WoW April Fools' Day Patch Notes Include Some Cheeky Elden Ring References

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Blizzard has released fake April Fools' Day patch notes for World of Warcraft patch 2.4, Beyond the End of Infinity: The Final Everything Beginning Forever, and hidden in the sea of jokes are more than a few references to Elden Ring.

The Elden Ring jokes are filed under the Shaman class portion of the patch notes, with Blizzard writing that Shamans can now travel to a new plane of existence between Azeroth and the Elemental planes--the realms «Betwixt.» Traveling to this new realm will put Shamans into a «Blemished» state, where if they die they will lose all their glyphs and have to retrieve them upon death.

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While in the realms Betwixt, all Shaman summons are replaced by a Spirit Jellyfish, while the Shaman's Spirit Wolf form will now be referred to as «dog.» Blizzard notes that the Realms Betwixt are full of mystery, one that fellow Shamans can help each other to uncover by leaving messages that «would never mislead or deceive you in any way.»

Of course, these are all jokes inspired by From Software's critically-acclaimed RPG, riffing on everything from Elden Ring's rune currency to players constantly referring to every animal in Elden Ring as «dog» via the game's messaging system.

While the Elden Ring jokes definitely stand out, there's plenty of other puns to be found in Blizzard's April Fool's Day patch notes. The name of the fake patch itself is in reference to the name of the recently released Eternity's End update.

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