In Anthem, Patch 1.04 is just around the corner. This week, various changes and quality of life improvements will be implemented into the game. Here are the 5 most important things for you that BioWare is bringing with the next patch.
When will the patch be released? The patch will be released on Tuesday, March 26, for all platforms. Maintenance will start at 14:30 and is expected to end at 16:30 German time.
After that, the patch should go live. We have some highlights from Patch 1.04/1.06 here for you.
What improvements are expected? During the livestream on March 20, developers confirmed some changes. These include loot improvements and various QoL changes. General gameplay improvements were also announced.
Here are the 5 most important things that the next patch is supposed to improve:
Increased Rewards
Loot is set to improve: The rewards currently received in Anthem are regarded as insufficient by many players. Now, the developers have taken further measures to enhance the loot experience.
These are the changes:
- Bosses in the strongholds can now drop additional legendary or masterwork items alongside their guaranteed masterwork item.
- Loot chests in strongholds and free play should now feature better drop rates for rare equipment.
New Cosmetic Chests
What are Elysian Caches? This type of chest rewards you exclusively with cosmetic items. You will access the Elysian store after defeating the final boss in a stronghold.
Here’s how they work: To open these chests, you need Elysian Keys. You get these from daily challenges.
The rewards from the Elysian Caches apply to each team member. So if all four players use their keys, all four players will receive the rewards.
These items can be contained within:
- Emotes
- Vinyls
- Victory poses
- Arrival poses
- Embers
New Activity: Legendary Missions
What are Legendary Missions? Legendary Missions, not to be confused with Legendary Contracts, are more challenging variants of already existing story missions.
You repeat certain quests from the campaign, but the missions come with a fundamental change. At the end of the mission, an “Apex Enemy” awaits you, which can be either an Ursix, a Titan, an Illuminated, or a Fury.
Here’s how Legendary Missions work: These missions are always visible on your map, so you don’t need to talk to anyone to unlock them.
How many will there be? At the release of this content, there will be six different Legendary Missions. You can play one per day, but as many times as you like.
What loot do they bring? Besides the Apex enemies that can provide you with good loot, you will also be rewarded with a chest at the end of the Legendary Mission.
The Forge will be upgraded
These are the improvements:
- There will no longer be a loading screen for the Forge.
- You will have access to the Forge from anywhere in Fort Tarsis or the Launch Bay.
- Your equipped components will now be displayed below your equipment.
BioWare emphasizes that these changes are just one of many steps they are taking to gradually improve the Forge.
Diverse Quality of Life Improvements
What else is there? In addition to important loot improvements, Patch 1.04 also brings some “Quality of Life” changes to the game that should improve the overall comfort in Anthem. Here are the most important ones listed for you.
These are the most important quality of life improvements:
- You can now break down items in your vault faster
- The thrusters of all Javelins have been improved by 20%. The overheating time has also been reduced by around 20%.
- You can now hold the melee button to continuously attack with the Interceptor
- The drop rate for masterwork Ember has been increased
- There are new universal components
- You can now sort consumables by name and rarity level
Changes to Strongholds:
- The invisible barriers in the strongholds have been removed. These sometimes kept players from their loot.
- You will no longer load into strongholds that have been ongoing for more than 2 minutes. This should put an end to the constant starting at the monitor in Heart of Rage. This does not apply to quickplay.
Changes to Quickplay:
- Quickplay missions that last longer than 15 minutes will be disabled. This should prevent you from encountering buggy or empty instances.
Have you checked out the Monument Watch in Anthem? It behaves a bit strangely at the moment:
