Every Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree guide you'll need

A monster at night eats a player head-first in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
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Our Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree guide hub will help players through all the greatest challenges of the DLC expansion, with guides on how to beat bosses,ꦗ find special items, make yourself more powerful, and discover secrets around the Realm of 🃏Shadow.

It's worth keeping in mind that Shadow of the Erdtree is hard, arguably the toughest content in al🃏l of Elden Ring, so players will need to fortify themselves accordingly with all manner of preparation for the challenges ahead. Our guides below will help you there (don't worry, they're largely spoiler free), and we've even split them into sections for players to better find the part they want.

Everything you need to know꧙ about Shadow of the Erdtree

Elden Ring DLC launch trailer

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Below we've collated all our Shadow of the Erdtree guid🌜es for the Elden Ring expansion into several basic categories that you can flick ✃through as needed, using the navigation tags at the side.

Getting Started

A knight bows before Miquella's Golden Cross in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree

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If you're either about to begin Shadow of the Erdtree, or just get i🅺nto it and need some help with where to begin, our how-tos will show you exactly what's what in the Realm of Shadow.

Collectibles and things to find

Shadow of the Erdtree Scadutree Fragments

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Elden Ring is always full of goodies for people to hunt down, and some of the collectibles in Shadow of t🌞he Erdtree are more important even than your level. If you want to go on a scavenger hunt💜, here's what you need to be looking for.

Bosses and Minibosses

Shadow of the Erdtree Furnace Golem

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We've not guided every boss in Shadow of the Erdtree yet - in our defence, there's over a hundred of the buggers - but we've covered all the majo⛎r threats in the starting area, optional and not, so you can go hunting fo🐷r named characters.

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Joel Franey
Guides Writer

Joel Franey is a writer, journalist, podcaster and raconteur with a Masters from Sussex University, none of which has actually equipped him for anything in real life. As a result he chooses to spend most of his time playing video games, reading old books and ingesting chemically-risky levels of caffeine. He is a firm believer that the vast majority of games would be improved by aꦛdding a grappling hook, and if they already have one, they should probably add another just to be safe. You can find old work of his at USgamer, Gfinity, Eurogamer and more besides.