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Elden Ring 1.16.1 patch notes listed weapon-effect and player-block fixes on Aug 21, 2025

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Published Oct 20, 2026 · 11:02 UTCPosted on Steam Aug 21, 2025 · 12:09 UTC

GameElden Ring

Version1.16.1

PostedAug 21 · 12:09 UTC

SourceSteam announcement

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model, from public records. Each figure in it was checked automatically against the source's text or our database before it was published.

Patch notes for version 1.16.1 appeared in the Steam announcements of Elden Ring on Aug 21, 2025. The notes listed bug fixes for the wrong affinity or status ailments being applied to some weapons during specific actions and for players getting around being blocked by another player. The notes said online play required the update. Readers can open the original post in the Steam announcements of Elden Ring.1 2 3 4 5 6

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the game whose Steam announcements carried the postElden RingOur database
the version the post's title names1.16.1Our database
the day the post appeared in the Steam announcementsAug 21, 2025Our database
a bug fix listed in the notesa fix for the wrong affinity or status ailments being applied to some weapons when performing specific actionsSteam, announcement for Elden Ring ↗
a second bug fix listed in the notesa fix for players bypassing being blocked by another player on any platformSteam, announcement for Elden Ring ↗
what the notes said about online playonline play required the player to apply the updateSteam, announcement for Elden Ring ↗