Far Cry Primal - Patch 1.3.0 Notes (Introducing Survivor Mode!)

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Fellow Wenja,

We’re happy to announce the release of the new Patch 3 available on PS4, Xbox One and PC. It is available for free on April 12, 2016 and includes the below changes.

Patch 3 download size:

• PC (1.1 GB)
• PS4 (849 MB)
• Xbox One (817 MB)

A second PC-specific free update, the Ultra-HD Texture pack, can be downloaded separately. It adds high-quality textures to the PC version of the game.

HD Texture Pack download size:

• PC only (3.5 GB)

• Separate download available on Steam or Uplay

Patch Notes – Patch 3

1. NEW – Survivor Mode

• Available in New Gameplay Options when starting a New Game

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b. NEW – Stamina Bar added

• Stamina depletes slowly during gameplay

• Stamina depletes faster when walking/running/being in combat

• Fast travel consumes stamina

• Stamina can be regenerated by sleeping and eating food

• Manual heal and fast travel costs stamina

• Low stamina slows down movement and health regen. At 0 stamina, manual heal and fast travel are disabled.

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c. Tamed Beasts

• NEW – Permadeath for Tamed Beasts

• If a Beast dies, the player must find and tame a new one

• This also applies to Legendary Beasts, they can never be found again if they die

• Skinning a Beast after they die gives you a skin

• NEW – Beast riding fatigue introduced – After some time of continuous riding, mounted Beast will start taking damage

• In order to activate the taming option for Sabretooth Tigers, Brown Bears and Cave Bears, you must first inflict them serious damage

• Non-legendary tamed Beasts health has been reduced

• Owl attacks and bomb drops have been disabled

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d. World/Resources

• Less natural resources are available in the world and less are looted when gathering

• Less daily resources added to the Reward Stash from Wenja population level

• Resources in the Reward Stash can only be withdrawn at the Village Stash

• Night lasts longer and is darker

• Campfire Fast Travel points are no longer unlocked by default when claiming a bonfire

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e. Skills

• XP Curve has been adjusted to be more progressive

• Certain “over-powered” skills have been removed:

• Player skills:

• Extra Health II

• Primitive Heal II

• Extra Health IV

• Gatherer skills:

• Show Plants

• Show Resources

• Beast Reviving

• Hunter skills:

• Craft Arrows III

• Shaman skills:

• Owl – Weapon drop

• Owl – Attack I

• Owl – Attack II

• Owl – Cooldown I

• Owl – Cooldown II

• Effects of other skills have been re-balanced

• Skill points cost has been rebalanced

• Player skills:

• Primitive Heal I: 2 points instead of 1

• Extra Health I: 3 points instead of 1

• Gatherer skills:

• Skinning II: 3 points instead of 2

• Find Resources I: 3 points instead of 1

• Skinning I: 3 points instead of 2

• Find Rare Plants: 3 points instead of 2

• Find Resources II: 4 points instead of 2

• Find Rare Resources: 3 points instead of 2

• Crafter Skills:

• Double Clubs: 3 points instead of 2

• Double Spears: 4 points instead of 3

• Double Traps: 3 points instead of 2

• Double Sting Bombs: 4 points instead of 2

• Double Bait: 2 points instead of 1

• Hunter skills:

• Craft Arrows I: 3 points instead of 1

• Craft Arrows II: 5 points instead of 2

• Tag Enemies: 2 points instead of 1

• Shaman skills:

• Tame Wildcats: 2 points instead of 1

• Tame Apex Predators: 3 points instead of 2

• Tame Cunning Beasts: 4 points instead of 3

• Warrior skills:

• Heavy Takedown: 4 points instead of 3

• Extra Health III: 6 points instead of 4

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f. Gameplay

• Bow tension added requiring players to pull back the arrow all the way to get maximum impact

• Weapon durability has been tweaked to be more realistic when thrown weapons hit hard or soft surfaces

• Weapons are consumed more quickly by fire

• The slow-motion time effect doesn’t slow time as much anymore, when in the Weapon Wheel, Food Grid and Beast Grid

• Crafting ammo in the Weapon Wheel now requires a hold to craft

• Most bag capacity has been reduced

• Player’s health regen speed has been reduced

• Some healing recipes now require red leaves in addition to green leaves

• Cold depletion rate has been increased

• Fully upgraded Winter Clothes no longer offer total protection from the cold

• Weapons on fire will extinguish when swapping between weapons (Expert difficulty only)

• Fast Travel now costs Stamina and Meat, proportionally to distance

• Mini-map has been removed

• Shaders on tagged enemies have been removed, making them more difficult to spot

• Several UI options have been set to off by default to increase immersion (but can be re-enabled)

• Hunter Vision duration has been set to 20s by default (duration can now be modified in the settings)

• Fog of war reveal radius has been reduced

• Can only Save & Quit when not in Combat

• Game difficulty cannot be changed once started in Survivor Mode with Permadeath

• Requirements for rare animal skins have been reduced when upgrading huts

• Reduced health for Legendary Beasts, Batari and Ull

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g. AI/Wildlife

• Enemies are more reactive and aggressive in combat

• Wildlife detects you more easily

• Blood trails from wounded animals are harder to track

• Reduced overall animal density during the day, and increased density of predators at night

• Reduced human density and frequency of Wenja events

• Wenja fighters are less resilient

• Predators no longer show up in Hunter Vision unless they are aggressive toward the player, dead or a Tamed Beast

2. **NEW – Permadeath **

• Available in New Gameplay Options when starting a New Game with Survivor Mode turned On

• Three Options Available – Off, On, Second Chance

• Off – You respawn when you die

• On – The game is over when you die

• Second Chance – You only respawn if you completed enough of the game since your last death (every 3% as depicted in the player’s overall progress)

• Failing during Tensay’s Vision missions does not count as dying (You’re dreaming after all)

3. Stability and Performance

• a. Fixed an issue where player could lose their inventory when swapping weapons in specific conditions

• b. Fixed some specific, low occurrence crashes

4. Gameplay

• New Option in Gameplay Menu – Hunter Vision Duration – Can toggle the duration of Hunter Vision (Default/20s/30s/Infinite)

• New Option in the Interface Menu – Hide the bow reticle unless you are aiming or holding the bow ready

• Fixed melee damage resistance skill also affecting ranged damage

• Increased critical health in hard/expert difficulty modes

5. Lighting and FX

• Fixed a lighting issue on bodies of water that would cause color to briefly change when exiting caves

• Minor fixes to clipping issues

6. Wildlife and AI

• Various bug fixes

7. Missions/Activities/World

• Fixed a grapple location north of Tushwarha Outpost that would cause the player to fall to his death when trying to climb down

• Fixed an issue where players could exit the map in the mission – Vision of Ice

• Fixed an issue where players could exit the map in Shayu’s Cave

• Fixed a couple issues where players could get stuck in the Dangu Cave

• Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in an infinite death loop after completing the mission – Into Udam Land

• Fixed some resources that would cause the player to become stuck in the map when gathering them

• Fixed an issue where Bite Fish weren’t spawning in certain locations on the map

• Fixed an issue where player could get stuck in the falling obelisk outside of the Batari’s Temple in the Izila Homeland

8. Menu/UI/Map

• Fixed an issue that would cause one of the life bars to flicker in specific conditions

• Fixed an issue where a “Location Discovered” prompt would remain on screen during cut-scenes in specific situations

• Fixed an issue where some icons remained on screen when using the “Turn All Off” option in the Interface menu

9. NEW – 4x Achievements and Ubisoft Club badges

• Achievement #1: TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN

• Finish the game in the Survivor mode (Any difficulty).

• Achievement #2: TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN (2ND CHANCE)

• Finish the game in the Survivor mode (Any difficulty) and the Second chance option activated.

• Achievement #3: TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN (PERMADEATH)

• Finish the game in the Survivor mode (Any difficulty) and the Permadeath option activated.

• Achievement #4: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

• Finish the game in Survivor mode (Expert difficulty) and the Permadeath option activated... Forget it… No-one will ever achieve it.

10. NEW – PC fixes and support for Ultra-HD Texture Pack

• NEW – Support for ultra-HD texture pack (Note: PC Patch 3 does not include the texture pack. It can be downloaded separately for free on Steam or Uplay.)

• PC-specific fixes:

• Add option to turn off mouse deadzones

• Interface and input tweaks

• Various minor bug fixes