Dark Souls III: The Ringed City bugs: FPS drops, black screen, and more

Dark Souls III has received a new DLC titled The Ringed City. This is the final piece of content for Dark Souls III. In it, you’ll journey to the world’s end to search for the Ringed City and explore new lands, defeat new bosses and new enemies with new armor and skills.

The Ringed City DLC takes the game to a whole new level, but also brings issues of its own. In this article, we’re going to list the most common Dark Souls III: The Ringed City bugs reported by players.

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City reported issues

• FPS drops

Many gamers report that Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City is affected by severe FPS drops. The framerate dips way below 60 FPS even on good rigs, while some unlucky players are getting only 10-15 FPS.

I’ve tried almost every solution trying to fix these damn fps/memory leak issues and nothing works still. Played this game for months before the first DLC came out fine then BAM DLC drops and the game is ♥♥♥♥ed. I thought the pre-ringed city DLC patch was going to help but nooooooooo still sweet ♥♥♥♥ all.

• Game freezes and crashes

Players report that they can’t even launch the game. As soon as they hit the start button, Dark Souls III freezes and then crashes. Crashes also occur during the gameplay.

I used to be able to launch this game, but now I can’t anymore. Everytime I open it up, it crashes on startup and it says ntdll.dll is the cause of the problem. I am unable to even get into the game

Other players report that when the game freezes, the computer screen goes black, forcing them to restart their PCs.

• Summoning fails

It appears that the summon signs fail to work exactly when players need them the most.

I can be summoned perfectly fine, but when I summon people? Immediate return homes(connection errors), time outs, or other oddities if I actually do successfully summon.

• Save file issues

Players report that Dark Souls III no longer recognizes the latest save file available in the AppData folder, forcing them to start all over again.

Problem with Dark souls 3 saves after DLC RINGED CITY
so what happened to me is that i opened the game today and i no longer have the options continue game or load game.has it ever happened to any of you 🙁

These are the most common Dark Souls III: The Ringed City bugs reported by players. If you’ve come across various workarounds to fix the problems mentioned above, feel free to list the troubleshooting steps in the comment section below.

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