What’s New

Pillars of Eternity — Patch 1.3.8.0.87535 is Live

Patch 1.3.8.0.87535 is Live

General:

  • Mac users can now receive the latest updates.

  • The title no longer boots into a black screen if the user's OS is set to Turkish (or languages with similar text formatting).

  • GOG achievements now unlock properly.

  • Steam/GOG Kickstarter and Backer reward items should once again be granted properly to new players.

  • Steam Linux is now supported and will be included in future patches.

  • Epic Game Store users will now properly receive their Royal Edition digital content rewards.

  • Game saves are now listed with priority given to the most recent, regardless of the method used to create them (Quicksave, Autosave, or manual).

Visual and Audio:

  • Fixed an issue that prevented character selection barks from playing in certain cases. (Eder has once again found his voice)

  • Grimoires will now correctly hide while reading scrolls.

  • Certain cutscenes and maps will now perform better in 4k.

  • Fixed a remaining edge case that would cause characters to t-pose in very specific cutscenes.

  • Fixed a number of dialogue nodes that would trigger a brief "knock" sound when displayed.

  • Removed unintended echo effects on act introduction audio and developer commentary.

  • Ferry boat in Oldsong is no longer partially submerged.

  • Several variant forms of Woodskin have had their VFX aligned correctly. (Spell Holding, Spell Bind, Adragan & Delemgan variants, etc...)

  • Delemgans, Adragan, Pwgra, and Menpwgra have had missing visual and audio effects updated on many of their spells and abilities.

  • Characters that are immune to poison won't bark about being poisoned when attacked by poisonous attacks.

  • All animal companions will now play footstep audio.

  • Hiravias' Spiritshift FX will now properly play when he leaves spiritshift form.

  • Taena's centec VO will now play correctly in both contexts that it can be heard.

Quests and Dialogue:

  • Fixed softlock when hiring Aldwyn and using his services at Brighthallow.

  • Fixed softlock when using Aldwyn's services in the Salty Mast after hiring Lyrinia.

  • Obtaining a quest reward from Simoc in the Sacrifical Bloodlines quest and then killing him will no longer result in a second copy of the reward item on his corpse.

  • After being awarded Alia Braccia in Hearthsong killing the High Monk afterwards will no longer grant a second instance of the reward.

  • Killing Ranga before the potion is acquired will now correctly fail A Mother's Plea.

  • Abrecan will now still accept the letter he sends you to retrieve, even if you already possess it when he first tells you about his request.

  • Krivi's rewards in Od Nua cannot be obtained multiple times by selecting similar dialogue nodes. Now only one outcome is permitted.

  • Anamfath Leader in Twin Elms will continue The Child of Five Suns quest even in the case of Vincent Agosti being dead after being spoken to prior.

  • Failing the Athletics and Dexterity checks in the Durgan's Battery scripted interaction will now properly apply the Concussion affliction.

  • Accepting Tealdor's Bounty relating to the Disciples of the True Flame and leaving the conversation will not prevent players from asking later on about the Bounty for Laenric.

  • Giving Dunstan the final pieces of the Blade of the Endless Paths while he is defending the keep will now correctly reward the player.

  • Accusing Grynde of being a ripple sponge addict for reward can no longer be repeated infinitely.

  • What happens to the ogre Crothar no longer affects Korgrak's quest states.

Combat and Mechanics:

  • Fixed a case where the Shadow Step ability could cause a crash.

  • Shadow Step ability is no longer treated as a modal and can now target ground locations.

  • Spellsword Wizard AI will properly activate Second Wind instead of Deleterious Alacrity of Motion when low on Endurance.

  • Party AI will no longer attempt to activate Second Wind in cases where their Endurance is low, but also capped due to low Health.

  • Party AI will no longer select charmed or confused allies as targets for their hostile abilities.

  • As in PoE2, Party AI that are commanded by the player to move to a location will not attempt to move from that location for a brief period. (They will still attack during that time if possible).

  • Trap Accuracy no longer counts the accuracy modifier on the trap's attack twice in its calculation.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented Constant Recovery from scaling in the same way that Veteran's Recovery does. (Constant Recovery is now superior to Veteran's Recovery at all levels, as expected).

  • Ryona's Buckle's Tenacity Accuracy bonus will now properly activate and deactivate based on the wearer's current Endurance (vs. Only checking endurance at the time the belt was equipped).

  • Iron Circle's Adamant damage reduction now properly deactivates when the wearer rises back above 26% Endurance.

  • Killing Bolt traps now target Fortitude, matching its spell counterpart.

  • Killing Bolt traps no longer mention slash damage in their description.

  • Chain Lightning Traps in Breith Eaman now properly deal damage if they strike a character.

  • Binding and severing Abydon's Hammer will no longer permanently increase the user's Might attribute.

  • The Lady's Hand has had its effects reworked to use a trigger that can be better seen on the character sheet when active.

  • The Black Sanctuary shield will now properly apply its endurance recovery effect when casting Withdraw.

  • Belt of the Royal Deadfire Cannoneer will no longer cause traps to recursively trigger their effects.

  • Elryn's Jacket Eyestrike effect (and similar events that respond to hostile actions) no longer trigger from beneficial "attacks".

  • Powder Burns modal (and similar effects) no longer harms allies located in the AoE's bonus area from intellect.

  • Fulvano's Blunderbuss Spellchance: Charm can now properly trigger and charm targets.

  • Knock Down will now respect suppression when trying to determine if there's an active knocked down status effect preventing stand up.

  • Enemies can no longer move around while being proned by Concelhaut's Crushing Doom.

  • Izali's Boon stealth skill bonus now correctly clears after a rest.

  • Scroll of Minoletta's Bounding Missiles now uses the correct spell description.

  • Scroll of Boiling Spray range now matches its spell counterpart.

  • Scrolls of Restore Endurance have had their range increased to match their spell counterparts.

  • Hirelings from the Salty Mast will continue to provide their boons when using their services at the player's stronghold.

  • Skyward Kick no longer triggers a vertical launch when it would miss with additional effects.

  • Skyward Kick will no longer cause targets to remain prone permanently.

  • Players affected by multiple Unconscious effects will no longer be able to move around while Unconscious. (Similar cases with other effects should also be fixed).

User Interface and Interaction:

  • Fixed a case where a character's culture could be lost in very specific level up circumstances.

  • Weapons can now be equipped to the first weapon set by double-clicking them in the inventory.

  • Right-clicking on a creature will now display its bestiary entry (if it has one).

  • Fixed some cases where the Retrain Character UI might show white portraits.

  • Best of damage type icons now display correctly in the character sheet UI.

  • Fixed a case where Burial Isle visions might prevent the user from canceling actions.

  • Containers that aren't associated with a major faction, but will trigger an attack response from interaction, will now appropriately display the stealing cursor.

  • Trapped chest in the Abbot's Quarter's during the Rising Tide quest can now be looted correctly after being disarmed.

  • Pickables and similar interactions can no longer be looted multiple times using queue'd actions.

  • Removed erroneous description from Guardian Spirit ability on Ancestor Pendant.

  • Setting an invalid name after reaching the end of character creation will no longer allow you to finalize character creation.

  • Character Creation attribute totals only display culture bonuses after the culture screen is reached.

  • Localization:

  • Several Talents that were missing localized text in various languages have been localized.

Known Issues:

  • We are still investigating the issue where in very rare cases the spell cursor might display the incorrect icon. A change included in this patch should make this occur far less frequently, but the core issue seems to be Unity related. We'll continue to seek alternative solutions in a future update.
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