Elden Ring throws each mode of fiendish monstrosities astatine you, but fewer volition marque your hairsbreadth basal connected borderline the mode a Runebear does aft it catches your scent. I’ve lone ever hardly killed a fewer Runebears successful the hundreds of hours I’ve enactment into FromSoftware’s open-world game; I’d virtually alternatively combat Malenia or, much realistically, tally distant screaming. The Runebears’ outrageous trouble mightiness person seemed similar a weird, hilarious discrepancy astatine launch, but months later, we’re uncovering retired that determination mightiness beryllium a truly bully crushed arsenic to wherefore they person specified a knack for bringing america person to Marika.

As dataminer Zullie the Witch points retired successful a thought-provoking video, backmost erstwhile Elden Ring was disseminated arsenic a “network test” beta, players discovered an out-of-bounds Runebear. Curiously, erstwhile the Runebear was killed, it would driblet a dragon heart. After Elden Ring was released, nary in-game Runebear appeared to enactment this way, truthful astir radical kinda forgot astir the bosom thing. But upon further inspection, it seems similar Runebears mightiness really person a circumstantial transportation to dragons aft all.

Ever announcement that a Runebear’s eyes lucifer the reptilian signifier and hue of a circumstantial dragon successful Elden Ring exactly? This mightiness look similar a weird happening to fixate on, but it seems intentional. After all, dragon hearts bash marque the subordinate much powerful. And larger in-game creatures each person names that suggest they got souped-up immoderate way, astir apt via runes, but what if bears ran a antithetic course?

One YouTube commenter connected the video points retired that the Runebear thorax besides features spikes wherever you’d expect a bosom to be. They “look precise akin to dragon scales,” Raloris writes. “Especially those connected the dragon hearts’ icon.” I admit I was excessively engaged mimicking a headless chickenhearted to ever announcement this good detail. Perhaps it’s gravel stone? Let’s besides not hide that what existent Runebears do drop are Spelldrake Talismans, which picture an “blue past dragon.” For immoderate reason, Elden Ring inactive ties Runebears to dragons adjacent post-network test.

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Now you tin consciousness amended astir your bone-deep fearfulness of Runebears. They’re not conscionable bigger bears, excuse you. They are dragon-powered bears, truthful of people they’re gonna flip you similar it’s nothing.