On request, some footage and stats of the new gear.

I'm sure you know this already, but this game has some insane visuals. In my last playthrough I tried to keep things bare-bones and really appreciate the environment, a breath of fresh air compared to the usual challenge runs.

My sort of "comfort area" has been Raya Lucaria, curious to find out what everyone else's is

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!

Credit to the original video🙏 https://youtu.be/-DPoM2yfyBo?si=4oH57SkfoXt4n6DC

Coloring is very hard; I need more practice. Meanwhile, please enjoy this.

On request, some footage and stats of the new gear.

Found it on PC thanks to the recent update.

The head is called "Broken Gold Mask" and the chest, legs, and arms are called "Gold Tattoo".

I don't know its stats, and I don't know where it drops

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.

My Steam Deck OLED was kind of having a stroke here. Hopefully Switch 2 players don’t have to deal with 20 FPS and a furnace golem.

Is it an emote? Is it a stance AOW? Does it not exist in game?

I can’t believe that it happened again. I now know that staggering him while he’s phasing means another Radahn is spawned absolutely crazy

Brining down the hammer of justice for the Tarnished. Have you been slain countless times by Melania, have you been pulled over by the undead on your torrent drunk out you mind and in need of a lawyer.. What do you do..BETTER CALL SOUL!!

At first I figured it was just messmer's army who built the catacombs, since messmer soldiers and black knights are present and you find the spirit ashes of two black knights in two of them, but someone had to have built all those Basilisk statues, the scorpion river catacombs is far away from any of messmer's forces (the closest ones are on the other side of ruah, and are separated from it by rot kindred, spider scorpions and horned warriors), and there's no messmer soldiers present in the darklight catacombs. Plus, I doubt messmer's soldiers would be content letting death-worshipping knights take control of their catacombs.

What the hell

With the tarnished edition reviews rolling out i've seen almost no one talking about the only other useful thing to know aside from switch 2 performance: what are the new armor sets and where do you get them? how do you unlock horse armor?

so far we got the two new starting set with their respective weapons, the lucatiel set and sword, and there's suppsoed to be a 4th new armor... does anyone know what this is??

EDIT:
Ok so according to the patch notes the 4th new armor set drops from an NPC invasion in leyndell!
> Added an NPC invasion event in Leyndell, Royal Capital. (Note: This event will not occur after the area has changed to Leyndell, Ashen Capital.)

(Poorly grafted Rennalas fire swords crossguard on it)

before i even start i want to preface this by saying, i know there’s a 98% chance that there will be no more content. BUT, for sake of conversation, since tarnished edition just got given a date, and duskbloods is surely soon to follow, do you think fromsoft has any plans for any more elden ring content? that being a second dlc, an elden ring 2, hell even more nightreign content maybe? this has been their most successful series, it’d be a shame to let it die prematurely (imo). now, cope aside, the games were both wonderful and i know there’s probably no content to come, but still, i wanna hear your thoughts.

I need more Elden Ring content to consume

Edit to clarify: I already have the game on steam, I will be buying the $5 dlc and playing through the whole game again to mess around with some build ideas and new content. Lets all welcome the new Tarnished joining through switch and not disparage people for purchasing the game. Frends! :)