Elden Ring’s all-new patch targets widespread performance issues while balancing new and powerful additions from its DLC. Along with these are a ton of bug fixes which rebalance plenty of unseen issues involving the new weapon types.

Elden Ring patch notes

Follow our Elden Ring patch 1.12.3 patch notes summary for the latest weapon changes and the game features.

Warning: minor spoilers ahead!

Elden ring 1.12.3 patch notes

Swift Slash nerfed

On the PvP side of things, only one player ability has been adjusted for v1.12.3 and that’s Swift Slash.

Swift Slash is a new Ash of War you can use with the Backhand Blades in Shadow of the Erdtree. The ability is a quick forward double-slash that lets you blink before unleashing a wide Malenia-like “shearing vacuum effect”.

Knowing how hard players have been spamming Swift Strike in the Colosseum, the devs decided to lower its damage and shorten its damage animation, making the Backhand Blade ability easier to evade.

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Elden Ring 1.12.3 — general balance changes

These changes affect gameplay across the board, applying to the Lands Between and PvP.

The main change this time involves boss positions in your rematch against the Golden Hippopotamus and General Gaius. From now on, both bosses will be located in the “same position” as before, making their encounters less confusing.

Here’s everything they changed about the items/weapons in Elden Ring 1.12.3:

ITEM	CHANGE
Carian Sorcery Sword	Increased poise damage, adjusted dual-wield poise damage
Smithscript Cirque	Increased poise damage
Smithscript Dagger	Increased poise damage

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Elden Ring 1.12.3 — bug fixes

Bug fixes are at the core of the Elden Ring 1.12.3 patch. These mainly focused on weapon Affinity issues that scaled improperly, certain boss moves that were harder than intended, and many more.

Here are all of the bug fixes in the Elden Ring 1.12.3 patch:

SUBJECT	BUG	FIX
Rolling Sparks	Dealt more damage than normal, sometimes had no damage but would apply effects.	Readjusted damage.
Wall of Sparks	Sometimes had no damage but would apply effects.	Readjusted damage.
Feeble Lord’s Frenzied Flame	Right-handed weapon skill buffs would affect this skill when cast with your Left.	Removed effect application.
Discus Hurl	Right-handed weapon skill buffs would affect this skill when cast with your Left.	Removed effect application.
Thrusting Shield	Guarding while attacking used less Stamina.	Adjusted Stamina cost.
Backhand Blades	Strong attack recovery wasn’t being cancelled by rolling.	Strong attack now gets cancelled by rolling.
Lightning Perfume Bottle	Dealt double damage in some instances.	Adjusted damage to be more consistent,
Frenzyflame Perfume Bottle	Dealt double damage in some instances.	Adjusted damage to be more consistent,
Bloodfiend’s Arm	Arcane scaling was too high when setting a weapon Affinity.	Readjusted Arcane scaling. Reduced status buildup for heavy attacks.
Gazing Finger	Faulty Faith scaling.	Faith scaling now applies correctly.
Fire Knight’s Greatsword	Inconsistent damage animations & attack affinities.	Adjusted on-hit animations and affinities.
Smithscript Dagger	Weapon affinities were higher than intended.	Weapon affinities lowered.
Smithscript Cirque	Weapon affinities were higher than intended.	Weapon affinities lowered.
Smithscript Axe	Weapon affinities were higher than intended.	Weapon affinities lowered.
Smithscript Greathammer	Weapon affinities were higher than intended.	Weapon affinities lowered.
Smithscript Spear	Weapon affinities were higher than intended.	Weapon affinities lowered.
Golem Fist	Weapon affinities were higher than intended.	Weapon affinities lowered.
Smithscript Shield	Weapon affinities were higher than intended.	Weapon affinities lowered.
Black Knife Tiche	Enemies regained HP as the Max HP reduction effect ended.	Enemy HP now stays the same.
NPC Summons	Behaved unexpectedly in some situations.	Summons now have fixed behavior.
Golden Hippopotamus	Unblockable Bite Attack connected easier than intended.	Bite attack range adjusted.
UI	Text displayed incorrectly in certain circumstances.	Bug fixed.

Elden Ring 1.12.3 — performance fixes

While Elden Ring’s DLC faced universal acclaim, some critics lowered their scores due to the expansion’s less-than-stellar performance on PC and PS5. Causes were unknown so far. With that in mind, here’s everything FROMSOFT has found so far:

Unstable framerate on the PS5 can now be solved using the console’s “Rebuild Database” safe mode feature.
New Regulation files are available for the console version to ensure smoother play.
As said in our previous patch article, Ray Tracing that’s left on causes performance issues on the PC version. Go to System > Graphics Settings to make sure it isn’t turned on.
Third-party mouse programs were found to cause framerate issues on the PC version.

Elden Ring 1.12.3 patch notes summary — biggest changes