Elden Ring Update v1.13 Overview

FromSoftware has released patch notes for Elden Ring’s update v1.13, bringing significant balance adjustments to PvP, skills, spells, incantations, and more. Additionally, this update addresses several bugs and performance issues, aiming to enhance the overall gaming experience.

Elden Ring remains a huge success, having sold over 25 million copies worldwide by June 2024. The game has been widely acclaimed for its challenging yet accessible gameplay, innovative open-world design, and engaging combat mechanics. The recent "Shadow of the Erdtree" DLC has seen similar success, selling five million copies in its first week. Despite its success, Elden Ring continues to receive updates to keep the game engaging and enjoyable for players.

Key Changes in Update v1.13

PvP Balance Adjustments

Equipment:

• Increased poise damage of normal attacks for Light Great Swords, Backhand Blades, Hand-to-Hand Arts, and Beast Claws.
• Increased poise damage of dual wield attacks for Straight Swords, Thrusting Swords, Curved Swords, Katanas, Spears, Whips, Fists, and Claws.
• Increased poise damage of Claws of Night throwing attacks.
• Decreased the backstep invulnerability window when Fine Crucible Feather Talisman or Talisman of All Crucibles are equipped.

Skills:

• Savage Lion's Claw: The second hit of the follow-up attack is now easier to land. The damage animation of the first attack against other players has been decreased.
• Raging Beast: Decreased invulnerability window against other players' attacks.
• Blind Spot: Decreased invulnerability window against other players' attacks.
• Palm Blast: Decreased poise amount generated when charging this skill.

Spells and Incantations:

• Miriam's Vanishing: Decreased invulnerability window against other players' attacks.
• Knight's Lightning Spear: Increased attack power of the initial lightning spear, decreased attack power of the spears launched after the first one, and decreased poise damage of all spears generated by this spell.

General Balance Adjustments

• Increased damage animation of Light Greatsword charge attacks against non-player enemies.
• Increased the stats and status of NPCs Needle Knight Leda, Pureblood Knight Ansbach, and Thiollier.
• Increased attack power and damage negation of summoned spirits, excluding the Mimic Tear, when Revered Spirit Ash Blessing is at level 5 or higher.
• Increased attack power scaling when upgrading armaments such as Repeating Crossbow, Spread Crossbow, and Rabbath's Cannon.

Armament Adjustments:

• Shield of Night: Increased damage negation when blocking physical attacks.
• Euporia: Increased Holy damage when the weapon has its luster restored, decreased the number of attacks required to restore the weapon’s luster, and increased the duration of the luster restoration effect.
• Golden Lion Shield: Increased guard strength.
• Golem Fist: Added a damage hitbox to the hand portion of the ranged fist attack.
• Smithscript Greathammer: Increased poise damage of the swing portion of throwing attacks.
• Spread Crossbow: Decreased generated status buildup when used with Bolts that have status effects.
• Ailment Talisman: After the onset of a status ailment, the status buildup (or duration) will now also be reduced immediately by a certain amount.

Skill Adjustments:

• Savage Lion's Claw: Increased attack power and poise damage of the first attack.
• Swift Slash: Reduced movement distance and extended recovery time.
• Overhead Stance: Increased attack power against non-player enemies.
• Aspects of the Crucible: Wings: Increased attack power, directional control, and poise generated when using this skill.
• Lightspeed Slash: The additional light attacks are now affected by the attack power and ability scaling of the weapon.
• Rancor Slash: Increased attack power of the vengeful spirits and stamina damage against guarding enemies.
• Revenger's Blade: Increased directional control for follow-up attacks after a strong attack.
• Horn Calling: Increased attack power against non-player enemies.
• Weed Cutter: Increased the speed of attacks.
• Romina's Purification: Increased poise value when using this skill.
• Red Bear Hunt: Increased attack power and poise value.
• Rancor Shot: Decreased status buildup generation when used with Arrows that have status effects.
• Repeating Fire: Adjusted attack power to compensate for increased weapon damage.
• Feeble Lord's Frenzied Flame: Reduced Frenzy status effect buildup against enemies.
• Revenge of the Night: Increased poise damage and attack power when used immediately after guarding against an enemy attack.

Spell Adjustments:

• Glintblade Trio: Increased attack power.
• Blades of Stone: Adjusted attack power of the first, second, and third charge attacks; increased attack power of the non-charged attack and first hit of the charged attack; reduced attack power of the second and third hits; increased attack range and speed.
• Glintstone Nail: Increased attack power and improved enemy tracking.
• Impenetrable Thorns: All generated Impenetrable Thorns now track enemies; decreased attack power, poise damage, Hemorrhage status buildup, and stamina damage against guarding enemies.
• Rings of Spectral Light: Increased attack power and Frostbite status buildup.
• Vortex of Putrescence: Increased attack power and Frostbite status buildup.

Incantation Adjustments:

• Minor Erdtree: Increased HP recovery amount.
• Land of Shadow: Improved enemy tracking.
• Spira: Increased attack speed.
• Watchful Spirit: Improved enemy tracking.
• Divine Beast Tornado: Increased attack power; enemies hit by the tornado will now be launched upwards; the tornado will be less likely to disappear due to collision with the terrain.
• Rain of Fire: Increased attack power; reduced the interval between each hit.
• Roar of Rugalea: Increased poise damage and attack power.
• Furious Blade of Ansbach: Increased attack power.
• Rotten Butterflies: Increased Scarlet Rot status buildup; reduced the interval between damage ticks; increased attack range.

Ash Adjustments

Numerous spirit summons have been adjusted to be less easily staggered and to increase their effectiveness in combat. This includes adjustments to their HP, attack power, and status ailment buildup.

Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

The update also addresses numerous bugs and performance issues reported by the community. Key fixes include:

• Adjusted the placement of NPC summon signs in certain boss fight areas.
• Fixed bugs affecting the damage of some normal attacks, physical attack attribute displays, and the functionality of specific weapons and skills.
• Resolved issues with spells and incantations, such as incorrect FP consumption, misaligned casting distances, and inconsistent hit detection.
• Improved the behavior of the Mimic Tear spirit when casting spells, incantations, and skills.
• Corrected issues with multiplayer functionality, item display icons, and map menu displays.
• Several performance improvements and other bug fixes.

Steam-specific adjustments include:

• Fixed a bug where "Anti-aliasing Quality" was unintentionally set to "High" each time the game was restarted.
• Corrected end credits errors introduced in update 1.12.

Potential unstable performance fixes:

• For the PS5 version, unstable framerate may be improved by using the "Rebuild Database" option from the device’s safe mode.
• On PC, ray tracing may be unintentionally enabled, causing performance issues. Check the ray tracing setting in "System" > "Graphics" > "Ray Tracing Quality" from the title screen or in-game menu.
• The message "Inappropriate activity detected" may appear without cheating. To fix this, verify the integrity of the game's files before restarting.

Version Information:

• App Ver. 1.13
• Regulation Ver. 1.13.1

Players on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S can download regulation files by logging in to the server. If the Regulation Ver. listed in the lower right corner of the title screen is not 1.13.1, select LOGIN and apply the latest regulation before enjoying the game.