Summary

  • An Elden Ring fan gifted their nephew a custom cake for defeating Messmer the Impaler, rewarding impressive dedication.
  • Elden Ring's DLC offers challenging boss battles, with players uncovering hidden lore and unique uses for items like Spritestones.
  • Conquering Messmer is a tough feat, as the boss is crucial to the game's lore and rewards players with key items upon defeat.

An Elden Ring fan has gifted their nephew a custom cake for defeating the Shadow of the Erdtree boss Messmer the Impaler, and the cake’s design is certainly worthy of the feat. The Elden Ring fandom is accustomed to painstaking boss battles, and every player deserves a pat on the back at least for surviving FromSoftware’s unforgiving trials.

Elden Ring’s base game was released in 2022 from the minds of Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin, followed by the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC in June 2024. The Soulslike community is still finding interesting tidbits three months after the expansion’s release, including one Elden Ring player’s discovery of an overpowered use for Spritestones, and these details are uncovering hidden lore, more challenges, and handy buffs to help players conquer the Land of Shadow.

Posted on Reddit by WeeklyVariation6431, this Elden Ring fan shared a picture of a cake gifted to their nephew for beating the DLC’s iconic boss. The dessert was decorated with flames, spikes, miniature icing sculptures of Messmer and The Abyssal Serpent, and a score saying “Messmer: 140” and “Odin: 1.” The fan explained their nephew would only receive a cake if Messmer was defeated without using armor or spirit summons, which would have raised the stakes tenfold. Conquering the Demigod boss without this crucial defense is impressive, unlike the easier time had by another Elden Ring player who challenged “Dollar Tree Messmer,” and the game's subreddit community was quick to applaud the achievement.

Elden Ring Fan Gifts Nephew Cake for Defeating Messmer

Redditors noted the cake maker was a “better family member than Marika was to Messmer” in jest, and other users thought the player should get extra points for being named Odin. Even though the fiery boss is one of the DLC’s main antagonists, there’s still plenty to do after Elden Ring players defeat Messmer, and several fans predicted the player would receive another cake after beating Promised Consort Radahn, the final boss of the expansion. Finally, another user revealed that the original poster had asked the community for cake ideas around the start of September, which shows how long their nephew had been trying to win the fight.

Messmer the Impaler is a mandatory boss in Shadow of the Erdtree, dwelling in the Shadow Keep, and he uses fire-based spells to attack alongside the two-headed serpent. Being a pivotal foe in the DLC, Messmer is a tough fight for Elden Ring fans, but the enemy is a crucial part of the game’s lore and his defeat is needed to obtain the Messmer’s Kindling key item and the Remembrance of the Impaler consumable.

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Elden Ring
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RPG
Action
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Systems
PC-1 PlayStation-1 Xbox-1
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Top Critic Avg: 95 /100 Critics Rec: 98%
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Released
February 25, 2022
ESRB
M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
Developer(s)
From Software
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ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. And BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin. Danger and discovery lurk around every corner in FromSoftware’s largest game to date. Hidetaka Miyazaki - President and Game Director of FromSoftware Inc. Known for directing critically-acclaimed games in beloved franchises including Armored Core and Dark Souls.

George R.R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Engine
Proprietary
Multiplayer
Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer
Cross-Platform Play
PS4 & PS5 and Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
Cross Save
no
Steam Deck Compatibility
yes
Genre(s)
RPG, Action
How Long To Beat
58 Hours
X|S Optimized
yes
PS Plus Availability
N/A