Fire ringhas been newly published Shadow of the Earth Tree Additional content Is notoriously difficulteven for the most experienced veterans of FromSoftware’s RPG. It is so controversial among players that some Review bombing of the DLC to express their dissatisfaction. But now FromSoftware is releasing a patch that will turn the tide in players’ favor – we’ll see if it makes the expansion easier.
The Sticky notes are not very long, but they describe the changes to the Shadow Realm Blessings, a new mechanic introduced in the Shadow of the Earth Tree DLC that lets you boost your character’s attack and defense after finding special items around the new map. Scadutree Blessings (which affect attack and defense stars) can be found on Miquella’s crosses, while Revered Spirit Ash Blessings (which buff your spirit summons) are placed on Miquella statues. Both are required to boost these stats at Sites of Grace, and much of the DLC is scaled to Blessings. Because of this, FromSoftware increases stat boosts for the first half of the maximum amount to give players an advantage in the first few hours. They’ll then level out as the game progresses, so if you’re already far into the DLC, you probably won’t notice a noticeable difference.
The patch notes also mention a bug in the PC version that automatically enabled ray tracing when you load save data from previous versions of the game from old patches, with instructions on how to fix this bug in-game. The full patch notes are as follows:
Changelist for calibration update 1.12.2
Scaling of the attack and damage negation curve of the Blessings from the Shadow Realm has been revised.
- Attack and damage negation has been increased for the first half of the maximum amount Blessing Improvementsand the second half will now be more gradual.
- The attack and damage negation granted by the final tier of Blessing improvements has been slightly increased.
The calibration update can be applied by logging into the multiplayer server.
If you don’t see the calibration version “1.12.2” listed in the bottom right of the title menu, select “SIGN IN” and apply the latest regulations before enjoying the game.
About the graphics settings (PC version only)
We confirmed a bug where ray tracing settings would automatically enable if you previously loaded save data from previous versions of the game.
If your frame rate is unstable, please check the “SYSTEM” > “Graphics Settings” > “Ray Tracing Quality” settings in the title menu or game menu to see if it has been accidentally set to “ON”. Once the setting is set to “OFF”, Ray Tracing will no longer be automatically enabled.
Further balance adjustments and bug fixes are also planned for a future patch.
Hopefully this will help people who have problems with the opening hours of Shadow of the Earth Tree. If you are having trouble with certain sections or bosses, be sure to check out our Tips and instructions section We have plenty of guides there to help you take advantage of FromSoftware’s latest features.
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