Assassin's Creed Origins Patch Notes - Patch 1.4.0

The latest Assassin's Creed, Origins, is one of the best games in the series, which just goes to show that Ubisoft can manage great things when they don't try to rush these things in a yearly cycle. They've been quite steady with the patches and updates for the game, so here's the full up-to-date Patch Notes for Assassin's Creed Origins on PC!

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Patch 1.4.0 Update - March 06, 2018

PATCH SIZE

Xbox One: 3.6 GB PS4: 2.9 GB Steam: 0,7 GB Uplay PC: 3.2 GB

NEW FEATURES

Added support for the “The Curse of the Pharaohs” expansion

Added a reward to the main game for completing the Discovery Tour – finish all 75 guided tours to find out what that reward is. ;)

NEW GAME+

Fixed an issue blocking the quest “Homecoming” from progressing when Hypatos is knocked down by a blunt weapon

DISCOVERY TOUR

Fixed an issue where the Discovery Tour progress could be lost after reinstalling the base game without patching to the latest version

Fixed an issue that could limit the speed of a mount in all areas

THE HIDDEN ONES

Removed the possibility of selling the Mysterious Papyrus at the Bureau

MAIN GAME

QUEST

Fixed an issue preventing the “Kill Sefetu’s archers” objective from completing in the quest “All Eyes on Us”

Fixed an issue preventing the player from giving the amulet to complete the quest “A Dream of Ashes”

Fixed an issue with mounts appearing in the fight ring during the quest “Lady of Slaughter”

GAMEPLAY

Improved enemies reactions to observing a Chain Assassination

Added the possibility of parrying with the shield while carrying a torch

Changed the description of the Hou Yi’s Bow to indicate that it has Poison on Hit ability instead of Instant Charging

Fixed the displayed Player Level on a save game which could drop back to 40 after uninstalling an add-on

Fixed an issue preventing Camp Shetjeh from completing

Fixed an issue preventing the Gracious Attire from appearing in Weaver Shops

Fixed an issue with Phylakes that would stop spawning

Fixed an issue preventing the playable character from leaving the Krocodilopolis arena after performing a Fast Travel

Fixed an issue preventing the playable character from controlling mounts of assassinated NPCs

WORLD

Fixed an issue that could prevent the output of any sound when resuming the game after being inactive.

Fixed low-quality textures for low and very low texture details

Fixed flickering artifacts on multi-monitor setup

Fixed resolution option when using portrait mode

SYSTEM

Improved overall stability of the game application

Fixed an issue preventing the completion of the ”Seshem.eff Er Aat” tomb after quitting the game with Alt-F4 after having activated the Ancient Mechanisms

Patch 1.2.1 Update - January 30, 2018

PATCH SIZE:

Xbox One: 2.6GB

PS4: 2.5GB

Uplay PC: 3GB

Steam: 0.6GB

PATCH HIGHLIGHT:

Horde Mode: Following your feedback about the progression in the Horde mode, we decided to adjust the progression system. Players will now be able to progress further than wave 16.

THE HIDDEN ONES

Improved Gamilat’s behaviour in the quest “The Setting Sun” when the playable character is being stealthy

Fixed unreactive soldiers sometimes appear in the quest “Sic Semper Tyrannis”

Fixed an issue with the “Good Things Come” papyrus losing its name after solving it

Fixed Hidden Ones Bureau icons that could move on the World Map when marking them

MAIN GAME

QUEST

Fixed an issue preventing an objective marker to be displayed during the quest “When Night Falls”

Fixed various issues where quest objectives would not properly update

Fixed an issue causing Mered’s character model to change during the quest “The Hyena”

Fixed an issue preventing the playable character to interact with Damastes during the quest “Egypt’s Medjay”

Fixed an issue preventing the vault door from opening during the quest ‘’The Final Weighing’’

Fixed an issue preventing the last cinematic of the second Present Day quest to trigger

Fixed an issue preventing the playable character to interact with the Animus in the Present Day

ACTIVITIES

Scaled down the enemies level progression in Horde Mode, so players are able to progress post-wave 16

Fixed an issue with Khensa’s health bar and level staying visible in the Arena lobby after beating her

GAMEPLAY

Improved various playable character animations

Fixed the caravan animals not following the playable character after being tamed

Fixed an issue preventing animals from being tamed when in deep water

Fixed an issue with Predator attacks not granting XP when it was completed using animal taming

Fixed an issue where the Unicamel could not be called by playable character

Fixed an issue preventing berserked enemies from attacking tamed animals

Fixed animals falling through world when using the Enhanced Predator Bow skill

Fixed an issue with NPCs trying to mount a chariot being driven by the playable character

Fixed an issue that allowed Herwennefer, the War Elephant, to regain health during combat

Fixed an issue with NPCs that could appear to swim on land

Fixed various stuck issues for the playable character and NPCs

USER INTERFACE

Added missing ‘Drop Object/Body’ action to the ‘Heavy Attack’ button on the alternate control scheme

Fixed an issue with the Quest Log that could appear in Photo Mode

Fixed Ubisoft Club items not appearing as OWNED when returning to the Store after acquiring them

Fixed an update issue in the Gear menu when using the Hide button

Fixed the label overflow on the Hide button in the Gear menu in some languages

WORLD

Fixed various issues with flying boats

Fixed various NPC spawning issues

Fixed various spots where player could go through collisions

GRAPHICS & AUDIO

Fixed various visual issues occurring in HDR

SYSTEM

Added Save Results button on Benchmark Results page

Improve overall stability of the game application

Fixed an issue when the game remains in the background processes of Task Manager after closing it using Alt+F4

Patch 1.2.0 Update - January 16, 2018

PATCH SIZE

Xbox One: ~3GB

PS4: ~3GB

Uplay PC: ~2.6GB

Steam: ~1.2GB

PATCH HIGHLIGHTS

Added support for the upcoming “The Hidden Ones” expansion

Added “Incoming Threat” quest to the game

Updated items loot pool of the Heka Chest (more details in the “New Features” section)

NEW FEATURES

Added a new quest to the world: “Incoming Threat”

Added the Atlas view on the World Map displaying the Sinai and the Valley of Kings regions

Added support for the “The Hidden Ones” expansion

Added the possibility to sell-back outfits to the Weaver shops

Added all the latest Store items from the Nightmare, First Civilization, Gladiator, Wacky, and Almighty packs to the Heka Chest

Added the option to toggle the visibility of inventory items on the Gear menu

QUEST

Improved various cinematic transitions

Increased the resistance of Khaliset to the Overpower Ultra ability

Corrected the visual size of Isfet’s weapon in the quest “Lady of Slaughter” to match its collision box

Prevented Tahirah from following the playable character after a certain distance in the quest “Reunion”

Fixed various issues that might occur when skipping cinematics

Fixed an issue causing the stash in the quest “The Mousetrap” to float

Fixed an issue preventing the player from completing the quest “The Healer”

Fixed various situations causing Jumbe, the War Elephant, to reset in the middle of combat

Fixed an issue preventing the playable character from climbing and fighting while in the quest “The Final Weighing”

Fixed an issue allowing Thutmose to lose his felucca in the quest “Blood in the Water”

Fixed the delay before the Quest Completed trigger when completing the quest “A Tithe By Any Other Name”

ACTIVITIES

Reduce the difficulty of Hippodrome races

Fixed an issue preventing enemies from being able to be pushed into the pit of the Duelist II Arena encounter

Fixed an issue where players were ranked incorrectly after completing a Hippodrome race

GAMEPLAY

Improved the behavior of tamed animals

Fixed various issues on how fire was applying damage to the playable character and NPCs

Fixed an issue with the spawning of the playable character in the Haueris Nome

Fixed an issue that could cause a desynchronization when controlling Senu from a hiding location

Fixed the damage bonus applied by Master abilities, which was lower than designed

Fixed an issue that could prevent the Chain Attack ability to work

Fixed an issue that could prevent the Adrenaline ability to be triggered

Fixed the Overpower Chain Throw ability that was awarding Assassinate bonus XP

Fixed an issue allowing the inactive weapon to cause damage

Fixed an issue with the distance counter not updating correctly when NPC is outside of the field of view

Fixed various situation where the playable character could remain stuck

Fixed various issues with the animations of the playable character

Fixed various issues with the spawning, the reactions, and the animations of NPCs

USER INTERFACE

Added the leaderboard to the Horde Mode menu panel

Fixed an issue with the Target Menu not properly showing The Scarab after reloading the save game

Fixed various issues with the World Map filters

Fixed an issue making arrow disappear from its quiver in the gear page when using the customization options

Fixed an overlapping issue with Custom Markers when playing in Traditional Chinese

Fixed an issue where the "Bathhouse Towel" outfit would appear as new every time the playable character exits the bathhouse

Fixed a mistranslation on a Papyrus puzzle when playing in Russian

Fixed an issue with the distance counter not updating correctly when NPCs are outside of the field of view

Fixed some discrepancies in the Quest Log

Fixed various typos

Fixed the user associated with the “Best Score” in the Arena leaderboard after having switched profile in the main menu

Added a message telling players to restart their game after acquiring new downloadable contents

Added the ‘Hide Icons’ action to the Eagle section of the Customize Controls option menu

Fixed the Fast Travel action in the World Map

WORLD

Fixed the models of the Level 10 gears

Fixed an issue with Weaver shops selling the same outfit more than once

Fixed an issue with cages that could open by themselves when they had a prisoner

Fixed several areas where the playable character could go through collisions

GRAPHICS & AUDIO

Balanced the audio volume level in different areas

Fixed an issue when the playable character could continue to talk after dying

Fixed various visual issues that could occur when transitioning from indoor to outdoor

Fixed an issue with the intensity of the red when in HDR

SYSTEM

Improve overall stability of the game application

Fixed various infinite loadings and black screen hangs

Fixed game freeze after minimizing all tabs in Windows 7

Improved Performance Metrics graphs functionality

Patch 1.1.0 Update - 12th December, 2017

Ubisoft will be releasing Patch 1.1.0 for Assassin's Creed Origins across all platforms tomorrow, which adds a number of changes including improvements to game stability, balance changes, support for HDR display, added a Horde Mode to the Arena, a new “Nightmare” difficulty and more. Full changes can be found below:

Patch Sizes:

- PS4: 3GB

- Xbox: 3GB

- PC: TBC

Patch Highlights

Added a new “Nightmare” difficulty mode
Added an NPC scaling option, “Enemy Auto-Level”, that makes enemies’ level scale up to player’s level
- Please note: Enemy levels will only scale up to player level, they will not scale down
Added a new “Horde Mode” to the Arena
Added support for HDR display

System

Improved general game stability
Adjusted the balance of the economy by reducing the price of Lion Claw and Leopard Fur
Capped the number of Trinkets and Animal Goods to 999
Fixed rare occurrence of world paused state due to a terrain node priority change
Fixed stuttering on NVIDIA graphic cards when playing in borderless mode
Improved Performance Tools functionality

Graphics & Audio

Improved texture streaming selection to allow for more high-resolution texture
Increased the distance at which we display the higher quality fake geometry of Alexandria
Improved the view distance of the Siwa temple
Improved the level of details of the Hemon Mastaba location
Improved the quality of the Photo Mode picture taken while playing with HDR enabled
Fixed loading grid setups for tall palm tree fields to improve their view distance
Fixed far shadow popping transition issue when updated during the time of day cycle
Fixed shadow culling issue in the great library of Alexandria during sunrise and sunset
Fixed a visual issue on bows when switching them while out of combat
Fixed a visual issue with quivers
Fixed an issue which prevented music from playing again in the quest “Aya: Blade of the Goddess”
Fixed missing voice-over during various cinematics
Fixed a sound issue when using Overpower on certain NPCs
Fixed various repeating voice and sound effects
Fixed an issue that could cause multiple music tracks to overlap
Fixed multiple out of place audio lines in the Arena
Increased the texture memory budget to allow for more usage of higher resolution texture
Increased the terrain memory budget to reduce terrain popping when the camera rotates
Fixed some trees not using high-resolution texture
Fixed white squares appearing in windowed mode on 4K monitor
Fixed an issue with the Reset graphic option

World

Fixed several areas in the world where the player could encounter collision issues
Fixed various issues with the level of details of world objects, NPCs, and vehicles

Gameplay

Improved NPCs reactions
Fixed the health regeneration that could stop working after gaining health from Health on Hit/Kill weapon attributes
Fixed the unlock of the Old Habit achievement/trophy for player who have met the conditions
Fixed various issues preventing the “Game Progression” statistic to reach 100%
Fixed the "No Limits" Ubisoft Club Classic Challenge from not unlocking
Fixed an issue with the Ubisoft Club Classic Challenges that were not showing as unlocked even if they had been completed
Fixed an issue that could cause the controller to vibrate indefinitely in the score screen of the Hippodrome
Fixed an issue where the playable character could lose its inventory when fast traveling from the Bathhouse
Fixed an issue where Senu could pass through the world
Fixed an issue that allowed thrown torches to inflict poison or bleed effect
Fixed some loading issues while using Senu
Fixed various issues with the spawning of NPCs
Fixed various issues causing the player character to remain stuck
Fixed various navigation and animation issues with the playable character

Quest

Improved the navigation of the Rebels during the quest “A Rebel Alliance”
Improved various cinematic transitions
Fixed an issue where the playable character could remain stuck or fall through the world during the quest “The Battle of the Nile”
Fixed an issue where the playable character could lose its equipped weapons during the quest “The False Oracle”
Fixed an issue preventing the playable character from dealing damage to crocodiles during the quest “Blood in the Water”
Fixed an issue preventing the quest objective marker to be displayed during the quest “Family Reunion”
Fixed an issue that could cause the player to lose the prisoner during the quest “His Secret Service”
Fixed an issue that could cause a gladiator to remain stuck with the playable character during the quest “The Crocodile Jaws”
Fixed an issue causing Daily Quests from disappearing from the Quest Log
Fixed an issue that could prevent the “Control Nuisance” Daily Quest from giving its reward"
Fixed an issue that could prevent the dialogue scene from playing during the quest “Blood in the water”
Fixed an issue that could prevent Hallucinations from ending during Taimhotep's Song
Fixed an issue that could make the quest “Children of the Streets” impossible to complete
Fixed an issue that could prevent the key for Eudoros’ chest to appear in the inventory in the quest “End of The Snake”
Fixed an issue that could cause Cleopatra to die at the end of the quest “Way of the Gabiniani”
Fixed an issue forcing Bayek to receive a spear instead of a bow during the chariot fight of the “The Battle of the Nile” quest
Fixed an issue that could cause Aya to spawn as Bayek

Activities

Increased the number of Drachmas rewarded by Hippodrome tournaments
Tweaked controls sensitivity in Hippodrome
Fixed an issue that could prevent the introduction cinematic of Seleucid from playing
Fixed an issue that could prevent the use of bows in the Arena

User Interface

Added Hood, Hair, and Beard customization options in the Gear menu
Added an “Uncompleted Locations” filter to the World Map
Added a “friends-only” pictures filter to the World Map
Added the option to hide the Compass and the Enemy Proximity Feedback on the HUD
Improved on-screen feedback with Friend Challenges in Arena
Increased display time of the on-screen feedback when the playable character gets hit by an arrow
Changed input button for the Compare Equipped action
Fixed various icon issues in the World Map
Fixed an issue with the Trial of the God reward being displayed incorrectly in the Quest Log
Fixed an issue with the quest objective of Trial of the Gods appearing below the world
Fixed the display of Photo Mode pictures captured on multi-monitor configuration
Enabled Eye Tracking by default
Added “Quit to Desktop” option to the pause menu

Patch 1.0.5 Update - 22nd November, 2017

The latest patch for Assassin's Creed Origins is up now a little after the console version, and offers such niceties as a Beard Toggle Keyboard Shortcut, improved Sandstorms, a patch for the fight against the elephant, and fixing the entrance to Eesfet Oon-m’Aa Poo. Be warned though, some players are reporting some LoD problems after installing it.

Now for the Changelog:

Patch Highlights

Ambush at Sea – The issue that caused for some save games to be corrupted was fixed and the mission is now available to players again

Note: The mission should reappear on the map after a reboot of your system. Be sure to be connected to the online services while starting the game.

Difficulty – Enemies of a lower leven than the playable character are now more challenging in Hard Mode.

Beard/Hair Toggle

Selected preference of beard/hair will remain saved now

Added support for Keyboard and mouse controls

Shift + Z – Hair

Ctrl + Z - Beard

Performance and Stability improvements on all platforms

System

Improved performance and stability

Fixed some infinite loading and black screen hang

Fixed hardware performance metrics for Radeon R9 2xx series

Fixed several Ultra HD monitor, multi-monitor mode, and multi GPU mode issues

Fixed infinite saving occurring in Photo Mode when anti-aliasing option is Off

Graphics & Audio

Improved Sandstorm ending visual

Fixed some level of detail issues in the world and for some NPCs

Fixed an issue that could prevent the call mount whistle from playing

Fixed an issue that could cause music tracks to overlap

Temporarily deactivated spatial sound support to resolve issues with some USB headsets

Fixed the functionality of the Field Of View option during the Benchmark session

World

Improved appearance of the water in caves

Removed some invisible collision in Siwa

Fixed various issues with the spawning of boats

Fixed a lighting issue in the Sunken Temple of Sarapeion

Fixed some floating NPCs, floating rocks, and other floating objects

Fixed various texturing issues

Gameplay

The selected cheat option for Bayek’s hair and beard will now remain saved

Improved various animations on the playable character

Improved the navigation of the playable character

Improved shield stance behavior while on vehicles or mounts

Improved NPCs and animals reactions and navigation

Improved Raging Axe’s boss fight behavior in Arena

Improved spawning delay on loot bags when killing NPCs

Improved shield charge behavior

Improved Follow Road mode

Revised fire damage taken by the playable character

Revised poison propagation
Made enemies of lower level than the player more challenging in Hard Mode

Fixed some loading issues while using Senu

Fixed some issues preventing the playable character from interacting with loot bags

Fixed an issue that allowed thrown torches to inflict poison or bleed effect

Fixed spear fight animation against some enemies

Fixed an issue with loot bag spawning in shallow water

Fixed an issue preventing crocodiles from being damaged while in water

Fixed an issue with the activation of slow-motion

Fixed various issues causing the playable character to be stuck

Fixed some camera clipping issues

Fixed some issues preventing bows to automatically sheathe

Fixed an issue where counterweights could remain stuck on the ceiling in the Tomb of Sneferu

Fixed an issue that could prevent Overpower Chain Throw from being used

Fixed an issue that could prevent Chain Attack from dealing damage when a spear is equipped

Fixed an issue that could prevent the player from interacting with the entrance of “Eesfet Oon-m’Aa Poo”

Fixed issue preventing Senu’s perception range from being taken into account when loading a save game

Fixed movement issues in Walk mode

Quests

Improved various cinematic transitions

Fixed an issue that could corrupt the playable character’s inventory after completing “Ambush at Sea” quest

Fixed an issue that could prevent the player from completing quests after returning to the title screen

Fixed various issues causing Quest objectives to disappear after desynchronization

Fixed various issues with Flavius during ‘’The Final Weighing’’ quest

Fixed an issue where the objective would not update during ‘’The Hungry River’’ quest

Fixed an issue with Theodoros who could stay in midair during ‘’A Rebel Alliance’’ quest

Fixed an issue where leader’s health could be restored during ‘’Plight of the Rebels’’ quest

Fixed various issues with Pothinus’ elephant during ‘’Battle of the Nile’’ quest

Fixed an issue with Hotephres’ ship being sunk in gameplay and cinematic during ‘’The Crocodile’s Scales’’ quest

Fixed an issue where the Planetarium Tunnel could remain closed after performing a save/load action

Fixed an issue where the “Wild Ride” quest would fail when getting on a chariot or a cart

Fixed an issue where objectives in the ‘’The Flea of Cyrene’’ quest would not properly update after performing a leap of faith from the Apollo Temple

Fixed various issues with the fight against the war elephant Herwennefer

Fixed issues preventing the ancient tablets to be interacted with

Fixed an issue which allowed the playable character to keep the “The Battle of the Nile” quest spear

Fixed issue where Apollodorus could remain stuck in a wall during ‘’Egypt’s Medjay’’ quest

Fixed dialogues that would sometime be missing from the cinematics of “Playing with Fire” quest

Fixed an issue that could prevent Hypatos from attacking the playable character in the quest “Homecoming”

Fixed an issue that could make Septimus invisible during “The Final Weighing” quest

Fixed various issues with Thutmose during “Blood in the Water” quest

Fixed an issue preventing the player from completing the quest “Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another” because he spawned as Bayek

Activities

Improved the spawning of enemies in the Cyrene Arena

Fixed an issue preventing the unlockables completed as Aya from carrying over to Bayek

Fixed various issues causing the playable character to be pushed out of the chariot while in Hippodrome races

Fixed an issue where the playable character could remain stuck in the Arena ‘’lobby’’

User Interface

The selected Map filter will now remain saved

Added sound feedback when switching the editing modes during Photo Mode

Added button mapping for petting Senu in the alternate control scheme

mapped to specific keys

Improved image resolution of crafting items

Improved fire visual effects on animals

Changed health gain visual feedback to display in green when hitting enemies

Fixed Senu’s marked location for the Tomb of Khufu

Fixed various issues with icons in the Map

Fixed an issue where the Photo Mode HUD could not appear

Fixed HUD modules that stayed hidden changing HUD Preset to ‘Show All’

Fixed the suggested level of some quests

for some their owners

Fixed multiple typos in the menus

Added mouse support for rotating the character in the Gear menu

Added mouse and keyboard support to toggle Bayek’s hair and beard in Gear menu

Hide Arena HUD while in Photo Mode

Allowed triggering Call Mount and Animus Pulse on button Press when they are

Assassin's Creed: Origins Assassin's Creed Origins Patch Notes - Patch 1.4.0

Patch 1.4.0 Update - March 06, 2018

Patch 1.2.1 Update - January 30, 2018

Patch 1.2.0 Update - January 16, 2018

Patch 1.1.0 Update - 12th December, 2017

Patch 1.0.5 Update - 22nd November, 2017

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