Elden Ring Update Patch Notes, Confirmed Changes, And Latest News

Although Elden Ring has taken the world by storm and become one of the top-selling games of 2022, selling over 20 million units worldwide. However, Bandai Namco and FromSoftware haven't stopped trying to improve the game and have released a healthy flow of patch updates that fix issues or simply add more content to the game. So if you're curious to know what the current patch notes of Elden Ring look like and what confirmed changes and features it brings, then keep reading. Below you'll find a full description of the current Elden Ring patch notes, as well as any confirmed changes and news surrounding the game.

Lates Elden Ring Patch Notes

The patch notes for Elden Ring usually consist of hotfixes and balance changes, in addition to performance tweaks and optimizations, such as the recent one for ray tracing on the PC version of the game. This is especially important to the company as the DLC for the game, titled Shadow of the Erdtree, is set to release soon, and the devs most likely want to make sure that everything is in place for the highly anticipated DLC release. 

For now, it's clear that FromSoft is focused on polishing the game to a fine sheen, and you can be sure that we'll cover every update that comes in the future, from small tweaks to large content additions and fixes. So let us not waste any time, and dive into the current patch notes for Elden Ring:

V1.09.1 Patch Notes

Gameplay changes and bug fixes

• Fixed a bug where the effects of some Skills, Incantations, Items, and Weapons that increased attack power were not applied to Spells and Incantations.
• Fixed a bug where the Skill Contagious Fury from the Jellyfish Shield kept increasing attack power when unequipping the shield or switching to a different weapon.
• Decreased the poise damage of the Cursed-Blood Slice Skill.

About PC Ray Tracing settings

Under certain circumstances, ray tracing has been enabled by default after updating the game to version 1.09.

• If Ray Tracing has been unintentionally enabled and is impacting your game, you can disable it from the title menu or in-game by going to System → Graphics → Set Ray Tracing Quality to OFF.
• If your game does not start properly or becomes unstable when Ray Tracing Quality is set to Low/Medium/High/Maximum, please consider the following options:
  • Check the minimum/recommended operating environment of your PC when using Ray Tracing, available at the bottom of this page
  • Ensure that your graphics card drivers are updated to the latest version.