Patch 1.3 — list of changes (August 17, 2021)

Patch 1.3 is coming to PC, consoles, and Stadia soon! Here is a list of the most notable changes coming in this update.

Please note that the issues listed below did not affect all players.

ADDITIONAL CONTENT

• A list of all the free DLCs can be found in the Main Menu under "Additional Content".

The 1.3 patch delivers the following free DLCs:

• Johnny Silverhand's Alternative Appearance – can be enabled in Settings in the "Additional Content" tab.
• Multilayered Syn-Leather Deltajock Jacket, Luminescent Punk Jacket - both available in the stash in V's apartment after receiving a message from Viktor after completing The Ride. They're of Rare/Iconic quality by default, Crafting Specs to craft a higher quality will also be unlocked.
• Archer Quartz "Bandit" - available as a reward or for purchase (depending on choices made by player) after completing Ghost Town and then receiving a message from Dakota or Rogue. If you haven't received the message, make sure to be in the Badlands area and move further away from Dakota's workshop. Dakota will also need a couple of days to contact you.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved the minimap's zoom level when driving, so that it's more zoomed out and easier to navigate.
• Automatic Love - screen with pictures of Skye and Angel will be displayed substantially longer, making it easier to choose between the two.
• Added a button which allows to reallocate the distribution of Perk points on a character's skill tree.
• Increased the number of slots for autosaves from 10 to 20 and for quick saves from 3 to 10 across all platforms.
• Added Database links to Journal entries.
• Added an accessibility option for center of screen dot overlay which helps with reducing/avoiding motion sickness. It can be enabled in Settings → Interface → Center of screen dot overlay.
• Fixers will now message V to offer a car for purchase less often.
• Improved the Screen Space Reflections effect so that it looks less grainy on consoles and on lower visual settings qualities on the PC .
• Added a filter for quest items in the Backpack.
• Quest item tags from miscellaneous Job items will now be removed after finishing associated quests, allowing to sell or drop them.
• It is now possible to rotate V in the Inventory with a mouse.
• Players will now properly be able to craft a quickhack even if they once crafted it and then got rid of it.
• Added a comparison tooltip for cyberware.
• Improved a notification when buying cyberware and not meeting the level requirements to equip it.
• It's now possible to upgrade crafting components in bulk.
• Added new sleeping spots for Nibbles in V's apartment.
• Icon on a disposal crate will now turn red when player picks up a body instead of being grayed out.
• Landmine icon will now be grayed out after disarming it.
• It's now possible to use an elevator while carrying a body.
• Happy Together - Barry now has an updated, more unique appearance.
• Base item will now be highlighted green like other components if it's present in the Inventory when crafting the same item of a better quality.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Detection time of enemies now depends on game difficulty. Enemies on Easy and Normal difficulties will now detect the player slower. Enemies on Very Hard difficulty will now detect the player faster.
• Enemies on Very Hard difficulty (and only that difficulty alone) will now be more aggressive when searching around when they are in the "Alerted" state.
• NCPD will no longer react and turn hostile because of dead bodies in Open World activities.
• NCPD will now also react to hitting NPCs with a non-lethal weapon.
• Adjusted the damaging process when shooting crowd NPCs while in combat depending on distance and the weapon used.
• (Don't Fear) The Reaper — improved Adam Smasher's behaviour during the fight.
• Play It Safe — improved Oda's behavior during the fight.
• Transmission — improved Placide's behavior during the fight.
• Transmission — increased Placide's hacking resistance.
• Cyberpsycho Sighting: Letter of the Law — improved Cyberpsycho's behaviour during the fight.
• Every Breath You Take — improved Red Menace's positioning and aim.
• Increased stats of La Chingona Dorada (Jackie's iconic pistols).
• The Rescue — increased the number of ammo at the beginning of the quest.
• Introduced minor tweaks and improved balancing of the Contagion quickhack.
• Improved the Crafting system, so that items with Random quality scale their quality with player's Crafting skill — it's not possible anymore to roll a quality exceeding that of the relevant Crafting skill.
• The level requirement of items will now increase with each upgrade. Note: the level of upgraded items will be adjusted as a result of this change. The equipped items which exceed the level requirement can keep being used but, if unequipped, will have to wait until the required level is reached.
• Added more crafting specs for cyberware mods.
• Added crafting specs for knives (available from the start of the game).
• Updated the number of components required to craft some items, e.g. Bounce Back, MaxDoc, quickhacks, clothing mods and some weapons.
• Balancing of crafting specs for clothing mods.
• Balancing the number of components required to craft clothing.
• Balancing the number of components required to craft Sandevistan Fragments.
• Optical Camo cyberware will now be available for purchase from Ripperdocs.
• Adjusted price of the Sensory Amplifier cyberware mod.
• Rare Unity crafting spec will now be obtainable only during Suspected Organized Crime Activity: Tygers by the Tail.
• Changed the price and quality of Kerry's guitar that can be obtained during Gig: Psychofan.

GAMEPLAY

• Fixed an issue where crafting specs from clothing stores were available only during the first visit to a vendor.
• Fixed an issue which occurred after visiting the Nomad Camp, resulting in being unable to use weapons and quick menu items.
• Fixed an issue where hacking a neutral target wasn't counted towards the Christmas Tree Attack achievement.
• Tutorial windows about skill checks will no longer pop up when the "Unauthorized" prompt is displayed on devices.
• V will no longer look down after using fast travel.

Adjusted functionality of multiple perks

• "Hit the Deck" perk will now work properly on knockdowned and staggered NPCs.
• "Can't Touch This" perk will now grant the player immunity to Blind from their own flash grenades.
• "Crazy Science" perk will now properly increase the sale price of all items.
• "Hacker Overlord" perk will now grant a recipe for the Epic Whistle quickhack.
• Guitars from New Dawn Fades will no longer be disassemblable and won't be automatically disassembled when having the "Scrapper" perk.
• Player will now properly have a chance of looting a weapon attachment with the "Mech Looter" perk.

Minor fixes related to how V behaves when dialogue is fast-forwarded

• Fixed an issue where player could get stuck in changing position between crouching and standing after skipping dialogue.
• V will no longer holster a weapon after skipping dialogue while holding it.
• V will no longer be stuck in a loop after skipping holocall dialogue while falling into water.

Fixes related to crafting, some adjustments to item pricing

• It is no longer possible to exploit the epic "Untitled 18 - Brancesi, 2021" painting by selling and buying it back.
• Added a quality setting to Sandevistan Fragments' crafting specs.

Rebalanced and added some loot, fixed various items that couldn't be picked up

• Fixed various unlootable items.
• Fixed the icon displayed when looting shoes.
• Fixed a case where Jackie's iconic pistols could be found lying on the street in Northside as loot.
• Fixed an exploit where player could loot the XBD dealer's stock from his body after killing him in Disasterpiece.
• Removed duplicate loot from an Open World activity in Pacifica.
• Fixed appearance of a junk item.
• Added loot to an empty loot container behind a Sex Shop in Corpo Plaza.
• Fixed an issue where some Rare items were dropping where they weren't supposed to.
• Adam Smasher will now drop additional loot besides the Access Token.
• Fixed some unopenable loot containers in the Control Tower in With a Little Help From My Friends.
• Removed Legendary Mantis Blades from Royce's office in The Pickup.

Added new items and removed duplicate items from some vendors' stock

• Removed duplicate crafting specs from Weapon Shops in Vista Del Rey, The Glen, Rancho Coronado, Badlands and Pacifica.
• Added some food items to the Trailer Park food vendor's stock.

Fixed behavior and visuals of multiple devices

• Fixed some vending machines' appearance not corresponding to what they have in stock.
• Optimisation related to various devices.
• Fixed text displayed while scanning machines in Reported Crime: Table Scraps.
• Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to use the numpad next to the garage in The Highwayman.
• Fixed animation of an enemy distracted by a water sprinkler.
• Fixed untranslated text displayed while scanning a Weapon Vending Machine.
• Fixed an issue where pachinko machines in Wakako's parlor were missing.
• Fixed oversized collision boxes of proximity mines in various quests.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs weren't reacting to distraction from TVs and cameras in The Heist.
• Adjusted appearance of access point antennas.
• Added missing interaction for an access point in Gig: Guinea Pigs.
• Fixed lights on some access points.
• Fixed the oversized collision box for boilers.
• Removed redundant personal link icon from a non-interactive device in Gig: Severance Package.
• Removed a redundant scanning component from shelves that hide Access Points.
• NPCs killed by a car elevator will [...]