New Game+ will be officially arriving for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey later today. Ubisoft recently published notes for Patch 1.1.4, which will be 5.5 GB and 5.7 GB on Xbox One and PS4 respectively. PC players will only have to download a 4.7 GB update.
Those hankering to jump into New Game+ immediately must complete the Family quest line first. After that, you can start all over, but with all of your earned progression intact- from gear, mounts, and spear upgrades to abilities, currency, and crafting materials. It’s even possible to choose a different starting protagonist (so Alexios for New Game+ if you already had Kassandra for the previous playthrough).
The patch will also be adding support for “Bloodline”, the third and final episode of the Legacy of the First Blade DLC. Support for more Lost Tales of Greece for March “and beyond” has also been added. If that weren’t enough, the level cap will be raised to 99, with more Mastery Levels and two Mercenary tiers with rewards. Check out some of the patch notes below, or click through the link in the beginning of this report to get them in full.
CONTENT
Episode 3 Bloodline – Legacy of the First Blade
- Added in-game support for Bloodline.
Lost Tales of Greece
- Added support for upcoming Lost Tales of Greece, coming in March and beyond.
FEATURES & IMPROVEMENTS
NEW! – Added the New Game+ mode
- Players will be able to keep their current progression (Gear, Mounts, Spear upgrades, Ship upgrades, Abilities, Drachmae, Crafting Materials, etc.) when starting a New Game+.
- To access New Game+, you’ll need to have completed the Family Quest Line.
NEW! – Added Frames to Photo Mode
- Added a set of 10 frames to decorate your photos.
Accessibility Update
- Alter backgrounds behind dialogues
- On: This will enable a background for subtitles and dialogue.Off: This will disable the background for subtitles and dialogue.
- Subtitles: This will enable a background for subtitles only.
- Change subtitle size
MISCELLANEOUS
- The tier of the perks available on a Lieutenant obtained from Ubisoft Club and the Store will now scale based on the player level.
- Hard mode fights in the Arena are now a bit harder.
- Added an option to hold down the respective key to increase the number of items quicker.
- Improved some UI aspects of Photo Mode to increase usability.
- Increased maximum player level to 99. NINE NINE.
- Added new Ship tiers to the game.
- Added more Mastery Levels.
- Added two Mercenary tiers and rewards.
- Added 22 Viewpoints that can be fast traveled to.
Balancing
- Drachmae acquisition has been rebalanced across several sources: Lowered Drachmae gained with Contracts. Increased Drachmae gained with Bounties and Conquest Battles.
- Crafting Materials acquisition from Naval sources have been rebalanced
- Added chance to loot Iron Metal and Soft Leather from sinking ship and looting floating loot. Scaled floating loot quantity based on player level. Lower chance to loot Precious Gem and Obsidian Glass from sinking ship. Increased Wood quantity from Epic Ship.
- Athenian Hero set bonus will be improved to give: All Arrows Pierce Shields and +30% Hunter Damage.
- Added a missing perk to the Epic Heavy Bladed Champion’s Axe.
- The Bounty cost for high-level players at a high level of bounty has been slightly increased.
- Celestial Crown will now increase damage to swords, as intended.