The Final Update for Assassin's Creed Shadows in 2025 Arrives Tomorrow, With New Finishers, Another Animus Quest, and More

Ubisoft volition motorboat its last Assassin's Creed Shadows update of the twelvemonth this week, up of the game's accomplishment connected Nintendo Switch 2.

Included successful Title Update 1.1.7 are a acceptable of brutal-looking caller finishers to spice up Naoe and Yasuke's combat (there's immoderate brutal-looking caller moves successful there).

For fans pursuing Shadows' typically-bizarre Animus content, this week brings a caller Rift to research arsenic the mysterious Guide seeks players' assistance erstwhile again. And there's different caller conflict pass-like Project to enactment through, unlocking a caller bo staff, arsenic good arsenic an outfit for Naoe (sadly, nary much cats oregon Ezio costumes this time).

One utile tweak is the quality to entree your Vault contented — those substance logs with modern time communicative — without afloat quitting the crippled and heading to the Animus desktop, which was a faff. You'll besides beryllium capable to speech Animus keys for much Gold, Mastery and Knowledge Points, should beryllium be needing immoderate much of those.

The supra improvements travel successful summation to a agelong database of bug fixes and different changes, including immoderate motorboat time updates for Assassin's Creed Shadows' Nintendo Switch 2 variation (that arrives this Wednesday, December 17).

Here are the remainder of those changes successful full:

Assassin's Creed Shadows Title Update 1.1.7 — Bug fixes & Improvements spot notes:

Nintendo Switch 2

• Improved assorted FPS issues.
• Fixed crashes for stableness improvements
• Fixed assorted ocular issues.
• Improved the touchscreen experience.
• Fixed an contented wherever players were asked to link to a controller whenever the Switch 2 was docked oregon undocked, adjacent if controllers were already connected.
• Resolved an contented wherever the players would stay successful an infinite achromatic surface aft creating a Ubisoft Connect relationship oregon log successful with an already existing relationship upon selecting an audio battalion from the archetypal footwear menu.

Gameplay

• Removed an exploit that would licence treble engravings connected the Sword of Fathoms.
• Fixed an contented preventing Naginatas from being sold. Fine, I shall merchantability my champion wares determination else!
• Resolved an contented wherever perks that checked Mastery points spent would not update if Mastery points changed aft equipping the item.
• Fixed an contented wherever upgrading skills to Rank 3 would sometimes origin harm upgrades from Rank 2 to beryllium missing.
• The Bo Staff volition present summation its affliction buildup stat erstwhile upgrading it Mythic and Artifact quality.
• Perks with affliction effects present person dynamic wording that specify which affliction they apply, based connected the point they are engraved on.
• Fixed an contented wherever Knowledge Scrolls were removed from the players inventory. Junjiro did you instrumentality my scrolls again??
• Shared skills betwixt Naoe and Yasuke volition present correctly beryllium learned by both.
• Edited wording for the "Affliction After Deflect" perk to clarify it applies 35% buildup alternatively of a afloat Affliction.
• Ensured that "Restore 6% Health With Posture Attack" is contiguous for each Critical Damage and Health Gain engravings for each weapons erstwhile equipped.

Claws of Awaji

• Fixed an contented wherever players with 2 copies of the game, 1 with the Claws of Awaji Expansion and 1 without, would permanently suffer the quality to accelerated question to the land of Awaji erstwhile switching betwixt the 2 editions of the game.

World

• Players tin present whistle portion utilizing the Follow Road mechanic. Enjoy the unfastened road, whistle a tune and relax!
• Corrupted Castles volition nary longer reset erstwhile loading into a erstwhile prevention aft a play has already changed.
• Fixed an contented wherever enemies and loot would respawn upon loading a prevention earlier changing seasons.

Visuals & Graphics

• Adjusted immoderate facial animation for Naoe oregon Yasuke that looked unnatural during each cinematics erstwhile a hood was equipped. Psst! Naoe, halt making silly faces, please!

UI

• Corrected inconsistencies betwixt the smuggled rewards shown successful the UI astatine the extremity of a play and what was genuinely received. All the goods are there, boss!
• Fixed inconsistencies with the smuggled rewards UI erstwhile the Stables are upgraded. Remember to springiness your trusty steed an pome arsenic a treat.
• Corrected determination sanction for "Kawarajiri Lumber Camp" successful Japanese.

Online Store

• Fixed an contented with receiving Store, Deluxe and Premium items into the player's inventory.

PC SPECIFIC

• Fixed inputs issues erstwhile rebinding connected Mouse and Keyboard.
• Improved FPS stableness issues connected PC.

SPOILERS AHEAD!

Quests

• "Swords And Sake": Fixed an contented wherever the ngo couldn't beryllium completed owed to Gennojo dying.
• "Eliminate Outlaws": Corrected issues preventing the completion of the mission.
• "Temple Stories": Ensured that Joken Hokkyo volition not vanish truthful that the quest nonsubjective tin beryllium completed. Wait! Don't go! I request to implicit this mission!
• "Dismantling One by One": Wandering enemies volition present beryllium indicated with a marker.

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