Elden Ring players often come across strange occurrences in the game, like a player who has found a tiny detail about Malenia's shoes. The FromSoftware action RPG is chock-full of dangerous bosses, and Malenia, Blade of Miquella, is arguably the pack leader. Malenia possesses a diverse collection of ranged, close combat, and special attacks that make her one of the most challenging bosses in Elden Ring. As a result, thousands of players spend countless hours trying to defeat her.
Meanwhile, other legendary Elden Ring players like Let Me Solo Her have defeated Malenia more than 2,000 times. This shows the wide disparity in the skill level of Elden Ring players. Regardless, despite being one of the hardest to beat, Malenia remains one of the most famous bosses of Elden Ring. Her millions of fans regularly come up with amazing artwork to appreciate her, while some people look for minute intricacies in the character and her background. Reddit user -MAC_ is one such gamer who discovered something unusual when they had a closer look at Malenia.
-MAC_ uploaded an image on the social media platform that looks like a close-up of Malenia's leg armor. This item is part of Malenia's Set and is called Malenia's Greaves. Greaves are a crucial component of armor that protects a fighter's lower body, particularly the shins. However, Malenia's protective gear has an unusual feature as it has sections for each toe. The image clearly shows these toe divisions that are not present in many other famous Elden Ring armor sets.
Most people were surprised to see this anomaly in Malenia's Greaves, as seen by their intriguing comments. Some users joked about the unusual length of toes in the boots and compared Malenia's toes to fingers. Meanwhile, others discussed the different characteristics of the shoes and compared them to other protective boots in Elden Ring. One highly informed user pointed out that these boots shouldn't be called "Greaves" as the original greaves used in the ancient world covered only the shins and not the feet. The same user pointed out the feet were protected by another piece of equipment called sabatons.
Malenia's boots seem to be a unique combination of medieval greaves and sabatons, providing the benefits of both while being a single object. Players can purchase Malenia's Greaves and other pieces of Malenia's armor from Enia at the Roundtable Hold. However, gamers must defeat Malenia to get their hands on her armor.
Elden Ring is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.