Considering the difficulties encountered by many players of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, FromSoftware has published a mini-guide on how to upgrade your character.
It’s no secret that many players are complaining about Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree ‘s difficulty setting being a little too high . For this reason, in addition to a corrective patch that made the expansion easier, FromSoftware published a mini-guide on “how to strengthen your character” through the “Shadow Tree Fragments” and the “Venerated Spirit Ashes”, explaining what they are for, how to find them and how to activate them.
For those who don’t know, these two items are only located in the new area of the expansion and are specifically designed to strengthen the Lightless, as well as Torrent and summoned spirits. Moreover, it seems that some of the players who are experiencing difficulties with the bosses of Shadow of the Erdtree may not have strengthened themselves properly with these elements, hence FromSoftware’s idea of publishing a post with targeted advice on Steam.
FromSoftware’s advice
If you are interested, you can find the post in question at this address and it was published in conjunction with patch 1.12.2 which makes the game easier by enhancing the effectiveness of the Blessing of the Mother Tree . Let’s read an excerpt.
If you find yourself having trouble in the game, explore different areas and search for “Shadow Tree Fragments” and “Venerated Spirit Ashes”, which are needed to strengthen your character in the Shadow Realm. Once you have these items, you can activate or increase your blessings from the Grace Site menu.
Blessing of the shade tree
The “Blessing of the Shadow Tree” increases a character’s ability to deal and negate damage. The item required to activate and upgrade your “Shadow Tree Blessing”, which is called “Shadow Tree Fragment”, can be found in Marika’s Churches and other locations.
The “Blessing of Venerated Spirit Ashes” increases the ability of your summoned spirits and phantom steed to deal and negate damage. The “Venerable Spirit Ashes” item, required to activate and upgrade the “Venerated Spirit Ashes Blessing”, can be obtained from the corpses of horn heralds and other ritual items that decorate towns and villages throughout the Shadow Realm.
Clearly FromSoftware doesn’t want to ruin your enjoyment of discovery, so it hasn’t indicated the precise location of these objects other than the two in the image above. But if you need it, we’ll give you a hand with our guide on how to find all the Shadow Tree Fragments and, in general, with FromSoftware’s secret to Elden Ring and Dark Souls? Never take success for granted, according to Miyazaki