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Elden Ring's big new base game patch finally lets you summon Torrent to fight the Elden Beast

With Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC mere hours away from release, you might think there's not much FromSoftware…

Now, I'll readily admit I haven't fought the Elden Beast myself - the short explanation being my wildly misguided decision to do a purely melee-based first run through and, uh, Malenia - but even I'm aware of the boss fight's notoriety. A lot falls under the banner of balancing changes, but there are also bug fixes, new Steam-exclusive keyboard and mouse settings, FIVE NEW HAIRSTYLES, plus the handful of extremely welcome quality of life improvements detailed earlier this week. Based on my previous experience of FromSoftware DLC, I expect this excitement to last approximately 30 seconds before turning into utterly humiliated misery - but for anyone planning a more cautious approach, here's everything you might want to do to prepare for Shadow of the Erdtree.

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