New Game Plus is available in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, as Update 1.0.7 is live on all platforms. Players who completed the base game’s story can now transfer their levels, skills, gear and much more into a new challenging playthrough. While you don’t need to embark on an NG+ run for new Knowledge Ranks and the level cap increase, there are other incentives.
As revealed in the patch notes, clearing New Game+ will award two new weapons – Whisper of Gold, a Legendary long katana, and Dragon’s Gold, a Legendary katana. Each comes with unique perk engravings and even creates a gold cloud when striking enemies.
The other big addition is a new Animus Rift. After unlocking Yasuke in the open world and completing “From Spark to Flame,” you can go to the Animus Board to find a new quest, “Chained.” No spoilers, but there are some aspects which could have interesting repercussions for the future.
Check out some of the patch notes below for more details on other changes and improvements. Assassin’s Creed Shadows will receive another massive quality-of-life update at the beginning of September before the release of Claws of Awaji on September 16th. Head here for more details.
AC Shadows Title Update 1.0.7 – Release Notes
ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Removed a performance warning on MacBook Air when using M4 following improved support.
- Fixed an error in Photo Mode where the “Show UI” prompt was visible in preview mode, affecting players taking screenshots with their native systems.
- Individual items will now have their dedicated page within the store.
- Katsuhime no longer vanishes from the hideout after the previous 1.0.5 fix for the breakup bug.
Balancing
- Adjusted the number of Mon received from trading. Purchasing items costs less, whereas selling items gives more.
- Increased the number of resources gained from dismantling items.
- Slightly increased the amount of crafting materials needed to upgrade items.
- Rebalanced the end of season chest rewards and increased the quantity of crafting materials and Hideout resources given.
- The Radial Effect upgrade in Yasuke’s Teppo tree had its base damage increased from 25% to 50%, and its damage is now also further increased by other Armor Buster upgrades.
- Allies now gain more health and damage as the player levels up.
- Ronin enemies now have 4 Health Segments, up from 3.
LIST OF BUG FIXES
General
- Cultural discoveries near Katano Castle now appear correctly in the codex after being observed.
- Corrected Naoe’s Kata dialogue in Wakasa.
- Added a ‘Mark all as Read’ option for the Codex menu.
- Added a Level Selector for Knowledge Path.
- Fixed the ‘Limitless’ trophy occasionally not unlocking after obtaining a legendary piece of gear of each type.
Gameplay
- Addressed an issue where players potentially got stuck outside the Animus wall during the Revenge mission in Tsuruga Castle. Get back here!
- Fixed a bug where players could get stuck inside a room in Saika Castle.
- Corrected a bug where players could get stuck whilst exiting the Miyataki Warehouse.
- Fixed a bug where players could get stuck inside rocks in the Obama Hillside area.
- Addressed an issue with Naoe’s Robes of the Enraged.
- Genzaburo’s Teppo Master is back from lunch and is now present at Kaya Shrine.
- Fixed an error with some cross-progression achievements caused if a playthrough was partly on MacOS.
Skills & Upgrades
- Fixed an issue where the “Hidden Hand” cooldown reduction upgrades were not applied.
- Fixed an issue where the “Extended Perception” Shinobi Upgrade didn’t grant the extra tools damage.
- Corrected an issue where the “Nightcrawler” Assassin passive didn’t grant damage at night.
- Corrected an issue where the “Endless Barrage” Tanto Upgrade was instead granting the effect of the “Contemplation” Tanto Upgrade, and vice versa.
- Fixed an issue where the “Invigorating Kill” Tanto Upgrade only worked with the stabbing part of the move and not the throw.
- Addressed an issue where the “Teppo’s Might” Teppo Upgrade only worked with the automatic follow-up shot and not the Teppo melee swing.
- Corrected an issue where perks that increased adrenaline gained on deflect, parry and dodge had little to no effect.
- Fixed an issue where damage assassinations gave less adrenaline than successful assassinations.
- Fixed an issue where the “Ability damage” knowledge tree node had no effect beyond 1st level.
- Corrected an issue where the “Posture damage” knowledge tree node had no effect beyond 1st level.
- Solved an issue where the “Vulnerable damage” knowledge tree node had no effect beyond 1st level.
- Fixed an issue where afflictions had lower durations on civilians than on enemies.
- Fixed an issue where damage reduction perks weren’t applied against some enemy projectiles.
- Addressed an issue where the “Wave of Wasps” Teppo was awarded with a random perk, instead of its legendary perk.
- Addressed an issue where equipping the “Gown of the Spirit” Naoe Light Armor prevented all tools from applying any buildup.
Visuals & Graphics
- Addressed various environmental issues with floating trees and rocks. Tree huggers rejoice!
- Fixed an issue where the glowing eyes on the Mountain Demon Kanabo appeared out of place when the weapon was holstered.
- Corrected an issue where the Ikko Ikki banner within the Hideout did not match its preview.
- Fixed an issue causing the game to crash when previewing hideout cosmetic stations on a building with the Dragon Skin applied to it.
UI
- The database entry for Sen No Rikyu now displays the correct image.
- Corrected an issue where setting HUD visibility to “Disable”, then switching to “ON” would cause some of the HUD modules to not work.
- Fixed a text-only issue where “Armor Avoidance” Long Katana Upgrade stated it granted 100% armor piercing, when it only granted 50%.
- Corrected a text-only issue where “Marksman’s Touch” Teppo Upgrade stated it granted 100% armor piercing, when it only granted 50%.
- Fixed a text-only issue where “Widespread” Tools Upgrade stated it increased the Smoke Bomb radius to 10 meters, when it only increased it to 5 meters.
- Addressed a text-only issue where “Absolute Shockwave” Kanabo Upgrade showed 167% instead of 67%.
- Corrected an issue where the “Improved Ground Assassinate” icon was larger than intended.
- Reworded the “Improved Sense” Assassin Upgrade to showcase the lingering effect duration in seconds.
- Reworded the “Temporal Mastery” Bow Upgrade to showcase the slow time duration in seconds.
Localization
- Corrected the German localization in Rescue the Special Guest.
- Fixed an error where unnecessary characters appeared in the German translation of the “+50% damage on next hit after a kill” engraving.
- Addressed a typo in the “Kirishitan” codex entry for Cristão.
