Major Update Released for Elden Ring Ahead of DLC Launch

Weapon adjustments

• After being affected by madness and/or sleep status effects, the status effect build up will be halted for a short period of time.
• Increased the poise damage of some attacks against other players of the following weapon types:
  • Greatswords / Colossal Swords /Curved Greatswords / Greataxes / Hammers / Flails / Great Hammers / Colossal Weapons / Great Spears / Halberds
• Ajusted poise damage of some dual wield attacks against other players by of the following weapon types:
  • Greatswords / Axes / Great Axes / Hammers / Great Hammers / Halberds / Reapers
• Increased poise damage against other players from dual wielded attacks of the following weapon types:
  • Axes / Hammers / Halberds / Reapers
• Increased poise damage of Axes against other players
• Decreased the damage of dual wield attacks against other players of all weapon types.
• Decreased the poise damage of some attacks against other players of the following weapon types:
  • Daggers / Straight Swords / Thrusting Swords / Heavy Thrusting Swords / Curved Swords / Katanas / Twinblades / Axes / Spears / Reapers / Whips / Fists / Claws
• Decreased the Poise value of some attack motions against other players of the following weapon types:
  • Greatswords / Colossal Swords / Curved Greatswords / Greataxes / Hammers / Flails / Great Hammers / Colossal Weapons / Great Spears / Halberds
• Decreased the damage of some attacks against other players for the Heavy Thrusting Swords weapon type.
• Decreased the damage of dual wield attacks against other players for the following weapon types:
• Decreased the damage animation motion of the following weapon types when another player is stunned by a two-handed heavy running attack:
• Decreased the effects of “Baldachin’s Blessing” and “Radiant Baldachin’s Blessing” to increase the Poise value and Physical damage negation in PvP.

Skill adjustments

• 
  Spinning Slash –
  
  Decreased damage.
• 
  Flaming Strike –
  
  Decreased damage.
• 
  Rain of Arrows –
  
  Decreased damage and poise damage.
• 
  Cursed-Blood Slash –
  
  Decreased damage.
• 
  Transient Moonlight –
  
  Decreased damage.
• 
  Lightning Storm-
  
  Decreased poise damage.
• 
  Spearcall Ritual –
  
  Decreased poise damage.
• 
  Ancient Lightning Spear –
  
  Decreased damage.
• 
  Radahn’s Rain –
  
  Decreased damage and poise damage.
• 
  Spinning Weapon –
  
  Decreased damage animation motion when stunning other players.

Incantations adjustments

• 
  Black Flame’s Protection –
  
  Decreased physical block rate.
• 
  Bestial Sling –
  
  Decreased poise damage.

• Adjusted turning speed when using dual wielded Heavy Thrusting Swords.
• Increased Dexterity scaling when assigning Ashes of
  
  War
  
  with corresponding weapon Affinities.
• Increased Stamina consumption when guarding against attacks of the following weapon types:
  • Greatswords / Curved Greatswords / Great Axes / Great Hammers
• Increased the speed of some attacks of the following weapon types:
  • Axes / Greataxes / Hammers / Flails / Reapers
• Increased the damage of charged attacks of the following weapon types:
  • Axes / Greataxes / Some Colossal Weapons
• Increased the turning speed of normal attacks of the Reapers weapon type.
• Increased damage of the Whips weapon type, except the “Ulmi” Whip.
• Increased the speed of consecutive attacks for the following weapon types:
• Increased the poise damage of the Torches weapon type.
• Increased the duration of the effect of Mohg’s Great Rune that increases the attack power when a bleeding status effect is triggered by a nearby summoned spirit.
• Decreased the heal amount reduction from the Flask of Crimson Tears and increased the heal on attack effect when using Malenia’s Great Rune.
• Increased the attack power of Arrows, Greatarrows, Bolts, and Greatbolts that can be crafted through Item Crafting.
• Decreased the turning speed of dual wielded weapons for the following weapon types:
• Decreased poise generation speed during some attacks of the following weapon types:
  • Great Spears / Halberd Spears
• Decreased the effect that increases the power of spells of Terra Magica.
• Decreased the effect duration of the Cerulean Hidden Tear.

Armament Adjustments

• 
  Troll Knight’s Sword –
  
  Increased damage.
• 
  Zamor Curved Sword –
  
  Increased damage and increased movement distance of some attacks.
• 
  Forked Hatchet –
  
  Increased damage.
• 
  Ripple Blade –
  
  Decreased the status buildup enhancement that scales with the Arcane attribute.
• 
  Serpent-Hunter –
  
  Increased the speed of crouching attacks.
• 
  Ripple Crescent Halberd –
  
  Decreased the status buildup enhancement that scales with the Arcane attribute.
• 
  Albinauric Staff –
  
  Increased attribute scaling.
• 
  Gelmir Glintstone Staff –
  
  Increased attribute scaling.
• 
  Prince of Death’s Staff –
  
  Increased attribute scaling.
• 
  Golden Order Seal –
  
  Increased attribute scaling.
• 
  Clawmark Seal –
  
  Increased attribute scaling.
• 
  Dragon Communion Seal –
  
  Increased attribute scaling.

Skill adjustments

• 
  Kick –
  
  Increased the poise amount when using this skill.
• 
  Spinning Slash –
  
  Decreased the status buildup of your weapon when using this skill.
• 
  Storm Assault –
  
  Decreased the poise generation speed.
• 
  Stormcaller –
  
  Decreased the poise generation speed.
• 
  Storm Stomp –
  
  Decreased the poise generation speed.
• 
  Glintblade Phalanx –
  
  Decreased poise damage.
• 
  Loretta’s Slash –
  
  Decreased the poise generation speed.
• 
  Bloody Slash –
  
  Decreased the poise generation speed.
• 
  Strong shot –
  
  Increased the speed of some attacks.
• 
  Sky Shot –
  
  Increased the speed when doing consecutive attacks.
• 
  Enchanted Shot –
  
  Increased the speed of some attacks.
• 
  Parry –
  
  Increased Parry hitbox generation speed.
• 
  Storm Wall –
  
  Increased Parry hitbox generation speed.
• 
  Thops’s Barrier –
  
  Increased Parry hitbox generation speed.
• 
  Buckler Parry –
  
  Added attack recovery time after using this skill.
• 
  Taker’s Flames –
  
  Decreased the fire’s poise damage and removed the fire’s knocking down effect.
• 
  Moonlight Greatsword –
  
  Increased the poise damage of heavy and charged attacks, but decreased the poise damage of the generated magic wave.
• 
  Thundercloud Form –
  
  Decreased poise damage.
• 
  Magma Shower –
  
  Decreased the poise generation speed.
• 
  Thunderstorm –
  
  Decreased damage.
• 
  Bubble Shower –
  
  Decreased damage and poise damage.
• 
  I Command Thee, Kneel! –
  
  Increased the poise value during the active part of the Skill and decreased the poise generation speed.
• 
  Bloodboon Ritual –
  
  Decreased the generated status buildup.
• 
  Loretta’s Slash –
  
  Decreased the poise generation speed.
• 
  Bear Witness! –
  
  Increased damage and poise damage.
• 
  Contagious Fury –
  
  Decreased the amount of attack power generated by this skill.

• In the inventory menu, added the amount of FP consumed for Skills in the “Ashes of War” display information.
• Reduced the time it takes for some gestures to become cancelable by rolling.
• Adjusted the input speed in some menus, such as conversation menus, to prevent accidental skips.
• Fixed a bug that caused damage to the player and friendly summons when using the “Last Rites” Skill under specific circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that caused higher than expected poise damage when performing left-handed attacks with Thrusting Swords.
• Fixed a bug with Spinning Slash Skill that generated poise when used with Twinblades.
• Fixed a bug in The Queen’s Black Flame Skill that did not apply poise when using this skill.
• Fixed a bug where the characteristics of some weapons were not working properly against mounted enemies.
• Fixed a bug that caused a Bleed buildup when using the Spinning Strikes Skill while under the effect of the Bloodflame Blade Skill, even if the attack did not hit the enemy.
• Fixed a bug that caused some Skill to perform incorrectly when specific actions were performed.
• Fixed a bug that caused unexpected behaviors when some incantations were used in quick succession.
• Fixed a bug where the spectral steed did not trigger a death fall under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from getting hit by other players under certain circumstances in Multiplayer.
• Fixed a bug in the Colosseum that allowed Critical hits against players in specific death animations.
• Fixed a bug where the Mimic’s Veil effect was not properly reflected to other players under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that caused other players summoned as hunters to immediately return after being summoned under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug in Multiplayer where some spirits could be locked on even after they disappeared.
• Improved Multiplayer stability under certain circumstances
• Fixed a bug that caused specific maps to render differently than expected under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug where the damage of some equipped weapons were incorrectly displayed in various menus.
• Fixes a bug that prevented marking sites of Grace in the map menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug where item names and the cursor were not displayed correctly in the inventory menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug where event actions were available while being in the map menu.
• Fixed a bug in the map menu that caused specific terrains to be displayed differently from the actual terrain.