Finally, FromSoftware has revealed the boss date for the next Everdark boss in Elden Ring, and players are literally losing their minds. The helloing Everdark Sovereign Tricephalos will be dropped on August 21, 2025, at certain specific times all over the world. By the look of things, this thing is one-hundred percent pain.
So what happened? Bandai Namco’s official Elden Ring Twitter gave a somewhat cryptic tweet showing the massive three-headed beast amid towering flames with the caption “Engulfed in fire, a somber beast approaches. May your consecrated strikes be thrice felt.” A very FromSoftware way of saying, “Prepare to die a great deal.” The official release date is August 21 at 03:00 CEST, which should be 6 PM the previous day for anyone in the west coast as a big thanks to a user named Grok for clarifying that because who even knows what time it is anymore?
And now, shit gets messy. And surely, the reply section of this announcement is complete chaos. Others are so hype. Nag4te shouted, “YES FINALLY LETS GOOOOO,” which is just a concise rendition of the excitement. Then we have the other setup. They’re still broken with the previous set of Everdark bosses and now need to look at this flaming three-headed nightmare.
Txkyoghxst puts it down in reality: “Still haven’t beaten libra or caligo,” and that’s honestly the truth. How do we keep up with the new stuff when the old one is still one suit down for us? And maybe ARASBFR just added insult to injury by saying, “still can’t beat Everdark Libra in 3-player runs,” which just goes to show how brutal some of these fights are, even with a few friends around.”
Then the criticisms started flying. RochefortTen boldly asked, “When do we get something new instead of reskins with an added mechanic?” Oof. That’s a direct hit toward FromSoftware’s design choices. And then OsbergJamie-who for some unknown reason showed up as Irving Wallace-details this perfectly with: “Ah this is what Elden Ring does best, copy paste bosses.”
But we’re still trapped in a language barrier. Sal7al3nsi writes in Arabic, “وحش التوازن توني مالعبت معاه,” which means, “Balance beast, I just haven’t played with him yet,” showing that the struggle is across all languages. TheAnimalSpirit threw down, “Va a invocar 27 lobos,” meaning “It’s going to summon 27 wolves.” If true? Well, we are all screwed.
The community is fixated-and angrily so-on these Everdark bosses. Some players, notably HellDescended, are optimistic: “everdark gladius will be as good as fulghor in term of design, just a old fashioned boss fight, no gimmick bullshits,” while others, like SheevPalps66, are about to lose all their hope, “Hope it isn’t a disappointment like Augur and Libra.” The spotlight is heavy on Tricephalos’ shoulders.
Next comes the nightmare upon technical street. User ben__olson__ pleaded, “Bruh please release the switch two version so I can get the new add on on my ps5 PLEASE IVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG AND SO HARD” to give you a little look in how nasty archipelago releases can get. Midway, Traveler7267 whined, “I’m following Elden Ring, not this multiplayer crap!” which right there tells you not everyone is enjoying this multiplayer-heavy route.
Strategy talks are getting warmer. User Abdulla_Albader said, “Have poison in one hand and fire in the other, I just wanted him to build up damage,” which actually is a decent plan until you remember that this thing has three heads and is basically a walking petrol bomb. I seriously doubt status effects will matter much here.
The cool part is that shows some leverage for the wider Elden Ring universe. User Mat38Death said, “If this bosses from nightreign would be on a next elden ring sequel im down,” which means players already are thinking about how this stuff may tie into upcoming titles, and Nekrovalley follows with, “The first boss we fight and now the last Everdark boss we fight,” which might indicate the closure of a chapter for the game’s content.
The difficulty concerns are real, though. User Ayoitsmoe_ responded to someone with “Feel this this nigga gonna be on something bullshit,” which honestly? Probably accurate. FromSoftware doesn’t exactly known for making easy bosses. And xOblivionizedx keeps it real with “Man I haven’t beaten everdark beast, damn 🥲” – mood.
In reply, some weird meta-drama starts surfacing. User toofpased seems to be criticizing the developers, then ShaneOMac317 answers with “Holding them responsible for what? Not making something you like? Oh boo hoo. If you don’t like it, don’t play it. It’s ‘gamers’ like you that give the rest of us a bad name.” Community policing at its best.
And so, where does this lead us? Another Elden Ring boss, another panic attack. The Everdark Sovereign Tricephalos unleashes on the 21st, and by the trailer? Brutality looks to be the appointment. Three heads, fire all over, and some forbidding warning about “consecrated strikes be thrice felt.” This one might require some serious dodge-roll training; fighting it may take days.
Mixed reactions show us that the Elden Ring community is today at a crossroads-many demand newer content, some have their hearts out dancing over another rehash of the same boss; some big ilk are still behind trying to curb the previous content. Could Tricephalos satisfy everyone? Probably not! But a fresh hell for every single masochist would be laid; ready to suffer in batch bonding. Healing flasks, Tarnished, will be something needed-real bad.
