Elden Ring will feature structures called Watchtowers that will aid players in exploring The Lands Between, From Software confirmed.
Speaking with Indonesian website Jagatplay, as reported and translated by eXputer, From Software’s Yasuhiro Kitao confirmed that these Watchtowers will help players discover smaller dungeons that are easy to miss, marking them on the map. Similar features are included in pretty much every modern open-world game, so it will be interesting to see how From Software will tweak it for their upcoming title.
Speaking about the Legacy Dungeons in Elden Ring, Yasuhiro Kitao also confirmed that there won’t be any level requirement, but some of them can only be accessed once a specific item has been found.
Yasuhiro Kitao also touched upon a variety of other topics, including how Elden Ring will make it easier for newcomers to learn the mechanics. The game will feature tutorials in the vein of those seen in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and it will be possible to read these tutorials again via item descriptions.
Elden Ring launches on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox One on January 21st, 2022
The only thing we regret about Sekiro is the absence of a feature to re-access these tutorials after they appear as a pop-up. At Elden Ring, we’re going to summarize this tutorial into items that gamers can access so they can reread it whenever they want.
