The Collector's Edition of Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree comes with 18 inches of impalement.

The edition, priced at £224.99, includes the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, the soundtrack, a hardcover art book, and a statue of new nemesis Messmer the Impaler that's 18 inches tall.

Notably, this edition does not actually include the original game, unlike other versions.

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Bandai Namco shared a short video of the statue on social media, giving us a fresh look at Messmer up close.

The bright scarlet of his cloak certainly stands out, swirling around the figure with a long snake. His lengthy staff accounts for most of the 18 inches.

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Despite his size, though, Messmer the Impaler is shorter than other statues. 19 inches of Venom amusingly kicked off this latest trend, while Square Enix released a 19 inch statue of Sephiroth along with Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

Shadow of the Erdtree will be FromSoftware's biggest expansion to date and features a developed approach to field design that blurs the boundaries between open areas and dungeons.

The DLC announcement came with a new messmer-ising trailer (see above) that we analysed in full to find out more about the Impaler.