Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree is huge: details on size and features emerge from the test
The new test has allowed us to have more precise ideas on the dimensions of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree and on various new features included within the maxi-expansion.
Today we published a new article that reports the details of the test carried out on Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree , and what has emerged is that it is a huge expansion , both in terms of its extension and its contents, with several feature details now clearer.
In case you haven’t already done so, run and read our review in which we described three hours spent in the company of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree , thanks to an official test session organized by Bandai Namco on the new game from FromSoftware which is preparing to reach the market, with a release date set for June 21st.
We also summarize some interesting elements from the test below, because some characteristics that emerged from this close contact deserve to be reported separately.
Lots of new weapons and new mechanics
As befits the expansion of one of the most important games of recent years, Shadow of the Erdtree presents itself as a truly enormous DLC: inside there is space for 10 major bosses , some minor bosses and a large series of dungeons and environments to explore that greatly expand the game world and lore of Elden Ring.
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree is huge: details on size and features emerge from the test
Just to have an idea of the added content, in the DLC we also find around one hundred new weapons , including eight new categories, each with specific variations, i.e. a quantity never reached before by expansions of this type by the same team, but also online with the dimensions of the main game.
The new area explored in the test was the Land of Shadows, characterized by very fascinating panoramas and with some specific characteristics: the enormous tree that stands out on the horizon is the Scadutree, which has considerable importance in this new fragment of the game.
This tree also connects to the particular golden runes that were seen in the Shadow of the Erdtree story trailer, and which mark the areas of the game world where Miquella sacrificed parts of her body, leaving traces along the way. These parts can be collected and spent at the places of grace to obtain Scadutree blessings , which are essential for progressing in the game.
In fact, these determine upgrades on your character which considerably expand the ability to absorb and inflict damage, so much so that they become a fundamental element for balancing, applying a new feature in this expansion.