{"id":1064694,"date":"2026-01-21T04:16:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=496613"},"modified":"2026-01-21T04:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:16:54","slug":"elden-ring-nightreigns-trailer-left-out-the-juiciest-details-on-how-it-actually-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/elden-ring-nightreigns-trailer-left-out-the-juiciest-details-on-how-it-actually-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring Nightreign’s trailer left out the juiciest details on how it actually works"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The trailer for Elden Ring Nightreign<\/em> that dropped during The Game Awards<\/a> on Thursday doesn\u2019t actually explain what\u2019s going on. It opens with overhead shots of a world that looks sort of like The Lands Between if it was missing its giant golden tree, and then spends the next three minutes showing things that simply weren\u2019t possible in Elden Ring<\/em>. Characters fight bosses out in the open world, fly across lava on ghostly eagles, and \u2014 hold up \u2014 was that a grappling hook?<\/p>\n

Yeah, that\u2019s totally a grappling hook, according to hands-on previews from PC Gamer<\/a> and IGN<\/a>. Elden Ring Nightreign<\/em> has eight heroes to choose from and one of them has the ability to yank himself toward enemies so he can set off an explosion that deals loads of damage. You read that right: This is a spinoff adventure where you won\u2019t make your own character. Instead, there are several heroes to play as and ways to upgrade their unique abilities as you go.<\/p>\n

Elden Ring Nightreign<\/em> isn\u2019t about clawing your way to another throne; it\u2019s about surviving three nights in an ever-changing realm of familiar and unfamiliar monsters with your buddies. You might even call it a cooperative run-based roguelike set on a randomized map that looks a lot like Limgrave, Elden Ring<\/em>\u2019s opening area. PC Gamer says each session lasts around 30 minutes as long as you don\u2019t get swallowed up by a dangerous ring that closes in on you like in a battle royale.<\/p>\n

You start each run at level 1 and cash in runes to boost all your stats at once, sort of like the Scadutree Blessing system in Shadow of the Erdtree<\/em>. Camps, caves, and crumbling ruins will be your sources for loot, but what you find will change each time. Enemy placements will shift around too, and should you fall, your teammates will be able to revive you. It\u2019ll be a scramble to gear up before the sun goes down and one of the game\u2019s bosses appears to gate your progress.<\/p>\n

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