A new patch for post-apocalyptic adventure Horizon Forbidden West has just launched. Patch 1.18 goes live today and will address a number of issues players have been experiencing. These largely have to do with game progression, with some players reporting problems relating to stuck completion levels and objectives not updating. The latest patch for the popular open-world adventure also adds a new face paint for Aloy which showcases the Pride flag.
The Mark of Pride face paint is also available in the game’s photo mode, meaning players can get some awesome Pride-worthy shots of Aloy in action or just chilling out in the Forbidden West. Players will need to make their way to a Painter in Scalding Spear, Thornmarsh, or The Bulwark in order to get their hands on the LGBTQIA+ face paint.
Guerilla Games has been working hard on supporting and maintaining Horizon Forbidden West since its launch back in February. This latest patch addresses a number of crashes and quest-specific issues that players have seen in-game. On the technical side of things, Temporal Anti-Aliasing for the game’s Resolution Mode on the PS5 and PS4 has seen an improvement. Further resolution issues have also been dealt with in the latest fix, including issues with Aloy’s armor visibly jittering at times when playing the game in Balanced Mode. Players will also no longer get stuck underneath the terrain or inside geometrical structures, which is always helpful.
Some of the quest-specific patch notes from the latest update are listed below. However, to read the patch notes in full you can head over to the Horizon Forbidden West Reddit page.
Horizon Forbidden West Patch 1.18 – Quests
Main Quests
- Fixed an issue in Main Quest “Faro’s Tomb“ where the Hunter Merchant could be missing in Thebes.
- Fixed floating weapons in the cinematic following the “Talk to the Tenakth Marshal” mission objective of Main Quest “The Embassy”.
- Fixed an issue in Main Quest “The Kulrut” where Hekarro was practicing his pantomime skills and got blocked behind an invisible wall.
- Fixed issues related to players not being able to enter or exit The Base.
- Fixed an issue where a Kotallo callout could play inside The Base without Kotallo being present.
Side Quests
- We now keep Riverhymn’s settlement icon on the map after completing Side Quest “The Roots that Bind“.
- Fixed an issue where Porguf would not provide the option to start the Errand Quest “Broken Locks”.
- Fixed an issue in Side Quest “The Deluge” where players could ride their ground mount through a lake.
- Fixed an issue in Side Quest “Signal Spike” where the player could be unable to progress after the “Search the Canyon for the Source of the Signal” objective.
- Fixed an issue in Chainscrape where, before completing Side Quest “The Bristlebacks”, the Herbalist would have an icon above their head but will not be interactable.
