It's been a little while since Assassin's Creed Odyssey has been given a new content, but the wait is now over. The team at Ubisoft have announced Assassin's Creed Odyssey update version 1.1.2 for PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and PC, with patch notes indicating a host of new changes, chiefly the new level scaling option and Hephaistos's Workshop.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey update January 2019 version 1.1.2 patch notes
The full list of changes in the latest Assassin's Creed Odyssey update is tremendous. The team at Ubisoft seem to have combed over the entire game, adding new content, new shops, and tweaking everything from performance to animations and more. To keep things neat and tidy, we'll organize the list by the biggest highlights. For the entire set of patch notes, be sure to head over to the latest Assassin's Creed Odyssey January 2019 update post made on the official Ubisoft website.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey update 1.1.2 new content and additions
Episode 2 Shadow Heritage – Legacy of the First Blade
Added in-game support for Shadow Heritage
Will be available to download on January 15
Lost Tales of Greece
Added support for A Poet's Legacy
Added Support for A Brother's Seduction
New Level Scaling Option - players can now customize Enemy Scaling levels for quests and NPCs
Default – Content will be set appropriate to selected difficulty level
Heavy – Content remains at the player’s level
Medium – Content can drop up to two levels below the player’s level
Light – Content can drop up to four levels below the player’s level
Note that adjusting the Level Scaling has an impact on the Loot level, but not the Loot quality.
Hephaistos’s Workshop
Learn – Displays all existing Engravings and allows players to buy any perk for a price
Upgrade – You can upgrade your gear to Engravings Tier 6 & 7
Challenges for Engravings up to Tier 5 need to be completed in order to upgrade further
Engrave – You can engrave gear at Hephaistos’s Workshop
Located in the Myson Cave in the Malis region
You can fast travel to The Ruins of Artemis location to access the Workshop more easily
Additional Mercenary Tiers and Benefits
Added two Mercenary Tiers (S1 and S2) to the ladder
Unlocks once players reach Tier 1
Added tutorial for new ranks
Added two Mercenary benefits
S1: War Contracts and Bounties provide 35% more rewards
S2: Hephaistos reduces the price of his teaching by 20%
New Mastery Levels
Poison Effect
Damage after Parry
Damage after Dodge
Adrenaline on Parry
Damage and Health while in Conquest Battles
Miscellaneous Additions
Added achievements/trophies for upcoming Lost Tales of Greece and Shadow Heritage
Lost Tales of Greece Quest giver icons are now displayed on top of fog on the map
Added zoom button indications to the world map
Procedural Quest NPCs can now be recruited
Gameplay icons will now take priority over photos on the map
Improved Legendary set bonuses of the Hades and Nemean gear
The required XP to gain a Master Level has been lowered and all progress through the Master Level has been reset to Master Level 1
30 Ability points will be granted for all players that reached level 70 before this Title Update
Headshots no longer guarantee critical hit and base headshot damage has been increased
All damage increases from perks are now additive with each other (some were previously multiplicative) to reduce high-damage spikes in specific gear situations
Gameplay
Addressed an issue causing the Arena to become unresponsive when accepting a Mercenary challenge while using Ikaros
Damage from Assassin ability perks will now work as intended: Ability damage from perks is now correctly added to the ability damage number seen in the Abilities menu
NPCs with shields will be slower to rise when the Shield Break level 3 is used to initiate combat
Fixed an issue where specific Enemies did not reduce damage taken from headshots
Performance and Stability
Corrected a tablet's worth of short-term freezing and stuttering instances
Addressed several instances of long loading times
Improved Performance and Stability during battles, in populated areas or on the chicken farm
User Interface, Menu, and Subtitles
Addressed various UI/HUD irregularities and display anomalies
Addressed various issues with Engravings not increasing stats as intended
Addressed several instances of incorrect Engraving formula applications
Addressed various display issues in the Detailed Stats page
Addressed several issues that caused Mastery effects to be unapplied
Addressed scrolls of subtitle sync and display issues
Corrected multiple instances of incorrect armor, weapon, and item text
Addressed an issue where players couldn't apply visuals from items acquired prior to Patch 1.0.5
Addressed an issue where the last Mastery Level seemingly had no effect
Players will no longer be shown a misleading warning message when trying to summon Phobos in restricted areas
Addressed an issue where players could regain adrenaline by using a hunter ability
The Visual Customization system menu can no longer be opened for categories other than gear and weapons
Addressed an issue that led the Tame and Crouch actions not to be customizable with all control schemes
Addressed an issue showing mapped skills as available when players have no adrenaline
Addressed an issue where fast travel was grayed out and players were unable to fast travel outside of a conflict zone
[PC] Addressed an issue where the screen did not adjust after switching from Fullscreen to Windowed and back, using Alt+Enter+Esc
[PC] Addressed several display issues with 21:9 or 16:10 aspect ratios
[PC] M&K players will now find scrolling through menus a smoother experience, much like taming a wolf over a bear
[PC] Addressed an issue where ability assign/unassign using the mouse middle-click wouldn't work
[PC] The VRAM meter will now display the correct values with different resolutions when using Borderless Mode
There are still loads of other changes in the latest Assassin's Creed Odyssey update, including tweaks to the Ubisoft Club, achievements, graphics, animations, audio, photo mode, and specific changes to Adrestia and Naval gameplay. More information can be found over on the official Ubisoft forums.
The newest January 2019 update to Assassin's Creed Odyssey shows that Ubisoft is staying on top of player requests and feedback. To learn more about the team's latest open-world adventure, be sure to stop by Shacknews' extensive Assassin's Creed Odyssey walkthrough and guide.