Avowed Gets Yet Another New Update

Obsidian Entertainment has released Update 1.2.4 for Avowed, bringing an important host of bug fixes to the game. The developer continues to improve Avowed, not resting on its laurels after its recent launch.

Avowed is the latest RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, developer of other popular games in the genre, such as Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity, and The Outer Worlds. Avowed received positive reviews upon its launch, with many critics hailing its use of player choice and engaging combat mechanics. However, Avowed has also suffered from its share of bugs at this early stage, although Obsidian has already released a few updates for the game to combat these problems.

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The patch notes for Avowed‘s 1.2.4 update are now available. There’s nothing new here, but it does come with tons of crucial fixes, which may help with some cases of soft-locking during certain Avowed quests. For example, the headline fix forces unkillable characters to automatically respawn if they die, preventing quest progression from being blocked. A common issue with Bounty Masters in Dawnshore, Shatterscarp, and Galawain’s Tusks has also been fixed, now allowing players to turn in bounties even if more trophy items than expected have been obtained.

Overall, it’s a pretty small update, also arriving with a few interesting quality-of-life changes. Avowed companions now help players in combat “more reliably,” while the number of autosave slots has been increased from three to five. This only scratches the surface of the full Avowed 1.2.4 patch notes, which can be found below. With a few patches already released in the short time since Avowed‘s release, hopefully Obsidian can keep up the same pace as more issues pop up for players.

It will be very interesting to see what the future holds for Avowed. It was recently reported that Obsidian is happy with Avowed‘s sales, and could pursue expansions and sequels going forward. With the game appearing on Xbox Game Pass, the sales of a successful game are becoming harder to define from the outside, but the noise at the moment suggests players could get more Avowed in the future.

Avowed 1.2.4 Update Patch Notes

Crashes & Major Issues

• Adjusted character settings so that unkillable characters will now respawn if they mysteriously die, preventing blocked quest progression.

Quests & Area Design

• Loot piles will no longer be placed in unexpected locations when created while the player is far away. Previously affected saved games will now have the loot pile back where the owning character died.
• Players who killed Kostya and destroyed Solace Keep will no longer experience a dropped conversation when speaking with the leaders of the Living Lands during The Siege of Paradis. (Players with affected saves can now simply walk in and out of the meeting space to retrigger the conversation.)
• Bounty Masters in Dawnshore, Shatterscarp, and Galawain’s Tusks now correctly allow players to turn in bounties, even if they have acquired more trophy items than expected.
• Vemas now allows players to turn in Debt of Blood, even if they had already spoken to him upon returning.
• The player will no longer become stuck with no objectives active during An Untimely End.
• Fixed an issue where the player could become stuck in the environment near Dehengen’s Cottage.
• Enemy loot will no longer disappear if the player killed Ygwulf and the assassins in the Cistern, saved their game, and then reloaded that save.
• Ambassador Hylgard can no longer die from drowning in The Strangleroot while following the player, which was preventing him from appearing at the embassy in Paradis.
• The player will no longer be blocked from finishing Ancient Soil if Fior mes Iverno becomes inaccessible.

Systems & Gameplay Improvements

• Godless chests and sarcophagi now have currency in their loot lists.
• Upgrade materials (metal, wood, leather) are now more consistently available across stores in each region.
• Upgrade materials now properly refresh when store stock updates.
• Autosave frequency has been changed from 5 minutes to 10 minutes by default. (This can still be adjusted in player settings.)
• Autosave slots increased from 3 to 5.
• The ability Bleeding Cuts now applies Bleed Accumulation more reliably.
• Logging into Xbox Network on Steam no longer resets the player’s selected language setting.
• Kai is now less likely to teleport inside a wall while using Leap of Daring.
• Companions now assist in combat more reliably.

Visual & Art Fixes

• Militia Guard patrolling Claviger’s Landing now has the correct neck texture.
• Adjusted health bar position for the enemy Putrid Skeleton Wizard.
• Fixed jittering of player hair and armor when afflicted by Poison Accumulation.
• Reduced opacity of a water fountain inside Ondra’s Temple.

User Interface (UI) & Controls

• Companion abilities bound to the Quick Slot menu no longer become undone after reloading a save.
• Added new settings for controller users to adjust gamepad look acceleration strength and ramp-up time.
• Corrected typos in the Encumbrance tutorial and on the Compiling Shaders screen (now correctly states “a few minutes” instead of “a few moments”).

Miscellaneous

• Launching Avowed with DirectX 11 is now disabled, as the game does not support it.
  • Some players have been using a DirectX 11 launch parameter as a workaround for various crashes, performance problems, or compatibility concerns. However, this can introduce additional problems that we cannot troubleshoot or resolve, including unexpected visual or performance issues.
  • If you’re encountering startup crashes, we recommend updating your drivers, verifying your game files, or reaching out to our support team at support.obsidian.net for assistance.

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February 18, 2025

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Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Violence

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