Elden Ring Player Notices New Map Detail After 300+ Hours

An Elden Ring player has come across an interesting detail in the Mountaintop of the Giants part of the Elden Ring map that has left the community amazed. The fact that the player discovered it after so many hours in the game speaks volumes about how easy it is to miss this small Elden Ring secret.

FromSoftware games are well known for their Easter eggs and hidden secrets, and Elden Ring is no exception. It's been a couple of years since Elden Ring was launched, and players still keep coming across new stuff every now and then. For instance, recently an Elden Ring player discovered a hidden boss after 1,000 hours in the game. The boss in question is the Fallingstar Beast that can be found in the Altus Plateau region of Elden Ring. While this newly discovered detail isn't as major as a boss, it is an intricacy that some believe serves a much larger purpose.

In a new post on the Elden Ring subreddit, user menjagorkarinte highlights how Elden Ring's map is much more detailed than initially thought. In the picture, it can be seen that there are illustrations of tine giants scattered all across the map in the Mountaintop of the Giants region in Elden Ring. There are over ten giants that can be seen, and the community is quite surprised they had missed this detail all this while.

While many might believe that this was just a neat detail to symbolize the name of the region, fans have spotted another interesting thing about the illustration. If players look closely, the Giants can be seen kneeling forward in a pretty weird way. Many believe that they might have been impaled, leading to theories Elden Ring Shadow of Erdtree DLC's Messmer the Impaler could be behind it.

However, it is crucial to note that it is not clear if this was present in the game since launch, or if the map was updated at a later time. Elden Ring's map has been altered through updates on a few occassions, so it is very much possible that this small touch was introduced much later. While the Giants might