We are working to restore these features for all other Dark Souls titles and will inform you when they are back in service.


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• Vast world design – the meticulously designed ”Lands Between” brings unprecedented immersion to FromSoftware’s largest game to date. Secrets hide around every corner of this immense world encouraging exploration for those who dare venture off the beaten path.
  
• Legacy Dungeons – Large multi-level dungeons evoking classic FromSoftware level design are integrated into the overworld.
  
• Traversal – Ride like the wind across The Lands Between on your Spectral Steed, and even engage in combat while on horseback.
  
• Combat – Players can engage with a variety of basic or advanced combat options across a number of weapon types and magical disciplines.
  
• Multiplayer – Team up with friends and help other Tarnished take down powerful foes with co-op multiplayer.

• Digital Adventure Guide, containing useful information to help players as they enter The Lands Between.
  
• Bonus Gesture ‘The Ring’ – Receive a gesture at the start of the game. *Gesture can also be obtained in-game.

Adventure and danger await any Tarnished daring enough to enter The Lands Between and attempt to claim themselves The Elden Lord starting on February 25, 2022.

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The next adventure from FromSoftware awaits. Wishlist now!

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The team at BANDAI NAMCO wishes you happy holidays!
We can't wait to see you in 2018 to keep on playing on Dark Souls games together. Until then, will you find all the references - not only from Dark Souls series - hidden in our Season Greetings card?

Ashen Ones,
We are planning a server maintenance to update the regulations of Dark Souls III to version 1.35 tomorrow (read below for exact timings)
Regulation version 1.35 includes the following adjustments:
• Extended the matching range of players above level 351 for online play ad follow:• Fixed issue where the bonus souls earned by equipping the Mendicant’s Staff would not stack when equipped in both the right and left hands.
• Fixed issue where the two-handed R1 / RB attack of Friede's Great Scythe did not have shield-piercing properties.
• Fixed issue where the increased damage effect of Bloodlust would suddenly disappear.
• Fixed issue where, when equipping the Lothric War Banner in the left hand and using the Lothric War Banner skill, using Rotten Pine Resin or Carthus Rogue on a weapon equipped in the right hand would apply negative status effects to allied players.

After the update, the newest version will appear on the top left of the title screen:
App Ver 1.14 (PC)
Regulation Ver 1.35 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One)

Thank you for your understanding.

Server Maintenance schedule
PS4
JST 2017/06/15 (Thu) 10:00am – 12:00pm
CEST 2017/06/15 (Thu) 03:00am – 05:00am
PDT 2017/06/14 (Wed) 06:00pm – 08:00pm
Xbox One
JST 2017/06/15 (Thu) 10:00am – 16:00pm
CEST 2017/06/15 (Thu) 03:00am – 09:00am
PDT 2017/06/15 (Thu) 06:00pm – 12:00am
Steam
JST 2017/06/15 (Thu) 05:00pm – 07:00pm
CEST 2017/06/15 (Thu) 10:00am – 12:00pm
PDT 2017/06/15 (Thu) 01:00am – 03:00am

Regulation Update Time
PS4
JST 2017/06/15 (Thu) 11:00am
CEST 2017/06/15 (Thu) 04:00am
PDT 2017/06/14 (Wed) 07:00pm
Xbox One
JST 2017/06/15 (Thu) 11:00am
CEST 2017/06/15 (Thu) 04:00am
PDT 2017/06/14 (Wed) 07:00pm
Steam
JST 2017/06/15 (Thu) 06:00pm
CEST 2017/06/15 (Thu) 11:00am
PDT 2017/06/15 (Thu) 02:00am

Ashen Ones,
The patch 1.14 will be deployed on Friday, May 12th between:
• JST: 17.00 to 19.00
• CEST: 10.00 to 12.00
• PDT: 01.00 to 03.00

The changes are listed below:

• Fixed a bug in online multiplayer, where the pyromancy “Seething Chaos” and the sorcery “Crystal Hail” would be cancelled out if also used by another player
• Changed weapon skill “Call to Stone” of “Ledo’s Great Hammer” so that the second hit can be escaped by rolling, if another attack was used to combo into the first hit Fixed issue where 2 Spears of the Church were occasionally summoned in the Ringed City
• Increased absorption and stamina recovery speed when summoned as the Spears of Church in a world with 2 or more White Spirits.
• Decreased cooldown time for Ritual Spear Fragment and Divine Spear Fragment when summoned as the Spear of the Church in a world with 2 or more white spirits.
• Fixed issue where following certain steps could make the Ringed City Streets bonfire inaccessible
• Fixed issue where the player was unable to use the bonfire despite having defeated the Demon Prince in The Dreg Heap.
• Fixed issue where further progress was disabled when interacting with the Crystal Sage Clone in a certain way.
• Increased animation cancel speed of “Whip” category weapons (excluding “Rose of Ariandel”)
• Fixed issue where the weapon reinforcement effect of the right-hand weapon was applied to the left hand equipped with a Greatshield weapon when performing the Shield Bash skill
• Reduced rotation on L1 (LB) attacks and weapon skill “Ember” of “Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords”
• Reduced stamina consumption of L1 (LB) attacks and increased damage for “Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords”
• Fixed issue where the art for the Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords could still be performed when there was insufficient FP
• Fixed a bug where equipping “Lothric War Banner” in the left hand and using its weapon skill would activate the on-hit effect of the right-hand weapon
• Increased damage and animation cancel speed of weapon skill “Call to Stone” of “Ledo’s Great Hammer”
• Increased attack power for the skill attached to Quakestone Hammer
• Reduced damage and animation cancel speed of weapon skill “Blade of Peril” of “Gael’s Greatsword”, as well as follow-up R1 (RB) attack
• Increased attack power and decreased stamina consumption for Farron Greatsword
• Decreased stamina consumption when attacking with Darkdrift
• Increased motion cancel (animation cancel?) speed for the Darkdrift skill attached to Darkdrift
• Added increased bleed effect to weapon skill “Bloodlust”
• Reduced stamina consumption and increased poison, bleed, and hollow-infused luck scaling of “Astora Straight Sword”
• Strength and Dexterity scaling for the “Sunlight Straight Sword” has been lowered.
• Decreased stamina consumption for Aquamarine Dagger's Crystal Blade skill.
• Increased damage for “Repeating Crossbow”
• Changed weapon skill “Repeat Fire” of “Repeating Crossbow” so that it no longer consumes more stamina even when the required stats are not met
• Fixed an issue when a female character or a male character wearing the Reversal Ring uses the Repeating Crossbow art, the character would move forward without any analog stick input.
• Fixed issue where the effectiveness of the Preacher's Right Arm art did not decrease when the player did not have the required Intelligence
• Fixed issue where the weapon reinforcement effect of the right-hand weapon was applied to the left hand equipped with Preacher's Right Arm when performing the Feasting Branch skill
• Fixed issue where the Unfaltering Prayer effect was retained when casting certain miracles and quickly casting another spell afterwards
• Fixed issue when activating the Wrath of the Gods miracle through a catalyst held in the character's right hand, the idle time after the spell cast was longer than it should be
• Less Vitality can be recovered by the caster when using the miracle “Projected Heal”
• Increased stamina consumption of Lightning Arrow and decreased stamina recovery speed while the player is drawing the bow
• Fixed issue where players could parry the Flame Fan
• Fixed issue where certain weapons would still leave a visual effect after changing the equipped weapon
• Fixed several other small issues

After the update, the newest version will appear on the top left of the title screen:

App Ver 1.14
Regulation Ver 1.34

We apologize for any inconvenience during the maintenance period and thank you for your patience and continued support.

-Embrace the Darkness-

Ashen Ones,

With patch 1.13 will also be added a new arena: Round Plaza. A flat arena without reliefs was strongly requested, and we hope this new arena will prove a fair environment for duels!

The patch 1.13 will be deployed on Wednesday, April 12th between:

• JST: 17.00 to 19.00
  
• CEST: 10am to 12pm
  
• PDT: 1am to 3am

You can see screenshots from this arena below!

May the flame guide your way.

Ashen Ones,

The patch 1.13 will be deployed on Wednesday, April 12th between:

• JST: 17.00 to 19.00
  
• CEST: 10am to 12pm
  
• PDT: 1am to 3am

The changes are listed below:

• Addition of the arena "Round Plaza" to the Undead Match (screenshots coming soon!)
  
• Fixed a bug where players could invade hosts during a boss fight
  
• Fixed a bug where disabled items could be used
  
• Fixed a bug where "Spear of the Church" would be summoned outside the boss battle area
  
• Fixed a bug where red phantoms could be summoned after the appearance of a "Darkmoon Blade" or "Blue Sentinel"
  
• Fixed a bug where Resins and Spell Buffs could be applied to unbuffable weapons
  
• Up to a total of two "Darkmoon Blades" or "Blue Sentinels" can now be summoned during online multiplayer
  
• When a white phantom dies during an invasion, the host will now be unable to summon subsequent white phantoms for a certain period of time (this change does not apply to covenant based invasions)
  
• Increased the level range at which "Darkmoon Blades" and "Blue Sentinels" can be matched
  
• Increased drop rate of "Seed of a Giant Tree", reduced the number that can be carried and greatly reduced the duration of its effect
  
• Fixed an issue where some weapon skill animations could be used with other weapons
  
• It is now easier to be interrupted when using most weapon skills
  
• Reduced the absorption bonus during the latter half of "Perseverance" weapon skill
  
• Increased tracking on attack animations for "Pike" category weapons
  
• Increased stamina damage dealt by "Fist" category weapons
  
• Added a small window where damage taken is increased after initiating a parry with "Fist" and "Claw" category weapons
  
• Reduced damage of "Gargoyle Flame Spear" and "Dragonslayer Spear"
  
• Increased poise effect with "Lothric Knight Long Spear"
  
• Added Faith scaling to "Sunlight Straight Sword" and "Yorshka's Spear", and reduced Strength and Dexterity scaling accordingly
  
• Reduced critical damage of "Crow Quills"
  
• All attacks from "Rose of Ariandel" can no longer be parried, but two-handed attacks now consume more stamina and no longer apply poise
  
• Fixed a bug where the second L1(LB) combo attack when two-handing "Onikiri and Ubadachi" was not dealing thrust damage
  
• Fixed a bug where bleed effect for "Pontiff Knight Great Scythe" wasn't displaying in the menus
  
• Fixed a bug where weapon skill "Quake" of "Quakestone Hammer" would deal more damage than intended to "Spear of the Church"
  
• Reduced damage of "Dark", "Fire" and "Raw" infusions for "Lothric Knight Greatsword"
  
• Reduced damage of "Dark" and "Fire" infusions for "Murky Hand Scythe" and "Dragonslayer's Axe"
  
• Increased the charge rate for effects that trigger on continuous attacks (e.g. "Pontiff's Right Eye", "Old Wolf Curved Sword", "Carthus Beacon")
  
• Re-adjusted damage and scaling for "Simple", "Crystal", "Fire", "Chaos", "Lightning", "Dark", "Deep", "Blessed" weapon infusions that were changed in Regulation Version 1.32
  
• Increased stamina consumption of the sorceries "Magic Shield" and "Great Magic Shield"
  
• Increased FP consumption of the sorcery "Great Magic Shield"
  
• Increased FP and stamina consumption, and reduced duration of the sorcery "Hidden Body"
  
• Reduced stamina consuption and increased duration of the miracles "Great Magic Barrier" and "Vow of Silence"
  
• Reduced FP consumption of the miracle "Great Magic Barrier"
  
• Fixed a bug where the amount of healing received from the miracle "Lifehunt Scythe" would always be dependant on the Faith value of the weapon equipped in the right hand slot
  
• Reduced the effectiveness of "Carthus Bloodring"
  
• Reduced the absorption penalty when wearing "Prisoner's Chain"
  
• Fixed other various issues

The new matchmaking rules are as follow:

Sign Summons:

• Upper limit: SL + 10 + ( SL * 0.1 )
  
• Lower limit: SL - 10 - ( SL * 0.1 )

Way of Blue:

• Upper limit: SL + 15 + ( SL * 0.1 )
  
• Lower limit: SL - 15 - ( SL * 0.1 )

Dark Spirit:

• Upper limit: SL + 20 + ( SL * 0.1 )
  
• Lower limit: SL - ( SL * 0.1 )

Mound Maker:

• Upper limit: SL + 20 + ( SL * 0.15 )
  
• Lower limit: SL - ( SL * 0.1 )

Invasions Covenant:

• Upper limit: SL + ( SL * 0.1 )
  
• Lower limit: SL - 20 - ( SL * 0.2 )

SL refers to the Host's Level, expect for Dark Spirit and Mound Makers, where it refers to the Invader's level.