Santa Monica Studio has rolled out a new update for God of War Ragnarok which fixes many issues related to New Game Plus in particular. Here is what changes.
Almost six months after its release, God of War Ragnarok has finally received its long-awaited New Game Plus mode by the community. A new mode that has come with some new features such as new features and equipment, but which comes with some additional bugs. Santa Monica Studio continues to clean up with a patch fixing some of the issues reported by players.
A new update for God of War Ragnarok
God of War Ragnarok continues to improve. Since the game launched in November 2022, Santa Monica Studio has followed up its PlayStation exclusive with updates. Updates sometimes bringing new features, balancing or even new modes. The one considered one of the best PS5 games, for example, received the inevitable but equally appreciated photo mode and more recently the New Game Plus. Players can now return to the nine realms with much of their inventory and skills retained while having a few additions that spice up the experience like fiercer bosses, new enchantments or the increased level cap.
As is often the case with productions of this magnitude, these new features have brought some additional problems to the game. Santa Monica Studio has been particularly responsive and is continuing its momentum by deploying a new God of War update on the evening of Monday April 24. Ragnarok. A 4.02 patch correcting in particular a problem related to trophies and bugs related to equipment and quests. Note that this new update does not yet fix the issue where players who imported a New Game+ save from PS4 to PS5 are constantly being returned to the main menu when trying to load a manual save. Santa Monica recommends playing until an autosave is done, then saving your game manually at that time in a new location.
Patch notes de la version 4.02 de God of War Ragnarok
Audio
- Fixed an issue where the final quest music was playing when the player loaded their game from the main menu or restarted the checkpoint in Midgard during New Game+ post-game.
- Fixed an issue where lines of dialogue were skipped after a cutscene when acquiring the Mysterious Orb quest in New Game Plus.
Combat
- Fixed a rare case where the app would crash when going through the Training Arena menu and selecting Ingrid as a companion.
- Fixed an issue where Kratos could switch to weapon move-sets in Spartan Rage mode.
- Fixed a rare case where Gná could unleash his attack too soon after his Wingshards, resulting in an unavoidable player death on Give Me God of War difficulty.
- Fixed an issue where restarting from a checkpoint before the cutscene leading up to the Björn boss fight would cause Kratos’ rage meter to disappear and not allow the player to change the rage he had equipped.
Equipment
- Fixed a case where Kratos’ shield would visually disappear if the player upgraded the currently equipped shield to level 9.1 (or higher), but did not equip the upgraded version through the command prompt.
- Fixed a bug where base game resources were not available for purchase/sale in the store after patch 04.00 update.
- Fixed a case where Pommels of Primordial Flame would disappear from the Blades of Chaos weapon menu when leveling from level 8 to level 9.
- Fixed an issue where the player would not receive a gold coin when upgrading a shield to level 9.1. Gold coins not received due to this bug will be granted retroactively via the Lost Item Chest.
- Fixed a case where the player would not receive a gold coin when upgrading the Leviathan Axe, Blades of Chaos, or Draupnir Spear to level 9.1, unless their equipped accessory was upgraded to prior. Gold coins not received due to this bug will be granted retroactively via the Lost Item Chest.
- Fixed an issue where the amount of Divine Ashes crafting resources in the shop was inconsistent with the amount needed in-game to upgrade armor.
- Fixed a case where sled loot dropped an NG+ resource during base game progression after patch 04.00 update.
- Fixed a bug where God of War Ragnarok Digital Deluxe Edition gear could not be upgraded beyond level 9 during New Game+ progression.
- Fixed a case where the recipe for “Soldier’s Sauroter” was missing from the New Game Plus store, preventing the player from upgrading the component.
- Fixed a bug where weapon components were missing from the Shop and/or Lost Item Chest, but were showing as available.
- Fixed a case where several enchantments were not being granted in Chests of the Norns. Enchantments not received due to this bug will be retroactively granted through the Lost Item Chest.
Monde
- Fixed a case where the Gná Camp would become available after the player completed the Muspelheim Trials, causing the player to get stuck.
UI/UX
- Fixed a bug where a weapon’s appearance could not be changed for a tier 9.1 weapon until the player upgraded to 9.2 or higher.
- Fixed missing line in credits.
Trophies
- Fixed an issue where the player could not earn the Shining Trophy when upgrading level 9 armor in New Game Plus.
PS4
- Fixed a case where two characters would not spawn in the intended location after skipping the cutscene and quickly progressing through the path.
- Fixed an issue where Hardrefill the Callous would not spawn in the arena and the player would get stuck inside.
