Elden Ring

Elden Ring
Developer: FromSoftware Publishers: FromSoftware (JP), Bandai Namco (INT) Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X Released internationally: February 25, 2022 This game has unused animations. This game has unused enemies. This game has unused items. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text.

Elden Ring is an open-world RPG from the creators of Dark Souls and features dragons, demigods, aliens, and a horse.

Unused Mechanic

Dream Collecting and Sleep Mist

Modder Lance McDonald discovered cut content from the Elden Ring network test build (2021) involving a "dream collecting" mechanic. This content included sleeping wolves and a napping land octopus, which were removed from the final version of the game.

In the original design, players would collect ingredients from these creatures to create "Dreambrew", a consumable item that compels NPCs to reveal their secrets. This mechanic aimed to encourage exploration and was tied to a significant questline involving a monk. The full extent of the dream collecting storyline remains unclear.

Unused Animations

Astel

The Astel boss has an unused animation in which it descends from the sky and crashes into the ground, similarly to Radahn's meteor attack, suggesting that an overworld encounter was planned at one point in development.

Torrent

Torrent has a couple idle animations in which he shakes his mane and eats grass, as well as an unused kicking attack.

The Two Fingers

The Two Fingers have a handful of animations in which they slam into one another.

Unused Dialogue

Gatekeeper Gostoc

Cut dialogue, possibly related to a cut quest involving Vyke:

* Spot on timing, I was looking for you.
* There's something I forgot to tell you.
* A rather repulsive looking knight went into the castle just before you.
* His armor was melting inwards, practically falling apart.
* Can't be in very good shape on the inside either whoever he is...
* Outward ugliness is a warning of a vile spirit.
* I just want you to be safe you know...

* Be wary of that knight in melted armor.
* Outward ugliness is a warning of a vile spirit.

Cut dialogue, possibly to be used after defeating Godrick:

* I am son of Godrick, unquestionably.
* Could you give that crown to me?

Merchant Kalé

Kalé has several lines of dialogue relating to a cut quest in which he would travel the Lands Between in search of the Great Caravan, and eventually lead the player to the Three Fingers.

* Ah, by the way...
* Have you heard of the Great Caravan?
* ...I see, more's the pity.
* Well, even we had a place to call home, once.
* The Great Caravan, they called it, but it's been lost to us for ages.
* I've been searching for it as long as I can remember.
* And with a name like that,
* You'd hope they kept some fine goods there, eh.

Upon defeating Godrick, Kalé would relocate to Liurnia:

* I suppose I shouldn't keep this from you.
* I'm thinking of moving elsewhere for a time.
* My people are wanderers all, which I won't deny is one reason...
* But I've done all I can here, in search of the Great Caravan.

After meeting him in Liurnia, he would ask the player to retrieve a letter for him:

* We meet again, I see.
* It's me, Kalé.
* Thought I'd set up shop here for a time.
* Right then. Care to purchase anything?

* Have you seen a crow around here by any chance?
* You know, a burial crow, with a letter fastened to its claw?
* Well, if you do set eyes upon it, I'll buy that letter from you, no question.
* I'd give you a generous sum for it, of course.

Upon receiving the letter:

* My thanks. I've been wanting to get my hands on this.
* And I was willing to pay whatever was needed. Your reward, as promised.

* So, about the letter you brought me...
* It's just as I suspected, it features a cryptogram of my people.
* And I'm sure it's come from wherever the Great Caravan disappeared to.
* This could be my chance to get close to it.
* Thanks to you.

* Once I decipher that cryptogram, I'll be packing up shop again.
* Don't worry, I'll leave a sign that shows where I've gone.
* With any luck, I'll see you there, eh.
* I've always preferred my own company, to that of other people's...
* And I don't have any burning questions I wish to ask my ancestors...
* But there's something I need to know.
* My roots.
* I want to know who I am. Where I came from. Where I'm headed.

Kalé would then relocate to Leyndell:

* Ah, good to see you.
* I knew leaving the sign would be worth the trouble.
* Thought I'd set up shop here for a time.
* A pleasure, as ever. Care to purchase anything?

* Oh yes, about the cryptogram from the letter...
* I think it's pointing here, underneath the capital.
* But I'm perplexed as to the path to take down there.
* Well, the journey can wait, I suppose.
* I'll settle here for the time being, and start looking into it.

Upon receiving the second Burial Crow's Letter:

* Where...did you find this letter?
* I can't imagine how it ended up there...
* But the well might just lead under the capital.
* To the spot indicated by the cryptogram from the letter.
* Seems like an odd place for the Great Caravan...
* But no amount of thinking will change anything. I'll be heading straight there, after some preparation.
* Once again, I find myself in your debt.
* Take this, as a token of my appreciation.
* It's not from my usual stock, but something rather more special.
* I hope you can join me at the Great Caravan, in fact.
* Who knows what wonders there might be to trade?

The player could then find Kalé in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds:

* Ah, you, is it...
* Did you see? What they did to my ancestors?
* The whole clan, buried alive. Sick. Maddened. Husks of themselves.
* Have you heard their moans? They're hardly human anymore.
* They think we worship the Three Fingers? That we called the maddening sickness down upon them?
* Well. If that's what they expect from us, then that's what they shall get from us!
* The world of grace and its people should have been content to see us sink between the cracks.
* But to have intruded upon our solace... Having broken us upon their whims...
* I'll never forgive any of you.

* I'm sorry, but we won't be trading any longer.
* And...I think it's time we parted ways.
* Guided by grace, you seek to become Elden Lord.
* I don't want anything to do with you Tarnished lot any more.

* I should apologise to you.
* It's my fault that we stumbled into this mess.
* I'm sorry.

* I'm sorry, but we won't be trading any longer.
* I think it's time we parted ways.

Kalé also has special dialogue if the player inherited the Flame of Frenzy:

* Wait, what's that?
* That burn...
* Your eyes...
* You've inherited the flame of frenzy!
* Oh, that's it... That's what I need...
* To melt away the curses, suffering, and despair. And the Order, entire.
* The yellow flame of chaos...

* O Three Fingers, throw wide the door.
* Please, bestow unto me the yellow flame of chaos.
* A frenzied flame to melt away the curses, suffering, and despair. And the Order, entire.
* May chaos take the world.

* The frenzied flame...burned me...
* I was not... a suitable home.
* Unknown warrior...
* You, who reached the Three Fingers' abyss...
* Tell the one... Who will become Lord...
* Divest yourself of everything, and head to the door.
* Divest yourself of everything...
* And pray to the Lord...
* To melt away the curses, suffering, and despair. And the Order, entire.
* May chaos...take the world.
* ...

* The frenzied flame...burned me...
* I was not... a suitable home.
* Dear Lord, Lord of Chaos...
* Melt away the curses, suffering, and despair. And the Order, entire.
* May chaos...take the world.
* ...

Mohg's full countdown

To do: yes

Unused voice lines indicate that Mohg was apparently going to count down from "sex" (six), not "tres" (three).

(Source: Stratek)

Unused Enemies

Scarlet Rot Ancestral Follower

A version of the Ancestral Follower enemy infested with Scarlet Rot and with an attack that sprays Scarlet Rot at the player. Originally included in v1.00 and found in the Grand Cloister area, they were replaced with Lesser Kindred of Rot in the first patch.

Unused Items

Image	Name	Game Description	Notes
	Deathbed Smalls	Skirt worn by Fia, the Deathbed Companion.
	Brave's Leather Helm	Battlewear wrapped in thick leather. Garb worn by warriors of the frigid uplands.	Piece of the cut Brave's Set.
	Brave's Cord Circlet	Warrior's headband of woven leather. Garb worn by warriors of the frigid uplands. The small flags, white cloths and sheaves of wheat often found hung from these headbands are prayers of farewell from the people of their home. In bidding farewell to warriors departing on a journey from which they aren't like to return, this small act offers only meager relief.	Alternative headgear for the cut Brave's Set.
	Brave's Battlewear	Battlewear fashioned from leather armor adorned with a large sheet of cloth. Garb worn by warriors of the frigid uplands. The red cloth signifies participation in the Long March long, long ago and this ceremonial garb beseeches the favor of the Warrior King who led them.	Piece of the cut Brave's Set.
	Brave's Bracer	Gauntlets wrapped in thick leather. Garb worn by warriors of the frigid uplands. Has a fur lining which excels at keeping the cold at bay.	Piece of the cut Brave's Set.
	Brave's Legwraps	Greaves wrapped in thick leather. Garb worn by warriors of the frigid uplands. Has a fur lining which excels at keeping the cold at bay.	Piece of the cut Brave's Set.
	Millicent's Robe	Robe worn by Millicent the Rotting.	Piece of the cut Millicent's Set.
	Millicent's Tunic	Tunic worn by Millicent the Rotting.	Alternative chest armor for the cut Millicent's Set.
	Millicent's Gloves	Gloves worn by Millicent the Rotting.	Piece of the cut Millicent's Set.
	Golden Prosthetic	Golden prosthetic forged using ancient techniques.	Alternative gauntlets for the cut Millicent's Set.
	Millicent's Boots	Boots worn by Millicent the Rotting.	Piece of the cut Millicent's Set.
	Miranda's Prayer	This statuette depicts a flower that preys on humans, posed in prayer. Uses FP to call down a deluge of light. Miranda, maiden of the Flower Crucible is said to have been the very first of this breed.	Is used by Melina when she is summoned against Morgott, the Omen King. Currently unobtainable in-game.
	Entwining Umbilical Cord	Mysterious circular object that's oddly warped. Changes the demeanour of the wearer's actions.	Cut talisman.