Avowed’s developer Obsidian Entertainment has been patching the game non-stop since its arrival and the latest build (Patch 1.3) has now been released on Xbox Series X|S and PC.
This latest update addresses key areas including community-requested features, crashes and major issues, quests and dialogues, systems and gameplay improvements as well as bugs. There are also a few fixes tied to Xbox. We had a look and the download on Xbox is around 12.6 GB in size.
The team also mentions how it remains committed to ongoing support of Avowed and intends to continue rolling out updates. Along with this, players can look forward to a roadmap, which will go over many of the upcoming plans for the next year. So, here’s the full rundown of the latest Avowed update:
Avowed – 1.3 Patch Notes (March 14, 2025)
Hello everyone,
We want to take a moment to thank you for your continued reports, feedback, and suggestions. Your insights are valuable to us, and we appreciate the time and effort you put into sharing your experiences with us.
Our team is committed to ongoing support, and we’re always looking for ways to improve. Your input is key to help us refine and expand Avowed, and we are excited to keep rolling out updates. Within the next few weeks, we are going to be releasing a roadmap that will go over some of the plans we have that will be coming to the game over the upcoming year, so keep your eyes peeled!
Thank you for being part of our community—we appreciate your support and look forward to sharing more with you in the future!
— The Avowed Team
- The player will now receive an additional talent point at levels 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30. Players with save files past those levels will receive the additional points.
- High Contrast Documents: New option increases font size and applies bold styling to all documents, tutorials, in-game pop-ups, and the ledger’s quest tab.
- Walk Toggle: Players using mouse and keyboard can now toggle between walking and running.
- HUD Customization:
- HUD Toggle Keybind: A new keybind (default: Backslash) hides all HUD elements for cleaner screenshots.
- HUD Opacity Slider: Adjust the transparency of the HUD to your preference.
- Camera & Compass Options:
- Third-Person FOV Slider: Added to Graphics Settings.
- Static Compass Option: Players can now lock the compass to always point North instead of rotating.
- Controller & Input Improvements:
- Full support for customizing controller keybinds.
Crashes & Major Issues
- Game Stability Fixes:
- Fixed a rare crash when switching music during level transitions.
- Xbox App (PC) Launch Crash Fixed: No longer crashes with error 0xc0000005.
- Fixed a save data issue causing crashes related to spawning enemies with save/loading.
- Resolved a Fast Travel crash that could sometimes occur.
- Addressed a rare crash affecting ROG Ally and Intel-integrated laptops.
- Main Menu frame rate is now capped to prevent crashes and hardware isues.
Quests & Dialogues
- Quest Progression Fixes:
- The “Quest Available” icon for Ranger Verano no longer appears after the quest becomes inaccessible.
- “The Finer Things in Battle” quest now triggers reliably and will retroactively complete for players who already met its requirements.
- Attacking the xaurips in Dehengen’s cabin before the “Find Her Cabin” objective now properly progresses the quest.
- “Our Dreams Divide Us Still” – Combat at Mount Forja now consistently ends to advance the quest.
- “Dawntreader” quest fix: Now properly turn-inable to Ofryc even if Kai and Marius are not in the party.
- “Elder Offerings” quest fix: Now properly resolves if the player both paid for the stolen food and returned it.
- “Boundaries of Antiquity” quest fix: Prevented an issue where players could skip a required conversation.
- “An Untimely End.” – Ygwulf and the rebels no longer become hostile after sparing him.
- NPC & Conversation Adjustments:
- Fixed Adelarro and opponents failing to appear if Dreamthralls were killed before starting a side quest.
- Amalia will now al