The Middle Lands of Elden Ring are very large and hide many secrets. It takes many hours, patience and skill to obtain all the objects and reveal all the mysteries. Although it was released more than a year ago, many players continue to explore in search of surprises. More after the launch of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC with its Shadowlands.
User u/Expert_Perception_72 on Reddit was one of those explorers who roamed the Middle Lands in search of new objects. His most notable story gave a lot to talk about: he found a sword that he thought was strange after 800 hours of playing. However, she wasn’t so rare to deserve that many hours… she just had the worst of luck.
“Over 800 hours since launch, first time seeing this weapon,” he titled the post. The sword in question is called Grossmesser, a scimitar or curved sword that can only be obtained by killing enemies in the Tombsward Catacombs (location in the link), catacombs located south of Limgrave or Necrolimbo.
Image by u/Expert_Perception_72
Some players commented that they had never heard of it, while others noted that it wasn’t that strange. And they were right! Although aesthetically it looks pretty, its initial stats are nothing to write home about… although it seems to scale very well. So why did it take him so long to find her?
“I swear, since DS3 (Dark Souls 3) the drop rate is ridiculous.” Drop Rate is the rate at which objects fall or the probability that an object will touch you. This case reopened a debate (in comments) that extends to this day: the probability of many objects falling in games of FromSoftware is too low… to the point that a sword considered normal would take so long to fall to this player.
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