Elden Ring developer FromSoftware has launched its first patch for the sport following the discharge of Shadow of the Erdtree, bringing it as much as Replace 1.12.2.
A weblog submit from Bandai Namco outlined the modifications, which primarily contain a handful of balancing updates. Shadow Realm Blessings have been revised, affecting their assault and harm negation curve scaling.
The patch additionally addresses a PC bug the place raytracing settings are routinely enabled if gamers have beforehand loaded save knowledge from earlier sport variations. This may be addressed by visiting System, then Graphics Settings, then Raytracing High quality, and setting Raytracing to Off.
FromSoftware made no point out of the bug affecting Steam Deck customers that makes the sport unplayable if left idle for greater than 5 minutes, probably resulting in corrupted knowledge.
It did, unsurprisingly, word that extra updates are on the best way, nevertheless. “Different steadiness changes in addition to bug fixes are additionally deliberate for a future patch,” FromSoftware mentioned. The total patch notes can be found beneath.
Shadow of the Erdtree, which arrived June 21, 2024, options bosses with which FromSoftware “actually pushed the envelope” on what the participant can face up to, director Hidetaka Miyazaki mentioned forward of its launch. In actual fact, moving into the enlargement even poses a problem as gamers should defeat an non-obligatory boss.
These desirous to discover each inch of the enlargement can try IGN’s in depth information, which covers Shadow of the Erdtree’s new weapons, its numerous quest traces, and methods to defeat these pesky new bosses.
In our 10/10 evaluation, IGN mentioned: “Like the bottom sport did earlier than it, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree raises the bar for single participant expansions,” we mentioned. “It takes every little thing that made the bottom sport such a landmark RPG, condenses it into a comparatively compact 20-25 hour marketing campaign, and gives implausible new challenges for closely invested followers to chew on.”
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Replace 1.12.2 Patch Notes
Assault and harm negation curve scaling of the Shadow Realm Blessings has been revised.
- The assault and harm negation has been elevated for the primary half of the utmost quantity of Blessing enhancements, and the second half will now be extra gradual.
- The assault and harm negation granted by the ultimate stage of Blessing enhancements has been barely elevated.
The calibration replace might be utilized by logging into the multiplayer server.
If the Calibration Ver. listed on the backside proper of the title menu shouldn’t be “1.12.2”, then choose LOGIN and apply the most recent rules earlier than having fun with the sport.
About graphics settings (PC model solely)
We’ve confirmed a bug the place the raytracing settings are routinely enabled when you’ve got beforehand loaded saved knowledge from earlier sport variations.
In case your framerate is unstable, please verify within the ‘SYSTEM’ > ‘Graphics Settings’ > ‘Raytracing High quality’ settings from the title menu or in-game menu to verify if it has been unintentionally set to ‘ON’. As soon as set to ‘OFF’, Ray Tracing will now not be routinely enabled.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.