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In a brand new IGN interview with Elden Ring Director Hidetaka Miyazaki, he detailed some components of the brand new Shadow of the Erdtree DLC map and space that may seem within the sport in June 2024. It will likely be a brand new house about the identical dimension as Limgrave. [Thanks, IGN!]
Right here is the precise assertion Miyazaki supplied when discussing what The Land of Shadow will contain in Elden Ring:
Initially, the setting of Shadow of the Erdtree is a model new land. It’s a model new map separate from the Lands Between. It’s a land that’s overshadowed by the actual Shadow of the Erdtree versus the Erdtree within the Lands Between. And it takes place, once more, on a completely separate, bodily separate map. So it can contain a warp of types to get there.
By way of setting and themes, it technically occupies the identical house because the Lands Between, the identical universe. However resulting from one thing story associated that we gained’t reveal immediately, this has turn into bodily disconnected, and also you’ll journey to the Shadow of the Erdtree land as a separate place.
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He additionally famous that Queen Marika and Miquella’s visits to the Land of Shadow may also have an effect on and form gamers’ journey within the DLC. He famous small, medium, and enormous “legacy dungeons” will seem on the open world map, very similar to within the base sport.
To assist present some extra context for about how huge the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC map could also be, I highlighted the Limgrave space of Elden Ring on this screenshot taken from the MapGenie.io interactive map for the sport.
Elden Ring is out there for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Sequence X, and PC. The Shadow of the Erdtree DLC growth will arrive on June 21, 2024.