Riven Tides - Patch Notes 1.26.0

Riven Tides - Patch Notes 1.26.0

What's New?

Riven Tides Map

• New explorable location featuring an abandoned shoreline, Exodus port, and Panorama Azzurro hotel

New Map Condition - Beachcombing

• Minor map condition exclusive to Riven Tides — search beaches for buried treasure using specialized tools

New ARC Enemy

• ARC Turbine — floating ARC machine patrolling the skies

Expedition Window

• New feature for expedition management

New Items

• Powered Descender — Epic Gadget
• Crash Mat — Uncommon Throwable
• White Flag — Common Deployable
• Dockmaster's Detector — Common Gadget

New Player Project - Avian Alarm

Last Resort Event

• Collect ship models and earn XP for rewards

Trials Season 4

• The Solare Set
• The Rachetta Set
• New Augment: Tactical Mk.3 (Smoke)

Balance Changes

Weapon Economy Adjustments

• Upgrading weapons will now repair 25% of the weapon's max durability
• Average durability on spawned weapons: 50 → 30
• Durability loss on shot adjusted by rarity:
  • Common: +75%
  • Uncommon: +50%
  • Rare: +35%
  • Epic: -5%
  • Legendary: -10%
• Knockdown durability loss reduced: -30% → -15%

ARC Changes

• Removed Comets from standard Dam Battlegrounds sessions
• Heavily reduced Firefly presence in Dam Battlegrounds
• Reduced Comet presence in Buried City

Gameplay - Stella Montis

• Adjusted Exodus recyclables loot distribution for an even spread

Items

• Vaporizer Regulator: Stack size 1 → 3
• Trigger 'Nade: Added 1s delay after throw action; 1.3s delay after trigger action to reduce spam
• Photoelectric Cloak: Weight 1 → 3; Power use rate 2.5/s → 10/s
• Heavy Ammo: Stack size 40 → 60

Weapons

Bettina Balancing

• Base Damage: 14 → 16
• Base Fire-Rate: 285 → 235
• Per Shot Dispersion reduced ~40%
• Dispersion Recovery improved ~30%
• ARC armor damage increased ~33%

Bug Fixes

ARC

• Fixed aim assist not targeting leg joints on Bastion, Bombardier, Queen, and Matriarch
• Fixed Vaporizer and ARC Surveyor patrol movement issues
• Fixed ARC enemies not reacting to breaching sounds
• Fixed Bastion target-switching accuracy bug
• Added Vaporizers to more maps

Animation

• Reworked emote system to support more emotes playable while running

Audio

• Fixed a potential voice-over crash
• Fixed Trader voice line frequency
• Updated cosmetic helmet voice effects
• Fixed emote preview audio issues
• Fixed footstep sound persistence
• Fixed surface audio on bridges
• Added noise suppression for voice chat
• Fixed voice chat breaking with platform UI

Cosmetics

• Fixed facial hair/mask glitching during customization changes

Gameplay

• Fixed deployables being placeable inside extraction elevators
• Fixed bullet spawn positioning on moving objects
• Fixed "Death from Above" achievement exploit
• Fixed Expedition departure scheduling
• Added late departure option

Items

• Fixed binocular zoom levels
• Fixed zipline fall damage and anchor visibility issues
• Fixed Vita Spray simultaneous healing bug

Maps

The Blue Gate

• Fixed floating props, wind damage zones, indoor/outdoor detection, culling issues, and stuck spots
• Fixed supply station interactions

Buried City

• Fixed wall clipping, roof flickering, and supply station interactions
• Fixed Hurricane shield damage
• Removed a problematic zipline

Spaceport

• Fixed stuck spots, Launch Tower collision, texture flickering, and ladder launch issues

Dam Battlegrounds

• Fixed cargo elevator stuck spot, clipping trees, floating grass, misaligned props, concrete materials, and navigation stuck spots

Movement

• Crouch speed capped to forced walk when using items
• Fixed heavy landing trigger timing

Performance

• General performance improvements
• Upgraded Intel XeSS to SDK 3.0.0
• Reduced rubber-banding at playable area edges

Quests

• Fixed Seeker Grenade eliminations not counting for the "Safe Passage" quest

Social

• Added PlayStation Party conflict popup
• Flattened reporting reasons display

Stability

• Fixed a server crash occurring after round end
• Fixed missing Expedition departure issues
• Fixed a rare crash with item effects
• Fixed a crash with certain outfits

UI

• Enabled multi-select in inventory by default
• Updated scrollbar styling
• Added challenge previews to the practice range
• Prioritized crafting suggestions
• Fixed "Ping Destination" message display
• Multiple Expedition screen updates with progress tracking
• Fixed controller navigation in Projects
• Fixed emote wheel binding
• Fixed weapon display in Raider Den
• Fixed Workshop suggestions from locked stations

VFX

• Bullet holes now follow moving objects properly
• Reduced clothing popping on camera changes
• Improved ARC Surveyor beam visuals

Known Issues

• Rare purchase failures in the customization screen
• Firefly may disappear and drop grenades
• Shredders float to the ceiling in Hidden Bunker
• ARC may spawn inside geometry on The Dam
• Flying ARC may appear stuck idle
• Purchase UI may appear in front of inbox/profile
• Player animations break when interrupting Baron Husk search
• "Off The Radar" quest is incompletable on Riven Tides
• Crash Mat visual issue in spectator mode
• Leaper can jump through Turbine
• Event Skin Preview displays incorrect progress
• Rachetta outfit is missing color details (fix planned for a future patch)