Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Title Update 1.0.4

Hey everyone,

We will be deploying Title Update 1.0.4 on the Xbox family of consoles, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games Store, Stadia, and Amazon Luna tomorrow: November 26, 2020.

Patch Sizes and Deployment Timing:

• Xbox Series X|S: ~5.3 GB @ 1pm CET | 7am EDT | 4am PDT | 11pm AEDT
• Xbox One: ~4.9 GB @ 1pm CET | 7am EDT | 4am PDT | 11pm AEDT
• PlayStation 5: ~2.5 GB @ 1pm CET | 7am EDT | 4am PDT | 11pm AEDT
• PlayStation 4: ~4.1 GB @ 1pm CET | 7am EDT | 4am PDT | 11pm AEDT
• PC: ~4.3 GB @ 1pm CET | 7am EDT | 4am PDT | 11pm AEDT

Please note that these timings are estimates and subject to change.

Check out the most notable changes with 1.0.4 below.

CONTENT

Quality/Performance Mode Introduction

Added an option to the game that allows players to choose between Performance or Visual Quality.

Feature breakdown:

• This option is available for Xbox Series X|S & PlayStation 5.
• Choosing Performance allows the game to adapt the resolution and graphic settings to maintain 60 FPS.
• Choosing Quality enables the game to run maximum resolution and graphic settings while maintaining 30 FPS.
• Default values since the launch of the game are as follows:
• Xbox Series X / PlayStation 5: Performance
• Xbox Series S: Quality

Miscellaneous

• Added a new background image to the title screen.
• Added various VFX to enhance visuals.
• Added an option to automatically assign unspent skill points. (*)
  • This option is available from the center of the skill tree / Fate.
• Added "Weapon Runes" and "Armor Runes" as titles to their respective sections. (*)
• Added a warning when switching from a language that supports TTS to one that doesn't.
• Sliders can now be moved with left/right arrows on M&K and controllers.
• Increased fabric limit to 82.
• Added fabric to traders once the settlement has reached Level 6.
• Added offering altar requirements to the world map.

Balancing

• Updated gear quality and gear to their correct values.
• Added Assassination damage stats on the character stats page.
• Removed duplicate gear from inventory.
• Heavy and light attack stats will now adjust correctly based on acquired skill nodes.
• Heavy attack modifiers will no longer be applied to range attacks.

Game improvements

Performance and Stability

• Improved stability and performance.
• (Xbox Series) Improved experience on Xbox Series S | X consoles including screen tearing
• (PC) Addressed a VRAM/RAM leakage issue when alt tabbing to desktop.

Save Games

• Corrected some instances where Load Game would not display save games correctly.
• Renamed Cloud saves to make them more distinguishable from regular saves.
  • Previously the cloud save was only highlighted with a Cloud icon. Now they’ll be called, for example, “Manual Save Cloud”
• Removed Cloud saves from the Save menu. This will ensure that it cannot be overwritten unintentionally.
• Added a notification when a cloud save retrieval has failed.

Graphics, Audio, Animation

• Addressed various graphical issues across the board.
• Addressed various FX issues.
• Addressed various instances of clipping issues.
• Addressed various visual issues with Eivor's cloak.
• Addressed various instances of player or NPC animation issues.
• Addressed various audio issues.
• Addressed various lighting issues.
• Shadow resolution on High will now use correct values.

World

• Addressed various texture or object placement issues.
• Addressed some instances where the player could become stuck in specific locations.
• Fish in Norway will now spawn in bad weather. Yeah, we had to read this one twice too.
• Crows will no longer randomly fall from the sky in Asgard. *Bad omens, huh?*

Gameplay, Combat, AI

• Addressed various bow-aiming issues.
• Improved NPC and Boss behavior across the board.
• NPCs will now react to the player stealing...so think twice before stealing!
• Addressed an issue where dogs would start levitating when Eivor starts to pet them.
• Blocking Springald projectiles will now consume stamina, as intended.
• Addressed an issue where hitting a Zealot's last weak point wasn't allowing players to stun attack. Sleep tight. (*)
• Zealots will no longer instantly regenerate to full health when the player is considered out of conflict but still in the Zealot's vicinity. (*)
• Guards who clearly saw Eivor shoot their ally will now turn hostile. *presses emergency button*
• Guards will now hear the impact of dead bodies dropping to the ground.
• Improved guard reactions to whistling.
• Improved disguise behavior in distrust zones.
• Shooting bows from the longship while not commanding it will now consume arrows. (*)
• Players will now be able to air-assassinate sleeping NPCs. *Savage...*
• Improved fish-reeling behavior.
• Addressed an issue where the horse wouldn't use the gallop animation in combat.
• The crowd will now cheer during drinking games. *You better.*
• Reworked sliding mechanic.

Quests, World Events, Side Activities

• Addressed an issue where the assassination sequence wouldn't play for some targets.
• Addressed various texture issues during cutscenes.
• Addressed various issues with quests or world events that prevented players from completing them.
• Players can no longer use the fishing tool or the horn during the drunk walk with Tewdr - *you're drunk, go home.*
• Sub quests will now display the correct "Part of" parent quest.
• The memory stream can now be chosen when starting a New Game if Hold Alternative option is set to ON.
• Increased frequency of experienced travelers.

User Interface / HUD

• Addressed various issues with the User Interface/HUD.
• Addressed various localization issues.
• Addressed various Mouse- and Keyboard-related input issues
• Secrets will now be discovered when synchronizing a Viewpoint. (This does not apply to Pathfinder difficulty)
• Experienced travelers are now highlighted on the world map and on the compass when in proximity.
• Addressed an issue where the map wouldn't update once players got intel from an experienced traveler.
• Increased Odin's Sight radius and enemies will now be highlighted for longer. ️️
• Improved radius in which Synin reveals keys.
• Reduced Synin's view distance of materials.
• Improved the objective beam behavior.
• Settlement building beams can now be seen using Odin's Sight.
• Improved enemy target-lock mechanic.
• "Sell all trinkets" will now be greyed out after all trinkets were sold. *Cha-ching!*
• Bosses’ power levels will now be displayed on their health gauge. This does not apply to regular enemies.
• Regular brightness settings will no longer apply to HDR exposure settings.
• The Codex will no longer foreshadow or spoil some events.
• (A11y) Desktop entries and content on Layla's laptop are now narrated when Menu Narration is ON.
• (A11y) Colorblind filters are now applied correctly to mini-quest log and raid tutorial.

Abilities and Skills

• Addressed an issue where players couldn't use any abilities anymore when the Dive of the Valkyries ability was interrupted.
• Ally NPCs or horses can no longer trigger body traps. *Some people just want to see the world burn, huh?*
• Addressed a display issue where the poisonous powder trap could become invisible after using Synin.
• Adjusted chain-assassination behavior. Players will no longer be able to assassinate a target who was tackled to the ground.
• The Secondary hand slot will no longer be available when a two-handed weapon is equipped (pre-heavy dual-wield skill).
• Flaming powder traps will now explode when walking over the arrow.

Raids

• "Force Open" will now be displayed correctly even if nearby allies are in combat.
• Addressed an issue where allies would not help Eivor to open a door during Raids.
• Allies will now return to the longship once a raid is complete.
• Added a timer until players can restart a raid that was just completed.

Photo Mode

• Effect values can now be adjusted with arrow keys or WASD.
• The no-filter option will now work correctly.
• The Territory panel is no longer displayed in Photo Mode.
• Changing filters will now work as intended.
• Addressed an issue where an Online Service Error could occur temporarily when looking at photos on the world map.
• Snow FX will now center to 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.
• Addressed an issue that led controllers to vibrate constantly.
• Addressed an issue where players could become stuck in a black screen after closing the menu with start.
• (PC) Updated the autodetect config for Nvidia Geforce 1650 S.

(*) - Starred items have been edited for clarity after initial publish

Hey everyone,  
 
Please find our current list of common issues that are being actively investigated by our development team. 
 
REPORTING ISSUES 
 
Please report any issues that are not listed below or in the Reported Issues megathread list, on the Player Support section and try to include the following information:

• Detailed issue description, your platform, and try to answer the Where, when, and what with each report.
• Screenshots, video footage, and game save if you can, as these help immensely with reproducing any problems you experience.

Check out our Update pipeline dev blog to learn more about the development process of Title Updates.
 
Important: The below-listed timeframes and Title Update versions are subject to change. 

ISSUES PLANNED TO BE ADDRESSED WITH FUTURE UPDATES 

Target: 1.2.2 (Expected release: June) 

The below issues are currently targeted to be addressed in June. Note that this is subject to changes. 

• Taken for Granted / Quest disappears from Completed Quests / “Let’s talk about us” option with Randvi not possible 
• Breaking the Order / Eanbhert is stuck underground  
• Pricking the Needle / Needle cannot be killed.  
• Binding Fate / Player gets desynced upon entering Asgard    
• Thor the Fishmonger / Unable to confirm kill   
• Have You Seen This Man / Cannot investigate third clue   
• Cannot complete Miracle / Unable to interact with the Lame man   
• Old Cellar mystery cannot be completed    
• Avenge quests are difficult to spot   
  • Workaround: Follow the steps gathered by u/TheeElf on Reddit. We want to thank our various community members for coming together to find a workaround for this.   
• (Xbox) Photo Mode UI disappearing when switching to edit mode / modifying values  
• [NEW] Jomsviking reset appearance after save is loaded  
• [NEW] Walls and Shadows / Cannot complete investigation 
• [NEW] Walls and Shadows / Quest objective doesn’t update after investigating temple 
• [NEW] Defensive Measures / Unable to continue after bringing the builder paint jars  
• [NEW] Closing the Vault / Eivor cannot interact with NPC 
• [NEW] King Killer / Ivarr not moving

[NEW] Wrath of the Druids (Expansion 1)

• Rathdown Build Up / Trade supplies counter quest step doesn’t update when obtaining cargo 
  • Workaround: Go to Lambday Abbey or collect the required amount (280).  
• The Mast of Diplomacy / Eivor can remain stuck when climbing the stone fence while searching for Barid 
  • Workaround: Load a previous save.  
• Into the Fog / Last enemy may be unkillable as they may spawn inside a rock  
  • Workaround: Loading the latest save available should get the NPC spawned outside the stone wall.  
• Eivor cannot assassinate from the Lynx or Lion mount 
• Contracts may disappear from your quest log if you die and reload
  • Workaround: Rebooting the game should solve this issue. 

Target: To be determined 

The below issues will be moved to a dated list as soon as a target window is confirmed.  

• A Sword-Shower in Anecastre / Aelfgar doesn't move    
• A Little Problem / Man's Best Friend ability not unlocked after completing the quest   

ISSUES CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION  

   
Main Quests 

• A Brother's Keeper / Players stuck in quest area 
  • Status: More information required. Please get in touch with our support and provide as much information as you can.  
• The Seas of Fate / Ship doesn’t leave docks   
• The Big Finish / Cannot complete boss fight objective   
• In Absence of an Ealdorman / Body missing in Roaring Meg's Spring   
• Of Bonds and Bloods / Halfdan is dead   
• Bleeding The Leech / Objective not available after completing Firing the Arrow   
• Walls and Shadows / Cinematic doesn't start  
• [NEW] A Brewing Storm / Duel with Dag doesn’t trigger 
• [NEW] Kingdom’s End / Quest marker not visible after pledging to Hamtunscire 

 River Raids-related issues:  

• Raid cannot be triggered again after several raid start/end actions; preventing players from looting ration chests  

 World events or side activities-related issues:   

• Flight of Fancy – The turkey could get stuck under water / Players can’t find turkey   
• Milk of Humankind / Audumbla is unable to move   
• Last Flight of the Gyldan Sparrow   

 General issues  

• Walk speed with disguise is limited with Keyboard input  
• Players may fall through the map in a cave near Anlaf's Lookout  
  • Potential Workaround: Fast travel away if you get stuck
• [NEW] Achievements do not unlock retroactively in some cases

COMMENTS FROM THE DEV TEAM   

  
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MOST RELEVANT ISSUES THAT WERE ADDRESSED WITH PREVIOUS TITLE UPDATES  

  
Resolved with TU 1.2.0  

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Resolved with TU 1.1.2   

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Addressed with 1.1.1 

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Addressed with 1.1.0   

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Hey everyone,

This is to let you know that we deployed a server-side update earlier today that should allow players to proceed with the Seer's Solace quest. Thanks for your patience while we worked on this fix.

Note: Please fully close the game application for the fix to become active. We also highly recommend to attempt the completion of the quest immediately upon loading your savegame.

Since we're already talking fixes: We genuinely appreciate all of you for your vigilance in reporting issues to us and want you to know that we're currently working on our next title update. You can expect fixes for some of the reported known issues (& more) later this month. Stay tuned.

Your AC Community & Development Team

Hey everyone,

We will be deploying Title Update 1.1.0 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games Store, Stadia, and Amazon Luna tomorrow: December 15, 2020.

Patch Sizes and Deployment Timing:

• Xbox Series X|S: ~6.3 GB
• Xbox One: ~5.7 GB
• PlayStation 5: ~2.46 GB
• PlayStation 4: ~2.4 GB
• PC: ~5.6 GB

Deployment timing for all platforms: 1 pm CET | 7 am ET | 4 am PT | 11 pm AEDT

Please note that these timings are estimates and subject to change.

Check out the most notable changes with 1.1.0 below.

CONTENT

• Added in-game support for the Settlement expansion and Yule Festival
  • The Yule Festival is a time-limited event with several festivities to enjoy and rewards to obtain. To bring this and future festivals to life, you'll see the arrival of the revellers just east of the current settlement.
  • We’ll provide more details about the Settlement expansion and the Yule Festival in our upcoming Yule Season Preview article. Stay tuned.

Miscellaneous

• Legendary animal trophies will now correctly appear in the Longhouse.

Balancing

• Tweaked the NPC power level behaviour.
  • NPCs power will now be at a maximum difference of 51 below the player.
  • NPCs that are 51 power below the player will be highlighted in green.
  • World bosses will match the player's power level when the power exceeds the world bosses’ base level. (also applies to: Alpha animals, Zealots)
  • This change applies to all difficulties.
• Added loot-able chests to the Grand Magaester's hideout.
  • Note: This hideout is only available from a very specific moment in the game. Spoilers.
• Addressed an issue where the Crit. Spark rune would not work when slotted into bows.
• Addressed an issue where wrong weapon stats were displayed for specific items.
  • Royal Guard
  • Viper Bow
  • Death-Speaker
  • The Mark of Sol
  • Doppelhander
  • Hundtoth

Game improvements
Performance and Stability

• Improved stability and performance.
• (PC) Addressed some freezes when performing specific actions for the first time.
• (PC) Addressed an issue that could cause freezes during Splash Screen.

Graphics, Audio, Animation

• Addressed various graphics issues.
• Addressed various character or NPC animation issues.
• Addressed various clipping issues.
• Addressed an issue where fish may lay on its side during the fishing animation.
• Addressed an issue where some NPCs would cut the air instead of wheat. *practice doesn’t always make perfect.*
• Addressed an issue where NPCs that are being assassinated while being unconscious would sometimes get up during the animation.
• Addressed an issue where Mimir's head tattoo would not be displayed correctly.
• Addressed an issue with jagged sea foam.

Quests, World Events, Side Activities

• Addressed an issue in A Sword-Shower in Anecastre where Aelfgar didn't move to the assault location.
• Addressed an issue where players cannot complete Honor's Hubris.
  • Note: This fix will spawn Ljufvina again, reset her position, and restart the quest.
• Addressed an issue that caused Tarben to follow Eivor everywhere when The Baker's Plaint wasn't completed. *Your watch has ended, Tarben.*
• Addressed an issue where Fast Travel wouldn't be available under certain conditions when returning to England after completing the Hordafylke arc.
• Addressed an issue where Allies would not help Eivor opening doors at the Isle of Ely Monastery. *Team work makes the dream work!*
• Addressed an issue with the Settlement Anomaly's light beams that prevented players from completing the anomaly.
• Addressed an issue in Well-Traveled where the objective would not update under certain circumstances.
• Addressed an issue where Fenrir could get stuck underground.
• Addressed an issue where Eivor would sometimes be levitating during Assault outros. *No more Wingardium Leviosa for this one.*
• Addressed an issue in Defensive Measures where Jotuns would be able to pass through the shield after the Bring the Invaders into the Shield objective was completed. *You shall not pass!*
• Addressed an issue in Brewing Rebellion where the cutscene wouldn't trigger when the door was opened by an NPC by accident.
• Addressed an issue in The False Ealdormancy that prevented players from completing it under certain conditions. *This Hunwald ain’t loyal...*
• Addressed an issue in Kingdom’s End where Guthrum doesn't leave the Hamptun Blockade area after releasing the prisoners or could randomly become inactive.
• Addressed an issue in A Sword-Shower in Anecastre that prevented players from completing the quest.
• Addressed an issue in The Goddess of Birth that prevented players from completing the event.
• Addressed an issue in Glory Regained where players could become stuck on the platform with the horn.
• Addressed an issue in View Above All where the quest objective would sometimes not update after closing the gates.
• Addressed an issue in A Rivalry for the Ages where players couldn't complete the quest under certain circumstances.
• Addressed an issue in The Boar with the Golden Nose where players couldn't complete a world event due to Lady Trotters not spawning.
• Addressed an issue in Defensive Measures where players would die when returning to Asgard.
• Addressed an issue in Cruel Destiny that prevented players from proceeding to the second phase of the boss fight. *Quest name checks out.*
• Addressed an issue in Madness of the Stones that prevented players from proceeding with the quest.
• Addressed an issue in Bleeding the Leech that prevented players from completing the quest.
• Addressed an issue where Petra would run into the opposite direction of the Elk. *See this, Petra?*
• Addressed an issue where players could sometimes not get back into the room with the Norns.
• Addressed an issue in Giants of Fimbulwinter where Eivor could get stuck inside the quest area.
• Addressed an issue in Smashing the Compass that prevented players from completing the quest.
• Addressed an issue in War Weary where players couldn't re-enter the church under certain circumstances.
• Addressed an issue in War of the Collectors where the world event wouldn't be completed under certain circumstances.
• Addressed an issue in The Big Finish where the quest objective wouldn't update further.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from entering Skyrmir's Mitten in The Lost Cauldron.
• Addressed an issue in Firing the Arrow where the quest objective would sometimes not update.
• Addressed an issue where some players couldn't progress the game anymore upon reaching England after Title Update 1.0.4.
• Addressed an issue with the SteinnBjorn encounter.

World

• · Addressed various object or texture placement issues.
• · Addressed various instances where the player could become stuck on objects.

Gameplay, Combat, AI

• Addressed various NPC behavior/animation issues.
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to shoot targets through walls (without using Piercing Shot).
• Addressed an issue with spears not being effective to destroy windows.
• Addressed an issue where the fishing hut kid was roaming Ravensthorpe instead of being at their house. *You’re officially grounded.*
• Horses will now run away when being hurt with a torch.
• Addressed an issue where Jotuns could sometimes warp into walls when shape shifting. *Gidgud*
• Addressed an issue where monks would sometimes stand still and not perform their tasks.
• Addressed an issue where hitting a horse with a Saxon boat will cause it to disappear when mounting it. *Insert what.gif here*
• Sprint will now be interrupted by actions other than dodging.
• Addressed an issue where Eivor would become invisible to AI detection when fast travelling during a dice game.
• Addressed an issue where NPCs may randomly start pirouetting on a Saxon boat. *Whatever floats your boat I guess.*

Abilities, Perks, Skills

• Addressed an issue where players couldn't perform heavy attacks with Frostruin or Sinner Skull.
• Addressed an issue where Frostruin's perk wouldn't activate even when conditions are met.
• Addressed instances where players were able to open barred doors with the Dive of the Valkyries ability.
• Addressed an issue where the Level 2 Incendiary Power Trap couldn't be detonated a second time when the first trap was set off by an NPC.
• Addressed an issue where Man's Best Friend wouldn't deal any damage to Zealots in some instances. *Good boi.*
• Largely increased Mastery Points cap.

User Interface / HUD

• Addressed various UI/HUD issues.
• Addressed various localization issues.
• Items that are part of a bundle in the Animus Store will now show the corresponding items in the Details Page.
• Addressed an issue where players could sometimes lose weapons when performing a dual weapon swap.
• Tweaked Reda's Informer icon to make it appear smaller.
• Changed Adrenaline Fiend icon to make it more distinguishable from Adrenaline upgrades.
• Torches/oil jars can now be dropped/put on the ground with Y/Triangle.
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to get the beggar reward several times.
• Addressed an issue where stats wouldn't update after leaving offline mode.
• Addressed an issue where players couldn't interact with Reda anymore.
• Added "OFF" to Quick-Time-Event Input type in the menu. (Turning this option off will allow the game to bypass mashing actions during some boss encounters)
• Addressed an issue with Alpha Animals where players wouldn't be awarded the skill point when animals were not killed by the player.
• Addressed an issue where Opals would not disappear from the map under certain conditions after collection.
• Addressed an issue where Experienced Travelers would unlock locations for the wrong territory.
• Addressed an issue where players wouldn't be able to create or load a manual save anymore.
• Addressed an issue where Layla's laptop couldn't be navigated with Focused navigation.
• Named Cloud saves appropriately.
  • Cloud saves will now be named Autosave/Manual/Episode Save CLOUD
• Addressed an issue where Saves could be displayed as corrupt when saving when the internet connection is lost.
• Addressed an issue on where the pathfinder setting resets to Custom after rebooting the game.
• Addressed an issue on where cloud saves could disappear under certain conditions.

Photo Mode

• Addressed an issue where filters reset to no filter when adjusting other values in Photo Mode.
• Addressed an issue where the Photo Mode camera could get stuck in objects.
• Photo Mode Frames will now function correctly.

System

• (PC) Addressed an issue with the benchmark tool that caused the tool not to collect data for a moment after unpausing the session.
• (PC) Addressed an issue where VRAM indicators did not correspond with actual VRAM consumption.
• Reduced intensity and duration of the parry rumble. *Controllers go brrrr.*
• (PS5) Addressed an issue on PlayStation 5 where the Season Pass wouldn’t be displayed as OWNED after purchase. 

Hey everyone,

Title Update 1.2.1 will be deployed on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games Store, Stadia, and Amazon Luna tomorrow: April 27, 2021.
Patch Sizes and Deployment Timing:

• Xbox Series X|S: ~16GB
• Xbox One: ~12.8GB
• PlayStation 5: ~5.5 GB
• PlayStation 4: 5-8 GB (depending on region)
• PC: ~14 GB

Deployment timing for all platforms: 1 PM CEST, 8 AM ET, 5 AM PT, and 10 PM AEST.

Please note that these times are estimates and are subject to change.

Check out the most notable Title Update 1.2.1 changes below. 

NEW CONTENT
Added support for Wrath of the Druids, preparing the game for the expansion release on May 13. (a separate download is required on release day.)

New Skills

• Cold Rage – Ignore hit interruptions while performing successive regular melee attacks. This effect recharges after a few seconds.
• Eye of the North – Prevents flinching from hits while aiming with your bow. This effect recharges after a few seconds.
• Intense Rage – Ignore hit interruptions while performing your next off-hand parry or special attack. This effect recharges after a few seconds.

Game Improvements

Miscellaneous

• Added an option to the gameplay menu to toggle the cinematic camera on/off during finisher moves.
• Addressed an issue preventing the duel with Dag from triggering after sleeping in A Brewing Storm.
• Started populating the game with missing fish species: halibut small, sturgeon small, flat fish big, and mackerel big. Check out our forum post for the exact locations.
• Allowed Bayek's and Altair’s outfit appearance to apply to other armor when using Transmog.

Balancing

• Extended the duration of the Battlecry ability.
• Tweaked Fearless Leaper to make it easier to jump from greater heights.
• Addressed an issue with the Spinning-Death and Vordr Bite perk that caused the Chance percentage to be higher than intended.

Quests, World Events, and Side Activities

• Addressed several issues preventing completion in the Pig of Prophecy World Event in Cent.
• Addressed an issue where various Fly Agaric mushrooms were missing the Mystery highlight.
• Addressed an issue in In the Absence of an Ealdorman that prevented players from completing the quest when they had already collected the brooch before the start of the quest.
• Addressed an instance when returning to Ravensthorpe, and the quest intro dialogue would replay.
• In the Stench of Treachery, Soma will now kill the traitor Eivor chooses.
• Addressed several issues when fighting Fenrir.
• Addressed an instance where players were unable to move the cargo to complete the Blood from a Stone quest.
• Addressed an issue preventing Eivor from interacting with NPCs and building owners in Ravensthorpe.
• Addressed an issue where the Man's Best Friend ability remained locked after completing the quest, A Little Problem.
• Addressed an issue with the Builder in the Defensive Measures quest preventing players from progressing.
• Addressed an issue preventing some NPCs from acting as bodyguards after loading a save during the Breach the Second Gate objective in The Sons of Ragnar quest.
• Addressed an issue after completing the East Anglia Arc, preventing players from progressing and unable to speak with Randvi.
• Addressed an issue preventing the Lost Glory quest from triggering if players found Halfdan before going to the Royal Hall.
• Addressed an issue, which misplaced the objectives for the Kingmaker quest.
• Addressed an issue preventing the River Raids quest from updating if a player leaves the raid before completing the tutorial. 
• Addressed an issue keeping Eivor from speaking to Vagn after returning from a River Raid with all the River Dee clues.
• Addressed an issue preventing the Unwelcome quest from updating when fighting bandits upon arriving to England.
• Addressed an issue in the Lost Cauldron that prevented players from investigating the last spot after being attacked during the investigation.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from continuing after agreeing to pledge to Hamtunscire.
• Addressed an issue that caused Gungnir to go AWOL and thus, couldn't be acquired or used.
• Addressed an issue in Adorning the Adorned that allowed players to kill Sunniva.
• Addressed an issue in Thieves Warren in Glowecestrescire, which prevented players from moving a shelf and obtaining wealth.
• Addressed an issue preventing the next objective to trigger after fighting with Rikiwulf in Honor Bound.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from interacting with Randvi after completing The Burning of the Wicker Man.
• Addressed an issue, which would not allow NPCs to interact with Eivor after completing the Grantebridgescire Arc.
• Addressed an issue in Reap What Was Sown that prevented players from progressing as the quest NPC was in a dead state.
• Addressed an issue preventing The First Night of Samhain quest from updating after speaking to Gunnar.
• Addressed an issue allowing the Uninvited Guests cutscene to trigger during the attack.
• Addressed an issue allowing Eivor to interact with the old lady during the Uninvited Guests attack.
• Addressed a looped dialogue issue in Mysterious Berserker preventing quest completion.
• Addressed an issue with the Spinning-Death and Vordr Bite perk that caused the Chance percentage to be higher than intended.
• Addressed an issue preventing quest completion as Vili would not follow Eivor after killing bandits in The Price of Wisdom.
• Addressed an issue with the A Skald's Lament riddle due to the NPC running away.
• Addressed an issue preventing players from speaking to Orwig Neverdeath in Hordafylke.

Graphics, Audio, and Animation

• Addressed various graphics, lighting, or texture issues.
• Addressed various instances of incorrect sound effects.

River Raids, Jomsvikings, Raids 

• Addressed various clipping issues in River Raid maps.
• Addressed various text anomalies during River Raids.
• Addressed various character or NPC animation issues during River Raids.
• Addressed an issue on the Dee River causing the Champion to remain inactive until Eivor steps foot into the Champion Room.
• Addressed an instance where if unequipped, the Jomsviking helmet slot would be black.
• Jomsvikings will no longer call for assistance before it's necessary. *They make their own luck now!*
• Addressed an issue where Foreign Cargo would not be in the inventory after returning from a River Raid.
• Improved the landing points and camp boundaries on the Dee River.
• Increased the depth of the Dee River so players don't bottom out.
• Addressed an issue where Jomsvikings stand around after the drawbridge is lowered on the Dee River. *What is their deal?!*
• Addressed an audio issue causing Vagn to repeat his recruitment line. *Practice makes perfect. Roll it again!*
• Addressed issues causing the long ship to pop into the Severn River if summoned. *Raids are popping, but that's a little excessive.*
• Addressed a few issues preventing players from continuing down the Severn River.
• Addressed a few issues with the Map Alert Meter during River Raids.
• Addressed an issue preventing Jomsvikings from occasionally joining a raid if Eivor started it while on land.
• Addressed an issue preventing raiders from fighting guards. *Who hires these people?!*
• Addressed an instance keeping the long ship from entering stealth mode in certain areas during River Raids.
• Addressed several issues preventing unmasting near certain bridges during River Raids.
• Addressed an issue causing the Revive marker to disappear from Jomsvikings if Eivor was too far away. *Now their watch has ended...*
• Naval blockades will no longer respawn on the Severn River during a River Raid until the player has left the raid.
• Addressed several issues preventing players from looting multiple chests during River Raids.
• Addressed an issue where the River Raid Dock building was missing its construction.
• Addressed an issue preventing icons from being revealed on the maps during River Raids.
• Addressed an issue preventing enemies from spawning during River Raids on the Severn River.
• Addressed an issue causing the music to end abruptly after looting a large chest during Raids.
• Corrected an instance where Saint George's Holy Sword was an axe. *Got ‘eeeeem!*
• Addressed an issue preventing players from completing the objective to collect foreign cargo if military camps were raided before villages for rations.
• Addressed an issue where foreign supplies were set to a 1/1 limit.

Gameplay, Combat, and AI

• Animals will remain on camera once dialogue has begun. *Look who’s photobombing!*
• Addressed several issues with Odin Sight.
• Addressed several camera issues.
• Addressed an issue where the Berserker Trap and Shoulder bash previewed as the Dive of Valkyries ability.
• Addressed several automatic long ship navigational issues.
• All animals will be reacting accordingly to the Bash ability.
• Addressed several issues preventing some wild animals from attacking each other when under the influence of the Berserker Trap.
• Addressed an issue causing the combo status effect to remain active on the Light Bow under certain conditions.
• Addressed an issue that caused Raven's loot not to work.
• Addressed an issue preventing the Mans's Best Friend ability from working against Zealots. *Even Dwolfg feared them...*

World 

• Fixed several instances of floating objects.
• Addressed several issues with objects preventing Eivor from entering buildings.
• Addressed various issues where Eivor, NPCs, or the long ship would get stuck.

User Interface/HUD

• Addressed various UI/HUD issues
• Addressed a variety of inexact text.
• Addressed an issue where pop-ups did not occur when purchasing Store items.
• Corrected several Photo Mode frame issues.
• Corrected an issue where the Long Ship Boost icon was missing from the stamina bar.
• Addressed an issue causing the Long Ship Boost skill's stamina to deplete if used twice without pause.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from acquiring the Berserker-themed items from the Animus Store or read if they already owned them on another platform.
• Addressed an issue preventing the Colorful Raven skin to be applied to Synin.

System

• The game will now display a notification if it's unable to save progress.
• (PC) Addressed an issue causing Vsync to remain on while in a locked state in Windowed Mode.
• (PS5) All trophies achieved on PS4 will now be unlocked on PS5. (Trophies including Viking Legend, Calling in a Favor, As It Was Foretold, Disorder of the Ancients, Skadi's Hobby, Silent Viking, and Orlog Champion. should now unlock retroactively when conditions were met previously.)
• (PS4/PS5) Corrected a very high sensitivity issue when playing with M&K.

Performance and Stability

• Improved performance and stability. 

Hey everyone,

We will be deploying Title Update 1.1.1 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games Store, Stadia, and Amazon Luna tomorrow: January 14, 2021.

Patch Sizes and Deployment Timing:

• Xbox Series X|S: ~7.5 GB
• Xbox One: ~6.6 GB
• PlayStation 5: ~2 GB
• PlayStation 4: 2-3 GB (depending on region)
• PC: ~6.45 GB

Deployment timing for all platforms: 1 pm CET | 7 am ET | 4 am PT | 11 pm AEDT

Please note that these times are estimates and subject to change.

Check out the most notable changes with 1.1.1 below.

Ubisoft Connect Achievements are here!

Added in-game support for Ubisoft Connect achievements to the game.

• Unlock conditions for Quest-related or not-repeatable achievements:
  • Achievements where unlock conditions have been met will pop when the player completes a new quest.
• Unlock conditions for Countable/repeatable achievements:
  • Achievements will pop whenever the player performs an achievement-related action past the unlock condition.

Miscellaneous

• The Animus Pulse will now highlight dead bodies for necessary situations only.
• Enemies can no longer be auto looted using the Throw Weapons perk.
• Tweaked AI detection when using disguise while dodging or while being in-air.
• Added a reward to the Death Stranding homage.
• Quivers and rations will now refill when upgrading them while they are depleted.
• White dots hinting at rations/adrenaline/arrow loot beyond interaction range will no longer be displayed when the player has max quantity already.
• Players will now be able to use "Wake up" at any time while in Asgard. Previously you had to complete the first quest.
• Daily quests will now reset whenever the game detects that it's not possible to continue or restart the quest. The quest may then be reactivated at the informer.
• Added Text-to-speech to letters found in-game.
• Added previews to color-blind and subtitle options.

Balancing

• Tweaked damage dealt and received values for the Lost Wolf boss encounter to reduce friction when playing on Drengr difficulty.
• Rebalanced initial damage dealt with Harpoon Impalement Lvl 1 / 2.

Game Improvements

Performance and Stability

• Improved performance and stability.

Graphics, Audio, Animation

• Addressed various graphics issues.
• Addressed various clipping issues.
• Addressed various NPC animation issues.
• Addressed an issue that caused dummies to jitter when hit with a poison arrow. *shake it off*
• >!Added some electricity to Mjolnir before picking it up !<
• Addressed an issue where war cries would repeat or loop oddly.
• Addressed an issue where blowing the horn and starting to move with left foot forward could sometimes makes Eivor's feet glide.
• (Photo Mode) Addressed an issue where zooming in on children with the Photo Mode camera would distort their face.
• Addressed an issue where some Raven skins could be low res.
• (PS4) Optimized some textures on PS4.
• Addressed a texture issue near the Cicestre Abbey that caused players to desync when walking over the texture.

Quests, World Events, Side Activities

• Addressed an issue in Legend of Beowulf where the clue marker would remain after it was investigated.
• Addressed an issue in A Sticky Situation where the NPC would sometimes not spawn.
• Addressed an issue where the player could get stuck fishing in The Baker’s Plaint.
• Addressed an issue in Fishing Lesson that under certain circumstances prevented players from completing the world event.
• Addressed an issue where players are stuck after pledging to Lincolnscire after returning from Vinland.
• Addressed an issue where players could get stuck in a boss fight during A Cruel Destiny. *Ah yes, A Cruel Destiny, indeed.*
• Addressed an issue where some treasures wouldn't be at their location or couldn't be looted. (Grandbridgescire, Hamptunscire, Oxenefordscire, Eurvicscire)
• Addressed an issue where players could receive an Online Service Error when trying to save.
• Addressed an issue where players got blackscreen after building the blacksmith.
• Addressed an issue where players didn't receive Storming the Walls after completing Severing the Lines.
• Addressed an issue in To Serve the Light where Hytham would get stuck on the boat when randomly shooting arrows into the water.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from interacting with Settlement NPCs.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from completing Clues and Riddles.
• Addressed an issue in the Absence of an Ealdorman that prevented players from completing the quest.
• Addressed an issue where the quest objective marker was pointing to a wrong destination in The Devil Has All the Best Tunes.
• Addressed an issue in War Weary that prevented players from completing the quest when Ceolbert was accidentally killed.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from starting the Daughters of Lerion encounter. (Goneril, Cordelia)
• Addressed an issue in Binding Fate that caused the boss to be stuck on a rock.
• Addressed an issue where Estrid could get stuck in Taken.
• Addressed an issue in Pluck the Quill where players would sometimes be unable to interact with Aelwyn.
• Addressed an issue in Binding Fate that caused the boss to be stuck underground when using Dive of Valkyrie.
• Addressed an issue in Price of Wisdom that prevented players from completing the quest.
• Addressed an issue in The Boar with the Golden Nose where the boar would sometimes disappear under certain circumstances.
• Addressed an issue in Bleeding the Leech where Erke would be at the wrong location.
• Addressed an issue in Of Blood and Bonds where the players couldn't complete the quest or couldn't report back to Randvi.
• Addressed an issue in The Prodigal Prince that prevented players from completing the quest.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from completing the Old Cellar mystery.
• Addressed an issue in A Rivalry for the Ages that prevented players from completing the quest.
• Addressed an issue where the Mari Lwyd disguise would not disappear after finishing the Glowecestrescire Arc. *everyone liked that dot jpg*
• Addressed an issue in Road to Harmatia that prevented players from completing the quest.
• Addressed an issue where Knud could become stuck in A Little Problem.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from interacting with Ubba in Sons of Ragnar.
• Addressed an issue where Basim was in a fight with NPCs before the start of Puppets and Prisoners.
• Addressed an issue in Brewing Rebellion that prevented players from force-opening the door to the longhouse in Buckingham.
• Addressed an issue in Bridges of Oppression that prevented players from completing the quest.
• Addressed an issue in King Killer that prevented Ivarr to reach the door to Rhodri’s Room
• Addressed an issue in A Fiend out of Hell that prevented players from examining one of the cows.

World

• Addressed various misplaced textures or objects.
• Addressed several instances where the player could become stuck.
• Grounded a floating boat in Vinland.

Gameplay, Combat, AI

• Addressed various NPC behavior issues.
• Addressed an issue where NPCs would sometimes return to a location they fled from that is still being raided.
• Addressed an issue where whales would sometimes start their fleeing behavior mid-air.
• Addressed an issue where Archery was blocked with M and K holding the SHIFT key.
• Addressed an issue that caused players’ line of sight to be blocked using incendiary or Poison traps with the predator bow.
• Addressed an issue where guards would sometimes not react with hostility to watching Eivor burn members of their faction with oil jars. *I- uh nevermind. Moving on.*
• Addressed an issue where NPCs could be killed by throwing corpses at them in Vinland.
• Addressed an issue that removed Bjorn from the ship crew.
• Addressed an issue with the Mentor's Set where the gear perk sometimes didn't activate even though 2-4 set pieces were equipped.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from controlling the raven when Q or E buttons were assigned to one of the move actions.

Abilities, Perks, Skills

• Addressed an issue where some ranged special abilities could incorrectly be used with guided arrows.
• Addressed an issue where one NPC would not leave Eivor's side when Feign Death was used.
• Addressed an issue where several abilities wouldn't work against hostile dogs.
• Addressed an issue where Man's Best Friend would not unlock after completing the quest A Little Problem.
• Addressed an issue with the Mentor's Set where the gear perk sometimes didn't activate even though 2-4 pieces of the set were equipped.

User Interface / HUD

• Addressed various UI/HUD issues.
• Addressed an issue where the arrow quantity could remain stuck at 12.
• Addressed an issue where UI language changes weren't applied during combat.
• The camera will now be closer to the character when browsing tattoos in the Animus Store.
• Addressed an issue where color-blind previews would sometimes not be displayed in the menu.
• Addressed an issue where color-blind values weren’t applied to the Order of Ancient menu.
• Addressed an issue where a blank box would appear in the Completed Quests list.
• Addressed an issue where fall damage could be negated by opening the menu right before hitting the ground.
• Addressed an issue where Auto Loot didn't work when an enemy was stun finished.
• Addressed an issue where the Raculf Monastery couldn't be raided.
• Addressed an issue where some icons were missing for newly acquired God Favors.
• Addressed an issue where In-Game news sometimes wouldn’t load correctly.
• Addressed an issue that caused players to receive incorrect items when purchasing Vegvisir (Front) or Muninn (Front) schemes.
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to acquire duplicates of Asgardian ship schemes.

System

• Added a respawn point just before the boss fight in Extended Family.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from fast traveling after 1.0.4.
• Added force trigger feedback to bow shooting for Xbox/PlayStation controllers.
• (Stadia) Addressed an issue that caused the time on the save not to reflect local time.

Hey everyone,
 
Title Update 1.1.2 will be deployed on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games Store, Stadia, and Amazon Luna tomorrow: February 16, 2021. 
  
Patch Sizes and Deployment Timing: 
 

• Xbox Series X|S: ~19.53 GB 
• Xbox One: ~15.27 GB 
• PlayStation 5: ~11.18 GB 
• PlayStation 4: ~10.23 GB 
• PC: ~18.04 GB 

 
Deployment timing for all platforms: 1 PM CET, 7 AM EST, 4 AM PST, and 11 PM AEDT. 
 
Please note that these times are estimates and are subject to change. 
 
Check out the most notable Title Update 1.1.2 changes below. 
 
Yule Season: River Raids Game Mode 
 
We added in-game support for River Raids. 
 

• Prepare your Jomsviking crew for this new highly replayable mode that will take you to unexplored regions of England, which is full of raiding opportunities. New loot, rewards, and challenges await the Raven Clan! 
• The River Raids Mode is part of the Yule Season content. It is free for all Assassin’s Creed Valhalla players, and it is accessible in-game after downloading Title Update 1.1.2. 

 
New Abilities 
 

• Berserker Trap: This attaches a trap to your arrow, spreading hallucinatory powder. Any nearby movement causes the trap to trigger. Surprise clueless passersby!  
• Battle Cry: In a fit of rage, Eivor lets out a blood curdling scream, gaining strength and causing nearby enemies to stumble backwards in fear, interrupting their attacks.  
• Shoulder Bash: Eivor performs a shoulder bash that pushes back enemies and destroys objects.  

New Skills 
 

• Assassin Carry: Automatically carry a body after a successful assassination. 
• Assassin Slide: Slide into enemies and knock them off balance while sprinting. 
• Power Stroke: Trigger a speed boost on the long ship at the cost of stamina.  
• Arrow Looter: Eivor has a greater chance of looting arrows from archers.  
• Fight Ready: Always start a fight with an adrenaline-filled slot.  
• Long Ship Brace: When you are in command of the long ship, the crew will raise their shield with you.  

 
Game Improvements  
 
Miscellaneous  
 

• Runes and used resources to upgrade Berserker gear will be returned to the player inventory when an item is lost. 
• Improved vibration feedback during fishing. *Fishing goes BRRRR.* 
• Addressed an issue that caused players to leave disguise mode if players perform any attack while riding. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from catching fish in the sea or on coastlines. 
• Addressed an issue that caused school of fish to take a long time to respawn after one was caught. 
• Items purchased at the Animus Store will only be given to players after returning to England from Vinland. 
• Changed predator charge attack animations to give players a little more time to react. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented fabric from being available. *Everyone liked that.* 
• Added date of purchase to items listed in the owned section of the store. 

 
 
Balancing  

• Removed diamond rune slots from gear set pieces other than torsos. Runes that were slotted into these will be returned to the player inventory. 
• Tweaked the Counter Roll skill to be more reliable against unstoppable attacks

Graphics, Audio, and Animation  

• Addressed various graphics or lighting issues. 
• Addressed various texture issues. 
• Addressed an issue that caused explosion VFX to be missing when oil jars explode. *Oil jars will now go BOOM* 
• (PS4/PS5) The Muspell Warg mount will now burn with the fires of Hel! 
• The blood of your enemies will now soil all clothing. 
• Addressed various character or NPC animation issues. 
• Addressed various clipping issues. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented visual effects of the Draugr set to be displayed. 
• Addressed an issue that caused arrows to disappear from the quiver after reequipping the bow from the inventory. 

 
Quests, World Events, and Side Activities  
 

•  Addressed an issue in Storming the Walls, preventing players from completing the quest.  
• Gunnar has decided to join the festivities in The First Night of Samhain, allowing players to complete the quest. *Party Time!* 
• Addressed an issue that allowed NPC in The Good Men of Sherwood world event to be killed. *Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly, what a day.* 
• Jomsviking gear will now display their quality properly in the customization page 
• Addressed an issue that could cause Jomsviking to change shapes and sizes in the menu when being recruited. 
• Randvi is ready to hear the news after completing the Sciropescire Arc, allowing completion of the alliance. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from interacting with Tove after having completed Carrying the Torch. 
• Addressed an issue that caused some dice to be reused when both players used the God Favor giving 3 additional dice. *Nothing up your sleeve anymore.* 
• Addressed an issue with the Fishmonger encounter that prevented the quest from being marked as complete after confirming the kill. 
• Players will no longer be ashen if escaping before fighting the Bard in The Devil Has All the Best Tunes. 
• Players loading a save created after knocking in Clues and Riddles, will now be able to complete the objective. 
• Addressed an issue in Extended Family that caused the boss not to deal any damage during underground attacks. 
• Addressed an issue in Extended Family that caused the boss to get stuck near walls, stay underground, or not engage in combat altogether. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented the final order member to be revealed. *No more Revealio!* 
• Addressed an issue in Binding Fate that prevented players from completing the boss encounter, as the boss may get stuck underground. 
• Addressed an issue in Binding Fate that prevented players from completing the quest after talking to Tyr. 
• Addressed an issue in War Weary that prevented players from completing the quest after having defeated all NPCs outside. 
• Addressed an issue that caused all Order members to be killed after killing a Zealot. *This may just be the wildest issue ever seen.* 
• Addressed an issue in The Big Finish that prevented players from completing the quest when the hideout was visited before starting the quest. 
• Addressed an issue in Blood from a Stone that prevented players from moving a stack of cargo. 
• Addressed an issue in The Prodigal Prince that caused the objective to remain stuck if Eivor assassinates the first training dummy before reaching the checkpoint. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from interacting with Gotafrid Fair-Robes post fight, if the players threw them in the river. *Yeeeeeet!* 
• Addressed an issue in The Twit Saga Part I, where the house would sometimes not catch fire preventing players from completing the world event. 
• Addressed an issue in Degolas the Beautiful that caused the kid to grow in size. *HOLD UP.* 
• Addressed an issue in Degolas the Beautiful that prevented Degolas from leaving the water. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from interacting with Settlement NPCs. 
• Addressed an issue in Crushed Dreams that prevented players from completing the world event as the wife is in a dead state. *Quest name checks out.* 
• Addressed an issue that caused the world map to become unavailable after speaking to Ceolwulf. 

  
Gameplay, Combat, and AI  
 

• Addressed several NPC behavior issues.  
• Mounts will heed Eivor's call from the Quick Actions Wheel. 
• Addressed an issue that caused NPC to die before they're being hit. *Calls an emergency meeting.* 
• Addressed an issue that caused Eivor to end up standing on their toes after being idle for a while. *Eivor en pointe.* 
• Addressed an issue that caused decorative elements to spawn in miniature form. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to obtain Nodens' Arc using save/load actions. *It had to be done.* 

 
Audio 
 

• (PS4) Addressed an issue that caused crackling sounds to be heard. 
• Addressed an issue that caused dead swarm animals to make idle sounds. *I know an Animus glitch when I see one.* 

 
Photo Mode 
 

• Addressed an issue that caused Photo Mode frames not to scale to game window size. 
• Addressed an issue that caused terrain rendering issues when moving the camera. 

 
User Interface/HUD  
 

• Addressed various UI/HUD issues. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Premium Start Pack items to appear in Fine instead of Mythic quality. 
• After encountering Cola, their appropriate icon will be shown on the Order tab. 
• Addressed an issue that caused acquired Reda contracts to appear under the Cent quest log section. 
• Addressed an issue that caused contracts not to count towards the Viking for Hire progression. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from interacting with any items in Reda's shop when Focused Navigation is enabled. 
• Players will be able to switch targets with the mouse wheel by using M and K. 
• Addressed an issue that was causing stick input to stick after enabling Swap Sticks option during Cairns. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the Call Mount prompt to appear every time when whistle is used to attract enemies. 
• Addressed an issue when pressing D-Pad down causing Daily Concept Art to remain. 
• Addressed an issue that caused several Daily Concept Art to be displayed on the world map. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the mouse curser not to be displayed when switching back to M&K after controller was used as single source. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented Order of Ancient icons not to change based on selected colorblind settings. 
• Addressed an issue that caused control conflicts in Photo Mode if Swap Sticks option is set to ON. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the slider value of subtitle backgrounds not to reset to the default value. 
• Addressed an issue that caused exploration difficulty to be reset to Adventurer instead of Explorer when resetting to default. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented the adrenaline bar from filling after the second assassination was performed using chain assassinations. 
• Added a quit fishing button during aiming state. 
• Addressed various instances where Odin's Sight highlighted props that it shouldn't. 
• Addressed an issue that caused “data corrupt” errors after entering the save menu. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented the ingot that was looted off the destroyer (Hamptun Blockade) not to be counted towards wealth completion. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Fly Agar mysteries not to be highlighted with the appropriate mystery icon. 

 
System  
 

• (PC) Addressed issues with various Ubisoft Connect achievements that were not unlocking correctly when conditions were met. 
• Take My Hand 
• The Enemy of My Enemy 
• Disorder of the Ancients 
• Completionist All The Way 
• (PC) Addressed an issue with the unlock condition of the Equine Attack achievement. 
• Addressed an issue that caused online service errors to be displayed when creating or hovering over photos. 
• Addressed an issue causing the game to remain stuck during loading after entering the save/load menu. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the MSI voice command feature to stop working after save/load. 

 
Performance and Stability 

• Improved performance and stability. 

Hey everyone,
 
Title Update 1.2.0 will be deployed on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games Store, Stadia, and Amazon Luna tomorrow: March 16, 2021. 
 

Patch Sizes and Deployment Timing: 

• Xbox Series X|S: ~17.97 GB 
• Xbox One: ~12.81 GB 
• PlayStation 5: ~12.28 GB 
• PlayStation 4: ~12.6 GB 
• PC: ~15.85 GB 

 
Deployment timing for all platforms: 1 PM CET, 8 AM EDT, 5 AM PDT, and 11 PM AEDT. 
 
Please note that these times are estimates and are subject to change. 
 
Check out the most notable Title Update 1.2.0 changes below. 
 

Ostara Festival  

We added in-game support for the Ostara Festival. 

• The Ostara Festival will be available from March 18 to April 8. It will feature a bloomy Ravensthorpe, some unique side activities (such as egg hunts), and special rewards. 
• We’ll provide more details about the Ostara Season content in the First Look article coming March 18.  

Change Appearance / Transmog 

 
We added Change Appearance aka Transmog to the game. 

• Change your gear and weapon appearance within the same category of items at Gunnar’s blacksmith in Ravensthorpe for 50 silver. “This piece was already exceptionally beautiful, but if there’s anyone who could improve it, it’s me!” —Gunnar 
• Changed items will be marked with a star in the inventory. 

New Skills 

Fearless Leaper = When activated, the leap attack damage has a larger area of effect and can be done at any height. 
Raven’s Loot = Your raven gathers loot from targets killed with ranged attacks. 
Loot Food = Eivor now has a higher chance of looting food from dead bodies.  
 

Close Camera Option  

 
We added a close camera option to the game. 

• Once toggled, it will activate a closer camera during regular gameplay. 
• The camera will zoom out during combat encounters. 
• The option can be toggled in the Gameplay menu. 

Game Improvements 

Miscellaneous  

• There will now be more cats throughout England. *The best clutter.* 
• Foxes should no longer spawn inside Lunden. 
• Addressed an issue that downgraded Ubisoft Connect Rewards (i.e. Spartan bow, Moonlight Axe). 
• Improved character physics behavior when running up the stairs. *Clothes no longer go brrr.* 
• Small boats will now catch fire when throwing torches at them. 

Balancing  

• Addressed an issue that caused the boar master's melee attack not to build up fire damage on the player. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Petra's Arc perk to remain inactive above 90% HP. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the Huntsman rune to be activated when conditions are not met. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to break the heavy runic attack of Kjotve with light attacks during the third phase. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented Guaranteed Assassination from working and reduced damage dealt after acquiring the Shoulder Bash ability. 

Quests, World Events, and Side Activities 

• Addressed an issue in In Absence of an Ealdorman that prevented players from completing the quest when the brooch was already collected. *Everyone liked that.* 
• Addressed an issue in In Absence of an Ealdorman that prevented a cutscene from playing. 
• Addressed an issue in Clues and Riddles that prevented players from completing the quest as it does not validate after the ritual. 
• Addressed an issue in The Demon Odor at the Tithe that prevented the NPC from spawning. 
• Addressed an issue in Bleeding the Leech that caused the NPC to remain stuck in a defeated state. 
• Addressed an issue in Razing Earnningstone due to Galinn not speaking. 
• Addressed an issue in A Brother's Keeper that prevented a cutscene from playing. 
• Addressed an issue in Glory Regained that prevented players from proceeding with the quest. 
• Addressed an issue in An Island of Eels that prevented players from completing the quest as it was moved to completed quests. *Put that thing back where it came from or so help me.* 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from pledging to any region on the Alliance map. 
• Addressed an issue in Pilgrimage to St. Albanas that prevented players from talking to the NPC. 
• Addressed an issue in the Lamb Chops world event where players could not complete the event if Merec died. 
• Addressed an issue in A Wise Friend where Randvi would not appear outside the long house. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from completing the Asgard arc after completing Binding Fate. 
• Addressed an issue in Pilgrimage to St. Albanes where Birstan could get stuck, preventing players from completing the quest. 
• Addressed an issue in In Dreams that prevented players from completing the Drink the potion to return to Asgard objective. 
• Addressed an issue in the Crushed Dreams world event that caused the wife to be dead. 
• Addressed an issue in Honor has Two Edges that prevented players from interacting with Faravid at the camp. 
• Addressed an issue in Degolas the Beautiful world event due to Degolas not leaving the water. 
• Addressed an issue in In the Absence of an Ealdorman that prevented the objective marker from appearing. 
• Addressed an issue in Heavy is the Head that caused Ivarr to no longer move. *Yes, he’s Boneless, but...* 
• Addressed an issue in The Sword of Saint George that prevented the quest from updating after killing the champion and not being acquired. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented the Cordelia boss fight from starting. 
• Addressed an issue that caused a Eurvicscire wealth to disappear after completing Honor Has Two Edges. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from interacting with Eydis after assigning the Jomsviking. 
• Addressed an issue in Reap What Was Sown that caused Sigurd to clap with one hand next to Ubba. 
• Addressed an issue in Extended Family that allowed the boss to jump over the arena border and not being defeatable as a result. 
• Addressed an issue in Well-Traveled that caused players to be stuck when interacting with the reflector. 
• Addressed an issue that caused players to sink to the bottom of the ocean when jumping from the long ship without having learned the Leap of Faith. *Altaïr knows the feels.* 
• Addressed an issue in The Walls of Templebrough that prevented players from talking to Sigurd. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the man-eating animal contract to be missing a quest objective. 
• Addressed an issue that results in Kjotve not taking damage using the hidden blade. 
• Addressed an issue in An Efficient Cremation that prevented the world event from completing when the man was killed for the first time after burning the bodies. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the aim to snap away during the Builder boss fight using K&M. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from completing The Pardoner's Tale as the NPC is missing. 
• Addressed an issue in Glory Regained that prevented players from proceeding with the quest after reaching the Regroup with Soma objective. 
• Addressed an issue in Road to Hamartia that caused Halfdan to not follow the player. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from pledging to Snotinghamscire or Hamtunscire as both options were greyed out. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from collecting the Book of Knowledge in Oxenefordscire. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from confirming the kill against Thor the Fishmonger. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented the order member, Beneseck of Bath, from spawning. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Legendary Animals to spawn outside the playable area. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Randvi not to cross the bridge exiting the settlement. *It seems the wind calls her to the other side.* 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from interacting with one of the three keys needed for a Jorvik wealth chest after planting Explosive Corpse on the body. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Suttungr to be missing weak points in phase 2 of the fight. 
• Addressed an issue in When the Stone Falls that prevented the quest from being completed if the player fast travels during the quest. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from completing Edmund's Arrow as the NPC is missing. 
• Addressed an issue that caused a section of Asgard's intro to be missing. 

Graphics, Audio, and Animation 

• Addressed various graphics, lighting, or texture issues. 
• Addressed various clipping issues. 
• Addressed various character or NPC animation issues. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to unequip a weapon mid-animation, causing animation issues. 
• Addressed an issue that caused an impact on character detail settings when World Detail graphics settings were adjusted. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the game not to restart after resetting Graphics mode. 
• Addressed an issue where guards wouldn't recheck already investigated hiding spots when Eivor whistles from them. 

River Raids 

• Addressed various River Raids-related UI/HUD issues. 
• Addressed a placement issue with Raid location descriptions using Arabic interface language. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented River Raids content to be accessible after the Jomsviking Hall was built. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the objective to be missing after building the Jomsviking Hall. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from reviving Jomsviking with M&K. 
• Vagn will now randomly have dialogue during River Raids. *Leans back.* 
• Addressed an issue that prevented river barricades to trigger. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the River Raids completion on Vagn's map to be inaccurate. 
• Addressed some instances of issues with mast behaviors in specific ship hiding spots. 
• Addressed an issue on the River Dee that resulted in the River Champion to be missing. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the Sword of Saint George quest to be missing an objective. 
• Addressed an issue that sometimes prevented the End Raid quick action from working. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the objective from A River to Raid to be missing from the UI. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed rivers to have more River Raid chests than keys. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Naval chains to not regenerate when the player returns to Rivers. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the character showcase not to update when assigning Jomsviking to the crew. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to seemingly trigger a raid on the boat and once again on land when all Jomsvikings are dead. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from using rations after completing all River Raids quests. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Jomsviking rank-ups not to be displayed correctly. 
• Addressed an issue that sometimes prevented the River Alert Level to be displayed when returning to the long ship if the alert level increased. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Jomsviking waiting to be hired to have a different rank in the hall than intended. 
• Addressed an issue that would cause the Map clue not to be marked as collected on the River Exe map. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Jomsviking to die while they are currently being revived  
• Addressed an issue that prevented the Celebration screen to appear when completing a Raid for the second time. 
• Addressed an issue that could see the player spawn into a River Raid without their long ship 
• Addressed an issue that resulted in a raid not to be completed upon gathering all cargos from the Severn Outpost. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented Jomsviking to open the door in Erbistock (River Dee) after unlocking it to loot the chest. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the mast not to be lowered if all Jomsviking are dead. 
• Addressed various issues where the player could get stuck. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from progressing with River Raids when bringing Clues to Vagn, and then reloading the first autosave. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from returning to the settlement if any sensitive content option is applied while on any river. 
• Addressed an issue on the River Dee that caused icons for chests and cargos to be missing from the compass. 

Gameplay, Combat, and AI 

• Addressed various NPC behaviour issues. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Eivor to continue spinning longer than intended when using the Dane Axe Special Attack. 
• Addressed an issue that caused enemies to wake up right away when they are being hit with a second sleep dart while sleeping. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the hidden blade to be missing from Eivor. *Not worthy KEKW.* 
• Addressed an issue that caused strange physics when throwing explosive pots. 
• Addressed an issue that resulted in disguise speed to be limited using keyboard input. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Eivor to moonwalk when mounting a horse that is approaching from behind the player. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to obtain Nodens' Arc through save/load actions. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the player to still get blinded even though the flash missile was being thrown back to a zealot. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to swap weapons while performing a heavy attack. 
• Addressed an issue that caused archers to shoot arrows from strange angles. 
• Addressed an issue that caused issues equipping weapons after blocking and dodging while using the battering ram. 
• Addressed an issue that caused NPCs to perform the same activity for longer than intended. 
• Addressed an issue that caused guards to climb on burning roofs. *Just why?* 
• Addressed an issue that allowed unconscious NPCs to be inflammable. *And I oops.* 
• Addressed an issue that caused oil jars to explode when assassinations were performed nearby. *Say what dot gif.* 
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to chain Hidden Blade attacks several times unintentionally. 

World  

• Addressed various issues where the player could get stuck. 
• Addressed an issue that could cause players to get stuck or are unable to move a shelf inside Saint Lewinna's Church. 
• Addressed various object placement issues across worlds. 
• Addressed an issue where a key would sometimes remain stuck in the air when destroying the hazard in Jotunheim 
• Addressed an issue that allowed multiple settlement cosmetics to be applied simultaneously for one slot. 
• Addressed an issue that caused dead pigs to return to a standing position after fast travelling. *Mommy, pick me up I’m scared.* 

User Interface/HUD  

• Addressed various UI/HUD issues. 
• Addressed various localization issues. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed the quick actions wheel to be accessible during the beginning of the game. 
• (Stadia) Addressed an issue that prevented the Photo Mode cursor to be visible. 
• Addressed an issue that caused HUD elements to disappear and the world map to be unavailable when talking to Ceolwulf at night while he is in bed. 

System 

• Addressed an issue that prevented players from exiting the white room when the game was still downloading. 
• Addressed an issue that caused issues switching input from M&K to Gamepad. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from reaching 100% completion. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the back button to have multiple functions in the Japanese version of the game. 
• Addressed an issue that caused The Way of the Berserker to not be available in offline mode after being redeemed. 
• Addressed an issue that caused ULC content not to be available in the game after purchasing it from the store. 
• (PC) Addressed an issue that prevented Disorder of Ancients, Take My Hand, The Enemy of My Enemy, Overdesign II from unlocking. 
• (PC) Addressed an issue with multi-monitor set ups that could cause issues while in borderless mode. 
• (PC) Addressed an issue that caused MSI Voice Commands to stop working. 
• (PS4/PS5) Addressed an issue that caused the Share Play option to be no longer available. 
• (PS4/PS5) Addressed an issue that prevented players from uploading saves to the game cloud. 

Performance and Stability 

• Improved performance and stability. 
• Addressed an issue that could cause freezes when performing a dodge while holding an oil jar inside Burgred's crypt. 

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Hey everyone,

We deployed two server-side hotfixes to address the following issues:

• Guaranteed Assassinations not working
• Placeholder box in River Raids

If you are unable to use Guaranteed Assassinations after launching and loading your save game, please follow the steps below:

1. Create a manual save
2. Close the game entirely, then launch it again
3. Load the created save

Important: If you reload the game before acquiring the shoulder bash ability, please relaunch the game application before being able to use Guaranteed Assassinations again. 

Note: We're also working on a more permanent solution.

-Your Assassin's Creed Development and Community Team

Hey everyone,

Title Update 1.2.1 will be deployed on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games Store, Stadia, and Amazon Luna tomorrow: April 27, 2021.
Patch Sizes and Deployment Timing:

• Xbox Series X|S: ~16GB
• Xbox One: ~12.8GB
• PlayStation 5: ~5.5 GB
• PlayStation 4: 5-8 GB (depending on region)
• PC: ~14 GB

Deployment timing for all platforms: 1 PM CEST, 8 AM ET, 5 AM PT, and 10 PM AEST.

Please note that these times are estimates and are subject to change.

Check out the most notable Title Update 1.2.1 changes below. 

NEW CONTENT
Added support for Wrath of the Druids, preparing the game for the expansion release on May 13. (a separate download is required on release day.)

New Skills

• Cold Rage – Ignore hit interruptions while performing successive regular melee attacks. This effect recharges after a few seconds.
• Eye of the North – Prevents flinching from hits while aiming with your bow. This effect recharges after a few seconds.
• Intense Rage – Ignore hit interruptions while performing your next off-hand parry or special attack. This effect recharges after a few seconds.

Game Improvements

Miscellaneous

• Added an option to the gameplay menu to toggle the cinematic camera on/off during finisher moves.
• Addressed an issue preventing the duel with Dag from triggering after sleeping in A Brewing Storm.
• Started populating the game with missing fish species: halibut small, sturgeon small, flat fish big, and mackerel big. Check out our forum post for the exact locations.
• Allowed Bayek's and Altair’s outfit appearance to apply to other armor when using Transmog.

Balancing

• Extended the duration of the Battlecry ability.
• Tweaked Fearless Leaper to make it easier to jump from greater heights.
• Addressed an issue with the Spinning-Death and Vordr Bite perk that caused the Chance percentage to be higher than intended.

Quests, World Events, and Side Activities

• Addressed several issues preventing completion in the Pig of Prophecy World Event in Cent.
• Addressed an issue where various Fly Agaric mushrooms were missing the Mystery highlight.
• Addressed an issue in In the Absence of an Ealdorman that prevented players from completing the quest when they had already collected the brooch before the start of the quest.
• Addressed an instance when returning to Ravensthorpe, and the quest intro dialogue would replay.
• In the Stench of Treachery, Soma will now kill the traitor Eivor chooses.
• Addressed several issues when fighting Fenrir.
• Addressed an instance where players were unable to move the cargo to complete the Blood from a Stone quest.
• Addressed an issue preventing Eivor from interacting with NPCs and building owners in Ravensthorpe.
• Addressed an issue where the Man's Best Friend ability remained locked after completing the quest, A Little Problem.
• Addressed an issue with the Builder in the Defensive Measures quest preventing players from progressing.
• Addressed an issue preventing some NPCs from acting as bodyguards after loading a save during the Breach the Second Gate objective in The Sons of Ragnar quest.
• Addressed an issue after completing the East Anglia Arc, preventing players from progressing and unable to speak with Randvi.
• Addressed an issue preventing the Lost Glory quest from triggering if players found Halfdan before going to the Royal Hall.
• Addressed an issue, which misplaced the objectives for the Kingmaker quest.
• Addressed an issue preventing the River Raids quest from updating if a player leaves the raid before completing the tutorial. 
• Addressed an issue keeping Eivor from speaking to Vagn after returning from a River Raid with all the River Dee clues.
• Addressed an issue preventing the Unwelcome quest from updating when fighting bandits upon arriving to England.
• Addressed an issue in the Lost Cauldron that prevented players from investigating the last spot after being attacked during the investigation.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from continuing after agreeing to pledge to Hamtunscire.
• Addressed an issue that caused Gungnir to go AWOL and thus, couldn't be acquired or used.
• Addressed an issue in Adorning the Adorned that allowed players to kill Sunniva.
• Addressed an issue in Thieves Warren in Glowecestrescire, which prevented players from moving a shelf and obtaining wealth.
• Addressed an issue preventing the next objective to trigger after fighting with Rikiwulf in Honor Bound.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from interacting with Randvi after completing The Burning of the Wicker Man.
• Addressed an issue, which would not allow NPCs to interact with Eivor after completing the Grantebridgescire Arc.
• Addressed an issue in Reap What Was Sown that prevented players from progressing as the quest NPC was in a dead state.
• Addressed an issue preventing The First Night of Samhain quest from updating after speaking to Gunnar.
• Addressed an issue allowing the Uninvited Guests cutscene to trigger during the attack.
• Addressed an issue allowing Eivor to interact with the old lady during the Uninvited Guests attack.
• Addressed a looped dialogue issue in Mysterious Berserker preventing quest completion.
• Addressed an issue with the Spinning-Death and Vordr Bite perk that caused the Chance percentage to be higher than intended.
• Addressed an issue preventing quest completion as Vili would not follow Eivor after killing bandits in The Price of Wisdom.
• Addressed an issue with the A Skald's Lament riddle due to the NPC running away.
• Addressed an issue preventing players from speaking to Orwig Neverdeath in Hordafylke.

Graphics, Audio, and Animation

• Addressed various graphics, lighting, or texture issues.
• Addressed various instances of incorrect sound effects.

River Raids, Jomsvikings, Raids 

• Addressed various clipping issues in River Raid maps.
• Addressed various text anomalies during River Raids.
• Addressed various character or NPC animation issues during River Raids.
• Addressed an issue on the Dee River causing the Champion to remain inactive until Eivor steps foot into the Champion Room.
• Addressed an instance where if unequipped, the Jomsviking helmet slot would be black.
• Jomsvikings will no longer call for assistance before it's necessary. *They make their own luck now!*
• Addressed an issue where Foreign Cargo would not be in the inventory after returning from a River Raid.
• Improved the landing points and camp boundaries on the Dee River.
• Increased the depth of the Dee River so players don't bottom out.
• Addressed an issue where Jomsvikings stand around after the drawbridge is lowered on the Dee River. *What is their deal?!*
• Addressed an audio issue causing Vagn to repeat his recruitment line. *Practice makes perfect. Roll it again!*
• Addressed issues causing the long ship to pop into the Severn River if summoned. *Raids are popping, but that's a little excessive.*
• Addressed a few issues preventing players from continuing down the Severn River.
• Addressed a few issues with the Map Alert Meter during River Raids.
• Addressed an issue preventing Jomsvikings from occasionally joining a raid if Eivor started it while on land.
• Addressed an issue preventing raiders from fighting guards. *Who hires these people?!*
• Addressed an instance keeping the long ship from entering stealth mode in certain areas during River Raids.
• Addressed several issues preventing unmasting near certain bridges during River Raids.
• Addressed an issue causing the Revive marker to disappear from Jomsvikings if Eivor was too far away. *Now their watch has ended...*
• Naval blockades will no longer respawn on the Severn River during a River Raid until the player has left the raid.
• Addressed several issues preventing players from looting multiple chests during River Raids.
• Addressed an issue where the River Raid Dock building was missing its construction.
• Addressed an issue preventing icons from being revealed on the maps during River Raids.
• Addressed an issue preventing enemies from spawning during River Raids on the Severn River.
• Addressed an issue causing the music to end abruptly after looting a large chest during Raids.
• Corrected an instance where Saint George's Holy Sword was an axe. *Got ‘eeeeem!*
• Addressed an issue preventing players from completing the objective to collect foreign cargo if military camps were raided before villages for rations.
• Addressed an issue where foreign supplies were set to a 1/1 limit.

Gameplay, Combat, and AI

• Animals will remain on camera once dialogue has begun. *Look who’s photobombing!*
• Addressed several issues with Odin Sight.
• Addressed several camera issues.
• Addressed an issue where the Berserker Trap and Shoulder bash previewed as the Dive of Valkyries ability.
• Addressed several automatic long ship navigational issues.
• All animals will be reacting accordingly to the Bash ability.
• Addressed several issues preventing some wild animals from attacking each other when under the influence of the Berserker Trap.
• Addressed an issue causing the combo status effect to remain active on the Light Bow under certain conditions.
• Addressed an issue that caused Raven's loot not to work.
• Addressed an issue preventing the Mans's Best Friend ability from working against Zealots. *Even Dwolfg feared them...*

World 

• Fixed several instances of floating objects.
• Addressed several issues with objects preventing Eivor from entering buildings.
• Addressed various issues where Eivor, NPCs, or the long ship would get stuck.

User Interface/HUD

• Addressed various UI/HUD issues
• Addressed a variety of inexact text.
• Addressed an issue where pop-ups did not occur when purchasing Store items.
• Corrected several Photo Mode frame issues.
• Corrected an issue where the Long Ship Boost icon was missing from the stamina bar.
• Addressed an issue causing the Long Ship Boost skill's stamina to deplete if used twice without pause.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from acquiring the Berserker-themed items from the Animus Store or read if they already owned them on another platform.
• Addressed an issue preventing the Colorful Raven skin to be applied to Synin.

System

• The game will now display a notification if it's unable to save progress.
• (PC) Addressed an issue causing Vsync to remain on while in a locked state in Windowed Mode.
• (PS5) All trophies achieved on PS4 will now be unlocked on PS5. (Trophies including Viking Legend, Calling in a Favor, As It Was Foretold, Disorder of the Ancients, Skadi's Hobby, Silent Viking, and Orlog Champion. should now unlock retroactively when conditions were met previously.)
• (PS4/PS5) Corrected a very high sensitivity issue when playing with M&K.

Performance and Stability

• Improved performance and stability. 

Hey everyone,

This is to let you know that we're aware of increased instances of crashes in and around Ravensthorpe since the release of Title Update 1.2.0. Our team is working on a solution that should be ready sometime next week.

We thank you for your patience in the meantime.

Your Assassin's Creed Community and Development Team

Hey everyone, 

We deployed a server-side hotfix earlier today to address an issue that prevented players who did not own any Helix Credits from claiming the Godly Reward. 

IMPORTANT: Please close the game application entirely and restart it for the fix to become active. 

Note: We are continuing to investigate other situations that may prevent or cause other complications when claiming the reward.

-The Assassin's Creed Community and Development teams

Hey everyone,
 
Title Update 1.2.0 will be deployed on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games Store, Stadia, and Amazon Luna tomorrow: March 16, 2021. 
 

Patch Sizes and Deployment Timing: 

• Xbox Series X|S: ~17.97 GB 
• Xbox One: ~12.81 GB 
• PlayStation 5: ~12.28 GB 
• PlayStation 4: ~12.6 GB 
• PC: ~15.85 GB 

 
Deployment timing for all platforms: 1 PM CET, 8 AM EDT, 5 AM PDT, and 11 PM AEDT. 
 
Please note that these times are estimates and are subject to change. 
 
Check out the most notable Title Update 1.2.0 changes below. 
 

Ostara Festival  

We added in-game support for the Ostara Festival. 

• The Ostara Festival will be available from March 18 to April 8. It will feature a bloomy Ravensthorpe, some unique side activities (such as egg hunts), and special rewards. 
• We’ll provide more details about the Ostara Season content in the First Look article coming March 18.  

Change Appearance / Transmog 

 
We added Change Appearance aka Transmog to the game. 

• Change your gear and weapon appearance within the same category of items at Gunnar’s blacksmith in Ravensthorpe for 50 silver. “This piece was already exceptionally beautiful, but if there’s anyone who could improve it, it’s me!” —Gunnar 
• Changed items will be marked with a star in the inventory. 

New Skills 

Fearless Leaper = When activated, the leap attack damage has a larger area of effect and can be done at any height. 
Raven’s Loot = Your raven gathers loot from targets killed with ranged attacks. 
Loot Food = Eivor now has a higher chance of looting food from dead bodies.  
 

Close Camera Option  

 
We added a close camera option to the game. 

• Once toggled, it will activate a closer camera during regular gameplay. 
• The camera will zoom out during combat encounters. 
• The option can be toggled in the Gameplay menu. 

Game Improvements 

Miscellaneous  

• There will now be more cats throughout England. *The best clutter.* 
• Foxes should no longer spawn inside Lunden. 
• Addressed an issue that downgraded Ubisoft Connect Rewards (i.e. Spartan bow, Moonlight Axe). 
• Improved character physics behavior when running up the stairs. *Clothes no longer go brrr.* 
• Small boats will now catch fire when throwing torches at them. 

Balancing  

• Addressed an issue that caused the boar master's melee attack not to build up fire damage on the player. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Petra's Arc perk to remain inactive above 90% HP. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the Huntsman rune to be activated when conditions are not met. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to break the heavy runic attack of Kjotve with light attacks during the third phase. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented Guaranteed Assassination from working and reduced damage dealt after acquiring the Shoulder Bash ability. 

Quests, World Events, and Side Activities 

• Addressed an issue in In Absence of an Ealdorman that prevented players from completing the quest when the brooch was already collected. *Everyone liked that.* 
• Addressed an issue in In Absence of an Ealdorman that prevented a cutscene from playing. 
• Addressed an issue in Clues and Riddles that prevented players from completing the quest as it does not validate after the ritual. 
• Addressed an issue in The Demon Odor at the Tithe that prevented the NPC from spawning. 
• Addressed an issue in Bleeding the Leech that caused the NPC to remain stuck in a defeated state. 
• Addressed an issue in Razing Earnningstone due to Galinn not speaking. 
• Addressed an issue in A Brother's Keeper that prevented a cutscene from playing. 
• Addressed an issue in Glory Regained that prevented players from proceeding with the quest. 
• Addressed an issue in An Island of Eels that prevented players from completing the quest as it was moved to completed quests. *Put that thing back where it came from or so help me.* 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from pledging to any region on the Alliance map. 
• Addressed an issue in Pilgrimage to St. Albanas that prevented players from talking to the NPC. 
• Addressed an issue in the Lamb Chops world event where players could not complete the event if Merec died. 
• Addressed an issue in A Wise Friend where Randvi would not appear outside the long house. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from completing the Asgard arc after completing Binding Fate. 
• Addressed an issue in Pilgrimage to St. Albanes where Birstan could get stuck, preventing players from completing the quest. 
• Addressed an issue in In Dreams that prevented players from completing the Drink the potion to return to Asgard objective. 
• Addressed an issue in the Crushed Dreams world event that caused the wife to be dead. 
• Addressed an issue in Honor has Two Edges that prevented players from interacting with Faravid at the camp. 
• Addressed an issue in Degolas the Beautiful world event due to Degolas not leaving the water. 
• Addressed an issue in In the Absence of an Ealdorman that prevented the objective marker from appearing. 
• Addressed an issue in Heavy is the Head that caused Ivarr to no longer move. *Yes, he’s Boneless, but...* 
• Addressed an issue in The Sword of Saint George that prevented the quest from updating after killing the champion and not being acquired. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented the Cordelia boss fight from starting. 
• Addressed an issue that caused a Eurvicscire wealth to disappear after completing Honor Has Two Edges. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from interacting with Eydis after assigning the Jomsviking. 
• Addressed an issue in Reap What Was Sown that caused Sigurd to clap with one hand next to Ubba. 
• Addressed an issue in Extended Family that allowed the boss to jump over the arena border and not being defeatable as a result. 
• Addressed an issue in Well-Traveled that caused players to be stuck when interacting with the reflector. 
• Addressed an issue that caused players to sink to the bottom of the ocean when jumping from the long ship without having learned the Leap of Faith. *Altaïr knows the feels.* 
• Addressed an issue in The Walls of Templebrough that prevented players from talking to Sigurd. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the man-eating animal contract to be missing a quest objective. 
• Addressed an issue that results in Kjotve not taking damage using the hidden blade. 
• Addressed an issue in An Efficient Cremation that prevented the world event from completing when the man was killed for the first time after burning the bodies. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the aim to snap away during the Builder boss fight using K&M. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from completing The Pardoner's Tale as the NPC is missing. 
• Addressed an issue in Glory Regained that prevented players from proceeding with the quest after reaching the Regroup with Soma objective. 
• Addressed an issue in Road to Hamartia that caused Halfdan to not follow the player. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from pledging to Snotinghamscire or Hamtunscire as both options were greyed out. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from collecting the Book of Knowledge in Oxenefordscire. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from confirming the kill against Thor the Fishmonger. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented the order member, Beneseck of Bath, from spawning. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Legendary Animals to spawn outside the playable area. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Randvi not to cross the bridge exiting the settlement. *It seems the wind calls her to the other side.* 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from interacting with one of the three keys needed for a Jorvik wealth chest after planting Explosive Corpse on the body. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Suttungr to be missing weak points in phase 2 of the fight. 
• Addressed an issue in When the Stone Falls that prevented the quest from being completed if the player fast travels during the quest. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from completing Edmund's Arrow as the NPC is missing. 
• Addressed an issue that caused a section of Asgard's intro to be missing. 

Graphics, Audio, and Animation 

• Addressed various graphics, lighting, or texture issues. 
• Addressed various clipping issues. 
• Addressed various character or NPC animation issues. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to unequip a weapon mid-animation, causing animation issues. 
• Addressed an issue that caused an impact on character detail settings when World Detail graphics settings were adjusted. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the game not to restart after resetting Graphics mode. 
• Addressed an issue where guards wouldn't recheck already investigated hiding spots when Eivor whistles from them. 

River Raids 

• Addressed various River Raids-related UI/HUD issues. 
• Addressed a placement issue with Raid location descriptions using Arabic interface language. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented River Raids content to be accessible after the Jomsviking Hall was built. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the objective to be missing after building the Jomsviking Hall. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from reviving Jomsviking with M&K. 
• Vagn will now randomly have dialogue during River Raids. *Leans back.* 
• Addressed an issue that prevented river barricades to trigger. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the River Raids completion on Vagn's map to be inaccurate. 
• Addressed some instances of issues with mast behaviors in specific ship hiding spots. 
• Addressed an issue on the River Dee that resulted in the River Champion to be missing. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the Sword of Saint George quest to be missing an objective. 
• Addressed an issue that sometimes prevented the End Raid quick action from working. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the objective from A River to Raid to be missing from the UI. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed rivers to have more River Raid chests than keys. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Naval chains to not regenerate when the player returns to Rivers. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the character showcase not to update when assigning Jomsviking to the crew. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to seemingly trigger a raid on the boat and once again on land when all Jomsvikings are dead. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from using rations after completing all River Raids quests. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Jomsviking rank-ups not to be displayed correctly. 
• Addressed an issue that sometimes prevented the River Alert Level to be displayed when returning to the long ship if the alert level increased. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Jomsviking waiting to be hired to have a different rank in the hall than intended. 
• Addressed an issue that would cause the Map clue not to be marked as collected on the River Exe map. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Jomsviking to die while they are currently being revived  
• Addressed an issue that prevented the Celebration screen to appear when completing a Raid for the second time. 
• Addressed an issue that could see the player spawn into a River Raid without their long ship 
• Addressed an issue that resulted in a raid not to be completed upon gathering all cargos from the Severn Outpost. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented Jomsviking to open the door in Erbistock (River Dee) after unlocking it to loot the chest. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the mast not to be lowered if all Jomsviking are dead. 
• Addressed various issues where the player could get stuck. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from progressing with River Raids when bringing Clues to Vagn, and then reloading the first autosave. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from returning to the settlement if any sensitive content option is applied while on any river. 
• Addressed an issue on the River Dee that caused icons for chests and cargos to be missing from the compass. 

Gameplay, Combat, and AI 

• Addressed various NPC behaviour issues. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Eivor to continue spinning longer than intended when using the Dane Axe Special Attack. 
• Addressed an issue that caused enemies to wake up right away when they are being hit with a second sleep dart while sleeping. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the hidden blade to be missing from Eivor. *Not worthy KEKW.* 
• Addressed an issue that caused strange physics when throwing explosive pots. 
• Addressed an issue that resulted in disguise speed to be limited using keyboard input. 
• Addressed an issue that caused Eivor to moonwalk when mounting a horse that is approaching from behind the player. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to obtain Nodens' Arc through save/load actions. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the player to still get blinded even though the flash missile was being thrown back to a zealot. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to swap weapons while performing a heavy attack. 
• Addressed an issue that caused archers to shoot arrows from strange angles. 
• Addressed an issue that caused issues equipping weapons after blocking and dodging while using the battering ram. 
• Addressed an issue that caused NPCs to perform the same activity for longer than intended. 
• Addressed an issue that caused guards to climb on burning roofs. *Just why?* 
• Addressed an issue that allowed unconscious NPCs to be inflammable. *And I oops.* 
• Addressed an issue that caused oil jars to explode when assassinations were performed nearby. *Say what dot gif.* 
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to chain Hidden Blade attacks several times unintentionally. 

World  

• Addressed various issues where the player could get stuck. 
• Addressed an issue that could cause players to get stuck or are unable to move a shelf inside Saint Lewinna's Church. 
• Addressed various object placement issues across worlds. 
• Addressed an issue where a key would sometimes remain stuck in the air when destroying the hazard in Jotunheim 
• Addressed an issue that allowed multiple settlement cosmetics to be applied simultaneously for one slot. 
• Addressed an issue that caused dead pigs to return to a standing position after fast travelling. *Mommy, pick me up I’m scared.* 

User Interface/HUD  

• Addressed various UI/HUD issues. 
• Addressed various localization issues. 
• Addressed an issue that allowed the quick actions wheel to be accessible during the beginning of the game. 
• (Stadia) Addressed an issue that prevented the Photo Mode cursor to be visible. 
• Addressed an issue that caused HUD elements to disappear and the world map to be unavailable when talking to Ceolwulf at night while he is in bed. 

System 

• Addressed an issue that prevented players from exiting the white room when the game was still downloading. 
• Addressed an issue that caused issues switching input from M&K to Gamepad. 
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from reaching 100% completion. 
• Addressed an issue that caused the back button to have multiple functions in the Japanese version of the game. 
• Addressed an issue that caused The Way of the Berserker to not be available in offline mode after being redeemed. 
• Addressed an issue that caused ULC content not to be available in the game after purchasing it from the store. 
• (PC) Addressed an issue that prevented Disorder of Ancients, Take My Hand, The Enemy of My Enemy, Overdesign II from unlocking. 
• (PC) Addressed an issue with multi-monitor set ups that could cause issues while in borderless mode. 
• (PC) Addressed an issue that caused MSI Voice Commands to stop working. 
• (PS4/PS5) Addressed an issue that caused the Share Play option to be no longer available. 
• (PS4/PS5) Addressed an issue that prevented players from uploading saves to the game cloud. 

Performance and Stability 

• Improved performance and stability. 
• Addressed an issue that could cause freezes when performing a dodge while holding an oil jar inside Burgred's crypt. 

Hey everyone, 
 
We deployed three server-side hotfixes to address the following issues: 

• Unable to proceed with Rock of Fertility world event  
  • Cannot interact with NPC 
• Unable to proceed with The Reeve of Winchester 
  • Cannot interact with Goodwin after escorting him to safety 
• Unable to proceed with Island of Eels 
  • Cannot interact with Soma 

 
If you are unable to progress with the respective quests after launching and loading the save game, please follow the below steps: 

1. Create a manual save 
2. Close the game entirely, then launch it again 
3. Load the created save 
4. You should now be able to proceed with the respective quest 

 
Important: If you reload the game before proceeding with the respective quest, you'll have to relaunch the game application before being able to proceed with the quest. 
 
Note: We're also working on more permanent solutions. 
 
-Your Assassin's Creed Development and Community Team 

Hey everyone,

We deployed a server-side hotfix to fix Jomsvikings only ever appearing from the same player.

If you are still only seeing Jomsvikings from the same player after launching and loading your save game, please follow the steps below:

1. Create a manual save
2. Close the game entirely, then launch it again
3. Load the created save

-Your Assassin's Creed Development and Community Team

Hey everyone,

We deployed two server-side hotfixes to address the following issues:

• Guaranteed Assassinations not working
• Placeholder box in River Raids

If you are unable to use Guaranteed Assassinations after launching and loading your save game, please follow the steps below:

1. Create a manual save
2. Close the game entirely, then launch it again
3. Load the created save

Important: If you reload the game before acquiring the shoulder bash ability, please relaunch the game application before being able to use Guaranteed Assassinations again. 

Note: We're also working on a more permanent solution.

-Your Assassin's Creed Development and Community Team

Hey everyone,

We deployed two server-side hotfixes to address the following issues:

• Unable to progress with Razing Earnningstone
  • Cannot interact with Galinn
• Unable to progress with Bleeding the Leech
  • Cannot interact with the Blacksmith

If you are unable to progress with the respective quests after launching and loading the save game, please follow the below steps:

• Create a manual save
• Close the game entirely, then launch it again
• Load the created save
• You should now be able to proceed with the respective quest

Important: If you reload the game before proceeding with the respective quest, you'll have to relaunch the game application before being able to proceed with the quest.

Note: We're also working on more permanent solutions for both issues.

-Your Assassin's Creed Development and Community Team 

@nturfkruier Hey there, thanks for reporting. Our dev team is already aware of this issue and is looking into it.

Yea @TheeElf, it takes 3 visits to the river for a location to be rebuilt.

@sykoactiv8d: Just to confirm, have you visited the river three times or more? If so, I shall make the dev team aware that there might be a bug with this.