Elden Ring Nightreign’s duos mode is coming next week

Nightfarers will be able to explore Limveld as a duo — intentionally, that is — in Elden Ring Nightreign starting July 30, developer FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco announced Friday. Patch 1.02 for Elden Ring Nightreign will add Duo Expeditions, offering an alternative to solo play and three-player expeditions.

Patch 1.02 will also include various quality-of-life UI improvements, including more Relics filtering options, Bandai Namco said.

The option to play as a pair in Elden Ring Nightreign was “overlooked during development” by the game’s developers, game director Junya Ishizaki said earlier this year. Ishizaki explained before the game’s launch that FromSoft “set out to make this a multiplayer co-op game for three players, balanced for three players, so that was the main focus and it’s at the core of Nightreign.” Solo play was also considered, of course, Ishizaki said, but the Elden Ring studio reacted quickly to feedback about two-player play, saying they were considering duos as a post-launch update.

Elden Ring Nightreign launched on May 30 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The game adapts battle royale-style game rules, putting players onto a dangerous, ever-changing map that shrinks over time and forces Nightfarers to battle tough bosses. Nightreign has clearly resonated with Elden Ring fans, selling more than 5 million copies since launch, Bandai Namco announced Thursday.