Murderer’s Creed Shadows lastly will get tougher with patch 1.0.6 and fulfills a long-awaited want for followers

At the moment sees the discharge of Title Replace 1.0.6 for Murderer’s Creed Shadows. It features a new companion, totally different digicam angles when using and at last seen headgear in cutscenes

Three months have handed for the reason that launch of Murderer’s Creed Shadowsand most of you may have in all probability already explored historic Japan extensively and at the moment are hungry for brand new content material. One month after the final replace, which primarily improved the parkour mechanics, the Title Replace 1.0.6 for AC Shadows is now within the beginning blocks.

This time, Ubisoft has put collectively a considerably bigger bundle for you, as a result of there are usually not solely minor consolation enhancements, but additionally a brand new story package deal together with a recent companion and a model new, crisp problem degree. Patch 1.0.6 additionally brings a welcome change for followers of headgear. We’ll inform you what’s inside

When will the replace be launched?

Title Replace 1.0.6 for Murderer’s Creed Shadows is on the market for obtain from as we speak, June 25, 2025, 16:00 German time.

How massive is Title Replace 1.0.6?

The obtain dimension relies on your platform; the PC and Xbox variations are the most important.

• PlayStation 5: 6.27 GB
• Xbox Collection: 19 GB
• MAC: 9 GB
• PC: 17 GB
• Steam: 8.5 GB

The nightmare begins

An important new characteristic of the replace might be thedegree of problemNightmarewhich is meant to make Shadows an actual problem. In concrete phrases, which means that enemies will trigger considerably extra injury. Blocking, dodging and parrying is now noticeably harder; the response time window has been shortened. Adrenaline build-up and talent cooldowns now take considerably longer

Profitable sneaking has additionally turn into harder, as assassinations trigger considerably much less injury. As well as, crouching working and crawling is now louder, so enemies will discover you comparatively rapidly even in the dead of night. The enemy AI has additionally been improved; enemy guards will seek for you in teams and undertake a defensive stance extra rapidly.

The brand new problem degree ought to enchantment to gamers who discovered Shadows too straightforward at launch. Ourtester Dimi complained on the time that it was far too straightforward to shake off enemies by merely climbing onto a roof. It stays to be seen whether or not the adjustments made are the proper ones or simply unnecessarily lengthen battles.

A brand new companion

The replace additionally brings a breath of recent air to the sport when it comes to story. As a result of with the Portuguese Rufino, thereis a brand new comrade-in-arms in your Murderer League The bearded Portuguese is armed with a pistol and has additionally devoted himself to searching down the Templars in Japan. His model new questline could be began after you may have recruited the blacksmith Heiji in your protected home and unlocked Yasuke

The companion is the results of a collaboration with the D&D collective Crucial Position&nbsp. Rufino was initially conceived by American voice actor Robbie Daymond for an Murderer’s Creed one-shot

The hat stays on

A characteristic that many followers have been eager for since launch considerations hats, hoods and helmets. With replace 1.0.6, now you can set headgear to stay seen throughout cutscenes as a substitute of magically disappearing. Based on Ubisoft, just some Romance-specific cutscenes are exempt from this

The corresponding possibility could be discovered within the settings menu beneath the tabGameplay

What else is new with Replace 1.0.6?

Alarm within the recreation world: As an alternative of solely in castles and secured enemy constructing complexes, a regional alarm can now even be triggered within the open recreation world. This occurs while you repeatedly assault civilians or guards. The highly effective guards will then shut in on you

New digicam settings on horseback:Whereas using, now you can swap between three totally different digicam settings. To do that, press the down button on the controller or the X button on the PC

Efficiency mode for low-end PCs: A brand new high quality degree referred to asExtremely Low Specsis meant to supply Shadows gamers with older and low-performance graphics playing cards higher efficiency. Based on Ubisoft, the sport already runs on an Nvidia Geforce GTX 1650 with 4GB VRAM. Nevertheless, we dare to doubt whether or not historic Japan can unfold its full visible splendor on it

You’ll find all different adjustments intimately within the full patch notes on the second web page.

Highlights of the patch

Particular cooperations

Crucial Position

For our second particular collaboration, we’ve teamed up with Crucial Position to develop this new content material for Murderer’s Creed Shadows. This features a new free quest referred to as “A Crucial Encounter”, a brand new ally you possibly can recruit, and a brand new trophy/achievement in your assortment.

New free story pack: “A Crucial Encounter ”

Rufino, an previous pal of Tomiko and Heiji, claims a life debt after uncovering a lethal conspiracy. Whereas working as a translator, he has discovered proof {that a} mysterious group is hiring assassins to get rid of influential residents.

Now he turns to Naoe and Yasuke for assist in preventing these assassins.

*Unlock situations: Full “The Method of the Blacksmith” and unlock Yasuke as a playable character. This questline begins within the Hideout.

• Reward:New ally, primarily based on the character Rufino from the one-shot marketing campaign “Murderer’s Creed Shadows” by Crucial Position, performed by Robbie Daymond. Additionally, you will obtain a banner with the Crucial Position emblem in your lair.
• New trophy/achievement:” A crucial encounter”, which you obtain after finishing the questline.
  As a part of this collaboration, we’re additionally releasing a Crucial Position weapon pack impressed by the Crucial Position universe, out there for buy within the recreation retailer! This pack comprises two weapons for each characters: a tanto and a katana for Naoe, and a kanabo and a teppo for Yasuke.

   

  New problem degree “Nightmare ”

   

  We’re including a brand new problem degree (Nightmare) that can add extra challenges to your journey. This mode impacts each fight and stealth, requiring extra tactical planning and better consciousness of your environment. Prepare for more durable enemies and a extra intense expertise total.

   

  Right here’s a sneak peek at among the adjustments you possibly can count on on this new problem degree:

   

   

• Gamers’ protection choices are much less efficient and enemies deal extra injury in any respect ranges.
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• For instance, parries now require good timing to dam the blow – incomplete parries solely partially block the injury.
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• Enemies’ AI is smarter, quicker and extra aggressive in quite a lot of conditions, together with detection.

• For instance, Naoe now makes noises even when crouched! And even within the shadows, you possibly can see her when she strikes!
• For instance, enemies not turn into weak via evasive maneuvers or parries – solely talents can put them in a weak state.

• Battle sources (resembling adrenaline, rations and shinobi gadgets) are tougher to come back by, making their use much more vital.

That is only a glimpse of how the brand new problem degree will have an effect on the sport. Be at liberty to share your most intense moments with us by posting your clips on Discord or X with the hashtag AssassinsCreedShadows.

Present and conceal headgear in cutscenes

We’re excited to introduce a extremely requested characteristic: Gamers can now select to show headgear resembling hoods, helmets, headbands and extra in cutscenes. Now your type can shine in dialog scenes too!

You’ll find this feature within the in-game settings.

• Please observe that headgear just isn’t displayed in film sequences and in sure instances the place a rule overrides this setting (romantic cutscenes).

VFX settings

Gamers can now disable/allow sure VFX to additional customise their gameplay expertise. This consists of the power to indicate or disguise loot on corpses, the participant’s final recognized place, enemy particular assault indicators, and extra.

All choices can be found within the “Interface” menu.

Open world alarm

We’ve prolonged the regional alert system out there in castles to the complete province. Now, for those who repeatedly assault civilians or army items exterior of castles, the alarm could be triggered and a bunch of guards will hunt you down on this planet.

Preferences for the horse digicam

Now you can swap between three totally different digicam settings whereas using your mount (maintain down the down button on the controller/“X” button on the keyboard whereas using) to get pleasure from a extra cinematic expertise and expertise all the great thing about Japan.

Extremely-low system necessities for PC

We’re including a brand new graphics high quality: ultra-low mode. This enables PC players with a restricted GPU configuration to benefit from the recreation with a greater body price.

Checklist of bug fixes

Normal

• Mounted a difficulty that induced the Onryo masks to stay seen regardless of deciding on the choice to cover gear.
• Mounted a difficulty that prevented gamers from incomes Mastery Factors.
• Mounted a difficulty the place Mastery Factors weren’t returned after resetting the Mastery Tree.
• Mounted a difficulty the place gamers may not swap between characters even with out in-game restrictions.
• Mounted a difficulty the place allies could possibly be educated to veteran rank with out the dojo being upgraded to degree 3.
• Mounted a difficulty the place Gennojo wouldn’t instantly seem within the lair after being recruited He was busy washing his hair!
• Mounted a difficulty the place a participant would generally get caught in a pink zone and be unable to quick journey by permitting them to quick journey to the hideout.
• Mounted a difficulty the place the Oni drawing would get caught on the display after finishing the Imaginative and prescient of the Realms quest.
• Mounted varied localization points.

Quests

• Mounted a difficulty that prevented gamers from progressing within the quest “A Random Encounter” when following Fuyu.
• Mounted a difficulty the place gamers couldn’t full the search after defeating all Kabukimono.
• Mounted a difficulty the place Woman Oichi’s letter was not out there after the “Fuji-maru” cutscene.
• Mounted a difficulty the place gamers couldn’t speak to Katsuhime on the sphere when she was sitting on the bottom. She simply needed her relaxation!
  
• Mounted a difficulty the place solely a progress bar with out textual content was displayed when pursuing the search “Temple Tales”.
• Mounted a difficulty the place Genzaburo’s Teppo Grasp was lacking from Kaya Shrine.
• Mounted a difficulty that induced Yagyu Munetoshi to disclose a later storyline too early within the quest “Nobutsuna’s Disciple”.
• Mounted a difficulty the place gamers couldn’t assassinate the Godai of Void as a result of the NPC was lacking.He took his identify too actually.
• Mounted a difficulty the place gamers couldn’t full the search “Diary of Woman Rokkaku” after dodging Katsuhime and dropping her.
• Mounted a difficulty the place gamers couldn’t full the search “Diary of Woman Rokkaku” if there was no speedy possibility to hold Katsuhime.
• Mounted a difficulty the place gamers would set off a glitch resulting from an anomaly within the quest “Heads Will Roll”, inflicting Animus actions to turn into unavailable.
• Mounted a difficulty the place gamers couldn’t progress within the quest “Misplaced Honor” as a result of the sport wouldn’t swap to Naoe.
• Mounted a difficulty the place gamers couldn’t progress within the event after demise.

Graphics and visuals

• Some minor visible points have been mounted.
• Misplaced visible components within the Kusarigama from the Darkish Forest have been corrected.
• Mounted a difficulty that induced all NPC horses to look equivalent.
• Mounted a clipping concern with Naoe’s Sekiryu outfit.
• Mounted a difficulty the place the “Blood Shadow Katana” was seen from the scabbard after transmogrification.
• Mounted a difficulty with the motion physics of the Useless by Daylight Oni’s armor.

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