Elden Ring: Nightreign gets its first DLC next month
Blog Andrew Joseph 12 Nov , 2025 0
Elden Ring: Nightreign will receive its first extensive, titled DLC next month, which includes new bosses, a new moving earth, and new playable Nightfarers. The DLC is called The Forsaken Hollows and will be released on December 4, 2025.
This is from a trailer that aired during today's State of Play, which shows off a lot of footage of what's to come, albeit without much context. One clip shows what appears to be a new moving Earth called the Great Hollow, which opens up a giant hole in the middle of Rimveld with temples, towers, and crystals sticking out of it. We see two new Nightcrawlers: the first is the Undertaker, who uses strength and faith as her primary attributes, and the Scholar, who appears to be a magic user focused on the arcane.
There are also two new bosses that should look familiar to FromSoft veterans. The most notable is Artorias, which was the theme of the original Dark Souls DLC, Artorias of the Abyss.
The Duchess-sounding voiceover also mentions the “consequences of the Long Night,” perhaps suggesting that this DLC takes place after the “end” of Nightcrawler, when the Nightcrawlers defeated all the Night Lords. There’s also something about “Dreglord” at the beginning. As usual, Souls fans may have to wait for the post-release story video to understand this. It's unclear exactly how much this adds to the story, or if it's just bosses, characters, and a moving earth.
“Elden Ring: Nightreign” is a multiplayer game launched by Bandai Namco on “Elden Ring”. 1-3 players can fight in three nights of exploration, loot hunting and bosses, trying to defeat the powerful Night Lord. The game launched in May, We gave it 7/10said “Elden Ring Nightreign is one of the best examples of three-player co-op gaming when it's played exactly as it's designed to be played – but it's harder to do that than it should be, and the single-player game is poorly balanced.”
Since its release, FromSoftware has made many balance adjustments. Added two player modeand updated to A super-hard difficulty mode called “Late Night” For those who for some reason think the game itself isn't hard enough. However, the past few months have been quiet and fans have Becoming restless due to lack of news or updatesFromSoftware leaves them fighting the same boss over and over again. FromSoftware assured everyone of this in a financial report yesterday, and the DLC released today should help too. If you don't already have the Collector's or Deluxe Edition of the game, the DLC appears to be available for $15.00.
You can catch up on all the announcements at: Today's game status is here.
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