Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has a brand new levelling system that will help you tackle all of the severely sturdy bosses within the DLC: Scadutree Fragments (that are apparently pronounced Shadowtree Fragments). The one catch is that, alongside your journey to get these new fragments, you may must go up in opposition to some robust opponents.
Until you are this participant who posted a map to Reddit: “You will get Scadutree Blessing degree 12 with out killing any bosses.”
You will get Scadutree Blessing degree 12 with out killing any bosses from r/Eldenring
If you happen to observe the route given precisely, then you definitely should not must stroll by way of a single fog gate, leaving you to degree up your Scadutree Blessing in peace. One other participant even factors out that it may even be doable to get to “14 or 17 earlier than any remembrance bosses.” So in the event you’re cautious sufficient, you might be able to get ridiculously sturdy and not using a single scratch in your tarnished.
Nonetheless, in the event you’re up for a scrap, killing the Golden Hippo and Commander Gaius will imply you may get each Scadutree Fragment within the sport other than those present in Enir-ilim.
Whereas this may very well be a helpful technique for many who simply need to bolt by way of the DLC, dodging bosses might imply that you will miss out on among the story. Nonetheless, as a participant factors out: “I do not suppose you may ‘damage’ the quests, you simply miss some steps … After beating Relanna, I broke the seal pretty shortly earlier than even discovering Thollier, and I nonetheless completed all quest traces. All I missed out on was lore and an incantation.”
FromSoftware has harassed time and time once more how necessary Scadutree Fragments are. In response to an outcry from gamers saying the DLC is simply too tough, the writer Bandai Namco merely reminded everybody: “It is a suggestion to degree up your Scadutree Blessing.” These are just about the one issues that’ll shield you when dealing with up in opposition to Shadow of the Erdtree’s bosses, that are a brand new tier of struggling.
FromSoftware even buffed the Scadutree Fragments in a latest patch. This implies the primary 10 ranges provides you with an even bigger enhance, and after this, the development will really feel extra gradual. So exploring the DLC to discover each Scadutree Fragment doable will definitely repay, at the least for a short time.
