Longtime Souls collection dataminer Lance McDonald has uncovered the preliminary phases of a reduce NPC questline within the Elden Ring construct from the sport’s console community take a look at in November 2021.
The Stormhill Shack (previously Scavenger’s Shack) the place you meet Roderika within the completed sport is empty within the community take a look at construct, however Lance was capable of re-implement the NPC who was as soon as supposed to dwell there: Monk Jigo.
Jigo has been “seduced by the great woman alcohol” and requests your assist in securing the substances of “Dreambrew,” a legendary liquor with magical properties. This quest ties into one other curiosity from the community take a look at: non hostile, slumbering animals hidden all through the world. They have been meant to provide off “Dream Mist” which you’d then acquire for Jigo with the assistance of St. Trina’s Crystal Ball. St. Trina is a cryptic character in Elden Ring’s lore related to sleep and dreaming, and it looks as if they have been initially deliberate to have extra of a presence within the sport.
Lance additionally provided a glimpse of Dreambrew’s eventual use: gifting it to NPCs for bonus dialogue. Lance gave his first Dreambrew batch to Service provider Kalé in Limgrave’s Church of Eleh. This put Kalé to sleep, and whereas the continuing in-game audio is simply the product owner’s loud night breathing, the subtitles briefly describe his nightmare of being tortured by the Frenzied Flame.
This appears to have been supposed as a long-running quest, with Dream Mist supplying one other collectible to hunt for within the Lands Between, and the next NPC conversations offering extra context to Elden Ring’s story.
Within the completed sport, gamers are capable of battle an non-compulsory boss in a personality’s dream on the finish of Fia’s questline. It is unclear in the intervening time if the Dreambrew questline would have finally featured equally concerned gameplay, leaping into characters’ desires, or simply the bonus dialogue. We are able to seemingly anticipate additional investigation into this deserted storyline and gameplay mechanic in future movies by Lance.
For his half, Lance has additionally lined the unusual big heads which seem in distant surroundings within the community take a look at, however are absent within the closing sport. Fellow Souls collection dataminer Zullie the Witch has additionally been maintaining a gentle stream of insightful Elden Ring movies.
