FromSoftware magnum-opus, Elden Ring, is an amazing game but it ain’t perfect. The developer released an important patch today that addresses some game issues. The patch makes balancing tweaks, adds new things, and squashes a ton of bugs. Some improvements to the PC version were made as well.
You can read the highlights of the update below.
- In transactions with the NPC "Twin Maiden Husk," the following Bell Bearing items have been changed so that their liberated status will be carried over to the NG+ play.
- Bone Peddler's Bell Bearing/Meat Peddler's Bell Bearing/Medicine Peddler's Bell Bearing/Gravity Stone Peddler's Bell Bearing/Smithing-Stone Miner's Bell Bearing/Somberstone Miner's Bell Bearing/Glovewort Picker's Bell Bearing/Ghost-Glovewort Picker's Bell Bearing
- Added emphasis to the choice of the Sacred Flask and several other options that can be strengthened in the grace menu
- Added sound effects when other players' summon signs appear
- Added keyboard/mouse operations that can be input in "PRESS ANY BUTTON" on the title screen.
- Added "Return to Desktop" to the system item on the main menu for exiting the game.
- Changed so that mouse click input is not reflected when switching windows to active.
- Fixed a bug that slowed performance when changing "Screen Mode" and "Resolution" in a special procedure.
- Fixed a bug where equipment could be changed from the equipment menu during the use of a skill under certain circumstances.
- Fixed a bug in the "War Cry" skill where the effect was applied to a weapon that was not the target of the skill.
- Fixed a bug that caused the attack power of some skills to be reduced when using the "Golden Vow" skill.
As mentioned above, Update 1.05 also addresses a plethora of bugs. You can read about them in great detail by visiting the official site.
Elden Ring is currently available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, for $59.99 on Steam.
So what do you think? Are you interested in any of these changes? Have you been playing Elden Ring recently? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
