FromSoftware game modder and dataminer Lance McDonald has uncovered a cut non-player character (NPC) questline in Elden Ring.
Spotted by PC Gamer, the NPC was to be located at the Stormhill Shack (formerly known as Scavenger’s Shack), where the player meets NPC Roderika in the final release of the game. However, during the game’s network test late last year, the shack was empty.
McDonald was able to bring back the NPC that was initially intended to live there, someone called Monk Jigo.
According to PC Gamer, Jigo had been “seduced by the good lady alcohol” and requests the player help them in securing the ingredients of the “Dreambrew,” a legendary liquor with magical properties.
McDonald suggests that the Dreambrew was intended to be used by players to unlock additional dialogue with NPCs. For example, he gave a batch of the Dreambrew to Merchant Kalé, which put them to sleep and in turn revealed a set of subtitles that briefly described his nightmare of being tortured by the Frenzied Flame.
