Gaming🎮 Elden Ring loreheads think Miyazaki might have been teasing its DLC's setting as early as 2021's network test

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Ever since the first trailer for Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion dropped last month, there’s naturally been plenty of speculation from FromSoft lore detectives as to what exactly it’ll have in store. The latest mystery some have been looking into concerns the DLC’s setting, and whether early versions of Limgrave might’ve referenced it.

Given that some of these ER experts are no doubt digging back into the base game with the vague hope they might somehow unearth the apparently still unfound secrets Miyazaki claims it still has to offer, it’s no surprise to see them also on the hunt for potential DLC teases and hints. After all, there’s loads of time to kill until we all have to spend an entire day repeatedly slaughtering Mohg.

For well-known Elden Ring dataminer and cut content restorer Sekiro Dubi, one recent line of questioning has been this: just how early on in the game’s lifespan might its developers have begun hinting at Shadow of the Erdtree’s setting - the aptly-named Land of Shadow? The nugget that kicked the discussion in this direction is the fact that someone with the handle spotted a possible connection between the Land of Shadow and a name mentioned in descriptions of the region of Limgrave in some early versions of the game.

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