Available now on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC, Elden Ring Nightreign has received its first paid DLC, The Forsaken Hollows. It brings two new Nightfarers to the fray alongside two new Day 3 bosses and a new Shifting Earth event for $15. However, despite peaking at 133,355 concurrent players recently, the response is underwhelming on Steam.
The Forsaken Hollows currently has a “Mixed” rating with only 46 percent of the 1,171 user reviews recommending it. The common complaint seems to be the lack of new weapons or items outside of the unique weapons the Scholar and Undertaker start with (which aren’t all that special).
As one review notes, “Why didn’t they add the Elden Ring DLC weapons, Ashes of War, or spells? That feels like a MASSIVE mistake, and I am genuinely heartbroken that we can’t get those items in this game,” referring to the items from Shadow of the Erdtree.”
Another says the DLC doesn’t do enough to shake up the map variety, even with the Great Hollows. “This flaw is not adequately addressed in this DLC, where we get a whopping one Shifting Earth event, which introduces a map that is aesthetically mesmerizing, but disappointing in every other respect. The Great Hollows would be fun to explore without the time crunch, but with that limitation, I feel no incentive to explore it at all.”
Of course, given the post-launch support for the base game, FromSoftware could very well add more events, weapons, items, and so on. Bigger additions to Limveld might be reserved for future DLC, if there’s anything planned beyond The Forsaken Hollows.
