Thoroughly exploring the first area of Elden Ring's DLC

In Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree,

there are many secrets in the beginning

zone alone. In the Gravesite Plains,

there are many things to find. A

sprawling, expansive land full of horrors

awaits you. For example, did you know

that all of these ghostly gravestones

belong to dead people? Who are ghosts in

the realm of the shadows. These shadowy

figures walking around were once people,

but they are now ghosts.

If you travel to the west of the Gravesite

Plains through the graveyards, you'll find

this building. It is called the Western

Nameless mausoleum,

and you'll find an enemy that took me many

attempts to kill. But when you kill him,

you'll get this sword. It is called the

Greatsword of Solitude.

Wow. And to the north, you will find

Belerat Tower Settlement, one of

the great new dungeons. In shadow of

the Erdtree. This is Bedroot.

One of the great settlements of the Realm

of Shadows. Now it lies in ruins.

I don't know why everything is destroyed.

Maybe if these shadow people did some

work, didn't sit around praying all day,

they'd get something done and fix the

fucking place up. Through these mighty

doors, You will find this arena where

you will fight a boss, and then when you

kill him, you get this stupid helmet

called the Divine Beast

Head. How's that? Looks so stupid.

Why make your head so big? Taking the

elevator up to the next level will take

you to this door. It's a very big door,

and then you go up these steps and you see

this beautiful view of the tree.

Wow. And then you go up these steps and

there's a shadowy tree blocking a

door. Which I guess you have to unlock

later by defeating something.

Can't get through. Oh no.

And then you have another new dungeon.

It's called the Castle Front or Castle

Ensis. And Castle Ensis

is another great addition to all of the

castles. In Elden

Ring. It's a great castle full

of horrors.

The corpses of its enemies impaled

on massive spikes. What did they do?

How did they die? Who actually

cares? As you make your way into

the castle grounds, you are greeted by

foes that look just like

the enemies in the first game, the base

game. Not really difficult to take down.

You can get his hammer. It's kind of

rubbish though. Got this Site of Grace.

And a smithing stone.

And you got a thing,

a Skadoo cross.

Going up here further into the castle.

For some reason I can't attack because the

stupid text box didn't go away.

Oh, he one-shot me. What?

A good tactic to make your way through the

castles is to just run past everything and

ignore them.

Like this, and there's pretty

much nothing they can do unless they get a

lucky hit. Then you have a very

deadly foe who can one-shot you.

Oh my God. As you make your way into

Castle Ensis, you'll find this cool little

living room or dinner room with a

fireplace. Fireplace doesn't do anything,

but it looks nice. You can destroy all of

the furniture, and there's a guy sitting

on the floor.

Wow. I wonder if you can jump down here.

Probably. And then you've got

a boss. The boss is here.

He is really hard to kill because

it's Elden Ring and everything is

difficult. Get your mimic

summon ready.

Prepare to die again.

Oh my God, I can't see anything.

Come on, tank him, stupid shield things.

Uh-oh, that don't look good.

Oh my God,

what's he doing? That does not look good.

Oh my God, I couldn't even move.

Nearly got him. Okay, buffing up to try

again.

Oh my God, I can't see anything

because my head's so big.

Oh my— okay, try again with the Mimic

Tears this time.

Get aggro. Oh my

God, jumped.

He keeps jumping away.

Oh,