The highly anticipated patch for Elden Ring: Nightreign is now live! After experiencing a brief delay due to a tsunami advisory in Japan, FromSoftware has officially deployed version 1.02 across all platforms.
The update followed a period of server maintenance lasting roughly an hour, during which the game servers were temporarily unavailable.
As previously detailed, version 1.02 introduces official support for Duo Expeditions, essentially enabling two-player cooperative gameplay. While Nightreign was initially designed with a three-player experience in mind, FromSoftware implemented modifications to cater to solo players post-launch.
Responding to player feedback requesting duo support, the development team has worked to integrate this feature. Players can now initiate Expeditions with a partner, and the game’s difficulty will adapt dynamically to the party size. The Nightreign user interface has also been updated for clarity. The “Expedition Type” selector has been replaced with “Number of Players.”
A further major enhancement involves the Relic Effect filter screen, which now includes a variety of new options for improved control over the Relics in your inventory. You can now filter for Relics possessing multiple effects tied to a single condition.
The maximum number of storable Relic presets has also been increased to 100. Furthermore, for easier Relic management, the game now allows players to sell and favorite them directly from the Rewards screen.
Among the numerous quality-of-life improvements introduced in version 1.02 is the ability to immediately view the presets of your currently selected character. These are now displayed first when opening the “All Presets” list.
The Small Jar Bazaar and Collector Signboard now feature tabs for easier navigation! Even vendors in the Limveld region now include detailed descriptions for items within their shop menus. Players who have reached the Night Aspect boss encounter will be pleased to learn that the cutscene following the defeat of the Nightlord can now be skipped.
Lastly, the update marks the beginning of the second Everdark Sovereign cycle, starting with the Everdark Sovereign version of Augur, which is now available.
Patch 1.02 also addresses a series of bugs, which are detailed below.
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Enhanced the visibility of the mark created by Ironeye’s Character Skill.
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Rectified an issue where executing a Standard Attack behind an enemy while wielding the Lira as Revenant would prioritize a backstab animation over summoning a Family Member.
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Corrected a bug that prevented the visual indicator of enemies targeted by Revenant’s summoned spirits from displaying correctly.
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Addressed a bug where the Ultimate Art gauge would fill when the first spirit summoned by Revenant perished.
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Resolved a bug where the “Rock Blaster” Sorcery would not consume any Focus Points (FP).
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Fixed a bug where bow attacks were not affected by the “Partial HP Restoration upon Post-Damage Attacks” effect.
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Corrected a bug where a brief movement input while guarding could cause an unintended large and sudden movement.
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Addressed a bug where magma pools would fail to spawn when the “Roiling Magma” Sorcery impacted an enemy.
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Fixed a bug where Recluse’s affinity residues were not generated when acquired via specific enemy affinity attacks.
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Resolved a bug where Recluse’s affinity residues persisted even after an allied character with the residues died and was subsequently revived.
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Corrected a bug that made it difficult for smaller Nightfarers, such as Revenant, to effectively hit enemies with Fist and Dagger weapon types.
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Ensured that Roar & Breath attack power increasing effects are now correctly applied to certain attacks within Executor’s Ultimate Art transformation.
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Addressed a bug where Executor’s Ultimate Art would fail to remove the Parasite condition when used.
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Fixed a bug where unintended effects could occur with specific attacks of the Dark Moon Greatsword.
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Corrected a bug that caused passive effects triggered on guard counters to activate when acquiring a weapon with that effect under specific circumstances.
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Resolved a bug where the “Dmg Negation Up While Casting Spells” Passive Effect would activate when acquiring a weapon with that effect under specific circumstances.
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Fixed a bug where near-death players could not be saved after being downed by a grab attack, resulting in revived players no longer being targeted by enemies.
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Addressed a bug where players could become trapped within the terrain after being hit by Adel, Baron of Night’s grab attack.
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Corrected a bug where Caligo, Miasma of Night, would sometimes move outside the designated battle area.
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Fixed a bug where the positioning of ice blocks spawned by Caligo, Miasma of Night, would not synchronize correctly between players.
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Addressed a bug where some attacks of the Draconic Tree Sentinel had a longer range than intended.
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Corrected a bug that allowed players to unintentionally move during the “Take hold of Spectral Hawk” animation at the Spectral Hawk Tree.
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Fixed a bug that allowed players to purchase a Small Pouch from a merchant even if they already possessed a fifth item slot from a Relic.
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Addressed a bug where a network error could occur upon defeating the Equilibrious Beast after players had been cursed in Limveld and the battle with the Equilibrious Beast commenced.
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Fixed a bug that allowed players to obtain a weapon without a level decrease when selecting “I desire a powerful weapon” with the Scale-Bearing Merchant while the player character’s level was 3.
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Corrected a bug that allowed players to initiate another deal with the Scale-Bearing Merchant if the conversation was interrupted after a deal selection.
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Fixed a bug where the Nameless King would fail to return to the battle area if he moved too far away.
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Addressed a bug where enemies that should appear on the second night under specific conditions would sometimes appear before nightfall under certain circumstances.
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Corrected a bug that caused allied players revived from near death with a Wending Grace to be counted as defeated during battles against Night bosses or Nightlords.
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Fixed a bug where players would not respawn on the field after dying in the night rain in specific areas of Limveld.
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Addressed a bug that allowed multiple players to duplicate dropped items.
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Corrected a bug in the Rotted Woods Shifting Earth where the location of the Rotted Woods blessing would sometimes disappear from the map after obtaining its location from the map in the small fort.
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Fixed a bug where you could not reset the Shifting Earth status in the corresponding bed after changing your playable character and triggering a Shifting Earth with at the Collector Signboard.
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Addressed a bug in the Expeditions menu where using “Copy Last Expedition Settings” to embark on a Single Player expedition allowed players to embark on targets not displayed in the Target menu.
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Corrected a bug that prevented the effects of relics adding Attribute Attack Power or Status Ailments to the weapon when launching an expedition from being reflected in the attack power displayed in the Status menu.
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Fixed a bug in the Results Menu where the position and orientation of allied characters far away from the player were not being recorded correctly.
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Addressed a bug where the tool “Twiggy Cracked Tear” was missing from the Visual Codex.
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Corrected a bug that caused instability on some platforms when using certain Skills.
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Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash when moving to the Spirit Tree under specific conditions.
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Addressed a bug that caused the game to crash when returning to the current world in some of the Revenant’s Remembrance.
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Resolved other instances of game crashes.
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Improved some graphics and effects.
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Corrected several sound effects that were not playing as intended.
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Improved some text.
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Implemented general performance improvements and additional bug fixes.