ELDEN RING

Balance · 25

• The time before various actions can be performed after activation when Parry is used with Daggers, Curved Swords, or Small Shields has been reduced. Daggers, curved swords, and small shields have reduced recovery time after a failed parry. Parrying has been made much easier in the latest update. Patch 1.17 significantly buffed parrying, making the timing more forgiving on many weapons and shields. The timing for weaker parry options is now closer to Carian Retaliation. Parrying has been made substantially easier due to a new update. Daggers are now perfectly viable. Curved swords are now perfectly viable. Thrusting swords are now perfectly viable. Medium shields are now perfectly viable. Patch 1.17 has negatively impacted parries in Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, with small shields and daggers now having near-instant recovery. Small shields and daggers now have almost instant recovery after a parry.

  action timing

• The weight of the 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, and Erdtree Greatshield has been reduced. The weight of the Haligtree Crest Greatshield has been reduced.

  weight

• The Carian Sorcery Sword's Intelligence scaling has been changed to increase the attack power of all damage types.

  intelligence scaling

• The guard boost of the 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, and Erdtree Greatshield has been increased. The guard boost of the Wooden Greatshield, Cuckoo Greatshield, Redmane Greatshield, Golden Greatshield, Crucible Hornshield, Dragonclaw Shield, Eclipse Crest Greatshield, Jellyfish Shield, and One-Eyed Shield has been increased.

  guard boost

• The power of the Rain of Fire incantation has been increased.

  power

• The performance of the Parry skill has been improved. The Standard Parry skill has improved performance, with faster startup and longer active parry windows on many versions. The parry ash of war in Elden Ring has been buffed in the new patch.

  performance

• The power of the Feather of the Divine Bird incantation has been increased. The Divine Bird Feathers incantation has been buffed in patch 1.17.

  power

• The casting time of the Meteorite sorcery has been reduced. This document breaks down the spell changes for Meteorite in patch 1.17, detailing how it was buffed and nerfed.

  casting time

• The critical hit power of the Smithscript Dagger and Rellana's Twin Blades has been increased. The Rellana's Twinblades weapon has been buffed and is now considered secretly busted.

  critical hit power

• The power of weapon-throwing attacks for the Smithscript Greathammer has been increased.

  power of weapon-throwing attack

• The amount of time other player characters are unable to move after being hit by Rotten Breath or Ekzykes's Decay has been reduced. The balance of Ekzyke's Decay was adjusted in patch 1.17.

  stun durationpvp-exclusive

• The range of the fist-launching heavy attack for the Golem Fist has been increased.

  range of the fist-launching heavy attack

• The power of the Carian Retaliation sorcery has been increased. This document breaks down the spell changes for Carian Retaliation in patch 1.17, detailing how it was buffed and nerfed.

  power

• The Rakshasa's Great Katana now increases damage taken from attacks by other players while attacking.

  damage taken from attacks by other playerpvp-exclusive

• The power of the Founding Rain of Stars sorcery has been increased. The Founding Rain of Stars incantation was buffed in patch 1.17. This document breaks down the spell changes for Founding Rain of Stars in patch 1.17, detailing how it was buffed and nerfed.

  power

• The stamina consumption of weapon-throwing attacks for the Smithscript Axe, Smithscript Spear, and Spear of the Impaler has been reduced.

  stamina consumption of weapon-throwing attack

• The time before an attack can be performed with a right-hand weapon immediately after attacking with the Rakshasa's Great Katana equipped in the left hand has been increased.

  attack timing

• The casting time of the Meteorite of Astel sorcery has been reduced.

  casting time

• The attack range of the O, Flame! incantation has been expanded.

  attack range

• The power of the Rugalea's Roar incantation against other players has been reduced. The Roar of Rugalea was nerfed in the new Elden Ring patch.

  power against other playerpvp-exclusive

• The attack power of the Firespark Perfume Bottle, Lightning Perfume Bottle, Chilling Perfume Bottle, Frenzyflame Perfume Bottle, and Deadly Poison Perfume Bottle has been increased.

  attack power

• The Gravitational Missile spell has been changed so that its gravity projectile does not explode immediately upon striking terrain. The Gravitational Missile is no longer considered broken. Changes were made to the Gravitational Missile in patch 1.17. This document breaks down the spell changes for Gravitational Missile in patch 1.17, detailing how it was buffed and nerfed.

  projectile behavior

• The Storm Wall skill no longer consumes FP when used. Storm Wall no longer costs FP to use.

  fp consumption

• The parry performance of the Storm Wall skill has been improved. The parry performance of Thops's Barrier has been improved. Storm Wall and Thops's Barrier have received parry buffs.

  performance

• The power of weapon-throwing attacks for the Smithscript Axe, Smithscript Spear, and Spear of the Impaler has been increased.

  power of weapon-throwing attack

Content · 4

• The ELDEN RING Tarnished Pack adds new armor to the game.

  new armor

• Two new starting classes, Idus Knight and Heavy Knight, have been added and can be selected during character creation.

  starting class

• Three types of Spectral Steed Attire have been added: Tree Sentinel Spectral Steed Attire (found in Stormveil Castle), Silver of Caria Spectral Steed Attire (found in Liurnia of the Lakes), and Funereal Night Spectral Steed Attire (found in Altus Plateau).

  spectral steed attire

• An NPC invasion event has been added in Caelid.; An NPC invasion event has been added in Leyndell, Royal Capital, which will not occur after the area changes to Leyndell, Ashen Capital.

  npc invasion event

Economy · 1

• Certain items found in the field or obtained from powerful enemies in the Realm of Shadow have been changed to higher-tier items or other treasures.

  item

UI · 1

• The appearance of Torrent can be changed after obtaining Spectral Steed Attire, with the option added to the Site of Grace menu.

  appearance

Fix · 4

• A bug that prevented camera control with the mouse during NPC dialogue when using keyboard and mouse controls has been fixed.

  camera control with mouse during npc dialoguepc-only

• A bug in the 'Keyboard/Mouse Settings' section of the system menu where selecting the reset option did not restore various settings to their defaults has been fixed.

  reset option in keyboard/mouse settingpc-only

• A bug where critical hits with Great Katana weapon types had lower-than-expected power against large enemies has been fixed.

  critical hit power

• A bug where jumping attacks with Great Katana weapon types could be parried has been fixed.

  parryability of jumping attack

General · 1

• Patch 1.17 implements gameplay balance adjustments.

  general

Also in this patch1

• Patch 1.17 adds support for the Tarnished Pack DLC, which is scheduled for release on August 28, 2026.

  support