Elden Ring: Blessing of Despair Ending Explained
As Elden Ring's launch grows further away, more players are finishing their playthroughs and additional runs. Some understanding has been reached regarding the spread-out story and gameplay of FromSoftware's new open-world title, and discoveries are still being made. Everything contributes to the fantastical world Elden Ring presents, and players have freedom like never before to explore and influence it. Every Tarnished’s journey will be at least a little different, and sometimes it may feel like one player has opted into a different game than another.
One of the most sweeping ways of changing the experience is the game's various side quests. Elden Ring offers several quests that span many hours of game time, and even more kilometers of the Lands Between. Players will stumble across White-Faced Varre almost immediately, and can find plenty more NPCs throughout Limgrave. Even more of them appear once the player unlocks the Roundtable Hold, and several are dotted throughout the rest of the Lands. A number of these point towards specific endings that align with their interests. These are varied in requirement and outcome, but the darkest of these may belong to the loathsome Dung Eater.
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The Blessing of Despair ending is one of the variant Elden Lord endings, meaning it requires a special Mending Rune. This one needs the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse, which is obtained by completing the Dung Eater’s associated questline. It will take some time before he shows up in the Roundtable Hold, but he does so suddenly. The Dung Eater is found sitting in a side room as a non-hostile red phantom, already an unnerving sight for Souls veterans. Speaking with the Dung Eater quickly reveals an obsession
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