A newElden Ringupdate adds ray tracing capabilities, along with some balance changes and bug fixes, to the game.Elden Ringhas been a massive successfor developer FromSoftware, as it has sold over 20 million copies in its first year.
Since its release in February 2022, the development team has released manyupdates forElden Ringthat add new features, fix bugs, and implement balance changes. SeveralElden Ringweapons have been nerfed and buffed in this period, with the same being true for many of its bosses. Now, Bandai Namco Entertainment has detailed the contents of patch 1.09 of the game, confirming that a new feature is coming toElden Ring.
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As revealed by the patch notes, update 1.09 forElden Ringis now available on all platforms, adding ray tracing capabilities to the PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X versions. Ray tracing has been touted as a major differentiating factor of current-gen consoles and PC hardware, but it can be extremely demanding on the system. So, the patch notes state that the frame rate and resolution may be impacted while playing with ray tracing.
The next section deals with changes coming toPvP inElden Ring, with some elements being nerfed in order to improve the overall balance of this mode. While the effectiveness of many attacks has decreased with this update, players should note that these changes are exclusive to PvP, and do not otherwise impactElden Ring’s gameplay.
This update makes other general changes, such as an adding an invincibility window when players respawn in the colosseum, and decreasing the hitbox size when attacking with specific types of weapons. It also makes adjustments to the variousAshes of War available inElden Ring, with many of them getting increments to their attack generation speed. The final section details the bugs fixed in update 1.09 ofElden Ring, with a note on the hardware required to play with ray tracing.
Fans will need a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti or Radeon RX 6700 XT at the minimum to playElden Ringwith ray tracing, albeit at 1080p and low settings. For high settings and ahigh level of ray tracing, gamers will need to upgrade to a GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or Radeon RX 6900 XT. Overall, thisElden Ringupdate adds an important graphical feature to the game, with further improvements made to the overall balance.
The patch notes for update 1.09 ofElden Ringare as follows:
New feature
Ray Tracing support has been added for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and PC versions.
Ray Tracing can be activated in the settings menu:
Please note that performance - such as frame rate and resolution - may be impacted while playing with Ray Tracing on.
The minimum and recommended technical specifications to use Ray Tracing can be found at the end of the patch notes.
PvP-exclusive balance adjustments
The adjustments in this section do not affect single-player or cooperative play.
General balance adjustments
Ashes of War adjustments
Minimum
Recommended
Elden Ringis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
