Summary
OneElden Ringplayer has discovered yet another funny bug while playing in an endgame area. It’s yet another glitch in the seeminglyendless list of amusing but harmlessElden Ringbugsthat fans just keep on finding.
FromSoftware’s wildly popular Soulslike action RPG titleElden Ring, released in February 2022, is still going strong, with an expansion expected to drop sometime in 2024. It’s enjoying a highly devoted fanbase who loves the challenging difficulty typical of the genre, coupled with the engrossing dark high fantasy universe written byA Song of Ice and Fireauthor George R.R. Martin. Despite being a really polished AAA game, like many others, it hasn’t escaped the clutches of (often hilarious) bugs and glitches.
Redditor squishy_waifu posted some gameplay footage of themselves wandering around the endgame area The Wailing Dunes when they chanced upon a random turtle stuck in the sand. Players jokingly call these critters “dogs,” as theactual dogs inElden Ringare too violent to pet, and this particular turtle isn’t supposed to be in this area. The player was able to kill it after hitting it to check if it’s actually another enemy, and it remained stuck half-buried in the sand. Everyone in the comments concluded that it’s another one of the game’s many funny bugs.
At this point, players who are still active in the game are going around to discover its various secrets. Everyone is waiting for the next update about thearrival of theShadow of the ErdtreeDLC,Elden Ring’s first official expansion. Announced on the game’s first anniversary in February 2023, no new details have been released since — nothing about the story or even a tentative launch date, just a teaser image that seems to feature key character Miquella. The fanbase is speculating that the next major announcement about it will come at the second anniversary in February 2024, but nothing has been set in stone.
Because of the teaser image FromSoftware released, many players seem to be certain thatShadow of the Erdtreewill have a story heavily centering on Miquella. With notorious elite boss Malenia, Miquella’s twin, proving popular among the fanbase, this narrative direction will likely be a hit as well. With February 2024 just a month away, fans may only need to wait a while longer for possible word on the next chapter ofElden Ring.And with many more discoveries such as this glitch perhaps awaiting them, they’ll still have a lot of exploring on their hands in the meantime.
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ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin. Danger and discovery lurk around every corner in FromSoftware’s largest game to date. Hidetaka Miyazaki - President and Game Director of FromSoftware Inc. Known for directing critically-acclaimed games in beloved franchises including Armored Core and Dark Souls.George R.R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
