Dying Light 2 1.3.0 Patch Notes: Adds New Game+, Legendary Weapons

Techland has been steadily improving and adding to Dying Light 2 since its release in February and the 1.3.0 update continues that trend. The patch notes run down a whole list of changes that are headlined by the addition of New Game+ and legendary weapons.

Players have been asking for New Game+, as the title’s RPG elements lends itself to multiple runs. It would also help users grab missable collectibles that are essential for trophies and achievements. New Game+ also adds 30 more inhibitors, which are also related to trophies and achievements since there aren’t enough inhibitors in the campaign to fully upgrade health and stamina to get both of the related trophies or achievements.

Techland is also changing how the game works in New Game+ to keep players on their toes. Some of the harder infected like Volatiles and Banshees will spawn at night and all enemies will scale to the player’s level. The optional parkour objectives also have harder platinum times to race for. There are even gold encounters, but Techland did not detail what those were. While those changes ramp up the difficulty, the game throws players a bone by adding new a legendary weapon tier.

The update also comes with a ton of bug fixes, which is fitting for a game that launched in a fairly glitchy state. But there is at least one settings change that isn’t related to its technical performance, as PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X will now be able to adjust the game’s field of view. There’s also a new side mission called “Something Big Has Been Here” and it will have new enemy variants.

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Here are the full Dying Light 2 1.3.0 update patch notes:

New Game+

After finishing it once, the game can be replayed again, only this time with modified game parameters in place to encourage a second playthrough by the implementation of a unique system and experience. The player can now go through the story with revitalized mechanisms. These include new enemy behaviors, more difficult encounters, new objects within the world, namely the newly added inhibitors, and many more changes that will significantly alter the gameplay style and allow the player to develop their character further. All of this is only available in New Game+!
- 30 new inhibitors
- New platinum objectives for parkour challenges
- Updated distribution of the enemies (f.e. Volatiles and Banshee spawn during the night, a wider variety of enemy pools in encounters)
- A new legendary weapon tier added
- Gold encounters added
- Enemy difficulty scales with the player level

Co-op Updates

Fixed connection and stability issues in co-op
- Fixed connection issues with the players who are further advanced inthe story
- Improved game performance in co-op
Co-op story blocks
- Fixed an issue that caused blocked progression in a single player game mode after a co-op session
- Fixed few remaining death loops in co-op
- Fixed an issue with a missing NPC during the Missing People quest in a co-op session
Co-op quality
- Improved weapon visualization in online menu and inventory
- Improved handling of challenges requirements in co-op
- Fixed random bandit respawns while players are still in the bandit camp
- Fixed issues with the player being unable to access inventory or map after dying several times in co-op
- Fixed blocked story progression with “enemies nearby” notification
- Fixed rare issue when a player can’t move after a revive
- Fixes for far away peer respawn from the host and respawning in geometry
- Fixed AI jitter in random cases
- Improved various animations in co-op – f.e. crouching, throwing, using the bow, and more
- Fixed sound duplication in co-op
- Fixed rare cases of unresponsive quest radio dialog in co-op, causing story blocks
- Fixed the display of incorrect icons on the map after a co-op party
- Fixed “call for help” when the player is being summoned during a gather in co-op
- Fixed black screens in certain situations that could cause progression blockers during co-op progression
- Fixed unnecessary “skill requirement” text-glitch in the description of a challenge in a co-op session
- Updated the time of tutorial windows to 30 seconds during the co-op sessions
- Fixed a bug that allows player to have multiple story quests active

Content Update

Mutated Infected – New quest added Something Big Has Been Here, which included special elemental Goon variants

Gameplay Updates

Enemies with bows are less annoying — decreased damage output
Completed achievements are correctly awarded upon completion. This works for the achievements that were obtained before the update as well
Fixed a bug that was causing Howlers and Screamers to become invulnerable to damage
Fixed a possibility to fast travel between map regions after completing various quests
Fixed a random AI bug of Human encounters
Fixed infected invulnerability to arrows
Fixed missing rewards after Bandit encounters
Fixed the Virals patrol movement in GRE facilities

Quest Updates

Fixed a bug related to wall-clipping during the Let’s Waltz quest
Fixed a bug of the player getting stuck after using an inhibitor, or opening inventory after obtaining inhibitor in the Markers of Plague quest
Fixed the map display bug in The Only Way Out quest
Fixed the disappearance of Hakon in the Into The Darkness quest after playing in co-op
Fixed Sophie’s inaccessible position in The Raid quest

UI/UX Updates

Added FOV slider on PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X
Improved UI textures optimization
Fixed issues related to switching between keyboard and controller
Fixed inhibitor pop-up message in Markers of Plague quest
Fixed quest display in journal
Fixed tutorial window display
Fixed weapon durability display, quest tracking, and inventory management on ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo second display
Aiden should no longer T-pose in the main menu
Fixed crashes related to launching the game in 5760×1080 resolution
Fixed display of incorrect numbers on Immunity Bar
Minor changes to PC key bindings