Using the Spirit Ash system, Elden Ring developers created NPCs from their summoning system --- naming it "The Buddy System." This system hinted that there were unique NPCs that could be used for summons, each of them a temporary companion as you call to them to get through a combative encoun
This fact becomes important to the mist when Godwyn’s curse mark is combined with Ranni’s to make the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince. Since the curse marks are combined, the rune can cause both the souls and bodies of living things in the world of Elden Ring 's Lands Between . This is why the Erdtree turns pallid and leafless when the Rune of the Death-Prince becomes part of the Elden Ring: the souls and bodies buried in its roots face permanent death, removing the life force from the tree. And just as Erdtree’s leaves die and fall as a result of this, so too must the tree shed the dead souls it contained. And since the Erdtree emanates a mist in the Age of the Duskborn cutscene, it appears the mist is precisely how the Erdtree sheds itself of these dead so
Inside Goal Cave is a library room leading to a lever. Using this lever will unlock prison chambers and one to the right and then left of the dropdown from the lever containing 3 corpses sitting in a half-circle. Each corpse has an item, but the Stonesword Key is on the left-hand cor
Finally, this mist being dead souls is the theory that makes the most sense for what happens in the Age of the Duskborn cutscene. Some have speculated that the mist is essentially what is conjured in Fia’s spell "Fia’s Mist," which casts a mist filled with Death Blight. While this seems like a logical connection to the Age of the Duskborn ending, it doesn’t fit with what happens. If Fia’s Mist were to envelop the Lands Between, it would kill all Tarnished including the player. But since the Tarnished lives, it is made clear that the mist is not Fia’s Mist in Elden Ring . Instead, it must be the dead souls once contained in the Erdtree, because this better reflects the principle of death being integrated back into Or
Hidden inside the code of Elden Ring, there is a string of text within the Divine Tower of Limegrave map that hints there was a boss fight intended to be at the top of the Divine Tower. More specifically, it suggests that this boss would've been a Crucible Knight; however, since the name ID was set to 0, we're unable to know the boss' n
Stand at the Behind the Castle Site of Grace for Castle Morne and look towards the cliffs. There will be a small area below with roof access to parts of the castle, and on some scaffolding below is a corpse with another
On top of this, they didn't limit their roles to only being summons, as these Buddy NPCs served as enemies in a few areas. Alongside this, there was also lore added to each of the summonses as well, ultimately adding Read Alot more depth to the game and the system as w
The idea that the mist is made up of dead souls may sound farfetched at first. However, there is already a connection between the Age of the Duskborn and the souls contained in the Erdtree, and this connection is Elden Ring 's Those Who Live In Death . After Godwyn’s soul died, he was buried at the base of the Erdtree’s roots. The curse mark on Godwyn’s flesh corrupted its root system, though, which resulted in Death Root. Death Roots give rise to Those Who Live In Death, according to the Death Root item description. This confirms that the curse mark that killed Godwyn acts similarly on the Erdtree, killing the souls contained within it while resurrecting the physical bodies of the d
While the questline is concise, the ending is especially succinct in tying it all together. Diallos finds his calling, only to be cut down after an attack on the village where he heroically gives his life to save them. It's tragic but also helps to spurn on a small jar lad named Biarn. This, and the item obtained by following Alexander's journey to the end, prompts him to go on his own adventure to become a jar warrior on his
Starting at the Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella Site of Grace head North and then West atop the bridges and buildings of Nokstella - the Eternal City. This key will be on a corpse gazing out on the waterways below from the bridge ledge almost due North from the Nokstella Waterfall Basin Site of Gr
Inside the temple at the Crumbling Farum Azula is another key. Follow the stairs from the Dragon Temple down and to the right. The next left should lead to an open area at the end of an enormous hallway system. In the open area are pillars, and past them is a ledge the corpse holding a key sits
A couple of quests converge in this small village filled with Living Jars. The first of which will be that of Diallos, a cowardly but well-meaning nobleman belonging to House Hoslow. Despite his moping, he will eventually find his way to Jarburg and become their "Potentate" a seemingly important figure to them and a role only someone with a gentle touch can f