Dark Souls 3 1.07 Changes and Release Date Announced

The 1.07 regulation update for Dark Souls 3 is slated for release around this time tomorrow. Expect the game’s servers to go down for a short period of time across the PC, Xbox One and PS4 platforms in preparation for the update.

Here’s when the servers will be offline:

PC

• Japan — 2016-05-20 5:00pm – 7:00pm (JST)
• EU — 2016-05-20 10:00am – 12:00pm (CET) summer time
• US — 2016-05-20 1:00am – 3:00am (PDT)

PlayStation 4

• Japan — 2016-05-20 10:00am – 12:00pm (JST)
• EU — 2016-05-20 3:00am – 5:00am (CET) summer time
• US — 2016-05-19 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)

Xbox One

• Japan — 2016-05-20 10:00am – 4:00pm (JST)
• EU — 2016-05-20 3:00am – 9:00am (CET) summer time
• US — 2016-05-19 6:00pm – 2016-05-20 0:00am (PDT)

The game’s publisher Bandai Namco reveals that the new patch will improve password matching, and a ton of balance changes. Here’s what’s new:

• Adjusted the efficiency of the Great shield category
• Adjusted the consuming FP of the Magic Spell category
• Adjusted the efficiency of items: Dragon Slayer’s Axe, Crescent Axe, Dark Drift, Washing Pole, Moonlight Great Sword
• Fixed the shield penetration rate of the partial attack in the scythe category
• Fixed the stamina attack of the partial weapon category
• Improved the matching of the Blade of the Darkmoon and the Blue Sentinels covenants
• Improved the password matching rate
• Improved other game balance
• Several game flaws fixed