What changed in ELDEN RING in 2022

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 map outside of the Colosseums.

Increased poise damage of Claws (weapon arts unchanged).

Added new hairstyles usable at character creation and via the Clouded Mirror Stand.

Colosseums of Limgrave, Caelid, and Leyndell opened with duels, free-for-all, team battles up to six players, and matches with spirit summoning.

Reduced thrusting weapons' counterattack damage in PvP.

Increased attack speed/distance and reduced recovery on these weapon categories when dual wielded.

Increased speed of some attacks and reduced recovery time on these weapon types.

Reduced the power of the Carian Slicer spell in PvP.

Colosseums of Limgrave, Leyndell and Caelid announced as a free update arriving December 7.

Increased poise damage when using two-handed normal attacks.

Increased stamina attack power in PvP for all attacks against guarded foes except long-ranged weapons.

Decreased the guard strength of the Fingerprint Stone Shield.

Reduced Scarlet Rot status buildup.

Dozens of spells received FP cost reductions, damage/cast-speed buffs, and poise-damage boosts (Stars of Ruin, Founding Rain of Stars, Shatter Earth, Gelmir's Fury, Oracle Bubbles, Scarlet Aeonia, Inescapable Frenzy and many more).

Increased speed of some Colossal Sword and Colossal Weapon attacks; decreased recovery; adjusted crouching/rolling attack speeds.

Improved poise damage in PvP for normal attacks of every weapon (skills and long-ranged weapons excepted).

With some exceptions, poise of all armor has been increased.

Added separate damage scaling for Weapons, Skills, Spells, and Incantations when fighting other players. Future balance can now be applied without affecting single-player or co-op.

Raised attack power and/or speed of Lion's Claw, Ground Slam family, Impaling Thrust, Piercing Fang, Stormcaller, Bloody Slash, and many more weapon skills.

Reduced PvP power of Dragonfire, Agheel's Flame, Glintstone Breath, Smarag's Glintstone Breath, Rotten Breath, Ekzykes's Decay, Dragonice, Borealis's Mist, and Unendurable Frenzy.

With a few exceptions, Ashes of War have been weakened in PvP across the board.

Increased Great Axe attack speed and reduced post-attack roll lockout.

Added the ability to invade players in a larger area, including distant regions.

Reduced roll lockout after attacks and increased charged/strong attack speed for these heavy weapon categories.

Fixed a bug which prevented the player from picking up dropped Runes after death under certain circumstances.

Decreased the damage and bleed buildup of the Corpse Piler weapon skill's blood hit.

Added the ability to send summoning signs to summoning pools in distant areas (with Mohgwyn Palace excluded when 'include distant areas' is set).

Added 'ERROR' text to unauthorized items created via the earlier item-pass exploit; future possession/use to be penalized.

Decreased the target tracking ability of the Stars of Ruin sorcery.

Fixed a bug which caused significant performance drops at Ordina, Liturgical Town.

Added a new way to advance White Mask Varre's questline by defeating a new NPC instead of participating in multiplayer invasion.

Decreased Bloodhound Step travel distance and i-frames; reduced performance when used continuously. Similar changes to Quick Step.

Fixed issues with War Cry, Determination, Royal Knight's Resolve, Ice Spear, Golden Vow, Moonlight Greatsword, Seppuku, Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker, and Waves of Darkness skills.

Added sound effects when other players' summon signs appear nearby.

Fixed a bug that caused Malenia, Goddess of Rot to have low HP under certain circumstances.

Items unlocked at the Twin Maiden Husk via Bell Bearings now persist into New Game Plus.

Fixed a bug that prevented the NPC Alexander, Warrior Jar event from progressing.

Improved stability of online multiplayer between PS4/PS5 and overall.

Fixed a bug that prevented the battle with the God-Devouring Serpent boss from progressing under certain circumstances.

Improved loading times on Xbox Series X|S.

Fixed a bug where Malenia, Blade of Miquella's HP was not healed correctly in online multiplayer.

Fixed a bug that caused some bosses to die at unintended times.

Fixed a bug in which the effect duration of the Cerulean Hidden Tear was revised downward.

Fixed a bug that prevented Elden Beast from working properly under certain circumstances.

Numerous spells received cast speed, FP cost, and damage improvements (Crystal Barrage, Ranni's Dark Moon, Rennala's Full Moon, Lightning Strike, Bloodflame Talons, Scarlet Aeonia, Placidusax's Ruin, Elden Stars, and many more).

Increased damage of the Grafted Blade Greatsword.

Slightly increased FP and Stamina growth rate at lower character levels.

Colossal Swords/Weapons: increased attack speed, reduced recovery time, increased two-handed damage, and improved block rate / guard boost on large weapon classes.

Fixed bugs that prevented progression of Diallos' questline and reward drop after defeating the Dung Eater.

Fixed a bug that prevented entering the boss area after defeating Morgott, the Omen King.

Added an option to turn the camera auto-rotate function ON/OFF.

Improved cast speed / recovery / FP on Lion's Claw, Moonlight Greatsword, Wave of Gold, Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker, Establish Order, and dozens of other weapon skills.

Decreased scaling of status-effect buildup on Albinauric Staff and Dragon Communion Seal; Greatshield Talisman effect reduced on high-block weapons.

Added a barrier to Millicent after helping her at Miquella's Haligtree so she cannot be unintentionally killed.

Shortened madness-afflicted animation length and lowered recovery speed of madness buildup.

Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented the Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon fight from working properly in cooperative play.

Added new event phases for the NPC Patches.

Fixed a bug that allowed unauthorized items to be passed to other players.

Fixed a bug in patch 1.03 where the balance adjustment to Starscourge Radahn unintentionally reduced some of his attack power.

Fixed a multiplayer bug that allowed players to teleport others to incorrect map coordinates.

Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented players from advancing Nepheli Loux's questline.

Fixed a bug that killed the playable character when descending from a spot near Bestial Sanctum.

Fixed a bug that prevented Ash of War Endure from taking effect.

Increased Smithing Stone drop rate for some enemies and added stones to early-game shops.

Fixed multiple bugs where weapon scaling was incorrect (Arcane, post-upgrade, affinity interactions).

Increased Bloody Slash self-damage while lowering damage; Barricade Shield gained higher FP cost and lower duration.

Decreased the damage and changed the behavior of the Mimic Tear spirit summon.

Fixed a bug that prevented the player from moving to the next area after defeating the Fire Giant.

Decreased the damage of the Sword of Night and Flame weapon skill.

Fixed a bug that prevented warping to sites of grace from the map near the end of the game.

Decreased Hoarfrost Stomp damage and increased cast time.

Added new quest phases for Diallos, Nepheli Loux, Kenneth Haight, and Gatekeeper Gostoc.

Reduced FP consumption and/or increased damage for Glintstone Cometshard, Comet, Night Comet, Gravity Well, Collapsing Stars, Crystal Barrage and many others.

Added Talisman Pouch to Twin Maiden Husks shop when player cannot obtain all three via normal progression.

Increased overall shield effectiveness.

Added night-time background music for certain overworld regions.

Added a function to record NPC icons and names on the map when encountered.

New NPC Jar-Bairn added to the game with associated questline.

Steam client update released to prevent local/cloud save conflicts affecting PC saves.

Fixed a problem with controllers connected to PC not being recognized under certain circumstances.

Fixed a bug that caused the game to quit during the Fire Giant boss fight.

Fixed a bug where the graphics card was not engaged, causing slow performance.

Addressed the overly-sensitive PC mouse behavior reported at launch.

Smoothed area-transition loading by reducing the number of files fetched.

Resolved EAC launch failures experienced at release.

Dev confirmed upcoming patch for overly sensitive mouse behavior on PC.

EAC failing to launch when Steam account name includes kanji or other multi-byte characters; patch planned.

ELDEN RING launches worldwide on PC via Steam.

Improved player controls, BGM additions/adjustments, text adjustments, frame rate fixes, and initial balance adjustments.

Resolved frame rate drops that occurred under certain conditions.

Fixed NPC event bugs and text bugs in some languages.

Balance adjustments applied at launch.

Pre-loading on Steam opened ahead of launch.

Worldwide unlock times and pre-load schedule published ahead of the Feb 25 launch.

Minimum and recommended PC specifications announced ahead of launch.