After years of rumors and questions over what it would contain, we finally got to see what the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC will entail. The three-minute-long trailer showed off a mix of gameplay and cutscene content, but of course, most of it spawned even more questions. Elden Ringâs lore is notoriously dense, and the vague dialogue in the gameplay trailer doesnât help make anything more clear.
But donât worry, Iâm here to wade through the imagery, voice lines, and established lore to help you understand more of what the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree trailer tells us about the DLC. As game director Hidetaka Miyazaki told IGN, the DLC âtechnically occupies the same space as the Lands Between, the same universe. But due to something story related that we wonât reveal today, this has become physically disconnected, and youâll travel to the Shadow of the Erdtree land.â
Some people believe that the upcoming DLC will take place in a time period before the events of Elden Ringâs base game, which could explain some of the imagery seen in the trailer.
Arise now, ye Tarnished. Letâs get into it. Check out the trailer below, and click through for all the details we spotted.
