Elden Ring patch 1.06 update weakens rivers of blood, strengthens greatswords

elden ring Developer FromSoftware released a new update for its open-world action role-playing game on Tuesday that fixes a long list of bugs and makes numerous balance changes. These changes include nerfs to the Rivers of Blood sword’s Corpse Piler skill and the Bloodhound’s Step Ash of War – two elements of it elden ring PvP, which may have been bugging you a lot for the last six months – and heavy weapon buffs.

Patch 1.06 for elden ring also adds something new: the ability to send summoning tokens to summoning pools in multiple areas, including “remote areas,” says FromSoftware in the game’s latest patch notes. Players can now help friends and strangers from afar, or ambush their enemies in a larger area if they see fit.

For players who play elden ring Offline, the patch also brings a change to part of White Mask Varre’s questline, allowing players to fight a new NPC in multiplayer instead of fighting other Tainted. (Varre’s Quest previously required three invasions and access to online multiplayer servers.)

PvP enthusiasts should expect to see fewer instances of Bloodhound Step and Rivers of Blood, as both tactics are now less effective. Patch 1.06 decreases the travel distance and the number of invincibility frames when using Bloodhound’s Step – the next one elden ring had to perform a teleport move – and further reduces its performance with continued use. A similar equivalent, the Quickstep skill, has been slightly improved, although its performance will also be reduced with continued use.

Finally, pour out some blood for the Corpse Piler weapon skill, the default skill for the Rivers of Blood katana. FromSoftware has reduced Corpse Piler’s damage and Spray Blood attack’s bleed build-up, but only slightly reduced damage dealt with the blade itself.

Read on for elden ring the full 1.06 patch notes, which contain better news for fans of greatswords and other big weapons.

Important changes included in the latest update

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• Added the function of sending summoning tokens to summoning pools in multiple areas, including remote areas.

※If a co-op sign is sent to remote areas with this function, summoning pools in “Mohgwyn Palace” will be excluded

• Added function to invade a larger area, including remote areas
• Added a new way to advance the White Mask Varre questline other than participating in the multiplayer invasion by defeating a new NPC

balance changes

• The following customizations have been added to Greatsword, Curved Greatsword, and Greathammers:
• Reduced the time it takes before rolling after an attack is possible (jump attack, two-weapon attack, and attacks while mounted are not included)
• Increased the movement speed of strong attacks and charge attacks (does not include mounted attacks)
• Guard counter movement speed increased
• Increased the attack speed of great axes and reduced the time it takes for them to be able to roll after an attack (jump attack, two-weapon attack, and mounted attacks not included).
• Increased roll distance when the player has a light gear load.
• Cipher Pata’s Unblockable Blade weapon skill hitbox has been increased.
• The Ash of War Glintstone Pebble and Glintstone Dart projectiles have had their range increased while their damage and stagger power have been reduced
• Ash of War “Bloodhound Step” travel distance and invincibility frames have been reduced while adding the following changes:

・Decreased performance during continuous operation

・Increased range with light equipment

• Shortened the activation interval when using the Quick Step skill consecutively, increasing the ability to circle the enemy when locked and add the changes under:

・Decreased performance during continuous operation

・Increased range with light equipment

• Decreased damage and bleed buildup of the Pile of Corpses weapon skill when hit by the blood attack. When hit with the blade, the damage is reduced only slightly
• Decreased the tracking ability of the Stars of Ruin spell

Troubleshooting

• Fixed a bug that caused some of “Lucerne’s” attacks not to pierce the enemy’s guard
• Fixed a bug that made it harder for a two-handed jump attack with Bloodhound’s Fang to break enemy’s stance
• Fixed a bug that caused the effects of Resolve and Royal Knight’s Resolve to disappear after using the Parry skill with a dagger
• Fixed a bug that caused additional effects of spells, weapon skills, and items to not be applied correctly when double-wielding an axe and greataxe
• Fixed a bug that made it harder to resist the enemy’s attack after using the Sentry Counter when two-handed a halberd
• Fixed a bug that caused some weapons’ physical attack affinity to differ from the affinity stated in the description.
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to be more easily noticed by the enemy when wearing “Deathbed Dress” even when crouching
• Fixed a bug that caused a flail charge to damage a friendly character while wearing Deathbed Dress.
• Fixed a bug that caused HP to regenerate when switching your gear to a specific armor type
• Fixed a bug where the effect added to the weapon when using “Mist of Slumber” was lost if the player received an attack
• Fixed a bug that caused the playable character’s movement to become unstable when hitting certain enemies with the Ghostflame Ignition skill.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the player from using the follow-up attack of the skill “The Black Flame of the Queen” when performing the skill with insufficient FP
• Fixed a bug with the Zamor Ice Storm weapon skill that allowed players to resist enemy attacks more easily when using the skill with insufficient FP
• Fixed a bug that caused the effect of spells and items added to the right armament to appear when using certain weapon skills with the left hand.
• Fixed a bug that caused the FP consumption description of certain weapon skills to differ from the actual FP cost
• Fixed a bug that allowed Rock Blaster not to consume FP when used with a staff in the left hand and no weapon in the right hand
• Fixed a bug that caused the charged version of Black Flame Ritual to consume the same amount of stamina as the normal version
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to receive less HP regeneration from incantations and items other than Flask of Crimson Tears when the effect of Malenia’s Greater Rune was activated.
• Fixed a bug that caused Opaline Hardtear not to boost physical damage negation
• Fixed a bug that prevented the player from jumping in the air while driving under certain conditions
• Fixed a bug that allowed jump attacks with colossal weapons to hit twice in a row while mounted
• Fixed a bug that caused some characters to appear more than once in the summoning pool
• Fixed a bug that caused the attack effect of some weapon skills to persist under certain circumstances
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused severe performance issues with Ordina, Liturgical City under certain circumstances
• Fixed a bug that prevented the player from picking up dropped runes on death under certain circumstances
• Fixed a bug that allowed users to reach certain inaccessible areas in multiplayer
• Fixed a bug that caused the multiplayer area to have a different border than expected
• Fixed a bug that caused some enemies to have incorrect graphics and behaviors.
• Fixed a bug that caused incorrect sounds to be played under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to become unable to move in some areas, resulting in death
• Fixed a bug that caused some locations on the map to have incorrect graphics and hitboxes.
• Fixed a bug in some maps that allowed users to reach unexpected locations using certain procedures.
• Fixed a bug in the PC version that caused click input to occur when equipping Staves or Holy Seals and waking Windows.
• Other performance improvements and bug fixes.

Miscellaneous

• Added “ERROR” text to unauthorized items

※In update file 1.04, we fixed a bug that allowed players to give unauthorized items that are not obtainable in-game to other players

After this update file is distributed, possession and use of these unauthorized items will result in a warning or penalty after a specified period of time.