Elden Ring Tarnished Pack — How to Get Every New Item

The Tarnished Pack dropped on August 28, 2026 alongside patch 1.17 — a $4.99 add-on with two new starting classes, eight new armaments, four armor sets, and three Torrent appearance skins. If you bought the Switch 2 Tarnished Edition, all of it is already inside.

How do I activate the pack?

Own it, install it, then fully restart the game — the new merchant stock and field pickups only appear on a fresh load with App Ver. 1.17 / Regulation 1.17 or later shown on the title screen. If an old save shows nothing new, that restart is the fix.

What is the collection route on an existing save?

Everything sits on the normal progression path — follow this order and the one missable lands before the capital changes:

What is missable — and how do I not lose it?

Exactly one pickup: the Leyndell invasion chain. Cast Law of Regression at the Radagon statue in Leyndell to reveal the truth, then defeat the invading Broken Gold Mask for the Golden Order Flail, the Broken Gold Mask, and the Gold Tattoo Set. Once the story turns Leyndell into the Ashen Capital, the invasion — and those three items — are gone for that playthrough. Do it before Maliketh.

Do the new classes’ outfits come to old saves?

Yes — that is the neat part of this pack. Heavy Knight’s Steel Set comes from the Weeping merchant, Idus Knight’s Silver Grooved Set and sword are Liurnia pickups. The classes themselves (stat breakdowns here) are only on the character-creation screen, but their full gear is collectible on any save.

Is the Tarnished Pack worth $4.99?

If you are mid-playthrough or starting a Switch 2 run: yes — it is a grab-bag of mostly-early-game gear plus three Torrent skins for the price of a coffee. The standout is the Idus Sword (a light greatsword with Impaling Thrust) and the class sets. Nothing here is power-creep — it is cosmetic-plus-early-kit, which keeps it honest.

For how the new origins stack up against the classic ten, see the starting class guide; for what patch 1.17 changed around all this, the beginner guide covers the current state of play.