Elden Ring update 1.07 hidden details further hint at PvP arenas

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Elden Ring update 1.07 has been causing quite a stir across the internet, with talk of Elden Ring DLC and features abound in the code for the update. While the open-world game has had nothing of the sort confirmed by developer FromSoftware, new datamined details further point to some sort of Elden Ring arena DLC coming down the line.

There’s been talk of Elden Ring PvP arenas and other colosseum type battle DLC, since the game launched earlier this year, but now more animations and details found in the update 1.07 code seems to suggest that FromSoftware has at least worked on it at some point, even if they don’t end up releasing it.

As noted by Elden Ring dataminer Sekiro Dubi on Twitter, Elden Ring update 1.07 added “four new parameters for four new text banners [like the YOU DIED screen]” to the RPG game. These include “Begin Match”, “You Win”, “Draw” and “You Lose.”

The most popular theory is that the three inaccessible colosseum structures in Elden Ring, found in Caelid, Limgrave. and Leyndell, are all part of some form of PvP experience. Why are they in the game if inaccessible? Without any other support it may have something to do with cut content, but the findings of Sekiro Dubi could point to their use.

Sekiro Dubi also adds that there are some new Colosseum map files, assets, and textures, but that the textures don’t work due to a lack of extra files for them, potentially pointing at a DLC inclusion.

It needs to be noted that, obviously, these DLC plans (if they still exist) could have changed, so PvP gameplay in these locations may not be on the cards, or at least not in the same capacity. Sekiro Dubi also shows two monsters fighting in one of the arenas on their Twitter, saying that “there’s code in the game