Dark Souls: Major Patch Released

The Dark Souls 1.05 patch had just been released in the West although it had already been previously released in Japan. The patch fixes a lot of bugs and made changes for the title, which is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.  All in all, the patch addresses several balancing and technical issues.  Here are just some of the things the patch can do:

Changes in Magic

• Increased Vow of Silence range
• Lowered Magic Shield duration to approx. 11 seconds
• Slightly buffed sorcery spell damage
• Effectiveness of Iron Flesh nerfed
• Pyro Glove nerfed from 270 to 230
• Invincibility removed
• Tranquil Walk of Peace reduce to about 10 seconds

Status Changes

• Reduction of defensive bonuses gained via Humanity but item discovery gained via Humanity improved
• Base Equipment Burden increased
• Humanity Item drop rate increased to 210

Equipment General Changes

• Scaling changes with higher updates

Dark Souls concept art (Credit: Namco Bandai)

Combat Changes

• Increased lock-on acquisition range
• Easier lock-on changing/switching

Online Changes

• Ability to see resonance signs
• Changes in amount of souls the Master of the game gains

Covenant Changes

• Covenant Material drop rate improved
• Lowered requirements for Sunbro covenant

Other Changes

• Official Guide nerfed

Merchant Stock Updates

• Male Undead Merchant – also sells bottomless box
• Female Undead Merchant – sells arrow/crossbolts
• Andre – sells arrows/crossbolts
• Domnhal of Xena – sells arrows/crossbolts, Master Key (5000)
• Inglwood – sells transient curses
• And more

Fixes

• Repairs freeze issues
• Proper display of souls needed
• Change of some English butitles
• Fixes some map areas
• And more

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