Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has a brand new levelling system that can assist you tackle all of the severely sturdy bosses within the DLC: Scadutree Fragments (that are apparently pronounced Shadowtree Fragments). The one catch is that, alongside your journey to get these new fragments, you may should go up in opposition to some powerful opponents.
Except you are this participant who posted a map to Reddit: “You will get Scadutree Blessing degree 12 with out killing any bosses.”
You will get Scadutree Blessing degree 12 with out killing any bosses from r/Eldenring
Should you comply with the route given precisely, you then should not should stroll by way of a single fog gate, leaving you to degree up your Scadutree Blessing in peace. One other participant even factors out that it might even be doable to get to “14 or 17 earlier than any remembrance bosses.” So in case you’re cautious sufficient, you could possibly get ridiculously sturdy and not using a single scratch in your tarnished.
Nonetheless, in case you’re up for a scrap, killing the Golden Hippo and Commander Gaius will imply you may get each Scadutree Fragment within the recreation aside from those present in Enir-ilim.
Whereas this may very well be a helpful technique for many who simply wish to bolt by way of the DLC, dodging bosses might imply that you will miss out on a number of the story. Nevertheless, as a participant factors out: “I do not suppose you possibly can ‘break’ the quests, you simply miss some steps … After beating Relanna, I broke the seal pretty shortly earlier than even discovering Thollier, and I nonetheless completed all quest strains. All I missed out on was lore and an incantation.”
FromSoftware has confused time and time once more how vital Scadutree Fragments are. In response to an outcry from gamers saying the DLC is simply too troublesome, the writer Bandai Namco merely reminded everybody: “This can be a suggestion to degree up your Scadutree Blessing.” These are just about the one issues that’ll shield you when going through up in opposition to Shadow of the Erdtree’s bosses, that are a brand new tier of struggling.
FromSoftware even buffed the Scadutree Fragments in a current patch. This implies the primary 10 ranges will provide you with a much bigger enhance, and after this, the development will really feel extra gradual. So exploring the DLC to search out each Scadutree Fragment doable will definitely repay, not less than for a short while.