The announcement broke the hearts of many souls awaiting the news with anticipation, a few with heavy hearts due to mixed feelings. The Deep of Night update for Elden Ring: Nightreign will release tomorrow, 11 September, bringing very scary happenings to the Lands Between.
The message was conveyed to the world with the usual FromSoftware, poetic touch: “The light of your triumphs has only deepened the shadows. Face the Night’s horrors, reborn in incandescent rage.” Sounds good and terrifying at the same time, right? The time for the update is 03:30 CEST | 10:30 JST | 18:30 PDT, so go on ahead and set your alarms or clear up your itinerary for the day.
Now, when things began to get interesting and the community started freaking out: in the midst of a few researches, a few players have noticed something that brought out a trembling “Oh, no.” The Bell Bearing Hunter is getting a buff. Yes, that guy. The one who already wrecks everybody’s day. Multiple replies consisted of variations of “we’re so cooked,” “it’s so over; they done buffed bell bearing hunter,” and “😔, which is one of the most relatable reactions from a gaming community ever.
One user @xBloodlvst said it best, “bro, they buffed bell bearing hunter, he should just be a night lor at this point,” which is honestly fair enough: that thing was already nightmare fuel, now it’s getting stronger? FromSoftware really out here making sure nobody gets too comfortable. @Jeksterrrrr equally gave out this perfect reply: “buffed bell bearing hunter we’re so cooked 🥀🥀.”
That being said, the hype is real with @TherealRcb’s reply, “I’m so hype!!!!!!!!” which is what most of us are even while being terrified of what is about to come. Classic Soulsborne means we are scared and excited in equal measure, and it is the reason these games keep pulling us in. “Time to come back to ERN!” @FighterPL posted, and well, the whole community can get behind this update pulling so many players back.
Besides, there’s some confusion about the timing in the replies – “what will the time in india when this update is released” asked @04obd, to which Grok actually responded with the converted time (7:00 AM IST on September 11), and it is rather cool to see responses typical of official channels helping players too. A user, @Jack97476499, was hell-bent on sorting out the times for Texas players, and it shows this Elden Ring community is something global now.
The players are struggling, though, as admitted by @GrizzlyVibes_: “I still haven’t made it pass the 2nd boss 🥲.” Well, we are all there; Elden Ring does not play any games. Now with new updates, it is the best and worst time to be a newbie.
The international community thinks the hype is real: @el_fenomeno_45 posted, “Let’s go !!!! On est déjà prêt” alongside a cool video, and Arabic comments did the rounds about how hard the game already hits. One exchange between @LE0shady and @lov3lymI goes, “ضربه ÙˆØده والقبر ðŸ˜,” which translates to, “one hit and the grave.” Honestly, that sums up the Elden Ring experience perfectly.
Some critical voices entered the fray, @JungleP4nda queried: “No New enemies or bosses? Cmon guys you guys have all the Dark Souls games to pull from,” which set off a whole conversation about the amount of work actually going into these updates even if they are reusing assets. @chrongus noted that they still have to remake bosses and create new models and that this is free content even before the real DLC, which is pretty generous if you think about it.
Nonetheless, the community could barely contain their excitement to reenter the nightmare, even if that means facing ultimatum-neko buffed versions of the enemies that were already terrifying! That is the kind of magic that means to be an Elden Ring: the sufferings are real, yet the whole community is enjoying it together in celebration.
We genuinely want the returning veterans who’ve beaten the game several times, as well as those who are stuck on early bosses, to tackle new challenges all together. The nights are getting deeper. The Omni is getting stronger, and we’re all here for it.
Mark your alarms according to the update timings, dust off your freshest gear, and get ready to descend into hell by Iitchslwricals. This is because one thing we know about Elden Ring updates is that they are never easy, but always worth it.
