Elden Ring‘s big pre-Shadow of the Erdtree patch dropped this morning, and there’s one addition it includes that people – no doubt already giddy with anticipation for the expansion – can’t get enough of. You can ride your favourite horse into the Elden Beast.
Just let that last line sink in a minute. Not only has FromSoft made a DLC that’s already taken the metascore crown among both games released in 2024 and DLCs released ever, and put out another trailer for you to take in, it’s made it possible to bring an animal buddy along for a bit of help once you’ve slapped up Radagon.
In the notes for patch 1.12, this momentous change is expressed in the following terms: “Added new feature to summon spectral steed during the Elden Beast the boss battle.” Quite frankly, that’s not spelling out just how cool something is in traditional FromSoft fashion.
