The hype surrounding Elden Ring, while not totally dead, is lesser of late. Due to this fact, you may have missed a new update for the game that’s available to download.
Elden Ring is a game that has many secrets, especially since the addition of Shadow of the Erdtree. Yet, it’s not always a game we think of replaying.
After all, there’s a lot of familiar ground to cover, thus it’s not for those who want to get to the “good stuff” quickly.
Thankfully, hidden shortcuts are being discovered after thousands of hours worth of gameplay which improve your experience.
We wish we could play Shadow of the Erdtree for the first time again
This latest content isn’t an in-game secret suddenly come to light, but a considerably sized patch that includes a variety of quality-of-life enhancements.
Here are the patch notes in full, courtesy of Bandai Namco.
Buckle up because you’re about to be hit with a wall of text. Thank goodness for bullet points, eh?
- Fixed a bug where the cutscene that plays when entering the Shadow Keep Church District would play again when re-entering the area.
- Fixed a bug where some of the Golem Fist weapon attacks would not deal damage when the player was affected by certain special effects.
- Fixed a bug where the Golem Fist weapon one-handed heavy attack power was lower than expected.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Aspects of the Crucible: Thorns incantation from being cast when used in quick succession.
- Fixed a bug where the Smithing Talisman effect did not apply to some weapons’ throwing attacks.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the use of ashes in some areas of the Scadutree Avatar battle arena.
- Fixed a bug where Rellana, Twin Moon Knight would sometimes perform unexpected actions when interacting with objects in the battle area.
- Fixed a bug that allowed Skills to be used in incorrect combinations with Weapons under certain circumstances.
- Fixed a bug that caused unexpected rendering and behavior of some enemies under certain circumstances.
- Fixed a bug where some sound effects did not play correctly.
- Several performance improvements and other bug fixes.
- Further fixes were added to the game’s end credits.
- Possible unstable performance fixes
- For the PS5 version of the game, unstable framerate may be improved by using the “Rebuild Database” option from the device’s safe mode.
- In some PC versions, Ray Tracing may be unintentionally enabled and cause unstable performance. Please check the Ray Tracing setting in the “System” > “Graphics ” > “Ray Tracing Quality” from the title screen or in-game menu.
- In the PC version, the message “Inappropriate activity detected” may appear without cheating.
- To fix this issue, please verify the integrity of the game’s files before restarting the game.
- In the PC version, unstable framerate may be caused by third party applications that control mouse behavior. Deactivating these third party applications may improve performance.
You can download this update now, so don’t delay if you want the best out of your next playthrough.
