FromSoftware has unveiled a fresh Elden Ring Nightreign trailer that finally puts the spotlight on the Undertaker, a towering new heroine arriving alongside The Forsaken Hollows DLC on December 4, 2025. The timing could not be more strategic. For months, Nightreign players have voiced frustration about the lack of meaningful post-launch content, and this expansion is framed as the studio’s answer: two new playable characters, a pair of fearsome bosses, and a mysterious new sub-area in Limveld that quite literally tears open the world.
The star of the new trailer is the Undertaker, a warrior built around raw physical strength and unwavering faith. 
Rather than just being another heavy-hitting bruiser, she is presented as a holy executioner, someone who blends conviction and brutality in equal measure. Her design leans into religious iconography and funeral motifs, while her combat style revolves around swinging a brutal, oversized weapon with a sense of inevitability. The footage shows her winding up colossal strikes, chaining heavy combos, and shrugging off counterattacks in a way that signals she is made for players who like to stand their ground rather than dance around the battlefield.
The standout moment in the trailer is a dramatic airborne charge. The Undertaker launches herself into the air before rocketing forward like a divine projectile, cleaving through enemy lines and crashing into larger bosses with such force that they stagger on impact. It is the kind of move that instantly redefines the flow of a fight, letting aggressive players close gaps, punish slow animations, and turn defense into offense. For a game that thrives on high-risk, high-reward playstyles, the Undertaker looks like a deliberate answer to fans who wanted a more explosive, frontline-focused hero.
FromSoftware describes her as a character of immense strength and faith, someone who lets her belief become a weapon that purges the darkness festering in Limveld. In practical terms, that suggests a hybrid approach where faith-scaling abilities and heavy melee might finally share the same spotlight. Players who struggled to find a satisfying middle ground between pure magic and pure muscle in Nightreign’s original roster may see the Undertaker as the long-awaited bridge between those archetypes. Thematically, she also fits neatly into Nightreign’s obsession with decay, corruption, and the thin line between sanctity and fanaticism.
The Forsaken Hollows does not stop at one new protagonist, however. The expansion also introduces the Scholar, a second playable character designed as a clear counterpoint to the Undertaker’s hulking presence. While the trailer focuses more on the Undertaker’s bombastic moveset, the Scholar is framed as the more cerebral option, a figure who approaches Limveld’s horrors with knowledge rather than brute force. FromSoftware is keeping details light, but the existence of a Scholar archetype hints at a playstyle that leans into timing, positioning, and deliberate skill usage, appealing to players who prefer to out-think enemies rather than overpower them.
Beyond the heroes themselves, The Forsaken Hollows adds two new bosses and a major environmental addition: the Great Hollow. This gaping wound in Limveld is not advertised as a full new world map, but rather as a layered sub-area carved into the existing region. That nuance matters. Instead of a completely separate realm, players can expect the Great Hollow to feel like a dense pocket of danger threaded into familiar territories, an extension that rewards returning explorers with new secrets, shortcuts, and ambushes. If FromSoftware delivers its usual hallmarks of vertical level design, hidden paths, and brutal enemy placements, the Great Hollow could punch above its size in terms of impact.
Still, the scope of the DLC has become a talking point. The Forsaken Hollows arrives as a paid expansion priced at 15 USD for those who did not purchase the deluxe edition of Elden Ring Nightreign. On paper, two playable characters, two bosses, and a new sub-area represent a solid mid-sized content drop. In practice, expectations are complicated by how long Nightreign has gone without major additions. Many players imagined something closer to a full expansion or a sequence of smaller updates spread across the year, not a single concentrated burst of content arriving months later.
That tension is already visible in community discussions. There will always be a segment of the player base that devours new content in a matter of days, and Nightreign is no exception. Some fans have already joked that they can see the future Steam reviews: players with dozens of hours logged will blitz through The Forsaken Hollows in a weekend, declare that there was not enough to do, and mark the DLC down accordingly. It is an old pattern in live-service and live-adjacent games, but it is particularly sharp here because Nightreign launched to impressive commercial success in 2025 and then went conspicuously quiet.
For FromSoftware, the Undertaker and the rest of The Forsaken Hollows represent more than a flashy trailer moment; they are a test of how much gas is left in Nightreign’s tank. If the studio wants the game to maintain its momentum rather than slide into cult-favorite status, this expansion will likely need to be the first step in a more consistent support strategy, not a one-off gesture. Players will be watching to see whether the new characters receive ongoing tuning and build support, whether the Great Hollow connects to future content, and whether the world of Limveld continues to evolve beyond this DLC.
For now, though, The Forsaken Hollows is at least putting something concrete on the table: a ferocious new heroine who dives from the sky like a holy missile, a contrasting Scholar archetype, fresh bosses to learn and overcome, and a new scar in Limveld to explore. Whether that is enough to win back lapsed players or satisfy the most dedicated veterans remains to be seen, but one thing is clear after the latest trailer: the Undertaker is stepping into Nightreign not as a background addition, but as the new face of its fight against the encroaching dark.