Elden Ring is one of the biggest games of 2022 – and it looks like it’s getting bigger. FromSoftware has not yet announced a DLC for its best-selling game, but the studio has been constantly updating the game with fixes and tweaks. However, we might be looking forward to DLC soon according to data miners.
The action-adventure game made by FromSoftware recently won the Game of the Year award at the Japan Game Awards. It is also one of the strongest contenders for the same award from The Game Awards, which will happen in December.
It was probably just a month or two after the game was released that fans started to ask for a DLC. Players have spent hundreds of hours trying to complete all six endings and are now hungry for more Elden Ring content. There was even a fake DLC for Elden Ring that went viral.
Sekiro Dubi, a known data miner, poked around the game files for patch 1.07 and found some interesting details that may point to a DLC. The user shared in a tweet that there are 30 boss flags for use in DLCs. We won’t get 30 new bosses in a single DLC but having enough room gives players hope for more content down the line.
So… in the section where boss flags are declared they left out room for 30 flags for DLC purposes. So, I'm not saying the DLCs are going to add 30 new bosses, but they made room for as many of those
— Sekiro Dubi (Elden Ring Expansion at home) (@sekirodubi) October 31, 2022
Other things discovered in the game’s files are new weapon categories, dungeons, and even files referencing the mysterious colosseum. Players have been speculating that the colosseum was meant as a dueling arena for PvP and was cut from the final release of the game. Others say that the inaccessible area was meant for gamers to fight AI bosses in an open space.
Sekiro Dubi’s discoveries have been compiled by Reddit user Emotional-Contact641 and were shared on the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit. This includes 16 new NPCs and changes to certain areas of the map, among other interesting discoveries.
Elden ring potential DLC content info datamined from v 1.07
by inGamingLeaksAndRumours
Sekiro Dubi is one of the most reliable Elden Ring data miners on Twitter. He has been posting content that has been cut from the game that he has restored. The user is also very detailed in his explanation of his findings, backed up by proof whenever enough assets were actually completed for the cut piece of content in question.
FromSoftware is yet to confirm the existence of a DLC for Elden Ring, but based on previous titles from the game studio, Elden Ring could get several such expansions. For comparison, Dark Souls II had a total of three DLCs while Bloodborne had one massive expansion.
Elden Ring has sold over 16 million copies worldwide and it would be unthinkable for FromSoftware not to capitalize on the existing market for a DLC. The demand for more content is very high among fans of the game and it could attract new gamers and further increase sales of what is already one of the best-selling games of 2022.
The datamined information is not official and should always be taken with a grain of salt. We will be updating this space if and when FromSoftware officially confirms that the DLC is underway.
