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

Graphics/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 centre 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 with a sleep dart (Thorn of Slumber) didn’t allow 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 now consumes 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