Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has presented players with a formidable challenge, intensified by the scarcity of Scadutree Fragments. These crucial items are essential for leveling up the Scadutree Blessing, which reduces damage taken and increases damage output. Players are finding the task of collecting all 50 Scadutree Fragments daunting, prompting calls for more fragments to be included in the DLC.
Responding to player feedback, FromSoftware has released an update to ease the difficulty of Shadow of the Erdtree, but the debate over the game’s challenge continues.
Highlights
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree”s Scadutree Fragments are crucial for leveling up the Scadutree Blessing, reducing damage taken and increasing damage output.
- Players are requesting more Scadutree Fragments in the DLC, as finding all 50 is a significant challenge and essential for the DLC”s difficulty.
- FromSoftware has released an update to make Shadow of the Erdtree easier, acknowledging the high difficulty and addressing player concerns.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree players are wondering why there aren”t more Scadutree Fragments scattered around the new DLC for players to find. Gamers are finding that Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree might be FromSoftware”s most challenging DLC to date, but Scadutree Fragments can ease the burden when found.
When Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree first launched, it wasn”t quite clear just how important Scadutree Fragments would prove to be. As a concept, they”re simple. Players must collect them throughout the DLC to level up their Scadutree Blessing, which reduces damage taken and increases damage given. However, as they”re new in Shadow of the Erdtree, many gamers ignored them on their first playthroughs of the DLC, meaning the boss fights were much harder than they were designed to be. Elden Ring”s publisher even had to advise players to level up their Scadutree Blessing using the Fragments, confirming how important they are to the DLC”s difficulty curve.
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In a Reddit thread started by user Zgagarast, it was pointed out that there are no redundant Scadutree Fragments in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. To reach the maximum Scadutree Blessing, players must find all 50 Scadutree Fragments in Shadow of the Erdtree, which is a huge challenge, especially for something so essential to the DLC”s difficulty. Comparatively, there are 41 Golden Seeds in Elden Ring”s base game, with only 30 needed to max out Crimson and Cerulean Flask charges. If collecting Scadutree Fragments is so important to players” ability to beat Shadow of the Erdtree, it”s understandable why the community might want more to be included.
Elden Ring Fans Want Redundant Scadutree Fragments in Shadow of the Erdtree
With the difficulty debate raging on in the Elden Ring community, it”s clear that FromSoftware is aware of the issue. The studio has already taken a big step towards solving the problem, releasing a new Elden Ring update to make Shadow of the Erdtree easier. It was somewhat surprising that FromSoftware decided to make it easier, considering the high difficulty that is such a staple of the studio”s titles. However, it”s not like Shadow of the Erdtree is a walk in the park, even after the update, so it remains to be seen if it”ll be nerfed even further in the future.Close
With Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree now released, it seems as though FromSoftware is done with its 2022 RPG. After a two-year wait for more content, the possibility of even more DLC seems unlikely, although it will be interesting to see what project FromSoftware tackles next. Just recently, Hidetaka Miyazaki confirmed the studio would be open to collaborations after George R.R. Martin, who was involved in creating Elden Ring”s lore, and it would be awesome if FromSoftware could work alongside a similarly esteemed creator for a future title.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Shadow of the Erdtree is the first and only DLC expansion for FromSoftware”s groundbreaking Elden Ring. It takes players to a whole new region, the Land of Shadow, where a new story awaits the Tarnished.
Base Game
Elden Ring
Platform
PC
, PS4
, PS5
, Xbox One
, Xbox Series X
, Xbox Series S
Released
June 21, 2024
Developer(s)
FromSoftware
Publisher(s)
Bandai Namco Entertainment
, FromSoftware
Genre
Soulslike
, RPG
Multiplayer
Online Co-Op
, Online Multiplayer
ESRB
M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, ViolenceExpand
