Key Takeaways
- An Elden Ring fan stumbled upon two mannequins resembling Bloodborne's Winter Lantern enemies while Christmas shopping.
- The mannequins also resembled Elden Ring's Aging Untouchable, causing thought and anxiety among the players.
- The Elden Ring's DLC contains maintenance for the Winter Lantern Bloodborne enemies, and both these creatures and the Aging Untouchable carry a similar look.
the Elden Ring Fans encounter an unexpected Soulslike boss in the forest, finding Christmas shopping mannequins that resemble Winter Lanterns. These special enemies are known in the 2015 game Born of bloodbut Elden RingUntouchable monsters are similar in appearance to creatures. Some Soulslike fans get so into these dark fantasy titles that they start seeing elements from Lands Between or Yharnam appearing in the real world.
Elden Ring was first released in 2022 and was an instant success, and applies to similar stories Shadow of the Erdtree DLC that launched in June 2024. However, Born of blood It's been almost 10 years without any new DLC, a sequel, or a much-anticipated PC port. Elden Ring is among the soul-like games that keep players busy for months, thanks to its open world and rich story. Therefore, it is understandable why the players are so easily absorbed by their world, that the Christmas season begins like a meeting of enemies.

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Posted by obi-juan-kenobee, photo shared on Elden Ring subreddit showing two mannequins in a store window. Both mannequins had their faces covered by gold and red masks, and this strange headgear made fans' encounters with the two Soulslike bosses even more fictional. Elden RingAging Untouchable has various similarities to Born of bloodThe Lantern in winter, but their most distinctive design detail is the tilting head, which can be used as a Christmas decoration.
Elden RingAncient untouchable creatures also provide callbacks to others Dark Souls boss besides Born of blood enemies, and it's clear that FromSoftware appreciates the prominent bloated faces of both. Soulslike Redditors noted that the bauble mannequins gave them an unexpected glimpse into the Abyssal Woods, and another fan noted the player's move to dodge and avoid the Aging Untouchables, instead of trying to hide and then the Winter Lanterns are in a hurry for a while. Born of blood war.
The untouchable enemy of aging can be found in the Abyssal Woods, a Shadow of the Erdtree a place where Torrent fears, if Born of bloodWinter Lantern completes Nightmare Frontier, Nightmare of Mensis, and Fishing Hamlet. Elden RingThe DLC has more obvious tweaks to the Born of blood creatures, as the harbingers of Aging Untouchable are called Winter-Lantern Flies. Additional trivia suggests that Winter Lanterns are named after a plant that actually exists in Japan, which is used as both a food and a sedative, with a shiny cover named after Chinese paper lanterns.