Days before Shadow of the Erdtree, Elden Ring players are still finding new ways to die thanks to this brain-eating snail

There’s just over a week to go now before Elden Ring‘s highly anticipated DLC expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, is here, and many brave Tarnished have been diving back into the Lands Between to get themselves prepared for their next adventure. Doing so has brought with it surprising discoveries for some, including the fact that the weak Lesser Spirit-Caller Snail enemies are hiding a seriously deadly grab attack.

The snails in question can be found in a handful of areas around Elden Ring’s map, including Miquella’s Haligtree and the Leyndell Catacombs, and generally speaking, don’t pose an enormous threat. Their whole gimmick, as their name suggests, is that they can summon spirits to fight on their behalf, but if you just make a beeline for the snails themselves rather than focusing on their buddies, you can kill them and the spirits in one fell swoop, very easily.