Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Day 1 Patch Includes New Hairstyles, Recent Items Tab, and More

In addition to outlining global release and pre-load timings for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, FromSoftware has also confirmed a day-one patch. It will also apply to the base game, with server maintenance scheduled from midnight to 3 AM PST on June 20th.

Some of the patch’s new features include a Recent Items tab to check items you’ve recently picked up. You can also check newly acquired items by the exclamation point on their icons. Active Summoning Pools will also carry over to New Game Plus, and players can switch individual pools on or off in the Map Functions menu (with the Small Golden Effigy only selecting active pools).

Five new hairstyles will also be available during character creation, the Clouded Mirror Stand or when respeccing one’s character at Rennala. The patch includes other features, so stay tuned for more details in the coming days.

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree launches on June 21st for Xbox One, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC. An event with Red Bull is set for tomorrow, so stay tuned for more details.

An update to the #ELDENRING base game & a day 1 patch for Shadow of the Erdtree will be distributed on 6/20.
The update includes bug fixes, balance adjustements & some new features.

A server maintenance to apply the update will be conducted on 6/20 from 07:00 to 10:00 UTC.
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Here is a preview of some of the main additional features from the update.

New Inventory features:

– Newly obtained items will be marked with a “!“.
– A new tab called “Recent Items” has been added to review recently obtained items.
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New Summoning Pool features:

– Active Summoning Pools will now be carried over to NG+.
– Individual Summoning Pools can now be enabled / disabled in the newly added Map Functions Menu. Only active Summoning Pools will be selected when using the Small Golden Effigy.

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New hairstyles:

– Five new hairstyles have been added to the game. They can be selected during character creation, using the Clouded Mirror Stand or using Rennala’s Rebirth feature.

Other features will also be included in the same update, coming June 20.
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