Fans were thrilled earlier this month when a surprise DLC announcement was made shortly before the Game Awards. Not only did a trailer for the Colosseum update invigorate the community, but news that it would arrive the next day was an early New Year’s blessing. Tarnished poured into the newly opened Colosseums that dotted the Lands Between, and there have been some incredible displays of skill by Elden Ring players since. However, as is tradition with FromSoftware’s patches, new content meant new bugs for players to inevitably discover and exploit, including one that allowed crouch poke attacks to be performed impossibly fast. Although likely unrelated to the recent patch, one Elden Ring player practicing for PvP caused a peculiar interaction with the corpse of an enemy.
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A Reddit post by HeroesBane captured the moment with perfect comedic timing. The video begins with the player becoming more accustomed to their weapons, practicing for their “upcoming Phantomblade PvP build.” Equipped with a Cross-Naginata, they aim to use the Unseen Blade sorcery to make their Spear virtually invisible. After getting a feel for the one-handed light attack moveset, the player launches a few Spectral Lances from the same Site of Grace where Tarnished are gifted Torrent.
In the process of firing the Ash of War, the player hits a Solider of Godrick guarding a stationary carriage. Killed with a single strike, the player then looks away and turns back to see the same Soldier of Godrick, now a corpse, flying through the air. The player stops when they notice and tilts their camera up to admire the trajectory, watching the ragdoll land within a collection of flowers just in front of them.
Comments praised the camera work which made it all the more hilarious, joking that the Soldier was terrified by a ghostly spear. Others likened the sight to a common occurrence in Elder Scrolls titles, notorious for NPCs deciding to take to the skies for no apparent reason. Although the Spear was what defeated the enemy, it likely had nothing to do with them subsequently going airborne and can be assumed to be an unintended consequence of how Elden Ring handles NPC corpses that are out of sight.
Elden Ring is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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