Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is kicking players' butts, but an optional dungeon called the Fog Rift Catacombs is causing a special kind of despair. After spending some time trapped in this place, I can understand why - this dungeon is simultaneously the best, worst, and funniest thing FromSoftware has ever done.
Naturally, this post will include spoilers for this one dungeon. Once you head across the big bridge that leads away from the DLC's starting area, the map might draw your eye north toward a path that appears to head toward a new Shadow of the Erdtree map fragment to collect. This is FromSoft's first trick. After making it past a fort with piles of enemies raining literal fire upon you and surviving a foggy valley filled with stealthy little gremlins trying to stab you in the back, you'll start to see messages from other players to the effect of "no map ahead, all the more tears."
