Following the release of a patch for Elden Ring Nightreign earlier this month that made the solo play experience considerably easier than it was at launch, developer FromSoftware teased that "enhanced fights against existing Nightlords" were also coming this month (and also confirmed support for Duo Expeditions is coming later). Now, two weeks later, those "enhanced fights" have arrived in a surprise update — and they're not to be underestimated.
Late Wednesday evening, the studio added the fights — dubbed "Everdark Sovereigns" — with the first being a more difficult version of the "Gaping Jaw" Adel, Baron of Night boss. Everdark Sovereign variants of "Sentient Pest" Gnoster, Wisdom of Night and "Darkdrift Knight" Fulghor, Champion of Nightglow were implemented as well; publisher Bandai Namco says tougher versions of every other Nightlord fight (except for the final boss) will come "at a later date."
