Where does Elden Ring take place? It’s a great question considering FromSoftware titles share very similar game mechanics and a ‘Dark Fantasy’ aesthetic.
Elden Ring FAQ: Every Guide You’ll Need
Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like the worlds of Bloodborne, Sekiro, Dark Souls, and more are related or share an in-game universe. Well, FromSoftware has never confirmed anything anyway.

Just Easter Eggs? – Where Does Elden Ring Take Place?
In the run-up to Elden Rings release, there was a gameplay leak that can confirm the existence of a certain spell in Elden Ring that was also in Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls titles. The presence of Homing Soulmass could very well be evidence of a unified in-game world or universe throughout FromSoftware’s library.
FromSoftware is actually a huge fan of including easter eggs in its games. For example, the Moonlight Greatsword has appeared in multiple titles with its first appearance in King’s Field, an original PlayStation title released in December 1994.
Elden Ring’s director and creator Hidetaka Miyazaki confirmed to IGN in an interview that whilst both it and Dark Souls belong to the same genre, they are not one and the same. Sorry Soulsborne fans, it doesn’t look like we’ll get a connected universe anytime soon.

The Lands Between – Where Does Elden Ring Take Place?
The setting for Elden Ring is a continent in an unknown world called the Lands Between, but between what? Unfortunately, this isn’t explored in the narrative that is co-created by George R.R. Martin, yet another piece of unfinished work in his library perhaps? Once protected by the Elden Ring and living off the fruit of the Erdtree, life isn’t a natural occurrence in the Lands Between.
The Elden Ring was made to imprison death, making Queen Marika, the Elden Lord Godwyn the Golden and their children, known as Demigods, immortal. Thanks to some helpful Assassins stealing the Rune of Death to kill the Elden Lord, the Elden Ring was shattered, of which pieces were kept safe by the Demigods.
Unfortunately, the energy from the broken Elden Ring mutated their minds causing them to go to war. These pieces of Elden Ring are known as the Great Runes.
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