SUMMARY
- Elden Ring's DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, is highly awaited by fans.
- Shadow of the Erdtree is an expansion for the base game, however, not much is known about it.
FromSoftware’s Elden Ring has been killing it since its release on February 25, 2022, with over 16 million sales. It follows that the developer’s desire for an Elden Ring DLC or expansion is understandable. A teaser image for FromSoftware’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC was shown in February 2023, but very few other specifics have been released since.
FromSoftware has managed to keep Shadow of the Erdtree’s developments remarkably under wraps. Still, the greatest clue as to what the DLC might concentrate on is the original teaser image. Moreover, Shadow of the Erdtree, the Elden Ring DLC, could be released shortly.
It depicts the Erdtree from the title, which is a massive, fantastical-looking tree that can be seen from a distance in the Elden Ring manner. The teaser image for the DLC features the tree twisted, fractured, and crumbling, with what appears to be a blazing light emerging from its center.
Everything there is known about the Elden Ring DLC
In his acceptance speech following Elden Ring’s Game of the Year victory at the GOTY Awards, Miyazaki stated, “As for Elden Ring, we have several more things we want to do.”
It is now known that Shadow of the Erdtree, the next DLC, will either carry on the game’s plot or present a brand-new, in-depth questline. Data miner Lance McDonald claims that Shadow of the Erdtree will be a substantial addition, perhaps the equivalent of two distinct DLC packs. As a result, the content would be comparable in scope to The Old Hunters, the single DLC for Bloodborne.
According to Lance McDonald, Shadow of the Erdtree was chosen over a previously scheduled Season Pass for Elden Ring that would have included numerous smaller DLC packs. If Lance is right, Shadow of the Erdtree might wind up being the only DLC for the Elden Ring.
In a 2023 interview, Yasuhiro Kitao of FromSoftware compared Bloodborne’s The Old Hunters DLC to Shadow of the Erdtree, as reported by the Japanese news outlet Game Watch. This is noteworthy as Bloodborne only included one DLC, but it was bigger than the typical FromSoft DLC.
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree release date
The initial information on Shadow of the Erdtree was revealed through a tweet on February 28, 2023, which informed fans that Elden Ring DLC was being developed. Since the DLC’s production began so shortly after the original game’s release, some media sources have reported that the expansion is a whole new undertaking.
Aside from minor updates, FromSoftware has not yet formally announced a release timeline for Shadow of the Erdtree, the first significant, probably paid, Elden Ring expansion DLC.