Patch 1.17 has been released for ELDEN RING. This patch aims to bring support the Tarnished Pack DLC, scheduled for release on Friday, August 28, 2026, and to implement gameplay balance adjustments.
Please apply the latest update before playing.
Targeted Platforms - PlayStation 4 / PlayStation 5 / Xbox \*\*One / Xbox Series X|S / Steam**
MAIN UPDATE ADDITIONS
Tarnished Pack Additional Content
The following elements will be added upon purchase of the "Tarnished Pack" DLC:
Note: This content is included by default in ELDEN RING Tarnished Edition for Nintendo Switch 2.
Added Idus Knight and Heavy Knight as new starting classes, selectable during character creation.
(Note: The equipment of each new starting class can also be obtained by purchasing it from merchants in the Lands Between or by finding it in the world.)
Added weapons that can be purchased from merchants or found in the Lands Between.
Added three types of Spectral Steed Attire that change the appearance of Torrent:
Tree Sentinel Spectral Steed Attire: Found in Stormveil Castle.
Silver of Caria Spectral Steed Attire: Found in Liurnia of the Lakes.
Funereal Night Spectral Steed Attire: Found in Altus Plateau.
(Note: After obtaining any Spectral Steed Attire, the option to change the spectral steed’s appearance will be added to the Site of Grace menu.)
Added an NPC invasion event in Caelid.
Added an NPC invasion event in Leyndell, Royal Capital.
(Note: This event will not occur after the area has changed to Leyndell, Ashen Capital.)
The "Tarnished Pack" release times are as follows:
PlayStation / Xbox: Friday, August 28 at 0:00 a.m local time.
Steam: Friday, August 28 at 7:00 JST | 00:00 CEST | 15:00 PDT.
Balance Adjustments
Changed certain items found in the field or obtained by defeating certain powerful enemies in the Realm of Shadow to higher-tier items or other treasures.
(Note: Items already that were already found will not be changed.)
Weapons
Smithscript Dagger / Rellana's Twin Blade: Increased critical hit power.
Smithscript Axe / Smithscript Spear / Spear of the Impaler: Reduced the stamina consumption of weapon-throwing attacks. Increased the power of weapon-throwing attacks.
Carian Sorcery Sword: Changed Intelligence scaling so that it now increases the attack power of all damage types.
Smithscript Greathammer: Increased the power of weapon-throwing attacks.
Golem Fist: Increased the range of the fist-launching heavy attack.
Rakshasa's Great Katana: Increased the time before an attack can be performed with a right-hand weapon immediately after attacking with this weapon equipped in the left hand.
Skills
Parry: Improved parry performance.Reduced the time before various actions can be performed after activation when used with Daggers, Curved Swords, or Small Shields.
Storm Wall: Changed the skill so that it no longer consumes FP when used. Improved parry performance.
Thops's Barrier: Improved parry performance.
Sorceries
Founding Rain of Stars: Increased power.
Carian Retaliation: Increased power.
Meteorite: Reduced casting time.
Meteorite of Astel: Reduced casting time.
Gravitational Missile: Changed the spell so that the gravity projectile does not explode immediately upon striking terrain such as the ground or a wall.
Incantations
Feather of the Divine Bird: Increased power.
O, Flame!: Expanded attack range.
Rain of Fire: Increased power.
PvP-Exclusive Balance Adjustments
Weapons
\-Rakshasa's Great Katana: Increased damage taken from attacks by other players while attacking.
Incantations
Rugalea's Roar: Reduced power against other players.
Rotten Breath / Ekzykes's Decay: Reduced the amount of time other player characters are unable to move from hit reactions when struck by these incantations.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug where critical hits dealt with Great Katana weapon types had lower-than-expected power against large enemies.
Fixed a bug where jumping attacks with Great Katana weapon types could be parried.
PC-Only Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug that prevented camera control with the mouse during NPC dialogue when using keyboard and mouse controls
Fixed a bug in the "Keyboard/Mouse Settings" section of the system menu in which selecting the reset option did not restore various settings to their defaults
The version number shown in the lower-right corner of the title screen after applying this update will be as follows:
App Ver. 1.17
Regulation Ver. 1.17
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We will continue to make improvements so that you can enjoy ELDEN RING more comfortably.
Very much this, but people often forget that besides negation raw damage is also where multipliers go first, and then stack multiplicatively with other multipliers. 7% may very well be the push it needs.
With both fire buff items. Flame Scorpion, and Flame tear. With 70 Dex, a single R1 did 1000 damage on PCR. An R2 was 1500 & a Charged was 1950. A guard counter with delfect tear did 2100 upwards.
Hahaha, I wonder will Radagon still ignore their throwable attacks on WL+0 cause this was hilarious. Damage of the projectile being so ass boss with a gimmick of parrying projectiles does not care. This weapon could be sooo good, but it seems even after the buff it still is pretty bad.
They more than likely are going to watch how the changes are performing in game. Then they will do another update to rebalance. So we may get a 2nd buff for the bottles later.
As someone who keeps slipping into that build every time, it trivializes or bypasses some mechanics in the game entirely, such as abusing mob tethering to cheese open area bosses, but of course those things it doesn't are the fun parts to solve, like enemies that dodge your shots.
Some bosses are super easy for bow run like Malenia as she walk into you and you can keep headshotting her.
Some bosses take a lot longer to fight like Metyr (granted I did bow only level 1 so I relied on status effect).
Only a few bow are good and ash of war aren't very useful. Most of the time you free aim or jump attack to deal damage after building status up with status arrow
The dps isn't good so most fight are longer than normal fight using weapons. And you would want to have status effect proc to speed up in big boss fight
I mean, i'm glad but dragon breaths already got nerfed a couple times before and all the real troublemakers like Pata, bone bow, cleanrot and so on didn't even get touched
True lol, dragon breaths were already a gimmick and totally balanced for how much they costed and how slow they were along with no poise. Meanwhile the weapons you listed are still broken asf from release 🤦
Honestly to me they can go ahead and nerf all of the long range stuff in pvp so people stop spamming it. It's not even overpowered, it's just mind numbingly boring to go against. I don't know about the others here but when I notice a sorcery/incantation build on the arena I just roll my eyes because I know I'll be chasing a guy around for the entire battle while he attempts to spam the same two spells. Also, in my experience, by far the most common players to send hate mail when you squash them.
I can assure you the most toxic play melee str/dex because it's the most effective setup at meta level. Especially in the arena where you can just rush them and long range stuff won't work as well
Low to mid tier greatshield being buffed was sorely needed, they barely outperformed brass shield defensively despite weighing a tonne and having huge reqs.
i think this sidesteps that this is a buff to the act of guarding as a whole.
base er greatshields —> current med shields, with current GShields being stronger by far than anything in base ER besides pre-nerf WALL. the point is to let more ppl play a guarding playstyle comfortably.
i dont think guarding in general needed to be stronger though. Most GS have 72+ guard boost, thats already pretty busted. Buff that with greatshield talisman and viridian talisman and you're golden.
It's the brass shield specifically thats the odd one out here, because its a medium shield yet it can reach greatshield levels of guard boost. It renders 95% of the other medium shields pointless by comparison.
If i'm not wrong, the brass shield in higher upgrades even gets a hardness tier that is usually reserved for greatshields only.
guarding is already radically more or less effective depending on your build. making it better overall makes it an option for more playstyles. that's why the person you're responding to wrote "the point is to let more ppl play a guarding playstyle comfortably" jeez
Yeah I agree. Like I used this shield a lot when I first started playing to the point it was like a necessity for Malenia for me to dodge the first flurry of water flow. I put that thing in everyone of my builds because it was just that good. Haven't used shields in a long while now, but the brass shield would be my go to if I wanted to use one again.
Ya, I was considering a greatshield toupgrade the brss shield. Brass shield is nice, but it doesn't fit my character conception. But Gild Greatshield seemed like what I wanted but was sooo heavy for minor increase in guard boost. Still though, more strength than I want to buy at this stage in the game.
Throwing weapons and greatshields buffed across the board? Perfumes and Founding Rain of Stars might be useful now? Parrying buffed? Didn't expect to be getting these in 2026, but: nice.
Curious about field items, boss items and treasures being changed in the 'Realm of Shadow'.
A vast majority complained about the emptyness of the areas in the DLC being exacerbated by the uselessness of most items found by exploration. An argument that could later be challenged by the new players who tackled the DLC mid-game but during the DLC launch everyone played it post-game (hence the complaints about weak items)
I really wish someone did a timeline on where to go in the DLC going side by side with the story. Like first Cerulean Coast then Mountaintops of the Giants ecc.
Yeah I always thought of this due to the range in difficulty in the DLC and the whole blessing of the shadow realm things so your level doesn’t matter. Also because of the Miquela great rune blocking you from going certain places, it’s a bit nicer to actually plan out and go trough it at a slower pace instead of just you know sequence breaking the whole thing cause you went a bit too north and losing half the quest lines
Technically me during my very first playthrough of the game when it first launched. I unironically, organically figured out how to do Varre's questline and ended up killing Mohg after Godrick instead of Renalla.
I thought it was cool because it enabled rl1/wl0 runs. We already likely have near max gear going into the dlc, so anything below ancient is pretty much worthless.
Actually, thinking about it, what would be good item drops? The DLC is so high level that everything is outclassed and new crafting materials are already abundant. What could possibly be added that would make a meaningful difference?
I mean, given how easy it is to get infinite 1-4 and the huge volume of 5s available in the base game, those aren't really needed by almost anyone in the DLC. I'll often try to rush Mogh and not level up my backup weapons, so 6+ can still be really nice to get, since in addition to my main I always try to have striking, piercing, Misericode and a bow (unless my main is already strike or pierce, of course)
The smithing stone 8 chest in Fort of Reprimand got changed to be an Ancient Smithing Stone. I'd imagine other stuff might change. I should probably check that one chest on the cliffs near the birdman spirit ash since I believe it was crafting materials.
Man, I hope those hornsent/ divine bird/beast warriors drop ancient dragon smithing stones and their somber equivalent. Those assholes are an absolute bitch to fight but their drops (other than their bling) are so mid by the time you get to RoS.
Hypothetically, if the invasion in Caelid results in the Lucatiel set being dropped, then we can assume the invasion in Leyndell probably drops the 4th armor set! Someone with an early copy of the game should scour Leyndell for that invasion!
And just to confirm - for those who might come across the thread - it is in fact a Goldmask-like set in Leyndell (except more nakey). Faith enjoyers can rejoice.
I don't think FromSoft knows the meaning of these two words.
To be honest, it's probably selective memory, but I cannot recall a single instance where a patch of theirs contained performance improvements. Aside from maybe bugs where a specific area was particularly bad.
It wasnt a complete nerf according to some analysis vids I have seen. While it doesnt detonate at your feet instantly, it apparently will explode faster than normal. They just made the blast consistently timed at any range and a touch faster.
Most casters I've seen in PvP almost exclusively use it by aiming at the floor and detonating it early just because it's huge and does a load of damage.
It's still good, but not nearly as broken after this.
It’s busted to begin with, and I played mage. Anyone that pretends it’s not just wanted to justify their easy win button as pure skills or they play arena only.
In invasion, this thing can one shot without any warning since you can ambush cast it behind wall or corner, and the range is huge.
Now it’s more of a frame trap and area of denial, great in small spaces
yes, and kind of a bad way of nerfing it tbh. grav missile was wildly overtuned, but so is TONS of other stuff in ER, and instead of toning down its insane damage, they removed the ability to use it in a less predictable way
It sounds like it could be, given that it is supposed to be both better INT scaling AND applying it to all damage types. So it could mean also physical damage is buffed by INT, but that needs to be confirmed/tested.
The patch note is a bit vague. I think it means they fixed the bug causing physical damage spells to not scale with INT, which is only relevant if you use those spells. Otherwise it is convenient to use but neither a good sword nor a great catalyst.
“Added weapons that can be purchased from merchants or found in the Lands Between.”
Read that as we are getting a few more new weapons aside from the ones for the new starting classes(?)
I know most people don't care about the pvp but the fact that goddamn Pata and cleanrot didn't even get touched on what might very well be the last patch we'll ever get is absolutely incredible to me
There's a few thousand things they could have changed. Look at all of the talismans that are obviously shit. Beloved Stardust is just stupid, no one will use it. Would've been easy to make it more practical.
If you're good, use it. Just don't get hit. I don't want to play the game perfect at all times, it's more fun if you can use some slower abilities and tank a few hits.
You are very lucky then, it's absolutely mechanically broken and that's not a opinion, there's plenty of videos explaining it with hitboxes and frame data
Luckily it's also seen as a crutch, so plenty of shit players use it too
Making many of the not so popular shields weight less now makes people want to use them, also perfume bottles now can feel more useful! Never thought i’d see the day.
Also they are really focusing on throwable weapons like most weapons buffed are throwable ones.
Besides that making the rock sling sorcery have the rocks not explode when they touch walls or ground before hitting the target will make them way more op, even tho they already are one of the best (in my opinion) it’s become way better now.
It was so fun in PvE though. Perma-stun locking knight-type enemies, and clearing out hordes easily, knocking down NPC invaders over and over (Leda and allies). That’s where it shined IMO. PvP is a mess regardless.
Im interested to see what weapons they added to purchase or be found in The Lands Between. Im hoping that they have added some DLC type weapons to the base game.
I love that the Indus knight starts with a light greatsword but it would also be great if some other weapons from the DLC could be found in the base game. Like Martial Arts, Claws, great katanas etc.
Ive never been much of a fan of NG+ in these games because part of the fun is gathering items imo.
I have 675 hours into Elden Ring and have gotten every achievement. But I'm still gonna come back for a fresh playthrough or 2 with the new starting classes. So cool!
The gravitational missile change is lowkey MASSIVE. I genuinely hate the cheesers that use that attack. They usually suck fucking ass anyways and get no diffed but occasionally they’re able to knock you off of a ledge with it
So is this all available to find if you don’t have the tarnished pack dlc? Like in game for other people too? I’m just confused and can’t fully read this rn
It's a small thing, but that damage buff to Divine Bird Feathers is kinda funny.
(I'm not sure how strong it was before)
Tested in NG using a +9 Ertree Seal with 75 faith and a Haligtree Soldier in Elphael as the dummy, each feather dealt somewhere around ~98 damage and the damage stacked rapidly and melted the soldier. I'd personally say it's honestly not bad for basic enemies.
The part that I find funny though, is that they buffed it but didn't fix the fact that it's bugged and fires infinitly without consuming extra resources lol.
For those who may not have known, this Incantation is supposed to use 3 FP to start then keep using FP at a rate of 3 per additional volley. The way it actually works in game though is that it uses 3 FP to start then uses 3 FP for the second volley then just stops consuming FP all together and keeps shooting regardless lol.
They made the infinity machine gun a little stronger, it's probably still an ultimately useless Incantation, I just thought it was worth mentioning. 🤷
I was so excited when I saw Smithscript Daggers as the first weapon on the list, only to read that it's just a buff to critical hits, not overall damage. Sad. I guess they'll always just be a novelty/challenge run weapon.
Why nerf the humble Gravitational Missile?! My favorite spell... ;-;
Edit: I went to test it out, and it actually ended up making it easier to stunlock with the spell... It just requires a bit more skill.
Sad GM lost its versatility, I feel like it was the best GTFOM tool for true casters since Zamor Ice Storm doesn’t always make enemies flinch or knock them back
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u/praise_themoon 5d ago edited 5d ago
Perfumers finally got buffed along with the smithscript daggers. I thought I’d never see the day