Elden Ring Character Transforms into a Monkey

A fan of Elden Ring displays the amusing and slightly unsettling simian-inspired character they made for FromSoftware's popular action-RPG.

One Elden Ring fan decided to play the game as a startlingly lifelike monkey for their most recent playthrough because they were bored with making yet another human character. Since the release of the popular game from FromSoftware, Elden Ring, players have encountered all kinds of unusual player-created characters, but this silly simian is one of the most unusual ones so far.

When Elden Ring was released in early 2022, it immediately became a huge hit with both players and critics thanks to its dark themes, tough-but-fair combat, and endearing NPCs that have come to characterize FromSoftware games. The game has received praise from many gamers for adding new gameplay mechanics and providing players with a vast world to explore, both of which helped to evolve the Soulslike genre that FromSoftware invented. Fans of the game have created a wide range of peculiar and frequently hilarious characters to take on Elden Ring's difficult combat. The game ships with a robust character creator.

The impressive monkey that user Hooplah0 created with Elden Ring's character creator was displayed in a new post on the r/Eldenring subreddit. The appropriately named Monke the armored ape stands amid one of the many sets of decaying ruins in the game and appears surprisingly intimidating. The unique creation's level of detail is undeniably impressive; the finished product resembles a character from Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey rather than a warrior from the Lands Between. Hooplah0 kindly posted a screenshot of the character creator settings they used to create the menacing monkey in an effort to assist other gamers in creating their own in-game animal warriors.

Gamers who commented on the post were amused and impressed by the original character creation, with one comment stating, "This is it. Character creator Elden Ring has reached his peak. Other users seized the chance to goof off by posting quotes from The Planet of the Apes and other media with ape themes. Many commenters praised Hooplah0 for their skillful application of Elden Ring's character-creation tools and expressed amazement that they were able to create an animal character using a toolkit intended to create human protagonists.

The ability of Elden Ring's character creator, which gives players the freedom to play the game in almost any form they can imagine, is impressively demonstrated by this armored ape. And while it's unlikely that the protagonist of the upcoming FromSoftware game will be a simian, perhaps Monke can make an appearance in the Elden Ring DLC.

Elden Ring is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

Source: Reddit, Gamerant