Elden: Path of the Forgotten (Switch): Software updates (latest: Director’s Cut Update)
On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various Software updates for Elden: Path of the Forgotten on Nintendo Switch (originally released on July 9th 2020 in Europe, North America, and Japan)!
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Elden: Path of the Forgotten – Ver. ??? (Director’s Cut Update)
- Release date: December 31st 2021 (North America) / January 1st 2022 (Europe, Japan)
- Patch notes:
- Updated to Unity 2019.4 – Better performance
- New story beats in each region
- Expanding Hub region with new zone
- More variation to zones
- Increased player speed
- New tentacle spell sound effects
- Reworked camera shake (disabled camera shake when the player deals damage to enemies, replaced with a time slow effect. Camera shake only happens when the player takes damage or for large world events. Camera shake motion was also completely reworked.)
- Reworked melee hit collisions
- Added new enemy – The lurker
- Added direction change animation for wide enemies
- Improved lighting
- Improved enemy navigation
- Added Interaction log
- Added Item trading
- Reworked HUD
- Reworked dragon enemy
- Reworked zone naming
- Reworked roll iframes
- Reworked footstep sound effect system
- Weapons now have their own individual stamina costs
- Weapons now have their own individual sound effects
- Reworked damage type system
- Critical attack sounds
- New weapon – Ahrala’s Daggers
- New weapon – Farmer’s Scythe
- New weapon – Curse of the Ancients
- Added burn effect
- Added shock effect
- Added Rune items
- Added Cooldown items
- Added Trapped explosive
- Improved audio cue system
- Improved AI / Gate interactions
- Reworked threat system
- Reworked Shadow caster AI
- Balanced damage types
- Fixed dragon farts
- Added chain lightning
- Reworked ranged combat
- Added enemy retreating behaviour
- Added time slow item
- Added new abilities to Rocky Isle Boss
- New and expanded sound design
- Added item trading
- Improved damage type and defence type system
- Added thunder and lightning
- Translated zone names and interaction text
- Improved inventory navigation
- Improved poison effect
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Neon Doctrine (Steam)
How to download updates for Elden: Path of the Forgotten for the Nintendo Switch?
To download the updates for Elden: Path of the Forgotten, you have three options:
- let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off
If not…
- try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;
OR
- select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.
To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.
