Elden Ring DLC: Rumors, leaks & everything we know

Elden Ring DLC seems likely, but what will our next trip to the Lands Between look like? Here’s everything we know.

The huge commercial and critical success of Elden Ring means the probability of DLC is high. The game has various unused assets already built-in, and the DLC rumors are flying. The question is though, what will Elden Ring DLC look like? Also, how many expansions will there be? Previous FromSoftware games have all taken a very different approach when it comes to downloadable content.

There’s also the Elden Ring endings to consider. Will the game be set after you become (or reject becoming) Elden Lord? Or could the DLC offer new endings to unlock, or simply exist independently of them like some previous Souls expansions have? Here’s everything we know about Elden Ring DLC based on rumors, leaks, and FromSoft/Bandai Namco’s track records.

Of course, as we’re discussing late and post-game content, spoilers will be lurking for those who’ve not completed Elden Ring.

It will be fun to see if Elden Ring DLC impacts the game’s various endings.

When will we get Elden Ring DLC?

While we know the Elden Ring ‘franchise’ will continue, the devs have not given us any information about potential DLC as of yet. However, the game’s impressive sales numbers and overwhelmingly positive reception mean future content is almost certainly in the pipeline. We may not know when it’s coming, but past FromSoftware / Bandai Namco collaborations could give us an indication.

The last Souls game produced by both companies was Dark Souls 3 which released in April 2016. That game’s first DLC, the Ashes of Ariandel, was released in October 2016. The second and final DLC, The Ringed City, released in March 2017.

This could mean that Elden Ring may have two DLC packs, one releasing 6-7 months after the main game, and another 6 months later. If the devs do something similar to what they did with Dark Souls 3, then Elden Ring DLC could arrive around Fall 2022.

Could Ranni feature in the Elden Ring DLC?

Elden Ring DLC rumors & leaks

There has been speculation that Elden Ring’s first DLC will be a PvP-focused expansion, possibly set in the colosseum in Caelid. In the base game, this is guarded by a Giant Pot Warrior who’ll reward you with a talisman if you can defeat 3 NPC dualists in front of him. The huge structure behind him looks significant, but there’s no way to gain access to it in Elden Ring yet.

Such a location would make the perfect setting for a PvP-focused DLC. PvP boss fights in Souls games are a much-loved feature, this is when another player is summoned to control/be the boss instead of a standard AI encounter. Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls 2, and Dark Souls 3 all featured such a boss battle, however, Elden Ring strangely omitted this feature.

It’s worth pointing out that Dark Souls 3 only added a PvP boss battle in its second and final DLC, therefore, one appearing in Elden Ring DLC is also highly possible.

Could this large arena feature PvP DLC?

Elden Dreams

As first reported by Eurogamer, dataminer Lance McDonald has discovered that Elden Ring once contained items and quests that involved exploring the dreams of certain NPCs. While the content was cut from the main game, it could be being saved for the eventual DLC.

In the cut content, an NPC called Monk Jiko asks the Tarnished to bring him something called Dream Mist. To get it, the player needs to invade the NPC’s dreams. This offers lots of creative possibilities and will allow players to fight literal nightmares, on top of all the other horrors that lurk in the Lands Between.

I worked really hard on this video you should look at it and tell your friend(s) to look at it https://t.co/bU7soHcJP0

— Lance McDonald (@manfightdragon) April 11, 2022

Extended endings

The DLC of Bandai Namco’s last two games with FromSoftware, Dark Souls 2 and 3, featured DLC that extended the ending of the base game. However, it did so without contradicting or changing any ending the player had already unlocked.

The Three Crowns DLC in Dark Souls 2 allowed the player to complete an additional quest, once all 3 DLC packs had been completed, that unlocked a new ending. This one essentially gave the player a third option, on top of linking or rejecting the fire.

Those who completed both Dark Souls 3 DLC packs were treated to a complimentary ending, one which sat alongside any other ending the player had unlocked by playing the base game.

This one essentially offered the characters a way to escape the dying world by entering a painted world. It will be interesting to see how the Elden Ring DLC impacts the game’s various endings or the world we explore.

Miquella still slumbers inside his egg at the end of Elden Ring. Likely turning into something powerful and grotesque.

Elden Ring DLC bosses

Even if you hunt down every Shardbearer in Elden Ring, there’s one demigod that escapes your round of deicide. That is Miquella the Unalloyed, who’s still safely slumbering inside his egg when the credits roll.

Miquella is Malenia’s twin brother and is said to be the most powerful demigod in Elden Ring. So, if this is the case, why don’t we ever fight him? One answer is that we can obtain his shard of the Elden Ring by killing his captor and half-brother Mohg the Lord of Blood, so there’s no need to bother with him. Even Gideon Ofnir tells us to leave Miquella in peace, but was this short-sighted?

FromSoftware doesn’t do anything by accident when it comes to Souls bosses, therefore we suspect Miquella’s absence is by design. Let’s not forget, the demigod is slumbering in his egg to become powerful enough to fix his family, especially his sister, who he aims to cure of her scarlet rot.

He’s unlikely to be best pleased when he wakes up to find that a new Elden Lord has risen and slaughtered his whole family – including Malenia. This perfectly positions Miquella to be the big bad of any Elden Ring DLC. Not only is he growing in power, he’s going to have grudge against the Tarnished once he realizes what’s happened.

So that’s everything we know so far about the Elden Ring DLC. For more on the biggest upcoming releases, check out our pages on some of the most-anticipated games that have been announced:

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