That’s not even the biggest news, really. That makes this whole thing feel like a neat little bonus two months after the game came out. By comparison, it didn’t feel like anything was missing from Patches’s story. NPCs like Kenneth and Nepheli felt very obviously unfinished - a vibe that panned out when Patch 1.03 did, in fact, finish their questlines. It’s hardly a DLC-sized addition to the game, but this is honestly kind of fun for me. That’s part of his charm! But I guess he has more to say now that Patch 1.04 is hitting consoles and PC today. Despite his outsized presence in the developer’s games, Patches doesn’t typically have his own super deep story to follow. In fact, he even directs you to a very funny early entrance to the manor (that I won’t spoil here) if you speak to him early enough. He then disappears after you reach a certain point in the Volcano Manor questline. Albeit briefly and only if you know where to look. Naturally, he also appears in Elden Ring. This relentless, cartoonish skullduggery has earned him a place as a fan favorite character in Dark Souls and the like. Whether that means kicking you down a hole, calling you names, trapping you in weird places, or… kicking you down a different hole. If you’ve somehow managed to avoid knowledge of everyone’s favorite character to hate, Patches is a recurring NPC that shows up in most modern FromSoft games in one form or another. The new update is more of the same - only this time it mostly affects Incantations, weapons, and Patches. Though it also buffed numerous Sorceries, fixed Arcane weapon scaling, and patched in new quests for various NPCs whose stories simply ended out of nowhere.

The update weakened some controversial items and skills (e.g. Elden Ring already saw one huge overhaul back in March.

Months after launch From Software is treating Elden Ring like it just came out with another enormous balance update: Patch 1.04.

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