BioWare has published the patch notes for the latest update 1.04/1.06 for Anthem. It includes a lot of changes. We summarize the most important points for you.
A new patch is coming: Along with today’s maintenance, a new patch has also been deployed for Anthem. Patch 1.04 or 1.06 for players on PS4 brings several new features and changes. Therefore, the patch notes are quite lengthy – according to the last livestream, a total of 13 Word pages!
This is how large the patch is:
- PS4: approx. 2.3GB to 2.5GB (depending on the region)
- Xbox: approx. 2.5GB
- PC: approx. 2.6GB
You must download the latest patch after maintenance before you can go back to Anthem. You can find the complete patch notes here in the Anthem subreddit.
These are the highlights from the patch on March 26
New features: In addition to Legendary Missions, the Elysian Caches will also be introduced with the new update. Players can receive 162 items through the Elysian stores, which can be opened with keys. This includes vinyls, victory poses, or emotes. A special system is intended to prevent players from receiving duplicates.
Loot
- Chests in strongholds, freeplay, and missions now have a chance to contain additional items and crafting materials
- “Apex creatures,” such as Ursix, Titans, Furies, and Escari/Enlightened also have a chance to drop additional items
- On difficulties GM1 and higher, stronghold bosses can drop additional loot alongside the guaranteed masterwork item, which can also be masterwork or even legendary
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Settings and features
- The forge no longer has loading times and can be accessed from anywhere in Fort Tarsis
- Various FOV sliders have been added for the PC version of Anthem
- The automatic AFK kick timer has been reduced from 10 minutes to 5 minutes
- Consumables can now be filtered by rarity
- A new audio effect for masterwork and legendary loot drops has been added
- A new audio effect has been added to signal that the Javelin’s ultimate ability is ready
Changes to masterwork items and components
For numerous items with more than one charge, the rate at which charges are regained has been increased:
- Ranger – Venom Darts (Tactical Onslaught)
- Colossus – Rail Gun (Garred’s Hammer)
- Interceptor – Cluster Mine (Bitter Harvest)
- Storm – Ice Storm (Winter’s Wrath)
- Storm – Ball Lightning (Seal of the Open Mind)
Additionally, there have been numerous changes to abilities, gear, and components for all four Javelins. With patch 1.04, five new masterwork universal components have also been added, which can be obtained on difficulties GM1 and higher.
Changes to the Javelin
- The melee attack of the Interceptor can now perform multiple attacks when you hold the corresponding button
- The endurance of the Javelin’s thrusters has been increased by 20%
- At the same time, the overheating duration for all Javelins has been reduced by 20%
- The negative status effect fire no longer instantly overheats the Javelin, but builds up slowly until overheating occurs
- Javelins can now “hover” underwater
Bugs
Several bugs in freeplay, strongholds, and missions have been fixed. Here’s a small selection:
- A bug has been fixed where strongholds would disappear from the map for players
- Multiple invisible walls in strongholds that prevented players from progressing have been removed
- Quickplay missions that run longer than 15 minutes will be banned from matchmaking
- You can no longer be placed in strongholds through matchmaking that have been running for more than 2 minutes
- Some bugs have been fixed that caused the game to crash
- Additional bug fixes are available for gear and abilities, components, weapons, Javelins, and creatures
While the latest patch brings Elysian Caches, some players still feel something is missing:
