Patch Notes Assassin's Creed Valhalla Update 1.04

Patch Notes Assassin's Creed Valhalla Update 1.04

Contents

• Presentation of graphics / performance mode
  • Added an option to the game that allows players to choose between performance or visual quality.
• Breakdown of functionalities:
  • This option is available for Xbox Series X | S and PlayStation 5.
  • Choose performance allows the game to adapt the resolution and graphics settings to maintain 60 FPS.
  • Choose quality Allows the game to run at maximum resolution and graphics settings while maintaining 30 FPS.
  • Default values since the launch of the game are as follows:
  • Xbox Series X / PlayStation 5: performances
  • Xbox Series S: Quality
• Diverse
  • Added a new background image to the title screen.
  • Added various VFX to improve visuals.
  • Added an option that will automatically assign all nodes on the path when acquiring a central skill.
  • Added rune categories to the runes menu. All runes are now classified as weapon and armor runes.
  • Added a warning when switching from a language that supports TTS to one that does not.
  • Cursors can now be moved with left / right arrows on M&K and controllers.
  • Increased tissue limit to 82.
  • Added cloth to traders once settlement has reached level 6.
  • Added requirements for altars to the world map.
• Balancing
  • Updating the quality of equipment and equipment to their correct values.
  • Added assassination damage stats to the character stats page.
  • Duplicate equipment has been removed from inventory.
  • Heavy and Light Attack stats will now adjust correctly based on Skill Nodes acquired.
  • Heavy attack modifiers will no longer be applied to ranged attacks.

Game improvements

• Performance and stability
  • Improved stability and performance.
  • (Xbox Series) Enhanced Xbox Series S Experience | X consoles with screen tear
  • (PC) Fixed an issue with VRAM / RAM leaking when alt tabbing on the desktop.
• Save games
  • Fixed some cases where Load Game would not display saves correctly.
  • Renowned Cloud backups to distinguish them from regular backups.
  • Delete Cloud recordings from the Record menu. This will ensure that it cannot be inadvertently overwritten.
  • Added notification when a cloud backup recovery failed.
• Graphics, audio, animation
  • Solved various graphics issues at all levels.
  • Fixed various currency exchange issues.
  • Addressed various clipping issues.
  • Fixed various visual issues with Eivor's cloak.
  • Fixed various animation issues for players or NPCs.
  • Fixed various audio issues.
  • Fixed various lighting issues.
  • Shadow resolution on High will now use correct values.
• World
  • Addressed various texture or object placement issues.
  • Fixed some cases where the player could get stuck in specific locations.
  • Fish in Norway will now spawn in bad weather. Yeah, we must have read this one twice too.
  • Crows will no longer randomly drop from the sky in Asgard.
• Gameplay, Combat, IA
  • Fixed various bow aiming issues.
  • Improved behavior of NPCs and bosses at all levels.
  • NPCs will now react to player theft… so think twice before flying!
  • Fixed an issue where dogs would start levitating when Eivor started petting them.
  • Blocking Springald projectiles will now consume stamina as intended.
  • Fanatics who were hit with a sleep dart can now be stunned. Sleep well.
  • Fanatics will no longer heal when near the player.
  • Guards who clearly saw Eivor shooting their ally will now become hostile.
  • The guards will now hear the impact of corpses falling to the ground.
  • Improved guards reactions to whistles.
  • Improved disguise behavior in areas of distrust.
  • Archery from the longship now consumes arrows.
  • Players will now be able to air assassinate sleeping NPCs.
  • Improved fish reeling behavior.
  • Fixed an issue where the horse would not use the gallop animation in combat.
  • The crowd will now be applauding during the drinking games. *
  • Sliding mechanism reworked.
• Quests, World Events, Side Events
  • Fixed an issue where the assassination sequence would not play for some targets.
  • Addressed various texture issues during cutscenes.
  • Addressed various issues related to quests or world events that were preventing players from completing them.
  • Players can no longer use the Fishing Tool or Horn while Drunk Walking with Tewdr -
  • Subquests will now display the correct “Part Of” parent quest.
  • Memory stream can now be chosen when starting a new game if the Hold Alternative option is set to ON.
  • Increased frequency of experienced travelers.
• User interface / HUD
  • Fixed various issues with UI / HUD.
  • Fixed various localization issues.
  • Resolved various mouse and keyboard typing issues
  • Secrets will now be discovered when syncing a point of view. (This does not apply to the Pathfinder difficulty)
  • Experienced travelers are now highlighted on the world map and on the compass when they are nearby.
  • Addressed an issue that prevented the map from updating after players received information from a seasoned traveler.
  • Increased Odin's sight radius and enemies will now be highlighted for longer.
  • Improved the radius in which Synin reveals keys.
  • Reduced Synin's view distance of materials.
  • Improvement of the behavior of the objective beam.
  • The beams of settlement buildings can now be seen using Odin's Sight.
  • Improved the locking mechanics of enemy targets.
  • “Sell All Trinkets” will now be grayed out after selling all Trinkets.
  • Boss power levels will now be displayed on their health gauge. This does not apply to regular enemies.
  • Normal brightness settings will no longer apply to HDR exposure settings.
  • Codex will no longer announce or spoil certain events.
  • (A11y) Entries and desktop content on Layla's laptop are now commented out when menu narration is enabled.
  • (A11y) Colorblind filters are now correctly applied to the mini-quests log and the raid tutorial.
• Capacities and skills
  • Fixed an issue where players could no longer use abilities when the Dive of the Valkyries ability was interrupted.
  • NPCs or friendly horses can no longer trigger body traps.
  • Fixed a display issue where the Toxic Powder Trap could become invisible after using Synin.
  • Adjusted chain assassination behavior. Players will no longer be able to assassinate a tackled target.
  • The secondary hand slot will no longer be available when a two-handed weapon is equipped (dual-use pre-heavy skill).
  • Flaming powder traps now explode when stepping on the arrow.
• Raids
  • "Force Open" will now be displayed correctly even if nearby allies are in combat.
  • Fixed an issue where allies would not help Eivor open a door during raids.
  • Allies will now return to the longship once the raid is over.
  • Added a timer until players can restart a raid that just ended.
• Mode photo
  • Effect values ​​can now be adjusted with the arrow keys or WASD.
  • The no filter option will now work correctly.
  • The Territory panel is no longer displayed in photo mode.
  • Editing filters will now work as expected.
  • Fixed an issue where an online service error could temporarily occur when viewing photos on the world map.
  • Snow FX will now focus on the camera instead of the player in photo mode.
• System
  • (PC) Updated readme files to show correct PC specifications.
  • Added additional checkpoints to some boss fights.
  • Fixed an issue that caused controllers to vibrate constantly.
  • Fixed an issue where players could get stuck on a black screen after closing the menu with start.
  • (PC) Auto-detection configuration update for Nvidia Geforce 1650 S.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is now available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S, Google Stadia, and Amazon Luna. For more information on this update, visit the official Ubisoft website.