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Since Elden Ring Nightreign, the online multiplayer spinoff of 2022’s Elden Ring, launched in May, its developer has ramped up the difficulty. Now, Nightreign is about to get even more challenging.
A new “high-difficulty challenge mode” called Deep of Night is set to launch on Sept. 11, according to a post from publisher Bandai Namco. Players who take on the challenge will be rewarded with new relics and the self-satisfaction of taking on another challenge put forth by developer FromSoftware.
The new mode will launch on Sept. 11 for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X and S.
Bandai Namco did not state any price for the update, which means it will likely be free like the duos mode and Everdark bosses updates.
Bandai Namco says the new mode will be more difficult in various ways. To start, enemies will be tougher than usual. How tough remains to be seen, as they start off very weak at the beginning of the run, and slowly ramp up as players progress.
In regular runs, the players decide which Nightlord, or final boss, they face. In Deep of Night, players won’t know until they reach the end. In regular runs, players can select what terrain the map will take, which helps strategize how a run could go, but that won’t be an option in Deep of Night.
The biggest difference in Deep of Night runs is how they’ll be split into Depths. Normal Nightreign runs take place across three days; the first two days take about 15 minutes each, with a night boss to defeat, and the third day is just the final Nightlord.
According to the post, Deep of Night will have five Depths, each tougher than the other. Depths 4 and 5 will also have an endless battle, which raises the question of how “endless” these battles will be.
Players can allegedly earn Depths Relics only on Deep of Night runs. In Nightreign, relics are equippable power-ups that characters can use to improve a certain stat, provide a certain item at the start of the run or add an extra effect to a special attack. These Depths Relics could also have a detrimental effect on them that could debuff a certain stat or special effect. The relics earned can then be used for later runs.
There will also be more weapons available on Deep of Night runs. These weapons could be more powerful than those found in regular runs, but they will also come with a debuff. Unlike relics, weapons do not carry over to other runs.
