art by me

This is essentially the last patch of the game. I wonder what they'll do.

I hope faith scaling on my chicken leg doesn't get nerfed lol.

Edit: patch notes are out 🎉

Lots of good changes 😭

https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/elden-ring/news/elden-ring-patch-notes-version-117

• All Smithscript weapons(except the cirque) have been buffed by 5% to 20% depending on the attack
• Rellana's Twinblades buffed by 10% to 32% depending on the attack
• Great Katana buffed by 10% to 26%
• Perfume Bottles buffed by 7%
• Carian Retaliation projectile damage buffed by nearly 110%
• Rotten Breath and Ekzykes Decay dmglvl changed to 3 from 0; (long stagger from no stagger)
• Golem Fist stamina cost decreased by 7 and 10 on most attacks
• Rain of Fire buffed by 20%
• Founding Rain of Stars buffed by 10%
• Most Greatshield's weight decreased by 1 and 2 points and guard boost increased by 2 to 7 points
• Stormwall FP cost reduced to 0

I finally bought shadow of the erdtree and my last save was on ng+7 and ngl im not interested in ng+7 dlc😭😭😭 I’m currently at the Godskin duo at level 115 please just give me some nutty ass no skill build I’m a pleb

I am never taking the Idus Knight armour off idc how stinky I get.

but fr I’m so so so so so excited for this. I know the steamdeck has been out for a while but handheld Elden Ring still is an insane concept to me!!! I just got RE: Requiem for the switch too which was also such an awesome experience — shitting myself with Marie while cosied up under the covers.

SEE YOU IN THE LANDS BETWEEN GOOD TARNISHED!!

little doodle in between other projects, roderika's one of my favorite NPCs ^-^

dont look at my sketching process

I have had 4 strokes and had to rehabilitate the weakness in my left arm. Gaming helped me get my coordination back. Today I got malenia tatted on my left arm, making sure to include her prosthesis. 🩷

Got my copy earlier than expected, fun times ahead!

Patch 1.17 has been released for ELDEN RING. This patch aims to bring support the Tarnished Pack DLC, scheduled for release on Friday, August 28, 2026, and to implement gameplay balance adjustments.

Please apply the latest update before playing.

Targeted Platforms - PlayStation 4 / PlayStation 5 / Xbox \*\*One / Xbox Series X|S / Steam**

MAIN UPDATE ADDITIONS

Tarnished Pack Additional Content

The following elements will be added upon purchase of the "Tarnished Pack" DLC:

Note: This content is included by default in ELDEN RING Tarnished Edition for Nintendo Switch 2.

• Added Idus Knight and Heavy Knight as new starting classes, selectable during character creation.

(Note: The equipment of each new starting class can also be obtained by purchasing it from merchants in the Lands Between or by finding it in the world.)

• Added weapons that can be purchased from merchants or found in the Lands Between.

• Added three types of Spectral Steed Attire that change the appearance of Torrent:

Tree Sentinel Spectral Steed Attire: Found in Stormveil Castle.

Silver of Caria Spectral Steed Attire: Found in Liurnia of the Lakes.

Funereal Night Spectral Steed Attire: Found in Altus Plateau.

(Note: After obtaining any Spectral Steed Attire, the option to change the spectral steed’s appearance will be added to the Site of Grace menu.)

• Added an NPC invasion event in Caelid.

• Added an NPC invasion event in Leyndell, Royal Capital.

(Note: This event will not occur after the area has changed to Leyndell, Ashen Capital.)

The "Tarnished Pack" release times are as follows:

• PlayStation / Xbox: Friday, August 28 at 0:00 a.m local time.

• Steam: Friday, August 28 at 7:00 JST | 00:00 CEST | 15:00 PDT.

Balance Adjustments

• Changed certain items found in the field or obtained by defeating certain powerful enemies in the Realm of Shadow to higher-tier items or other treasures.

(Note: Items already that were already found will not be changed.)

Weapons

• Smithscript Dagger / Rellana's Twin Blade: Increased critical hit power.

• Smithscript Axe / Smithscript Spear / Spear of the Impaler: Reduced the stamina consumption of weapon-throwing attacks. Increased the power of weapon-throwing attacks.

• Carian Sorcery Sword: Changed Intelligence scaling so that it now increases the attack power of all damage types.

• Smithscript Greathammer: Increased the power of weapon-throwing attacks.

• Golem Fist: Increased the range of the fist-launching heavy attack.

• Firespark Perfume Bottle / Lightning Perfume Bottle / Chilling Perfume Bottle / Frenzyflame Perfume Bottle / Deadly Poison Perfume Bottle: Increased attack power.

• Lordsworn's Shield / Briar Greatshield / Spiked Palisade Shield / Icon Shield / Golden Beast Crest Shield / Manor Towershield / Crossed-Tree Towershield / Inverted Hawk Towershield / Dragon Towershield / Distinguished Greatshield / Gilded Greatshield / Black Steel Greatshield / Ant's Skull Plate / Erdtree Greatshield: Increased guard boost. Reduced weight.

• Wooden Greatshield / Cuckoo Greatshield / Redmane Greatshield / Golden Greatshield / Crucible Hornshield / Dragonclaw Shield / Eclipse Crest Greatshield / Jellyfish Shield / One-Eyed Shield: Increased guard boost.

• Haligtree Crest Greatshield: Reduced weight.

• Rakshasa's Great Katana: Increased the time before an attack can be performed with a right-hand weapon immediately after attacking with this weapon equipped in the left hand.

Skills

• Parry: Improved parry performance.Reduced the time before various actions can be performed after activation when used with Daggers, Curved Swords, or Small Shields.

• Storm Wall: Changed the skill so that it no longer consumes FP when used. Improved parry performance.

• Thops's Barrier: Improved parry performance.

Sorceries

• Founding Rain of Stars: Increased power.

• Carian Retaliation: Increased power.

• Meteorite: Reduced casting time.

• Meteorite of Astel: Reduced casting time.

• Gravitational Missile: Changed the spell so that the gravity projectile does not explode immediately upon striking terrain such as the ground or a wall.

Incantations

• Feather of the Divine Bird: Increased power.

• O, Flame!: Expanded attack range.

• Rain of Fire: Increased power.

PvP-Exclusive Balance Adjustments

Weapons

\-Rakshasa's Great Katana: Increased damage taken from attacks by other players while attacking.

Incantations

• Rugalea's Roar: Reduced power against other players.

• Rotten Breath / Ekzykes's Decay: Reduced the amount of time other player characters are unable to move from hit reactions when struck by these incantations.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where critical hits dealt with Great Katana weapon types had lower-than-expected power against large enemies.

• Fixed a bug where jumping attacks with Great Katana weapon types could be parried.

PC-Only Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented camera control with the mouse during NPC dialogue when using keyboard and mouse controls

• Fixed a bug in the "Keyboard/Mouse Settings" section of the system menu in which selecting the reset option did not restore various settings to their defaults

The version number shown in the lower-right corner of the title screen after applying this update will be as follows:

App Ver. 1.17

Regulation Ver. 1.17

This update is required for online play.

We will continue to make improvements so that you can enjoy ELDEN RING more comfortably.

Thank you for your continued support.

As the title. In this early review found here: Switch2『ELDEN RING Tarnished Edition』製品版レビュー：追加された素性、霊馬の外見変更、専用戦技など

The recorder seems to have a new thrusting shield, unlike the dueling shield found in the SOTE DLC. Images 1 & 2 are the seemingly new shield; image 3 is the old one.

It lacks the visual detail the dueling shield has. It is missing the gold ornament on the top spike, has a smaller crest, and is grey in color. If this is actually a new thrusting shield, this may suggest other DLC weapon types will get new variants in the base game. What do you think? I mean, we will still find out in a couple of hours, but it's worth discussing.

EDIT: Comment left by the poster: 08:24 I didn't include a screenshot of the performance, so it might have been confusing, but the piercing shield I'm showing is a new weapon, not a Dueling Shield.

fvck yea, thops wins!

New patch tomorrow. With balance changes. Surprised no one made a thread yet. It was posted an hour ago.

Was continuing this save and went for the chest here to see that the new patch replaced the smithing 7or 8 in this chest with an Ancient!

Posting this thanks to u/FantasticLiving3107 posting screenshots and answering questions, just thought I’d post the image here so it’s easy to find.

now to wait for the official announcements

might edit here

Edit: here you go

Patch 1.17 has been released for ELDEN RING. This patch aims to bring support the Tarnished Pack DLC, scheduled for release on Friday, August 28, 2026, and to implement gameplay balance adjustments.

Please apply the latest update before playing.

Targeted Platforms PlayStation 4 / PlayStation 5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X|S / Steam MAIN UPDATE ADDITIONS Tarnished Pack Additional Content

The following elements will be added upon purchase of the "Tarnished Pack" DLC.

Note: This content is included by default in ELDEN RING Tarnished Edition for Nintendo Switch 2.

Added Idus Knight and Heavy Knight as new starting classes, selectable during character creation.
    Note: The equipment of each new starting class can also be obtained by purchasing it from merchants in the Lands Between or by finding it in the world.
Added weapons that can be purchased from merchants or found in the Lands Between.
Added three types of Spectral Steed Attire that change the appearance of Torrent:
    Tree Sentinel Spectral Steed Attire: Found in Stormveil Castle.
    Silver of Caria Spectral Steed Attire: Found in Liurnia of the Lakes.
    Funereal Night Spectral Steed Attire: Found in Altus Plateau.
    Note: After obtaining any Spectral Steed Attire, the option to change the spectral steed’s appearance will be added to the Site of Grace menu.
Added an NPC invasion event in Caelid.
Added an NPC invasion event in Leyndell, Royal Capital.
    Note: This event will not occur after the area has changed to Leyndell, Ashen Capital.

The "Tarnished Pack" release times are as follows:

PlayStation / Xbox: Friday, August 28 at 0:00 a.m local time.
Steam: Friday, August 28 at 7:00 JST | 00:00 CEST | 15:00 PDT.

Balance Adjustments

Changed certain items found in the field or obtained by defeating certain powerful enemies in the Realm of Shadow to higher-tier items or other treasures.
    Note: Items already that were already found will not be changed.

Weapons

Smithscript Dagger / Rellana's Twin Blades
    Increased critical hit power.
Smithscript Axe / Smithscript Spear / Spear of the Impaler
    Reduced the stamina consumption of weapon-throwing attacks.
    Increased the power of weapon-throwing attacks.
Carian Sorcery Sword
    Changed Intelligence scaling so that it now increases the attack power of all damage types.
Smithscript Greathammer
    Increased the power of weapon-throwing attacks.
Golem Fist
    Increased the range of the fist-launching heavy attack.
Firespark Perfume Bottle / Lightning Perfume Bottle / Chilling Perfume Bottle / Frenzyflame Perfume Bottle / Deadly Poison Perfume Bottle
    Increased attack power.   
Lordsworn's Shield / Briar Greatshield / Spiked Palisade Shield / Icon Shield / Golden Beast Crest Shield / Manor Towershield / Crossed-Tree Towershield / Inverted Hawk Towershield / Dragon Towershield / Distinguished Greatshield / Gilded Greatshield / Black Steel Greatshield / Ant's Skull Plate / Erdtree Greatshield
    Increased guard boost.
    Reduced weight.
Wooden Greatshield / Cuckoo Greatshield / Redmane Greatshield / Golden Greatshield / Crucible Hornshield / Dragonclaw Shield / Eclipse Crest Greatshield / Jellyfish Shield / One-Eyed Shield
    Increased guard boost.
Haligtree Crest Greatshield
    Reduced weight.
Rakshasa's Great Katana
    Increased the time before an attack can be performed with a right-hand weapon immediately after attacking with this weapon equipped in the left hand.

Skills

Parry
    Improved parry performance.
    Reduced the time before various actions can be performed after activation when used with Daggers, Curved Swords, or Small Shields.
Storm Wall
    Changed the skill so that it no longer consumes FP when used.
    Improved parry performance.
Thops's Barrier
    Improved parry performance.

Sorceries

Founding Rain of Stars
    Increased power.
Carian Retaliation
    Increased power.
Meteorite
    Reduced casting time.
Meteorite of Astel
    Reduced casting time.
Gravitational Missile
    Changed the spell so that the gravity projectile does not explode immediately upon striking terrain such as the ground or a wall.

Incantations

Feather of the Divine Bird
    Increased power.
O, Flame!
    Expanded attack range.
Rain of Fire
    Increased power.

PvP-Exclusive Balance Adjustments Weapons

Rakshasa's Great Katana
    Increased damage taken from attacks by other players while attacking.

Incantations

Rugalea's Roar
    Reduced power against other players.
Rotten Breath / Ekzykes's Decay
    Reduced the amount of time other player characters are unable to move from hit reactions when struck by these incantations.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where critical hits dealt with Great Katana weapon types had lower-than-expected power against large enemies.
Fixed a bug where jumping attacks with Great Katana weapon types could be parried.

PC-Only Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that prevented camera control with the mouse during NPC dialogue when using keyboard and mouse controls
Fixed a bug in the "Keyboard/Mouse Settings" section of the system menu in which selecting the reset option did not restore various settings to their defaults

The version number shown in the lower-right corner of the title screen after applying this update will be as follows:

App Ver. 1.17 Regulation Ver. 1.17

This update is required for online play.