{"id":596557,"date":"2026-03-19T20:50:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/elden-ring-map-quiet-changes-unlisted-patches"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:50:44","slug":"elden-rings-map-has-been-quietly-changing-with-every-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/elden-rings-map-has-been-quietly-changing-with-every-patch\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring&#8217;s map has been quietly changing with every patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/elden-rings-map-has-been-quietly-changing-with-every-patch.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Elden Ring<\/strong> has received a handful of patches since its release at the end of February. Developer FromSoftware made a number of improvements to the game&#8217;s performance, fixed a few bugs, and rebalanced a whole host of skills and weapons in an attempt to tone down the most obviously overpowered options.<\/p>\n<p>As with many Japanese developers, FromSoft is guilty of making tweaks that do not get mentioned in patch notes. Players are left to discover and document those on their own in an attempt to keep track of what <em>actually<\/em> changes from one patch to another.<\/p>\n<p>Those changes are usually relevant, which is why players tend to look for them. But some go entirely unnoticed &#8211; unless you&#8217;re an eagle-eyed modder. YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCmBXkjKD8w6bbjUzNjcDtQA\">Illusory Wall<\/a>, who made a career out of digging deep into FromSoftware&#8217;s games to discover cut content, clip through boundaries and track hidden changes, has put out a video about a particular unlisted change you may not even think to check for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/elden-ring-map-quiet-changes-unlisted-patches\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/elden-ring-map-quiet-changes-unlisted-patches\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elden Ring has received a handful of patches since its release at the end of February. Developer FromSoftware made a number of improvements to the game&#8217;s performance, fixed a few bugs, and rebalanced a whole host of skills and weapons in an attempt to tone down the most obviously overpowered options. As with many Japanese developers, FromSoft is guilty of making tweaks that do not get mentioned in patch notes. Players are left to discover and document those on their own in an attempt to keep track of what actually changes from one patch to another. Those changes are usually relevant, which is why players tend to look for them. But some go entirely unnoticed &#8211; unless you&#8217;re an eagle-eyed modder. 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