God of War Ragnarök

Updates

• Added support latest FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) technology from AMD

• Add more error checking and logging for NVIDIA Streamline

• Add entries in settings.ini for controlling for NVIDIAStreamlineLog, NVIDIAStreamlineOTAUpdates NVIDIAStreamlineLog=Off ; Values: Off, Default, Verbose NVIDIAStreamlineOTAUpdates=On ; Values: Off, On

• When NVIDIAStreamlineLog enabled, a log file in the Save Game directory will be generated and overwritten every launch. If encountering errors, please submit a support ticket including this log. C:\Users\<USER_NAME>\Saved Games\God of War Ragnarök\sl.log

• When disabling NVIDIAStreamlineOTAUpdates, the driver over the air updates will be disabled. If encountering errors, please try disabling.

• Update the PlayStation Overlay runtime installers to version 4.00

An NVIDIA Driver Crash/Soft Lock that prevents the game from loading is under investigation. In the meantime, we've implemented a work around for the cause of the crash to change how shader compilation works. This change may cause some micro-stuttering during initial load, but will hopefully avoid the driver crash that prevents game from starting.

Please verify files after patching.

As a gift to everyone who owns God of War Ragnarök, the Dark Odyssey collection is now available in-game at no additional cost!

Inspired by the working name of God of War (2005) and the skin that originally appeared in God of War II as a reward for beating the game on God Mode difficulty, we have brought back the black and gold theme for the anniversary.

Dark Odyssey Collection

Dark Odyssey Armor & Appearance for Kratos

• Dark Odyssey Kratos Appearance

• Dark Odyssey Armor Set for Kratos (Dark Odyssey Breastplate, Dark Odyssey Bracers, Dark Odyssey Belt)

Dark Odyssey Companion Armor

• Dark Odyssey Vestment for Atreus

• Dark Odyssey Witch Frock for Freya

Dark Odyssey Weapon Appearances & Attachments*

• Dark Odyssey Leviathan Axe & Dark Odyssey Knob

• Dark Odyssey Blades of Chaos & Dark Odyssey Handles

• Dark Odyssey Draupnir Spear & Dark Odyssey Hind

Dark Odyssey Shield Appearances & Rönd

• Dark Odyssey Guardian Shield

• Dark Odyssey Dauntless Shield

• Dark Odyssey Stone Wall Shield

• Dark Odyssey Shatter Start Shield

• Dark Odyssey Onslaught Shield

• Dark Odyssey Spartan Aspis Shield

• Dark Odyssey Rönd

*Please note, the weapon appearances are made for the fully upgraded version of each weapon and will only be available for use upon reaching that upgrade.

Edit Appearance for Weapon & Shield Attachments

With the addition of the new Dark Odyssey weapon attachments and shield rönd in the patch, we have added the ability to use the ‘Edit Appearance’ feature on those components of Kratos’ arsenal.

You’ll be able to pick whatever visual suits your look with the functionality you want for your build!

Fixes

• Added more error checking for corrupt files that may exist and automated file verification if this was discovered (possible fix for booting to black screen issues)

• Fixed an issue where PSN trophies might not award on loading save if they were not granted previously

• Added more error logging for potential graphics card crashes

Fixes

• Added error reporting for startup failures

• Fixed an issue where game would crash on launch

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where controls would be overly sluggish and unresponsive on Steam Deck

• Fixed missing UI elements when upgrading companion equipment and skills

Updates

• Edit Appearance Feature changed to no longer require gear to be fully upgraded to level 9

• Signing into the PlayStation Network will now be optional on God of War Ragnarök PC

For more information on the optional sign-in bonus, please refer to our news post here.

Tomorrow on January 30th we will be releasing a patch to the PC and PlayStation versions of God of War Ragnarök with a few changes.

Update to Edit Appearance Feature (AKA Transmog System)

For all PlayStation and PC players, the Edit Appearance feature (AKA the Transmog system), will no longer require gear to be fully upgraded to level 9 and will instead be available from the beginning of the game.

Armor of the Black Bear Set

Updated PS4 & PS5 Access to the Armor of the Black Bear Set

After this update, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 players will also get access to the Armor of the Black Bear set (no NG+ save required) via the first available Lost Items chest in new and in-progress saves.

PlayStation Network Sign-in Bonus on PC

When signed into an account for the PlayStation Network when playing God of War Ragnarök on PC, you will gain access to the Armor of the Black Bear set for Kratos at the first Lost Items chest in the Realm Between Realms (previously only accessible in a New Game+ run) and a resource bundle.

This set includes:

• Cloak of the Black Bear (Chest)

• Wraps of the Black Bear (Wrist)

• Belt of the Black Bear (Waist)

The resource bundle includes:

• 500 Hacksilver

• 250 XP

For in-progress saves, you will be able to access the armor set and resource bundle in the Lost Items chest after the update is live.

If you do not wish to log-in to an account for PlayStation Network while playing God of War Ragnarök on PC, you will still be able to access the Armor of the Black Bear set in a New Game+ run (the same as before).

Signing into the PlayStation Network will now be optional on God of War Ragnarök PC.

Updates

• Added more detection for corrupted files during content loading with a warning to user to validate files

• Fixed an issue where the window location would not be saved upon subsequent launches when running in windowed mode

• Fixed an issue where the camera would drift when playing with mouse and alt-tabbing

• Fixed issues with volumetric fog looking blocky when playing in 21:9 or 32:9 aspect ratios

• Fixed an issue with interact/evade swapping not working when using SteamInput

• Fixed an issue with on screen prompts not properly reflecting correct button prompts when using Switch controller and SteamInput

• Fixed Quick Turn buttons not working with SteamInput

• Fixed an issue where bindings using mouse scroll would get unset upon relaunching the game

• Improved performance on Intel ARC GPUs (has very minor improvement on NVIDIA and AMD)

• Fixed a number of visual bugs such as the water at the bottom of Alfheim well not appearing properly

Note - We recommend validating files after every patch.

Updates

• Fixed a crash in UI when opening certain Journal pages

• Fixed a crash that could happen when controllers get disabled or enabled in rapid succession

• Fixed a crash that would occur in various locations in Vanaheim

• Improved performance of AMD Zen1 and Zen2 processors in areas where the game was CPU limited

• Increased tessellation in Realm Between Realms back to PS5 quality

• Note that the performance issue related to tessellation is resolved in NVIDIA drivers 565.90 or higher

• Fixed an issue where lock on would rapidly bounce between targets when using mouse. It will now be more "sticky" requiring more effort to change targets

• Fixed an issue where attack indicators would not look correct when using frame generation

• Fixed an issue where cinematic dialogue audio would be lower volume than intended

Updates

• Prevent crash on game boot due to corrupt or missing files - game will now tell you that there are bad files and ask you to verify installation

• Volumetric fog in Realm Between Realms and during dream sequences will now appear properly on NVIDIA 10xx, 20xx, and 30xx cards

• DualSense controllers will now default to rumble backup when connected wirelessly as haptics are only available with wired connections

• Achievements will now retroactively unlock when loading save games

Please note: If you reload your save and your missing Achievements do not pop, this is likely due to something causing the Steam API to fail via a temporary block such as a firewall, internet disabled, etc. Please double-check possible blockers if this issue persists after reloading.

Updates

Crashes

• Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur when looking at the Skill tree

• Fixed a crash related to authentication flow when booting the game

Authentication Flow

• Fixed multiple issues related to authentication flow and provided more communication as to what is happening to the user

Game Textures

• Fixed an issue where game textures would unload while looking at the menu for a period of time

• Fixed an issue where textures and models would be shown loading in while using fast travel through the Realm Between Realms

NVIDIA Memory Leak

• Replaced NVIDIA Streamline to resolve an issue with memory leaks when switching between different Frame Gen settings

AMD Fixes

• Fixed AMD FSR-FG flickering when in the pause menu

• Fixed AMD FSR-FG performance and frame pacing issues

• Fixed small memory leak when AMD FSR-FG on and off

Steam Deck Offline Mode

• Fixed an issue where Steam Input would not work when playing in Offline mode

DualSense Controller

• Fixed an issue where the DualSense controller would not work wirelessly

UPDATES

• Fixed issue causing some controllers to not have smooth camera or character movement when using sticks

Updates

Spatial Audio

• Fixed crash related to spatial audio that could occur in multiple locations throughout the game with random intervals

• Fixed an issue with audio dropping out when spatial audio was enabled

Mouse Input/Camera

• Fixed mouse input focus issue where mouse would not control camera, but could still control menus

• Moved mouse controls to use raw input instead of GameInput driver

HDR

• Fixed an issue where HDR would not retain its setting on subsequent game starts

VRAM Utilization

• Texture Quality now uses fixed sized texture caches in VRAM instead of growing to use all of available VRAM

• VRAM usage shown in the settings menu now reflects the amount of VRAM allocated based on the current settings as a percentage of amount recommended by operating system. Usage over 100% will work but can lead to performance degradation.

• Modified VRAM texture cache algorithm to reduce VRAM usage that may have caused performance to degrade over time

Controller

• Fixed an issue with 3rd party controllers having stick drift

Animation

• Fixed animation issues in 32:9 super ultrawide screen in Open Your Heart cinematic

Updates

• Fixed an issue where NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation would not properly initialize

• Fixed an issue with NVIDIA Reflex would show as disabled in the UI when enabling Frame Generation

• Fixed some timing markers with NVIDIA Reflex

• Fixed the UI not showing Surround Sound in Audio Calibration

• Fixed an issue where surround sound would apply stereo audio mixing causing some sounds to be too quiet or loud

• Fixed UI controller icons being low resolution and blurry in some cases

• Fixed an issue where controls would not work during quicktime events if Interact/Evade were swapped in addition to having Steam Input enabled

• Fixed an issue on Steam Deck with a button not being mapped blocking completing a tutorial moment

• No longer blocking GPUs with less than 6GB of VRAM from launching the game

Please note that a 6GB card is still the required spec. 4GB cards are not supported and you may encounter performance issues or crashes. Play at your own risk.

Updates:

• Fixed an issue with telemetry events not recording properly

Updates

• Fixed an issue where there would be black graphical corruption when toggling HDR settings

• Fixed an issue with decal textures not loading in properly and showing up as blurry