Elden Ring Nightreign Is Getting New Weapons — But Not with the Forsaken Hollows DLC

Quick heads-up if you were expecting to swing a shiny new blade in Elden Ring Nightreign: The Forsaken Hollows — the DLC is stuffed with new things, but weapons are not one of them. The good news: FromSoftware says more gear is coming down the line.

So where are the new toys?

Chinese outlet GamerSky recently interviewed Junya Ishizaki, the director of Elden Ring Nightreign, and dug into the current meta — specifically why Guardian and Rogue aren’t getting picked as often and what the team plans to do about it. Ishizaki’s answer points to future updates that add gear to smooth out problem matchups.

We are aware of the difficulties players encounter during gameplay. We will try our best to improve this in future updates. We hope to reduce situations where players have no room to maneuver and are forced to give up, such as ranged characters being at a disadvantage in melee combat. We will address this by adding more equipment and weapons.

That’s a translated quote, so the wording matters. He explicitly says 'equipment and weapons,' but it’s possible the intent leans more toward weapons in particular. If 'equipment' really means the broader loadout (and not just blades and bows), there could be tweaks that help specific Nightfarers — but, as always, grain of salt.

What Ishizaki actually said, in plain English

• Guardian and Rogue have lower pick rates, and the team knows the current balance can trap certain playstyles.
• Ranged-focused characters getting forced into bad melee situations is on their radar.
• Future updates will try to fix this by adding more equipment and weapons — not in this DLC, but later.

Yeah, The Forsaken Hollows ships without new weapons

The Forsaken Hollows has been a long time coming and it does bring plenty: a new area to explore, new Nightfarers to try, and fresh enemies to learn (and then curse at). The odd omission is new weapons. If the team already knew they needed more tools to round out builds, you’d think they’d land here — but adding meaningful weapons takes time, and players were already itching to dive into the DLC. So the update path makes sense, even if it’s a little unsatisfying right now.

The balancing tightrope

Live-service balancing is where a lot of games trip over their own feet — it’s a moving target, and ability buffs and nerfs rarely fix everything. FromSoftware generally has a solid track record with balance passes, but they’re still relatively new to running something with ongoing live updates, so expect a few wobbles. The important part is they’re committing to expanding the gear sandbox to give underpicked Nightfarers a reason to shine.

Bottom line

No new weapons in The Forsaken Hollows itself, but FromSoftware plans to add equipment and weapons in future updates to address low pick rates (Guardian, Rogue) and give ranged builds more breathing room. Not the immediate loadout refresh some of us wanted, but the reinforcements are coming — just not today.