We will be deploying Patch 1.3.0 on Xbox One, PlayStation®4 system, and PC tomorrow: May 23.
Patch Sizes & Deployment timings:
Xbox One: 6.2GB @ 6am UTC | 2am EDT | 8am CEST
PS4: 9.8GB @ 6am UTC | 2am EDT | 8am CEST
PC: 6.2GB @ 1pm UTC | 9am EDT | 3PM CEST
Please note that these timings are estimates and subject to change.
Check out the most notable changes with 1.3.0 below.
CONTENT
Episode 2 – Torment of Hades – The Fate of Atlantis
- Added in-game support for Torment of Hades
Lost Tales of Greece
- Added in-game support for upcoming Lost Tales of Greece
FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Balancing
- Upped Ikaros's attack damage
- Mercenaries will now carry different amounts of iron and gems to be looted. It's not equal work, equal pay in ancient Greece, Misthios!
- Addressed an issue causing enemy fire attack damage to be too high
- Enemy archers no longer have the ability to apply players Critical Chance and Critical Damage stats engravings to themselves. No getting owned by archers any more
- Reduced the weekly contract objectives to make them simpler and faster to complete
- Aligned sell price of "The Fate of Atlantis" weapons with main game weapons
Miscellaneous
- Ainigmata Ostraka now indicate if they're from Greece or other realms
- Added a visual hint for items currently assigned to another loadout
- Unique Legendary Lieutenants will now scale up with players
BUG FIXES
DLC – The Fate of Atlantis
- Addressed an issue in The Keeper and Kyros that prevented players from completing the quest
- Addressed an issue keeping Kyros from walking to the next quest objective
- When playing the "The Fate of Atlantis" DLC, Wardens will no longer be classed as archers during gameplay or challenges
- ISU NPC stats will be appropriate according to elite status
- Addressed an issue in The Beacons Are Lit causing the device to fall through the map when thrown at the door
- Kolossus will no longer receive damage from torches
- Addressed an issue with regards to "The Conqueror" achievement that prevented some players from unlocking it
- The "No Good Deed" quest will now appear after completing "The Beacons Are Lit"
DLC – Legacy of the First Blade
- Gaspar the Gatekeeper, true to his name, will now attack when approached in the Terror Gorge Poi
- Addressed an issue in Protector Of Persia that prevented players from completing the quest
Lost Tales of Greece
- Leda has been found safe and secure in the cave during "Daddy's Home"
- The Hero Sword reward will now be given to players after completing Daddy's Home
- Addressed an issue in Daughters of Lalaia that prevented players from progressing this Lost Tale of Greece
- Addressed an issue that caused Heir Of Memories to wrongly appear in Argolis at the start of the quest
New Game+
- Addressed an issue in New Game+ that caused all map progress to be carried over unintentionally
- Players will now be able to acquire the artefact after killing Medusa with NG+
- After killing the Cyclops in Stairway to Olympus with an NG+, the cutscene will now play as intended
- Addressed an issue in NG+, preventing players from completing "Test of Judgment"
- Addressed an issue during Battle Of 300 in NG+, causing Leonidas to have more than four adrenaline bars if the spear was previously upgraded
- Addressed an issue where the Mercenary tier 5 benefit wasn't kept in New Game+
- Addressed an issue in NG+, preventing players from completing Monger Down
- Hard Mode encounters in the Arena with NG+ will now drop the Arena Fighter's Set items
- After completing Ancient Revelations in NG+, players will no longer obtain a duplicate reward
Main Game
Gameplay
- Addressed several issues preventing players from completing Ainigmata Ostraka
- Addressed an issue causing players to spawn under the map when traveling to Lokris Overwatch viewpoint
- Bandits and Followers of Ares have finally agreed on a contract to try and take over the Obsidian Islands
- Daughters of Artemis contracts will spawn in regions where targets are available
- Sleeping NPCs killed next to their friends will no longer raise bounties
- Small boat sails will remain intact after reaching level 90
- Addressed an issue preventing players from meditating or summoning the Adrestia
- Not under the boat, Machaon will be ferried to the underworld properly after players confirm his kill
- Addressed an issue preventing players from confirming kill on the Swordfish & Brison
- Addressed an issue causing the Phalanx Spear to deal less damage than stated on the weapon card
- Addressed an issue preventing the Conquest battle heroes from spawning as expected
World
- Addressed an issue causing mercenaries to be seen in Modern Day
- The Tomb of Agamemnon is now off limit for wolves in Modern Day
Quest
- Addressed an issue in The Favor that prevented players from completing the quest
- Addressed an issue preventing players from interacting with the captain in "Test of Character"
- Addressed an issue preventing players from fighting the immortals after dying
- Addressed an issue in The Grand Minotour that prevented players from completing the quest
- Addressed an issue in By The Fates where the handmaiden could be stuck in a follow objective
- Addressed an issue in A God Among Men that prevented players from completing the quest
- After interacting with the door during "Meet Myrrine...," the cinematic will now trigger as intended
- Players will now be able to complete the "Unlucky Bandits" contract on Hephaistos Islands
- If left alive during A Fight With Talos, Talos will now remain armed
- Addressed an issue causing the shark to spawn underground where the glittery pendant is placed in Safe Passage
- In Stranger Tides, ambushing riders will enter combat and react to players as intended
- Addressed an issue in Shark The Vagrant that prevented players from completing the quest
- Addressed an issue preventing players from completing "Follow that Boat"
- Addressed an issue causing NPCs to get stuck, preventing the completion of "The Taxman Cometh"
- Addressed an issue preventing players from completing "Test of Faith." Faith is now given to you, misthios!
- Addressed an issue preventing players from completing "Let my Patients Go"
- Addressed an issue during "Conquest" when trying to defeat Stentor, causing players to get stuck in battle
- Addressed an issue causing Kleio's quest to disappear
- In A Venomous Encounter, the NPC will now be stationed at the checkpoint "Report to Metiochos"
- Addressed an issue preventing players from completing "To Kill or Not to Kill"
- Phidias's mortality will no longer prevent players from completing "Escape from Athens"
- Addressed an issue preventing players from completing Prince of Persia (The Blind King)
- Brasidas has been ordered to leave the Leader House so players can complete We Will Rise
- Bandits have found their ship, which was lost at sea, to join the fight during Mysterious Malady
- Addressed an issue in The Handmaiden's Story that prevented players from completing the quest
- Addressed an issue in Perikles's Symposium that prevented players from completing the quest
- Addressed an issue preventing some players from starting "A God Among Men"
- Addressed an issue with By The Fates where the quest reward wasn't given to players
- Diona will follow players in the "I, Diona" quest
- Addressed an issue with regards to "The Conqueror" achievement that prevented some players from unlocking it
- Addressed an issue causing Polyphemos to remain stationary after players are attacking during "To Be Nobody"
- Addressed an issue causing Herodotos to go missing during Perikles's Symposium
- Addressed an issue preventing players from completing "Remnant of the Ancients"
- Addressed an issue during Atlantis Destroyed causing Barnabas to die after the cutscene
- Although Herodotos loves recording history, he'll no longer follow players throughout Greece during "Family Values"
- Addressed an issue preventing players from interacting with the captain in the "Evening the Odds" quest
- After spending his living years working for the Order, Kleon has decided to relax on the beach in the Underworld, not ancient Greece
- Rebalanced the bow drop rate vs other weapons
- Addressed an issue during The Dunce Conundrum preventing players from obtaining Zeno's Paradox
- Phidias the one and only will be shown during Gates of Atlantis
- Addressed an issue preventing players from completing "Myths and Minotaurs"
- Addressed an issue causing the Minotaur's Labyrinth to be located underwater at times
Adrestia and Naval
- Addressed several issues with Athena on board the Adrestia
Graphics, Animations, and Audio
- Addressed various gear texture issues
- Addressed various lighting issues
- Addressed several weapon animation issues
- Addressed some graphical issues that occurred in various regions
- Addressed several character and NPC graphic issues
User Interface, Menu, and Subtitles
- Addressed various UI/HUD issues
- Addressed a display issue that caused the "Close" prompt to display twice on in-game popup notifications
- Steropes Bow and the Hero's sword can now be used in the Visual customization menu
- [PC] When Adaptive Quality is set to ON, Anti-Aliasing will be set to the appropriate value
- Addressed various localization issues
- Addressed an issue with the Ainigmata Ostraka "Ashes To Ashes" that didn't mark it as complete in the inventory
- Addressed an issue that caused the Mercenary Tier S4 to not work as intended
- The Abraxas horse skin will be awarded to players reaching Tier 1 Mercenary rank, as intended
- Addressed an issue where the wrong APs count would be displayed after a reset
- [PC] Addressed an issue preventing players from comparing on the Mercenaries and Cultist tabs when using M&K
- The "Rock and Roll" Ainigmata Ostraka will no longer roll away from your inventory
- After fast travelling, the stealth icon cannot remain invisible to players
- [PC] When using M&K, players can now walk on boats using the keyboard
- [PC] Increased the space between selections in the Mercenaries tab when using M&K
- [PC] Addressed an issue preventing players from reassigning key bindings when using M&K
- [PC] Added a description for the "Aim Assist" tooltip when using M&K
- [PC] Addressed an issue causing the UI to become unresponsive in borderless mode after minimizing the game with "Win+D"
- [PC] Native resolution values will remain intact when players switch to window modes without applying any settings
Perks, Engravings, and Abilities
- Players will no longer be able to apply the Sphinx Mane set bonus to other set items
- Addressed several issues with the Rage ability in combat
- Addressed an issue that caused the Call to Arms ability to be locked after Level 81
- Addressed an issue preventing players from using the NPC locking mechanic while Rage is enabled
Stability and Performance
- Addressed an issue creating crashes on loading when storing the game in MS storage systems
- Improved performance and stability on PS4
Photo Mode
- [PC] Increased scrolling speed for filters in Photo Mode. They see me scrollin'
- "Reset all settings" confirmation prompt will appear before implementation in Photo Mode
Ubisoft Club, Achievements, and Trophies
- Corrected several player stats and leaderboards in the Ubisoft Club
- Addressed several issues with Ubisoft Club challenges, stats, and leaderboards
- When the conditions are met, players will now unlock the "Breaking the Limit" achievement
- Addressed an issue that caused Daughters of Artemis kills not to count toward the legendary Marksman engraving objective, once you're the leader of this faction
- The bonus and engraved version of the Sphinx Mane will now be displayed in the menu
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