Ubisoft revealed that Update 1.2 for Assassin's Creed Origins will go live today on all platforms. The patch is expected to weigh approximately 3GB on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, 2.6GB on UPlay (PC) and 1.2GB on Steam (PC).
Assassin's Creed Origins Update 1.2 adds support for the upcoming The Hidden Ones story expansion (set to be released towards the end of the month, its plot takes place ten years after the events of the main game), adds a new quest and updates the loot item pool for the Heka Chest. You can find the full notes below.
Patch Highlights
Added support for the upcoming “The Hidden Ones” expansionAdded “Incoming Threat” quest to the gameUpdated item 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 regionsAdded support for the “The Hidden Ones” expansionAdded the possibility to sell-back outfits to the Weaver shopsAdded all the latest Store items from the Nightmare, First Civilization, Gladiator, Wacky, and Almighty packs to the Heka ChestAdded the option to toggle the visibility of inventory items on the Gear menuQuest
Improved various cinematic transitionsIncreased the resistance of Khaliset to the Overpower Ultra abilityCorrected the visual size of Isfet’s weapon in the quest “Lady of Slaughter” to match its collision boxPrevented Tahirah from following the playable character after a certain distance in the quest “Reunion”Fixed various issues that might occur when skipping cinematicsFixed an issue causing the stash in the quest “The Mousetrap” to floatFixed 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 combatFixed 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 racesFixed an issue preventing enemies from being able to be pushed into the pit of the Duelist II Arena encounterFixed an issue where players were ranked incorrectly after completing a Hippodrome raceGameplay
Improved the behavior of tamed animalsFixed various issues on how fire was applying damage to the playable character and NPCsFixed an issue with the spawning of the playable character in the Haueris NomeFixed an issue that could cause a desynchronization when controlling Senu from a hiding locationFixed the damage bonus applied by Master abilities, which was lower than designedFixed an issue that could prevent the Chain Attack ability to workFixed an issue that could prevent the Adrenaline ability to be triggeredFixed the Overpower Chain Throw ability that was awarding Assassinate bonus XPFixed an issue allowing the inactive weapon to cause damageFixed an issue with the distance counter not updating correctly when NPC is outside of the field of viewFixed various situation where the playable character could remain stuckFixed various issues with the animations of the playable characterFixed various issues with the spawning, the reactions, and the animations of NPCsUser Interface
Added the leaderboard to the Horde Mode menu panelFixed an issue with the Target Menu not properly showing The Scarab after reloading the save gameFixed various issues with the World Map filtersFixed an issue making arrow disappear from its quiver in the gear page when using the customization optionsFixed an overlapping issue with Custom Markers when playing in Traditional ChineseFixed an issue where the "Bathhouse Towel" outfit would appear as new every time the playable character exits the bathhouseFixed a mistranslation on a Papyrus puzzle when playing in RussianFixed an issue with the distance counter not updating correctly when NPCs are outside of the field of viewFixed some discrepancies in the Quest LogFixed various typos[Xbox One X] Fixed the user associated with the “Best Score” in the Arena leaderboard after having switched profile in the main menu[PC] Added a message telling players to restart their game after acquiring new downloadable contents[PC] Added the ‘Hide Icons’ action to the Eagle section of the Customize Controls option menu[PC] Fixed the Fast Travel action in the World MapWorld
Fixed the models of the Level 10 gears (bracers visual known issue)Fixed an issue with Weaver shops selling the same outfit more than onceFixed an issue with cages that could open by themselves when they had a prisonerFixed several areas where the playable character could go through collisionsGraphics & Audio
Balanced the audio volume level in different areasFixed an issue when the playable character could continue to talk after dyingFixed various visual issues that could occur when transitioning from indoor to outdoorFixed an issue with the intensity of the red when in HDRSystem
Improve overall stability of the game applicationFixed various infinite loadings and black screen hangs[PC] Fixed game freeze after minimizing all tabs in Windows 7[PC] Improved Performance Metrics graphs functionality