FromSoftware is well-known for including seemingly ineffective objects or locations in its video games to get followers speculating about lore and Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree isn’t any totally different.
However there’s one explicit location that has followers stumped: the Scadutree Chalice.
It is a named location discovered after beating a particular boss, nevertheless it seems to serve no function. What might it’s? Spoilers observe.
The Scadutree Chalice is present in an space behind the Shadow Preserve. Gamers might want to beat Commander Gaius first – he is the armoured boar-riding boss who jogs my memory just a little of that orc in Twilight Princess.
Afterwards, gamers can wander into a brand new space which leads as much as an archway and a precipice overlooking the Scadutree that dominates the skyline. Right here gamers will discover an unlimited unlit stone chalice with 5 fragments scattered round it.
Now, on a primary stage, these fragments are extremely helpful as they’re used to stage the participant’s Shadow Blessing. However discovering 5 in a single place? That is undoubtedly uncommon.
So what’s it for? My first thought was this may be the situation to make use of Messmer’s Kindling, however quickly discovered a use for this elsewhere.
My very own, unfastened idea is that the chalice pertains to the Scadutree fragments. That is apparent contemplating the identify and the actual fact it overlooks the tree. However is that this the place fragments are shaped or their energy distilled? Or have been fragments used right here in some type of ritual, therefore so many being scattered close by?
The merchandise description for the fragments reads: “A splinter of the Scadutree that comprises golden brilliance…It’s mentioned that when the Scadutree crumbles from its core that it’s going to scatter throughout the whole realm of shadow. The individuals of the Erdtree acquire the splinters and use them in prayer.” Is that prayer solely at Websites of Grace, or this chalice too?
Eurogamer’s Katharine Citadel has additionally been investigating, testing out a number of poses or carrying Gaius’ armour, contemplating the close by Albinauric drops his greaves. However to this point, all to no avail.
Gamers on reddit have additionally been speculating, following a publish from XSidsgothemX. They counsel it might relate to the Albinaurics, therefore the shack close by, maybe hinting at how they’re made, or that their blood is required?
“There’s simply no means its ineffective. I am hopeful there is a secret quest we’ve not found that permits interplay with the Scadutree,” one reply reads.
Others have tried lighting the chalice with totally different pots, however with no impact.
One other consumer, Rockerode, suggests the chalice might additionally relate to the Suppression Tower – that is discovered within the first space however serves no function past housing a chest. “I feel between Scadutree chalice, suppression tower, and the trailer exhibiting a scene none of us have unlocked there’s one thing happening right here,” they suggest, maybe linking to some type of quest to carry out a ritual and cleanse the Scadutree. Is there a secret ending someplace but to be discovered?
Or perhaps, simply perhaps, the chalice has no function past these 5 fragments. And that, definitely, is reward sufficient.
Do you’ve any theories on what the Scadutree Chalice is for, or represents?
Scadutree Fragments are integral to the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC as the first methodology of character development. Earlier in the present day, a brand new patch for the sport was launched which re-balances the scaling of their Blessings.