Elden Ring 1.12.3 patch notes summary — biggest changes
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Elden Ring’s all-new patch targets widespread performance issues while balancing new and powerful additions from its DLC. Along with these are a ton of bug fixes which rebalance plenty of unseen issues involvingthe new weapon types.
Elden Ring patch notes
Follow our Elden Ring patch 1.12.3 patch notes summary for the latest weapon changes and the game features.
Elden ring 1.12.3 patch notes
Swift Slash nerfed
On the PvP side of things, only one player ability has been adjusted for v1.12.3 and that’sSwift Slash.
Swift Slash is a new Ash of War you can use with the Backhand Blades in Shadow of the Erdtree. The ability is a quick forward double-slash that lets you blink before unleashing a wide Malenia-like “shearing vacuum effect”.
Knowing how hard players have been spamming Swift Strike in the Colosseum, the devs decided tolower its damage and shorten its damage animation, making the Backhand Blade ability easier to evade.
Elden Ring 1.12.3 — general balance changes
These changes affect gameplay across the board, applying to the Lands Between and PvP.
The main change this time involves boss positions in your rematch against the Golden Hippopotamus and General Gaius. From now on, both bosses will be located in the “same position” as before, making their encounters less confusing.
Here’s everything they changed about the items/weapons in Elden Ring 1.12.3:
Elden Ring 1.12.3 — bug fixes
Bug fixes are at the core of the Elden Ring 1.12.3 patch. These mainly focused on weapon Affinity issues that scaled improperly, certain boss moves that were harder than intended, and many more.
Here are all of the bug fixes in the Elden Ring 1.12.3 patch:
Elden Ring 1.12.3 —performance fixes
While Elden Ring’s DLC faced universal acclaim, some critics lowered their scores due to the expansion’s less-than-stellar performance on PC and PS5. Causes were unknown so far. With that in mind, here’s everything FROMSOFT has found so far:
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