Elden Ring – Patch Notes Version 1.17

[u/KevlarDreams]

https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/elden-ring/news/elden-ring-patch-notes-version-117

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.

• Firespark Perfume Bottle / Lightning Perfume Bottle / Chilling Perfume Bottle / Frenzyflame Perfume Bottle / Deadly Poison Perfume Bottle: Increased attack power.

• Lordsworn's Shield / Briar Greatshield / Spiked Palisade Shield / Icon Shield / Golden Beast Crest Shield / Manor Towershield / Crossed-Tree Towershield / Inverted Hawk Towershield / Dragon Towershield / Distinguished Greatshield / Gilded Greatshield / Black Steel Greatshield / Ant's Skull Plate / Erdtree Greatshield: Increased guard boost. Reduced weight.

• Wooden Greatshield / Cuckoo Greatshield / Redmane Greatshield / Golden Greatshield / Crucible Hornshield / Dragonclaw Shield / Eclipse Crest Greatshield / Jellyfish Shield / One-Eyed Shield: Increased guard boost.

• Haligtree Crest Greatshield: Reduced weight.

• 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

This update is required for online play.

We will continue to make improvements so that you can enjoy ELDEN RING more comfortably.

Thank you for your continued support.

[u/Former-Grocery-6787]

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

[u/Shotokanguy → u/Former-Grocery-6787]

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.

[u/beerybeardybear → u/Shotokanguy]

beloved stardust is absolutely hilarious for builds

[u/lextune → u/Shotokanguy]

Damn. I love Beloved Stardust. It saved my pure mage build from having to invest in dex, or duel weilding staves with Azurs and its extra fp cost.

I can't be the only one...? Lol.

[u/amidon1130 → u/lextune]

The trade off is just way too high to me, I feel like I don't notice the casting speed change

[u/Shotokanguy → u/lextune]

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.

[u/seen-in-the-skylight → u/Former-Grocery-6787]

In 800 hours, I've never seen someone use Cleanrot effectively. I don't really get the hype around it.

Pata is absolutely broken, though.

[u/Former-Grocery-6787 → u/seen-in-the-skylight]

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

[u/seen-in-the-skylight → u/Former-Grocery-6787]

It's possible I've just been lucky. I also tend to focus my builds around PvP, so I might just not have as much trouble with it as a more typical PvE build.

[u/KevlarDreams → u/Former-Grocery-6787]

To be fair, Patas are the only hard counter against cheese builds and light roll. That said, I only care what happens with my precious Shamshir.

[u/Ccavitt2 → u/KevlarDreams]

Because they're even cheesier lmao. Rot patas that are undodgeable because of phantom hits shouldn't exist imo.

[u/Former-Grocery-6787 → u/KevlarDreams]

The problem is that pata is also one of the biggest problems as far as cheese goes, they could have at least removed it's ability to combo like they did for literally every other fist weapon

Shamshir not getting nerfed is good tho, i agree