Elden Ring update today (20th June): Full 1.12 patch notes explained

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Elden Ring’s first and only DLC will be launching imminently after a period of intense anticipation, but before it does the game’s developer, FromSoftware, has announced it is working on delivering a new patch.

In a post on social media website X, formerly Twitter, the Japanese giant said that maintenance would be taking place at around 8am BST in the UK from today and should only last for about 3 hours, which means the game cannot be played again until 11am (it should be active again now).

This is very fortunate as players will inevitably have been preparing for the launch of Shadow of the Erdtree, with several major tasks needing to be ticked off in the base game before the DLC can be accessed, which includes defeating both Radahn and Mohg.

For anyone that has met those requirements, they will find that Shadow of the Erdtree is bringing a bunch of new weapons and fighting systems to the game, as well as a heap of new (and probably very tough) bosses to fight.

But before we get to all of that, let’s take a look at what Elden Ring’s 1.12 patch is bringing to the game.

There are several changes that will be coming to Elden Ring after today’s 1.12 patch update which is being completed in time for the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC launch.

One of the main new features that is being added into the game is the ability to mark newly acquired items in our inventory with an exclamation mark (!). Inevitably this is going to help us sift through the ton of bits and bobs we’re carrying much quicker.

Aside from that, there will be brand new cosmetics in the form of five new hairstyles coming to the game which can be used during the character creation screen as well as when using both Rennala’s Rebirth or the Clouded Mirror.

Some new changes are coming to Summoning Pools too. Individual Pools can now be toggled on and off in a fresh addition to the map called a Functions Menu. Players can also carry their Summoning Pools over to New Game Plus now as well.

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