Elden Ring launched just under two months ago and, in that time, it has achieved huge critical and financial success. Needless to say, this explosive launch has led to tonnes of players discovering issues and exploits. The latest patch goes some way in trying to balance this. This is what you need to know.
Elden Ring Patch Notes
It seems likely that Update 1.04 is just the start of bug fixes and changes for the game. As we're anticipating a big DLC of some kind, it makes sense to get the game is the best possible state it can be in.
Though there are tonnes of patch notes you can check out right here, these are some notable additions:
Additional Elements Added
- Added an option to turn camera auto rotate function ON/OFF
- Added some event phases for the NPC “Patches”
Balance adjustments
- Increased Colossal Swords/Colossal weapons attack speed and lowered their recovery time. Jump attack not included.
- Increased the two-handed attack damage of Colossal Swords/Colossal Weapons. Jump attack not included.
- Increased physical block rate and guard boost of the Colossal Sword, Colossal Weapons, Great Sword, Great Hammer, Great Axe, Great Spear, and Halberd weapon classes.
- Increased the damage of Grafted Blade Greatsword.
- Increased the damage of Devourer’s Scepter.
- Decreased the scaling of status effect build-up from spells and incantations of Albinauric Staff and Dragon Communion Seal.
- Decreased the effect of Greatshield Talisman for weapons with high block rate.
- Shortened the length of the madness afflicted animation.
- Lowered the speed of madness buildup recovery.
- Slightly increased FP and Stamina growth rate at lower levels*
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where the damage of Inescapable Frenzy was affected by right hand weapon.
- Fixed a bug where the damage of the weapon arts "Carian retaliation" was increased by weapon and status, and the effect was not displayed correctly during online multiplay.
- Fixed a bug where the animation when inflicted with blood loss and frostbite was bigger than originally planned.
- Fixed a bug during character appearance change menu in which some parameter changes were sometime not reflected.
- Fixed a bug that prevented a dialog from appearing when executing "Leave" on some items.
- Fixed a bug that allowed unauthorized items to be passed to other players.
- Fixed a bug in multiplayer that prevented grace to be registered on the map if it was found just before the player is summoned.
- Fixed a bug that sometime prevented the mechanic of Rennala Queen Of The Full Moon fight from working properly during cooperative multiplayer.
- Fixed a bug that sometime prevented the player from entering the boss area after defeating Morgott, the Omen King.
- Fixed a bug that prevented "Edgar the Revenger" and "Festering Fingerprint Vyke" from invading after defeating all the bosses in Liurnia of the Lake.