Not many players of Elden Ring ever get the chance to summon the NPC called The Dung Eater for a boss fight, mainly because unlocking his summon signs require completing one of the darkest and most evil quests in the game. Personality-wise, the Dung Eater is a piece of work, obsessed with murdering people and defiling their corpses in order to infect them with a curse that will follow their souls from reincarnation to reincarnation. The Dung Eater's quest-line only moves forward if the player brings Seedbed Curses to his physical form, located within a prison in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds beneath Leyndell, Royal Capi

**Elden Ring ** has taken the gaming world by storm, not only by providing one of the best open-world experiences of the generation, but also by having some of the best cosplayers imitate its famous characters. Perhaps some of the more comical ones are built by players in-game, such as the George R.R. Martin and Miyazaki Elden Ring cosplay duo, but the more serious creations are personally worn by dedicated fans willing to travel to events. Indeed, the best cosplay costumes are almost identical - sometimes with more detail - than the characters themsel

Elden Ring is a rich medieval dark-fantasy world, but FromSoftware borrowed some elements from its other acclaimed PlayStation RPG, Bloodborne . Specifically, it uses cosmic aspects in its worldbuilding, namely from the world's Outer G

The boss fight against Starscourge Radahn , the culmination of a festival of war organized by the Witcher Hunter Jerren NPC, takes the NPC summoning mechanic of Soulslike games up to 11 in Elden Ring . The SLG game DLC lets players repeatedly summon unfamiliar and familiar allies like Blaidd to battle the red-maned, gravity-controlling Demigod. Besides player-friendly NPCs such as Iron Fist Alexander or mute NPCs such as Great Horned Tragoth, players can also summon Patches (NPC) , the cowardly, fast-talking, and hairless FromSoftware NPC that has been backstabbing players and kicking them off ledges since Demon's Sou

However, he did find an alternative treatment, if imperfect. Miquella crafted an unalloyed gold needle that could treat the Scarlet Rot and keep it at bay. An unalloyed gold needle is also what's given to the Tarnished by the elderly sage Gowry to, in turn, give to Millicent in Caelid to treat her

Further Persona ports (like 5 Royal and 3 Portable ) were major highlights in Nintendo's recent Direct , and 4 Golden is an affordable way for PC players new to the series to test the waters now. Like with most of Atlus' games in the series, Persona 4 Golden was praised for its investing storytelling and characters, irresistible sense of style, as well as engaging use of turn-based combat thanks to the titular Persona sys

Of all the FromSoftware Soulslike RPGs on the market, **Elden Ring ** has perhaps the most comprehensive and intricate ally-summoning system for players who need an extra warm body to draw the attention of difficult enemies, and there are several NPCs players may not even realize can be summoned. Besides using Spirit Ashes or summoning in cooperative players from other worlds, Elden Ring also has fixed summon signs outside certain boss arenas players can use to call forth friendly NPCs such as the jovial walking pot Iron Fist Alexander or the soft-spoken wolf warrior Blaidd. Certain NPC summon signs, however, are harder to find than others – in some cases because they're locked behind obscure quest lines, and in other cases, because they're locked behind obscure quest lines that send players down very, very dark pa

The aforementioned Greater Will represents the Erdtree and Golden Order, and Malenia's Scarlet Rot is evidence of the Outer God of Rot. It's the same Outer God that Malenia's blind swordmaster sealed away, with the Goddess and her curse attempting to use the Blade of Miquella as a vessel in the Lands Betw

Like with the Dark Souls trilogy's Gwyn, Lord of Cinder, much of the story of Elden Ring starts with Queen Marika. There are, of course, even larger cosmic entities at play, but her influence has radically shaped the Lands Between. Malenia is the daughter of Queen Marika and her second husband and second Elden Lord, Rada

In the decaying wilderness of Elden Ring 's Caelid region, players can encounter an ailing red-haired woman named Millicent , suffering and afflicted by a divine contagion called the Scarlet Rot. By giving her an Unalloyed Gold Needle (located in the swamps of Caelid) she implants in her own body, Millicent can drive Elden Ring 's Caelid-centric Scarlet Rot infection into remission, regaining strength and lucidity. Invigorated and newly motivated, Millicent embarks on a quest to discover her origin - a quest that if completed will generate several useful summon signs in the mid-to-late game areas of Elden Ri

What changed is that Elden Ring added more mechanics that made things easier and more simple. That means these kinds of challenge runs — Level 1 runs included, are now more accessible than ever to a wider audience. Should players want to try it out but are intimidated by the more limited options, then this build ensures a smooth and somewhat effortless Level 1 run .