Revealed weeks in the past in a datamine, Elden Ring: Nightreign writer Bandai Namco has formally confirmed a brand new endgame problem mode coming to the multiplayer roguelite subsequent month. Deep of Night time options new relics, randomized challenges, and an countless mode for these capable of attain it.
“‘Deep of Night’ is a high-difficulty challenge mode designed for seasoned players who have navigated through the Night many times,” the writer writes in a new blog post. The mode arrives on September 10 throughout the recreation’s typical replace time and adjustments up the standard Nightreign run in a number of methods. Gamers gained’t have the ability to choose the Nightlord they face or which Shifting Earth occasion is energetic, and enemies will all be stronger.
The “high-difficulty mode” is separated by numerous depths. Depth 1 is the best. Depths 2 and three are more durable. Depths 4 and 5, in the meantime, characteristic an “endless battle for those seeking even greater thrills” so you may simply play till you die. A skill-based matchmaking system will rank gamers and group them accordingly. Plus, new Relics and extra Vessel slots will give gamers extra buildcrafting alternatives.
What does Nightreign change in Deep of Night time?
Probably the most difficult little bit of Deep of Night time won’t be the boss fights both. Players who have already been exploring the mode early, due to mods, have discovered that the Night time’s Tide storm, which slowly engulfs the map, does extra injury. And that’s even earlier than gamers endure from a brand new debuff unique to gear found within the Deep of Night time mode, which makes gamers extra prone to the poisonous rainfall. The rarest loot gamers decide up can include different drawbacks as effectively to make surviving that a lot more durable.
For now, gamers have two extra weeks to try to beat any Everdark Sovereigns which can be nonetheless on their to-do record. For a lot of, that’s in all probability Libra, a fight that’s equal parts clever and chaotic. Followers have additionally already found clues for added upcoming Nightreign content material within the type of new subclasses. It’s unclear if these shall be a part of one other free replace or paid DLC sooner or later. There’s nonetheless a lot of Elden Ring that might be repurposed into new content material for the multiplayer spin-off.
One factor that I’d like to see FromSoftware do, and which presumably wouldn’t value any more money, is simply flip a swap to make all of Nightreign‘s random occasions spawn extra steadily. Some gamers have spent 100 hours within the recreation and nonetheless solely encountered them once or twice.
