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A new Elden Ring hotfix update was deployed across all supported platforms earlier today, bringing the game to version 1.09.1. This new patch fixes a handful of bugs and teaches players a workaround to deal with an issue that turns on the ray tracing in the game without players wanting to do so.According to FromSoftware, players who are facing performance difficulties after enabling ray tracing need to make sure that their hardware meets the minimum system requirements. The ray tracing effect was added to Elden Ring with the last major update, which was released late last month.
Aside from bug fixes, the new update also introduces some balancing changes to the game, including a decrease in the poise damage of the Cursed-Blood Slice skill. You can check out the full patch notes for the new update down below.
Elden Ring Update 1.09.1 Patch Notes
- Fixed a bug where the effects of some Skills, Incantations, Items and Weapons that increased attack power were not applied to Spells and Incantations.
- Fixed a bug where the Skill Contagious Fury from the Jellyfish Shield kept increasing attack power when unequipping the shield or switching to a different weapon.
- Decreased the poise damage of the Cursed-Blood Slice Skill.
- If Ray Tracing has been unintentionally enabled and is impacting your game, you can disable it from the title menu or in-game by going to System → Graphics → Set Ray Tracing Quality to OFF.
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If your game does not start properly or becomes unstable when Ray Tracing Quality is set to Low/Medium/High/Maximum, please consider the following options:
- Check the minimum/recommended operating environment of your PC when using Ray Tracing
- Ensure that your graphics card drivers are updated to the latest version.
Elden Ring fans are currently eager to learn more about the game's upcoming expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree. This DLC doesn't have a release date yet, and we know almost nothing about it so far. It is yet to be seen how the story would follow with this new DLC and what we can expect in terms of new explorable regions and new bosses, but there is no doubt that it is one of the highly anticipated expansions to come in the near future.