Elden Ring’s most recent patch fixes a nasty multiplayer exploit. Hackers utilised an exploit on PC that Elden Ring has fixed to keep gamers trapped in a never-ending loop of death. “A problem in multiplayer that enabled players to transport others to wrong map positions” is mentioned in the patch notes for version 1.03.2 by Bandai Namco.
It was discovered last week when users’ games were crashing and their characters were sent to a position outside of the game’s borders, leading them to plummet to their deaths when they reopened the game.
Despite the fact that Elden Ring may be played offline, you should only do so if you have no other choice. To test your abilities against those of your fellow adventurers, you may invade the virtual worlds of other players while playing FromSoftware’s famous open-world RPG. In spite of this, PC gamers were advised not to play online until today (March 24), owing to a harmful hack that might render the game useless in its entirety. That problem was resolved in the most recent FromSoftware patch.
According to Elden Ring’s official patch notes, the game’s version 1.03.2 includes a number of tiny modifications. Additionally, the patch fixes a few minor difficulties with navigation and combat, including a mission involving Nepheli Loux.
“Fixed an issue in multiplayer that enabled players to transport others to wrong map positions,” reads the official statement.
Understatement of the year: “incorrect map coordinates.” For those of you who missed the first news about this, here’s how it worked: To begin with, a villain would enter the world of a player. Player-versus-player (PvP) battles are common in Elden Ring, and depending on how you approach the game, they may be either a nuisance or an exciting part of the experience. An invasion would utilise malicious code to bring the host player to an inaccessible map point, where they would fall to their death again and over again.
A player’s playtime may be wiped out in an instant since there was no way to stop themselves from falling to their doom. It’s not possible to save a backup at Elden Ring.
To avoid invasions, we advised against playing Elden Ring online unless you’re playing with a group of other people. Now that the current patch has been installed, PC users may return to the game. Steam should automatically download the patch when you open it; if it doesn’t, the game should tell you to log out and reinstall it.
It’s also worth noting that the PlayStation and Xbox versions of the game seem to be unaffected by this bug. Continue playing Elden Ring online normally if you’ve been playing on a console.
It’s been roughly a month since the release of Elden Ring, and gamers are beginning to make significant progress in it. For those who are unsure about what to do next, we’ve provided some pointers for those who have defeated Queen Rennala.
The patch also fixes a flaw that prevented certain players from completing Nepheli Loux’s questline, as well as a number of other issues, including the death loop fix. A glitch that allowed players to die when descending near Bestial Sanctum has been fixed, as has an issue that prevented the Endure Ash of War from activating.