Update 1.09 is out for Horizon Forbidden West

Guerrilla Games has released update 1.09 for Horizon Forbidden West, which has made many improvements and various fixes to some tasks and world events. In addition, the update is intended to improve the performance and stability of the game.

Developer Notes

We are currently investigating several issues reported by the community. Please note that these issues are not yet fixed in this patch, but our teams are aware of them and are working on them.

Main tasks

• Fixed an issue in the Dying Lands mission that caused vehicles to remain behind an energy shield.
• Fixed an issue in the quest "Shattered Sky" that could cause the player to get stuck in an invisible collision.
• Fixed an issue in the quest "Shattered Sky" that caused Decca to stand behind the throne and be uninteractable.

side quests

• Fixed an issue in the Second Verse quest that prevented Zo from entering the Song of the Plains after completing all main quests.
• Fixed an issue in the quest "Sunken Hopes" where the player could "tear open" rocks from the wrong side, breaking progress.
• Fixed an issue in The Flood mission that could cause Aloy to get stuck in the ground underwater after lighting a firelight.
• Fixed an issue in The Flood mission that caused the Nutcracker to get stuck inside a wall, out of Aloy's reach.
• Fixed an issue in the quest "Thirst for the Hunt" that caused the quest to not update after killing Thunderjaw.
• Fixed a bug in the quest "Exalted". Ambition" where Morlund could conveniently get stuck in a rock, leaving Aloy to fight Thunderbird alone while he cheered her on from a safe location.
• Fixed a bug in the mission "In the Fog", due to which the memorial marker could not be found in the scrap heaps.
• Fixed a bug that caused the "What Was Lost" side quest and the "First to Fly" quest to alternate.
• Fixed an issue in the Supply Drop quest that caused Littai to get stuck underground.
• Fixed an issue in the "A Shining Example" quest where progress could be blocked by destroying Metal Flower Creepers before the "Destroy Metal Flower Creepers" mission objective spawned.
• Fixed an issue in the "Information on the Sons of Prometheus" quest where the term "ghosts" moved to a new level and was no longer present upon death.

UI/UX

• Fixed issues when reassigning certain button actions.

Graphics

• Additional improvements related to flicker/sharpness.

Performance and stability

• Reducing the size of the loading screen.
• Crashes fixed.
• Localization and spelling corrections.

Other

• Fixed several issues that prevented the notebook from completing 100%.
• Fixed several issues that could cause the player to run away from a boss fight while riding a mount.
• Fixed an issue where hunter set settings would not be saved after a save restart.
• Rebalanced several combat mechanics.
• Fixed several music issues.