The world of Elden Ring is vast and features many locations to be explored by the player once they finally begin their journey. This vastness is also inevitably doomed to expand even further, with the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC which is scheduled to finally release on 21st June.
While the extension brings with it a completely new and never-seen-before realm called the Land of Shadow, a new theory states how it might feature two points of interest we have encountered before. The speculation predicts that the tarnished character might get to encounter the Eternal City of Nokron and Mohgwyn’s Palace in the coming DLC.
How Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC Is Going To Feature Already Known Locations
There are a few classes that are made available to the player at the very beginning of the game. Looking deeper into the starting class of The Numen, it comes to light how they are closely related to the Eternal City of Nokron in Elden Ring. It is further indicated how it was a few Numen Women who ultimately became the assassins responsible for the Night of Black Knives, leading to the assassination of Godwyn The Golden.
The Numen Rune states how they originate from the same ‘stock‘ as Queen Marika. Broadening all the possibilities and bearing in mind how the video description for the official DLC gameplay trailer states that Land of Shadow is where Queen Marika first set foot, we might get to see the Eternal City being featured once again in the coming DLC.
Likewise, it has also been revealed how the player would need to interact with Miquella’s arm hanging out of his cocoon to traverse to The Land of Shadow in Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. This cocoon of Miquella is to be found nowhere else but Mohgwyn’s Palace, making it reasonable to assume how the location might appear once again, and potentially in another form in the Land of Shadow.
Hidetaka Miyazaki Has Already Planned Out Future DLCs For Elden Ring
It is very possible that exploring undiscovered realms can become a recurring theme for DLCs in the future for Elden Ring. Hidetaka Miyazaki is a director known for leaving many cliffhangers and open mysteries to be interpreted and solved by the community themselves, and all of these hold the potential to ultimately bring more content to the main game in the coming time.
One of the said potential mysteries that can be explored further in a DLC Is the origins of Godfrey. He was the first ever Elden Lord and is mentioned to hail from a place called the Badlands, a realm that can be possibly brought upon as an extension to the game and The Lands Between.
Elden Ring is available to purchase on Steam.
