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[@mr.aquatic4694]

Imagine getting to the beach in the Weeping Peninsula to admire the sunset and suddenly a boss sea-monster emerge from the water if you get close enough

[@Ahrpigi]

Like shooting the water in RE4 and having the lake monster eat you

[@bagabono1639]

I wish there was a sea monster boss fight. the oceans look so good, i feel like it was a missed opportunity.

[@abbababba2554]

I actually walked along the coast a few times hoping something like the hydra from ds1 would pop out

[@TheSeth256]

In Dark Souls 1 there was a Hydra miniboss in lake areas. Wonder why they never reused it at least in some form.

[@ladyleix]

Like the hydra in DS1!

[@GeoffPesos]

It would be cool if elden dlc included sea locations. Perhaps the sea could be the seat of death since Goldwyn is mutated into a sea creature in death.

[@VultureXV]

I speculate that if there's a DLC with any focus on Eochaid it would have at least one port-town.

[@osanakoma366]

I wanna meet this Goldwyn.

[@nochillbill01]

Yes and having the followers of godwyn be skeleton pirates. Sounds cliche but I think fits the theme of pirates worshipping a sea god of death

[@viljamtheninja]

I was always hoping that we'd get to journey into that whirlpool.

[@ryuixyui]

There are rumours that the success of Elden Ring means From Software will be treating it like Genshin Impact or GTA, yearly expansions. There is no desire for a sequel as the game can just be expanded upon. Will there be better graphics? Maybe insiders indicate that content will be the main focus for future DLC/expansions

[@noahhuelsman]

Vyke being the main character that should've been the Lord is awesome, and sooo reminiscent of Artorius being the "failed chosen hero" and on the cover art for DS1: Prepare to Die Edition.

[@AtelierMcMuttonArt]

Gundyr in 3, as well!

[@jojipoji2322]

Artorias > Vyke

[@damokles4303]

Artorius ඞ

[@datonebri5361]

Maybe he inherited the flame of frenzy, but didn't want to taint the world with it. So he isolated himself and drove the surrounding place mad

[@NotMeButAnother]

Wasn't Oscar in DS1 also intended to be a rival to the PC but was eventually cut down to his current appearance?

[@_tonibird]

speaking of vyke, I thought it was interesting how his armor was clearly burned by the three fingers, when you yourself have to take your armor off to see them. maybe vyke's reluctance to remove his armor had something to do with his eventual failure (possibly because shabriri's influence was so obviously marked on him, or because the three fingers didn't make direct contact with his skin), and now every subsequent aspiring elden lord is required to remove their armor because of that.

[@LeMargot]

Its because he didnt have one of the frenzied maidens with him, as the player you can have irina if you feed her the grapes and she is the only way for you to know you are meant to take your armor off when facing the 3 fingers, vyke didnt have a frenzied maiden and thus entered without removing his armor which caused the armor to melt and attach to his skin, overcoming him with frenzy instead of making him bear the flame.

[@gaminmorty]

@@LeMargot you can’t open door without removing armor. So how did he get the door open then?

[@user-vh7ks8px3s]

@@gaminmorty He used a glitch to get past the door with his armour on.

[@Ballslicker23]

@@gaminmorty if you could open the door with armor on that means you could suffer the Same end as vyke and getting no ending which is obviously not intended

[@gaminmorty]

@@Ballslicker23 but that would be something fromsoft definently would have done though. you want an ending. well too bad you opened this door wrong

[@DetectiveH.]

This game is like a puzzle that you slowly piece together. Love it.

[@Greendawn-di3dl]

If it isn't Ambrosious Castuea

[@DetectiveH.]

@@Greendawn-di3dl that’s Detective Costeau to you sir.

[@christophermurphree2315]

Do it for the picture puzzle.

[@platypuspracticus2]

It is the Fromsoft way. At least with the Soulsborne games.

[@myfatassdick]

I love how many new people this game attracted Wait till you see his other souls lore videos

[@toreole5831]

Be miyazaki Make 6 souls games Put poison swamps in them Refuse to play them Get GOTY anyway This man is a legend

[@allmasterofficial]

Miyazaki: make my... i mean, our games difficult to play. Developers: indeed, you will play them because you like challenging games, right? Miyazaki: ...

[@totallynotthebio-lizard7631]

Even Martin couldn’t ruin it. THAT’s impressive

[@dontworryaboutit5490]

@@totallynotthebio-lizard7631 trying to hard

[@abonnechelou2521]

@@dontworryaboutit5490 you as well

[@tagnetorare5401]

Zelda: hold my beer

[@neoshenlong]

We actually used cotton with my friends during our run to skip most of Caelid's divine tower to the bottom pretty early on. That got us some really nice armors in the beginning. It basically happened because a friend of ours discovered you could parkour up to the tower and then go down, but he reached an area where he had no idea what to do, so he figured he could use the cotton to try and reach a lower area by jumping and it worked. It was one of those clever discovery moments that make Elden Ring so special.

[@viljamtheninja]

Discovering that you can parkour to unexpected locations by just fucking around is one of my favorite aspects of FromSoft games.

[@josiahz21]

I did the same thing completely by accident that I found the tower running like a scared girl from caelid beasts and remembered the cotton on my way down. Only saved me a couple times that the fall didn’t kill me. 😂

[@chrayez]

I’m pretty sure the way the cotton works is that if a fall would kill you, it’ll still kill you with the cotton. But the fall damage you take, as long as it isn’t automatically fatal, will be reduced.

[@neoshenlong]

@@chrayez If that's how it works, then it's one of those wonderful times where souls games are cooler because of how obtuse the mechanics are.

[@krishnansubramoni7801]

@@neoshenlong Like chrayez said, that is how it works. Lethal fall damage is absolute and unavoidable. Any item that mitigates or negates fall damage does not prevent lethal drops. Zullie The Witch has a video on fall damage in Elden Ring which is super cool.

[@chadknauss4666]

It’s very cool to imagine that Vyke was able to kill all of these Tarnished at once after they tried to hunt him down or something, he was just that powerful and was, in fact, worthy of the title of Elden Lord.

[@aislingbones1854]

I'm a little reluctant to place too much weight on George's "5000 years" figure. It did sound to me more like he was just plucking a big number out of the air that sufficiently gets the point across. Still, it's cool to have it confirmed that his contribution was largely in establishing the history of the Lands Between, that's definitely what I imagined his role was going to be. I do still wonder how much of the backstory we learn from the game was directly from him and how much was developed from the broad strokes he laid down. All of the family tree stuff for Marika and Radagon sounds like it's right up his alley, with all of their strategic marriages and separations and the complications that arise from them. I'd also be surprised if Godwyn's assassination wasn't one of his ideas too, especially with how Ranni is involved in it.

[@ggavalon5803]

I think the issue is, is that is any sort of time ever established in the game in text? The culture and tradition shifting from believing things like omens being a blessing to a curse would have to take a significant amount of time.

[@josephstaniforth6950]

Jerren served Radahn pre-shattering and is - to the best of my knowledge- a regular human. Thus, I believe the Shattering only occurred a matter of decades ago at most, as he still lives - serving his Redmane General

[@totallynotthebio-lizard7631]

It’s so good you don’t even notice he wrote it.

[@vojtik135]

Yeah, it's more than like just a big number he pulled out his back pocket. He sort of does that. And indeed. All that incest stuff in the lore sounds a lot like Martin.

[@alrightletsgo5715]

@@josephstaniforth6950 but that makes no sense, no one can die in the lands between. we have no idea how old anyone is

[@FlubbedPig]

Crazier than the Yura summon to me is that you can summon Sellen to fight Red Wolf of Radagon in Raya Lucaria, but you have to be at the part of her questline where she goes to Raya Lucaria. So you have to get to Azur, kill Radahn, etc ALL without having gotten half-way through Raya Lucaria.

[@johnapple6646]

I would like to see Sellen join us in fighting Rennala, that would also make sense

[@envoyofrot7046]

Wow, I never knew that! It is also a pretty dumb requirement

[@alexepic3255]

Lol that makes little sense to me. It would make more sense to me that she helped you in Lucaria's mansion

[@thecasualfly]

that kind of seems counter productive

[@DOT107]

also it shows how Sellen is just all talk and no bite. a complete pushover it foreshadowed how weak she was, and thus, got overwhelmed when she tried learning primordial magic

[@ixfeisty]

Thought I’d point out that you don’t have to die to Agheel. You just need to start the battle, run away, then talk to Yura for the same results.

[@apenguin5576]

I remember in Radahn’s arena you can see a big ship shipwrecked out in the sea and I always thought how cool it would of been if after beating Radahn a portal was unlocked and you could be teleported to that ship and then maybe fight a sea monster

[@Glaster6]

I would not be able to bring myself to do that lol

[@austini.5262]

@@Glaster6 chicken of the sea that is me

[@hyliadreamer]

Would HAVE been.

[@godricktheminecrafted3113]

That’s probably how you’ll get to the DLC later on

[@JanbekOzturk]

We know exactly what happened to Vyke, he got grabbed by the "Three" Fingers. That's why his armor shows burn marks exactly where they appear on the player when the player is grabbed. The real mystery is how Vyke managed to open that door with his full armor suit on so that the burn imprints are on his armor and not his skin. I could only assume he is found in the Consecrated Snowfield because he was trying to get Melania's needle in the Haligtree, like we would to avoid "Lord of the Frenzied Flame" ending.

[@MitridatedCarbon]

I love when Fromsoft throws characters like Vyke in the game. it makes it feel like we were supposed to be just an NPC who got lucky.

[@ryanvandoren1519]

Just like artorias. Was supposed to be the main character and we undermined him.

[@ASMCourtney]

@@ryanvandoren1519 shit, gundyr/champ gundyr also.

[@luna7157]

@@ryanvandoren1519 We didn't undermine him; Artorias straight up failed. In a corrupted rampage, he laid waste to Oolacile, which proceeded to fall to the Abyss. We even go as far as to protect his legacy by Elizabeth telling Artorias tale as if _he_ succeeded after _our_ victory against Manus. It's so entrenched that in the current day, even the item descriptions don't know any better.

[@ryanvandoren1519]

@luna7157 thanks for the info. Love learning new things about these games 👍

[@NottherealLucifer]

@@luna7157 I was essentially going to say the same thing. Artorias wasn't the chosen one, he was retroactively given our glory.

[@luansomething380]

An Elden ring prequel before the shattering would be so good! The art of the places were gorgeous!

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

It wouldn't work. Games are post apocalyptic so they can be set in the middle of the action, during the recent aftermath. Go play a life sim.

[@danielled8665]

@Jarl Whiterun honestly this game is set after the action, not during it. The action is over, you're just cleaning up the pieces. Before the shattering there was just as much conflict, and lore and struggle. They did so.ething like that in Dark Souls, sent you back in time to stop the Darkness ad gave Artorius the credit so it isn't unreasonable

[@ggavalon5803]

@@jarlwhiterun7478 before the shattering there was massive wars taking place. During the shattering there was wars taking place. Post shattering when we play isn’t as action packed as it would be in the past

[@Aiden-Ed]

I think the dlc might take place sometime around then or something considering it’s probably in the far past.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Honestly, I've loved asoaif and martin since 2005, but should definitely give the worldbuilding to Sanderson hahaha, martin may have the grimdark aspect and historical parallels down, but Sanderson is way better at worldbuilding, magic systems and lore, plus he's made ten of the best books in the time martin still hasn't finished one haha

[@rachelamanita9301]

For the Yura summon. You don't have to Kill Neirius first. You find Yura near the seaside ruins or whatever site. He warns you about the dragon. If you die to the dragon and go back to him THEN you can summon him

[@pebrockk]

If you're going to pad out a video you might as well fill it with misinformation.

[@Papabeararmwrestling]

Don’t even have to die just run away after attacking

[@rachelamanita9301]

@@pebrockk fr, like I love the how vaati does his content but like. Just check the fextra wiki

[@fjorgyn7438]

@@rachelamanita9301 fextra is not necessarily the endgame of facts either. It's edited all the time and very crappily so.

[@Papabeararmwrestling]

@@OfficialpushSquare ha!

[@94BigMac]

I found GRRM’s 5,000 year comment to be more of an approximation or a symbolic representation that a long time has passed between the beginning of Elden Ring’s lore and the present instead of being indicative of an actual length of time. Still, it’s interesting to hear him talk about it.

[@gaythugsmatter7029]

I thought it was the time between elden ring and dark souls or vice versa

[@cenciende9401]

1000 or 5000 years there really isn't much difference in a land brought to stillness so I don't think the exact number matters

[@CarelessVagabond]

@@cenciende9401 agreed. When you reach the Lands Between, the world is broken. No longer working as intended. How long it took for it to end up in the shape its in, is irrelevant in my opinion. It's our job to try and "repair" it.

[@MyPhobo]

I get the feeling that even the inhabitants of the lands between don't even know how long it's been the way it is.

[@wolfiemuse]

I mean to be fair Vaati said “5000 years *may have* passed” did he not? Therefore insinuating he doesn’t think it’s exact either

[@VaatiVidya]

So soon I'll be uploading some 60s "Lore Shorts" on the channel. I personally don't like watching "Shorts" (I keep getting recommended garbage content), but I'll admit the format is fun to create, and it's good for me to try something new. I feel so out of touch with this algorithm-based, shorts-focused version of KZbin, haha. I miss the old days when the subscription feed mattered more. Guess I'm getting old -.- Very keen to hear your feedback once these start.

[@RiggedSam]

As long as you keep uploading

[@johnsafox2]

At the very least it’ll be interesting to see 60 second clips with commissioned art, original music, and voice acting…

[@TeaGarrison]

I miss those old days too but as long as you're making the same quality content that you always have, then a lot of us will be here for every video regardless of the algorithm

[@ExoSkelly_]

1:05 I wouldn't doubt you for a second if you said that mermaid was Godwyn! The unnerving round face, long winding body, wide frilled fins and tail. Forlani's map had to be a direct inspiration for Godwyn's final design, I just wonder how far along his design process they were when they landed on that look. I feel like knowing that could give some insight into their intentions for Godwyn, and the relation between the sea and death

[@crapbag2560]

Great observation! That's really interesting.

[@mattcollins3591]

Just started this journey two days ago, I can’t get over the world building. limgrave is gorgeous and I can’t progress because every time I go to the main objective I get completely side tracked and taken to another new area.. it’s awesome

[@wolfiemuse]

This is the way. Enjoy your playthrough friend.

[@plipplop728]

Good luck, but try to minimize watching lore videos tho, you'll get spoiled MASSIVELY :D since discoveries in exploration is what makes ER different from its predecessors.

[@miracleofsound]

A sea-based DLC could be really interesting. Sailing to around to explore various islands...

[@eternalmisery9968]

How does this have no commenst? MiracleofSound shows up and no one notices lmao

[@LokiPatera]

You always add so much to the experience of a souls game, highlighting the deeply rich and complex lore for us in ways that are absolutely beautiful!!!!

[@BlueLizardJello]

Great video! But you don't need to fight Nerijus or die to Agheel to summon Yura for the Agheel fight. You only need to engage Agheel (hit him once to be sure) and then run away and speak to Yura under Seaside Ruins. Once he calls you a bloody half-wit, his summon sign will appear near the Stake of Marika.

[@Gamin_Guy]

Elden ring everything possible part 7 by blue lizard jello explains it well with the dragon

[@BlueLizardJello]

@@Gamin_Guy Hey if people want to come watch a 60 minute video from this guy after they're done listening to Vaati's dulcet tones, I won't complain. Thanks for the shout-out!

[@barunmajumdar679]

I like how Vyke and Anakin have a similar story, both chosen ones who came close to finishing their journey only to find someone close to might dies for Anakin Padme and Vyke Potentially, his maiden and was swayed by a man to wanted to use him for evil Anakin-Palpatine, Vyke-Sabriri Then meeting their demise in flames and then reborn a new man but in the end, they both lost the one they wanted to protect

[@Matt-gh2zm]

lol no

[@obi-wankenobi592]

You were my brother Vyke... I loved you

[@Kris-wo4pj]

@@Matt-gh2zm ya may not like the prequels but ya cant deny its basically the same story with a different world.

[@Matt-gh2zm]

@@Kris-wo4pj LOL, yes I'm sure Miyazaki was inspired by the trainwreck that SW has become from 1999 onwards

[@adamjones8258]

@@Matt-gh2zm How are you inferring that? No one said Elden Ring was inspired by Star Wars.

[@HonestGhost21]

The Sea stuff in the beginning just lights my desire for a dark souls like pirate game by from software. Having your own pirate ship as a safe haven where you send NPCs that join you. Exploring islands could work sort of like chalice dungeons. You can still have legacy dungeons as raids. Boss battles against sea monsters. I think it would all work very well.

[@TheSixStringGuy]

Hell yeah I like that!

[@envoyofrot7046]

I need a Bloodborne: Call of the Sea with eldritch sea monsters ASAP

[@jond.7382]

This would be sick! I'm all for it

[@davethescrub858]

@@envoyofrot7046 sign me up! If it's a fromsoft spooky seamonster game I'm all in!

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

Sounds really dorky! And it's FromSoftware Inc.

[@snipercomrade3059]

Even though I did eventually figure out a strategy, the walking mausoleum in the consecrated snowfield was a bit problematic for me. But if they sleep at late night, then perhaps it could be easier to reach it :D

[@luna7157]

When I first traveled to that church, it didn't shoot at me, but when I sat at the grace and walked back outside, I was accosted by laser hail. I'm glad I know why now, lol

[@plipplop728]

@@luna7157 lol me too! I thought it was bugged, because when it first came into my view from afar, it's till moving but didn't notice me yet so he didn't shoot the beams, then I rush through the church without looking. It must be JUST about to go to "sleep" then.

[@SunnyBunny9621]

I always found it curious that Hewg and Roderika were so connected. Perhaps the fact that Hewg was initially going to be found where they later decided to place Roderika was going to explain their connection a little bit more.

[@mathieupr6391]

I still believe Theorilna was supposed to be our maiden thanks to her description and I'll die on that hill, no matter how many people claim it's the dead one in the Chapel of Anticipation. "A Maiden without a Tarnished. A Tarnished without a Maiden. And yet no guide to bring them together." It fits our description so much, so it'll be my headcanon until proven otherwise by DLC or else.

[@oscaroska7613]

Who killed her ? Ranni or the surgeon guy forget his name

[@Xarazel]

yeah for as cryptic as fromsoft storytelling can be this seems pretty spelled out that she was supposed to be the players maiden, especially considering how its pointed out by a few characters how uncommon a tarnised without a maiden is in this world. plus, unless im remembering wrong, that dead finger maiden was vykes so couldnt be the players.

[@CleopatraKing]

@@oscaroska7613 varre you mean by the surgeon guy, but most likely varre. Ranni doesn't care so much about you as she cares about torrent. Varre would be more likely as he can prolly teleport thru the formless mother's blood like the nobles. He also knows you're maidenless, and of course it would be easy to target those without maidens to forsake the fingers. Also she is rather brutalized, which reminds me of the ways of mohg in general.

[@CleopatraKing]

@@Xarazel vykes dead maiden is in the church he invades at.

[@CleopatraKing]

Sellen had 2 puppet bodies, granted prolly using the primal glintstone but puppets being able to be used in 2 bodies is not unheard of

[@Eridani_Astra]

The Mermaid on the old Datamined map looks very similar to Godwyn's cursed body beneath the land. Maybe it was an inspiration for what he became?

[@tchula8265]

Regarding Therolina, if you watch her actions carefully in the Radahn fight (hard because everything is happening so fast), she doesn't actually heal us, the player. Most often, she waits until we're in melee with Radahn, and then casts her healing spell and it actually heals Radahn a small amount! I think this is because Seluvis (Pidia) doesn't want Ranni's plan to succeed, but he can't openly oppose her, so he tries to aid Radahn on the sly so he'll keep the stars in stasis, halting Ranni's destiny. (I died to Radahn a lot so I observed the puppet's behavior a few times, then eventually just stopped summoning her, lol.)

[@Lunchas]

It would be so cool seeing sea monsters in Elden Ring! Imagine crossing that bridge and a kraken encounter begins and you have to fight off massive tentacles trying to pull you off the bride. And the final boss of castle Morne would be the angry kraken with that one legendary sword stuck in its eye and you pull it out to slay it / be a boss reward.

[@meeqsb3521]

The funny thing about Yura Vs the dragon is he makes it SOOOOOO much harder as you can’t mount when he’s summoned and that’s kind of what the fight is based around

[@JayTraversJT]

One possible traveler aboard those ships is people such as Roderika. Her crimson hood details families of expatriated royalty traveling to distant lands to never return on journeys without specific order. The item description even describes such people as "undesirables". I can only imagine royalty owning the larger vessels. Besides that, the only other assumption would be those that live outside the lands between, in either the land of reeds or badlands for example. Whether that's anything else but tarnished or not is unknown. Could also be those fleeing? idk. looking into it more, it makes me realise how small the lands between really is if outside civilisations have standing fleets, trade and ports between one another. Don't think ive seen a single dingy let alone dock in the golden orders possession lmao. Guess that's one of the issues of a fully explorable world, you lose that illusion of a larger working one.

[@FireTalon24]

Wasn't it explained in the opening cinematic or something that the Lands Between are hidden from the outside world? That people can't just stumble upon it but are drawn there? I got that impression from somewhere and I can't pinpoint it.

[@SuperMattChapman]

@@FireTalon24 I believe so since people come from "Beyond the fog." Most people probably have no knowledge of it

[@wolfiemuse]

@@FireTalon24 I think you’re thinking of the Demons Souls intro

[@FireTalon24]

@@wolfiemuse Never played Demon's Souls as I don't own a PS5 and hadn't cared for the Souls series when my PS3 worked.

[@wolfiemuse]

@@FireTalon24 well iirc they don’t specifically say in ER that people can’t leave or come into the Lands Between, in fact the opposite. Tarnished and Godfrey are cast out of the Lands Between and then come back. I can almost guarantee you that if you’re thinking there’s specifically a line about fog keeping people in and keeping outsiders out, that somehow you’re thinking of Demon’s Souls. That’s a main sticking point of it’s lore.

[@carloshoughton6850]

Is it just me or does that "mermaid" icon on the map look very similar to Godwin's body in the Deeproot Depths?

[@Ahrpigi]

Not just you

[@Hytski23]

I always thought that the way Godwyn's transformed body looked very similar to the old Kraken carving. Could it have been so that the Kraken was supposed to be a boss or a creature that existed in the world, and Godwyn was supposed to be some kind of a "origin story" how the Krakens came to existence.

[@everybodysjohn]

I just started playing again. Like 120+ hours as a mage my 1st time. Never beat it. Never got to the mountain top or the consecrated snow grounds. Now I'm 30+ hours in just strength build I started 2 weeks ago. And these videos keep me going when I'm slogging through areas I've been to already. Thanks dog.

[@chilliewhk]

Very curious to know how far you got this time? 😄 I had the inverse experience because I went to magic from strength.

[@everybodysjohn]

@@chilliewhk that's awesome. So this time around right, I'm strength. Light grafted great sword since the beginning. I switch to uchigatana when I need to be able to attack faster but I love the grafted because of its ash and its moveset. As for how far I am its great cause with all the knowledge of my 1st playthrough I got to where I was, in about half the time. Now I'm in the deep root depths. Farum azula. Trying to make my way to the haligtree. Currently I'm stuck at maliketh. The hardest area for me by far has had to of been farum.

[@JayTraversJT]

14:30 I still love the fact I can immediately tell its the undead settlement bonfire shack from DS3. Wish they'd have used a couple more building types for ER.

[@dylanschmeichel2008]

Most certainly, lots from ds3 was rehashed.

[@fernandofaria2872]

Lol, you wanted _more_ reused content?

[@ittapupu7406]

@@fernandofaria2872 Reading comprehension fail.

[@fernandofaria2872]

@@ittapupu7406 Hey, It _can_ be interpreted that way -.-

[@JayTraversJT]

@@fernandofaria2872 It was not meant that way. But dw about it.

[@abbashashem9289]

Don't know if u covered this already with flask recovery There are times if u recover a flask of crimson tear and flask of cerulean from slaying an enemy at the same time The both flask colors will mix together and give the purple color effect because of mixing blue and red first time I saw it was so beautiful

[@knelis8023]

For anyone interested in the artbook. Currently: the artbook is sold out at the link mentioned in the description, but they are still availble on the japanese amazon. Shipping is kinda expensive, but it is the only place I found where I could buy it.

[@AstonishingRed]

It’s so great that your videos focus on more than just lore. The little discovered secrets tell their own stories and it just adds to the game.

[@edsnark3781]

Just what I needed to power through the day! Love your videos, your hard work really shines through.

[@tomm9056]

2:40 That's straight up Godwyn

[@CaptainIcebeard]

That mermaid looks a lot like how Godwyn ended up looking, and that fish with the pincers obviously is somewhat reminiscent of the crawfish enemies. Really interesting stuff, and I wish they had kept monsters on the map. Monsters on maps are always super interesting, but in real life we know that most of them can't exist or are exaggerated versions of stuff that does exist. Which makes it all the more a shame that they removed monsters from Elden Ring's map, because everything they put on it could conceivably be found in the worlds FromSoft creates.

[@tontusgaming7589]

I absolutely adore bloodborne for that feeling that you'll never amount to the gods and forces above you. I really hope Bandai knows that the lovecraftian horror method of showing power works, however the current path is also incredible.

[@godricktheminecrafted3113]

You kill every great one you meet in bloodborne Hell, you even become one in the childhood beginnings ending

[@ianorchard7178]

Vaati, you didn't point it out so I didn't want you to miss it, but on the cover, above Vyke, you can actually see the Elden Ring put together!

[@Ahrpigi]

Are you being serious, or doing a funny?

[@Evil_Noah]

The brighter points of the ring are where more pieces overlap each other.

[@JayNotion]

It's so refreshing to follow a channel that is so obsessed with the beauty and finer details of the game. Its become my fave game of all time and I absolutely love discovering more incredible lore inserts, character back stories and facts about a game that will stay in the forefront of my mind until I return to the Erdtree 😎 thanks Vaati for your dedication to the game and for providing us new reasons to return to the world over and over 👊

[@valeon7303]

A kraken boss attacking the bridge of sacrifice where you have to run around attacking the tentacles before going down to fight the main body would be such a cool fight

[@zenmaster5621]

Your videos are of the few i don't need subtitles for! Crystal clear voice, well spoken and easy to listen to.

[@trevortrento1963]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY!! I remember Yura helping me kill the dragon on my first playthrough (only a few days after launch) and I mentioned it casually to one of my friends who promptly called me a liar. When I went online in the following days and weeks, I could find nothing about it and couldn't recreate the circumstances on my own. I hate to be the "I knew about it before it was cool" guy, but seeing it outlined here clearly is wonderful. I'll be sending this video to him for sure😂

[@urospodgorsek1531]

4:48 then that means that Leonard has been dragging Radahn through that desert for 5000 years. What a chad

[@noahnikora3882]

Thank you for this content, honestly couldn’t think of anyone better to do something like this. Honestly the best story telling content I’ve ever watched. Appreciate you to the max. Keep doing you king x

[@Calloflunacy]

hearing you talk about the concept art versus the rendered art reminds me of the arguments about manga versus anime, but in a good way. Love those books so much.

[@gergonyaka8842]

Since you mentioned that in NG+ you can run through slowing substances, and you've mentioned your Black Knife build that uses critical hits, here's an extra NG+ secret: After many NG+ cycles you'll get a debuff to your stance damage. By NG+7 you'll have to hit enemies 2 extra times minimum (sometimes even more) with Flame of the Redmanes if you're using it. (Honestly a very stupid thing but it is what it is. Oh and R.I.P your Black Knife build. I tried it and it was amazing but as of the latest patch Flame of the Redmanes was nerfed, now doing only 10 stance damage. A shame honestly)

[@Gensolink]

black knife is honestly still a very good weapon on its own tbh i've been doing a discus of light build and it works very well even against enemies weak to holy thanks to destined death

[@gergonyaka8842]

@@Gensolink by Black Knife I was referring to the build, it cosplays the black knife assassins. Wasnt talking about the dagger, but rather the flame of the redmanes weapon art

[@OllyDee123]

Is that not because enemies poise values are scaled up every NG, just like all their other stats?

[@gergonyaka8842]

@@OllyDee123 it should be linear in that case. Its only after NG+4 where you first start to notice it

[@yesterdaytodaytommorrow.]

Can you elaborate on 10 stance damage? Is that low? How much was it doing before?

[@xero7087]

It amazes me how every single thing in this game has a purpose or a story. This game is what game developers should be trying to achieve with other open world games.

[@Ahrpigi]

1:05 not just a historical reference, eerily similar to Godwin's new form!!

[@40yr.Old.Nerdin]

Great content! I only recently found your channel, and am looking forward to going back through all your Elden Ring lore and secrets videos. 👍🏻

[@thomasdelaney1557]

Thank-you for another video that's full of detail and passion. Yours are the only videos I get excited about watching when a new one gets released. Elden ring is a such a wonderful game and the effort you put into your content is truly inspiring. Keep up the good work, from the UK 🇬🇧 👏

[@xavier_arai]

The slow freedom in NG+ games goes into other's worlds too. Helped a friend recently and as he slow walked, i ran through the lava in the Mt. Gelmir hero's grave

[@mastermarkus5307]

I really wish that the art books were released digitally. Not just because of accessibility but because sometimes it's nice to be able to zoom in on the details of an artwork rather than being restricted to what could be printed on a reasonably-sized page.

[@Larkitect_]

Thanks for the art book links! I’ve been dragging my feet on those and kinda forgot about them. They look incredible.

[@rieJW]

A secret easter egg I found is actually in Mohg’s fight. We know how Mohg’s Formless mother draws similarities to Bloodborne’s Oedon But more interestingly, whenever Mohg raises his trident and does a countdown, you can hear a woman groan in the background. Of course that could be ties to the Formless Mother herself but what intrigues me more is that it is THE EXACT sound file used in Bloodborne’s Cleric Beast soundtrack A cool detail, might the accursed blood in Elden Ring then be a easter egg to Bloodborne’s old blood that was found deep below in the labyrinth? And we also know Omen’s have animalistic features which coincidentally, people in yharnam upon intake of blood also become beastlike and take on animalistic qualities. A interesting train of thought I suppose

[@EsKah83]

Can't get enough of Elden Ring, even 9 month later.

[@flobbergassy]

Man, no joke. I haven't played a game in 20+ years that I have put so much time in. 500hpurs and counting

[@otrovagomas6277]

AFX... nice

[@JordanBl]

Recently got the Painted World displate. First decoration I've ever bought for myself, and I'm so happy with it. Would 100% recommend your pieces to anyone looking for some artwork.

[@Sohelanthropus]

I love these more old school and simpler types of vid production man, keep em coming Personally I've not been a fan of the exaggerated and over the top lore vids you put out recently but to each their own

[@christopherpainter5310]

Dude! How do you find these little details in all of these souls games? You’re absolutely amazing at what you do man. I could play this game everyday for the rest of my life and never even think of looking for these little details. Miyazaki and his team are the best in gaming right now when it comes to making games man. I know there is other fantastic games that have been made and are being made right now from other people, but no one does it like Miyazaki. I mean Elden Rings World design is just spectacular man. Not one game comes close to it in my opinion. Keep up the great work man! Have a fantastic Christmas with your family and be safe and anyone that reads this comment, I want to say the same thing be safe and have a fantastic Christmas with your friends and family! 😁

[@josiahz21]

I have to thank all of you that liked my messages my first playthru. You guys get my humor and gave me tons of runes from the buff. Top tier tarnished, every one of you.

[@FacelessGhul]

I got my Soul Arts book and it’s one of my favorite things I’ve ever owned. Thank you for the videos and making this happen and thanks to all the artists and others that made it possible. Every piece is seriously amazing. And thanks to this awesome community!

[@diegorivera361]

Thanks so much for the heads up on the artbook. I was not able to cop it from play asia, but it prompted me to search for the english release which I preordered from udon comics.

[@212something]

I genuinely believe that the whirlpools and boats are foreshadowing future dlc.

[@ryanvandoren1519]

I think a couple of the elaborate ones might be. I believe most are just details to make the map not so empty.

[@adnansaleem6167]

Regarding Yura and his summoning, you don't have to do ALL that because It is a very roundabout way of going. You CAN just meet him near the seaside ruins site of grace. Then, go to the dragon; you DON'T have to die. Just hit him once and that is enough. You DO have to hit him at least once, just triggering the fight or aggroing him isn't enough. Then talk Yura again and you will be able to summon him. There are however ways that prevent his summon sign from appearing. For example, if you trigger the fight but don't talk to him near seaside and trigger the Nerijus invasion, you won't get his help with the dragon. I'm sure there must be other similar scenarios that prevent his summon sign from appearing. Requires testing but I believe you have to trigger the second dialogue where he says he will help you ---> hence the summon sign. And for that you have to hit the dragon (or die to him). This probably has to happen in this sequence. The dragon fight and the invasion are two separate events but due to the open nature of the game can happen simultaneously. One is obviously before the other ( I think the dragon fight is the first sequence while the invasion is the second) but again, they are interchangeable which causes the sequence to be broken and hence not make his summon sign to appear.

[@pragmat1k]

Been deep back into Armored Core since the announcement of 6 but hearing Vaati talk so lovingly about Elden Ring makes me want to play that again too.

[@mrjonas5304]

I just wanne say that i love your passion for the soul series and you have a pleasant voice to listen to when it comes down to story telling. Always having a good evening when you drop a video. Keep up the good work my man 👍

[@Mijal15]

6:13 it is really subtle Vaati but if you look closely below the title you can see the elden ring itself glowing yellow. I don't know how I missed it but now I can't stop seeing it.

[@majorasmask5523]

Is it possible for you to do a list of wholesome facts and secrets in Elden Ring? I would really like some light in all this dark.

[@rootbeerguy690]

I remember seeing a video about this, and I don't know if you've ever covered it or not, but similar to the complicated Yura summon for Agheel, you can do a complicated set of steps to summon Sellen for the Red Wolf of Radagon fight in Raya Lucaria, I believe you have to do her quest all the way to where you place her in the puppet body in Seluvis's basement, that's if I'm remembering correctly

[@JamesFenczik]

That 16th century map @ :35 shows many interesting things. Like Rivers and lakes through the Sahara desert of Africa that have not existed for thousands of years. Or Antarctica, which wasn't "discovered" until the 1800's....

[@FirstTruth]

“The ships in Elden ring look like the ships in old maps”. That would be because that’s what most vessels looked like back that lol

[@ormurhersveit2840]

I assumed the Fire Giant was carrying a shield as a reference to Hrungnir, the shield-wielding giant killed by Thor. Makes me a little sad that the significance of the shield (if it was originally meant to be a pot lid) faded in development, because it's a striking choice of weapon.

[@elbertellis6340]

Not related to the video, but I received my copy of Soul Arts last week. Gorgeous book. Glad I bought it. Keep up the great work.

[@przemekturski3429]

Vaati talking about Elden Ring's unexplored see, made me daydreaming about potential of dlc that's set around sailing through it. Imagine finding and old small sailing boat and exploring this vast uncharted see, full of small islands, ancient underwater temple, and masters chasing you while you bait them to a place when you can trap them and fight with them. And it all culminates in sailing in a storm towards enormous malestorm that hides behind that big cloud on the map.

[@SlopHunter333]

Brooo im so early its not even uploaded publicly yettt

[@superbabygyangye]

Damn man wtf 10 hours ago

[@nicolosantone7965]

Good

[@Mars-eu8dz]

It is now

[@mattmurdog7590]

Da hell

[@Mars-eu8dz]

@Don't read profile photo bruh youre here already 💀

[@GaiaGhost]

This George R.R. Martin tidbit really stood out to me while playing Elden Ring: "As a child George R. R. Martin had turtles, the only pets he was allowed to have. The turtles lived in a castle, and Martin pretended they were knights and kings and made up stories in which they betrayed and killed each other and fought for the kingdoms. Martin has said that Game of Thrones began with his turtles." He talks about this in another Colbert (iirc) interview. It comes up because he's wearing a turtle bolo tie 🤣 So, while he said "5000 years ago," I wouldn't be surprised if he still had some influence on Miriel, the turtle puzzles, and the countless defenseless turtle throughout the game 🤔 ...also the incest. Also, thanks for featuring those armor combos. I've been rocking Black Knife + Vykes myself, but didn't realize there were so many options.

[@StayTh1rsty]

YES! I'm always impatient for more of these listicle videos lol. Especially as a major Art Nerd.

[@gabenvandenbrink9114]

Hello Vaati, i've watched you since the release of Dark Souls 2 and back then your lore-related video's had a fair bit of theory crafting and i loved that. In fact, many of those theories i view as cannon. Now this is something you've only done a little these past few years and i'd honestly love to see a return to that. You had some very convincing idea's. Lately you've been telling the 'straight up' facts of the lore, in a storytelling way with amazing production quality. But it doesn't have the same element of surprise or feeling of discovery that your past video's did. Now i understand, with a big channel comes big responsibility and maybe you don't want to spread misinformation. Still, i'd love to see a return to that.

[@dragonviper7925]

You might have already heard of him, but Smoughtown does great in depth lore speculation videos with good narration and production value if thats your kind of thing, his theories are really interesting and hes good at presenting multiple viewpoints

[@TheDKing67]

Hey have you noticed that Gurranq is Godwyn's regal beast? His taste for deathroot is a huge hint

[@NottherealLucifer]

Godfrey has a regal beast to bottle is bloodlust, as fat as we know Godwyn didn't need that, and that aside Gurranq is Marika's shadow, him being Godwyn's regal beast makes zero sense and has no backing whatsoever. Gurranq eats Deathroot in order to rid the world of its blight as a way of atoning for his sin of allowing the power of destined death to be stolen and used to kill Godwyn, the event that caused Deathroot to exist.

[@fishgiovaana8441]

@@NottherealLucifer so is gurranq malkeith?

[@TheDKing67]

@@NottherealLucifer oh okay 😔

[@EvilSkeltos]

Hello Vaati, another great intriguing and great video as always. But I just wanted to say I love your voice and commentary in general. It's very relaxing to me for some reason, and I have to say I can feel your genuine interest in the game come through your eloquent dialogue.

[@stephenwalsh4408]

Love your vids, love the game but didn't really grasp much of the lore so your videos make me appreciate and make me want to jump into the game again so much more

[@joooooooooooe]

wow there are a surprising number of hacked accounts commenting on here. please note that if theres a “suggestive” photo making a very normal comment, its likely a hacked account. you could do them a favor by reporting the account. good luck fellow tarnished.

[@joooooooooooe]

also noticing a pattern that these accounts were created 8 months ago and also all feature the same videos and banner.

[@HenryGreenEngine3]

Makes a lot of sense that Miyazaki doesn't play his own games. He would be infuriated by his own direction.

[@Asoeee]

omg i was trying to like video in vaati video Vaati u making Souls game really beautiful i dont really imagine playing these games without watching your lore videos , like u are part of this

[@alocote]

Thank you, good content! One thing interesting to me is that while Hweg is smiting stuff, he mumbles "please, let me go". A nice detail.

[@security864]

Love your content, I hope they keep developing the game more so you have more stuff to post

[@musikista022]

I like how the game looks like illuminated manuscripts from the medieval ages especially Liurnia, combined with visions of towers in the distance , sprawling castles, maidens to be saved, knights on patrol, old language used on dialogue and fantastical creatures, this is really a game that popped out of a fairytale book.

[@MrDank42Oo]

Don’t know if anyone else pointed this out but also on the cover art on the left laying against the broken arches is a body wearing the Lionel set. Next to the C in ‘Champions set’ 6:01. You can see the big hat a little bit better if you look up a higher res pic.

[@kunaldebbarma8086]

Crumbling Farum Azula has got to be one of the most impressive locations I have seen in a long time , the ingenuinity of the design is just so dank and awe inspiring not to mention the fight with placidusax which blew my mind away even more

[@elementoflight6834]

what always stood out to me on the cover image is the way the logo is only partially present. This has led me to believe that the Elden Ring Symbol's curve at the bottom is the Crucible, which is underground under the Erdtree and the rest of the symbol is the Erdtree itself. The top curve is the canopee. The 3 Rings correspond to Marika, Radagon and the Elden Beast The straight line downward is the trunk of the Erdtree, connecting the Leafs on the canoppe to the cruciable of life down below with Marika in the middle.

[@fatty1040]

7:05 I always wanted to see if Therolina ever gets captured as the first playthrough suggests but the one in the dungeon is always there even if you start a new playthrough and go there directly.

[@NottherealLucifer]

What are you referencing? Theronlina is a puppet from the second we meet her. She's always been a puppet.

[@fatty1040]

@@NottherealLucifer Lol you dont know that your first time playing.

[@carlosflake7002]

It would be cool if they could let us go into a giant whirlpool and explore

[@LordMagden]

Perhaps the presence of boats on the edge of the maps suggests the people who drew it find the ships to be monstrous

[@HeyhoBrando]

What I love about seeing early builds of games you can see the ideas the devs were making, what they were thinking and such. Like the map for one, or I remember during the beta those skulls on the moutions what were the reasons fully. I guess we will never know