A major Assassin’s Creed Valhalla update will be released on Tuesday

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla update 1.5.0

BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

STEALTH FIXES

Addressed:

• AI reaction to whistle improved.
• Players get detected by enemies when using environmental traps.
• Wild animals detecting Eivor regardless of distance/angle and alerting nearby NPCs.
• NPCs disengaging from conflicts extremely quickly.
• Enemy detection cones reducing when using a bow.
• Monks having difficulty to leave the music crowd stations in the quest Taken (Kidnap Estrid).

GAMEPLAY

• Added a Saga Difficulty Mode: Write your own Viking Saga without having to worry about the challenges of stealth and combat.
  • Combat: Enemies inflict less damage and don’t scale with players.
  • Stealth: More time allowed to perform actions when being detected (assassinating, shooting, disengaging, etc.).

• Added new combat settings.
  • Damage Eivor Takes
  • Eivor Damage Output
  • Ration Healing Ratio
  • Adrenaline Regeneration
  • Enemy Health Modifier
• Added support for more controllers on PC (Nintendo Switch Pro & Stadia).

Addressed:

• Eivor gets teleported randomly in some instances.
• Headshots are blocked by the NPC’s shield when shooting from behind while undetected.
• Players can remain stuck in any Boss fight if Dive of the Valkyries is used as last hit while having the Night Rogue Set equipped.
• PC players losing all input after pressing the ; key on their keyboard.
• Light Fingered skill not activating when dodging through a lootable body.
• Cannot defeat the Black Shuck Alpha Animal as the end QTE is not appearing.
• Enemy’s attacks become weaker if Combat Difficulty value was set to Custom.
• Unable to use the fishing line.
• Unable to use rations.
• Several option changes made from the pause menu were not applied.
• Hero stats not updated correctly upon equipping the Arenhare’ko:wa Gear Set.
• Feign death ability not working properly when used on specific terrain or objects.
• Eivor’s bow disappearing when using the Goule Breath.
• Mouse and keyboard icons remain visible despite adding a controller.
• Wrath of the Druids: Enemies in Dublin and Meath territories do not scale with Eivor’s Power Level after changing Level scaling options.
• The Siege of Paris: Keyboard input being displayed while using a controller in some instances.

MAIN QUESTS, WORLD EVENTS, AND SIDE ACTIVITIES

Addressed:

• Dag is not present near the longhouse making it impossible to complete A Brewing Storm.
• Cannot progress The Prodigal Prince as the assassination prompts are not showing up during the training sequence.
• Cannot collect the Offchurch Key during the Tilting the Balance quest.
• Cannot assassinate Gorm in Hunter of Beasts.
• Missing quest marker in Closing the Vault after following Ljufvina.
• Unable to complete The Forge and the Flame quest as a cutscene would not be triggered.
• Unable to complete Pilgrimage to St. Albanes as players cannot interact with Fulke.
• Unable to kill the Pict Chief during the quest Old Friends.
• Unable to proceed in Road to Hamartia as Beonton the dog is stuck.
• Unable to interact with Ivarr during King Killer.
• Unable to complete A Feast to Remember after defeating Suttungr.
• Unable to proceed in Abbots Gambit with the objective Find Fulke and Sigurd.
• Unable to complete This Son of Jorvik as Faravid does not get on his horse.
• Old Wounds cannot be completed as Rollo is stuck outside his camp.
• Guards are stuck in the brothel in Old Wounds.
• Cannot complete King of Shitsby World Event due to NPC spawning outside of the church.
• Deviled Water world event cannot be completed as NPC is stuck in the river.
• Haunting of Neist Point and The Drink of the Picts world events cannot be completed if a meditation is performed during the Dialogue Scene.
• The NPC does not show up in the camp in the World Event The Twit Saga Part 2.
• The Siege of Paris: Siegfried does not move in Warlord of Melun.
• Wrath of the Druids: Barid and Ciara will not go to the coronation for Flann over Ireland.

ASSASSIN’S CREED CROSSOVER STORIES

Addressed:

• A Fated Encounter does not update upon completing A Wise Friend and building Valka’s Hut.
• The Temple could be opened by throwing a fire pot at the door in What Dream May Come.
• What Dreams May Come quest does not update after exploring the Cave of Gold if the objective is reached after entering a conflict state.
• Enemy villagers can be found again at the light puzzle in the Cave of Gold after completing What Dreams May Come.
• Two of the five shards remain marked on the map upon collecting them in Counting Sheep.
• Kassandra’s voice does not match in a segment of the Dialogue Scene in Night and Day.

RIVER RAIDS, JOMSVIKINGS, RAIDS

Addressed:

• Extensive loading times when transitioning from River Raids to the Ravensthorpe.

MASTERY CHALLENGE

• Unable to progress in A Challenge From the Gods after the first cutscene.
• Enemies are not highlighted when using Odin Sight in Odin Mine Hideout.
• Goliath NPC can throw the boar outside of the arena making it impossible to complete the Outpost Fight Challenge.
• NPC fall to their death in Lolingestone bandit camp.

TOMBS OF THE FALLEN

Addressed

• Platforms descending before the push/pull object is on them.
• Carriable snaps in Eivor’s hands if thrown behind the spike wall in Swamp tomb.
• Various issues where Eivor would remain stuck in a free fall animation and/or get desynchronized.

MISCELLANEOUS

Addressed:

• Wrong gameplay options present in the Discovery Tour: Viking Age menu.
• Online Service Error (0x20100302) when viewing photos on world map.
• Assassination cutscenes are still playing when activating Photo Mode.
• Horses can photobomb dialogues scenes.
• Achievements / Trophies are not unlocking after playing AC Crossover stories when sharing progression on multiple platforms.

GRAPHICS, ANIMATION, AND AUDIO

Addressed:

• Meteorites not being spawned in England.
• Store items disappearing from the inventory or not being visible on Eivor.
• Smoke Bombs not exploding when returned to the enemy with the missile reversal skill.
• Instances of misplaced or floating objects or textures.
• Numerous clipping issues.
• Numerous graphics, texture, animation, or lighting issues.
• Various issues with missing SFX.
• Numerous Menu Narration issues.

UI/HUD

Addressed:

• Numerous UI/HUD issues.
• Added various improvements to the Codex menu.