Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree is huge: details on size and features emerge from the test

Today we published a new article reporting the details of the test carried out on Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtreeand what has emerged is that it is aenormous expansionboth in terms of its extension and its contents, with several details on the features clearer now.

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 bossessome minor bosses and a large series of dungeons and environments to explore that significantly expand the game world and lore of Elden Ring.

Just to get an idea of ​​the added content, we also find it in the DLC about a hundred new weaponsincluding eight new categories, each with specific variations, which is a quantity never before achieved by expansions of this type by the same team, but also in line with the dimensions of the main game.

There 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 game fragment.

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 some Blessings of Scadutreewhich are essential to advance 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.