Elden Ring's First Imp Statue Seal Makes New Players Temper Their Curiosity

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Elden Ring is an open world game, and as such, it features exploration in abundance. With more locations to adventure to than past From Software games, it was only fitting for the Japanese game developer to give new players a taste of what's to come even before they properly set foot in The Lands Between.

Right before Elden Ring players open those big doors to The Lands Between, they get to rest at the Stranded Graveyard site of grace. To the right of the checkpoint is a white fog wall with an imp statue beside it. This fog wall can only be broken by two Stonesword Keys — a relatively rare item found in the world.

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Now, most players would usually skip this impassable wall, but for those who have the tenacity to find two Stonesword keys during their later Elden Ring adventures (or picked a pair of Stonesword keys as their starting gift), this fog wall is just begging to be explored. This leads them to Fringefolk Hero's Grave — a gauntlet of pain and misery which can cause players to quit or take the adventure as a lesson in curiosity.

Upon breaking the fog wall, players have to first climb down into a pool of poison which introduces them to detrimental status effects. Spend too long in the poison pool and a poison meter builds up, which eventually leads the player to start losing health. This isn't too bad to circumvent, as with some careful positioning on some jars and taking extra care not to roll in the poison, players will be able to easy pass this first hurdle.

However, that's just the first part. Beyond the poison is the dungeon's most notorious trap — a stone chariot that constantly follows the player. Adventurers have to time their runs and dive into cubbyholes on the