Elden Ring v1.12 Update Patch Notes: New Features, Balance Changes, and More

The Shadow of the Erdtree DLC for Elden Ring has received a new update, featuring balance adjustments, additional features, items, and other improvements.

The v1.12 update for Elden Ring includes the complete patch notes.

Version 1.12 Update Patch Notes for Elden Ring

New feature

We have included assistance for the SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE DLC.
Five additional hairstyles are now available in the game. Players can choose them when creating their character, utilizing the Clouded Mirror Stand, or accessing Rennala’s Rebirth feature.
“Included a new “Map Functions Menu”option within the Map Menu.”
New Summoning Pool features:
- Active Summoning Pools will now be carried over to NG+.
- Individual Summoning Pools can now be enabled / disabled in the newly added Map Functions Menu.

If the “Include Distant Areas”option is chosen while utilizing the Small Golden Effigy, summoning will not occur at summoning pools located within the Mohgwyn Palace, even if they have been activated.

If you choose the “Nearby Only”option while using the Small Golden Effigy within the Moghwyn Palace, you can be summoned within the surrounding area.

The following paragraph highlights the latest additions to our inventory:

Items that have recently been acquired will be identified with a “!”symbol.
A new tab named “Recent Items”has been included to facilitate the review of recently acquired items.
The Display tab in the system menu allows for changes to the display settings to be made.
A new feature has been incorporated that allows players to summon a spectral steed during the boss battle against the Elden Beast.
A new feature has been implemented in the colosseum where crafted consumable items used during a battle will automatically be replenished at the end of your session.
Incorporated assistance for the Arabic language.

Steam-only new features

New Keyboard/mouse settings:
- Added “lock-on change threshold” setting of mouse controls.
- Added a setting to change cursor movement behaviour in the map menu.
- Added key assignments to open the map in the Key Settings menu.

PvP-Exclusive Balance Adjustments

The changes made in this section have no impact on single-player or cooperative gameplay.

Weapons Adjustments

When experiencing madness or sleep status effects, the accumulation of status effects will temporarily pause.
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
The damage of dual wield attacks against players with all weapon types has been reduced.
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
The Heavy Thrusting Swords weapon type has had some attacks reduced in damage against other players.
Decreased the damage of dual wield attacks against other players for the following weapon types:
- Spears / Great Spears
Decreased the damage animation motion of the following weapon types when another player is stunned by a two-handed heavy running attack:
- Fists / Claws
The Poise value and Physical damage negation in PvP have been increased by reducing the effectiveness of both “Baldachin’s Blessing”and “Radiant Baldachin’s Blessing”.

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.

General balance adjustments

Both PvE and PvP aspects of the game are impacted by the changes in this section.

The turning speed has been altered for users who wield dual Heavy Thrusting Swords.
Assigning Ashes of War with corresponding weapon Affinities will result in a higher level of Dexterity scaling.
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
Enhanced the maneuverability of standard attacks for the Reapers’ weapon class.
The damage of all Whips weapons has been increased, with the exception of the “Ulmi”Whip.
Increased the speed of consecutive attacks for the following weapon types:
- Light Bows / Long Bows
The poise damage of Torches weapon type was increased.
Extended the duration of Mohg’s Great Rune, which boosts attack power when a summoned spirit triggers a nearby bleeding status effect.
The heal amount reduction from the Flask of Crimson Tears has been decreased, while the heal on attack effect when using Malenia’s Great Rune has been increased.
The attack power of Arrows, Greatarrows, Bolts, and Greatbolts that can be created through Item Crafting has been raised.
Decreased the turning speed of dual wielded weapons for the following weapon types:
- Spears / Great Spears
Decreased poise generation speed during some attacks of the following weapon types:
- Great Spears / Halberd Spears
Reduced the impact of the enhancement that amplifies the strength of Terra Magica spells.
Reduced the duration of the Cerulean Hidden Tear’s effect.

Armament Adjustments

Troll Knight’s Sword
- Increased damage.
Zamor Curved Sword
- Increased damage.
- 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.
Glitter Blades 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
This skill now includes an increase in recovery time after being used for an attack.
Taker’s Flames
- Decreased the fire’s poise damage.
- 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.
- 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.

Fixes

In the inventory menu, the display information for “Ashes of War”now includes the amount of FP consumed for Skills.
Shortened the duration for certain gestures to become cancelable by rolling.
Modified the input speed in certain menus, such as conversation menus, in order to avoid unintentional skips.
Addressed a bug that resulted in the player and friendly summons being harmed when utilizing the “Last Rites”Skill in certain situations.
We addressed an issue where Thrusting Swords were dealing more poise damage than intended when attacking with the left hand.
I resolved an issue with the Spinning Slash Skill which caused poise to be generated when used with Twinblades.
Fixed a glitch with The Queen’s Black Flame Skill where poise was not being applied when the skill was used.
Corrected a glitch that caused certain weapons to malfunction when used against mounted adversaries.
Addressed an issue where the Spinning Strikes Skill would cause a Bleed buildup even when the Bloodflame Blade Skill was active and the attack did not successfully hit the enemy.
Resolved an issue where certain actions would cause certain Skills to malfunction.
Resolved an issue where using certain incantations in rapid succession would result in unexpected behaviors.
A bug was corrected that prevented the spectral steed from causing a death fall in specific situations.
Addressed an issue where players were unable to be struck by other players in Multiplayer under specific conditions.
A bug in the Colosseum was resolved, which previously enabled Critical hits to be made against players in particular death animations.
Corrected an issue where the Mimic’s Veil effect was not accurately displayed to other players in certain situations.
Addressed a bug that resulted in summoned hunters being immediately recalled under specific conditions.
A bug has been resolved in Multiplayer mode that caused certain spirits to remain locked on, even after they had vanished.
Improved Multiplayer stability under certain circumstances
Resolved an issue where certain maps would display differently than intended in certain situations due to a bug.
Resolved an issue where the damage values of certain equipped weapons were erroneously shown in different menus.
Addresses an issue where sites of Grace could not be marked in the map menu under specific circumstances.
Addressed an issue where the inventory menu would not properly display item names and the cursor in certain situations.
Corrected an issue where event actions could still be accessed while in the map menu.
A bug in the map menu was resolved, which had been causing certain terrains to appear differently on the screen compared to their actual appearance.

Steam-only adjustments

Modified the original arrangement of “Key Settings” within the “Keyboard and Mouse Settings” section of the system menu.

Please note that your layout will not be affected if you have previously created save data before this update.

The issue of the mouse cursor blinking in the title menu, which resulted in the game becoming unstable in specific situations, has been resolved.

The issue of a submenu appearing with no items after a right click during the tutorial has been resolved.

The highly anticipated game Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree is set to be released on June 21, 2024, for all platforms.