade weapons of Elden Ring were first introduced in Dark Souls 2 (along with Dark Souls 2 's fan-favorite "Power-Stancing" game mechanic). Most of the Twinblades in Elden Ring 's base game aren't modeled after any real-life polearms in particularly, instead seeming to draw inspiration from the double-bladed energy sabers seen in sci-fi franchises like Star Wars . The twirling move-set of Twinblades, however, does have a basis in the staff-fighting techniques traditional to many martial arts systems across the world. The introduction of blade-less DLC staff weapons such as quarterstaves, bo staves, or fighting canes could give Elden Ring players a new blunt-force weapon class while also making cosplay builds of fantasy characters such as the Monkey King Sun Wukong from Black Myth: Wukong much more via

Sir Gideon Ofnir, The All-Knowing, is a mysterious character in Elden Ring . Sir Gideon is one of the first people the Tarnished protagonist meets at the Roundtable Hold, of which Gideon is also the leader. He is never particularly kind to the player, rudely brushing them off in their first interaction. Sir Gideon is responsible for the ruthless massacre at the Village of the Albinaurics, which he orchestrated to locate a piece of the medallion that grants access to the Haligtree region. Upon returning to Elden Ring’s Roundtable Hold with the medallion, the player is attacked by Ensha, Gideon’s lapdog. Gideon then lies to the player about trying to have them kil

One outlier hasn’t been fully explained, as her origin is still shrouded in mystery. Melina, the woman who acts as the player’s Finger Maiden and guide throughout the game, says that her purpose had been given to her by her mother inside the Erdtree. This is an apparent reference to Queen Marika, but further detail isn’t provided. Perhaps any future **Elden Ring ** DLC could clear up this myst

Afterward, in a move that confounded many in the Lands Between, Marika took Radagon, one of the Golden Order’s loyal soldiers, as her consort. The big story twist in Elden Ring helps to explain this decision: Marika and Radagon are the same person. The specifics of this are unclear, and its implications are far-reaching. This would seem to indicate that Radagon’s marriage to the Carian Queen Rennala is, by extension, Marika’s relationship as w

In the trilogy finale of FromSoft's Dark Souls series, players take on the role of the Ashen One as they venture throughout the kingdom of Lothric. They seek to defeat and bring the rebelling Lords of Cinder back to their thrones in yet another cyclical Age of Fire -- with the overarching story coming to a climactic close in the Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City DLC expansi

NPC summons is a common feature of Soulsborne games. Many times, these NPCs can be encountered in certain locations and will only move when the player has progressed to a new area. Other times, these NPCs will tell the player they are looking for something or someone, and the player can assist the NPCs. Moving these NPCs along and helping them may be essential to their questline, which many players may want to complete. There is also a chance that players can accidentally kill an Elden Ring N

Rykard fed himself to the Elder Serpent that lived inside the volcanic Mt. Gelmir. This allowed them to merge into one being, Soulslike Atmosphere with Rykard’s face embedded in the giant snake’s body . This act set him on a downward spiral. He began calling on his best warriors so that he could devour them and also join in merging with the serpent. Many of his soldiers were troubled by Rykard’s growing dishonor and sought to use the Serpent-Hunter weapon to eliminate their former master, but all failed. The Tarnished must step in and defeat Rykard before he can devour the very g