We (might) finally know how tall Elden Ring’s Erdtree is

Have you ever tried to beat an Elden RingWhether you’re a boss, or accidentally hit your head while playing, the Erdtree is familiar to you. It’s that big, bright tree that derives its power directly from the Elden Ring and stands at the center of Leyndell. You can clearly see it looming over surrounding hills and mountains. Which is to say it’s a really enormous tree.

But how tall is this Erdtree? Thanks to Zullie The Witch, YouTuber, we now have some ideas.

With various parts you can explore, it’s clear the thing is, scientifically speaking, fucking massive; as Zullie notes, you can see the tree “dominating” the scenery from every part of the map. These bits give an idea of how big the different parts are.

It appears that the trunk continues for many kilometres below the surface. While it ends at the top of the tree, branches extend to the upper part. By their measurements, from the very (underground) base of the Erdtree to the tallest branch point is about 5,048 meters tall — or approximately 16,562 feet.

To put that in perspective, that’s a good chunk of the height of Mount Everest (about 29,000 feet). Alternately, you can think of it as about 15.3 Eiffel Towers (1,083’ tall, if you measure to the tip) or 3,365 Danny DeVitos (4’10”, according to the internet) stacked on top of each other.

Of course, the actual above-ground height of the tree is a little different, and it sort of depends on where you’re able to stand next to it. That might shave about 1,000 meters (or 2,000 feet or so) off the height by Zullie’s calculations. Yet, even so, all of us can agree to the following: big tree.