Literally a giant pot with arms and legs, we’re first introduced to Alexander when the player rescues him from being stuck in a hole in the ground.Īlexander’s affable cadence and jolly laugh seem quite similar to that of the Onion Knights of Catarina, fan-favorite Dark Souls NPCs that feature game-spanning quest lines. One of the highlights of the gameplay preview had to be this delightfully potty NPC by the name of Alexander, the self-proclaimed Iron Fist. (Image credit: Bandai Namco) Alexander the Iron Fist: A curious parallel? The hint for this item is much more vague, simply stating it is “exceedingly rare to find,” indicating that it could drop from stronger enemies, bosses or be found in specific dungeons. One such item is known as Trina’s Lily in the gameplay preview. Some rarer items look to require elusive crafting items to make. This should remove a lot of the guesswork and external research needed to find the items you need to make your preferred suite of items. Thankfully, it seems you might not need a wiki to figure out where to find the crafting items you need, as a brief hint is attached to each item indicating how you can best find them.įor example, a crafting item required to make Bone Knives is Thin Animal Bone, which is “found by hunting beasts” according to the item description.

While crafting got a fairly robust demonstration during the Elden Ring gameplay preview, there were some interesting elements on the crafting UI that we noticed on repeat watches. (Image credit: Bandai Namco) Crafting: No wiki needed?

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