Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s new update adds Nightmare difficulty and new River Raids content

NEW CONTENT

River Raids Update

• Added 3 new Rivers to the RIVER RAIDS game mode. (Erriff, Berbha, Rhine)
  • Face 2 River Champions and the new Champions of the Faith. Defeat them to get your hands on new weapons.
• Added new rewards to River Raids (Lugh’s Armor and 5 weapons – including a short sword)
• Jomsviking Hall can be upgraded to Level 4-5, allowing players to hire Jomsviking of Level 4-5, respectively.
  • Jomsviking of higher rank can carry more rations and do more damage to enemies.
• River Raid Longship cargo can be upgraded to Level 4-5.
• 3 new abilities can be found in River Raids monasteries:
  • Spinning Harpoon = Eivor performs a spinning attack that can be combined with other harpoon-based abilities. Enemies caught in the spin are knocked back
  • Percussion Arrow = Hit an enemy’s Shield to create a shockwave that staggers and damages nearby enemies.
  • Precision Axe Throw = Eivor performs a devastating axe throw that targets an enemy’s weak point.

Rune Perk Changes

• Targeted Rune socketing – This update means that RUNES will only affect the weapon they are socketed in, allowing players to create more targeted loadouts.
  • For example, you could fill your left-hand weapon with Attack runes and your right-hand weapon with Stun runes so that both weapons have very different effects.
  • Some stats will stay global (example: Assassination damages, Fire damages, etc.).
  • No changes have been made to Runes slotted on armor; they will still impact your character as a whole.
• Perk & Rune Perk Cap removal – We also removed the CAP that prevented Perks & Rune Perks (diamond shape) effects from stacking beyond a certain threshold.
  • Players will now always see the impact of their Perks and be able to create more specialized loadouts.

Difficulty Setting Adjustments

• Added Aesir (Nightmare) combat difficulty to the game.
  • +200% damages received
  • Standard damage inflicted
  • -40% rations heal
  • -38% Parry timing windows
• Players will now heal according to their selected difficulty setting:
  • Easy & Default = 100%
  • Hard = 80%
  • Very Hard = 60%
  • Nightmare = 60%

Odin’s Blessing – Community Tattoo Contest

• Added Community Tattoo Contest items to the game
  • Elfydil on Twitter – Torso/Chest
  • OuterDesert on Instagram – Head
  • Le_Papillon08 on Instagram – Torso/Back
  • SherllyzArt on Instagram – Arms
• Head over to Ubisoft Connect to unlock Odin’s Blessing for FREE from September 7 at 4pm UTC.

Game Improvements

Miscellaneous

• Updated the below skill nodes to include the new weapon types as follows:
  • Short sword = Greatsword skill node
  • Scythe = Spear skill node
  • Sickle = Seax skill node
• Players who cannot upgrade their settlement to level 6 due to lack of supplies will now be able to purchase supplies at the settlement merchant. (Only available at Level 5 and once a specific amount of supplies have been collected)
• Players didn’t take damage from fire after destroying a boat.
• Players not receiving XP after completing daily quests in Ireland & Francia.
• Longship missing or could be seen spawning in River Raids, Expansion 1 & 2.
• (PC) Photos deformed when taken in non-native aspect ratio in Borderless window mode.

The Siege of Paris – Expansion 2

• Players could re-enter the Île de la Cité through unintended means. Sorry folks
• The church gatekeeper from The Rot in the Slums is not at the gate, causing the investigation to disappear.
• (SPOILERS) Addressed several issues with the boss fight in Madness of King Charles.
• Longship sails to be opened during the dialogue scene upon arrival in Francia.
• Quest marker is misplaced on the Atlas for Homecoming.
• The Duelist remained stuck on the mount and did not fight the player.
• Numerous issues with the Barn bull fight.
• Sigfred could get stuck in The Rot in the Slums if players placed a horse on the stairs.
• World map isn’t opened after pressing the relevant key during the Rebel mission tutorial.
• The player cannot exit Little Mother’s sanctum if the conflict is initiated with either of the two NPCs in the tunnel before the dagger room.
• Confirm kill scenes missing for The Duelist, Hunter, Cavalier under certain circumstances.
• The Duelist cannot be completed if the dead body is being carried around after taking them down.
• The Duelist’s sheep follow his dead body if the player carries it around.
• Players could interact with the door from the other side in the Gisacum Ruin.
• Cannot progress in Little Mother after distracting her with Explosive Corpse, triggering the event.
• Addressed an issue that caused the Finisher camera to not be disabled in The Siege of Paris despite turning it Off in the menu.

Wrath of the Druids – Expansion 1

• Bed in Dublin was no longer accessible.
• Courting the Kings doesn’t update after freeing prisoners.
• Trial of the Morrigan cannot be started if it has been completed in a previous playthrough.
• Dublin’s Reach couldn’t be completed as Azad was dead.
• Black Shuck attacked the player before the start cinematic camera ends.

Main Quests, World Events, and Side Activities

• Daily Quest Dialogue Scene takes a long time to load and will end up having the camera underground when the Daily Quest menu opens.
• Basim was missing at the beginning of Severing the Lines.
• Unable to complete Under the Skin as Vili was stuck in the water.
• Quest marker missing in Smashing the Compass Probably shouldn’t have smashed that compass
• Unable to speak to Soma after regrouping in An Island of Eels
• Unable to go fishing with Ceolbert in Bloody Path to Peace. Ceolbert will never know peace
• Unable to complete the world event King of the Hay People.
• Unable to complete the investigation of the three clues in In the Absence of an Ealdorman.
• Unable to complete the quest Walls and Shadows as the cinematic didn’t start. * it’s all walls and shadows*
• No stones around to complete the Stoneman mystery.
• Unable to complete the Eurvicscire arc as player received Road to Hamartia after completing This Son of Jorvik.
• Old cellar mystery couldn’t be completed as the tablet wasn’t there.
• Unable to interact with NPC in Goddess of Birth.
• Players sometimes didn’t receive Orphans of the Fens after completing the quest The Great Scattered Army.
• Unable to access the quest The Way of the Berserker (with Ubisoft Connect overlay disabled)
• The duel with Dag didn’t trigger after sleeping during A Storm is Brewing.
• Hunwald doesn’t follow Eivor if they meditate after a drinking mini game in Homecoming.
• The boss in Extended Family could get stuck under certain circumstances.
• A Plague of Rats not working during the last phase of the fight with Dag.

River Raids & Mastery Challenge

• Enemies disappear from some River Raids locations after looting a chest, or it resets.
• Looting resource chests does not award Fabrics after fully completing at least 1 Mastery Challenge shrine.
• Unable to return to the settlement after a River Raid.
• Unable to start the River Raids tutorial after loading an auto-save twice during A River to Raid.
• NPCs fell from their stations occasionally and died in Mastery Challenge.
• Oil jars exploded before entering the Templebrough Fort Ranged Challenge if exiting and restarting the trial after destroying them.
• The alert level didn’t increase when raiding a Fortress.
• Mastery Challenge achievements and trophies didn’t transfer between platforms.
• Gold medal couldn’t be obtained anymore during stealth trial in Calleva Outpost, under certain circumstances.

Graphics, Audio, and Animation

• Numerous graphics or lighting issues.
• Various animation issues.
• Numerous Menu Narration issues.

Gameplay, Combat, and AI

• Numerous NPC behavior issues.
• Finisher Cameras for some animal takedowns isn’t disabled while option is turned off.

World

• Instances where Eivor, NPCs, or the longship would get stuck.
• Instances of misplaced or floating objects or textures.
• Fast travel to Viewpoints while disembarking could cause Eivor to offset from the location.

User Interface / HUD

• Numerous UI/HUD issues.
• Numerous VFX, GFX, UI elements weren’t adapted for colorblind modes.
• The Sort By call to action in the runes section will now display the next sorting option available and not the one that is currently applied.

Skills & Abilities

• Paladin perk for increased stamina consumption on attack didn’t apply
• Scythe of Tribulation Perk wasn’t working correctly.
• Couldn’t sprint while on the mount after acquiring Heidrun Slam.
• Moon’s Cut perk activated if the player shot any object.
• Auto-pathing is not functional on main skill nodes.
• Eivor kept an arrow in their hand after using some range abilities.
• Crescent Shield’s perk activates only once after a parry and doesn’t stack.

Performance and Stability

• Improved performance and stability.