Elden Ring’s extremely anticipated growth Shadow of the Erdtree is lastly virtually right here, and developer FromSoftware has confirmed when precisely gamers round the world can leap in.
A FromSoftware put up on X/Twitter revealed the launch instances, so these with the recreation preloaded might be sitting prepared at their methods in anticipation. There are a couple of caveats to accessing the downloadable content material, nevertheless, however we’ll clarify all of these right here.
Preloading is now out there for Shadow of the Erdtree, that means those that’ve already bought it digitally can obtain it so it is prepared in time for launch. Those that’ve finished so can entry the DLC at the following instances.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree International Release Times
PC
- Pacific U.S. – June 20 at 3pm
- Central U.S. – June 20 at 5pm
- Columbia – June 20 at 5pm
- Japanese U.S. – June 20 at 6pm
- Brazil – June 20 at 7pm
- UK – June 20 at 11pm
- Central Europe – June 20 at midnight
- South Africa – June 20 at midnight
- Japanese Europe – June 21 at 1am
- Moscow – June 21 at 1am
- Qatar – June 21 at 1am
- Gulf – June 21 at 2am
- Singapore – June 21 at 6am
- South Korea – June 21 at 7am
- Japan – June 21 at 7am
- Japanese Australia – June 21 at 8am
- New Zealand – June 21 at 10am
PlayStation and Xbox
- Pacific U.S. – June 20 at 9pm
- Central U.S. – June 20 at 11pm
- Japanese U.S. – June 20 at midnight
- Columbia – June 20 at midnight
- Brazil – June 20 at midnight
- UK – June 20 at midnight
- Central Europe – June 20 at midnight
- Japanese Europe – June 20 at midnight
- Moscow – June 20 at midnight
- Qatar – June 20 at midnight
- Gulf – June 20 at midnight
- Singapore – June 20 at midnight
- South Korea – June 20 at 7am
- Japan – June 20 at midnight
- Japanese Australia – June 20 at midnight
- New Zealand – June 20 at midnight
As for really taking part in the DLC, gamers ought to use the remaining few hours earlier than its launch to ensure they’re caught up and able to go. Two bosses have to be defeated earlier than Shadow of the Erdtree might be accessed, even for those who’ve already paid onerous money for it. One of them is non-obligatory too, that means chances are you’ll not have it ticked off even for those who’ve completed the base recreation.
IGN’s information on the right way to put together for the Shadow of Erdtree is absolutely updated with every part you want, nevertheless, and ensure to take a look at our Elden Ring interactive map to make sure you’re not lacking any essential collectibles.
You can too atone for IGN’s “How Lengthy to Beat” for Shadow of the Erdtree and kill a while forward of its imminent launch by studying our intensive 10/10 evaluation.
“Like the base recreation did earlier than it, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree raises the bar for single participant expansions,” we stated. “It takes every part that made the base recreation such a landmark RPG, condenses it into a comparatively compact 20-25 hour marketing campaign, and gives incredible new challenges for closely invested followers to chew on.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.