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Dark Souls Update Tweaks Tranquil Walk Of Peace, Removes 1 Sec. Attack Delay

By Spencer . November 1, 2011 . 5:03pm

Dark Souls Update Tweaks Tranquil Walk Of Peace, Removes 1 Sec. Attack Delay Major changes are coming to Dark Souls with version 1.04. From Software announced the update, which further tweaks the game. The patch will adjust equipment and spells such as magic shield, great magical shield, Ring of Fog, Iron Flesh, Pyromancy Flame, and the slowing effect of Tranquil Walk of Peace. Drop rates, equipment weight, and the amount of souls earned from defeating enemies were fine tuned too. Bosses will also drop humanity or Homeward Bone items.

 

Shopkeepers carry more items after the update. The Undead Merchant (male) will sell a Bottomless Box. Domnhall of Zena sells a master key after moving locations. You can buy Twinkling Titanite from the Giant Blacksmith. Blacksmith Vamos and the Giant Blacksmith will sell Weapon Smithbox, Armor Smithbox, and Repairboxes for use at bonfires. Arrows are easier to acquire too since many merchants including the Undead Merchant (female) and Blacksmith Andrei sell: standard arrows, heavy arrows, wood arrows, normal bolts, heavy bolts, and wood bolts.

 

Dark Souls version 1.04 adjusts multiplayer matching and the amount of souls players receive after defeating a boss. Players get the full amount of souls in this version. Players who prefer to invade games will be happy to know that cracked red orbs will only be used if you successfully invade a game. Failed invasions will no longer consume orbs.

 

A number of glitches like issues that cause the game to hang up, players to get stuck, and a bug that lets players use an infinite amount of items and/or spells have been remedied too. A one second delay when attacking enemies has also been resolved.

 

Dark Souls version 1.04 will go live on November 2nd around noontime in Japan.


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  • Ereek

    Nothing about Eyes of Death or a re-usable Gravelord sign? Blah.

    Hopefully when they mention adjusting drop rates they mean for Eyes of Death and Drake Scales for the Dragons.

    • http://www.siliconera.com Spencer

      I didn’t see those specifically, but the reusable items are supposed to fixed. There are other bug corrections like when you have too many of a certain item the game locks up and vague fixes without further details. Perhaps, Dark Souls … version 1.05 then?

      • Ereek

        Hopefully.  I actually already Platinumed it and was hoping to play as a Gravelord in multiplayer, but having to farm Eyes of Death for hours at a time to get absolutely nothing beyond Darkwraith invasions was a bit disheartening.

        I know I shouldn’t complain because these are great changes – I’m just hoping my preferred Covenant gets some love with the new MP changes.  Thanks for the clarification though.

      • http://myfigurecollection.net/collection/DrakosAmatras DrakosAmatras

        I’m definitely expecting more fixes in the future, to be honest.

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1366088452 Ram Ganesan

          yeah,I’m expecting more fixes too. like yesterday I was venturing into the sewers/depths area with all those fire torch undeads/Buthcer mini boss, the game literally went into a FRIGGING crawl,like i swear it was probably running at only about 5-8fps at that particular time for reasons I just dunno why????

          • http://myfigurecollection.net/collection/DrakosAmatras DrakosAmatras

            That’s odd. Slowdowns rarely happen on the PS3 version I play, and even then, only in Blighttown because there are tons of objects on the screen at once.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chan-Ka-Ho/680772915 Chan Ka Ho

    Did they fix the Hellkite dragon 1 arrow kill bug?

  • PrinceHeir

    i wonder if they plan to add dedicated servers so that me and my brother could me up with the game :

    if Demons Souls had this why can’t Dark Souls???
    then again Atlus handled that while Namco is just lazy :

    oh well amazing game nontheless

    • Ereek

      Just a friendly reminder that the servers are P2P in Japan as well, where Bamco had no part in the publishing.  Unless Bamco had a hand in the game development and decisions, you should blame From Software just as much, as it was self-published.

      • PrinceHeir

        i don’t really mind at all.

        is just that i was expecting Dark Souls to have it also.

        oh well no biggie.

        does Demons Souls JPN uses dedicated servers or not??? also is the game still playable online there????

        i salute Atlus for still supporting Demons Souls online :)

  • http://twitter.com/GameGodZER0 Ben Sylvia

    So I’ve gone through half the game and NOW they decide to make bosses drop humanity?

    I’m just going to go cry in my corner now.

    • MrRobbyM

      Honestly, it’s not that hard to come by. Just go rat hunting for a while and you should have plenty.

      • Quadsdat

        The baby skeletons in front of the boss room in the Tomb of Giants is a much better place. Just need to pick it up before the body disappears.

        Granted, this can only be done in the later half of the game.

        • http://twitter.com/GameGodZER0 Ben Sylvia

          I’m not going any further into that place until my armor is better and my shield doesn’t drain so much stamina when the bone dog things attack me.

          • Quadsdat

            Where previously I would recommend Pyromancy for those skeletons (heck, Pyromancy for everything to an easy win) but it has since been nerfed in this patch. The nerf, I read, is very significant.

            All I can suggest now is use/upgrade the Eagle Shield.

      • http://twitter.com/GameGodZER0 Ben Sylvia

        They don’t drop for me, like ever.

        • takua108

          It takes Humanity to make Humanity! If you don’t have the ring that increases item drop rates, having just one Humanity (the number, not the item) in stock will increase your drop rate, making it *slightly* easier to come by! That’s why I always make sure to keep some spare Humanity (item) in my inventory at all times, and spend one and farm rats when I run low.

          • http://myfigurecollection.net/collection/DrakosAmatras DrakosAmatras

            The first Humanity point increases drop rate by 20. After that, it increases by 4~5 until you reach 15. Afterwards, it’s just 2 per point.

            Humanity points are a must for item grinders, but they also become big liabilities if you’re going to a dangerous place.

    • http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=2704923 Buntar0

      You can always rub that into other people’s face. You played the tough mans version and all that (well partially, also this post is not to be taken seriousy)

  • MrRobbyM

    Where’s the patch that fixes the horrible framerate issue in Blight town? :/

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_S2UKKIGGOA4V5EIFXAD7BQQOV4 Heehee

    There goes the unobtainable Master Key if you didn’t choose Thief or choose it as a gift.

    • darkonezero

      That’s a good thing, now for a non-Snuggly way to get the old witch’s ring…

  • https://twitter.com/#!/Ojsinnerz Firo_Prochainezo

    Great, this should be fun! NOW HOW DO I GET OUT OF BLIGHTTOWN?

    • Zal_Yagun

      go up the waterwheel. you need a key some where up there, keep going if you find 3 dung fatties you are going the right way

      • https://twitter.com/#!/Ojsinnerz Firo_Prochainezo

        I’d die from the infinite mosquitos, poison swamp, POISON DARTS, and other stuff before I can even get there, haha.

        • http://twitter.com/atmey Atmey

          Check for a ladder before the toxic darts.

          • https://twitter.com/#!/Ojsinnerz Firo_Prochainezo

            Oh wow, I remember that now. Thanks!

    • Syltique

      Getting out of blighttown the first time really is terrifying lol.  You can do it though.  You have to go up the waterwheel.  Look for it on youtube.  I had the same issue.

  • http://twitter.com/Zhemos Jason A

    So when is NA getting this patch? 

  • http://www.facebook.com/clint.sherman2 Clint Sherman

    DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO FARM 38 TWINKLING TITANITE??????????

    Well, at least it was free… ~sniff~

  • badmoogle

    Wow amazing!FROM delivers once again!
    Wish they could patch the framerate issues too but that’s probably impossible…

  • Maxwell3000

    Glad they patching this at all. I need to pick this up.

  • http://www.facebook.com/diamonddeath Andrew DeCrescenzo

    Oh man, I like that infinite item glitch. It was pretty much only usable with souls and humanities anyway.

    • Ereek

      Its most important use is with Prism Stones.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=749504598 Shane Guidaboni

    I take it the US didn’t get the patch at the same time? 

  • http://twitter.com/Zhemos Jason A

    Wonder what they’re gonna do to the Pyro Flame? Also bye bye 99 humanity chaos weapon cheaters. :P

    • FireCouch

      Pyromancy was nerfed pretty badly.

    • KyoyaHibari

      Wait, 99 humanity weapon cheaters? What are they fixing to prevent that?

  • Syltique

    I can only hope they’re deleting the ring of fog entirely.  It’s just damn broken.  To even participate in PvP you have to wear one.  So basically, it just turns PvP into everyone wearing the same ring and no locking on, which devastates thieves looking for parries and backstabs, as well as mages who need to lock on for spells.

    The only place I’ve even encountered any other players is in the forest.  I have yet to be summoned to a single game to help anyone out, when that’s all I wanted to do.  I hope they can really turn it around a bit.

    • Asura

      “To even participate in PvP you have to wear one.  So basically, it just
      turns PvP into everyone wearing the same ring and no locking on.”

      No, it doesn’t. Not at all. If you’ve only seen others in the forest, that explains it. That’s a clusterfuck of bad players doing every cheap and troll thing imaginable. Go PvP in the Kiln, that’s basically the arena for it.

      You’ve never been summoned? Lay down a white soapstone near a bonfire (preferably close to a boss). Wait 1 – 5 minutes. Assuming your Soul Level isn’t horribly askew from that area, you get summoned.

    • FireCouch

      You can now lock on to people wearing the Fog Ring.  But yeah, I never had much of a problem dealing with people with one.  All you have to do is just look out for it.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/HAEBCODVH3BGFIHE47BKNDXD2I Jonathan

    maybe I can actually do multiplayer soon!

  • http://twitter.com/RawrofJustice Rawrrawr45

    Finally, no more *press attack button*>*attack doesn’t out*>*hold up shield to defend instead*>*attack comes out while the enemy attacks*>*death* T^T

  • http://myfigurecollection.net/collection/DrakosAmatras DrakosAmatras

    Nice, FromSoft~ Can you lower the cost for Absolution next? 2000 per Soul Level is just way too much… Oh, and please do something about the strict Soul Level restrictions too. Also those multiplayer connection failures, for that matter.

    • FireCouch

      They did, it’s 500x souls per level now :D

      • http://myfigurecollection.net/collection/DrakosAmatras DrakosAmatras

        Hallelujah! I didn’t expect them to cut down by 75%!

        I guess I really should wait for about a month before playing Souls games in the future, to wait for patches like these. I know FromSoft doesn’t mean anything ill with the difficulty, but practical results don’t always agree with their concepts; they’ll just have to accept that.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1366088452 Ram Ganesan

      yeah man,I’m so with ya on that one. Absolution costs GOD FREAKING LOT like its so crazy to even imagine. take my situation for example: My character is now SL30-33 ish (I’ve been training a lot) and I’m just gonna start my trek in the sewers. i open this door around the sewer area where there was this NPC hiding behind some flammable crates and I thought he was an ambush enemy,so i just hurled firebombs at him and then realized in horror that he’s probably the NPC guy who sells Pyromancy later on at Firelink. So now I’ve made him hostile and i go to the Belltower saint for Absolution and its gonna cost me 64000 SOULS FOR ABSOLUTION!!!! arrrrgghhh,soooo annoying as now I’m stuck trying to collect that amount from Undead parish/burg areas:(((

      • http://myfigurecollection.net/collection/DrakosAmatras DrakosAmatras

        Heh, you got off easy compared to me. I didn’t even attack anyone; all I did was accidentally answer “No” when Alvina asked me if I wanna join her Covenant. And she doesn’t speak to me anymore. I had to grind 148000, since I’m Lv.74 at the time.

        There’s a really fast Soul farming trick you can do behind the locked door in Darkroot Garden. It’s kinda risky if don’t you know what you’re doing, but it pays off 6000 per run (1~2 minutes tops) in New Game, so I suggest sticking to it. Didn’t take me more than an hour to get that amount I mentioned above. You’ll need to buy the Crest of Artorias (20000) from Andre though.

  • SolNeko

    i just got the game yesterday, glad i can start playing with these nice fixes

  • SirRichard

    Yeah, woo, Twinkling Titanite can be bought! …And here’s me having got that Black Knight Shield to +5 the hard way.

    I got the Platinum last week, and maybe once the nerf for TWOP and Fog Ring hit I’ll pick it up again for PVP, but I think I’ve already got as much as I’ll get out of Dark Souls.

    Given that it took about six days straight of playing it near-constantly, that’s impressive.

  • KyoyaHibari

    YES! This is great! I hated the input lag, this is sweet, now if only they removed Ring of Fog from the game entirely…

  • KyoyaHibari

    They need to patch the frame rate too possibly along with the disappearing bodies glitch.

  • KyoyaHibari

    “…a bug that lets players use an infinite amount of items or spells have been remedied too.” Never heard that one, also, hope they don’t nerf Great Magic Shield and the Pyro Flame too much.

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