Summary
- Elden Ring is filled with hidden bosses and secrets, making it easy to miss crucial encounters even after playing for hundreds of hours.
- Players may need to perform specific actions to unlock secret areas in Elden Ring, leading to missed opportunities for epic battles.
- One player initially missed a boss in Atlas Plateau, only finding it after playing for over 1,000 hours.
Despite playing the game for over 1,000 hours, an Elden Ring player was quite surprised when they encountered a boss for the first time in the game. While one might think it was simply an oversight, it seems like they are not the only player in the Elden Ring community who have missed it.
Elden Ring is a treasure trove of secrets, filled with a plethora of hidden bosses, weapons, and other items. The game's open-ended nature, which completely discards traditional objective markers, pushes the players to explore The Lands Between on their own. Considering the scale of the game's world, it is quite easy to miss a lot of things, especially due to the fact that sometimes players have to perform specific actions to unlock these secret areas in Elden Ring. In one such incident, a player missed a boss in one of the most crucial areas of the game.
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In a post on the Elden Ring subreddit, user aweguykkm highlights how they ended up encountering a boss in Altus Plateau for the first time despite playing the game since launch. The boss in question is one of the Fallingstar Beasts, which is located beneath the two Sentinels in the Altus Plateau. Precisely, players will need to look for a large crater located south of the southern Capital Outskirts gate.
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What makes the encounter quite easy to miss is that from afar, players will only be able to see a statue, which is in fact a Starcaller. However, upon getting close, the Fallingstar Beast will spawn. While the boss is quite challenging, it is actually one of the easier ones in the vicinity, considering the area is surrounded by Tree Sentinels, Rune Bears, Gargoyles, and whatnot.
Fans are divided on the post, with many perplexed at the fact that it is possible to miss a boss right in an open area after so many hours in the game. However, what's equally surprising is that quite a lot of players came to know about the boss from the post itself. In fact, some players also mentioned that they had a similar playtime but never encountered it. Funnily enough, the post seems to have opened a discussion on the topic, as several players highlighted many such missable bosses in Elden Ring. And it seems like a lot of players who thought they had defeated all the bosses in Elden Ring might not have completed 100% of the game after all. With still quite a lot of time remaining until the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is released, it's probably not too late for players to go boss hunting in Elden Ring.
Elden Ring
- Released
- February 25, 2022
WHERE TO PLAY
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.
- Developer(s)
- From Software
- Publisher(s)
- Bandai Namco Entertainment, From Software
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X
- How Long To Beat
- 58 Hours
- Metascore
- 96
