Elden Ring Nightreign's first enhanced boss just dropped out of nowhere, and there's an extremely useful new NPC too

Well, that was unexpected: Elden Ring Nightreign players just discovered the first of the new "enhanced bosses" FromSoftware said were coming this month. Defeating it rewards you with a new currency you can spend on a bunch of extremely useful stuff at a new NPC.

To unlock the "Everdark Sovereign" version of Gaping Maw, you need to defeat his normal version first.

I couldn't put a team together in time to go and fight the Everdark Sovereign Gaping Maw boss, but streamer Oroboro was able to take him out alone.