In preparation for the release of Shadow of the Erdtree tomorrow (or today, depending on your timezone),FromSoftwarewill be deploying a brand-new update forElden Ringacross all supported platforms.
While today’s update will be filled with new features for players to check out, it also means that the Elden Ring servers will be offline for an extended period of time. But fear not, because once you’ve downloaded the free update, you’ll be able to check out the new inventory features, new hairstyles, new summoning pool features, and much more.

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If you’re waiting patiently for the release of Shadow of the Erdtree and want to find out what’s new with today’s Elden Ring update, or maybe you just want to know exactly when the game’s servers will be back online, we’ve got you covered.

Elden Ring Server Maintenance Schedule For June 20
As confirmed by the official Elden Ring X (formerly Twitter) account, the game’s servers will be offline onThursday, June 20th from 7AM UTC to 10AM UTC. During this time, players will be prompted to download and install the latest patch update.
Official details on today’s patch can be found below.
Elden Ring Update 1.16 Patch Notes
New feature
If “Include Distant Areas” is selected when using the Small Golden Effigy, summoning pools within the Mohgwyn Palace will not be selected for summoning, even if you have activated them.
If you are within the Moghwyn Palace and select “Nearby Only” when using the Small Golden Effigy, you will be able to be summoned within the area.

New Inventory features:
Steam-only new features
PvP-exclusive balance adjustments
The adjustments in this section do not affect single-player or cooperative play.
Weapons adjustments
Skill adjustments
Spinning Slash
Decreased damage.
Flaming Strike
Rain of Arrows
Decreased damage and poise damage.
Cursed-Blood Slash
Transient Moonlight
Lightning Storm
Decreased poise damage.
Spearcall Ritual
Ancient Lightning Spear
Radahn’s Rain
Spinning Weapon
Decreased damage animation motion when stunning other players.
Incantations adjustments
Black Flame’s Protection
Decreased physical block rate.
Bestial Sling
General balance adjustments
The adjustments in this section affect both PvE and PvP aspects of the game.
Armament Adjustments
Troll Knight’s Sword
Increased damage.
Zamor Curved Sword
Increased movement distance of some attacks.
Forked Hatchet
Ripple Blade
Decreased the status buildup enhancement that scales with the Arcane attribute.
Serpent-Hunter
Increased the speed of crouching attacks.
Ripple Crescent Halberd
Albinauric Staff
Increased attribute scaling.
Gelmir Glintstone Staff
Prince of Death’s Staff
Golden Order Seal
Clawmark Seal
Dragon Communion Seal
Increased the poise amount when using this skill.
Decreased the status buildup of your weapon when using this skill.
Storm Assault
Decreased the poise generation speed.
Stormcaller
Storm Stomp
Glintblade Phalanx
Loretta’s Slash
Bloody Slash
Strong shot
Increased the speed of some attacks.
Increased the speed when doing consecutive attacks.
Enchanted Shot
Increased Parry hitbox generation speed.
Storm Wall
Thops’s Barrier
Buckler Parry
Added attack recovery time after using this skill.
Taker’s Flames
Decreased the fire’s poise damage.
Removed the fire’s knocking down effect.
Moonlight Greatsword
Increased the poise damage of heavy and charged attacks, but decreased the poise damage of the generated magic wave.
Thundercloud Form
Magma Shower
Thunderstorm
Bubble Shower
I Command Thee, Kneel!
Increased the poise value during the active part of the Skill.
Bloodboon Ritual
Decreased the generated status buildup.
Bear Witness!
Increased damage and poise damage.
Contagious Fury
Decreased the amount of attack power generated by this skill.
Steam-only adjustments
Note: If you have created save data before this update, your layout will not be affected.
Fixed a bug where the mouse cursor would blink in the title menu, causing the game to be unstable under certain circumstances.

Fixed a bug where a submenu with no items would be displayed after a right click during the tutorial.
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