Assassin's Creed Shadows is releasing February 14th

Learn More

13 January 2021

10 Min Read

Assassin's Creed® Valhalla - Title Update 1.1.1

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
  • (SPOILERS) 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.  
  • (Spoiler) 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.

Visit Other Assassin's Creed Channels:

twitter iconfacebook icontwitch iconinstagram iconyoutube icon