Elden Ring’s Nightreign Duo Expeditions Launch This Week with Long-Awaited Quality of Life Updates

Man, so get this—FromSoftware just finally gave us a date for Duo Expeditions in Elden Ring Nightreign. Yeah, they call it that, but it’s just some fancy way to say, “Hey, you can play with a buddy now.” You know how you could do solo stuff right after the game came out? But for whatever reason, teaming up was only a trio kinda thing until now. Weird, right? Anyway, or wait, was I on something else? Oh yeah, so it took a bit, but two-player co-op is finally coming in the game’s next big update, or something.

So, we’re talking Nightreign patch 1.02 hitting us this Wednesday, July 30. Duo Expeditions is the big deal here, but, surprise surprise, there’s a bit more coming. Some quality of life stuff—whatever that means. The devs even let slip a little secret about it: Relic filtering. Like, they’re gonna give us more options or something so we don’t get lost in that mountain of useless stuff we’ve been picking up. I always seem to have this knack for collecting junk. Don’t ask why.

And here’s the kicker: Nightreign has crossed that 5 million units sold line. Makes you wonder how many of those players are like, “Finally, I can drag my friend into this chaos!” right?

The timing of this whole thing is pretty wild too. It’s coming out just a day before the next Everdark Sovereign cycle kicks in. These cycles bring souped-up baddies like Nightlords Tricephalos, whoever that is, and others with names too grand to spell on the first try.

In the past weeks, we’ve seen the Everdark versions of other bosses—Gaping Jaws (sounds scary, right?), Darkdrift Knight, and some sentient pest thing. Honestly, if you blinked and missed it, there’s a guide for all those map events and goodies floating around.

Anyway, wait—where was I? But yeah, more chaotic fun ahead!