While Elden Ring ’s main regions are vast in and of themselves, there are several additional locations that can easily be missed. One such area can be found below Elden Ring 's Stormveil Castle . This crypt can be accessed by jumping down a hidden ledge by the Liftside Chamber site of grace, or unlocking one of the castle’s locked doors. Beneath the castle awaits an Ulcerated Tree Spirit, which drops a Golden Seed if defeated. Another easy-to-miss location is the Frenzied Flame Village in the northeast Liurnia region. After passing the Frenzied Flame Village Outskirts site of grace, players can explore this village to find many items, including the Shabriri's Woe talisman. This talisman attracts enemies to focus their attacks exclusively at the bearer, which can be invaluable when paired with the Mimic Tear spirit

While the project may put emphasis on fast-paced combat over immersive exploration, FromSoftware's rumored Armored Core project should still learn from Elden Ring's streamlined user interface. Even though they're piloting a robotic mech, players shouldn't have the experience ruins by information flashing on their screen every second. Instead, a smart UI can pop up to aid in futuristic mech combat before automatically disappearing while players immerse themselves and explore the environment. If the next Armored Core game is open-world, flying around a sci-fi setting would be much more impactful without a cluttered scr

_Elden Ring _ has a wide variety of weapons players can choose to use depending on their build, but while there are plenty of great ones, there are also bad weapons that could use a buff in a future update. FromSoftware can still save these underpowered weapons by changing the weapons scaling or skills, and there's also the chance that new items could be added that would pair well with some the game's less-used weap

Whether played by a FromSoftware veteran or a gamer with little experience, there are many plot points, areas, bosses, and secrets that players will likely miss on a first playthrough of Elden Ring _ . Six months after its release, most players have now completed their first playthroughs and are continuing to explore the Lands Between having defeated the Elden Beast, or are replaying the game on New Slg Game Beginner Guide Plus (or beyond). Given the scope and complexity of _Elden Ring ’s many quests, players can now rediscover the secrets they may have missed the first time aro

While there is a main storyline for players to follow, Elden Ring is filled to the brim with completely optional content. The number of mandatory Elden Ring map areas is shockingly small, and experienced players are able to beat the entire game in only a few hours. However, those who choose to explore the Lands Between encounter a huge host of optional content that ranges from minor enemy encounters to full-blown secret regions and complex storylines. Fighting through optional areas also helps players level up, which makes the game's more difficult storyline bosses significantly more managea

The Vulgar Militia Shotel is another halberd weapon that can be farmed in the same area as the Militia Saw. It has a cool design, and the hook blade does allow it to ignore enemy shields, but the Militia Shotel has the same problem as the Saw: it cannot keep up with other halberds in the game despite the decent dexterity scal

The largest region that players have difficulty accessing may be the Consecrated Snowfield. This high-level area can only be reached once the player obtains both left and right sides of the Haligtree Secret Medallion, which can be found after defeating Commander Niall (one of Elden Ring 's most annoying bosses ) in Mountaintops of the Giants, and by talking to an NPC in the Village of the Albinaurics respectively. Furthermore, entering a portal in this area takes the player to Miquella's Haligtree. This region leads of the game’s hardest bosses, including Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree, and the infamous Miquella hers

Elden Ring 's Valiant Gargoyle duo is found in the Siofra Aqueduct and consists of the Valiant Gargoyle and Valiant Gargoyle (Twinblade). From a design perspective, these two are like other gargoyles found in Elden Ring . However, during this fight, the gargoyles have a poison breath attack that can be damaging to players not prepa

The Armored Core series takes players to sci-fi dystopias rather than lush fantasy worlds, but a new entry in the series can still take inspiration from Elden Ring's weapon and enemy variety. FromSoftware's next Armored Core game can put a renewed emphasis on modular mech customization by giving players a truly enormous arsenal of weapons and parts to collect. These tools of war can include firearms, laser weapons, flamethrowers, high-tech swords and all manner of other futuristic weapons. Rather than exclusively pitting players against other Armored Cores, the game could also make combat even more exciting by including massive robotic foes, small human-sized droids and everything in-betw