How to complete The Great Hollow event in Elden Ring Nightreign and break the crystal curse

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Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:48:44 +0000

The Great Hollow event in Elden Ring Nightreign introduces the 'crystal curse', reducing players' HP to 50% in certain areas. To remove the curse, players must shatter four glowing blue crystals scattered across the map. After breaking them, players should head to the central broken great crystal to gain a buff that restores full HP and increases art charge rate. This allows for easier exploration of castles and ruins.

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