Never-Before-Seen Elden Ring Deleted Cutscene Reveals More About Miquella’s Story
Dataminers have uncovered a deleted cutscene from Elden Ring that has never been seen publicly before. A previously unknown map file contained the footage, which reveals additional backstory for Miquella — the central villain of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
What Was Found
According to Eurogamer, the discovery came from a new, previously undocumented map file buried in Elden Ring’s data. The file contained a cutscene that was cut from the final game but never previously surfaced in any earlier datamining effort. That makes this find genuinely new — not a resurfacing of known deleted content, but something that had remained hidden in the game’s files for years after launch.
The dataminer responsible for the discovery shared the footage, and the Elden Ring community has since been dissecting it. Eurogamer’s coverage confirmed the cutscene’s authenticity and described its contents as providing additional context for Miquella’s narrative.
What It Reveals About Miquella
Miquella the Kind is one of the most complex figures in Elden Ring’s lore — the twin of Malenia, son of Queen Marika and Radagon, a demigod who sought to create a kindness not bounded by the Erdtree’s grace. In Shadow of the Erdtree, Miquella serves as the driving force behind the DLC’s central conflict, having discarded his flesh, his emotions, and his empathy to pursue a singular divine ambition.
The deleted cutscene, based on Eurogamer’s report, adds texture to this characterisation — specifics that FromSoftware chose not to include in the final release but that survived in the files. FromSoftware consistently excises material that makes its narratives too explicit, preferring players to construct meaning from fragments. The existence of this cutscene confirms that some of that material was created and later removed rather than never written.
What the cutscene shows specifically — whether it depicts Miquella before or during the events of the DLC, and who else appears — has been discussed extensively in the community following the discovery.
The Ongoing Life of Elden Ring’s Data
Elden Ring launched in February 2022 and Shadow of the Erdtree released in June 2024. That the game’s files still contain genuinely undiscovered material in April 2026 is a testament to both the complexity of FromSoftware’s builds and the persistence of the datamining community.
The Elden Ring datamining scene has previously uncovered cut bosses, unused NPC dialogue, removed questlines, and development assets that illuminate how different the game was at various points during its production. This deleted Miquella cutscene joins that catalogue of material that came close to existing in the final game but didn’t. The Elden Ring movie adaptation currently in production will face the challenge of translating this kind of cut narrative complexity for a mainstream audience.
Why This Matters to SEA Players
Elden Ring’s lore community is global and the SEA FromSoftware fanbase is deeply engaged with it. Miquella’s story was the most discussed narrative element of Shadow of the Erdtree — the DLC’s ending in particular generated extensive debate about intention, manipulation, and what constitutes genuine altruism in the Lands Between’s cosmology.
This deleted cutscene adds to that conversation without closing it. That’s very much in keeping with how FromSoftware designs its storytelling: the gaps are part of the meaning. The studio’s commitment to leaving content on the cutting room floor rather than over-explaining is precisely what makes discoveries like this feel significant years after launch.
