The first patch 1.01.1 has been released for FromSoft’s co-op spin-off Elden Ring: Nightreign, bringing changes to solo mode and balancing.
Elden Ring Nightreign reached over 300,000 players on Steam alone in the first hour after its release on May 30, 2025. However, the co-op adventure has “only” received 72 percent positive reviews. The game is dividing Souls fans. At the top of the list of criticisms are the overly difficult solo mode and other balancing issues.
Just a few days after release, FromSoft has delivered a first patch that addresses some of the criticisms.
The highlights of patch 1.01.1
- Solo mode: When playing Nightreign alone, you will now be revived once during the boss fight, giving you a second chance. Before the update, you only had one attempt to defeat the difficult enemy without any help, after which it was game over. You will also now receive more runes in solo mode, allowing you to level up faster.
- Better and rarer relics: When you reach Day 3 – i.e. the Night Lord – in your run, you will now receive better relics as a reward, which will help you on your further expeditions. In the Small Vessel Bazaar, the chance of getting relics with a higher rarity level will also increase when you buy the small “blind boxes” (Scenic Flat Stones).
- Parkour! In the Steam version, the climbing system has also been adjusted so that your character should now be able to grab edges better – both with a controller and with a keyboard.
- Bug fixes: The patch also addresses a number of bug fixes. You can read exactly what these are in the patch notes on page 2.
We want to hear from you about how much (or how little) you like the new co-op spin-off of Elden Ring. Vote in our Nightreign poll above. We’ll also be providing guides to accompany the game and help you with boss fights or planning your perfect route through Limveld.
On the next page, you’ll find an overview of all the patch notes for update 1.01.1.
Adjustments exclusive to single-player mode
- The “Automatic Revival on Defeat” effect, which allows one revival per night boss fight, has been added for solo expeditions.
- The number of runes obtained has been increased for solo expeditions.
General balance adjustments
- The number of rare relics that can be obtained as a reward for reaching Day 3 during expeditions has been increased.
- The chance of obtaining rare relics from picturesque flat stones purchased at the Small Potter’s Bazaar has been increased.
Bug fixes
- The camera behavior when activating the Guardian’s ultimate art “Wings of Salvation” has been adjusted.
- Fixed a bug in the Duchess’s “Repeat” character ability that prevented status changes from triggering when built up by other players’ attacks.
- Fixed a bug that caused some attacks from raiders with the Great Axe and Great Hammer weapon types to deal more damage than intended.
- Fixed a bug that caused some “Those Who Live in Death” enemies to be revived when defeated with the “Sacred Blade” skill.
- Fixed a bug where the Bleeding status effect would not build up when the Bloody Strike skill hit an enemy.
- Fixed a bug where the Ghost Flame Ignition attack would not trigger under certain circumstances.
- Fixed a bug where the “Frostbite” status would not build up when the light wave of a strong attack hit an enemy while the “Moonlight Great Sword” skill was active.
- Fixed an issue where arrows fired with the “Power Shot” and “Enchanted Shot” abilities were slower than intended.
- Fixed an issue where the attack range of the “Sling” spell was longer than intended when used with a staff equipped in the left hand.
- Fixed an issue where the effect of reducing the maximum HP of enemies when hit by the Black Blade summon was not activating.
- Fixed a bug where the passive effect “Consecutive attacks negate damage” would stack when consecutive attacks were performed while the effect was active.
- Fixed a bug where some passive effects were not displayed with the correct values.
- Fixed an issue where the relic special effect “[Guardian] Becomes the target of enemy attacks when the ability is activated” was not activated under certain circumstances.
- Fixed an issue where certain effects were not applied to relics obtained as rewards for expeditions or purchased from the Small Glass Bazaar.
- Fixed an issue where items that could be obtained after completing a memory in the Memory World when fulfilling the scenario conditions could not be obtained when switching characters and exiting a memory.
- Fixed issues with the behavior and specifications of certain attacks and actions of certain enemies.
- Fixed an issue that caused the game to become unstable under certain conditions during battles with certain enemies.
- Fixed an issue with the graphical display during battles with certain enemies.
- Corrected some incorrect information in the staff credits.
- Some text has been corrected.
- An issue causing some sound effects to not play correctly has been fixed.
- An issue causing the “End Memory” effect to not display during a “Wylder” memory on some platforms has been fixed.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the HUD from displaying on some platforms.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash under certain circumstances on some platforms.
- Fixed a bug that caused expeditions and reconnecting to sessions to fail under certain circumstances on some platforms.
- Fixed a bug that caused background music to not play correctly under certain circumstances on some platforms.
Steam-only adjustments
- Fixed an issue that caused some graphics to render incorrectly when “Low” was selected in “Graphics Settings.”
- Fixed an issue where the “Climb” action would sometimes fail when using the keyboard.
- Fixed an issue where the “Climb” action was difficult to perform when using a gamepad.
The version number of this update is displayed in the lower right corner of the title screen as follows:
App version 1.01.1
Regulation version 1.01.2
In the versions for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S, the rule files can be downloaded by logging in to the server.
If the rule version displayed in the lower right corner of the title screen is not 1.01.2, please select “LOGIN” and apply the latest rules before enjoying the game.
Players must apply this update to play online.
After downloading the update file, restart the game and apply the update.
