Elden Ring patch 1.12 notes details are now available for PS4, PS5, PC, and Xbox players. According to the official Elden Ring 1.12 patch notes, the latest “Shadow of the Erdtree” dlc introduces new regions, a compelling storyline with Miquella, and enhanced RPG elements. Apart from this, Elden Ring update 1.12 also includes performance improvements.
Previously, a major update 1.05 added new changes, fixes, and improvements. Recently, update 1.06 and hotfix 1.07 were released with some minor changes. Unfortunately, since the last patch, players are facing issues with the game. Elden Ring version 1.12 will fix a few of these issues.
Related: List of all Elden Ring Bugs and Known Issues.
Elden Ring Update 1.12 Patch Notes
New Expansion: Shadow of the Erdtree
Overview
- Land of Shadow: Explore new regions obscured by the Erdtree where the goddess Marika first set foot.
- Storyline: Follow Miquella as he divests himself of his former self, awaiting the return of his promised Lord.
Key Features
A New Story
- Guided by Miquella: Uncover dark secrets in the Land of Shadow.
- Meet New Characters: Encounter others with ulterior motives.
Exploring New Worlds
- Beyond the Lands Between: Seamlessly travel between familiar and new areas.
- Meticulous Dungeons: Face menacing enemies and diverse challenges.
Deepened RPG Elements
- New Content: Includes new weapons, equipment, skills, and magic.
- Boss Encounters: Face new enemies and storylines to enhance RPG freedom.
New Features
Summoning Pool Enhancements
- NG+ Compatibility: Active Summoning Pools will carry over to NG+.
- Map Functions Menu: Enable/disable individual Summoning Pools. Only active pools are selected when using the Small Golden Effigy.
New Hairstyles
- Additional Options: Five new hairstyles added.
- Access: Available during character creation, at the Clouded Mirror Stand, or through Rennala’s Rebirth feature.
General Updates
- Bug Fixes: Various in-game issues resolved.
- Balance Adjustments: Tweaks to improve game balance.
Server Maintenance
- Date and Time: June 20, from 07:00 to 10:00 UTC.
New feature
- Added support for the SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE DLC.
- Five new hairstyles have been added to the game. They can be selected during character creation, using the Clouded Mirror Stand or using Rennala’s Rebirth feature.
- Added “Map Functions Menu” to 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 “Include Distant Areas” is selected when using the Small Golden Effigy, summoning pools within the Mohgwyn Palace will not be selected for summoning, even if you have activated them.
– If you are within the Moghwyn Palace and select “Nearby Only” when using the Small Golden Effigy, you will be able to be summoned within the area.
New Inventory features:
- Newly obtained items will be marked with a “!“.
- A new tab called “Recent Items” has been added to review recently obtained items.
- Display settings can be changed from the Display tab in the system menu.
- Added new feature to summon spectral steed during the Elden Beast the boss battle.
- Added new feature to the colosseum: crafted consumable items that have been used during a battle will be replenished at the end of your session.
- Added support for 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 adjustments in this section do not affect single-player or cooperative play.
Weapons 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:
- 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
- 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.
General balance adjustments
The adjustments in this section affect both PvE and PvP aspects of the game.
- 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:
- Light Bows / Long Bows
- 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:
- Spears / Great Spears
- 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.
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.
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.
Bug Fixes
- 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.
Steam-only adjustments
- Changed the initial layout of “Key Settings” in “Keyboard and Mouse Settings” in the system menu.
Note: If you have created save data before this update, your layout will not be affected.
Fixed a bug where the mouse cursor would blink in the title menu, causing the game to be unstable under certain circumstances.
Fixed a bug where a submenu with no items would be displayed after a right click during the tutorial.
The following changes were added previously.
- Fixed a bug that changed crouching attack behavior of right-handed weapons when holding specific weapons in the left hand.
- Fixed a bug that prevented other players’ positions from being displayed correctly on the compass and the map during multiplayer sessions aside from the Colosseums.
Major Changes Included in the Latest Update
Additional elements
- Added the function to send summoning signs to summoning pools in multiple areas, including distant areas.
When sending a co-op sign to distant areas with this function, summoning pools in “Mohgwyn Palace” will be excluded
- Added the function to invade a larger area, including distant areas
- Added a new way to advance White Mask Varre’s questline other than participating in multiplayer invasion by defeating a new NPC
Balance Changes
- Added the following adjustments to Greatsword, Curved Greatsword and Great Hammers:
- Reduced the time it takes for rolling to become possible after an attack (Jump attack, dual wield attack and attacks while mounted not included)
- Increased the motion speed of strong attack and charge attack (mounted attacks not included)
- Increased Guard Counter’s motion speed
- Increased the attack speed of Great Axes and reduced the time it takes for rolling to become possible after an attack (Jump attack, dual wield attack and attacks while mounted not included)
- Increased rolling distance when player has a light equip load.
- Increased the hitbox of Cipher Pata’s weapon skill “Unblockable Blade”
- Increased the range of Ash of War “Glintstone Pebble” and “Glintstone Dart” projectile while decreasing the damage and stagger power
- Decreased the travel distance and invincibility frames of Ash of War “Bloodhound Step” while adding the changes below:
・Reduced performance when used continuously
・Increased travel distance when on light equip load
- Shortened the activation interval when using “Quick Step” skill in succession, increasing its ability to circle around the enemy when locked-on and add the changes below:
・Reduced performance when used continuously
・Increased travel distance when on light equip load
- Decreased the damage and bleed build-up of weapon skill “Corpse Piler” when hit with the blood attack. When hit by the blade, the damage is only decreased slightly
- Decreased the target tracking ability of sorcery “Stars of Ruin”
- Fixed a bug which caused some attacks of “Lucerne” to not pierce enemy’s guard
- Fixed a bug which made it harder for a two-handed jump attack with “Bloodhound’s Fang” to break enemy’s stance
- Fixed a bug which caused the effect of “Determination” and “Royal Knight’s Resolve” to disappear after using the “Parry” skill with a dagger
- Fixed a bug when dual wielding Axe and Greataxe which caused additional effects from Spells, Weapon Skills and Items to not be applied correctly
- Fixed a bug when two-handing a Halberd which made it harder to withstand enemy’s attack after using guard counter
- Fixed a bug which caused the physical attack affinity of some weapons to be different from the affinity listed in the description.
- Fixed a bug which caused the player to become more easily noticed by the enemy when wearing “Deathbed Dress”, even when crouching
- Fixed a bug which caused charge attack with flail to damage ally character when wearing “Deathbed Dress”
- Fixed a bug that caused HP to regenerate when switching your equipment to certain type of armor
- Fixed a bug where the effect added to the weapon upon using “Mists of Slumber” was lost when the player receive an attack
- Fixed a bug which caused the playable character’s movement to become unstable upon hitting certain enemies with the skill “Ghostflame Ignition”
- Fixed a bug which prevented player from using “The Queen’s Black Flame” skill’s follow-up attack when performing the skill with insufficient FP
- Fixed a bug with the weapon skill “Zamor Ice Storm” which allowed player to more easily withstand enemy’s attack when using the skill with insufficient FP
- Fixed a bug which caused the effect of spells and items added to right-hand armament to occur when using certain weapon skills with left hand.
- Fixed a bug which caused the FP consumption description of certain weapon skills to be different from its actual FP cost
- Fixed a bug that allows “Rock Blaster” to not consume any FP when used with a staff on the left hand and no weapon on the right hand
- Fixed a bug which caused the charged version of “Black Flame Ritual” to consume the same amount of stamina as the normal version
- Fixed a bug which caused the player to receive less HP recovery from incantations and items other than “Flask of Crimson Tears” when activating the effect of “Malenia’s Great Rune”
- Fixed a bug which caused the “Opaline Hardtear” to not boost physical damage negation
- Fixed a bug which prevented the player from jumping mid-air while riding under specific condition
- Fixed a bug which allowed jump attack with Colossal Weapons while mounted to hit twice consecutively
- Fixed a bug which caused some signs to appear more than once in the Summoning Pool
- Fixed a bug which caused the effect of some weapon skill’s attack to persist under specific circumstances
- Fixed a bug which sometimes caused significant performance issue at “Ordina, Liturgical Town” under certain circumstances
- Fixed a bug which prevented the player from picking up dropped Runes upon death under certain circumstances
- Fixed a bug which allowed users to reach certain inaccessible area during multiplayer
- Fixed a bug which caused the multiplayer area to have different boundary than expected
- Fixed a bug that causes some enemies to have incorrect visuals and behaviors.
- Fixed a bug that caused incorrect sounds to be played under certain circumstances.
- Fixed a bug which caused some areas to make the player unable to move which lead to death
- Fixed a bug that caused some places on the map to have incorrect visuals and hitboxes.
- Fixed a bug in some maps that allowed users to reach unexpected locations using certain procedures.
- Fixed a bug with the PC version which caused click input to occur when equipping Staves or Sacred Seals and switching Windows to active.
- Other performance improvements and bug fixes.
- Addressed random disconnection issue.
- Added improvements for Co-op mode.
- Added general stability and performance improvements.
- Fixed various game crashing bugs.
- Addressed white screen crash issue.
- Other minor bug fixes.
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