Summary
AnElden Ringstreamer has suffered a gruesome and quite hilarious defeat, losing an eleven-hour randomized permadeath run to a rare Roundtable Hold invasion while in the bathroom. Two years after launch, developer FromSoftware has finally revealed the release date ofElden Ring’s highly anticipated Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, set to launch on June 21.
There are very few safe spots inElden Ring’s Lands Between to take a break. Coupled with the fact that the game doesn’t truly pause, players must take extra care when setting the controller down. This becomes even more of a factor during no-hit or permadeath runs of FromSoftware’s brutally challenging open world Souls game, as the slightest mishap could render a run failed. One particularElden Ringmod on PCrandomizes the game’s boss encounters and story items, making it possible to come across late-game threats inElden Ring’s earlier areas. To add fuel to the fire, dying during one of these randomized runs sends the player back to the beginning and reshuffles all the bosses and items in The Lands Between.
OneElden Ringstreamer, Elajjaz, made it eleven hours into one of these randomized permadeath runs before suffering a brutal and humiliating defeat. Needing to make a trip to the bathroom, Elajjaz brought his character toElden Ring’s Roundtable Hold, a small NPC hub that’s always safe with the rare exceptions of two hostile NPC invasions that can occur. While Elajjaz was away, one of these NPCs spawned and began attacking his character. By the time he returned to the stream, he was greeted by the mod’s starting area, the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds, indicating that his eleven-hour run had come to a premature end.
There are two hostile NPC invaders that can appear withinElden Ring’s Roundtable Hold.Mad Tongue Alberich spawns when players jump off the balconyinto the large ballroom down below. The other, Ensha of the Royal Remains, appears after players have collected one half of the Haligtree Medallion, an item that, when combined with its other half, gives players access to the Consecrated Snowfields, which then leads to Miquella’s Haligtree. Since it seems like Ensha was the invader, Elajjaz must have gathered a part of the Haligree Medallion, which is a late-game item, quite early on into his eleven-hour randomized run. Though, with the nature of the mod in mind, it’s possible Ensha could’ve appeared randomly.
Can Fans Expect Similar Mods For Shadow Of The Erdtree?
WithElden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC only a few months away, it’ll be interesting to see whether it receives the same random permadeath mod that Elajjaz was playing. If so, it would be cool to see bosses mixed and matched across both the main game and the DLC.Shadow of the Erdtree is sure to add even more challengeto permadeath runs, as it’ll likely extendElden Ring’s playtime by at least 30 hours.
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ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin. Danger and discovery lurk around every corner in FromSoftware’s largest game to date. Hidetaka Miyazaki - President and Game Director of FromSoftware Inc. Known for directing critically-acclaimed games in beloved franchises including Armored Core and Dark Souls.George R.R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
