Following its recent announcement, Ubisoft has now released a massive update for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Dubbed the “Most Requested Update”, the patch is massive, clocking in at 15 GB on Xbox Series X/S, 5.62 GB on PS5, 13.42 GB on PS4, 13.8 GB on Xbox One, 7.8 GB on Steam, and 12.27 GB on Ubisoft Connect, and brings with it a New Game+ mode. The PS5 Pro players can now also use PSSR 2 to further enhance the game’s visual fidelity while maintaining steady frame rates.
The New Game+ mode is more than just being able to start the game over with all of your progression intact. Players will first have to complete the Holy Day Quest – the last quest of the Hamtunscire region – to access the mode. After this, players will be able to go through loops of New Game+ to access progressively more challenging experiences.
In New Game+ mode, players will be able to earn Mithril by finding pieces of gear they already own or interacting with books of knowledge that they’ve already used in the past. Mithril is a new resource that is also available in the Niflheim, Mastery, and River Raid shops, and gives players a new material that can be used to upgrade their gear. Nickel, Carbon, and Tungsten, typically found in Wealth Chests, will be replaced with Platinum – which was previously only available in the Dawn of Ragnarok DLC – and can now be used to upgrade gear even without playing the DLC.
The upgrade level of each piece of divine tier gear has been raised from 13 to 27, with these new ranks being attainable through the use of Mithril. Ubisoft has noted that players will need a lot of Mithril to keep up with the challenges present in New Game+.
A new method of progression is also available. Dubbed the Extended Progression mode, it allows players to switch to a system where Gear upgrades and Runes increase Power by 1 point, while Masteries increase Power after every 5 skill points. This is available for those who want to feel more of an impact whenever they upgrade their gear. To help players deal with all of the new gear and materials they might find, a Stash is now available in Ravensthorpe where extra pieces of Gear and Runes can be safely stored without cluttering up your inventory.
The final major new feature in the update involves additions to the rune forge. Players will be able to use silver to upgrade their runes from lesser to normal, and from normal to greater. A new tier of rune is also available – Superior – which can only be obtained through upgrading, and needs Mithril instead of silver. There is now also a new engraving page in the rune forge menu, with more than 300 available engravable runes that can be used to further customize gear.
Along with this, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has also gotten a host of balance changes. For more details, check out the full patch notes below.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Title Update 1.8.0 patch notes:
New Achievements
- Ivaldi’s Heir: Fully upgrade a Divine Gear
- Circle of Renewal: Complete a New Game+ run
PSSR 2 Support
- PSSR 2 support arrives on PlayStation 5 Pro console, enhancing image quality and performance as you journey through sweeping landscapes, vibrant cities and serene countryside.
Balancing Changes
- Skills that grant Assassination Damage now correctly grant 5.3 per point instead of 5.26
- Skills that grant Stealth Damage now correctly grant 1.7 per point instead of 1.67
- Skills that grant Melee Damage now correctly grant 2.3 per point instead of 2.33
- Skills that grant Ranged Damage now correctly grant 2.3 per point instead of 2.33
- Skills that grant Health now correctly grant 5.2 per point instead of 5.17
- Skills that grant Evasion now correctly grant 4.2 per point instead of 4.17
- “Way of the X” Skills that grant Evasion now correctly grant 0.6 per point instead of 0.62
- Skills that grant Poison Damage Resistance now correctly grant 5.6 per point instead of 5.56
- Skills that grant Poison Buildup Resistance now correctly grant 5.6 per point instead of 5.56
- Skills that grant Fire Damage Resistance now correctly grant 5.6 per point instead of 5.56
- Skills that grant Fire Buildup Resistance now correctly grant 5.6 per point instead of 5.56
- Additionally, two nodes have been modified in the Skill Tree:
- The Range Critical Damage node south of Combat Dive in the Dawn of Ragnarok Wolf tree has been changed to Light Attack Damage
- The Range Critical Damage node east of Cunning Shot in the Dawn of Ragnarok Wolf tree has been changed to Light Attack Damage
Raven Mastery
- Now grants +0.2 Assassination Damage per level
- Now grants +0.2 Evasion per level
- Now grants +0.1 Health per level
- No longer increases Stealth Damage
- No longer increases Ability Damage
Bear Mastery
- Now grants +0.2 Melee Damage per level
- Now grants +0.2 Melee Resistance per level
- Now grants +0.1 Health per level
- No longer increases Ability Damage
Wolf Mastery
- Now grants +0.2 Ranged Damage per level
- Now grants +0.2 Ranged Resistance per level
- Now grants +0.1 Health per level
- No longer increases Stealth Damage
- No longer increases Ability Damage
Bearded Axe
- Regular Attack 1, Regular Attack 2, Regular Attack 3, Regular Attack Finisher:
- (With Shield) x1 → x1.16 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x1.24 → x1.16 base damage
- (With None) x1 → x1.16 base damage
- Alternate Attack 1, Alternate Attack 2, Alternate Attack Finisher
- (With Shield) x1.6 → x1.73 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x1.6 → x1.73 base damage
Dagger
- Regular Attack 1, Regular Attack 2, Regular Attack 3, Regular Attack 4, Regular Attack 5, Regular Attack 6, Regular Attack 7, Regular Finisher
- (With Shield) x0.95 → x1.05 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x0.97 → x1.05 base damage
- (With None) x0.95 → x1.05 base damage
Regular Attack 7
- (With Dagger) Removed duplicated data
- Alternate Attack 1, Alternate Finisher
- (With Shield) x2.12 → x2.21 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x2.39 → x2.21 base damage
- (With None) x1.92 → x2.21 base damage
Spear
- Regular Attack 1, Regular Attack 2, Regular Attack 3, Regular Finisher
- (With Shield) x1 → x1.17 base damage
- (With Light Weapon) x1.08 → x1.17 base damage
- (With None) x1 → x1.17 base damage
- Alternate Attack 1, Alternate Attack 2, Alternate Finisher
- (With Shield) x1.99 → x2.22 base damage
- (With Light Weapon) x2.27 → x2.22 base damage
- (With None) x1.89 → x2.22 base damage
Hammer
- Regular Attack 1, Regular Attack 2, Regular Finisher
- (With Shield) x1.1 → x1.21 base damage
- (With None) x1.1 → x1.21 base damage
- Alternate Attack 1, Alternate Attack 2, Alternate Finisher
- (With Shield) x1.59 → x1.4 base damage
- (With None) x1.98 → x1.4 base damage
Greatsword
- Regular Attack 1, Regular Attack 2, Regular Attack 3, Regular Attack 4, Regular Finisher
- (With Shield) x1 → x1.17 base damage
- (With Light Weapon) x1.09 → x1.17 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x1.09 → x1.17 base damage
- (With None) x1 → x1.17 base damage
- Alternate Attack 1, Alternate Attack 2, Alternate Finisher
- (With Light Weapon) x1.89 → x1.75 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x1.89 → x1.75 base damage
- (With None) x1.78 → x1.75 base damage
Dane Axe
- Regular Attack 1, Regular Attack 2, Regular Attack 3, Regular Finisher
- (With Shield) x1.49 → x1.77 base damage
- (With None) x1.49 → x1.77 base damage
- Alternate Attack 1, Alternate Attack 2, Alternate Finisher
- (With Shield) x1.85 → x2.19 base damage
- (With None) x1.9 → x2.19 base damage
Flail
- Regular Attack 1, Regular Attack 2, Regular Attack 3, Regular Attack 4, Regular Finisher
- (With Flail) x1.28 → x1.1 base damage
- Alternate Attack 1, Alternate Attack 2, Alternate Finisher
- (With Flail) x1.77 → x2.05 base damage
- (With Shield) x1.95 → x2.05 base damage
- (With None) x1.95 → x2.05 base damage
Heavy Shield
- Regular Attack 1, Regular Attack 2, Regular Finisher
- (With Light Shield) x1.2 → x1.25 base damage
- (With None) x1.2 → x1.25 base damage
- Alternate Attack 1, Alternate Attack 2, Alternate Finisher
- (With None) x1.27 → x1.21 base damage
Light Shield
- Regular Attack 1, Regular Attack 2, Regular Finisher
- (With Heavy Shield) x1 → x1.24 base damage
- (With None) x1 → x1.24 base damage
- Alternate Attack 1, Alternate Attack 2, Alternate Finisher
- (With Heavy Shield) x1.39 → x1.59 base damage
- (With None) x1.51 → x1.59 base damage
Fist
- Regular Attack 1, Regular Attack 2, Regular Attack 3, Regular Finisher
- (With Light Weapon) x1.06 → x1 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x1.06 → x1 base damage
- Alternate Attack 1, Alternate Finisher
- (With Shield) x1.84 → x2.22 base damage
- (With Light Weapon) x1.62 → x2.22 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x1.62 → x2.22 base damage
Sickle
- Regular Attack 1, Regular Attack 2, Regular Attack 3, Regular Attack 4, Regular Attack 5, Regular Attack 6, Regular Attack 7, Regular Finisher
- (With Shield) x0.95 → x1.05 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x0.97 → x1.05 base damage
- (With None) x0.95 → x1.05 base damage
- Alternate Attack 1, Alternate Finisher
- (With Heavy Weapon) x2.39 → x2.21 base damage
- (With None) x1.92 → x2.21 base damage
- Now has up to x0.6 animation speed when speed stat is 53.5 or lower
- Now has x1 animation speed when speed stat is 76.4
- Now has up to x1.5 animation speed when speed stat is 99.3 or higher
Shortsword
- Regular Attack 1, Regular Attack 2, Regular Attack 3, Regular Attack 4, Regular Finisher
- (With Shield) x1 → x1.2 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x1.24 → x1.2 base damage
- (With None) x1 → x1.2 base damage
- Alternate Attack 1, Alternate Attack 2, Alternate Finisher
- (With Shield) x1.6 → x1.75 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x1.6 → x1.75 base damage
- Now has up to x0.6 animation speed when speed stat is 44.1 or lower
- Now has x1 animation speed when speed stat is 58.8
- Now has up to x1.5 animation speed when speed stat is 76.4 or higher
Scythe
- Regular Attack 1, Regular Attack 2, Regular Finisher
- (With Shield) x1.38 → x1.34 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x1.1 → x1 health multiplier
- (With None) x1.1 → x1.34 base damage
- Alternate Attack 1, Alternate Attack 2, Alternate Finisher
- (With Shield) x1.53 → x1.6 base damage & x1.1 → x1 health multiplier
- (With Light Weapon) x1.53 → x1.6 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x1.53 → x1.6 base damage
- (With None) x1.46 → x1.6 base damage
- Regular Scythe Combo 1, Regular Scythe Combo 2, Regular Scythe Finisher
- (With Shield) x1.38 → x1.34 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x1.38 → x1.34 base damage
- (With None) x1.1 → x1.34 base damage
- Alternate Scythe Combo 1, Alternate Scythe Combo 2, Alternate Scythe Finisher
- (With Scythe) x1.6 → x1.53 base damage
- (With Heavy Weapon) x1.61 → x1.53 base damage
- (With None) x1.46 → x1.53 base damage
- Now has up to x0.6 animation speed when speed stat is 44.1 or lower
- Now has x1 animation speed when speed stat is 58.8
- Now has up to x1.5 animation speed when speed stat is 76.4 or higher
Atgeir
- Now has up to x0.6 animation speed when speed stat is 30.9 or lower
- Now has x1 animation speed when speed stat is 47
- Now has up to x1.7 animation speed when speed stat is 61.8 or higher
