How Long is Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree?
The long-awaited DLC for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is finally almost here. For the past few weeks, several IGN staffers have taken up the sword to conquer FromSoftware’s latest trial and we’ve all come out the other side changed forever. The DLC is truly massive, the bosses are really freaking hard, and the secrets are numerous.
That said, we’ve come together to share how long it’s taken us to beat the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
Our fastest players finished the DLC in around 25 hours.
Our “slowest” players finished the DLC in around 32 hours.
Given the open nature of Elden Ring, it’s very easy to get sidetracked while exploring the massive new world, plus some bosses could take literal hours to beat. Therefore playtimes will surely vary. If you finish the DLC come back and submit your time in How Long to Beat to see how your time compares.
I’m gonna be honest, between farming smithing stones while not in the Realm of Shadow, power-leveling to try and equip some cool new weapons, and recording footage for work, I didn’t keep a strict clock on how long exactly it took me to beat Shadow of the Erdtree. But my best estimate is that I beat the final boss between 20 and 25 hours in. With that in mind, there’s still tons of secret areas to find and I think I’ve only beaten about the half of the new bosses added to this expansion.
I’m now about 30 hours in and while the end is in sight, there’s still a ton I have to do and see. Each individual’s time will obviously vary wildly based on how many boss attempts have to be repeated and how fast you tend to move on from new areas, but if you want to explore every nook and cranny, especially if you’re not looking up how to get to particular areas, you’ll be searching a long time just to even fill out your map.
Given the nature of FromSoftware games, I’m still playing the DLC to finish up all the various loose ends and odd tasks. But as far as going from the start to beating the final boss, it took me about 32 hours. There’re
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