Assassin’s Creed Shadows launched on March 20th, 2025. As is the case with most new games, patches are the nature of the game. It has been announced via the Assassin’s Creed X/ Twitter account today, April 7th, 2025, that tomorrow, patch 1.0.2 will be dropped. This update comes less than a fortnight after the game’s 1.0.1 patch was released in late March.
A lot of the patch notes can be found below. I took the liberty of leaving out anything that may contain spoilers. Should this not matter to you for whatever reason, a link to the full patch notes can be found at the bottom of this write-up.
Horse Auto-Follow and Speed improvements
Auto-Follow the road is back to help you navigate while riding your horse. Simply activate the pathfinder to enable Auto-Follow, and your horse will automatically follow the road to your marked destination.
We’ve also increased horse speeds in cities so you can get to your destination faster.
Mastery Nodes Reset
Is your stealth build not sneaky enough? Could Yasuke pack a heavier punch? We’ve added the option to reset Mastery Nodes in the skill trees so you can test different playstyles and skills for both Naoe and Yasuke.
Selling / Dismantling multiple items
We know you’ve been hard at work exploring every corner of Feudal Japan, and that means you’ve filled your pockets with resources and loot.
To help you save time when trading with merchants, we’ve added the option to tag and sell/dismantle multiple items in shops, or when dismantling gear at the Forge in the Hideout.
Investigation Board Shortcut
The Investigation Board is central to your journey, and we’ve added a new shortcut for direct access while in-game.
With Title Update 1.0.2, holding the OPTION button for a few seconds will take you directly to the Investigation Board, while a single press will open the inventory menu.
This update now allows you to easily launch the World Map, Inventory, or Investigation Board smoothly as you play.
PS5 Pro
We’re excited to also bring key improvements to the PS5 Pro version of Shadows that will enhance the visual quality of the experience. Check out more in this article.
- Added PSSR support for PS5 Pro
- Please note that players who have been playing on PS5 Pro prior to Title Update 1.0.2 will need to manually enable PSSR in the video tab of the pause menu.
- Balanced mode will now feature Raytraced Specular.
- I.e., Visual fidelity will be closer to PS5 Pro Quality mode than Performance
Other Key Improvements
Check out some additional improvements & fixes that were made based on player feedback.
Uncapped the Hideout to above 30 FPS on Performance mode.
Improved balancing of boss fights.
Fixed an issue where the pathfinder line appears in photos taken in Photomode.
Fixed inconsistencies with the ‘Throw a Kunai at the closest enemy after an assassination’ perk when ‘The Tool Master Gear’ is equipped on Naoe.
Improved Double Assassinations.
Improved Naoe’s responsiveness in some instances.
Stealth
- Improved Double Assassinations.
- Improved Naoe’s responsiveness in some instances.
- Fixed an issue where an NPC does not die after being killed by a finisher or assassination.
- Naoe can no longer perform Double Assassinations without learning the ability.
- Fixed the FX on the Shinobi Bell when it is thrown far away.
- Fixed an issue where destroying the alarm bell does not always make NPCs investigate it.
Save Files
Corrected an error that blocked manual saves after completing the ‘Heart of an Assassin’ quest.
Fixed an issue where a “save game” is performed if players are dead or dying.
Addressed an issue where no autosave is created before starting a contract quest.
Reason/Error Code messages are now correctly displayed for corrupted save files.
Fixed an issue where players attempting to save and load during the ‘Get on your mount’ objective caused Rin to spawn dismounted and follow Yasuke on foot, blocking progression
A list of more notes containing spoilers can be found at this link. Is anything that’s bugging you about to be addressed with this Assassin’s Creed Shadows patch? Comment below.
