Horizon Forbidden West Update 1.05 Patch Notes

Guerrilla Games has rolled out Horizon Forbidden West update 1.05, the game’s first major post-launch update. Alongside fixing numerous visual issues, the patch addresses progression blocks in some main quests as well as side quests, gameplay issues, crashes, and problems with world activities. Guerrilla Games has said that it’s still looking into a number of other graphical and gameplay problems that players have been reporting, and those will be addressed in a future update. This includes various bugs when moving camera, infinite loading screens in melee pits, Aloy’s outfit appearing blurry in Photo Mode, and a progression block in the quest ‘Reach for the Stars’ that prevents Aloy from interacting with machine carcass.

Horizon Forbidden West update 1.05 patch notes

Main Quests

Fixed an issue in main quest ‘Reach for the Stars’ where reloading a certain auto-save after completing the first quest could block progression.
Fixed an issue during interlude ‘The Eye of the Earth’ where Aloy could fall out of the world after skipping a cinematic.
Fixed an issue in main quest ‘Cradle of Echoes’ where Varl would wander off on a reload from save.
Fixed an issue in main quest ‘The Sea of Sands’ affecting several grapple points.

Side Quests and Errands

Fixed an issue in side quest ‘Blood Choke’ where Atekka would appear to fall out of the sky.
Fixed a progression issue in side quest ‘In The Fog’ related to fast travel during the quest.
Fixed an issue in errand quest ‘Night of Lights’ where a pullable box could get stuck and block the quest progression.

World activities

Fixed an issue where Relic Ruin: The Daunt could not be started in certain circumstances.
Fixed an issue in salvage contract The Greenswell: Plowhorn and the Plants where an optional objective could not be completed if the required item was sent to the player stash.
A rogue Tallneck near The Stand of the Sentinels that would sometimes change the direction of its route has been disciplined.

Gameplay fixes

The Second Chance skill should now work correctly.
Fixed an issue where the camera had an unintended position when using certain weapon techniques.

General fixes

Image oversharpening in HDR mode has been corrected.
Fixed an issue where some settlements would stream in, then stream out in certain circumstances.
Fixed an issue where the HUD would flicker when the player performs a loot action.
Fixed an issue where rapidly opening and closing the map could cause graphical anomalies.
Fixed an issue where Aloy’s animation would sometimes jitter rapidly when climbing after picking up a plant has been fixed.
Fixed a global issue where the direction of Aloy’s gaze, or that of certain NPCs, was incorrect.
Fixed several instances where Aloy, NPCs or enemies could get stuck in geometry.
Fixed an issue where roads and icons on the map would sometimes appear with a delay.
Fixed several streaming issues and unintended loading screens.
NPCs that seemed to suffer from insomnia and would gather in large groups at night in settlements should act more naturally now.
Petra will no longer teleport into her seat inside the Chainscrape brewery if followed immediately after the initial conversation with her.