Avowed Releases Update 1.31

Developer Obsidian Entertainment recently released Update 1.31 for Avowed. The new Avowed update continues to improve the action RPG by fixing a few bugs and enhancing the overall experience.

Released in February, Avowed is the latest game developed by Obsidian. Set in the same universe as the Pillars of Eternity franchise, Avowed generally received positive reviews, and it currently holds an average critic score of 80 on OpenCritic. Recent reports have indicated that the RPG reached over 6 million players on platforms such as Steam and Game Pass, and Obsidian seems to be happy with Avowed’s sales, indicating that the title could get more expansions or sequels in the future.

Related

How Avowed Takes a Fantasy Staple to the Next Level

In general, Avowed does fantasy really well, but one of its best combat playstyles, in particular, sets a new precedent for a staple in the genre.

Avowed recently received Update 1.31, which improves a few UI elements and addresses a handful of bugs that have plagued the RPG. Most notably, the patch also comes with a few “community requested features,” which include an option for “high contrast support” in some UI screens and a Native Anti-Aliasing option for FSR. Additionally, the new update will provide performance improvements on the Xbox Series X/S, improving the game when played on the Beauty and Balanced modes in larger cities.

Overall, this is a fairly simple patch, much smaller than the previous Avowed update. In Update 1.3.0, many bugs were corrected, and some significant tweaks were implemented. One of the most relevant changes after Update 1.3.0 is that gamers received an additional talent point every five levels, allowing for builds with a wider variety of options.

Unfortunately, none of these updates have brought features such as a New Game Plus to Avowed. Among its community, the New Game Plus is one of the most asked-for features in Avowed, as some gamers believe that the endgame is somewhat lacking. The issue is that some players collect powerful items and have strong powers by the end of the journey, and feel that they cannot employ them against a wider variety of foes after the point of no return.

It’s still unknown if Avowed will ever feature a New Game Plus. However, Obsidian recently promised to unveil an official roadmap for Avowed’s future updates. According to the studio, the action RPG will still get more updates throughout 2025, and the roadmap will be revealed in the coming months. It’s not known if these updates will include only small tweaks and additions, or more substantial changes such as a paid expansion, though.

Avowed Update 1.31 Official Patch Notes

• Added ‘high contrast’ support for several UI screens.
• Added Native Anti-Aliasing option for FSR.

Quests

• The quest “Our Dreams Divide Us Still” will now correctly advance at the end of combat for affected players. This includes a retroactive fix for players who load a save made post combat.
• Turning the winch to save Solace Keep will no longer fail to save Solace Keep in rare cases.

UI Fixes and Improvements

• Experience Gained notifications no longer stay visible indefinitely when the hide HUD option is toggled.
• Quest markers and items on the Compass now appear as intended if the player has selected the option “Lock Compass to North” in Settings.
• Status icons near the player’s health bar will no longer be cut off if many statuses are active at once.
• Switching upscaling settings to TSR will no longer unnecessarily apply the Screen Percentage value.
• The setting to Hide XP Notifications now behaves as expected.
• When using the quest tracking option to not track the next quest, Quest beacons will no longer point to completed quest objectives, when a quest is complete.

Bug Fixes

• Addressed a rare instance where enemies could disappear from the map.
• Consumed items no longer reappear in the player’s inventory under certain conditions.
• Orlan hair now renders correctly on higher quality settings.
• Pentiment achievement no longer requires the completion of a side quest in Emerald Stair that is only available based on certain main quest decisions.
• The player will no longer end up in a broken state that prevents them from receiving the achievement “Cooking by the Book”.
• The recipe for Crafting Adra from Adra Shards no longer disappears when the player upgrades Scavenger ability.

Performance Improvements

• Improved performance on Beauty and Balanced modes on Xbox when in larger cities.

Game

My Favorite Games My Played Games My Games Wishlist

Systems

Released

February 18, 2025

ESRB

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

Publisher(s)

Xbox Game Studios