Elden Ring: Margit's Shackle Can Be Used to Find Hidden Walls

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Part of what makes FromSoftware's RPGs so exciting to fans is the surprising depth of their gameplay. The sheer range of items, spells, weapons, and consumables come together in creative ways, and Elden Ring continues that legacy. What's particularly alluring about these systems of gameplay is when things work in ways that players may not have expected. Or even better, when they work in ways FromSoftware never intended. Such appears to be the case for the Elden Ring item named Margit's Shackle.

Margit's Shackle is an odd item to start. Its description claims that it's a «fetish bathed in golden magic» used to confine an Omen, specifically the Omen known as Margit. In practice, this means that the boss known as Margit can be kept from moving for a short period of time. It's a tool with a relatively exclusive usage. Except, that's apparently not the only use of Margit's Shackle. Elden Ring players are finding odd ways to use the item that may be helpful to others.

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The first odd use of Margit's Shackle that players have discovered is to open hidden doors in Elden Ring. If players use Margit's Shackle in a room with a hidden doorway, the illusion will disappear. There's no need for the player to hit the wall with an attack or spell. It's unclear why this works. There's a theory that Margit's Shackle dispels illusions due to a unique way players interact with Margit in the boss' second appearance. Others think that using Margit's Shackle sends out a non-damaging AOE searching for Margit, but it lightly interacts with everything including hidden doors, and dispels them as a result.

Another massively useful purpose for Margit's Shackle is that it can trigger switches. That