Normally, secret walls in Elden Ring are quite simple. You just have to hit the wall in question once to open the passage.

These walls are usually found mostly in dungeons, but can also be found in the open world. These secret passageways are also a sort of inside gag in the community.

• Thanks to the unusual messaging system, players can leave specific messages for others.
• Some use this to help others discover secret passages. However, there are also numerous players who leave “fake” help messages to mislead others. Therefore, you can find dozens of messages that read “secret passage ahead” or “liar ahead”.
• This provides a dose of paranoia because you never know if a message is trustworthy or not. I feel similarly when searching for loot.
• To play it safe, it has become a tradition for many to walk through the game world and test every suspicious wall for a passage.

But now players have discovered a secret passage that is quite unusual. This is because the discoverer of this path previously had to punch a wall 50 times to open it.

What’s the point of this path? Strictly speaking, this secret passage has absolutely no use. It is not a shortcut and there is no particularly useful item behind it.

The path rather a curiosity that causes speculation among players. Why is this secret passage there?

Community speculates about benefits – Is it cut content, or a bug?

What’s the deal with the secret passage? This is currently the hot topic in the community. Well-known YouTuber Iron Pineapple wrote on Twitter, “Oh my god, this changes everything.”

Other players have come to the same conclusion:

• “You know we have to go through the whole game again now and check every wall, right?” – RexLongbone
• “What if… none of them. [in den Spieler-Nachrichten] lied?” – Dovahnime
• “That’s the reason they removed weapon durability!” – thatJainaGirl
• “Damn! Here we go again. I’m done with the game, but now I’m wondering, ‘What if?’ I’m one of those people who hits every wall. Now I’m pissed off that [die Wände] didn’t keep hitting them.” – 310gamer

Here’s what Dataminer found out: Zullie the Witch has determined that this wall has its own pool of health. It comes to 9999 LP.

The dataminer is considered an expert in the Souls community and has, for example, presented the faces of NPCs under their masks and helmets in a video. His explanation reads:

So I checked and this wall has 9999 HP. For comparison, in Dark Souls 1 there are objects with 999 HP, but they also have 999 defense, which means no attack can damage them. Instead, they are broken by event triggers, such as running into a collapsing floor. […] The fact that the wall is set as a destructible object but has 9999 HP and no disappearance animation means that it should most likely be destroyed by an event script, though it’s not clear if they overplayed that or if it’s a bug. It should definitely have 9999 defense, though.

So there is a possibility that this is a bug and actually an event should be started. But it is also possible that some content did not end up in the finished game and that here are their remains.

In the meantime, the big search campaign has begun in the community and players are already on the hunt for more such secret passages. They have already been successful and found the second one, not far from the first one, as one user reported on Twitter shares.

How to find the strange secret passage in House Vulcan

First of all, you have to go to House Vulcan. It is located in the northwest of the intermediate land. You can enter the house in two ways:

• You can make your way to the entrance and force your way in. Alternatively, you can obtain the invitation to the house via a quest.
• Either way, you’ll need to join the house to get to the secret passage. To do this, you will need to speak with Lady Taneth. Once you have joined, you will receive a room key.
• This is the first room when you enter the corridor from the place of mercy “House Vulcan”. There you will find an item. Roll against the wall behind it and you will find a “normal” secret passage.
• Fight your way through the giant snails there and get all the items first.
• The actual secret passage is located there.