Community Requested Features
- The player will now receive an additional talent point at levels 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30. Players with save files past those levels will receive the additional points.
- High Contrast Documents: New option increases font size and applies bold styling to all documents, tutorials, in-game pop-ups, and the ledger's quest tab.
- Walk Toggle: Players using mouse and keyboard can now toggle between walking and running.
- HUD Customization: [list]
- HUD Toggle Keybind: A new keybind (default: Backslash) hides all HUD elements for cleaner screenshots.
- HUD Opacity Slider: Adjust the transparency of the HUD to your preference.
- Third-Person FOV Slider: Added to Graphics Settings.
- Static Compass Option: Players can now lock the compass to always point North instead of rotating.
- Full support for customizing controller keybinds.
Crashes & Major Issues
- Game Stability Fixes: [list]
- Fixed a rare crash when switching music during level transitions.
- Xbox App (PC) Launch Crash Fixed: No longer crashes with error 0xc0000005.
- Fixed a save data issue causing crashes related to spawning enemies with save/loading.
- Resolved a Fast Travel crash that could sometimes occur.
- Addressed a rare crash affecting ROG Ally and Intel-integrated laptops.
Quests & Dialogues
- Quest Progression Fixes: [list]
- The "Quest Available" icon for Ranger Verano no longer appears after the quest becomes inaccessible.
- "The Finer Things in Battle" quest now triggers reliably and will retroactively complete for players who already met its requirements.
- Attacking the xaurips in Dehengen’s cabin before the "Find Her Cabin" objective now properly progresses the quest.
- "Our Dreams Divide Us Still" – Combat at Mount Forja now consistently ends to advance the quest.
- "Dawntreader" quest fix: Now properly turn-inable to Ofryc even if Kai and Marius are not in the party.
- "Elder Offerings" quest fix: Now properly resolves if the player both paid for the stolen food and returned it.
- "Boundaries of Antiquity" quest fix: Prevented an issue where players could skip a required conversation.
- "An Untimely End." - Ygwulf and the rebels no longer become hostile after sparing him.
- Fixed Adelarro and opponents failing to appear if Dreamthralls were killed before starting a side quest.
- Amalia will now always give you the key to her camp’s chest when speaking with her.
- Constable Hajime now correctly rewards players for bounties even if "Heart of Valor" isn’t completed.
- Marius’s Training Offer: His training offer is now more accessible in conversations.
- Conversations will no longer drop unexpectedly if enemies detect the player while in dialogue.
- Players can now restart conversations with:
[list]
- The illusion in the "Face Your Fears" quest (Shatterscarp).
- Runyd the watcher if dialogue ended prematurely.
- Ranger Casagrada in "Steel Resolve" after progressing past "Ancient Soil."
Systems & Gameplay Improvements
- Combat & Enemy Behavior: [list]
- Arrow Decals Improved: More visible in XSX Performance mode for "The Wasteland Courier" quest.
- Pistols now hit targets more reliably.
- Companions with the Shocked status effect no longer electrocute the player when nearby.
- Enemies react more reliably to arrow impacts.
- Ranged enemies are less confused when the player moves in and out of cover.
- Essence cost reductions now properly apply and no longer prevent spellcasting.
- Fixed cases where totem effects would stop working after conversations or cutscenes.
- "Into the Fray" ability can now be canceled into other actions sooner, improving combo potential.
- Fast Travel is now disabled during certain animations to prevent getting stuck when quest items are consumed before progression.
- If Old Nuna was defeated but the bounty quest didn’t progress, returning to the location now correctly updates the quest.
- If Belderreno was defeated but no bounty trophy was received, players can now revisit the bounty location to find the trophy.
- Loot in the Yellowband area no longer falls into the environment, preventing collection issues.
- Mouse 4/5 buttons can now be bound to actions.
- Optimized elemental accumulation effects for better performance.
- Optimized the Tebaru Sanakis spirit visuals to improve performance.
- Reducing VO volume now also reduces reverb/echo for characters.
- Upscaling no longer defaults to DLSS every time the game is launched.
- Adjusted Eothasian temple collision to prevent going out of bounds.
- Doors at Naku Tedek now correctly unseal when reloading a save if combat was already completed.
- Fixed rock collision near the Strangled Adra in Dawnshore.
- Wall textures in Emerald Stair Pargrunen Cache now render properly
Bug Fixes & Miscellaneous
- General Stability & Fixes: [list]
- Fixed a crash when relocating ladders.
- Fixed a crash when dying while using Shinobi Sneeze.
- Resolved issues with respawning enemies, such as the Sporeking reappearing after being killed.
- Fixed unkillable Dreamthralls outside of Thirdborn.
- Fixed an issue where Ryngrim's rotating wheel would shift when the game was out of focus.
- Gjeda’s Journal no longer contains duplicate entries when playing in French.
- The description for the food item Saucco now displays correctly in all languages.
- Medical Supplies quest item now has the correct icon.
- The player can no longer become stuck in the Cistern after dying in combat with Ygwulf.
- Sliding under obstacles now works properly.
- The player can now properly talk to Ambassador Hylgard, Ryngrim, Lodwyn, and others if combat previously interrupted a quest-related conversation.
- Sargamis no longer gets stuck when walking toward the lever in Eothasian Temple.
