Many players who played Elden Ring were unaware that there was even a teaching zone in the game. Unlike previous Souls games, this region, which teaches the controls and mechanics of the game, did not appear linearly at the beginning of the game, so you had to jump down a hole into the Cave of Knowledge and play those parts.
Yesterday’s patch of 1.04 added a warning screen to the game that notified players of this teaching region, in addition to many improvements and innovations.
Now, when you start a new game, you are informed about Cave of Knowledge on the loading screen.
That hole was always there, but it was common for a player who had just started the game to jump into that hole and move on, saying “if I fall down here, I’ll probably die.” There were even messages on Reddit, such as “I learned something new today, there’s a teaching part in the game.”
This change will help new players who will start the game from now on, but for the first time I invite you to a minute’s silence for players who have been tormented by playing soulslike and not finding the teaching part:)
