Elden Ring Nightreign DLC Reviews
The Elden Ring: Nightreign DLC has received extensive coverage with reviewers highlighting 100+ hours of content and describing it as "not for the faint of heart" with some of FromSoftware's toughest encounters yet. Early reviews praise the expansion's atmospheric design and narrative depth while noting the steep challenge curve may frustrate newcomers.
- The expansion, officially titled "Shadow of the Erdtree," was released on June 21, 2024, with a standard edition price of $39.99. - Its narrative follows the journey of Empyrean Miquella to the "Land of Shadow," a new world obscured by the Erdtree where the goddess Marika first set foot. - Accessing the new content requires players to have defeated two specific bosses in the base game: Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood. - Developer FromSoftware has described it as their largest expansion to date, featuring a new map said to be larger than the Limgrave area from the base game. - The DLC introduces over 10 new bosses and adds eight new weapon categories for players to discover and master. - A key new antagonist introduced in the expansion is Messmer the Impaler, who is featured as a 46cm statue in the game's Collector's Edition.
