Elden Ringis already a massive success, but FromSoftware has continued to add to the game through free updates. The freeElden Ringupdates have squashed bugs, made balance changes, and in some cases, have even added new content. PreviousElden Ringupdates added new quest phases, and the latest one does so as well, giving fans more closure when it comes to the Patches questline in the game.
For the uninitiated,Elden Ringplayers can first encounter Patches very early in the game at a place called Murkwater Cave. Patches will try to fight players at first, but he is easily dispatched. After winning the battle,Elden Ringplayers can then choose tospare Patches or kill him. Sparing Patches will then start a questline where players have the chance to interact with Patches a few more times during theirElden Ringjourney.
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Patches will try to trick players throughout the game, booting them off cliffs and using magic chests to teleport them to dangerous locations. He can also be summoned for help during the toughRadahn boss fight, though quickly leaves before actually doing anything. If players make it to Volcano Manor, they’ll find Patches chilling out there as well, and he gives them another quest to do. Patches then travels to the Shaded Castle, where he gives players the Dancer’s Castanets.
Elden Ring Patches 1.04 Location
Prior to update 1.04, visiting Patches at the Shaded Castle meant the end of his questline. Eventually he would disappear from the Shaded Castle and was nowhere to be found, but afterElden Ringupdate 1.04, he can be found in a new location.
Upon downloadingElden Ringupdate 1.04, players that have finished the Patches questline - and haven’t killed him - can find him hanging out at Murkwater Cave again. Patches will once again attempt to fight players, only to give up when he realizes who he’s facing off against. Players will get the Patches Squat emote for their troubles. If players keep talking to Patches, eventually he will return to selling items, becoming anotherElden Ringmerchantfor players to do business with in the Lands Between.
It’s possible that there are more changes toPatches' questline inElden Ringthat haven’t been discovered yet, but the ending to it has definitely changed. It will be interesting to see if future updates add more quest phases forElden RingNPCs, or if they will focus more on balance changes and bug fixes instead.
Elden Ringis out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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