Pathfinder Core Rulebook and Errata

[Maestr0]

I have a print copy that I bought from a FLGS some time ago and realized that I saw what I thought was an error so to use errata I need to know my print edition and I have no idea what printing it is. How do I tell?
Also do I use all the erratas that come after my printing or only the most recent one?

[Ross Byers]

If you look at the credits page, at the very bottom of the page, the printing will be indicated.

You want the most recent errata for your printing. All of our errata files bring a given printing up to the most recent version. That way, you only need one errata file.

[Charles Scholz]

Ross Byers wrote:

If you look at the credits page, at the very bottom of the page, the printing will be indicated.

You want the most recent errata for your printing. All of our errata files bring a given printing up to the most recent version. That way, you only need one errata file.

Unless you are using the first printing. Then there are 3 erattas you have to keep track of.

[Andrew Betts]

Charles Scholz wrote:

Ross Byers wrote:

If you look at the credits page, at the very bottom of the page, the printing will be indicated.

You want the most recent errata for your printing. All of our errata files bring a given printing up to the most recent version. That way, you only need one errata file.

Unless you are using the first printing. Then there are 3 erattas you have to keep track of.

What Ross means is that if you have the first printing you just need the first printing errata file which has all the errata for printings 2-4. The second printing errata has all the errata for printings 3 & 4. The third printing errata has all the changes for the 4th printing.

[Ross Byers]

Charles Scholz wrote:

Unless you are using the first printing. Then there are 3 erattas you have to keep track of.

Actually, you don't. If you download the current errata for the First Printing, it will bring it up to date with the fourth printing. There is no need to get the errata for the second or third printing if you have a First Printing. If you do, you will see a lot of duplicated changes.

[Charles Scholz]

I printed each errata as it came out and put sticky notes in my book for everything. There weren't any duplications between eratta.

[Ross Byers]

Charles Scholz wrote:

I printed each errata as it came out and put sticky notes in my book for everything. There weren't any duplications between eratta.

If you downloaded each errata as it was released, then you do not have the most up-to-date errata for the first printing (since the the third and fourth printings did not yet exist when the first errata was released.)

If download the most recent errata for the first printing, it will contain all the changes necessary to bring the first printing up to date with the fourth.

Whenever we update errata, we release new errata for every previous printing to bring it up to date.

[Maestr0]

OHHHHH I understand.

So each printing has it's own errata that is are all updated to bring it up to the most recent printing I got ya.

Turns out I have a First Printing.

[Vic Wertz]

Maestr0 wrote:

OHHHHH I understand.

So each printing has it's own errata that is are all updated to bring it up to the most recent printing I got ya.

Yep. So once you figure out what printing you have, you can download one file to bring you fully up to date.

[Charles Scholz]

Thanks for the clarification.