How Elden Ring DLC Can Add A New Ending

The Great Runes and Mending Runes are the keys to new outcomes for The Lands Between, and Elden Ring’s DLC may feature a character that has both.

Elden Ring’s DLC could pave the way for new endings to the main game. This kind of addition is unprecedented in FromSoftware’s Soulsborne games, but Elden Ring’s lore has established a straightforward course of generating new conclusions for the story. In addition, the game already has incredible replay value, so adding different endings would be another point in Elden Ring’s favor.

Elden Ring has the most endings out of any of the Soulsborne games. It can be finished with the choice between six endings, and the worst endings are hiding in the same place. Each option centers around what the player chooses to do with the titular Elden Ring that gives shape to The Lands Between. The modularity of the Ring and its shards, or Great Runes, is where new conclusions can originate. No details have been confirmed for the DLC, but there are some solid leads about who could be involved – individuals who likely have Great Runes of their own.

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Elden Ring’s DLC Great Runes Could Create New Endings

When the Elden Ring was shattered, its shards were taken by her children as Great Runes. At the end of the game, the player reunites the Great Runes to set The Lands Between on a new path. Granted, the mending runes obtained from completing the side quests, such as Fia’s – one of Elden Ring’s coolest quests – spark the ending variations. Still, there is potential for the Elden Ring to do more once reforged with each of its missing shards. However, it isn’t entirely clear how many shards were created when it was shattered. It’s reasonable to assume at least one for each of Marika’s living children, one of whom is highly anticipated to appear in Elden Ring’s DLC.

Elden Ring DLC Could Add A Miquella-Themed Ending

Miquella, Malenia’s twin brother, is the last living demigod and child of Marika by the Elden Ring. Unfortunately, however, he’s in quite a sorry state, shriveled inside a cocoon and deep in sleep after being abducted by Mohg, Lord of Blood. Future Elden Ring DLC will possibly feature the slumbering Empyrean, which could mean the player will obtain his Great Rune. Presumably, this would be the last of the Elden Ring’s shards, which might mean that reaching the ending with all the shards could have different results. One possibility could be an extended final boss sequence or an interaction with Marika.

In the current endings, Marika is stone-like and broken. Perhaps reuniting all the Elden Ring’s shards will restore her to something more like her original form. If this is the case, the ending would have to open up new paths. What is more likely, however, is the possibility that Miquella could have made his own mending rune.

Miquella despised the Golden Order and opposed the Greater Will to find cures for his and Malenia’s afflictions. This led to the creation of the Haligtree, potentially Elden Ring’s true parasite, which proved to be a haven for many whom the Golden Order oppressed. Given the mending runes’ potential to create new realities for The Lands Between, it stands to reason that Elden Ring’s DLC could reveal that Miquella made one to realize his dreams.

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