Horizon Forbidden West Patch Notes

Fixes and Improvements

Main Quests

• Fixed an issue in “To The Burning Shores” where the Defense Drone’s laser VFX were not visible after dying/restarting checkpoint.

• Fixed an issue in “To The Burning Shores” where the “Search for a Way Up the Tower” objective could not be completed if the player destroys the pullable ceiling too early.

• Fixed an issue in “Heaven and Earth” where leaving the Observatory before the objective updates to “Find the Transmitter” causes the transmitter not to be interactable, conditionally blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue in “Heaven and Earth” where entering the code to open Londra’s private room before the objective updates to “Find the Door Code” causes the objective to not update correctly.

• Fixed an issue where the Zenith Tower’s shots would not kill Aloy and Seyka during “Heaven and Earth – Fly to Starlight Rise”, resulting in an awkward swim back to land.

• Fixed an issue in “For His Amusement” where opening the door to the Armory while Seyka is engaged in combat in the main courtyard may cause her to become idle, possibly blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue in “His Final Act” where the mission objective “Meet Seyka in Fleet’s End” did not have a quest marker on Seyka.

• Fixed an issue in “His Final Act” where Seyka’s bow was floating next to Seyka.

• Fixed an issue where the Defense Drone can be looted twice.

Side Quests

• Stopped Gildun’s hands from clipping through Aloy’s hair when Gildun gives her a hug.

• Fixed an issue in “A Friend in the Dark” where Aloy is able to place the Pullable Box halfway through the elevator’s exit which conditionally blocks further progression if the player jumps down.

World Activities

• Fixed several treasure chests that were located under the ground’s geometry.

• Fixed Aloy saying that she’s “picking up another signal” after completing Aerial Capture: South.

• Fixed an issue in Cauldron THETA where if the player makes progress in the first room of the Cauldron, backtracks to the entrance and returns, their progress will be reset and callouts repeated.

Machines

• Fixed an issue where the Stingspawn’s eye light shone brightly in the distance, but the Stingspawn itself wasn’t visible.

• Fixed the Stormbird’s repeated use of the “Thunder Dive” attack without a triggering cooldown.

• Fixed an issue where flying out and immediately going back to the Burning Shores area will cause the player to spawn midair without the mount, possibly causing death by falling.

• Fixed an issue where the Tideripper can appear to warp through the air.

Weapons

• Fixed an issue where the Weapon Wheel displays an incorrect amount of ammo for the Specter Gauntlet if Aloy is forced to stow her weapon by a Status Effect while she is aiming a Designator.

• Acid Resistance boost lowered by 10% on Quen Deadeye, Quen Commander, Blacktide Quen Commander and Tenakth Vanquisher to align the acid resistance to the other elementals

• Fixed an issue where Aloy was unable to equip weapons following a Clamberjaw attack.

UI/UX

• Fixed an issue in Relic Ruins: Murmuring Hollow where the Battery Stations in the carts and the Ornament room shows a powerless indicator with a charged battery inside after reloading the autosave.

Performance and Stability

• Added several crash fixes.

• Fixed several locations where the player could get stuck.

Other

• Fixed an issue where Aloy kept her Diving Mask on during two cinematics in Main Quest “Death’s Door” in New Game Plus playthroughs.

• Removed a set of floating climbing poles in the Hollywood Hills area.

• Picking up Dye Flowers no longer results in a canister collection sound effect instead of the correct sound effect.

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

Main Quests

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “To the Burning Shores” where creating a save at the campfire during the “Climb Up the Tower” objective and then loading that save would lead to a progression blocker, as Seyka would block the climbing path.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “To the Burning Shores” where the time of day could become stuck after fast traveling away from the tower.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “To the Burning Shores” where very rarely Seyka would disappear after the boss fight at the tower, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “Heaven and Earth” where during the “Kill the Clamberjaws” objective one of the Clamberjaws could get stuck outside of the player’s reach, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “Heaven and Earth” where backtracking through the quest could result in progression blockers.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “The Stars in Their Eyes” where players would be able to get stuck in invisible walls.

• Forbidden West update 1.024 fixed an issue for Main Quest “For His Amusement” where creating a quick save and loading it during the “Investigate the Armory” objective would cause the Storage Device to not be interactable, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “For His Amusement” where players would be able to get into the volcano before opening the door, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “His Final Act” where players could get stuck outside of the combat area during the Horus fight by clipping through the tentacles.

Side Quests

• Fixed an issue for Side Quest “In His Wake” where restarting from save after looting Pirik and then fast traveling would cause the cell door to be unable to pry open, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for Side Quest “The Splinter Within” where the skiff could get stuck in plane wrecks.

• Fixed multiple issues for Side Quest “A Friend in the Dark” where the crate could get stuck while using the elevator.

• Fixed an issue for Side Quest “A Friend in the Dark” where players could get stuck behind or under the elevator, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for Side Quest “A Friend in the Dark” where part of the puzzle could be skipped by jumping onto walls.

• Fixed an issue for Side Quest “A Friend in the Dark” where under certain conditions Gildun would become idle and not move the elevator, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for Side Quest “A Friend in the Dark” where restarting from save right after killing the Burrower swarm will reset the “ Kill the Machines ”objective, reverting progression.

• Fixed an issue for Side Quest “A Friend in the Dark” where the luggable wagon cart could be released early, potentially blocking the crate from being pulled down if players fall down the platform.

World Activities

• Fixed an issue for “Aerial Capture: North” where players with an already broken save file would still not be able to go to the start of the flight path after examining the improvised transmitter, making the activity incompletable.

• Fixed an issue for “Aerial Capture: East” where players who failed the flight path under certain conditions would not be able to start it again, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for several “Aerial Captures” where Aloy’s callouts could cut off the recording dialogue.

• Horizon Forbidden West version 1.024 fixed an issue for Cauldron “THETA” where dropping into the Cauldron from the left side of the opening could potentially not trigger the start of the activity, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for Relic Ruin “Murmuring Hollow” where restarting from save while holding an energy cell could potentially block progression.

• Horizon Forbidden West 1.024 update fixed an issue for Relic Ruin “Murmuring Hollow” where the energy cell could be thrown off the cliff, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue where the Stormbird could become idle in the storm cloud when players approached it at a certain timing. This left players unable to start “Aerial Capture: West” and unable to collect the Delver’s Trinket collectable “Mighty Pint,” thereby blocking the Errand Quest “The Delvers’ Trove”.

• Fixed an issue for the “Delvers’ Trinket” collectables where players could skip part of the puzzle while collecting the “Cherished Flask.”

• Fixed an issue for the “Pangea Figurines” collectables where players could not collect the “Green Raptor” if they left the parking garage after opening the trunk in which the collectable is located.

• Fixed an issue for the “Pangea Figurines” collectables where due to a mistranslation for several languages in the description of the “Green Raptor,” players could not enter the correct code for this collectable at the Dino Digits Quiz, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for the “Pangea Figurines” collectables where for several languages the code information was missing from the description of the “Dimorphodon,” making the Dino Digits Quiz incompletable.

Datapoints

• Fixed an issue for datapoint “Notes on Londra’s Code” where players would not be awarded the datapoint in their notebook if they enter the code correctly.

• Fixed multiple issues for “Pangea Figurines” collectables where for several languages the description would not show up for the “Dimorphodon,” “Queen Rex,” and “Reggie the Pterodactyl.” Players would miss out on information needed to complete the Dino Digits Quiz.

Machines

• Horizon Forbidden West 1.024 fixed an issue where unmarked machine sites would not spawn machines after players reached Ghost Level 101.

Weapons

• Fixed an issue for the Specter Gauntlet where the option to craft the upgrade obtained during Side Quest “In His Wake” would still display at some workbenches after crafting.

• Fixed an issue for the Specter Gauntlet where crafting ammo would use all available resources from both the Inventory and the Stash.

Skills

• Fixed an issue for the Workbench Expert skill where it would not decrease the cost of crafting ammo for the Specter Gauntlet.

UI/UX

• Fixed an issue for the Fabrication Terminal where despite unlocking overrides for all machines, a question mark would still be present for the last entry, potentially causing confusion.

Performance and Stability

• Multiple crash/hang fixes.

• Fixes and improvements to frame rate drops.

• Optimization of art assets.

• Photo mode

• Fixed an issue for photo mode where using it inside the Horus could cause camera clipping and graphical flickering.

Other

• Fixed an issue for Brimshine where players would not have enough to buy and upgrade everything. One Brimshine Sliver has been added near the entrance of Cauldron “THETA.”

• Note that Jobs will not point to this location until Aloy (re)visits this area!

• Fixed multiple issues where players could get stuck in assets and/or geometry or fall out of the world.

• Fixed an issue where skiff locations were available within the range of Zenith Towers while they were still active. Fast traveling to such locations would cause players to be immediately targeted and killed by the Defense Drones.

• Fixed multiple issues with on screen text and mistranslations.

• Fixes and improvements to audio.

• Fixes and improvements to visuals.

• Added stability and performance imprvements.

• Other minor tweaks.

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

Main Quests

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “To the Burning Shores” where restarting from save after the opening cinematic would despawn the machines players need to kill during the “Kill the Machines” objective, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “To the Burning Shores” where the Bilegut could fall through geometry after a jumping attack, blocking progression during “Kill the Bilegut” objective.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “To the Burning Shores” where under certain conditions the Bilegut corpse would not spawn, possibly causing players to miss out on a special outfit mod.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “To the Burning Shores” where fast traveling during “Follow Seyka into the Tower” objective could lead to Seyka no longer leading the player upon returning to the quest area, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “To the Burning Shores” regarding Aloy’s outfit and headdress during the opening cinematic.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “Heaven and Earth” where fast traveling during “Create a Path to the Facility Entrance” objective could lead to a progression blocker.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “Heaven and Earth” where Seyka could become idle during the crane and ballista puzzle.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “The Stars in Their Eyes” where a Bilegut could be killed in a spot that would block a generator, making it impossible to override the control node, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “For His Amusement” where restarting from save after pulling the lever during “Reset the Power” objective would lead to a progression blocker.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “His Final Act” where backtracking after destroying the heat sink could block progression.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “His Final Act” where progressing through the quest too quickly could cause an error in Seyka’s buddy behavior, blocking progression.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “His Final Act” where players might get stuck when getting close to the Horus tentacles.

• Fixed an issue for Main Quest “His Final Act” where players would fall out of the Horus interior.

Side Quests

• Fixed an issue for Side Quest “In His Wake” where fast traveling during objective “Investigate the Skirmish Site” could lead to a progression blocker.

• Fixed an issue for Side Quest “A Friend in the Dark” where players could reach the valve wheel by jumping onto rocks and walls, skipping part of the puzzle.

World Activities

• Fixed an issue for “Aerial Capture: North” where players would not be able to go to the start of the flight path after examining the improvised transmitter, making the activity incompletable.

• Fixed an issue for Cauldron “THETA” where players were able to skip a room by sliding through the door to the next room before it closes.

• Fixed an issue for Cauldron “THETA” where players could skip interacting with the controllable drone by jumping on walls and other geometry to progress through the room.

• Fixed an issue where the Stormbird would not show up in the storm cloud until players restarted from save or died. This left players unable to start “Aerial Capture: West” and unable to collect Delver’s Trinket collectable “Mighty Pint”, thereby blocking the Errand Quest “The Delver’s Trove”.

• Fixed an issue for the Stormbird in the storm cloud where if players were killed and then left the area, upon returning and killing the Stormbird the electric discharge would not open the locked doors on the island. This left players unable to start “Aerial Capture: West” and unable to collect Delver’s Trinket collectable “Mighty Pint”, thereby blocking the Errand Quest “The Delver’s Trove”.

• Fixed an issue for the Stormbird in the storm cloud where callouts and tracks were present during Main Quest “To the Burning Shores” although the Stormbird encounter is not active during this quest.

• Fixed an issue for Delver’s Trinket collectable “Music Box” where the item’s description would not show up in the notebook. This issue blocked the Errand Quest “The Delver’s Trove”.

• Fixed an issue for “Pangea Figurines” where players were able to enter the answers to the Dino Digits Quiz before collecting the figurines, making it incompletable later.

Datapoints

• Fixed a translation issue for datapoint “IN FOR IT” guiding players “northwest” when it should be “northeast”, possibly causing issues finding “Pangea Figurines” collectable the “Green Raptor”. Without this collectable, players would not be able to complete the Dino Digits Quiz.

Machines

• Fixed an issue where the Fireclaw would stay down indefinitely if knocked down.

• Fixed an issue where the acid VFX of an acid attack of the Bilegut would persist indefinitely.

• Fixed an issue where flying Sunwings were stuck in place.

• Fixed an issue where the Horus AA Cannon would not deal damage to players.

• Fixed an issue where Stingspawn would not engage with players.

Weapons

• Fixed an issue where the focus scan could not be canceled by aiming a weapon.

• Fixed an issue where applying “Draw Speed” Weapon Coils to Hunter Bows would slow down draw speed.

Skills

• Fixed an issue where performing Grapple Strike on a Corruptor could lead to clipping and camera problems.

• Fixed an issue where the Minefield Valor Sure would cause problems when activated on uneven terrain.

UI/UX

• Fixed issues for roads on the in-game map.

• Fixed an issue where the buddy icon and the quest marker would show up above Seyka at the same time.

• Performance and Stability

• Multiple crash/hang fixes.

• Multiple loading screen fixes.

• Optimization of art and game assets.

Other

• Fixed an issue where players were not able to travel with flying mount between The Burning Shores and The Forbidden West at specific sections of the border.

• Fixed multiple issues with fast traveling and the skiff.

• Fixed multiple issues with on screen text and mistranslations.

• Fixes and improvements to audio.

• Fixes and improvements to visuals.

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

World Activities

• Fixed an issue with Dino Digits Quiz rewards not unlocking under certain conditions.

Performance and Stability

• Multiple crash fixes.

Other

• Fixed an issue with Time of Day getting stuck permanently

The following changes were added previously.

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

Main Quests

• Addressed a bug in the Base where players could get stuck in the bathroom.

• Addressed a bug in Main Quest “Reach for the Stars” where the objective doesn’t complete after reaching the shuttle if the player triggers the machine callout before looking at the shuttle.

• Addressed a bug in Main Quest “The Dying Lands” where progression did not update after defeating the Grimhorn.

• Addressed a bug in Main Quest “The Sea of Sands” where a cinematic would not trigger, resulting in the “Exit the Ruins” objective not updating.

• Addressed a bug in Main Quest “The Sea of Sands” where the land inside the Casino did not load in after acquiring POSEIDON.

• Addressed a bug in Main Quest “The Wings of the Ten” where the Sunwings would not be present on the top of The Base.

Side Quests

• Addressed a bug in Side Quest “A Soldier’s March” where skipping the “Go to the Start of the Climb” objective and going straight to Wekatta would cause the mission objectives to not update.

• Addressed a bug in Side Quest “The Way Home” where the mission objective “Gather Resources for the Gyrocompass” would not progress after picking up the required amount of Batteries.

• Addressed a bug in Side Quest “Signal Spike” where the “Kill the Machines” objective does not update, resulting in the player being unable to talk to Silga.

• Addressed a bug in Side Quest “A Tribe Apart” where the player was unable to interact with a Metal Flower.

• Addressed a bug in Errand Quest “Burden of Command” where the Child didn’t talk to Aloy during the “Protect the Child” object.

• Addressed a bug in Errand Quest “Burden of Command” where the Child would be missing after skipping the ‘Scan the Area’ objective, and then restarting from save during specific later objectives.

• Addressed a bug in Errand Quest “Shining Example” where if the player destroys the Metal Flower Vines before the objective changes to “Destroy the Metal Flower’s Vines”, the objective won’t update altogether, blocking progression.

• Addressed a bug in Errand Quest “Opening the Arena” where Kalla did not spawn inside the Maw of the Arena after the player gathered the necessary machine parts.

World Activities

• Addressed a bug in Cauldron IOTA where the player could get permanently stuck if they fall down during the final climb to the Tallneck’s head.

• Addressed a bug in Cauldron IOTA where the Manufacturing Arm holding the Tallneck’s Head would be in a jammed state, blocking mission progression.

• Addressed a bug in Cauldron KAPPA where the “Kill the Tideripper” objective could not be completed after killing the Tideripper very quickly. Another Tideripper that needed disciplining! We definitely know who our naughtiest machines are.

• Addressed a bug in Relic Ruins: The Stillsands where a pullable crate could get stuck in the ceiling.

• Addressed a bug in The Arena where quitting during a fixed Challenge could result in the player losing their loadout, and it being replaced with the loadout from the Arena Challenge.

• Added a new cinematic camera in The Arena when ending a challenge, stopping the camera from pointing at a wall.

• Brightened the nighttime lighting around Black Box: Jagged Deep.

• Addressed a bug in Melee Pit: Thornmarsh where the Melee Pit Master would become invisible after restarting from save or Fast traveling away at a specific moment.

Machines

• Addressed a bug the Notebook loot entry about the Shellsnapper’s ‘Refining Core’ includes Volatile Sludge, despite it having 0% drop chance.

• The sturdier mid and large machines will escalate to combat when 35% of their health is lost in one shot.

Humans

• Addressed a bug Quest Companions would become unresponsive after being hit in combat.

Weapons/Armor/Skills

• Addressed a bug players were unable to use melee attacks after getting hit by Shock/Heavy attacks.

• Addressed a bug the Dodge Roll may fail to activate if triggered immediately after firing.

• Addressed a bug setting the ‘Weapon Wheel Slowdown’ setting to Slowest will result in noticeable outfit and hair popping when accessing the Weapon Wheel in game.

UI/UX

• Addressed a bug introduced in the previous patch, where the player could not place a waypoint marker within 500 meters of the player.

• Addressed a bug the Exclamation Point that is visible when a new item is acquired no longer appears

• Addressed a bug in the Stitcher merchant screen, where the compare menu would always compare to the base level statistics of the currently equipped outfit, even when it is upgraded.

• Added an indicator to show when a Weave is already equipped when changing Weaves.

• Updated the Crafting section below the Weapon Wheel with new UI elements to show resource names.

• Updated the Skill Points icon to be more noticeable when the player has unspent skill points.

• Fixed more Metal Flowers and Firegleam icons remaining on the map.

• Addressed a bug after navigating to the bottom of a longer quest’s Objective Log, details of other quests are missing.

• Addressed a bug restarting from save after looting Greenshine will result in the Jobs system directing the player to the previously looted site. (NOTE: This will not retroactively fix Jobs for previously looted sites that are already active. For these players, once the player reaches the indicated area, the system will update and the player will be redirected to the correct site).

Performance and Stability

• Multiple crash fixes.

• Multiple streaming fixes in game and in cinematics.

Other

• Addressed a bug Aloy may severely bounce for up to 10 seconds while looting an item. The celebratory loot raves are over, but they live on in memory.

• Addressed a bug the landing platform in Raintrace Rise could not be used.

• Multiple fixes to Datapoints not unlocking correctly.

• Multiple fixes to controller remapping.

• Multiple fixes to Aloy’s animations.

• Multiple fixes to Aloy or important characters/machines falling out of the world.

• Multiple audio fixes and improvements.

• Multiple lighting fixes and improvements.

• Multiple fixes and improvements to body and facial animations in cinematics.

• Multiple fixes and improvements to NPC animations and to NPC props in settlements.

• Multiple localization and subtitles fixes and improvements.

• Multiple other bug fixes.

• Addressed some visual shimmering issues.

• Addressed a bug where during Side Quest ‘Blood Choke’, Atekka does not use the ballista.

• Fixed a bug where players reported no longer being able to trade with Abadund after completing his dialogue after finishing a Side Quest.

• Addressed a bug where players cannot place any waypoint markers on the open world within a 500 meter radius of Aloy’s position.

• Fixed a bug where players reported new items acquired not showing up with the New (!) icon in their inventory.

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

Main Quests

• Fixed an issue in Main Quest “The Broken Sky” where sometimes players were not able to interact with or follow Kotallo after fast traveling away and progressing through other side content.

• Fixed an issue in Main Quest “The Wings Of The Ten” where in rare occasions the objective would not update upon returning to the Base, blocking progression.

Side Quests

• Fixed multiple conditional progression issues in Side Quest “Thirst For The Hunt”.

• Fixed an issue in Side Quest “Boom Or Bust” where overriding any of the machines during the “Kill the Machines” objective would not progress the quest.

• Fixed multiple instances of machines that would get outside of the player’s reach during Side Quest objectives, thus conditionally blocking progression.

World Activities

• Fixed an issue in Rebel Camp Devil’s Grasp where sometimes the “Search the Command Center” objective could not be completed.

• Fixed an issue in Rebel Camp First Forge where the player can miss obtaining the Sun Scourge bow by reloading a save after looting Asera. NOTE: This will not affect save games of people who “lost” the bow due to reloading the save after picking up the bow but before talking to Erend. These players can revisit Asera’s corpse. Asera’s corpse will always respawn until players have looted the bow from her. Please, take the bow so she can stop haunting the West.

• Fixed an issue with Keruf’s “Missing Gear” salvage contract where the contract could not be completed if the player acquired multiples of the required items.

• Fixed an issue in the Plainsong Hunting Grounds where trials could sometimes not be started or completed.

• Fixed an issue with Melee Pits progression.

Machines

• Fixed an issue where player level instead of kill count could influence whether Apex or Evolved machines would spawn in the open world instead of standard variants.

• Fixed an issue with the Bristleback where the Apex version would never spawn in the open world.

• Fixed an issue with the Plowhorn where the Apex Plowhorn would not contain the Apex Plowhorn Heart.

• Fixed an issue with the Rockbreaker where “Mining Claws” could not be collected from an Apex Rockbreaker after detaching them.

• Fixed an issue with the Slaughterspine where looting the Plasma Earthblaster from the Apex Slaughterspine would contain one metal shard, instead of Volatile Sludge and Crystal Braiding.

• Tweaked drop rates for the Snapmaw’s “Dispersal Tanks” loot.

• Fixed an issue with the Skydrifter where the Skydrifter would stand in the air.

• Fixed an issue with the Thunderjaw where the regular (non-Apex) version would never spawn in the open world.

• Disciplined a Tideripper caught showing off by slip and sliding across their designated habitat.

• Fixed an issue with the Widemaw where its throat keeps spinning after it has been killed.

Humans

• Fixed an issue with humanoid enemies where applying the killing blow with a Spike Thrower could cause the enemies to freeze in place instead of dying and falling to the ground.

Weapons/Armor/Skills

• Rebalanced the unintentional change on Legendary weapons.

• Fixed an issue with the upgrade path for Death-Seeker’s Shadow: Increased Impact Damage for Advance Hunter Arrows with the first upgrade.

• Fixed an issue with Death-Seeker’s Shadow and Lightning Hunter Bow where crafting Advanced Shock Hunter arrows would draw resources from the stash.

• Fixed an issue with Shredders where sometimes the reload and toss animation did not play.

• Fixed an issue with Shredders where Advanced Shredders would use the same icon as normal Shredders.

• Fixed an issue with the Shredder Satchel where the Workbench menu states that the maximum number of Advanced Shredders is increased to 12, but the actual maximum number in-game was 11.

• Fixed an incorrect statement in the tutorial text for the Purgewater tutorial. The text used to state ‘Once in this state, their elemental attacks are disabled and they become more vulnerable to Frost and Shock attacks.‘ This has been changed to ‘Once in this state, their elemental attacks are disabled and their resistance to all elemental damage and states is reduced.’

• Fixed an issue with Coils and Weaves where mods that are meant to increase impact damage instead increase all damage.

• Fixed an issue with Coils and Weaves where weaves that grant multiple defense increases show the Plasma Weave icon.

• Fixed an edge case where pressing the “throw” action for Rocks would perform a Heavy Melee instead. Stealth players, don’t celebrate too loud, the machines will hear you!

• Fixed an issue with Hunter Bows where the reload animation plays incorrectly when using Advanced Elemental or Targeting arrows. Players should now be able to fire arrows more rapidly.

• Fixed an issue with the Carja Wanderer, Nora Sentinel and Nora Tracker armor where resistances would decrease when upgrading them.

UI/UX

• Activating a new quest prompt when it shows up in the HUD will now correctly highlight that quest in the Quests tab in the journal.

• Fixed an issue where trying to access a workbench after selling all weapons would result in an infinite black screen.

• Action prompts and quest markers can now be hidden in the custom HUD settings.

Graphics

• Improved visibility in the underwater section of the Relic Ruins: Isle of Spires.

• Changed the sort order on some vegetation assets to improve rendering time.

• Made adjustments to the dynamic resolution system to scale better.

• Performance and Stability

• Multiple crash fixes.

• Multiple streaming fixes in game and in cinematics.

Other

• Added subtitles for the lyrics of the title song, “In The Flood”. Time for a karaoke session!

• Added a “Toggle” option in the Settings menu for loot actions.

• Fixed multiple control remapping conflicts.

• Fixed a default control conflict between Mount Light Attack and Select/Deselect Track while in Focus mode.

• Fixed an issue where Aloy could become locked in an animation if a Valor Surge was activated while using a zipline.

• Fixed an issue where killing a hovering Stormbird could sometimes result in its corpse being stuck in a floating position.

• Fixed an issue where difficulty-related settings could be enabled in difficulty modes that did not allow them.

• Fixed multiple instances where Aloy could get stuck in geometry.

• Multiple fixes to Aloy’s animations.

• Multiple audio fixes and improvements.

• Multiple lighting fixes and improvements in cinematics.

• Multiple fixes and improvements to body and facial animations in cinematics.

• Multiple fixes and improvements to NPC animations and to NPC props in settlements.

• Multiple localization fixes and improvements.

• Multiple other bug fixes.

Bug Fixes and Improvements.

Main Quests

• Addressed a bug where Main Quest “Reach for the Stars” where progression did not update after restarting the “Clear the rubble with the pullcaster” objective.

• Addressed a bug where Main Quest “To the Brink” where Belna would sometimes not spawn after objective “Clear the Daunt: Kill the Machines”.

• Addressed a bug where Main Quest “Death’s Door” where progression is blocked after using a “Leaplasher Spark Coil” in an upgrade before the “Gather Resources for the Igniter” objective is active.

• Fixed multiple issues with Main Quest “Singularity” where unexpected character behavior might lead to progression blockers.

Side Quests

• Addressed a bug where Side Quest “The Bristlebacks” where progression did not update after examining the Bristleback carcass prior to talking to the Carja Magistrate.

• Addressed a bug where Side Quest “The Bristlebacks” where progression might be blocked due to objective “Kill the Bristlebacks” not updating in the mine.

• Addressed a bug where Side Quest “Drowned Hopes” where the progression is blocked if using an alternate route to get to the pryable rocks.

• Addressed a bug where Side Quest “Lofty Ambitions” where the Stormbird might get stuck in the terrain, blocking progression.

• Addressed a bug where Side Quest “Lofty Ambitions” where the merchant Abadund will not have his prompt after quest completion.

• Addressed a bug where Side Quest “Signal Spike” where progression did not update due to interacting with NPCs in Side Quest “The Wound in the Sand”.

• Addressed a bug where Side Quest “Signal Spike” where Aloy can get stuck underwater during the “Go to the Source of the Signal” objective.

• Addressed a bug where Side Quest “A Soldier’s March” where objective “Scan for Penttoh’s Tracks” will not trigger if players arrive on a Sunwing nearby marker for objective “Climb the Mountain”.

• Addressed a bug where Side Quest “A Soldier’s March” where objective “Kill the Frostclaw” would not update and block progression.

• Fixed multiple issues with Side Quest “The Blood Choke” where Atekka would get stuck or disappear.

• Fixed multiple issues with Side Quest “In the Fog” where progression did not update after killing the Clawstrider.

• Addressed a bug where Side Quest “In the Fog” where progression did not update after following Garokkah to the Memorial with alerted machines.

• Addressed a bug where Side Quest “Forbidden Legacy” where progression did not update due to Alva being unresponsive on the ”Follow Alva to the Atbay Headquarters” objective.

• Addressed a bug where Side Quest “Forbidden Legacy” where a gap between two buildings was blocking progression.

World Activities

• Addressed a bug in Cauldron IOTA where the objective “Override the Tallneck” would not update on completion.

• Addressed a bug in Cauldron CHI where overridden machines would act hostile towards Aloy.

• Addressed a bug in Contracts “Property Retrieval” where progression was blocked upon reloading the activity with all Relics found.

• Addressed a bug in Contracts “Alarm Antennas” where the objective would not update if Aloy has three Antennas before completing the “Gather Scrounger Alarm Antennas” objective.

• Addressed a bug in Contracts “Rollerback Salvage” where an additional Shellsnapper might spawn.

• Addressed a bug in Rebel Camp “Breached Rock” where progression is blocked when killing Rebel leader before objective “Enter the Bunker” is complete.

• Addressed a bug in Melee Pits where NPCs would wear the wrong armor.

• Addressed a bug where Aloy might get stuck near the entrance of Arrowhand.

• Addressed a bug in Black Box: Isle of Spires where the signal will remain active after picking up the box.

• Addressed a bug in Signal Tower where some players had an issue picking up Signal Lens.

• Addressed a bug where loading a save with previously tracked items as jobs might lead to a crash.

Machines

• Addressed a bug where the Tideripper might get its Water Hose Sweep attack interrupted.

• Addressed a bug where machines would not react to a dead ally.

• Added Apex Grimhorn spawn points outside of missions.

UI/UX

• Fixed icons for multiple Coils and Weaves.

• Fixed more Metal Flowers icons remaining on the map.

• Fixed Silent Strikes being counted twice in the Combat Statistics menu.

• Fixed multiple seams on the World Map.

Performance and Stability

• Multiple streaming fixes in game and in cinematic.

• Multiple crash fixes.

Other

• Addressed a bug where Aloy’s shadow might be dimmed when melee attacking or using her Focus.

• Addressed a bug where “Fiberzest” and “Vigorstem” can not be obtained after the pouch is full.

• Fixed multiple locations where “Install Vine Cutter Module” Icons were not appearing.

• Multiple audio fixes and improvements.

• Multiple fixes to Aloy’s animations.

• Multiple localization and subtitles fixes and improvements.

• Multiple fixes to controls

• Multiple fixes and improvements to body and facial animations in cinematics.

• Addressed a bug where players have reported an issue in Side Quest “Lofty Ambitions”. After Abadund’s dialogue has taken place, the player will temporarily not be able to trade with Abadund due to no prompt appearing.

• Addressed a bug where players have reported an issue in Side Quest “A Soldier’s March” where after defeating the Frostclaw, the mission objective does not complete.

• Addressed a bug where players have reported an issue in Handa’s Contract “Ancient Relics”, where the mission progression will be stuck on “2/3 Gather Ancient Relics”, or “Go to the Northern Ancient Machine Site” if the player leaves the area.

• Addressed a bug where players have reported that the Apex Grimhorn does not spawn in game outside of quests, potentially preventing players from obtaining 100% game completion.

• Reduced various visual shimmering.

• Addressed a bug where outfits may appear to be covered by dark shadows in inventory.

Hi everyone!

We’re very happy to announce that our team is releasing another patch for Horizon Forbidden West today. Patch 1.18 fixes a number of progression issues and crashes and adds a new Face Paint to celebrate Pride. Please see the full patch details below, but beware of spoilers!

PATCH NOTES - 1.18

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

Main Quests

• Fixed an issue in Main Quest “Faro’s Tomb“ where the Hunter Merchant could be missing in Thebes.
• Fixed floating weapons in the cinematic following the “Talk to the Tenakth Marshal” mission objective of Main Quest “The Embassy”.
• Fixed an issue in Main Quest “The Kulrut” where Hekarro was practicing his pantomime skills and got blocked behind an invisible wall.
• Fixed issues related to players not being able to enter or exit The Base.
• Fixed an issue where a Kotallo callout could play inside The Base without Kotallo being present.

Side Quests

• We now keep Riverhymn’s settlement icon on the map after completing Side Quest “The Roots that Bind“.
• Fixed an issue where Porguf would not provide the option to start the Errand Quest “Broken Locks”.
• Fixed an issue in Side Quest “The Deluge” where players could ride their ground mount through a lake.
• Fixed an issue in Side Quest “Signal Spike” where the player could be unable to progress after the “Search the Canyon for the Source of the Signal” objective.
• Fixed an issue in Chainscrape where, before completing Side Quest “The Bristlebacks”, the Herbalist would have an icon above their head but will not be interactable.

World Activities

• Fixed an issue in Salvage Contracts “Mine Launchers” where progression could become blocked when the player sets Custom Difficulty Settings for Easy Loot.
• Fixed an issue in which after completing all Salvage Contracts in New Game Plus, the player could obtain the Oseram Artificer outfit twice.
• Fixed an issue in Rebel Camp “Devil’s Grasp” where the objective “Search the Command Center” could become blocked after restarting from save.
• Fixed an issue in Rebel Camp “The Hive” where the objective “Destroy the Weapon Caches” would not update after destroying all the caches.
• Fixed an issue in Rebel Camp “Breached Rock” where the Rebel Champion would not have the Bunker Key in its loot if the player left the camp after killing the rebels.
• Fixed an issue in Cauldron CHI where a puzzle room had distracting shadow flickering.
• Fixed an issue in Machine Strike where the health of a piece with the Sweep Skill could go to 255 instead of dying.
• Fixed an issue where players remained stuck at 99.42% completion after completing all Rebel Camps.
• We are blasting off again no more! Fixed an issue in Gauntlet Run “Cliffs of the Cry” where upon completing the race, the player would launch into the sky.
• Fixed an issue where the player was unable to complete “Relics From Ruins” in New Game+ due to already having the Ancestor's Return weapon from a previous playthrough.
• Fixed an issue in Sunken Cavern “The Shining Wastes” where the player would get stuck if they investigate an Oseram corpse while swimming.
• Fixed an inaccessible Supply Cache located in Las Vegas that was placed under the ground.
• Fixed an inaccessible Supply Cache located northeast of Rebel Outpost “Stillsands South” that was placed under the ground.

Datapoints

• Fixed an issue where Audio Datapoints were getting aborted on specific player actions.
• Fixed an issue where Audio Datapoint 37 could not be collected due to Veter being noninteractive.

Machines

• Arrows ready? We made the Dreadwing more likely to attack when fighting in a forested area.
• Additional VFX for Tremortusk’s “Shatter Swing” and Thunderjaw’s “Laser Blast” attacks.
• Fixed an issue near Fall’s Edge where a non-functional and low-resolution Thunderjaw could spawn in.
• Fixed an issue where the “Stalker Primary Nerve” was listed as a Loot for the Ravager’s Antenna.
• Fixed an issue where setting a Job for the Stalker Primary Nerve put the waypoint in Ravager areas instead of Stalker Areas.
• Fixed an issue where Behemoth and Apex Behemoth list "Bellowback Primary Nerve" as loot instead of "Behemoth Primary Nerve."
• Fixed an area in Sheerside Climb where the player is unable to fly away on a flying mount.
• Fixed an issue where Apex Shellsnapper Hearts were listed under “Valuables to Sell” despite being used for upgrades.
• Fixed an issue where the job system will not direct the player to Apex machine parts.

Weapons

• Fixed a camera issue where, when aiming with a Blastsling weapon and rotating the camera, the projectile parable would jitter.
• Fixed a camera issue where activating Concentration zoom during a normal zoom would have a jarring snap back.
• Fixed an issue where the Hunter Bow could not be upgraded in New Game+.
• Fixed an issue for Light Arrows of Level 4 Carja's Bane which had an incorrect amount of Tear damage.
• Fixed an issue where upgrade Level 3 of the Rain of Sparks warrior bow switches perks from “critical hit chance” to “multiple enemy damage”, and then back to “critical hit chance” at Level 4.

Skills

• Fixed an issue where the player could not use Melee Combat after fast traveling from a crawl space.
• Level 3 of the Toughened Valor Surge has Melee Damage Resistance reduced from 50% to 35%.
• Plant Forager now works on Medicinal Waterweed.

UI/UX

• Fixed "Pickup Animation" to reset to "On" in Settings when the "Reset" action is pressed.
• Fixed an issue where the Job description in the Jobs menu in Quest Log always displays Level 1 regardless of the actual level of the Job.
• Fixed an issue where the Custom Marker was not visible in the 3D space if the waypoint was marked on the location of an inactive quest.
• Fixed an issue with the subtitles being out-of-sync in the opening title sequence.
• Fixed an issue in the Machine Catalogue where unscanned machines can be viewed when they are adjacent to scanned machines.

Performance and Stability

• Made improvements to TAA for PS5 Resolution Mode and PS4.
• Fixed several instances of Aloy’s armor model jittering when playing in Balanced Mode.
• Fixed an issue where geometry appears low resolution when skipping the opening title sequence.

Photo mode

• Introduced “Mark of Pride” Pride Flag Face Paint.

Other

• Fixed an issue where starting the game via Activity Cards could start a new game in New Game Plus, instead of starting the selected activity.
• Fixed an issue where the “Auto Heal” setting does not fully heal Aloy after leaving combat for a short time.
• Fixed issues where the player ended up underneath the terrain or got stuck inside geometry.

Please continue to inform us of any issues via the Support Form. We want to ask you use this as your primary form of sending in your issues; our team is unable to use the comments on this post, mentions or DMs on social media as an efficient way of sourcing issues. Thank you for all the reports sent in already, they have been extremely helpful!

See you out there in the Forbidden West,

–Guerrilla

Hi everyone,

Patch 1.14 for Horizon Forbidden West is now available. Take a look through the notes below, and make sure to update your game before jumping back into the world. Please also make sure to download Hotfix 1.15 when updating your game.

** Please note that some patch notes may contain SPOILERS!**

r/horizon - Horizon Forbidden West – Major Update – Patch 1.14

NEW FEATURES

We’re so thankful for our incredibly talented community and are happy to announce that this major update includes much-requested features, including:

New Game+

• Ultra Hard difficulty mode when selecting the difficulty for New Game or New Game Plus
• Reset Skills functionality within the menu
• New functionality to apply a different look to Aloy’s armor.
• New Rewards available in New Game+ (Weapons, Dyes and Face Paints)
• A New Trophy Set

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

Performance and Stability

• Improved visual fidelity in Performance Mode.
• Multiple crash fixes.

Main Quests

• Fixed an issue in Main Quest “The Sea of Sands” where progression was blocked when trying to open the valve.
• Fixed an issue in Main Quest “The Broken Sky” where the quest would become stuck if the cinematic was skipped too fast.
• Fixed an issue in Main Quest “The Dying Lands” where the quest did not progress after defeating the Grimhorn.

Side Quests

• Fixed an issue in Side Quest “Breaking Even” where the beams that need to be interacted with would not be present.

World Activities

• Fixed an issue where fast-traveling to Rebel Outpost: High Turning would send Aloy somewhere else.
• Fixed an issue where the campfire in Rebel Camp: Devil’s Grasp would remain unavailable after completing the camp.
• Fixed an issue where an objective would not be completed in Rebel Camp: The Hive
• Fixed an issue in The Arena where the timer would continue counting down after defeating all the machines.

Datapoints

• Oops… Added World Datapoint 63, which can be found somewhere near the Widemaw site on the Isle of Spires.

Machines

• Fixed an issue where the Tallneck shockblast would destroy all other machines.
• Fixed an issue where the Fireclaw would not go into the Shocked or Knocked Down State when triggered during certain attacks.
• Fixed an issue where the Behemoth would be able to chain charge attacks in rapid succession.
• Fixed an issue where detached machine parts could fall through the floor.

Humanoids

• Reduced the armor health for the Quen Imperial Guard to be more in line with the other enemies.

Weapons

• Fixed an issue where the tier 4 Hammerburst Boltblaster would deal less damage than the tier 3 version.
• Fixed an issue where enemies would become suspicious when spotting an active Blast Trap.
• Fixed an issue where some weapons did not give Valor correctly.
• Reduced crafting costs for crafting Traps at a Workbench.
• Rebalanced crafting costs for Elite & Advanced Traps when crafting in the wild.
• Fixed an issue where some weapon perks did not give the correct values.

Skills

• Updated the Resilient Trapper skill with new values.
• Fixed an issue where the Braced Shot would become buffed in unintended ways.

UI/UX

• Fixed an issue where canisters would have different rarities.
• Added an option to show or hide grapple icons.
• Added a “Pry Open” option under the Hold/Toggle Accessibility Settings.
• Added an option for overriding machines to switch to 'Toggle' in the Accessibility Settings.
• Updated icons for various machine parts.
• Performance and Stability
• Additional streaming fixes in game.
• Additional crash fixes.

Photo mode

• Added Filmgrain to photo mode. Grain scales with intensity: low values have small grain, high values increase the size of the grain, which leaves the higher values especially suited to black and white experimentation.

Other

• Fixed an issue where loot barrels would not get destroyed in one hit.
• Fixed an issue where overheal would not take the higher value when consuming Health Potions and Food at the same time.
• Fixed an issue where civilians would not always respond to rain.
• Fixed an issue where the Motion Aiming did not work for the second controller when using the Co-Pilot feature.
• Fixed an issue where Aloy could still control a mount when in the Shocked State.
• Fixed an issue where Aloy could crawl through a vent while holding a battery.
• Multiple localization and subtitles fixes and improvements.
• Multiple lighting fixes and improvements.

HOTFIX 1.15

• Fixed HUD elements showing simultaneously when starting the game in specific circumstances.
• Fixed an issue where the dialogue with Untalla did not complete the activity after handing in all Black Boxes.
• Fixed an issue where custom difficulty was not restored properly when loading a game that was made with custom difficulty selected.
• Improved The Arena text readability in Arabic.

Full patch notes: https://www.reddit.com/r/horizon/comments/v3kac9/horizon_forbidden_west_major_update_patch_114/

Hi everyone!

Patch 1.13 for Horizon Forbidden West is now available. Take a look through the notes below, and make sure to update your game before jumping back into the world.

** Please note that some patch notes may contain SPOILERS!**

PATCH NOTES

KNOWN ISSUES

• We are currently looking into several issues reported by the community. Please note that these issues are not yet fixed in this patch, but our teams are aware of them and they’re being investigated.
• The team continues to make tweaks to the game's content with the goal to reduce visual shimmering.
• Players have reported an issue in Handa’s Contract “Ancient Relics”, where the mission progression will be stuck on “2/3 Gather Ancient Relics”, or “Go to the Northern Ancient Machine Site” if the player leaves the area.
• Outfits may appear to be covered by dark shadows in inventory.

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

Main Quests

• Fixed an issue with Main Quest “Reach for the Stars” where progression did not update after restarting the “Clear the rubble with the pullcaster" objective.
• Fixed an issue with Main Quest “To the Brink” where Belna would sometimes not spawn after objective “Clear the Daunt: Kill the Machines”.
• Fixed an issue with Main Quest “Death’s Door” where progression is blocked after using a “Leaplasher Spark Coil” in an upgrade before the "Gather Resources for the Igniter" objective is active.
• Fixed multiple issues with Main Quest “Singularity” where unexpected character behavior might lead to progression blockers.

Side Quests

• Fixed an issue with Side Quest “The Bristlebacks” where progression did not update after examining the Bristleback carcass prior to talking to the Carja Magistrate.
• Fixed an issue with Side Quest “The Bristlebacks” where progression might be blocked due to objective "Kill the Bristlebacks" not updating in the mine.
• Fixed an issue with Side Quest “Drowned Hopes” where the progression is blocked if using an alternate route to get to the pryable rocks.
• Fixed an issue with Side Quest “Lofty Ambitions” where the Stormbird might get stuck in the terrain, blocking progression.
• Fixed an issue with Side Quest “Lofty Ambitions” where the merchant Abadund will not have his prompt after quest completion.
• Fixed an issue with Side Quest “Signal Spike” where progression did not update due to interacting with NPCs in Side Quest “The Wound in the Sand”.
• Fixed an issue with Side Quest “Signal Spike” where Aloy can get stuck underwater during the “Go to the Source of the Signal” objective.
• Fixed an issue with Side Quest “A Soldier’s March” where objective “Scan for Penttoh’s Tracks” will not trigger if players arrive on a Sunwing nearby marker for objective “Climb the Mountain”.
• Fixed an issue with Side Quest “A Soldier’s March” where objective “Kill the Frostclaw” would not update and block progression.
• Fixed multiple issues with Side Quest “The Blood Choke” where Atekka would get stuck or disappear.
• Fixed multiple issues with Side Quest “In the Fog” where progression did not update after killing the Clawstrider.
• Fixed an issue with Side Quest “In the Fog” where progression did not update after following Garokkah to the Memorial with alerted machines.
• Fixed an issue with Side Quest “Forbidden Legacy” where progression did not update due to Alva being unresponsive on the ”Follow Alva to the Atbay Headquarters” objective.
• Fixed an issue with Side Quest “Forbidden Legacy” where a gap between two buildings was blocking progression.

World Activities

• Fixed an issue in Cauldron IOTA where the objective “Override the Tallneck” would not update on completion.
• Fixed an issue in Cauldron CHI where overridden machines would act hostile towards Aloy.
• Fixed an issue in Contracts “Property Retrieval” where progression was blocked upon reloading the activity with all Relics found.
• Fixed an issue in Contracts “Alarm Antennas” where the objective would not update if Aloy has three Antennas before completing the “Gather Scrounger Alarm Antennas” objective.
• Fixed an issue in Contracts “Rollerback Salvage” where an additional Shellsnapper might spawn.
• Fixed an issue in Rebel Camp “Breached Rock” where progression is blocked when killing Rebel leader before objective “Enter the Bunker” is complete.
• Fixed an issue in Melee Pits where NPCs would wear the wrong armor.
• Fixed an issue where Aloy might get stuck near the entrance of Arrowhand.
• Fixed an issue in Black Box: Isle of Spires where the signal will remain active after picking up the box.
• Fixed an issue in Signal Tower where some players had an issue picking up Signal Lens.
• Fixed an issue where loading a save with previously tracked items as jobs might lead to a crash.

Machines

• Fixed an issue where the Tideripper might get its Water Hose Sweep attack interrupted.
• Fixed an issue where machines would not react to a dead ally.
• The Machine Catalogue entry for the Grimhorn will now auto-unlock after completing the quest "The Dying Lands" and the Apex Grimhorn entry will auto-unlock after completing "The Second Verse" if the machines were not scanned during their respective quests.
• We also added a save fix for players who have already completed these quest sections. The missing machine entries will silently unlock after scanning any machine, if their respective quest section was already done.

UI/UX

• Fixed icons for multiple Coils and Weaves.
• Fixed more Metal Flowers icons remaining on the map.
• Fixed Silent Strikes being counted twice in the Combat Statistics menu.
• Fixed multiple seams on the World Map.

Performance and Stability

• Multiple streaming fixes in game and in cinematic.
• Multiple crash fixes.

Other

• Fixed an issue where Aloy’s shadow might be dimmed when melee attacking or using her Focus.
• Fixed an issue where “Fiberzest” and “Vigorstem” can not be obtained after the pouch is full.
• Fixed multiple locations where “Install Vine Cutter Module” Icons were not appearing.
• Multiple audio fixes and improvements.
• Multiple fixes to Aloy’s animations.
• Multiple localization and subtitles fixes and improvements.
• Multiple fixes to controls
• Multiple fixes and improvements to body and facial animations in cinematics.

Full patch notes: https://www.reddit.com/r/horizon/comments/uiteft/horizon_forbidden_west_patch_113/

Hi everyone,

We’re happy to let you know that Patch 1.12 is available now! Please take a look through the Patch Notes listed below, and ensure your game is up-to-date before jumping back in.

** Please note that some patch notes may contain SPOILERS!**

PATCH NOTES

KNOWN ISSUES

We are currently looking into several issues reported by the community. Please note that these issues are not yet fixed in this patch, but our teams are aware of them and they’re being investigated.

• The team continues to make tweaks to the game's content with the goal to reduce visual shimmering.
• Players have reported an issue in Side Quest “Lofty Ambitions". After Abadund’s dialogue has taken place, the player will temporarily not be able to trade with Abadund due to no prompt appearing.
• Players have reported an issue in Side Quest “A Soldier’s March” where after defeating the Frostclaw, the mission objective does not complete.
• Players have reported an issue in Handa’s Contract “Ancient Relics”, where the mission progression will be stuck on “2/3 Gather Ancient Relics”, or “Go to the Northern Ancient Machine Site” if the player leaves the area.
• Players have reported that the Apex Grimhorn does not spawn in game outside of quests, potentially preventing players from obtaining 100% game completion.
• Outfits may appear to be covered by dark shadows in inventory.

Full patch notes: https://www.reddit.com/r/horizon/comments/u7vb2a/horizon_forbidden_west_patch_112/

Hello everyone,

We’ve combined patches 1.10 into 1.11, and it’s available now! Please take a look through the Patch Notes listed below, and ensure your game is up-to-date before jumping back in.

** Please note that some patch notes may contain SPOILERS!**

PATCH NOTES

KNOWN ISSUES

• We are currently looking into several issues reported by the community. Please note that these issues are not yet fixed in this patch, but our teams are aware of them and they’re being investigated.
• During Side Quest ‘Blood Choke’, Atekka does not use the ballista.
• The ‘Upgraded Every Pouch Type’ Trophy does not unlock for some players after upgrading each Pouch type - please note, for this trophy you will need to have the Food Pouch which is collected after purchasing food from a chef.
• Players reported no longer being able to trade with Abadund after completing his dialogue after finishing a Side Quest.
• Players cannot place any waypoint markers on the open world within a 500 meter radius of Aloy’s position.
• Players reported new items acquired not showing up with the New (!) icon in their inventory.

We are also aware of streams being interrupted when playing on 1080p and 60fps, after saving at campfires. To avoid this from happening, it’s advised to select a lower broadcast quality or lower framerate, for example, 1080p and 30fps, or 720p and 60fps.

Full patch notes: https://www.reddit.com/r/horizon/comments/txl29g/patch_110_111/

Hello everyone,

Patch 1.09 is available now! Please take a look through the Patch Notes listed below, and ensure your game is up-to-date before jumping back in.

** Please note that some patch notes may contain SPOILERS!**

PATCH NOTES

KNOWN ISSUES

• We are currently looking into several issues reported by the community. Please note that these issues are not yet fixed in this patch, but our teams are aware of them and they’re being investigated.
• The team continues to make tweaks to the game's content with the goal to reduce visual shimmering.
• During Side Quest ‘Blood Choke’, Atekka does not use the ballista.
• The ‘Upgraded Every Pouch Type’ Trophy does not unlock for some players after upgrading each Pouch type - please note, for this trophy you will need to have the Food Pouch which is collected after purchasing food from a chef.
• Certain Firegleam and Metal Flower Icons remain after being found/used.

Full patch notes: https://www.reddit.com/r/horizon/comments/ts69fl/horizon_forbidden_west_patch_109/

Hello everyone,

We’ve just released Patch 1.08. Thanks to everyone who has used the Support Form to share their issues with us, please continue to do so for any bugs you come across in Horizon Forbidden West.

** Please note that some patch notes may contain SPOILERS!**

PATCH NOTES

KNOWN ISSUES

• We are currently looking into several issues reported by the community. Please note that these issues are not yet fixed in this patch, but our teams are investigating them with high priority.
• The team are continuing to investigate and tweak the reported graphical issues regarding shimmering, sharpening and screen saturation.
• Some players have reported multiple issues with various types of traversal after the player fast travels to any campfire while gliding inside of a tornado.
• Some players have reported an issue with receiving the reward after completing the Black Box Collectibles activity.

Full patch notes: https://www.reddit.com/r/horizon/comments/tfdem8/horizon_forbidden_west_patch_108/

Hello everyone,

We appreciate everyone who has been reporting via our Support Form; the team have just released Patch 1.07. Take a look at our Known Issues as well as what has been fixed down below.

** Please note that some patch notes may contain SPOILERS!**

PATCH NOTES

KNOWN ISSUES

• We are currently looking into several issues reported by the community. Please note that these issues are not yet fixed in this patch, but our teams are investigating them with high priority.
• In this patch, the team have made several tweaks to vegetation to improve image quality in the Favor Performance mode. Please let us know your feedback. The team will continue to investigate reported graphical issues regarding shimmering, sharpening and screen saturation.
• Some players have reported that the Firegleam icons do not get removed from the map after interacting with them; this will be fixed soon!
• Some players have reported that certain music tracks keep repeating during their playthrough. We have included a partial fix to prevent this issue from happening in patch 1.06, but are still looking into a fix for players who are experiencing this issue. If you encounter this, please use the Support Form to submit a video of where and when the music can be heard.

Full patch notes: https://www.reddit.com/r/horizon/comments/ta5h27/horizon_forbidden_west_patch_107/

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your patience while the team is working on fixing issues. We have just released Patch 1.06, which fixes a number of issues and crashes that you reported through our Support Form! Here’s what’s been resolved, as well as what that are team is currently investigating:

**Please note that some patch notes may contain SPOILERS!**

PATCH NOTES

KNOWN ISSUES

• We are currently looking into several issues reported by the community. Please note that these issues are not yet fixed in this patch, but our teams are investigating them with high priority.
• The team continues to investigate several graphical issues reported by players regarding shimmering, sharpening and screen saturation when moving the camera.
• Some players have reported that the Firegleam icons do not get removed from the map after interacting with them.
• Some players have reported an issue in side quest ‘Breaking Even’ where they are not able to talk to Porguf when Talanah is in Camp Nowhere, blocking progression of this quest.
• Some players have reported that the music track “The World on Her Shoulders” keeps repeating during their playthrough. We have a partial fix included in this patch to prevent this issue from happening to players who did not encounter this issue during their playthrough yet. We are still looking into a fix for players who are currently experiencing this issue.
• Some players have reported not being able to reach 100% in the Game Progression menu, our team is investigating.

Full patch notes: https://www.reddit.com/r/horizon/comments/t4x320/horizon_forbidden_west_patch_106/

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your patience and support; we have just released the first patch for Horizon Forbidden West! Patch 1.05 fixes a number of issues and crashes that you reported. Here’s what’s been resolved, as well as what that are team is currently investigating:

PATCH NOTES

KNOWN ISSUES

• We are currently looking into several issues reported by the community:
• The team is investigating with high priority, several graphical issues reported by players regarding shimmering, sharpening and screen saturation when moving the camera.
• Some players are experiencing an issue with infinite loading screens when attempting to load into Melee Pits.
• Some players are experiencing an issue where Aloy’s outfit appears blurry in Photo Mode.
• Some players are experiencing an issue in main quest ‘Reach for the Stars’ where Aloy can’t interact with a machine carcass, blocking progression.

Full patch notes: https://www.reddit.com/r/horizon/comments/szd10v/horizon_forbidden_west_patch_105/