
I'm back in the twisted, blood-stained throes of Elden Ring. Truth be told, I've never really left but with news that its Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is officially landing in June, and the fact that you need to have reached Mogwyn Palace and have defeated Mohg Lord of Blood in order to access it, I've returned with work to do.
In my almost-400 hours roving the Lands Between from pillar to post, I've finished the main storyline a few times at this point. But before the Elden Ring DLC was officially unveiled, the character I'd intended on pushing into the game's first slice of added content had only just entered New Game Plus (a warrior mage-faith build with a penchant for dragon incantations, in case you were wondering), meaning I had Renala, Godfrey, Morgott, and a trip to the Mountaintops Of The Giants, and then the Consecrated Snowfield all ahead of me in order to actually reach the house of Mohg. I'd then need to take him on and, of course, defeat him.