Elden Ring patch 1.07 rethinks balance in PvP and single-player/co-op

FromSoftware has released an update Elden RingOn Thursday, the game’s balance will be adjusted and changed. The most noteworthy update will have a major (apparently healthy) impact on the game’s balance between its player-vs-player and player-vs-environment components.

For Patch 1.07 Elden RingAdds PvP damage scaling, which allows for weapons, spells or shields to adjust in order to suit both cooperative and single-player gameplay. FromSoftware previously attempted to integrate weapons, skills and spells in a holistic way.

When Elden Ring’s new update extensively rebalances many of the game’s weapons and techniques, only a fraction of Thursday’s tweaks affect PvP. These include a number of incantations and Ashes of War that have had their power reduced, and improved poise damage for all weapons’ normal attacks in player-vs-player battles.

Notable is also an all-around boost in poise for all types of armor. This should make things easier. Elden RingWhile exploring the Lands Between, players can wear more varied (and trendy) armor sets.

Read on for the full extensive — nearly 4,000 words — patch notes for Elden Ring’s 1.07 update.

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PvP: Separate damage scale added

• This allows you to adjust the damage of Weapons, Skills and Spells separately when playing against others.
• This feature could be used in the future to balance art, weapons and spells in invasion/PvP modes.
• This feature does not allow for balance adjustments to be made between single-player or cooperative players.

Balance adjustments for PvP exclusive players

This section does not address cooperative play or single-player play.

• For all PvP attacks on guarded foes except long-range weapons, there is an increase in stamina attack power.
• Improved poise damage in PvP for every weapon’s normal attack, except for Skills and long-ranged weapons.
• Except for a handful of exceptions, Ashes of War has seen its power in PvP decreased across all categories.
• These incantations have been reduced in power in PvP:
  Dragonfire / Agheel’s Flame / Glintstone Breath / Smarag’s Glintstone Breath / Rotten Breath / Ekzykes’s Decay / Dragonice / Borealis’s Mist / Unendurable Frenzy

General balance adjustments

This section adjusts both the PvE (and PvP) aspects of the game.

• Use of two-handed normal attack techniques can cause increased poise damage
• Some Colossal Sword attacks were more powerful.
• Colossal Sword rolling and crouching attacks are now detected faster and more accurately.
• Speed of certain Colossal Weapon Attacks has been increased
• Recover time of Colossal Swords/Colossal Weapons has been reduced, with the exception of jump attacks, dual wielded attack, and attacks while on horseback.
• Hammers, Great Hammers, and certain Colossal Weapons have a higher poise damage.
• Increased protection for these weapons
  Celebrant’s Sickle / Nox Flowing Sword / Shotel / Eclipse Shotel / Vulgar Militia Shotel / Scythe / Grave Scythe / Halo Scythe / Winged Scythe

• For the following weapons, the poise rating has been increased:
  Greatswords/Colossal Swords/ Curved Greatswords/ Greataxes/Great Hammers/Great Spears/Halberds

• With some exceptions the poise of all armor was increased.
• Increased effects have been seen in the Greatshield Talisman, Hammer Talisman, and other Talismans.
• Some effects of the spell Scholar’s Shield, the Barricade Shield skill and the Shield Grease item have been adjusted as follows.
  Low guard boost shields have seen their effectiveness increase.
  High guard boost shields have had their effects adjusted down.

• A decrease in the guard strength has occurred for the Fingerprint Stone Shield.
• Status buildup caused by dual-wielded weapons has been decreased

Incantation and Magic Balance Adjustments

Adjustments in the upward direction

Glintstone Pebble / Shard Spiral

Lightning Spear / Flame Sling

• To increase attack power, charge.

Black Flame/Wrath of Gold/Rejection

• Stamina and attack power increases against guarded foes.

Crystal Burst/Triple Rings of Light

Assassin’s Approach / Law of Causality

Glintstone Icecrag / Freezing Mist / Frozen Armament

• An increase in frostbite severity.

Poison Mist / Poison Armament

• Accumulation of poisonous substances is more common

Glintstone Arc / Glintblade Phalanx / Carian Phalanx / Greatblade Phalanx / Magic Downpour / Loretta’s Greatbow / Loretta’s Mastery / Rennala’s Full Moon / Ranni’s Dark Moon / Ambush Shard / Night Shard / Unseen Blade / Roiling Magma / Rykard’s Rancor / Darkness / Elden Stars / Lightning Strike / Lansseax’s Glaive / Death Lightning / Giantsflame Take Thee / Bloodflame Talons / Unendurable Frenzy / Greyoll’s Roar

• Reduced consumption of FP.

Glintstone Stars/Magma Shot/Blooboon

• They have reduced FP usage and more attack power.

Aspects of the Crucible: Tail / Aspects of the Crucible: Horn / Ancient Dragons’ Lightning Spear / Fortissax’s Lightning Spear / Flame, Fall Upon Them

• Increased stamina and attack power for guarded enemies, with decreased FP consumption.

Glintstone Cometshard/Cannon Of Haima/ Carian Greatsword

• Reduced FP consumption and increased attack power, stamina attack power to guarded enemies.

Rancorcall/ Ancient Death Rancor

• All vengeful spirits have had their lifespan extended and their FP intake has been reduced.

Briars Of Sin/ Briars for Punishment

• This decreased the consumption of FP and allowed for an increase in blood loss from enemies.
• Casting speed increased.

Gavel of Haima

• Lower FP, stamina consumption and increased stamina attack against guards. Also the power of hammer portions of attacks.

Shake Earth

• Sensible FP consumption. Increased poise damage. Stamina attack power to guards.
• Increased certain portions of the spell’s hitbox and shortened recovery time.

Rock Blaster

• Reduced FP consumption and increased poise damage.
• Increased certain portions of the spell’s hitbox.

Starlight

• The effect duration was extended and FP consumption decreased.

Stars of Ruin

• Stamina and FP consumption reduced.
• When charged, you will get more power.

Rain of Stars Found

• Stamina and FP consumption reduced.
• Reduced time until damage can be repaired
• The star rain range has been extended.

Magic Glintblade

• When charged, you get an increase in poise damage and attack power.

Carian Piercer

• Reduced FP usage, enhanced attack power and stamina attack against guarded foes.
• Reduced recovery time

Adula’s Moonblade

• Reduced FP consumption, and increased stamina attack power, and frostbite status buildup against guarded enemies with the sword’s slash portion.

Gelmir’s Fury

• Lower FP usage and greater attack power
• Casting speed increases and recovery times are reduced.
• Changed direction of lava projectiles so that it is easier to hit enemies who are in front of this spell.
• This spell increased damage done by the first portion of the spell and significantly enhanced the ability to stun enemies.

Zamor Ice Storm

• Over-the-top frostbite and attack power.
• Casting speed increases and recovery times are reduced.

Shattering Crystal

• Stamina and FP consumption reduced.
• Protecting against enemies is easier with an increase in poise damage and stamina attack strength.
• When charged, you will get more power.
• Casting speed increased.

Crystal Release

• Reduced FP consumption and increased poise damage.
• Casting speed increased and recovery time was reduced.
• Increased attack range
• Changed the time of activation to adjust for poise.

Oracle Bubbles

• Can be used even when in motion
• Increased attack power and attack range when fully charged.
• Increase the amount of time that the bubble takes to burst if not charged.
• Players now have a larger damage hitbox.
• The number of projectiles at once can be reduced.

Great Oracular Bubble

• Now, can be used in motion.
• Increased attack force
• Tracking performance is improved.
• Stamina and attack power increases against guarded foes.

Explosive Ghostflame

• Increased stamina and attack power to guard against enemies
• The explosion caused an increase in frostbite.
• The residual flame’s range has been increased slightly, and damage detection time was reduced.

Tibia’s Summons

• Allowed lower FP consumption, and increased attack power
• Casting speed increases, recovery times are reduced

Discussion of light

• Stamina and FP consumption reduced.
• This halo has been extended in range, speed, duration, and effectiveness.
• Casting speed increased.

Radagon’s Rings of Light

• Recover time and FP consumption are reduced.

Frozen Lightning Spear

• The frostbite status was improved and FP consumption decreased.

Flame of the Fell God

• Reduced FP usage, enhanced stamina attack force against guarded foes.
• Charged with more attack power
• Remainder fire damage detection times are reduced.

Breathe, O Flame

• Reduction in FP consumption
• Stamina and attack power increase to guard against enemies
• Ability to stagger enemy enemies.

Burn, O Flame!

• Reduction in FP consumption
• This will reduce the time required for a flame to pillar to form.

Black Flame – How to Get It

• Stamina damage to guarded enemies is increased and poise damage increases when charged.

Noble Presence

• Steamina usage and attack power for guarded enemies will increase.
• Reduced recovery time

Beast Claw

• Increased the power of the shockwave.

Gurranq’s Beast Claw

• A hitbox was added to the initial part of this spell.
• Charged, you get an increase in attack power

Stone of Gurranq

• Reduced stamina consumption.
• Protecting against hostiles requires an increase in attack and stamina power.
• Extend the projectile’s impact.

Scarlet Aeonia

• Reduction in FP consumption
• Increased defense power, stamina and attack power.
• Increased attack range and shorter recovery times have been made for land landings.
• Adjusted the timing of the increase in poise during activation.

Frenzied Burst

• When charged, you get an increase in attack power and poise damage.

Shabriri’s Howl

• The effect lasts longer and increases attacking power, while decreasing defensive power.

Inescapable Frenzy

• Stamina and FP consumption reduced.
• Reduced recovery time
• Greater grapple range

Dragonclaw

• Reduction in FP consumption
• Stamina and attack power increase to guard against enemies
• Improved direction control

Dragonmaw

• Reduction in FP consumption
• Stamina and attack power increase to guard against enemies
• The hitbox around dragon’s neck area has been enlarged to make it easier to hit enemies at close range.

Adjustments upward and downward

Black Blade

• Reduced stamina consumption.
• Recover time is reduced and turning performance improved.
• Both the sword and wave attacks now hit simultaneously.
• Each part’s attack, stamina and damage have all been reduced.
• Reduce the amount of waves that hit large enemies.

Bestial Sling

• Reduction of stone fragment scatter randomness
• Stamina and attack power increase to guard against enemies
• The detection was adjusted to ensure that there are only two hits, and the reduction in hits is kept as low as possible.
• Reduced damage to the poise

Adjustments in the downward direction

Rotten Breath / Ekzykes’s Decay

• The effect of scarletrot status reduction has been reduced.

Skill adjustment

Adjustments in the upward direction

Glintstone Pebble/ Surge of Faith/ Gold Breaker/ Regal Beastclaw/ Nebula Sacred Phalanx

Sword Dance / Vow of the Indomitable / Eochaid’s Dancing Blade

• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.

Sacred Order/Shared Order/Soul Stifler/Knowledge Above All/ Barricade Shield

Taker’s Flames / Miquella’s Ring of Light

• Additional damage detection for the weapon component.

Prayerful Strike / Great-Serpent Hunt

• Higher power and greater poise damages

Wild Strikes / Spinning Strikes

• The time taken between actions has been reduced and skills have been activated faster
• A slight increase in attack power

Ground Slam / Golden Slam / Erdtree Slam

• This reduces the time it takes to use the skill and be able roll.
• Increased attack power

Stamp (Upward Cut). / Stamp “Sweep”

• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.
• Increased attack force
• This reduces the time between skill’s end and other attacks.

Impaling Thrust

• Increased speed of attack and motion.
• The delay between actions such as using items and attack animations is reduced. You can also perform skillfullness.
• This has reduced the time it takes to finish the skill and be able attack and roll.

Piercing Fang

• Increased motion speed and attack power.
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.
• This has reduced the time it takes to finish the skill and be able attack and roll.

Spinning Slash

• Increased damage to enemies’ poise when combined with these weapons: Greatswords Curved Greatswords Twinblade Greataxe Spear Great Spear Halberd and Reaper

Take Charge

• Motion speed and direction control can be increased.
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.

Blood Tax

• Improved movement speed and attack power
• An increase in HP deprivation.
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.

Continue to Thrust

• Increased movement speed. Reduction in delay between actions such as attacks animations and items.

Giant Hunt

• Increased damage to the poise
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.

Loretta’s Slash

• For the first attack, you will suffer increased poise.
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.

Poison Moth Flight

• Increased poison level and greater power to defeat poisoned enemies
• Poisoning can cause more poisonous reactions and longer-lasting damage.
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.

Stormcaller

• Increased motion speed, attack potential and damage to the poise.
• Increased skill and damage to the poise.

Sacred Blade

• Increased speed and blade range.
• Additional damage detection for the weapon component.
• The weapon’s holy power is an increase in effect duration and attack strength.

Bloody Slash

• Increased statuary buildup and attack strength
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.

Lifesteal Fist

• Assistiveness and motion speed increase.
• You have an increased attack range when playing against other players.
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.

Eruption

• Increased range and length of lava.
• Add a hitbox at the point where the weapon gets slammed.
• Corrected timing of poise rise during activation

Gravitas

• Casting requires more poise

Storm Blade

• Increased range and motion speed of the blade.
• Weapon part with added damage detection
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.

Flaming Strike

• Potential for greater attack power
• An increase in attack power and duration that gives the weapon a fire attribute.
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.

Lightning Slash

• Lightning attribute grants weapons an increased attack power and duration.
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.
• The delay between using the skill, and being able attack has been reduced.

Vacuum Slice

• Increased range and motion speed of the blade.
• Reduced consumption of FP
• Additional damage detection for the weapon component.

Sacred Ring of Light

• An increase in the range and speed to which projectiles halo can be used has been achieved.
• Additional damage detection for the weapon component.

Blood Blade

• Increased power
• Additional damage detection for the weapon component.
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.

Phantom Slash

• Improved direction control
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.

Spectral Lance

• Increased attack force
• Falloff in long-term damages is reduced

Chilling Mist

• Increased movement speed
• Increased the duration of the weapon’s frostbite effect.

Poisonous Mist

• Higher motion speed
• Increased the duration of the weapon’s poison effect.

Shield Bash

• Stamina and attack power increases against guarded foes.

The Enchanted Shot

Kick

• Protecting against enemies is easier with an increase in poise damage and stamina attack strength.

Cragblade

• Longer lasting effects
• Increased defense power, stamina and attack power.

War Cry

• Longer lasting effects
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.
• The following weapons increase the power of powerful attacks for the duration of their effect:

Straight Sword or Curved Sword, Katana / Katana/ Hammer/ Flail/ Spear/Great Spear / Halberd/ Reaper/ Fist (onehanded) / Cllaw (onehand)

Troll’s Roar

• Increased attack force
• Adjusted the time of the increase in poise during activation.

Braggart’s Roar

• The effect can be extended for a longer time.
• Increased stamina recovery speed, attack power and defense.

Continue to endure

• Longer lasting effects
• A new effect has been added that stops staggers from blood loss or frostbite effects.
• Longer lasting effects
• This reduces the time it takes to activate a skill and perform other actions than attacking.

Holy Ground

• Steady increase in HP recovery.

Raptor in the Mists

Flame Spit

• Increased projectile range

Tongues of fire

• Reduced stamina consumption.

Great Oracular Bubble

• You can extend the time for which the large bubble is in place.
• It is now possible to track the performance of large bubbles and their range.

Viper Bite

• Increased attack and poison power.
• Increased poison damage, longer poison effects duration

Moonlight Greatsword

• For strong, charged attacks: Reduced stamina requirements
• Additional damage detection for the weapon component.

Siluria’s Woe

• Activation: Increased movement speed, attack force and poise
• An added damage detection feature to the weapon parts.
• The projectile is now capable of piercing enemies, and certain objects, when it’s charged.

Reduvia Blood Blade

• Increased attack force
• Additional damage detection for the weapon component.

Glintstone dart

• Magic attacks have increased range, speed, and attack power.
• When not being charged, magic attacks can penetrate enemy’s bodies.

Night-and Flame Dance

• Increased attack force
• If you are using a regular attack, the attack direction can now be changed up or down.
• • Weapon part added with damage detection

Ruined Ghostflame

• The weapon’s magic attribute gives it an increased duration, attack power, and poise damage.
• Reduced the time it takes to complete actions or activate the skill.
• There is a shorter time period between activating the skill and performing actions.

Spearcall Ritual

• Increased attack power
• This reduces the time taken to find damage.

Wolf’s Assault

• Casting requires more poise

Thundercloud Form

• Increased direction control

Regal Roar

• Longer lasting effects
• The effect reduced the interval between powerful attacks.
• There is a shorter time period between activating the skill and performing actions.

Blade of Death

• Extended effect that lowers the maximum HP.

The Destined Death

• Accuracy in motion
• Increased duration to reduce maximum HP

Alabaster Lords’ Pull

• Increased attack force
• Casting with a higher level of poise

Onyx Lords’ Repulsion

• Increased repelling effectiveness.
• Casting requires more poise

Oath of Vengeance

• Extendable effect
• A new effect has been added that stops staggers from blood loss or frostbite effects.

Ice Lightning Sword

• Unleaded weapon attacks power increases.
• The weapon’s lightning attribute gives it an additional attack and duration.
• There is a shorter time period between activating the skill and performing actions.

Claw Flick

• Increased attack force
• Increased damage to the poise caused by finger expansion.

Golden Tempering

• The timing of interrupting an attack in a string of powerful attacks was now available.
• During the effect, you will experience an increase in strong attack speed and poise damage.
• This effect grants the weapon an attribute of holy status that increases the attack power and the duration.
• There is a shorter time period between activating the skill and performing actions.

Last Rites

• More effective.
• Increased attack force
• This revision has brought up the effect of Death on those Who Live In Death.

Unblockable Blade

• Reduction in FP consumption
• Motion speed increases

Loretta’s Slash (Loretta’s War Sickle Ash of War)

• Increased attack force
• Intensified damage from the initial attack
• Increased damage to the poise

The Corpse Wax Cutter

• Reduction in FP consumption
• It is possible to increase the motion speed and range of the blade.
• • Weapon part added with damage detection

Zamor Ice Storm

• Increased attack power
• An increase in the attack power of the weapon component

Dynast’s Finesse

• It has been possible to improve the direction control of follow up strong attacks.

Death Flare

• This effect grants the weapon an attribute of holy status that increases the attack power and the duration.

Magma Guillotine

• For the first attack, you will receive increased poise and stamina damage.

Piling of Corpses

• A slight increase in attack power

Bloodblade Dance

• After activating the skill, additional damage detection is immediately activated.

The Devourer of Worlds

Familial Rancor

• The range and power of the evil spirits who chase down foes has increased.

Rosus’s Summons

Thunderstorm

• Increased speed of motion
• The weapon’s lightning attribute gives it an additional attack and duration.

Unblockable Blade

• Increased attack force
• There is a shorter time period between activating the skill and performing actions.

Ordovis’s Vortex

• Increased poise, speed and attack power
• Increased poise when casting.
• The delay between various actions, such as attack animations or items being used, has been reduced and the ability to use the skill.

Adjustments upward and downward

Barbaric Roar

• Longer lasting effects
• Reducing the time required to perform various actions and using the skill.
• Additional strong attack power is available when the effect is used in conjunction with Claw/Fist weapons.
• Twinblade weapons can be used during this effect to decrease their strong attack power.

Adjustments in the downward direction

Shield Crash

• When used in conjunction with weapons having status effects, it reduces the likelihood of status buildingup.

Seppuku

• Inflicts more damage upon activation.
• Weapons are now less likely to have a bleed state buildup.

Bloodboon Ritual

• The damage animation that triggers on players has been reduced in range. Unchanged damage.

How to Fix Bugs

• The Ash of War can now be removed from weapons which cannot ordinarily be mixed with specific Ashes of War.
• This bug was fixed that made it impossible to obtain items like Great Runes and Crystal Tears or Cracked Pots and Ritual Pots if the total number of inventory items and storage exceeded the limit.
• Users were unable to obtain Crystal Tear because of a bug. The item you have missed will not be available if it isn’t found in the same area.
• When certain damage animations occur, adjust the player’s character control.
• Fixes a bug which prevented some Incantations from being charged while cast with a left handed Sacred Seal mid-air.
• A bug was fixed that prevents normal attacks from dash after landing from jumps when the weapon’s two-handed.
• Fixes a bug in which various actions inputs were not taken into account when moving to change weapons.
• Corrected the description of the Colossal Sword’s physical attack attribute.
• Fixes a bug in which the timing for changing the attack direction was less than what is expected when using Greataxes.
• Fixes a bug that prevented the direction of an attack from being changed during a charge attack using the Ruins Greatsword weapon.
• Fixed a bug where the Highland Axe’s effect was not applied to the skill Shriek of Milos.
• Fixes a bug that prevented the Warrior Jar Shard or the Shard of Alexander from being applied to the skill, Sorcery of the Crozier.
• Corrected a bug that prevented the Roar medallion’s effect from being applied to the Regal Roar Ash of War
• A bug was fixed in which the skill Viper Bite caused poison to be used instead of fatal poison.
• Corrected a bug in which the Spell Rock Sling’s range was not as long as expected.
• Correction of a bug in which the time taken to recover from casting Beast Claw was not reduced by magic or incantations.
• Fixes a bug that allows enemies to attack those who are not able to be captured by the Incantation Inescapable Frenzy. The enemy will repel an attack if they have a shield.
• Fixes a bug that could allow HP and FP to be recovered from certain armor types when switching equipment.
• A bug which could lead to death or cause the player’s stucked in certain places was fixed.
• Fixed terrain bugs that made it possible to travel unexpectedly with specific procedures.
• A bug was fixed that caused collision detection and rendering of maps to be different than expected.
• Fixes a bug in which bolts fired from the Hand Ballista weapon miss the lock-on target if the frame rate is below a specific level.
• A bug was fixed that prevented online multiplayer working on both the PlayStation 4 (and PlayStation 5) versions.
• Other bug fixes and performance improvements were also made.