Elden Ring Player Killed By Teardrop Scarab

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One Elden Ring player encountered a rather unlucky circumstance as a relatively harmless Teardrop Scarab caused them to die. Elden Ring has over a hundred different enemy types, from the Godrick Soldiers to the Crucible Knights, giving players tons of opportunities to die besides the risk of falling that make up roughly 14% of all Elden Ring player deaths. Players know to be careful around all the enemies of Elden Ring, but when a non-hostile creature is around, players usually don't try to take caution near them. However, what happened to this one player should make those players rethink what they heed caution to.

In Elden Ring, besides the many faunas that are out in the open world of the Lands Between, there is a type of creature known as the Teardrop Scarab. These Teardrop Scarabs drop valuable items upon death, but first players would need to catch them, as they do run away. While there are tricks one may employ in Elden Ring to catch Teardrop Scarabs, there's usually no genuine danger to the player for pursuing these creatures. They can come in many different varieties, from those that run in specific circles for the player to catch, or those that fly in the air for the player to shoot down.

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It was the flying variety that happened to have caused this one Elden Ring player's particular death. Posting to r/Eldenring, user Low-Signal-6596 uploaded a video of them trying to fight the Glintstone Dragon Smarag, a large dragon with many attacks involving flying and their wide-sweeping fire breath. The player was riding on Torrent to catch up to the dragon after they flew away, only for one of the hovering Teardrop Scarabs to drop on them and stagger them, causing