Elden Ring's Most OP Ash Mimic Tear Was Almost Even Cooler
Cut content that has been found in the Elden Ring game files reveals a quest line that would have greatly expanded on the Mimic Tear, one of the most interesting and useful items in the game. The Mimic Tear was incredibly powerful when the game launched, and even after a nerf, it's still one of Elden Ring's best Spirit Ashes. Congealing into a silvery version of the player, the Mimic Tear is the only Spirit Ash needed, especially when it's fully upgraded. Currently players just have to defeat the Mimic Tear in Nokron, Eternal City and find a chest in Night's Sacred Ground in order to acquire the Spirit Ash, but FromSoftware may have originally envisioned an entire quest line leading up to the boss fight.
In the release version of Elden Ring, the Mimic Tear — like much of the game's obtuse narrative — relies on environmental context and item descriptions to convey its circumstances to the player. Underground in the Eternal Cities of Nokron and Nokstella, players encounter an abundance of shape-shifting Silver Tears. The Mimic Tears are described as the results of attempts by the Eternal City to create a lord. Creation of beings is a common theme throughout the game, such as with Elden Ring's two completely different kinds of Albinaurics, but the original concept for the Mimic Tear would have been a much more personal tale.
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The Mimic Tear side quest that was cut would have put a spin on what made it into the game's lore, introducing a Silver Tear that has gained sentience. As seen in a video from Nullrinn on YouTube, players would have encountered a Silver Tear named Asimi that pleads not to be killed, hoping to explore its newfound self-awareness. Asimi offers a
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