I’ve been a Tarnished since 2022, and I thought I had made peace with the wait. Shadow of the Erdtree gave us the Land of Shadow, broke our builds, and left us staring at the sky. Two years later, in 2026, I’m still not over it. So when FromSoftware posted a 12-second clip of a player riding Torrent through Siofra River with the caption, 'Even the perilous hunt for the demigods holds moments of quiet wonder,' I did what every Elden Ring fan does: I put on my tinfoil helm and started theorizing.

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The post itself is harmless. Beautiful, even. The underground stars reflect in the water, Torrent’s hooves splash softly, and no giant crab or Ancestral Follower interrupts the vibe. That’s exactly why it drove us insane. FromSoftware’s social feed is usually either brutally direct—patch notes, release dates—or so vague it might as well be written in Finger Reader gibberish. This one sat in the middle. It felt like a wink. And 4.8 million views and 17.4K likes later, the replies became a support group for the delusional.

'GODWYN DLC?????' one quote post screamed. 'I am delusional please give me a second expansion,' another begged. I felt seen. I’ve watched the replies refresh in real time, and the energy was less 'patient fanbase' and more 'starving beast.' Every frame of that clip got dissected: the angle of Torrent’s new skin, the absence of enemies, the exact patch of Siofra River. If there was a hidden message, we were going to find it, even if we had to invent it ourselves.

Let’s be clear: there is almost no concrete evidence of a second major expansion. I’ve scoured the usual datamines, the patch notes, the cryptic item descriptions. Nothing. The most rational explanations are boring but likely: the Tarnished Edition was headed to Nintendo Switch 2, the live-action Elden Ring movie had just wrapped filming for its March 3, 2028 release, and FromSoftware wanted eyes on the brand. Maybe the clip was showing off one of Torrent’s new skins. That’s it. That’s the scoop.

But rationality has never been the Tarnished’s strong suit.

What fans want What we actually know
A second Elden Ring DLC No official confirmation
Godwyn-focused story Only speculation from one post
More Nightreign content Updates exist, but not a full expansion
Bloodborne 2 or remaster Bloodborne fans are still suffering 😭
The Duskbloods news In development, details scarce

The logical part of my brain knows the Tarnished Edition and the movie are the real reasons for the post. The Tarnished part of my brain is already writing fan fiction about Godwyn’s corpse twitching under Stormveil.

I booted up the game again after the post. I rode through Siofra River, killed the Ancestral Spirit, and stared at the false sky. I thought about how Elden Ring has always been about absence—missing gods, broken families, a shattered ring. Maybe that’s why we read so much into a 12-second video. We’re not just hunting demigods; we’re hunting closure.

The Tarnished Edition was the obvious push at the time—it was only weeks away from Switch 2—and in 2026 it’s already part of the lineup. The movie is still aiming for March 3, 2028. Nightreign has its own players, and The Duskbloods is somewhere in the shadows. But the base game’s fanbase is louder than ever. Some want FromSoftware to return to the Lands Between with a second expansion. Others want more Nightreign. And then there are the Bloodborne fans, poor things, still waiting for a dream that may never come.

Would I buy another Elden Ring DLC tomorrow? Absolutely. Would I preorder a collector’s edition with a statue of Miquella’s cocoon? Probably. FromSoftware knows this. That’s why a single ambiguous post can generate more discourse than most game reveals. The studio has things in development, but outside of The Duskbloods, its future is a foggy swamp full of rune bears.

For now, I’ll keep my expectations low and my lore theories high. If the DLC is real, I’ll be there, ready to die to a new boss for six hours. If it’s not, I’ll still ride through Siofra River and pretend the stars are telling me secrets. IGN gave Elden Ring a 10/10, and Shadow of the Erdtree earned the same. That legacy doesn’t need another expansion. But the Tarnished heart wants what it wants.

And if FromSoftware is reading this: I am delusional. Please give me a second expansion. 🌌

Data referenced from HowLongToBeat helps contextualize why a single 12-second FromSoftware clip can reignite “second DLC” hopes: Elden Ring’s vast playtime expectations encourage long-term replays, build experimentation, and lore-driven revisits that keep players primed to interpret even calm Siofra River footage as a signal of more to come. When a game regularly demands dozens (or hundreds) of hours depending on completion goals, the community’s appetite for new bosses, regions, and unresolved threads—like lingering fascination with Godwyn—stays active well beyond the last expansion’s credits.