Summary
SomeElden Ringplayers struggling with the DLC have been encouraging each other to break the community’s unwritten rules about how one should play the game. With over 25 million units sold,Elden Ringhas a massive community of players, with many of them currently enjoying the newly-releasedShadow of the ErdtreeDLC.
TheShadow of the ErdtreeDLC has been a long time coming forElden Ringfans. It’s arrived over two years after the base game’s launch, and has given players a brand-new area to explore filled with powerful new enemies. However, some of the most hardcoreElden Ringplayers are having serious trouble with the DLC, finding it to be too difficult compared to the base game. This has caused some backlash towards the expansion, withElden Ring’s review score on Steamdropping to “Mixed.”
Elden Ringplayers have taken to social media to vent about the DLC’s difficulty, and some have encouraged others in the community to break the community’s unwritten rules. There are someElden Ringplayers who claim one must play the game a certain way to get the “true” experience, which means avoiding meta builds and never using things like theMimic Tear Ashessummon. But since theElden RingDLC is proving to be incredibly toughfor even the most seasoned fans of the game, community members are encouraging each other to break these unwritten rules and use things like the Mimic Tear.
Elden Ring Players Are Encouraged to Use Summons and OP Builds to Beat the DLC
For those who may be aware, theElden RingMimic Tear is a summonplayers can find in the base game that essentially creates a copy of the player character. The Mimic Tear, and other summons for that matter, have long been controversial in theElden Ringcommunity since some players feel as though they make some of the boss battles too easy. But withShadow of the Erdtree’s ultra-tough boss fights, it seems many in the community feel as though it’s fine to do away with these unwritten rules for now.
Besides utilizing summons, another way players can make their time in theElden RingDLC a little easier is bycollecting Scadutree Fragments.Scadutree FragmentFragments are a new item that players can use at Sites of Grace inElden Ringthat increases their capacity to deal damage while also strengthening them against incoming damage. These stat boosts only apply toElden Ringplayers while they’re exploring the Realm of Shadows, so they won’t help in the base game, but they will make the DLC’s bosses more manageable.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
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Shadow of the Erdtree is the first and only DLC expansion for FromSoftware’s groundbreaking Elden Ring. It takes players to a whole new region, the Land of Shadow, where a new story awaits the Tarnished.
