The long-awaited DLC for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is lastly nearly right here. For the previous few weeks, a number of IGN staffers have taken up the sword to beat FromSoftware’s newest trial and we’ve all come out the different aspect modified ceaselessly. The DLC is actually huge, the bosses are actually freaking arduous, and the secrets and techniques are quite a few.
That stated, we’ve come collectively to share how lengthy it’s taken us to beat the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
How Long Is Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree?
Our quickest gamers completed the DLC in round 25 hours.
Our “slowest” gamers completed the DLC in round 32 hours.
Given the open nature of Elden Ring, it’s very straightforward to get sidetracked whereas exploring the huge new world, plus some bosses might take literal hours to beat. Due to this fact playtimes will certainly fluctuate. For those who end the DLC, come again and submit your time in How Long to Beat to see how your time compares.
Ronny Barrier – Video Producer, Guides
I’m gonna be sincere, between farming smithing stones whereas not in the Realm of Shadow, power-leveling to try to equip some cool new weapons, and recording footage for work, I didn’t hold a strict clock on how lengthy precisely it took me to beat Shadow of the Erdtree. However my greatest estimate is that I beat the ultimate boss between 20 and 25 hours in. With that in thoughts, there’s nonetheless tons of secret areas to search out and I feel I’ve solely overwhelmed about the half of the new bosses added to this growth.
I’m now about 30 hours in and whereas the finish is in sight, there’s nonetheless a ton I’ve to do and see. Every particular person’s time will clearly fluctuate wildly primarily based on what number of boss makes an attempt need to be repeated and how briskly you have a tendency to maneuver on from new areas, however if you wish to discover each nook and cranny, particularly in case you’re not wanting up the right way to get to specific areas, you’ll be looking a very long time simply to even fill out your map.
Matt Kim – Senior Editor, Options
Given the nature of FromSoftware video games, I’m nonetheless enjoying the DLC to complete up all the numerous unfastened ends and odd duties. However so far as going from the begin to beating the ultimate boss, it took me about 32 hours. There’re most likely a couple of bosses I’ve missed and positively a number of secrets and techniques I nonetheless have to uncover, however there’s a “ultimate boss” on this DLC that I beat a number of hours in the past, which is the place I’ll contemplate the finish of my official play time.
All in all, following the crucial path — which I consider skips at the very least a couple of important bosses — would most likely shave about 10 hours off my complete completion time, placing me according to some of my friends. Plus, my large obsession in any recreation is to finish the map as early as attainable which took quite a bit of effort given some of the map fragments in the Shadow of the Erdtree had been extremely arduous to get to early on, although it’s positively doable.
Mitchell Saltzman – Senior Video Producer, Guides
As I discussed in my assessment, it took me about 25 hours or so to achieve what I think about most individuals would contemplate to be the ultimate boss of the DLC. At the moment, I had truly solely overwhelmed 6 of the 10 large bosses that drop Remembrances whenever you kill them. Since then, I’ve overwhelmed two extra and I am nonetheless on the hunt for the ultimate two.
Despite the fact that I had 4 of the large bosses nonetheless left on the desk, I positively didn’t simply rush to the finish. I took my time and did lots of exploring, discovering all of the map items, sufficient scadutree shards to stage myself as much as a Scadutree Blessing of 16, and a Revered Spirit Ash Blessing of 8. I discovered a ton of new weapons, many of which I leveled as much as +10 or +25 and respec’d my character so I might give them a shot, and I additionally began a second playthrough with one other character that’s extra geared in the direction of magic so I might check out some of the new spells and spirit ash summons. At this level I positively really feel like I’m approaching the restrict of what I can get out of this DLC, nevertheless it’s taken much more time to get right here than simply about another single-player-focused DLC that I’ve ever performed.
Try our full assessment of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree to see our full ideas on the newest FromSoftware DLC.