Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Update 1.04 is available on consoles and PC with additional content

After unveiling the roadmap of year 1 for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft takes action with the deployment of 1.04 update on consoles and PC. This new patch corrects many problems, but also brings the content promised by the French publisher with the arrival of a new free quest.

New update, new free content for Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Indeed, this 1.04 update is now available on all supports for a download of 4.67 GB on PS5, 20 GB on Xbox Series X | S, 9 GB on Mac, 17 GB on PC and 8.5 GB on Steam. It brings in particular a new story around Luis Frois with a new free mission. However, the quest will only be available after having finished “the path it follows”, in Yasuke’s painting. Ubisoft also took the opportunity to update the Codex and add character biographies to the database.

Furthermore, here is the full note Patch concerning bug corrections:

General

• Fixed a problem where a problem prevented the player’s redirect to the Yasuke quest table.
• Fixed an problem where certain charms could not be accessible in the forge.
• Fixed several problems where visual customization could not be applied to certain weapons.
• Fixed a visual problem with the red bull charm that was exchanged between Yasuke and Nae.
• Resolution of several AI problems.
• Resolution of several audio problems.

Monde

• All objects near an altar or a religious building will now be static, preventing any destruction.
• Fixed a problem where too much deer appeared and ran on the main roads. Oh there, be careful!
• Merchants will no longer offer several instances of the same article in shops.
• Fixed a problem where the purchase and equipment of a headgear expelled from the merchant menu.

Quests

• Fixed a problem where in the “lost” quest, players could not speak to Nakamura Tadashige.
  • NOTICED : The players will have to move away from Nakamura Tadashige (+500 meters) then come back to speak to him.
• Fixed a problem where Nagato sometimes did not follow the right path in the prologue during the quest “Combat of the Kakushiba Ikki”.
• Fixed a problem where Momochi Sandayu does not attack during the goal “killing the soldier” in the quest “Combat of Kakushiba Ikki”.
• Fixed a problem where Nagato disappeared after a backup/loading during the quest “The Samurai Onryo”.
• An prompt will now appear properly to observe during the objective “Take height to observe the Samurai Onryo” in the quest “The Samurai Onryo”.
• Resolution of a problem with the enemy NPCs fighting between them after talking to Shotei during “against Koga-ryu”.
• Fixed a problem where Tokubei was starting to attack anyone who was conflict with the player during the “confront tokubei” objective of the “losing hand” quest.
• Fixed a problem where the quest indications do not correspond to the location of the quest during the “meeting Katsuhime” objective of the quest “against the koga-ré”.
• Resolution of a problem where Yasuke recovered all his health after receiving a deadly blow from Marume Nagayoshi during the duel of “Nobutsaha students”.

Steepness

• Fixed a problem where improved soil assassination (passive assassin competence) did not work properly.
• Fixed a problem where the assassinations did not take health with the knocked enemies.
• Fixed a problem where, after having made a double assassination, Nae could not change her weapon if she used katana as a main weapon.
• Fixed a problem with the brutal assassination of Yasuke not triggering a certain distance from the NPCs.
• Correction of the guaranteed assassination not operating with the Kunai.
• Fixed a problem where Nae could use smoke bombs to trigger guaranteed assassination opportunities on bosses.
• Fixed a problem where to squat during a sprint dodge increased the speed of the crouching state.
• Fixed a problem where Nae had a delay by squatting after moving while targeting a tool.
• Fixed an issue where the angle cover camera was not always triggered.
• Fixed a problem with the alarm bells reappearing after the kinematics. Please don’t sound. Please don’t sound. Please don’t sound.

Combat

• Adjustment of the advantage of tanto-Igan sunset (i.e. slowdown during an escape strike) to avoid an endless slowdown during the repeated use of the escape strike.
  • The advantage now works as follows: “slow down time after the escape strike interrupts enemies”
• Fixed a problem with the snake bite capacity (kusarigama) costing more than one adrenaline segment. Two fangs, but a bite.
• Fixed a problem where the “croissant strike” capacity (Naginata) did not inflict any damage during its first stroke.
• Fixed various problems with advantages that do not operate properly.
• Fixed a problem where the letters displayed on the screen did not close automatically when the player came into conflict.
• Fixed a problem where Nae cannot dodge if she first attacks the Ashigaru swordsman with a posture attack during the quest “Combat of Kakushiba Ikki”.
• Fixed a problem where the capacity wheel always displayed the capabilities of the weapon previously equipped when it was disarmed.

Visuals & Graphics

• Fixed several animation, visual or poor placement problems.
• Correction of various rendering problems.

UI & HUD

• Resolution of various IU/HUD problems.
• Resolution of location problems.
• Correction of a problem with the tutorial explaining how to use boats.
• Fixed a problem where the four targets of the pirate alliance were not aligned with the table of objectives.
• Fixed a problem where the drop-down list is missing for the options “text color” and “background color” in the subtitles menu.

Mode Photo

• Fixed various visual problems with photo mode.
• Fixed a problem where the visual effect of the last known position remained visible in photo mode.
• Fixed an problem where codex orbs remained present in photo mode.
• Fixed a problem where the size of the sticker effect increases when you decrease the value in the photo mode.

Lair

• Fixed a problem where the blacksmith was absent from the lair.
• Fixed a problem where certain charms could not be accessible in the forge.

Stability & Performance

• Resolution of various crash and stability problems.

Specific platform problems

Xbox

• Fixed a problem where the “balanced” mode was absent from performance options.

PC

• The use of VRAM is now added to the performance display when using the benchmark tool.
• Improvement of description in scalability options to better reflect the impact on CPU and GPU.
• Resolution of a problem with associations of conflicting keys for the mouse and the keyboard on PC.
• Fixed a problem where the VRAM indicator does not accurately update the use of VRAM when the parameters are changed individually.
• Resolution of a problem with PC using photo mode with ultra-large screen settings.

Steamdeck

• Resolution of a problem where there was a strong loss of FPS in the opening animation before arriving at the Hub Animus (Souvenirs).

MacOS

• Resolution of a problem with the light bar of the DualSense controller not emitting the correct light on macOS.
• Fixed a problem where resolution options are all “personalized” when the game is in MacOS fever.
• Use of the VRAM added to the performance display.

As a reminder, Assassin’s Creed Shadows is always available on PS5, Xbox Series X | S and PC.