Elden Ring Patch Fixes Infinite Death Loop Hack
Over the past week, Elden Ring players have been extra fearful of invasions. Not just because invaders could kill them and ruin whatever progress they'd made since their last save, but also because those invaders could actually be hackers looking to completely ruin their save files.
Videos surfaced several days ago showing hackers entering an Elden Ring player's game and then that game suddenly crashing for no apparent reason. Then, when the Elden Ring player restarts and loads their save, they're immediately presented with "You Died" as their character falls into the abyss. When the game restarts, that message just keeps coming up again and again and again.
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It was recommended at the time to avoid playing online and to back up your save file to prevent this game-ending exploit from ruining your Elden Ring save, but now it seems Bandai Namco has issued a fix. In update 1.03.2, players will no longer have to fear invasions in quite the same way as they did in the few days prior.
Bandai Namco's fix also revealed how the glitch actually worked. In the patch notes, Bandai Namco notes that a bug was fixed in multiplayer "that allowed players to teleport others to incorrect map coordinates," revealing that the exploit actually changed the player's location to be just above a deadly fall as soon as their game crashed. Then, when they reloaded, they'd immediately fall to their death. Thankfully, that exploit is gone, so players can breathe a sigh of relief.
The patch also fixed three other bugs, including a bug that "prevented players from advancing NPC Nepheli Loux’s questline," another that "causes the playable character to die when trying to descend
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