What changed in DARK SOULS™ III in 2017

Fixed issue where the bonus souls earned by equipping the Mendicant’s Staff would not stack when equipped in both hands.

The two-handed R1 / RB attack of Friede's Great Scythe now has shield-piercing properties as intended.

The increased damage effect of Bloodlust no longer disappears unexpectedly.

Bonus souls earned by equipping the Mendicant’s Staff now stack correctly when equipped in both hands.

Using Rotten Pine Resin or Carthus Rogue on a weapon equipped in the right hand no longer applies negative status effects to allied players when using the Lothric War Banner skill.

Fixed issue where the two-handed R1 / RB attack of Friede's Great Scythe did not have shield-piercing properties.

Players above level 351 can now match with a wider range of other players in online play.

Fixed issue where the increased damage effect of Bloodlust would suddenly disappear.

Increased the matching range for online play for players above level 351.

Fixed issue where using Rotten Pine Resin or Carthus Rogue on a weapon equipped in the right hand would apply negative status effects to allied players when using the Lothric War Banner skill.

Increased motion cancel (animation cancel?) speed for the Darkdrift skill attached to Darkdrift

Reduced stamina consumption of L1 (LB) attacks and increased damage for 'Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords'

Fixed an issue when a female character or a male character wearing the Reversal Ring uses the Repeating Crossbow art, the character would move forward without any analog stick input.

Fixed issue where 2 Spears of the Church were occasionally summoned in the Ringed City

Reduced stamina consumption of L1 (LB) attacks and increased damage for 'Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords'

Reduced stamina consumption and increased poison, bleed, and hollow-infused luck scaling of 'Astora Straight Sword'

Increased motion cancel (animation cancel?) speed for the Darkdrift skill attached to Darkdrift

Fixed issue where the Unfaltering Prayer effect was retained when casting certain miracles and quickly casting another spell afterwards

Increased animation cancel speed of 'Whip' category weapons (excluding 'Rose of Ariandel')

Decreased stamina consumption when attacking with Darkdrift

Fixed a bug where equipping 'Lothric War Banner' in the left hand and using its weapon skill would activate the on-hit effect of the right-hand weapon

Increased absorption and stamina recovery speed when summoned as the Spears of Church in a world with 2 or more White Spirits.

Fixed issue where the art for the Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords could still be performed when there was insufficient FP

Decreased stamina consumption for Aquamarine Dagger's Crystal Blade skill.

Increased stamina consumption of Lightning Arrow and decreased stamina recovery speed while the player is drawing the bow

Increased damage for 'Repeating Crossbow'

Reduced damage and animation cancel speed of weapon skill 'Blade of Peril' of 'Gael’s Greatsword', as well as follow-up R1 (RB) attack

Increased animation cancel speed of 'Whip' category weapons (excluding 'Rose of Ariandel')

Decreased stamina consumption when attacking with Darkdrift

Fixed issue where players could parry the Flame Fan

Fixed issue where further progress was disabled when interacting with the Crystal Sage Clone in a certain way.

Reduced stamina consumption and increased poison, bleed, and hollow-infused luck scaling of 'Astora Straight Sword'

Fixed issue when activating the Wrath of the Gods miracle through a catalyst held in the character's right hand, the idle time after the spell cast was longer than it should be

Changed weapon skill 'Repeat Fire' of 'Repeating Crossbow' so that it no longer consumes more stamina even when the required stats are not met

Changed weapon skill 'Call to Stone' of 'Ledo’s Great Hammer' so that the second hit can be escaped by rolling, if another attack was used to combo into the first hit

Fixed issue where the art for the Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords could still be performed when there was insufficient FP

Added increased bleed effect to weapon skill 'Bloodlust'

Reduced damage and animation cancel speed of weapon skill 'Blade of Peril' of 'Gael’s Greatsword', as well as follow-up R1 (RB) attack

Increased absorption and stamina recovery speed when summoned as the Spears of Church in a world with 2 or more White Spirits.

Fixed several other small issues

Fixed issue where following certain steps could make the Ringed City Streets bonfire inaccessible

Decreased cooldown time for Ritual Spear Fragment and Divine Spear Fragment when summoned as the Spear of the Church in a world with 2 or more white spirits.

Changed weapon skill 'Repeat Fire' of 'Repeating Crossbow' so that it no longer consumes more stamina even when the required stats are not met

Fixed issue where certain weapons would still leave a visual effect after changing the equipped weapon

Fixed issue where certain weapons would still leave a visual effect after changing the equipped weapon

Fixed issue where the Unfaltering Prayer effect was retained when casting certain miracles and quickly casting another spell afterwards

Fixed a bug where equipping 'Lothric War Banner' in the left hand and using its weapon skill would activate the on-hit effect of the right-hand weapon

Added increased bleed effect to weapon skill 'Bloodlust'

Reduced rotation on L1 (LB) attacks and weapon skill 'Ember' of 'Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords'

Decreased cooldown time for Ritual Spear Fragment and Divine Spear Fragment when summoned as the Spear of the Church in a world with 2 or more white spirits.

Less Vitality can be recovered by the caster when using the miracle 'Projected Heal'

Fixed issue where players could parry the Flame Fan

Increased damage and animation cancel speed of weapon skill 'Call to Stone' of 'Ledo’s Great Hammer'

Increased attack power for the skill attached to Quakestone Hammer

Fixed a bug in online multiplayer, where the pyromancy 'Seething Chaos' and the sorcery 'Crystal Hail' would be cancelled out if also used by another player

Increased attack power for the skill attached to Quakestone Hammer

Fixed issue where the weapon reinforcement effect of the right-hand weapon was applied to the left hand equipped with Preacher's Right Arm when performing the Feasting Branch skill

Increased stamina consumption of Lightning Arrow and decreased stamina recovery speed while the player is drawing the bow

Changed weapon skill 'Call to Stone' of 'Ledo’s Great Hammer' so that the second hit can be escaped by rolling, if another attack was used to combo into the first hit

Fixed an issue when a female character or a male character wearing the Reversal Ring uses the Repeating Crossbow art, the character would move forward without any analog stick input.

Fixed issue where the effectiveness of the Preacher's Right Arm art did not decrease when the player did not have the required Intelligence

Fixed issue where the weapon reinforcement effect of the right-hand weapon was applied to the left hand equipped with a Greatshield weapon when performing the Shield Bash skill

Fixed a bug in online multiplayer, where the pyromancy 'Seething Chaos' and the sorcery 'Crystal Hail' would be cancelled out if also used by another player

Fixed issue where the effectiveness of the Preacher's Right Arm art did not decrease when the player did not have the required Intelligence

Strength and Dexterity scaling for the 'Sunlight Straight Sword' has been lowered.

Fixed issue when activating the Wrath of the Gods miracle through a catalyst held in the character's right hand, the idle time after the spell cast was longer than it should be

Fixed issue where following certain steps could make the Ringed City Streets bonfire inaccessible

Fixed issue where the player was unable to use the bonfire despite having defeated the Demon Prince in The Dreg Heap.

Less Vitality can be recovered by the caster when using the miracle 'Projected Heal'

Fixed issue where the weapon reinforcement effect of the right-hand weapon was applied to the left hand equipped with a Greatshield weapon when performing the Shield Bash skill

Reduced rotation on L1 (LB) attacks and weapon skill 'Ember' of 'Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords'

Increased damage for 'Repeating Crossbow'

Decreased stamina consumption for Aquamarine Dagger's Crystal Blade skill.

Fixed issue where the weapon reinforcement effect of the right-hand weapon was applied to the left hand equipped with Preacher's Right Arm when performing the Feasting Branch skill

Fixed issue where 2 Spears of the Church were occasionally summoned in the Ringed City

Strength and Dexterity scaling for the 'Sunlight Straight Sword' has been lowered.

Increased damage and animation cancel speed of weapon skill 'Call to Stone' of 'Ledo’s Great Hammer'

Fixed issue where further progress was disabled when interacting with the Crystal Sage Clone in a certain way.

Fixed issue where the player was unable to use the bonfire despite having defeated the Demon Prince in The Dreg Heap.

A flat arena without reliefs added for duels, responding to player requests.

A flat arena without reliefs added for duels, responding to player requests.

Fixed other various issues.

Reduced the absorption bonus during the latter half of 'Perseverance' weapon skill.

Reduced damage of 'Dark' and 'Fire' infusions.

Faith scaling added and Strength and Dexterity scaling reduced accordingly.

All attacks can no longer be parried, but two-handed attacks now consume more stamina and no longer apply poise.

Increased stamina consumption of 'Magic Shield' and 'Great Magic Shield', and increased FP consumption of 'Great Magic Shield'.

Fixed a bug where 'Spear of the Church' would be summoned outside the boss battle area.

Reduced damage of 'Dark', 'Fire' and 'Raw' infusions.

Increased tracking on attack animations for 'Pike' category weapons.

Added a small window where damage taken is increased after initiating a parry with 'Fist' and 'Claw' category weapons.

Added a small window where damage taken is increased after initiating a parry with 'Fist' and 'Claw' category weapons.

Host will be unable to summon subsequent white phantoms for a period after a white phantom dies during an invasion.

Increased stamina consumption of 'Magic Shield' and 'Great Magic Shield', and FP consumption for 'Great Magic Shield'.

New arena added to the Undead Match.

Fixed an issue where some weapon skill animations could be used with other weapons.

Fixed an issue where some weapon skill animations could be used with other weapons.

Bleed effect wasn't displaying in the menus.

'Spear of the Church' would be summoned outside the boss battle area.

Increased the level range at which 'Darkmoon Blades' and 'Blue Sentinels' can be matched.

Reduced FP consumption of this miracle.

Resins and Spell Buffs could be applied to unbuffable weapons.

Fixed a bug where healing amount was dependent on the Faith value of the weapon equipped.

Reduced damage of these weapons.

When a white phantom dies during an invasion, the host will be unable to summon subsequent white phantoms for a certain period.

Reduced damage of 'Dark', 'Fire' and 'Raw' infusions.

It is now easier to be interrupted when using most weapon skills.

Faith scaling added and reduced Strength and Dexterity scaling accordingly.

Fixed other various issues.

Reduced stamina consumption and increased duration for 'Great Magic Barrier' and 'Vow of Silence'.

Fixed a bug where weapon skill 'Quake' would deal more damage than intended to 'Spear of the Church'.

Up to two 'Darkmoon Blades' or 'Blue Sentinels' can now be summoned during online multiplayer.

Increased drop rate, reduced carry limit, and greatly reduced duration of its effect.

Reduced the absorption bonus during the latter half of 'Perseverance' weapon skill.

All attacks can no longer be parried, but two-handed attacks now consume more stamina and no longer apply poise.

Bug where disabled items could be used has been fixed.

Weapon skill would deal more damage than intended to 'Spear of the Church'.

Increased drop rate, reduced carry limit, and greatly reduced duration of its effect.

Fixed a bug where red phantoms could be summoned after the appearance of a 'Darkmoon Blade' or 'Blue Sentinel'.

Increased the level range at which 'Darkmoon Blades' and 'Blue Sentinels' can be matched.

Increased charge rate for effects that trigger on continuous attacks.

Up to two 'Darkmoon Blades' or 'Blue Sentinels' can now be summoned during online multiplayer.

Reduced the absorption penalty when wearing this item.

Red phantoms could be summoned after the appearance of a 'Darkmoon Blade' or 'Blue Sentinel'.

Reduced stamina consumption and increased duration of 'Great Magic Barrier' and 'Vow of Silence'.

New arena added to the Undead Match.

Updated matchmaking rules for various covenants.

Players could invade hosts during a boss fight.

Increased charge rate for effects that trigger on continuous attacks.

Reduced critical damage of this weapon.

Increased stamina damage dealt by 'Fist' category weapons.

Reduced the effectiveness of this ring.

It is now easier to be interrupted when using most weapon skills.

Reduced damage of 'Dark' and 'Fire' infusions.

Fixed a bug where the second L1(LB) combo attack when two-handing was not dealing thrust damage.

Healing amount was always dependent on the Faith value of the weapon equipped.

Re-adjusted damage and scaling for various weapon infusions changed in Regulation Version 1.32.

Fixed a bug where Resins and Spell Buffs could be applied to unbuffable weapons.

Players can no longer invade hosts during a boss fight.

Increased poise effect with this weapon.

Second L1(LB) combo attack was not dealing thrust damage.

Re-adjusted damage and scaling for various weapon infusions changed in Regulation Version 1.32.

Increased tracking on attack animations for 'Pike' category weapons.

Increased FP and stamina consumption, and reduced duration.

Fixed a bug where bleed effect wasn't displaying in the menus.

Increased FP and stamina consumption, and reduced duration.

Disabled items could be used.

Increased stamina damage dealt by 'Fist' category weapons.

Reduced damage and increased stamina consumption for L1(LB) attacks and weapon art 'Ember'

Would combo for more hits than intended

Fully charged R2(RT) attacks were not consuming additional stamina

Includes simple, crystal, fire, chaos, lightning, dark, deep, and blessed infusions

Was applying more status effects than intended

Reduced penalty to stamina regeneration

Would combo for more hits than intended

Increased at high levels of dexterity

Reduced during 1vs2, 1vs3, and 1vs4 games (1vs1 is unaffected)

Unchanged in 1vs2, 1vs3, and 1vs4 matches

The Ringed City, Dark Souls 3’s second and final DLC, will be released on March 28th, 2017.

The Ringed City, Dark Souls III second and final expansion, is now available.

Explore a brand new convoluted region, inhabited by new enemies, mysteries and characters.

Fight your fight through The Ringed City with new armor, weapons and magic.

Fight your fight through The Ringed City with new armor, weapons and magic.

The Ringed City, Dark Souls 3’s second and final DLC, will be released on March 28th, 2017.

Explore a brand new convoluted region, inhabited by new enemies, mysteries and characters.

The Ringed City, Dark Souls III second and final expansion, is now available.

Resolved an issue where an item could be used simultaneously with the Dragon Head Stone during a quick turn.

Fixed an issue where a currently equipped item would be replaced by an item from the inventory box if they had the same name.

New screenshots featuring various elements from The Ringed City have been shared.

A new trailer showcasing The Ringed City has been released.

A new trailer showcasing The Ringed City has been released.

The Ringed City DLC is set to release on March 28th.

The Ringed City DLC is set to release on March 28th.

New screenshots depicting various scenes and characters from The Ringed City have been shared.

Fixed an issue where a currently equipped item would be replaced with an item from the inventory box if both items had the same name.

Resolved an issue where an item could be used simultaneously with the Dragon Head Stone during a quick turn.

New PvP arenas including Dragon Ruins and The Grand Roof of Lothric Castle will be available.

New PvP arenas, Dragon Ruins and The Grand Roof of Lothric Castle, will be available for players.

A new PvP feature for team password matchmaking will be added.

A new PvP feature for team password matchmaking will be added.

Dark Souls III's final adventure will be available on March 28th.

An old knight whose withered sword has regained its past appearance.

A dragon that breathes fire and is consumed by darkness.

A new weapon that transforms into a sword shape and can be used as pyromancy.

A knight covered in heavy armor who has lost his memory and continues his journey.

A creature similar to Pilgrim Pupa, looking down upon the angels.

Clothes worn during the age of Gods, rare armor for women with an elegant touch.

Clothes worn during the age of Gods, rare armor for women with royal elegance.

A woman covered by bacillus, holding a half cracked shell, meant for the sake of others.

An ancient weapon with demented, tangled remains that protects its master.

An ancient city that has sunken under darkness, with many things having arisen.

A city that has sunken under darkness with many things having arisen.

A dragon that breathes fire and may be consumed by darkness.

An old knight with a withered sword that has regained its past appearance.

A giant wearing old judicator clothes, calling someone far up in the sky.

A woman covered by overly grown bacillus, holding a half cracked shell.

A creature similar to Pilgrim Pupa, looking down upon angels.

A new weapon that transforms into a sword shape and can be used as pyromancy.

New screenshots and artworks showcasing various characters and environments from the upcoming DLC.

Dark Souls III's final adventure will be available on March 28th.

An ancient weapon with demented, tangled remains that protects its master.

A knight covered in heavy armor who has lost his memory and continues his journey.

New screenshots and artworks showcasing various elements from the upcoming DLC.

A giant wearing old judicator clothes, calling someone far up in the sky.

Join the Cosplay Fights event by using the password 'cosplay' in Undead Match or your favorite PvP Area.

Join the Cosplay Fights event on March 4th and 5th in the Undead Match or your favorite PvP Area using the password 'cosplay'.

Fixed issue where an enchantment could be applied to weapons which normally could not be enchanted.

Fixed issue where, when items are used while casting magic, display glitches could occasionally occur.

Fixed issue where it was possible to cancel immediately into a second magic spell after casting the first one.

Fixed issue where a player could invade another player during a boss battle.

Fixed issue where an enchantment could be applied to weapons which normally could not be enchanted.

Fixed issue where the first part of a skill action could be skipped.

First gameplay footage revealed for The Ringed City, the final DLC for Dark Souls III, releasing on March 28th.

Fixed issue where a single item could be used indefinitely.

First gameplay footage revealed for The Ringed City, the final DLC for Dark Souls III, releasing on March 28th.

Fixed issue where a player could invade another player during a boss battle.

Fixed issue where, when items are used while casting magic, display glitches could occasionally occur.

Fixed issue where it was possible to cancel immediately into a second magic spell after casting the first one.

Fixed issue where a single item could be used indefinitely.

Fixed issue where the first part of a skill action could be skipped.