Elden Ring recently received a title update from FromSoftware, and the patch notes are likely to make you feel emotions whether you’ve been playing the game or even simply watching speedruns.
Elden Ring patch 1.03 includes a slew of changes, including nerfs, buffs, questline adjustments, new NPC summons, and more.
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Because there are so many changes, it’s difficult to know where to begin, but it appears that certain quests that were commonly thought to be broken have been rectified.
Diallos, Nepheli Loux, Kenneth Haight, and Gatekeeper Gostoc have all received new “quest phases.” Many gamers have been perplexed by the mission touching Nepheli in particular.
Jar-Bairn is a new NPC, though it’s unclear where you’ll find them (I just checked, and they’re in Jarsburg, as you’d think).
The map now features a new icon type that may display NPC names, making it easier to note their whereabouts. There are also more summonable NPCs in “various circumstances,” as well as the Mimic’s Veil’s ability to imitate a variety of different things.
There have been some concerning adjustments. The damage of the Mimic Tear Ash, which is a go-to ash summon for people who don’t want to play fair with bosses, has been reduced, and its behaviour pattern has changed.
The damage of the Hoarfrost Stomp Ash of War, which was popular in Distortion2’s Elden Ring speedruns, has been reduced, while the cast duration has been raised.
Despite this, buffs continue to dominate the changelist. Sorcerers will like the lower FP consumption of a number of spells, including Loretta’s Greatbow and the Carian Greatsword, as well as the increased range and speed of the trusted Great Glintstone Shard.
Anyway, here’s the entire list of changes:
Patch notes for Elden Ring v1.03
Addition of New Elements
♦ When you encounter an NPC on the map, you can now record an icon and the name of that NPC.
♦ Jar-Bairn, an NPC, has been added.
♦ Diallos, Nepheli Loux, Kenneth Haight, and Gatekeeper Gostoc have all received new quest phases.
♦ NPCs that may be summoned in a variety of situations have been added.
♦ When employing Mimic’s Veil, the number of patterns of items that can be imitated has been increased.
♦ For some wide field areas, I added night background music.
Fixes for bugs
In some boss encounters, a flaw prohibited summoned NPCs from absorbing damage.
♦ Fixed an issue that prohibited the player from receiving an item after defeating a boss.
♦ When chatting to NPCs and utilising custom key configurations, a glitch caused speech to be skipped.
♦ A issue that caused the player to freeze while riding has been fixed.
♦ Arcane now scales correctly for various weapons, thanks to a bug fix.
♦ Talisman pouches have been added to the Twin Maiden Husks shop line up in cases where the player cannot get more than two talisman pouches.
♦ At the end of the game, a problem prohibited the user from warping to locations of grace from the map.
♦ After the encounter with the Fire Giant, a glitch was fixed that stopped the player from moving on to the following area.
♦ Fixed a problem that caused some weapons’ scaling to be wrong after they were strengthened.
♦ Fixed a problem that prevented some weapons from using stat scaling.
♦ In some cases, there are fixed hang-ups.
♦ When playing online, an issue was fixed that caused the multiplayer area boundaries to be displayed inaccurately.
♦ Fixed a bug that allowed players to use a special item and incantation combination to activate Erdtree Greatshield’s weapon skill without absorbing an attack.
♦ Fixed a problem that caused the impact of Fire’s Deadly Sin incantation to differ.
♦ Fixed an issue where the damage buff from the Ash of War, Determination, and Royal Knight’s Resolve skills would also apply to other weapons that didn’t have that talent.
♦ Unseen Form’s aesthetic effect has been tweaked.
♦ The Ragged armour set, which was accidentally available in the last patch, has been removed from the game.
♦ Furlcalling Finger Remedy was dropped by some hostile NPCs because of a glitch.
♦ In rare cases, a problem caused the wrong sound effect to play.
♦ On some maps, a bug caused visual motion and hitboxes to be presented incorrectly.
♦ Fixed a problem that caused some foes’ visuals and behaviour to be wrong.
♦ Fixed an issue that caused some armor’s stat parameters to be wrong.
Corrections to the text
♦ Other bug fixes and performance enhancements.
♦ The equilibrium shifts.
♦ Smithing Stone drops have been increased for some foes.
♦ Smithing Stone has been added to the early game shop lineup.
♦ The efficiency of the shield has been improved.
♦ All offensive cracked pot items now deal more damage.
♦The damage of the following items has been increased: Spark Aromatic/Poison Spraymist.
♦ Uplifting Aromatic/ Ironjar Aromatic have had their effect duration lengthened.
♦ When utilising the following items, Torrent’s HP healing is increased: Raisin Rowa, Raisin Sweet, Raisin Frozen
♦ The following sorceries’ damage has been raised while their FP consumption has been reduced: Cometshard/ Comet/ Night Comet Glintstone
♦ The following sorceries’ damage has been increased: Collapsing Stars/ Gravity Well/ Crystal Barrage
♦ Star Shower/ Rock Blaster/ Gavel of Haima/ Founding Rain of Stars/ Stars of Ruin/Greatblade Phalanx/Magic Downpour/ Loretta’s Greatbow/ Loretta’s Mastery/ Carian Greatsword/ Carian Piercer/ Shard Spiral have had their FP consumption reduced.
♦ The Great Glintstone Shard’s projectile speed and range have been increased.
♦ Reduced the damage of Ash of War and Hoarfrost Stomp while increasing the cast time.
♦ Increased the self-inflict damage of Ash of War, Bloody Slash while significantly decreasing the damage and increasing the cast duration.
♦ Weapon skill, Sword of Night, and Flame damage have all been reduced.
♦ Barricade Shield now consumes more FP and has a shorter duration.
♦ Ash of War, Prelate’s Charge now consumes FP at a different time.
♦ When using the item Mimic Tear Ash, the damage of the spirit called was reduced, and the spirit’s behavioural pattern was modified.
♦ Other modifications to opponent and weapon balance.
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