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For those of you who are still enjoying Elden Ring on Xbox Series X|S, you might be interested to know that Bandai Namco has released a new update.

The target platforms include Xbox Series X|S and the Xbox One version of the game. Here are the full patch notes for version 1.06, courtesy of the Bandai Namco website:

Elden Ring – Version 1.06

Major changes included in the latest update

Additional elements

  • Added the feature to send callsigns to call pools in multiple areas, including remote areas.

※When sending co-op board to distant areas with this feature, calling pools in “Mohgwyn Palace” is excluded

  • Added function to invade a larger area, including distant areas
  • Added a new way to advance White Mask Varre’s questline other than taking part in a multiplayer invasion by defeating a new NPC

Balance changes

  • Added the following tweaks to Greatsword, Curved Greatsword, and Great Hammers:
  • Reduced time required to enable rolls after an attack (excluding jump attack, dual wield attack and mounted attacks)
  • Increased movement speed of strong attack and attack (mounted attacks not included)
  • Increased Guard Movement Speed
  • Increased the attack speed of Great Axes and reduced the time it takes to enable rolls after an attack (not included jump attack, dual wield attack and mounted attacks)
  • Increased roll distance when the player has a light load of gear.
  • Increased the hitbox of Cipher Pata’s weapon ability “Unblockable Blade”
  • Increases the range of Ash of War “Glintstone Pebble” and “Glintstone Dart” projectiles while reducing damage and staggering power
  • Ash of War “Bloodhound Step” travel distance and invincibility frames have been reduced while the changes below have been added:

・Reduced performance under continuous use

・Increased travel distance with light equipment

  • Shortens the activation interval when using the “Quick Step” skill sequentially, increasing the ability to circle the enemy when trapped and adding the changes below:

・Reduced performance under continuous use

・Increased travel distance with light equipment

  • Reduced damage build-up and bleeds from “Corpse Piler” weapon ability when hit by the blood attack. When hit by the blade, the damage is only slightly reduced
  • The target tracking ability of sorcery “Stars of Ruin” reduced

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug that prevented some “Luzern” attacks from piercing the enemy’s guard
  • Fixed a bug that made it more difficult for a two-handed jump attack with “Bloodhound’s Fang” to break the enemy’s stance
  • Fixed a bug that caused the “Determination” and “Royal Knight’s Resolve” effect to disappear after using the “Parry” skill with a dagger
  • Fixed a bug when double wielding Axe and Greataxe, causing extra effects of spells, weapon abilities and items not to be applied correctly
  • Fixed a bug when using a halberd that made it more difficult to resist enemy attack after using a guard counter
  • Fixed a bug that caused some weapons’ physical attack affinity to differ from the affinity stated in the description.
  • Fixed a bug that made it easier for the player to be spotted by the enemy when wearing “Death Bed Dress”, even when crouching
  • Fixed a bug that caused a flail attack to damage an ally’s character when wearing “Deathbed Dress”
  • Fixed a bug that caused HP to regenerate when switching your equipment to a certain type of armor
  • Fixed a bug where the effect added to the weapon when using “Mists of Slumber” was lost when 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 “The Queen’s Black Flame” skill follow-up attack when performing the skill with insufficient FP
  • Fixed a bug with the “Zamor Ice Storm” weapon skill that made it easier for the player to resist the enemy’s attack when using the skill with insufficient FP
  • Fixed a bug that caused the effect of spells and items added to the right hand weapon to occur when using certain weapon skills with the left hand.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the description of the FP consumption of certain weapon skills to differ from the actual FP cost
  • Fixed a bug that prevented “Rock Blaster” from consuming FP when used with a staff on the left and no weapon on the right
  • 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 recovery from incantations and items other than “Flask of Crimson Tears” when activating the “Malenia’s Great Rune” effect
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the “Opaline Hardtear” from increasing the negation of physical damage
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the player from jumping in the air while driving under specific conditions
  • Fixed a bug that allowed a jump attack with colossal weapons while mounted to hit twice in a row
  • Fixed a bug that caused some characters to appear more than once in the Summoning Pool
  • Fixed a bug that caused a weapon skill’s attack effect to persist under certain conditions
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused significant performance issues in “Ordina, Liturgical Town” under certain circumstances
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the player from picking up fallen runes on death under certain circumstances
  • Fixed a bug that allowed users to reach certain inaccessible areas during multiplayer
  • Fixed a bug that caused the multiplayer area to have a different boundary than expected
  • Fixed a bug that caused some enemies to display incorrect visuals and behavior.
  • Fixed a bug that caused incorrect sounds to be played under certain conditions.
  • Fixed a bug that caused some areas to prevent the player from moving, leading to death
  • Fixed a bug that caused some places on the map to have incorrect images and hit boxes.
  • Fixed a bug in some maps that allowed users to reach unexpected locations using certain procedures.
  • Fixed a bug with the PC version that caused clicks to be entered when equipping staves or sacred seals and switching Windows to active.
  • Other performance improvements and bug fixes.

Other

  • Added “ERROR” text to unauthorized items

※In update file 1.04, we fixed a bug that allowed players to pass unauthorized items that cannot be obtained in-game to other players

After the distribution of this update file, possession and use of these unauthorized items will be warned or punished after a certain period of time.

The version number of this update displayed in the lower right corner of the title screen is as follows:

App version 1.06

Regulation Ver. 1.06

Online play requires the player to apply this update.

We will continue to provide improvements in the future so that you can enjoy ELDEN RING more comfortably.


As noted, Bandai Namco will continue to provide improvements in the future to improve the overall experience.

Have you tried this latest update yet? Do you notice anything else? Comment below.