Elden Ring Hides A Cool New DLC Item Behind A Dirty Trick

Like other FromSoft RPGs, has its fair share of obscure secrets, but the game's DLCadds a particularly devious one that most players aren't likely to find their first time through. While games like and have always had a reputation for extremely well-hidden secrets, sometimes granting access to something as important as an entire new area, takes things to a new level.

Although base has some well-hidden secrets, such as the entrance to the Deeproot Depths from the bottom of the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds, takes things a step further, to the point of hiding entire sections of the map behind easily missed caves or even illusory walls. One such area, the Abyssal Woods, can only be accessed by finding a fake wall at the bottom of the Shadow Keep, and then progressing through both a secret area and a hidden dungeon with its own unique boss.

Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is a victory lap for FromSoftware, bringing in elements from past games without losing what made it special.

Even once players have reached the Abyssal Woods, though, there's still yet another secret — a special talisman that can only be obtained by killing one of the invulnerable Aging Untouchables. This talisman, the Aged One's Exultation, is dropped after the player manages to kill an Untouchable, and gives an attack boost whenever the madness effect is triggered within a certain range of the player, similar to the Lord of Blood's Exultation and Kindred of Rot's Exultation talismans for bleed and poison/rot, respectively.

While the intended method for killing Untouchables is to parry their grab, players have also found that any weapon or spell that applies the Destined Death effect (Black Knife, Maliketh's Black Blade), will also drain their health, although this method is considerably slower.

However, the chances of most players finding this talisman on a blind first playthrough is fairly slim, as the game takes great pains to establish the Aging Untouchables as invincible threats that