Elden Ring Nightreign’s Duos Trailer Playfully Mocks Hardcore Gamers

Man, it’s been ages, but finally, duos mode is hitting Elden Ring Nightreign later this month! Big news, right? Along with some nice quality of life tweaks. I spotted a teaser, and there’s this tiny bit that cracked me up. It’s like FromSoftware is slyly teasing the hardcore Nightreign folks. Literally lasts a few seconds but oh man, it’s enough for them to make their point.

So, around the 34-second mark, there’s this Revenant chilling at an imp statue seal. She gestures her buddy forward, right? Then this Executor struts into view only to—get this—completely fail. The guy tries to use an item, and bam, animation plays, but nothing’s equipped! And then the trailer jumps to the real deal. It’s like a nod to all the clueless moments we all have.

What’s wild is there’s this ‘evergaol meta’ thing going nuts in Nightreign right now. Basically, relics boost your damage every time you nail an Evergaol. And you can stack ‘em! Like, there are eight active Evergaols or something, so with some smart routing, boom, your damage skyrockets. Some relics come with a Stoneword key, but folks also found killer spots to farm these. Outcome? Pretty much every summer game I joined had someone on an Evergaol strategy—or everyone, really.

But eh, on the flip side, Evergaols turned gameplay kinda one-dimensional. People are so over it, even seeing Evergaol wearers makes them yawn. I found this Reddit post weeks ago—loads of upvotes—it said:

“I try attacking first. My evergaol does more. Grease items? Evergaol does more. Stance breaking? Evergaol! Want to play Duchess? Needs Evergaols. Guardian, Recluse? Same deal.”

It sounds like they sucked the joy right outta Nightreign, but oh boy, it’s messier than that. Everyone knows Evergaols are golden, but can’t just slap on relics and expect magic. Some dive into an Evergoal the second they land, without clearing the starter camp. Sure, low-level Evergaols aren’t impossible, but even the baby baddies can wreck someone level one. I tried tackling one fresh off spawn—bad idea—team bombed, teammates bailed. Zero fun.

The funniest bit about Evergaols? That duo clip. Folks are so locked into the meta that they zoom straight to the Evergaol on the map. We all jog over, and guess what? No key in sight. Oh, good grief. Someone eventually steps up and steers us right, but it eats up time. Ugh, I’ve done it. Changed my loadout, forgot it—my bad. Oops.

At least I haven’t stooped to spam-pinging an Evergaol ‘til everyone’s ticked off enough to follow. Classic executioner skit in the trailer nails this perfectly. Props to FromSoftware for knowing their crowd. Those tiny winks are gold.

Spotted this YouTube comment, had me nodding along: “Absolutely love Fromsoft’s bond with their peeps. Tiny stuff like Ironeye shooting the seal for Recluse at 0:29—her spells don’t reach that high—is something only diehards would catch.”

So yeah, that’s the scoop. Here’s to messy adventures and ever-unexpected Evergaol follies!