The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Legacy Edition Update 1.000.004 Released on November 3 for Patch 2

Patch Overview

• Steadier co-op: fewer crashes and freezes when joining, loading in, and when heading back to towns
• Clearer roads north: quest tracking fixes and cleared progression blockers keep your journey moving
• Headshots are back: ranged attacks land true on goblins, Uruk-hai, and more
• Fallen heroes return: back in the fight with at least 2 health and power potions and 20 arrows or bolts
• Companion, visual, and audio polish across Middle-earth
• PC, XBOX, and Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 specific fixes

Bug Fixes

All Platforms:

• Improved co-op stability, with fixes for crashes during matchmaking, on loading screens, and when returning to hubs like Bree and Fornost.
• Fixed players joining a host getting stuck on the map selection.
• Fixed a freeze that could occur when another player with a slow connection joined during a loading screen.
• Fixed a progression blocker in Fornost where a goblin could be launched somewhere out of reach.
• Blocked off an area in the Grey Mountains where heroes could be knocked out of bounds.
• Fixed when Scroll 7 would not count toward the “Cult of the Lidless Eye” side quest.
• The Urgost introductory cutscene no longer skips when loading the checkpoint.
• Mission summary stats are now kept when returning to town mid-mission.
• The War-Mechanist Achievement/Trophy now counts kills across your whole fellowship instead of per character.
• Headshot hitboxes have been restored on goblins, Uruk-hai, and other enemies throughout the game.
• Health potions now fill the health bar steadily, as intended.
• Allies no longer get stuck after opening a Secret Stash, and can now be called to a stash from farther away.
• Luin now keeps moving as intended after loading a save.
• The revive prompt no longer appears when another player is already reviving a fallen hero.
• Fixed some equipment getting lost when using a respec token.
• Map fragments are no longer wasted when used from an inactive character’s inventory.
• Fixed distorted audio that could play when finishing an enemy with a critical strike.
• Undead no longer T-pose during a Barrow-Downs cutscene.
• Textures in Osgiliath, the Coldfells, and Urgost’s Lair no longer vanish when viewed from certain angles.
• Fixed severe stretching on some character models.
• Item description panels no longer disappear when equipping certain weapons during combat.
• Item notifications now show the correct amount when sending the same item multiple times.
• Removed an inaccurate loading screen tip.
• Faster EULA scrolling with a controller.

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PC Specific Changes 

(Steam, Steam Deck, Epic Games Store, and Good Old Games)

• Smoother mouse wheel scrolling in settings menus.
• Multiplayer lobbies now close correctly after opening the Epic Games Store Social Panel with a lobby already open.
• Added Steam controller glyphs for Steam and Steam Deck.

XBOX Specific Changes

• Bonus stats from equipment are now highlighted in yellow.

Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 Specific Changes

• Fixed a crash that could occur after solid colors flashed on screen.

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