Players have to use Elden Ring' s actual in-game map , too, as the game is considerably larger than Skyrim . According to a Stack Exchange post from Martin Sojka , the total surface area of Bethesda's 2011 RPG comes out to just over 14 square miles - certainly nothing to scoff at. Meanwhile, however, Elden Ring has been determined by Reddit user Lusty-Batch to weigh in at a whopping 79 square kilometers, or 30.5 square miles, making it more than twice the size of Skyrim . Skyrim 's base game has 343 fast-travel locations, while Elden Ring has 300. However, it's important to keep in mind that Elden Ring players can only fast travel to sites of grace, whereas Skyrim allows players to fast travel to just about any location they come across. Given how many locations Elden Ring features that are not sites of grace, the game has a far greater number of unique locations to expl

During this time, Godfrey returned from his exile, looking to reclaim his throne as Elden Lord. Other prominent Tarnished would return as well, such as Fia, Elden Ring 's Deathbed Companion , and Sir Gideon Ofnir. Most of the Tarnished gathered at Roundtable Hold, where the Tarnished Champion is later able to meet them. However, many of them lost their sight of Grace during this period of t

In this era, the Greater Will begins to search for people who can do his bidding in the Lands Between, as it resides in the Cosmos and cannot directly interact with the land. In exchange for help, the Greater Will offers to ascend one person to godhood when they become its chosen vessel for the Elden R

The world of **Elden Ring ** , FromSoftware's newest dark fantasy RPG, is full of fancy helms and hats players can acquire (either by picking them up from bodies or slaying enemies over the course of play). The weirdest, most intriguing helmets by far are the ones literally crafted from the bodies and heads of certain side characters and opponents in Elden Ring ; aside from letting players customize their characters or engage in "cosplay" shenanigans, the item descriptions for these helmets also give gamers a lot of information about the odder lifeforms in this game's sett

The Gloam-Eyed Queen had access of some sort to Destined Death, using it to fuel her Black Flames. Once Marika became Queen and a god, she sent Maliketh, her Shadow, to defeat the Gloam-Eyed Queen. Then, she removed the Rune of Death from the Elden Ring and sealed it in Maliketh's Black Blade - an obtainable weapon in Elden Ring - charging him with the duty of protecting it. This action gave Marika control over death in the Lands Betw

Ranni - whom players can serve in Elden Ring - stole a fragment of Destined Death from Maliketh and used it to kill her body and Godwyn's soul in order to free herself from the influence of the Two Fingers. The Black Knife Assassins are all Numen women with close ties to Marika, which is mentioned in the descriptions for the Black Knife Set . As a result of the Night of Black Knives, Maliketh made his blade with Destined Death part of his body to prevent another th

Mass Effect 2 stepped up the story from the first game, innovating even further by using the Mass Effect 1 save file to influence the second game, so while players could go in without having played the first game, having done so provided an extra bonus. Without that, though, the story is still incredibly well-acted, written, and designed. Best of all, it's welcoming for New Knight Classes play

At the start of Elden Ring, the Lands Between are scarred by war and haunted by the faded remains of imperial glory. Before the Night of the Black Knives, the shattering of the Elden Ring , and the civil war between rival Demigods, an imperial monarchy-slash-religious creed called the Golden Order united the myriad cultures of the Lands Between under its auspices. The Erdtree and dragon-worshiping nobles of Leyndell, the stone-masked sorcerers of Raya Lucaria and Selia, the oppressed demi-humans and Misbegotten underclasses – each of these species and cultures had a place and role within the Golden Order, and show up in Elden Ring proper as both wandering enemies and stout all

According to the Albinauric Bloodclot item, Albinaurics are " lifeforms made by human hands," seen by many in the world of Elden Ring as living " impure lives ." First-generation Albinaurics bear a close resemblance to humans, albeit with non-functioning legs, while second-generation Albinaurics have the pudgy grey-faced alien look. Despite the efforts of valiant Elden Ring lore-hunters, it's still unclear who exactly created the Albinauric people and for what purpose. The proximity of Albinauric enemies to Glintstone Sorcery-themed locations like Elden Ring 's Liurnia and Raya Lucaria suggests the Albinaurics were made to be the servants of Sorcerers; at the same time, descriptions for items like the Albinauric Shield claim that "t he Albinaurics' most formidable foes were sorcere

This is where Elden Ring 's " O, you don't have the right " messages come in. These notes will be placed near a path that, for whatever reason, is currently inaccessible to the player, usually repeating the phrase multiple times, really driving the point home. These joke messages may also come across as annoying to some players, who may already be frustrated about not knowing where to go. However, they are helpful in many situations, and the oddly joyful and celebratory tone of these messages is, generally speaking, quite fu