Elden Ring 1.03 Patch Notes are now available

A new Elden Ring patch has been released on March 16th/17th, 2022! This update brings some new elements to the game, including the ability to record an icon and name of an NPC, the addition of the NPC Jar-Bairn, and some night background music in some of the open field areas. There’s also a variety of bug fixes that should hopefully alleviate some of the problems players have been experiencing. There have also been some balance changes, which include an increased drop rate of Smithing Stones on some enemies. You can find all of the details on the update in the patch notes below.

Elden Ring 1.03 Patch Notes

New Elements Added

• Added a function to record an icon and the name of an NPC on the map when you encounter that NPC.
• Added NPC Jar-Bairn.
• Added new quest phases for the following NPCs: Diallos/ Nepheli Loux/ Kenneth Haight/ Gatekeeper Gostoc.
• Added some summonable NPCs in multiple situations.
• Increased the number of patterns of objects player can imitate when using Mimic’s Veil.
• Added night background music for some open field area.

Bug Fixes

• Corrected an issue that prevented summoned NPCs from taking damage in some boss battles.
• Corrected an issue that sometime prevented the player from obtaining item after boss battle.
• Corrected an issue that causes dialogue to be skipped when talking to NPCs and using custom key configurations.
• Corrected an issue that causes the player to freeze when riding.
• Corrected an issue that causes arcane to scale incorrectly for some weapons.
• In situation where the player cannot obtain more than 2 talisman pouches, added talisman pouch to Twin Maiden Husks shop line up.
• Corrected an issue that prevented the user from warping to sites of grace from the map at the end of the game.
• Corrected an issue that prevented the player from moving to the next area after the battle with the Fire Giant.
• Corrected an issue which causes some weapons to have incorrect scaling after strengthening.
• Corrected an issue which causes some weapons to not use stat scaling.
• Fixed hang-ups in certain occasions.
• Corrected an issue which incorrectly displays multiplayer area boundary when playing online.
• Corrected an issue that allows player to activate Erdtree Greatshield’s weapon skill without absorbing an attack using a special combination of item and incantation.
• Corrected an issue which causes Fire’s Deadly Sin incantation to have different effect.
• Corrected an issue with the Ash of War, Determination and Royal Knight’s Resolve, where the damage buff will also apply to other weapons without that skill.
• Adjusted the visual effect of Unseen Form spell.
• Deleted the Ragged armor set from the game which was mistakenly obtainable in previous patch.
• Corrected an issue that causes some hostile NPCs to drop Furlcalling Finger Remedy.
• Corrected an issue that causes incorrect sound effect to play in some situations.
• Corrected an issue which causes visual animation and hitboxes to not be displayed correctly on some maps.
• Fixed bugs which causes incorrect visual and behavior for some enemies.
• Corrected an issue that causes incorrect stat parameter for some armor.
• Text fixes.
• Other performance improvement and bug fixes.

Balance Changes

• Increased the drop rate of Smithing Stone for some enemies.
• Added Smithing Stone to some early game shop line up.
• Increased shield’s effectiveness.
• Increased the damage for all offensive cracked pot items.
• Increased the damage for the following items: Spark Aromatic/Poison Spraymist.
• Increased the effect duration for the following items: Uplifting Aromatic/ Ironjar Aromatic.
• Increased HP healing for Torrent when using the following items: Rowa Raisin/ Sweet Raisin/ Frozen Raisin
• Reduced FP consumption and increased the damage of the following sorceries: Glintstone Cometshard/ Comet/ Night Comet
• Increased the damage of the following sorceries: Gravity Well/ Collapsing Stars/ Crystal Barrage
• Decreased FP consumption of the following sorceries: Star Shower/ Rock Blaster/ Gavel of Haima/ Founding Rain of Stars/ Stars of Ruin/Greatblade Phalanx/Magic Downpour/ Loretta’s Greatbow/ Loretta’s Mastery/ Carian Greatsword/ Carian Piercer/ Shard Spiral
• Raised projectile speed and range of Great Glintstone Shard
• Decreased Ash of War, Hoarfrost Stomp’s damage and increase cast time.
• Increased Ash of War, Bloody Slash’s self-inflict damage while slightly lowering the damage and increasing the cast time.
• Decreased weapon skill, Sword of Night and Flame’s damage.
• Increased FP consumption and lower duration of Ash of War, Barricade Shield.
• Changed FP consumption timing of Ash of War, Prelate’s Charge.
• Decreased the damage of spirit summoned when using the item Mimic Tear Ash and changed the spirit’s behavior pattern.
• Other enemy and weapon balance changes

That’s everything to know about the patch notes for the recent update! If you want to find more information and guides, you can check out the Elden Ring section of our website.