• Adjusted level of detail on props and reduced shadow casting in order to improve performance in Ramsgate.
• Disabled the blizzard atmosphere in snowy biomes due to performance issues. We will enable it again once we optimize it further.
• Fixed an occasional crash on Nintendo Switch that occurred when closing the Slayer’s Path screen.
• Reduced draw distance for foliage on Nintendo Switch to improve performance.

• Shortened lantern HUD animations to improve visibility with fast lantern-charging builds.
• Behemoth portraits on the Hunt Map, Slayer’s Path, and airship lobby screens will now display their element.
• The XP bar at the bottom of the HUD will now be less opaque when it’s not actively progressing.
• Power values on the inventory screen now correctly reflect power bonuses unlocked on the Slayer’s Path.
• The Hunt Map layout has been improved. It now shows more important information when choosing an island in the Hunting Grounds and displays more in-depth island difficulty and weapon breakdowns.
• The difficulty colours in the Hunt Map have been changed.
  – Easy is now green.
  – Normal is now yellow.
  – Hard is now orange.
  – Very hard is now red.
  – Too hard is now purple.
• Polished elements of the Slayer’s Path design such as borders, color, opacity, and VFX.
• Changed various instances of “Start Hunt” and “Abandon Hunt” text to “Call Airship” and “Cancel Airship” instead.
• A notification will now show in the menu when players unlock a Slayer’s Path milestone.
• Updated Escalation’s end of hunt screen to better reflect Hunt Pass rewards and progress.
• Adjusted various story quests’ challenge ratings to better reflect their difficulty.

• Light in the Ruins — Complete Umbral Escalation (Normal)
• In Portal Danger — Complete Umbral Escalation (Normal)
• What Evil Lurks — Complete Umbral Escalation (Hard)
• The Lethal Opposition — Interact with the Portal Driver
• To Drive the Portal Driver! — Interact with the Portal Driver
• A Voice from the Void — Interact with the Portal Driver
• The Space in Between — Interact with the Portal Driver
• Ramsgate Reborn — Interact with the Portal Driver
• Shadow Play — Interact with the Portal Driver
• Undergrowth — Complete “Far and Away” (Mission)
• Homeward Bound — Complete “Spore Problems” (Mission)

• Added “The Treasure Patrol” quest to introduce players to patrol chests and keys. Talk to Gregario to find out more!
• Added a tutorial pop-up for patrol chests and keys.
• Added a tutorial pop-up explaining reforging to returning players.
• Made sand and snow sparkle effects less intense.

• The alchemy quests “For Your Health” and “Medicinal Purposes” will now award 500 rams, 5 exploration merits, and 5 combat merits each.

• Reduced the number of aethersparks rewarded by patrol chests and public events.
• Only the last wave of an island event will drop aethersparks now.

• Fixed a bug where Valomyr horns were unbreakable.

• The Rockfall Skarn Whirling Fortress attack now damages players consistently.

• Repeaters shots are now able to free frozen players.

• Collisions with other players are now more forgiving.
• The Tier 3 glider no longer loses speed when pitching up.
• Fixed a bug where players couldn’t purchase tonics with rams.
• Fixed a bug where assault tonics weren’t working.
• The visual effect for the Weak Spot mod will now appear on a Behemoth’s head rather than its base.
• Fixed inconsistent costs on various Slayer’s Path nodes.
• Koshai and Shrike lantern crafting now correctly unlocks when their nodes are unlocked on the Slayer’s Path.
• Fixed a bug where the last healing flask upgrade on the Slayer’s Path didn’t increase a player’s maximum capacity.
• Concussive grenade crafting is now correctly unlocked when its node is unlocked on the Slayer’s Path.

• Slayers who have maxed their talent points in an Escalation will no longer earn charged aether when breaking parts; they will receive extra Behemoth parts instead.
• Fixed a bug in Blaze Escalation where players were falling off the map while using the jump vent between arena three and four.

• Fixed a bug where the “Guns of Ostigaard” quest wasn’t progressing.
• Fixed a bug where Valomyr break part objectives weren’t progressing in “The Hidden Visage IV” rumour quest.
• Fixed a bug where Koshai interrupts weren’t counting toward objectives in the “The ‘Mane Attraction III” rumour quest.
• The “Looking Radiant” and “Curse the Darkness” quests have been re-enabled and can be accepted after reaching Slayer’s Path Milestone VI, allowing players to acquire their repeater part rewards again.

• Your weapon level is now always visible on islands.
• Your level will now display the correct number if you level up while on an island.
• Fixed a bug where new players could not see incoming friend request notifications.
• Fixed a bug that would show a pending invite notification even if the player had none.
• Island event HUD overlays will now appear and disappear as intended.
• The +40 health indicator from Fortress will no longer overlap your total health number.
• Fixed a bug where Behemoth icons would display as question marks on the HUD.
• The island event countdown timer will no longer display a negative time.
• The glowing animation that plays on the Lantern HUD when a lantern is fully charged will no longer get cut off on the left and right sides.
• Fixed a bug where changing the Slayer’s Path hotkey in the bindings menu did not work.
• Fixed a bug where the Danger Meter was showing in the Training Grounds.
• Fixed a bug where crafting parts for repeaters were not displaying properly in the crafting menu.
• Fixed a bug where lanterns were not displaying properly in the crafting menu.
• Viewing a vista point while in a party will no longer show party members’ health bars.
• Warden’s Wishes are no longer missing when an Event Pass is active.
• The “already owned” marker will now display on Event Passes players own.
• Completed Event Passes will no longer show progress bars.
• NPCs no longer suggest a donation in lieu of completing objectives on unskippable quests.
• Fixed various instances of text flowing outside of containers.
• Fixed various localization errors.

• Fixed a bug where the player’s hair would clip through helmets when equipping them from the armour crafting menu.

• Fixed various environmental bugs and oddities such as floating rocks, floating and clipping foliage, and invisible walls.

Stay tuned for more Dauntless news here on MP1st!

Source: Play Dauntless