Dataminer Lance McDonald has uncovered a never-before-seen map file from Elden Ring, showing a deleted cutscene of Miquella planting the Haligtree. The discovery includes unused spoken dialogue lines. McDonald shared the details in a video uploaded on April 4.
Lance McDonald, a notable dataminer, uploaded a video on April 4 revealing a previously unseen map file from Elden Ring. The file depicts a cutscene of Miquella planting the Haligtree, along with details on how the scene was intended to play during early development and testing, according to McDonald. He described it as, 'This is a look at a never-before-seen map file where a cutscene was filmed for Elden Ring, which showed Miquella planting the Haligtree, as well as the process through which, during earlier development and testing, this cutscene was intended to have been played. Finally, the similarly never-before-seen cutscene itself is shown.'