A couple of days in the past, Ubisoft introduced the roadmap for Shadows, and now the primary new content material is already right here: Patch 1.0.4 brings a brand new free quest, an improved codex, and different fixes.
Followers of historical Japan are in for a deal with in the present day.Ubisoft’s open-world motion recreation Murderer’s Creed Shadows will obtain its first story replace on Might 6, 2025. With the upcoming patch 1.0.4, the hunt The Works of Luis Frois
will discover its method into the sport. Ubisoft formally introduced this only a few days in the past when it unveiled the content material roadmap for Shadows.
However the story pack isn’t all there’s, in fact. Earlier than we make clear what’s included within the new replace, listed below are crucial particulars: Patch 1.0.4 can be launched at 4:00 p.m. The replace measurement varies relying on the platform:
- PlayStation 5: 4.67 GB
- Xbox Collection: 20 GB
- MAC: 9 GB
- PC: 17 GB
- Steam: 8.5 GB
What’s within the new Shadows replace?
As talked about at the start, the primary content material of the upcoming replace is the brand new quest The Works of Luis Frois
The Jesuit priest is an previous acquaintance of Samurai Yasukeand got here to Japan with him. Through the quest collection, you’ll have to retrieve stolen notes and defend a courtroom girl, amongst different issues. Additionally, you will be taught extra in regards to the background of the Jesuit order.
You possibly can play this mission with both Yasuke or Naoe. You begin it by visiting Luis Frois within the church of Azuchi after finishing the primary mission The Path He Walks
It’s situated south of the service provider district.
Extra overview within the codex
The second essential change in patch 1.0.4 issues the Codex database. Till now, it contained a number of helpful details about Japanese tradition, however nothing about Naoe, Yasuke, and your allies within the Kakushiba clan.
With this replace, Ubisoft is including brief biographies of the varied characters to the sport, as requested by followers. These entries will aid you hold observe of the numerous allies and enemies you encounter in your journey via Japan.
The entire listing of bug fixes in Patch 1.0.4:
Basic
• Fastened a difficulty the place urgent “Go to Board” for “Full Yasuke’s Private Journey” didn’t redirect the participant to Yasuke’s quest board.
• Fastened a difficulty the place some jewellery gadgets weren’t accessible within the forge.
• Fastened a number of points the place visible customizations couldn’t be utilized to sure weapons.
• Fastened a visible concern the place the Crimson Bull jewellery merchandise was swapped between Yasuke and Naoe.
• Fastened a number of AI points.
• Fastened a number of audio points.
World
• All props close to an altar or non secular constructing are actually static and can’t be destroyed.
• Fastened a difficulty the place too many deer would seem and run round on important roads. Oh expensive, be careful!
• Retailers now not provide a number of copies of the identical merchandise of their outlets.
• Fastened a difficulty the place buying and equipping headgear would trigger you to be kicked out of the service provider menu.
Quests
• Fastened a difficulty the place gamers couldn’t discuss to Nakamura Tadashige within the “Astray” quest.
NOTE: Gamers should transfer away from Nakamura Tadashige (+500 meters) after which return to speak to him.
• Fastened a difficulty the place Nagato would typically not observe the right path through the prologue of the “Battle of the Kakushiba Ikki” quest.
• Fastened a difficulty the place Momochi Sandayu wouldn’t assault through the “Kill the Soldier” goal within the “Battle of the Kakushiba Ikki” quest.
• Fastened a difficulty the place Nagato would disappear after saving/loading through the quest “The Onryo Samurai.”
• Through the goal “Attain a excessive place to look at the Onryo Samurai” within the quest “The Onryo Samurai,” the immediate to look at is now displayed appropriately.
• Fastened a difficulty the place enemy NPCs would combat one another after speaking to Shotei throughout “In opposition to the Koga-ryu.”
• Fastened a difficulty the place Tokubei would assault anybody who got here into battle with the participant through the “Confront Tokubei” goal of the hunt “The Shedding Facet.”
• Fastened a difficulty the place the hunt directions through the “Meet Katsuhime” goal of the “In opposition to the Koga-ryu” quest didn’t match the hunt location.
• Fastened a difficulty the place Yasuke would regain all of his well being when receiving a deadly blow from Marume Nagayoshi through the duel in “Nobutsuha’s Disciple.”
Stealth
• Fastened a difficulty the place “Improved Floor Assassination” (passive Murderer capacity) was not working appropriately.
• Fastened a difficulty the place Assassinations weren’t draining well being from unconscious enemies.
• Fastened a difficulty the place Naoe couldn’t swap weapons after a double assassination when utilizing the katana as her major weapon.
• Fastened a difficulty the place Yasuke’s Brutal Assassination wouldn’t set off on NPCs at a sure distance.
• Fastened a difficulty the place “Assured Assassination” didn’t work with the kunai.
• Fastened a difficulty the place Naoe may use smoke bombs to set off “Assured Assassination” on bosses.
• Fastened a difficulty the place crouching throughout a dash dodge elevated the velocity of crouching.
• Fastened a difficulty the place Naoe had a delay in crouching after shifting whereas aiming with a instrument.
• Fastened a difficulty the place the digital camera didn’t at all times set off in nook cowl.
• Fastened a difficulty the place alarm bells would reappear after cutscenes. Please don’t ring. Please don’t ring. Please don’t ring.
Fight
• The “Igan Sundown Tanto” perk (i.e., slowing time throughout escape assaults) has been adjusted to stop countless slowing when utilizing escape assaults repeatedly.
o The perk now works as follows: “Slows time after Escape Strike interrupts enemies.”
• Fastened a difficulty the place the “Snake Chew” (Kusarigama) capacity price multiple adrenaline increase. Two enamel. However one chunk. /☻• Fastened a difficulty the place the Crescent Strike (Naginata) capacity didn’t deal harm on the primary hit.
• Fastened varied points with perks not working appropriately.
• Fastened a difficulty the place letters on the display screen wouldn’t routinely shut when the participant entered a battle. Hey, I’m simply attempting to learn right here.
• Fastened a difficulty the place Naoe couldn’t dodge when she attacked the Ashigaru swordsman with a stance assault first through the “Battle of the Kakushiba Ikki” quest.
• Fastened a difficulty the place the ability wheel would proceed to show the talents of the beforehand geared up weapon when the participant was unarmed.
Graphics and Visuals
• Fastened a number of points with animations, graphics, and placement.
• Fastened varied show points.
Consumer Interface and HUD
• Fastened varied points with the person interface and HUD.
• Localization points have been mounted.
• Fastened a difficulty with the tutorial on methods to use boats. How do you row this factor?
• Fastened a difficulty the place the 4 Pirate Alliance targets weren’t aligned on the target board.
• Fastened a difficulty the place the drop-down listing for the “Textual content Colour” and “Background Colour” choices was lacking within the “Labels” menu.
Photograph Mode
• Fastened varied visible points in Photograph Mode.
• Fastened a difficulty the place the visible impact of the final identified place remained seen in Photograph Mode.
• Fastened a difficulty the place the Codex orbs remained seen in Photograph Mode.
• Fastened a difficulty the place the dimensions of the vignette impact elevated when the worth was decreased in Photograph Mode.
Hideout
• Fastened a difficulty the place the blacksmith was lacking within the hideout. I must improve my weapons!
• Fastened a difficulty the place some trinkets within the forge had been inaccessible.
Stability and efficiency
• Fastened varied crash and stability points.
Platform-specific points
Xbox
• Fastened a difficulty the place the “Balanced” mode was lacking from the efficiency choices.
PC
• VRAM utilization is now added to the efficiency overview when utilizing the benchmark instrument.
• The outline within the scalability choices has been improved to higher mirror the affect on CPU and GPU.
• Fastened a difficulty with conflicting mouse and keyboard bindings on PC.
• Fastened a difficulty the place the VRAM counter didn’t replace VRAM utilization appropriately when settings had been modified individually.
• Fastened a difficulty with PC in photograph mode with ultra-wide mode settings.
STEAMDECK
• Fastened a difficulty the place there was a major FPS drop within the opening animation earlier than reaching the Animus Hub (Recollections).
MacOS
• Fastened a difficulty the place all decision choices had been set to “Customized” when operating the sport in windowed mode on macOS.
• VRAM utilization has been added to the efficiency overview.
• Fastened a difficulty the place the sunshine bar on the PS5® DUALSENSE® controller didn’t mild up appropriately on macOS.
Along with these two main changes, Patch 1.0.4 consists of numerous minor bug fixes and high quality of life enhancements. You possibly can examine these intimately within the patch notes connected on the opposite aspect. Within the hyperlink field above, you’ll discover newer information about Murderer’s Creed Shadows and the Murderer’s Creed collection usually.
