From Software is very careful about setting expectations when it comes to the DLC expansions for its games, favoring the underpromise and overdeliver approach. This much is reflected in the messaging around The Forsaken Hollows, Elden Ring Nightreign‘s first DLC expansion. When I pointed out a similarity I felt it had to Elden Ring‘s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, the team made sure to clarify that the comparison was not quite apt and players shouldn’t expect something on that level.
The Forsaken Hollows is billed as a couple of new Nightfarers for players to pick between, along with new points of interest to give players a reason to jump back into Limveld and take on the Nightlords. That’s an accurate summation of it, but also somewhat undersells that the two new Nightfarers are very cool and create interesting new ways to think about and play the game; the new biomes come in the form of swamps (yes, they’re back) that make the threat of status effects more prominent; and there are multiple new mini-bosses and third-day bosses to take on.
But the real underselling pertains to the new Shifting Earth event, which is essentially a brand new map that’s distinct from Limveld, as opposed to a much smaller scale change in the environment that we’re used to expecting.
