MORE Elden Ring DLC News Just Dropped! | NEW NPC, SIZE, NEW Images, and More!

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Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Gameplay Trailer just dropped and its packed FULL of information. We breakdown new DLC details from Miyazaki. Elden Ring is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware. It was directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki with worldbuilding provided by fantasy writer George R. R. Martin.
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0:00 Intro
0:57 New NPC
3:19 New Loading Screen
4:28 DLC Size
5:33 New Images
7:31 Conclusion
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Music:
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[@thecuza9716]

When Miyazaki said "the size of Limgrave", he was only talking about the poison swamp, because that's the only part he cares about.

[@CrazyCaleo]

Finally someone talking facts

[@reign1594]

He loves to see us suffer. Sleep swamp😔

[@L.K.48]

​@@Michelle-kc8ht Miyazaki would like your comment. Because it's toxic. You know, like a poison swamp.

[@Raito73]

Nah, poison swarm couldn't satisfy him now, he'll probably give us death blight swarm this time

[@archangelgabriel5316]

Meme!

[@ddangho914]

"Will you walk with us?" "I need your clothes, your boots, and your weapon."

[@zadkal8873]

"Will you walk with us?" (Proceeds to obliterate him with an L2 of his Blasphemous Blade +10. Collects his armor set and weapon. Repeat in sequence for the other six NPCs. Refuses to elaborate and leaves).

[@stephenharper8450]

Togethaaaaaaaaaaaa we'll beat mesemer with our blasphemous blade​@zadkal8873

[@CrazyCaleo]

This

[@ahihi7706]

​@@zadkal8873*Her

[@marystone860]

@@zadkal8873 Oh, and any and all Sorceries or Incantations, lol!

[@greentea6013]

This isn’t a dlc, this is an expansion like the good ol days

[@metalsludge8205]

expansions are just DLC from back when they still sold them on physical discs

[@Oryyyt]

term gets confusing nowadays. I always thought that dlcs were like smaller and free slices like quests, itema and cosmetics while expansions were like a larger paid pack that i includes new zones with new mechanics and a lot of new content in a single drop.

[@IwrsTheKing007]

all expansions are DLCs, but not all DLCs are expansions. DLC stands for downloadable content, the size doesn't matter, expansion is a DLC that expands on the game as a whole, and adds lots of new content

[@evriesman5430]

Yeah, seems like the armored core expansion type

[@SpottedHares]

Expansion in terms of price, DLC in terms of editing the game.

[@GriffinTwo]

1:07 Whatever it is. I need that armor even if someone has to die.

[@uncleol]

Same, imo it's the best armour I've ever seen.

[@Abdul00112]

This is straight up evil 😭

[@GriffinTwo]

@@Abdul00112 this is how much I love the armor

[@brub1738]

It’s a small sacrifice for some kick ass armor

[@streptococo4735]

Bro, to me killing for armor is a plus.

[@Florence-xu9zn]

I do think Miquella’s Runes will be our new Golden Seed….

[@dangerousfables]

Ahhh. I was thinking site of grace, but I like your idea.

[@Miklovitch]

They did say something about how there will aspects kinda like sekiro prayer beads, maybe it’s those

[@HelplessMaiden]

Miquella's Seed 🤤

[@temalagova2663]

I heard fromsoft said they had a new typeof upgrade, not rune based nor golden seeds etc, im thinking maybe these Miquella Runes are gonna be some sort of power ups? or buffs

[@BRUXXUS]

OHHH.... yeah, that or Sacred Tear, where they incrementally improve our effectiveness?

[@38Jim]

We’ve been eating so good boys

[@sentinellord5024]

Ong

[@gagegrogan4352]

Fr so happy to see Ziostorm posting new stuff almost daily now!

[@Dragonsworn864]

More... Feed me more

[@DanC2352]

you might be a boy but I'm a man, grow up pssy boy, say guys or men or something masculine. you virgin

[@_kelso9959]

Ima eat you

[@GD-nu4iz]

I've never been this hyped for a game before, let alone DLC. I've blacked out my calendar that weekend to play through the whole DLC, slightly under-leveled. ER is my favorite game of all time and these tidbits they've been feeding us are just off the hook. From sits several notches above all others.

[@OnMyLunchBreak07]

I haven't been this hyped for a game since, well, Elden Ring lmao The initial release prevented me from sleeping until I played. That same hype is here again for a fucking DLC. God I love this game and From!

[@EldenLord.]

Other devs look like beginners compared to From Softwares ability in terms of art direction, world design/enemy design/character design. That alone always gets me so hyped. The tone, setting etc. Just looking at their promo images on twitter is enough to make me feel hyped more than anything else created by other devs. I felt similar pre Dark Souls 3 release too but Elden Ring reached an even higher hype level I thought impossible to reach.

[@GD-nu4iz]

@@EldenLord. yess!

[@GD-nu4iz]

@@OnMyLunchBreak07 It's crazy and the part that puts it over the top is you genuinely feel this is all about creating an amazing player experience, as the only motivation. Not making money like most of the big devs.

[@Bagginsess]

This more like an old school PC expansion than a DLC.

[@Not3xactly]

If this is going to be half the size of elden ring, it's going to be bigger than 90% of modern games. Hopefully the DLC is considered for game of the year.

[@anonfinally1692]

Limgrave is not half the size of Elden Ring

[@themuffinprincesa21]

​@anonfinally1692 does sort of depend on what "limgrave" is considered. Some people consider weeping as part of limgrave. Which means you have at least that entire size + legacy & if there's any underground/ above ground by chance. It could also just mean limgrave east & not west. Could mean none of weeping size included.

[@Not3xactly]

@@anonfinally1692 I was basing this comment on Zios prediction based on the music files that the DLC will be half the size of ER. Did you even watch?

[@haydencantthink]

Yes weeping peninsula is part of limgrave. If anyone says otherwise, feel free to fight me

[@LAKush90]

@@Not3xactlyno he just wants to argue

[@tommangum3675]

"When we end up getting [that sword]"!? WHAT!? How on earth would we get such a sword from such a nice NPC!? Surely nothing BAD would happen to them! Not in a Fromsoft game!

[@Hornsent_Orhyn]

I’d also like to point out that is some cases, for NPCs that have happy endings, their armour can be found in the world (I.e- Nepheli gets a happy ending so her armour is not dropped from her body, but found at a caelid merchant)

[@mustafatahir2581]

Maybe Miquella leaving behind his "blinding strength" could mean him leaving behind Malenia. I mean, she did call herself Blade of Miquella, and was blind on top of it. Edit: As pointed out in the replies, the Japanese subtitles don't mention any "blinding" so it's unlikely to be Malenia.

[@AndrewH9999]

Can't believe this is the first time I seen someone mention this. I definitely think this could be a possibility

[@mikeyswift2010]

Wait Malenia is blind?

[@Ben10Blader]

​@@mikeyswift2010she's got no eyes bruh

[@mustafatahir2581]

@@mikeyswift2010 Yep, she lost her eyes to scarlet rot

[@defaultname7685]

Blinding strength doesn’t have to be literal bro 😂, it very much keeps in line with the golden divinity flowery imagery

[@bloom62169]

there is still hope for the mushroom theory

[@Frenzied_flame_enjoyer]

A..mushroom trory??????..

[@reservationatdorsias3215]

huh?

[@lordofchaosinc.261]

I mean it's a pile of corpses and then you plant that golden looking luminescent mycellium.

[@ohmbasa]

I looked it up and it turns out that both trees and mushrooms can grow out of corpses so we still don't know.

[@HammerspaceCreature]

That theory about Miquella abandoning his strength and us using it to power up is really nice, but I also think they could still just be the new graces. The one grace we see in that loading screen is so tiny it could just be an oversight from an earlier stage of development when they were still using graces.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

We know that there will be a new way to level up some stat, every single kind of rune in the entire game helps buff your character in some way, and the trailer says something about Miquella's strength while showing those things. Also all Dark Souls games had the same bonfires even in time travel DLCs and basic game design says it's a good idea to keep things consistent. I would be shocked if sites of grace were replaced.

[@HammerspaceCreature]

@@SaHaRaSquad A big reason I think they might have been replaced is that previously it always made sense within the setting. But the graces are supposed to be the Greater Will guiding us on the path to either collect the shards of the Elden Ring, or otherwise do something we need to do to become Elden Lord. If Miquella abandoned his power and Messmer has been sealed away the whole time, neither of them would have a shard, and we don't need to be there on the path to becoming a lord, so there wouldn't be anything for the graces to guide us towards.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

@@HammerspaceCreature Then why can you still use sites of Grace when siding with the Frenzy Flame or Ranni? The Greater Will isn't a micromanager, the sites of Grace we see in the game weren't hand-placed by a god but they just vaguely represent that guidance in the form of a game mechanic. It just means the player character can see Grace at that spot and there's no reason why this can't happen somewhere else. Also it goes against all good practice to make a game mechanic inconsistent. Sites of Grace will still exist and work the same in the DLC.

[@godly_potatoe69xd19]

@@SaHaRaSquadone thing that also makes sense is if you look at it, the graces are also little sprouts like they’re connected to the erdtree, so it’s possibly they just appear anywhere connecting to the erdtree and the whole thing about the land having no grace means its ppl and not the area itself

[@HammerspaceCreature]

@@SaHaRaSquad Because the grace is guiding all tarnished, and not us specifically. It still wouldn't be guiding tarnished into the Land of Shadow for no reason. I'm only saying that both are still a possibility. This is the only time we've seen a grace any promotional material, when promotional material for the original game intentionally framed a large portion of the screenshots around them, as they are doing now with the Miquella runes. And it's not as if its some huge design sin to have a different but similar visual design for something that has the same function but is in a different area. It'll confuse even the most clueless player for all of 10 seconds then they'll sit at it and go 'oh it's a grace'. Frankly, I even think they have a better visual design as a checkpoint, because they stick out vertically whereas graces were small enough to be obscured by the smallest bumps in the landscape.

[@cwill14]

There may be some double meanings at play here along with the alchemical allegory of the game in general. Messmer and his flame/purge seems to reflect the concept of refining the alchemical "Gold" by burning away what is called the dross in smelting, the impure elements that rise to the top. That's exactly what we see in the DLC trailer. The burnt remains all rise into the Shadow Tree. Marika and Messmer are sealing away the impurities in the Gold, which are Omen and Crucible touched peoples and elements. Messmer will make the Erdtree grow properly in this alchemical process by burning away the dross so the pure Gold can be left. Immense sacrifices seem to be required for this as well, so in a way, Messmer's task is to create "fertilizer" in maybe multiple ways, so that Marika can ascend with the new Erdtree. The Forge of the Giants could literally be called a Crucible, a smelting forge where metals are made molten and this would be a physical representation of the alchemical process of refining Gold from Red-Gold to Pure Gold. I believe Miquella's Unalloyed Gold is different in that the Gold of Marika was given unto her somehow fused with a cosmic or Elden Beast element that in a way enslaved her to its designs. In ultimate power, she found ultimate bondage. The Unalloyed Gold is such because it lacks this binding cosmic element that tied Marika to the Elden Beast parasite-God. That's why his Needle will purge the influence of Outer Gods or from another perspective, other elements within the Gold. The Gloam Eyed Queen is likely a twin sister of Marika or another aspect of herself she betrayed and sealed away as well. The kneeling figure seen during Messmer's purge is most likely Melina or perhaps the G.E.Q. herself. I still wonder if maybe the G.E.Q. is not just another name Marika went by because she does end up referring to her children as potential sacrifices and she does end up wanting to kill the Elden Beast and herself/her entire order later on.

[@reign1594]

I've been searching for another comment like this. The fire giants curse upon marika(which could and likely will be the red hair on radagon), which is a way to prevent her from reaching her goal. The symbolism is solid.

[@one_eyeddd473]

..def not her sister study more pls

[@cwill14]

@@one_eyeddd473 I'm just speculating. It could certainly be a relative of Marika because the GEQ was also an Empyrean.

[@Orthanderis]

I'm betting Messmer is the gloam eyed queen and Melina.

[@Mohg_Lord_of_Blood_666]

I have a theory that some of the Miquella's followers will scriptedly die as you progress, and if there will be a Miquella boss fight, the surviving followers will turn on you before or in his boss fight

[@RyuKaguya]

Oh I heavily expect band of the hawk 2.0

[@cheeks_of_the_boreal_valley]

My theory is we will have to fight saint trina, who looks like it's miquella's alter ego.Maybe it has turned evil when miquella abandonned his grace

[@EldenLord.]

It really could be that these Miquella runes in the Land of Shadow are what Miyazaki means with the "getting stronger" mechanic. Maybe if you interact with those you are able to strenghten your character like Prayer Beads in Sekiro.

[@dumbname1961]

You know Miyazaki just need to show a trailer and a screenshot and the community markets the game to everyone and their dog xD. love the community

[@danween]

NPC is very reminiscent of Saber from Fate Stay/Night. glad to know Miyazaki is a fan

[@Psychx_]

Those who call themselves "game journalists" will definitely try to shit on Elden Ring again, because From Software adding so much content to the DLC will make other studios look bad lol.

[@SrBlue-qp2ux]

They better add as much content as possible if they want us to pay 80% off the price of the game

[@michaelwilliams8242]

​@@SrBlue-qp2uxit's 2/3 price, homie

[@Hornsent_Orhyn]

It’s even worse when actual game developers came out and shit on Elden Ring, instead of the Game Journos. It was embarrassing for them😭😭

[@KayinAngel]

Yeah, damn those game journalists shitting on famously critically acclaimed game Elden Ring with a 96 metacritic score...

[@sk8legendz]

I think shes the knight that the HaligTree Knight sword we find was meant for. A knight of Miquella pursuing their Lord to help him in his plans

[@puneetbeniwal6918]

This is gonna be DLC of the century

[@W2823]

Thanks for keeping us updated Zio !

[@samf.s.7731]

I swear when I got to that one rise with the blue flowers I wished there was an entire area that looks like that, and we somehow are getting that? That's bananas. 😮

[@RicAdbur]

My guess is Miquella's runes will be scattered around the world like the ghostly candle trees that spawn that old codger who shows you to hidden caves and such. These will spawn a shade of Miquella and we'll have to literally follow his footsteps in the same way.

[@Orthanderis]

Funny enough, those are called Lampwood, they're from the Land of Spirits and use ghostflame. Ghostflame looks almost identical to Grace inits description, and there's a Steeple that guides the dead to it... Or it would, but the erd tree absorbs the dead since it's planting.

[@AshBreather]

@@Orthanderis Ohhh I always wondered what the Steeple sword was referring to by "Lampwood". Where does it say those are Lampwoods in game?

[@Orthanderis]

@@AshBreather I think it actually refers to them as Candletrees on the candletree shield, I confused the two. Candletree, lampwood, very similar.

[@davidpower5710]

6:48 BOIS WERE BE GOING TO ELPIS XD

[@ijmball123]

Got a Vaati ad at the beginning lolol

[@baka_monogatari3389]

There's another thing I noticed about the new knight character's sword. The criss-cross pattern on the guard and base of the blade reminds me of Radagon's trellis motif.

[@rainer9931]

I LOVE thise new landscapes. Im so happy we get to see more natural areas like that, so beautiful

[@mocha5742]

I think they’re showing off the perfect amount of content. It’s all super sick and unique, but you just know they still got so many more surprises for us. This first playthrough is going to be pure cuisine

[@noahherrera7281]

I'm convinced St. Trina will be an Octopus boss fight. If you look at the Torch of St. Trina the has 8 parts to the hair just like an Octopus with it's 8 legs. The eye is actually a beak. The reason the adult form of Trina is "somewhat unnervingly" is because deep down you can tell that it's an octopus camouflaging itself to "look human" when in actuality she is a terrifying octopus who will put you to sleep and command grab you and eat your mind! Also octopus are said to be able to have dreams

[@michaelbarnes2126]

This game is gonna be so much bigger than what we expect

[@Hornsent_Orhyn]

This expansion (seems like it) already has a much more emphasis on storytelling and narrative and than prior DLCs. Like, I’m honestly quite dumbfounded at the fact that we more-or-less have 7 (likely) NPC quest lines confirmed with the Fellowship of Miquella, not to mention the other NPCs already inhabiting the Shadow Lands (e.g. - Carian Statue character in the Raya Lucaria offshoot). I’m only used to my DLCs only having 1 or 2 quest lines, my tiny little brain won’t be able to handle all that content come June 21st lmao. I can already imagine missing 90% of the content 😭😭

[@are3287]

Just imagine it as another whole ass game lmao

[@BrassPetals3Voices]

The size is insane. Takes me back to Tribunal and Bloodmoon days - complete experiences nearly the size of the base game, all new stuff. It’s exciting! I hope these NPCs will act mechanically like the Round Table ones in that will be available for summoning. I have been matching up architect to the new stuff - you can see part of one of the buildings under the shadow tree from the back of Mohg’s place. Guessing we will get to see what the Eternal City looked like before it was sealed under the veil!

[@andrewbowen2837]

I need that armor. Using that and the great helm for the Heide knight cosplay

[@TheSaxonOverlord]

Good ol heide’s tower of flame.

[@been_rly_n2_paragliding_lately]

Those crescent rune things could be the DLC equivalent of Stakes of Marika.

[@elilewis8212]

I still think the withered arm is messmer. Its got that same long lengthy skinny style messmers arms have in the trailers. Which means either mohg made a huge mistake, or Miquella played 4d chess

[@SurprisedAtom-ly8jf]

I think the withered arm Miquella since it salsa is in the story trailer and interviews that when Miquella entered the shadow realm he abandoned his empyrean flesh, his lineage and fate, and all that was golden. So I think that withered arm is what remains of Miquella’s empyrean body that he abandoned when he entered the shadow realm. Edit: correction “said”

[@elilewis8212]

@@SurprisedAtom-ly8jf that's what I was thinking also. But than I started to look at messmer more closely. The arm looks to similar. I also don't think Miyazaki would let us make any connection so easily. Partially why I'm starting to think it's Messmer.

[@musicarain4702]

@@SurprisedAtom-ly8jf wasn't miquella a forever child? the corpse mohg has does not look like a child's corpse

[@Jbeckjs]

@@elilewis8212that’s because Miquella is messmer

[@SurprisedAtom-ly8jf]

@@musicarain4702 it’s said in lore that Miquella imbedded himself within the Haligtres in the form of a cocoon so he could reach adulthood and possibly become the new god of his own age, which could explain why his body is like that, and it’s stated that Mohg kidnapped Miquella himself from the Haligtree, also Mesmer’s history doesn’t exist because he (most likely) never set foot in the lands between.

[@liamwilson2573]

Ziostorm always coming in clutch 🗣🔥

[@MarkJones13453]

One thing I noticed in the photo of the new NPC is that her cloak is almost identical to the cloaks worn by the Nox. Both are draped in white and they both have the same golden swirl patterns that run along the edges of the cloak.

[@Izanji_bolt]

The runes are probably like the trees that drop the seeds like game mechanic wise

[@StinjaProductions]

I do think Miquella’s Runes will be our new Golden Seed…

[@ghastlyanarchy1720]

And what would they do?

[@Florjb0rjTheFloorboard]

​@@ghastlyanarchy1720Theoretically, they could be the DLC's power upgrade system

[@ghastlyanarchy1720]

@@Florjb0rjTheFloorboard and since it's fully open to us, finding as much of them as possible would be a top priority to build our strength.

[@StinjaProductions]

@@ghastlyanarchy1720 I’ve read that the DLC will have its own powerscaling system. Similar to Sekiro after defeating a boss, so since these bosses won’t drop “RUNES” maybe these are revealed after a boss battle.

[@Mohg_Lord_of_Blood_666]

Ooohhhhh, Miquella's seeeeeeeed😋

[@greyman8335]

If it's even close to half of the base game it will be absolutely fkn enormous

[@upon-fe2720]

It'll basically be fromsofts second biggest release haha. Although to be fair AC6 was pretty vast in scope.

[@vassillios16]

You do such good work. Thanks for this vid Zio!

[@dbfzato-1327]

the first thing i saw about that sword is its the same symbol on the helm of the soldiers in the trailer as well

[@Terrerfeu17]

I think the Land of Shadows IS the crucible. A crucible (one of its definitions) is a container to bring the materials, whatever their contents are, and melt them. Maybe Messmer's Flame is that heat and the Land of Shadows is the Crucible. Melting away the "impurities" and giving rise to gold and subsequently the Golden Order. Thus why these two worlds were once together and now separate.

[@jibbily27]

Cool theory but Elden Ring's definition of what the crucible is, is definitely far from that definition of a crucible. Even as vague as it can seem

[@AshBreather]

@@jibbily27 Nah it's pretty close, though we never get a direct look at it, the Crucible is specifically a melting pot for life, living beings, or just aspects of living things. That's why someone affected by the Crucible grows random horns, feathers, knots, teeth , scales, etc. all functionally redundant because they're just random, chaotic aspects of the Crucible. Actual wildlife like sheep and birds are like a refinement, a mould into which the Crucible is poured so it can take a restricted and particular shape. Though for this reason I also don't think the Land of Shadows is the Crucible. It's more likely the Crucible is more of a conceptual thing, like the outer gods or Ranni's dark moon, although if it was a physical place then all evidence points to it being among the Erdtree/Greattree roots, or most likely at its base, from where the tree grew in the first place. Otherwise, why would Godwyn's corpse - down in the roots directly below the Erdtree - be so wildly affected by the Crucible? You can see it in his form. Various aspects of sea life in particular - which figures, as the Crucible is/was seen as "devolution"; what came before land-dwellers? Sea-dwellers. Edit: To add to this, it seems Radagon had some ability to dip into and control the Crucible. The Misbegotten enemies are called "Children of Radagon" in the Japanese game files, and in English v1.0, they were "Radagon Chimera". The Misbegotten Warriors also have red hair like him, and multiple are entrusted with legendary weapons, most notably one in a cave in the Consecrated Snowfield that drops the Golden Order Greatsword, and even has a set of unique attacks suggesting it was "taught" how to use the sword properly. So what I'm saying is this all makes me see the Crucible as a catalogue, or a buffet, of aspects of living things. Radagon with some control managed to pick and choose parts and bind them together into what we see as the Misbegotten. Perhaps an attempt to control the Crucible, when Omen babies became more frequent and more of a concern? Idk.

[@Mohg_Lord_of_Blood_666]

IM COMING MIQUELLA!!! JUST HOLD ON FOR ONE MORE MONTH!!!

[@hasanahmad4684]

is he a certified good guy tho?

[@Vlad47000]

The sword that the promo art character is holding also has a cross hatch pattern similiar to the thorns that guard the entrance to the Erdtree, might be a connection to Radagon.

[@nathandrake9496]

I have a feeling they are similar to the mini trees that when you internet act with foot prints appear along with a guy who comes in and out of being seen. And you follow their footsteps to go fin dungeons or places of interest. So it would make sense that we will be following the actual footsteps of Miquella. Just a thought.

[@mikedelgrande5296]

Lmao. “You can clearly see there’s a sight of grace”… Zoomed in it’s 4 pixels 😄

[@stonaraptor8196]

7:02 blue flower area reminds me of altus plateau.. I still hope we get a shadow version of the entire map kinda link to the past style

[@Mookie-Jones]

I feel like when he said "size of lime grave" he might be technically right. Map looks like there's lots of verticality. I imagine it will be similar to breath of the wild. Map size was not close to how big game was due to the different levels of land.

[@mattshu]

The music that plays behind the soldiers kneeling before the rune is uncanny for the Lands Between, excited for this next chapter!

[@lafayecci5619]

What I find interesting about the new Knight(ess) NPC concept art, is that it has two distinct halves, separated by her sword. The right one is llight, while the left one if noticeable dark. Which kinda hints at her having the darker side, imo.

[@jakubchalupa8510]

I really hope that the squad of NPCs is fleshed out. The promotional npcs for the main game (Vagram, Lionel,...) were mostly just one fight and done

[@metalsludge8205]

ngl i do wish they would get some better audio mixing for these trailers. both this one and the Old Hunters trailers have narration that is completely drowned out by the background music

[@SDSypher]

I noticed something curious last night. The runes shown across the map in the trailer are almost the exact same as the rune of the unborn, from Rennalla. The line is in the exact same position.

[@datboiJan]

there's a potential that fromsoft reused the character creator preset for the character on the recent promotional artwork. The female Enchanted Knight starting class in the Elden Ring network test has a face similar to the person on the artwork at 1:07

[@TheTripleOfficial]

about the Deep Root Depths, I always thought it was wired that the biggest tree down there is right next to the Erdtree, maybe it’s vailed and thats the tree wrapped around the erdtree or vice versa in the dlc trailer

[@Der_wahre_C17]

i am glad ordered the bigger edition. Soundtrack in the trailer was great. 😁

[@_antonio_4915]

6:46 most excited for that area 🔥 this looks so beautiful

[@broseph3165]

Hi, Zio, love ya brother. Hope life’s been going well for you lately! ;)

[@meowlazer5989]

I noticed the partial circle in the miquella rune in new trailer seems to be in a more open position than in the last trailer, might just be lighting, or could this signal some kind of progression?

[@COHOFSohamSengupta]

Zio, any idea when we will be able to watch the journalist previews?

[@ostgotenherr1462]

I can't wait to meet all the new NPCs they look so good!

[@kaimon7546]

1:05 her armor kinda reminds me of the carian knight set. I'm curious to find out more about her background. Maybe she is like Loretta in that she later joined Miquella in the Haligtree.

[@lafayecci5619]

The Miquellian sword is also said to be fashioned after the swords of Carian knights

[@judethompson2071]

6:50 that area looks gorgeous

[@Malxer]

That concept art is beautiful. I want it as a wallpaper.

[@AmericanRoads]

Those Miquella's runes scattered on the Land of Shadow could also be locations where we gather the map fractions, perhaps?

[@user-jy4kb4wu1k]

Ziostorm you are an ER superstar. Thanks for your work. I look forward to your stuff.

[@szmora.d.d6598]

well, we alrady have those types of pol like runes in the game already it's just not rune-shaped but candle-shaped, and low-level mobs guide you to chests. so I think those runes will either appear before something big or after and it will guide us to an item or it will guide us in the right direction to go with footprints

[@Amphroxia]

i think these runes will serve the same purpose as the sword graveyards in the base game, possibly even summoning an echo of Miquella to talk to, to find out more about what happened. Perhaps in the same way Melina sometimes talks to us by a site of grace.

[@ShadowProject01]

When Myazaki Say’s around the size of Limgrave, I am assuming he was including Weeping Peninsula and Sioafra River along with Limgrave given how much dlc content needs to cover

[@ruchyl1]

Maybe body inside egg is Mesmers corpse. Similar body type.

[@robbiereed4462]

I need that new image for a wallpaper.

[@DravenDriver20]

I find it interesting that the sword is covering the other eye on the NPC

[@raymondcaswell5622]

I saw that also. So the mark of an Empyrean is the closed left eye with a sigil over it. At first I thought it was Miquella but that doesn't make sense. FROM is going out of their way to hide this person's right eye. Why??

[@Sewjee]

I have been following you for quite some time now. Your videos get better every time. Hope you get the recognition you deserve. You will get early access to Elden Ring 2(joke) I feel it.

[@briankinney3140]

Awesome! I wish they would do dome stuff with character creation. More stuff and better looking characters. More detailed. I know not every game is same but this is an area that would be cool to see more in. Like in stellar blade, you can see every detail in her face. Just be cool update i think to have more in that area for those that might want more in that area.

[@fafnir7302]

@Ziostorm I just had an idea and noticed something. I think the new promo image of a blond knight could be the blind teacher of malenia. I had a closer look and I think that she has her eyes closed in the image and they look a little strange. I think that they could be loyal to malenia and in search of miquella to try to save malenia from the rot, which is why she will follow us to where miquella is but then asks if we’ll join her. Similarly, I also think that the flame that the giants once used and where killed for has some kind of link to messmer. I think that was why the flame was sealed away and why we need it to ‘burn the impenetrable thorns’. One more idea that I had was that maybe messmer is linked to melina and the godskin mother. I think that like radagon and marika messmer has 2 forms. I think that his flam is quite similar to the destine death on Maliketh’s sword. Furthermore, it would explain why she never appears in physical form, wants to burn the erdtree, knows a lot about marika and radagon but is never mentioned and is the one who instructs us to burn the godtree.

[@saint1809]

nice, just in time for lunch

[@CarelessVagabond]

God that soundtrack playing in the end is SOOOO GOOD!!! It gives me hope and a fuzzy feeling! 😅

[@Hello-id8mf]

00:03 looks like a ship coming to shore.

[@DravenDriver20]

The runes are the new boss check points. The old ones were marika ones I think

[@EL-gt3ez]

Maybe the scattered runes are like the ghost candelabra but these literally show us Miquellas steps and possibly even through cutscenes.

[@fastenedcarrot9570]

If some of that 30 is the Subterranean Shunning Grounds and Caelid combat music I'd be happy tbh

[@tortue_]

The considerate approach on the possible spoilers is so heartwarming to me.

[@frizzman1991]

0:10 my brain totally hear "Foreshadow of the Erdtree", which is ironically appropriate for DLC news.

[@scottbirkinshaw2009]

its the rune point before we interact with it.

[@MaidenlessScrub]

If Miquella's traces aren't replacements for graces, then I think they might be the upgrade material for the new leveling system that Miyazaki mentioned

[@Kn1ghtborne]

Got my eyes set on the one dressed like a Hunter. I need that Kung fu moveset.

[@Jonathan-ob7oy]

I wonder if by "the size of Limgrave" he was just talking about the area as in how big it looks on the map, we already know SotE will be more dense but depending on the level design what we see on the map could be very misleading if we take verticality, underground areas and other things that aren't visible on the map into account it could make for a way bigger DLC than we expected.

[@nuclearsimian3281]

Some of the questions that people ask are just bizarre to me. The "will we have sites of grace" question is like "Will we have bonfires in The Ringed City because I already beat Soul of Cinder?" Yes. We did. That's just...insane to me that someone would assume we had a hardcore mode only DLC.

[@lordofcinder8884]

Nah you misunderstood, they meant are we going to have a new save points, different design from the site of grace

[@pinealdreams1064]

You misunderstand the question. People aren't assuming you'll get a checkpoint free DLC, but that grace makes no sense being in the land of shadow, and From usually take their lore seriously with gameplay mechanics - no marika statue in Raya Lucaria or Azula, for example. I think Miquella's runes become the sites of grace, and the grace we saw were just a holdover they forgot to remove.

[@jettblade]

When they say size of Limgrave do they mean just Limmgrave or does that include the Weeping Penisula and Stormveil? Additional would that area also include underground areas like Siofra River or Nokron because they are also in the Limgrave area? I would think it may include Weeping and Stormveil because otherwise it would be significantly less then what I'm expecting. If it is all of that area and what is underground it would be well worth the price.

[@bigsmalls]

I wonder if each of the npc’s are how we get our “level ups” and armor in quest lines

[@CCowleyMedia]

I was 100% into those markers being sites of Miqs rune fragments as soon as I saw them. No reason for Grace to not be in TSLs, it's a part of TLB, just hidden. With the new area images with so much flowing water and erosion it make me think the area might have been more underwater at some time. That or the ships may have been moved inland, nothing looks like a ship port but that's only if they moved over water and not by another mechanism or power.

[@florin-alexandrustanciu5643]

I think that site of grace was just old in the concept art and we will use the miquela runes as checkpoint

[@Marc-zb5eu]

Whats the build you’re using in the video?

[@Ziostorm]

Pure faith coded swords

[@LWmusik]

Maybe the leader of the followers could be a summon for mohg fight? I wouldn't mind at all if they gave us an option for "easy mode" on mohg, it would make the process of getting to the DLC from a new build much less tedious

[@adriansalas9032]

Each one of those NPC in the little “will you walk with us” scene represent one of the new weapon types

[@SpottedHares]

It’s a soft game when they “walk with you” why they really mean is “stand around the safe hub talking at you while you do all the work with no help”

[@astron1973]

what called most of my attantion in that new npc image, its the fact that she is only showing one eye, and it is the eye, wich both mesmer, melina and st. trina hide.

[@lucasbarros5928]

Yeah, I'll be rocking a faith build for my first playthrough

[@knockoutkid619]

I reckon, the sword the main npc has is made of either unalloyed gold AND/OR Miquella's divested flesh

[@TheFallen3]

Oh this is actually gonna fulfill my need to explore more fromsoftware worlds. I thought the exploration was gonna take a dive