Chapters

Chapter 1:

• Adjusted lighting when exiting the cave to have more natural transition
• Fixed an issue where the durtar could enter combat during a cutscene, causing it to fly away
• Resolved an issue where dying sometimes respawned player with the incorrect lighting

Chapter 2:

• Lighting improved in caves, especially on Xbox S
• Shiftable cubes no longer have whitebox outlines
• Resolved issue where assets would load in for one frame during landslide

Chapter 3:

• Adjusted enemies to avoid Ryn getting stuck in a locked state if the enemies spawn within the environment
• Added death volumes around movable platforms to avoid the player getting stuck

Chapter 4:

• Adjusted the water to ensure it hits the wheel to create clear puzzle visual for player
• Fixed rope that was accidentally stuck in the stonerot

Chapter 5:

• Adjusted environment to ensure player does not fall through the slide
• Fixed remnants stuck in idle state at Eobard statue

Chapter 6:

• While in gravity, Ryn no longer floats if she uses double jump and begins her attack in-air
• Adjusted death volumes throughout chapter so enemies can more easily be shifted off ledges
• Elevator now correctly saves the state of the player upon exit and reload
• Improved camera transitions in gravity in several places
• Added more gravity platforms to stop Ryn accidentally flipping back during attacks
• Adjusted VFX for water so it displays even if you are not looking directly at it
• Scorpions will no longer become stuck in the air during combat when shifted off ledges
• Fixed FPS drop upon entering tomb

Chapter 7

• Geysir mechanic VFX now has the correct VFX, making it appear more full and natural 

Chapter 8:

• Fixed issue where the camera rotations on using the magnets occasionally caused the camera to break and become stuck inside the environment
• Squeezes now correctly prevents Ryn from entering while in combat
• Fixed floating Dalsmen

Chapter 9:

• Ensure player never respawns in an infinite mana state
• Fixed signalers on Ísfjandi to avoid any being in idle state during combat
• Adjusted death volumes to avoid enemies becoming stuck on ledges when shifted
• Increased blocking volumes on Islands to prevent Ryn accidentally going out of bounds
• Added visual distinction for time changer asset. White is past, Blue is present.

Chapter 10:

• Fixed issue with missing death volumes causing Ryn to sometimes be able to float in the air
• Improved visuals of fires close to the ward

Bosses

Zara:

• Zara's shield now takes damage from dagger
• Zara's shield now takes damage from drain and drain explosion
• Zara's shield now takes damage from stone throw
• If you interrupt Zara's rock throw ability it now cancels the animation effectively
• Rocks in the chapter 10 arena no longer float

Ryn and Companions:

Abram:

• Abram would sometimes get stuck in a paused state upon exiting the boat in Chapter 9 and then fail to help in combat. All paused states have now been removed after exiting the boat.
• Additional pathing added to Chapter 4 to ensure Abram does not get stuck on platforming elements
• Adjusted companion pathing in Chapter 10 to allow Abram to better follow Ryn along wall
• Improved Abram pathing throughout Chapter 6
• Added a failsafe to ensure Abram doesn't get stuck in Durtar battle before statis tutorial in Chapter 3
• Fix issue where Abram would sometimes punch the air during auto attacks
• Abram now can use light ball while doing other actions during combat, avoiding the situation where a charge was used up but the light ball didn't trigger
• Ensure Abram cannot get into a state where he is no longer registered as a companion
• Resolved issue where Abram gets stuck in combat arena in Chapter 8
• Fixed issue where Abram would sometimes glitch in the boat
• Abram now has a clearer visual for his auto attacks and on the respective target, making
  his presence in combat more accurately perceptable
• Ground VFX activated on footsetps for the respective biomes

Ryn

• Fixed snaps that could happen in certain rare transitions, such as walking off beams
• More consistently triggering ground VFX on Ryn across biomes
• Slight adjustments in overall responsiveness in combat and animation notifiers to enter and exit animations
• Shift targeting visual now accurately displayed on certain targets
• Ryn can now follow up Aftershock with a gapclosing attack, similar to blast
• Fixed shaking in Ryn when at maximum range during rope pulling

Cor

• Fixed an issue where Cor's damage could be framerate dependant

General:

• Fixed issue with cairns where they would sometimes spawn inside the environment
• Blast should now be cancelling all stunned abilities like the other stunned abilities do; this ensures enemies do not get stuck in a limbo state
• Increased text size in journal to help readability
• On challenge difficulty, fewer cairns are available for the player to use. Fixed an issue where they would still visually appear active
• Ensure cairns state are saved on game exit to avoid previously used cairns showing as active
• Fixed issue where ward states would not always save correctly
• Resolved issue where sometimes the companion would sometimes not receive an active target
• Fixed issue where 'Reset to Default' would not reset the keybindings
• Various minor bug fixes, performance improvements, slight balance adjustments, collision adjustments, and quality of life improvements

Respawning:

• Respawn distance in Ch8 after Stórdurtar combat is now closer
• Added more suitable spawnpoints to the illusion bridge puzzle in Chapter 5
• Adjusted respawn points in Chapter 7 to ensure they were always on a solid surface
• Added additional respawn points to Chapter 9
• Added new spawnpoints in Chapter 1 to avoid player respawning in the air

Audio:

• Sound effects added to time switcher asset in chapter 9 when activated
• Added sound effects to gears in Chapter 4
• Added damage sounds to Durtar with the large sword
• Added audio when Ryn interacts with seal that drops post Aurick fight

Cinematics:

• Fixed performance issues with The Cold Open intro cinematic
• Fixed issue where letter asset sometimes remained on screen indefinitely after The Cold Open intro cinematic
• Resolved issue where Abram had the incorrect facial animation during Bittersweet Reunion cinematic in Chapter 8
• Fixed Ryn's placement during Cairn intro tutorial
• Adjusted lighting issue during Eobard defeat cinematic in Chapter 5 to resolve FPS drop
• Ryn should now transition more smoothly into the Aurick death scene
• Ensure Abram is not upside down during the cinematics in Chapter 6
• Fixed Abram glitching during door opening cinematic in Chapter 6
• Wrong lighting preset the cutscene where Ryn and Abram meet Zara is resolved

Playtime tracking:

• Fixed a bug where time spent on the main menu would be subtracted from the playtime
• Fixed a bug where the playtime tracker itself would use incorrect values when calculating the final playtime.
• Added a safety feature to prevent time ever being subtracted from the tracker