The Blood of Dawnwalker First Update 1.004 Released as Hotfix 1.0.2 on September

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It’s out a lot sooner than expected, as Rebel Wolves has already rolled out the first post-release patch for The Blood of Dawnwalker, which the studio calls hotfix 1.0.2.

Console gamers will see this as download The Blood of Dawnwalker update 1.004, and this is a small file install across all platforms. Don’t expect this to fix all the known issues, as this is a hotfix more than anything else.

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Read on for the patch notes, and the list of items the devs are looking into as well.

The Blood of Dawnwalker First Update 1.004 Fixes Quest Issues

Quests

• Coen can talk to Farkas now even after killing all NPCs around him
• Lunka no longer gets lost when leading Coen in the tutorial
• Uriashi blacksmith learned how to craft a certain holy sword

Gameplay

• Adjustments to controller dead zone and input issues while sprinting

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The list of known issues the devs are looking at includes:

• Game stuttering when in Windowed / Borderless mode (workaround: please try launching the game in Full Screen)
• Game crashing on compiling shaders (fix: please check if your BIOS is up to date, more info: here)
• Missing option of mapping buttons on a PS5 gamepad

Note that these issues are the same ones we posted about earlier today, but those aren’t the only ones reported by the community.

• Flickering lights
• UI font size being too small
• Sprinting/running suddenly stopping when at an angle
• PC cursor issues when playing with a controller
• Screen tearing
• Bug when switching to full screen mode. The menus are uninteractable (including dialogue menus)
• Performance and crashing issues affecting consoles and PC

If you haven’t tried the game yet, go check out our review where we state, “In The Blood of Dawnwalker, Rebel Wolves gambled on a new IP and didn’t hold back in their ambition. Thankfully, it has paid off in spades, and from the looks of it, this is the start of a new RPG franchise. It might not have the same notoriety as The Witcher series for now, but if Rebel Wolves can produce the sequels with the same level of quality, then The Blood of Dawnwalker might just be the next great RPG series.”

Once a new update is out, expect it here on MP1st.

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