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Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree

Update 1.12.3 Patch Notes (Ver. 1.013.003)

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Elden Ring has released patch 1.12.3 (update 1.013.003) on July 4, 2024. Learn more about patch 1.12.3 balance changes and bug fixes below.

Full 1.12.3 Patch Notes

General Balance Adjustments

  • Increased the Intelligence scaling of the Carian Sorcery Sword and slightly decreased the base damage.
  • Extended the throwing attacks range for the Smithscript Dagger and Smithscript Cirque.
  • Changed the placement of the bosses in the re-fight against the Golden Hippopotamus and Commander Gaius bosses to be in the same position as in the first fight.

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PvP Balance Adjusments

  • Decreased the damage and damage animation of the shearing vacuum effect of the Swift Slash Skill.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused the Rolling Sparks Skill to deal more damage than expected.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Rolling Sparks and Wall of Sparks Skills to deal no damage while some special effects were applied to the player.
  • Fixed a bug where some special effects of a right-handed weapon would also be applied to the following Weapon Skills when cast with the left hand: Feeble Lord's Frenzied Flame and Discus Hurl.
  • Fixed a bug where successfully guarding while attacking using the Thrusting Shield weapon type would consume less stamina than intended.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented players from cancelling the attack recovery of two-handed strong attacks by rolling for certain weapons of the Backhand Blades weapon type.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Lightning Perfume Bottle and Frenzyflame Perfume Bottle weapons to deal double damage under certain circumstances.
  • Fixed a bug where the Arcane scaling of the Bloodfiend's Arm weapon was higher than intended when setting an affinity. The status buildup of the heavy attack was also reduced.
  • Fixed a bug where the Faith scaling of the Gazing Finger weapon was not being applied correctly.
  • Fixed a bug where the damage animation of some attacks of the Fire Knight's Greatsword against players was different than expected.
  • Fixed a bug where the attack affinity of some attacks of the Fire Knight's Greatsword were different than expected.
  • Fixed a bug that caused some affinities for the following weapons to be higher than intended: Smithscript Dagger, Smithscript Cirque, Smithscript Axe, Smithscript Greathammer, Smithscript Spear, Golem Fist, Smithscript Shield.
  • Fixed a bug that caused enemies to heal when the Maximum HP reduction gradual HP reduction effect applied by Black Knife Tiche wore off.
  • Fixed a bug that caused summoned NPCs to behave differently than expected under certain circumstances.
  • Fixed a bug that where the unblockable bite attack of the Golden Hippopotamus boss would connect with players more easily than intended.
  • Fixed a bug that caused text to display differently than expected.
  • Several other performance improvements and bug fixes.

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Rolling Sparks Now Only Does Multiple Explosions when Unobstructed

Before Patch 1.12.3, Rolling Sparks used to stack its mini-explosions when aimed directly into the ground. This allowed you to concentrate the area of the damage, making 20,000 damage nukes possible with the right build. However, as of Patch 1.12.3, Rolling Sparks multi-explosion effect now only happens when unobstructed.

This means that multi-explosions can only happen in a straight line and, if aimed at the ground, only one explosion is generated. Due to this bug fix and the damage nerf to Rolling Sparks, you won't be getting the same high damage numbers as pre-Patch 1.12.3.

Possible Unstable Performance Fixes

  • For the PS5 version of the game, unstable framerate may be improved by using the Rebuild Database option from the device’s safe mode.
  • In some PC versions, Ray Tracing may be unintentionally enabled and cause unstable performance. Please check the Ray Tracing setting in the System > Graphics Settings > Raytracing Quality from the title screen or in-game menu.
  • In the PC Version, the message Inappropriate activity detected may appear without cheating. To fix this issue, please verify the integrity of the game's files before restarting the game.
  • In the PC version, unstable framerate may be caused by third party applications that control mouse behavior. Deactivating these third party applications may improve performance.

The patch notes were confirmed by the official Bandai Namco site.

Patch 1.12.3 File Size

20+ GB on PC and Console

PC 28.27 GB
PlayStation 20+ GB

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