A free update for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment brings new quests, weapons, battles and more.
Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment(Image: NINTENDO)
Nintendo has revealed all on the new update available for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.
As you can see from the patch notes below, the Nintendo Switch 2 update is a big one, adding lots of new features completely free of charge.
This includes a host of new quests, weapons and battles for the Zelda-themed Musou, on top of various bug fixes and improvements.
It marks the game’s first major update since it launched on November 6.
All Out Gaming has everything you need to know about update 1.0.2 below.
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Quests
Multiple challenges and quests were added as an element of clearing the main gameNew “Vicious Enemies” for Bokoblin and Sludge Like now appear”Fuse Attacks” like “Boko Rapid Spin” that are performed using materials from “Vicious Bokoblins” will be incredibly powered up compared to past materials
Weapons and Sync Strikes
Added the Longsword of Light, a special long sword that Rauru granted the protection of the power of light to, and the High Guard’s Spear, a spear issued to the bravest warriors serving the king of HyruleYou can acquire these by clearing battles that are added in this updateExclusive Sync Strikes added for Zelda and CalamoZelda will return a boomerang that Calamo throws using the Power of Time and follow up (If the player can press the X Button with good timing, she will catch the boomerang and the attack will become powerful)You can learn these by clearing the quests that are added in this updateYou will now be able to perform Sync Strikes with Flux Constructs. These powerful spin attacks will scatter minor enemies, and chip away at the Weak Point Gauge of powerful enemies.You will be able to perform this in existing battles where Flux Constructs appear in addition to the battles that are added in this update.
Battles
“Eve of the Final Confrontation””In Search of Poes””The Struggle for Ash Swamp”
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment(Image: Nintendo)Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment update 1.0.2 improved features
Actions
Special actions for the mysterious construct can now be saved for each weapon typeAdded a warning sound before the effects of the unique skills “Power Surge” and “Boundless Energy” end
Battles
You can now select characters and weapons in “The Tanagar Meditation Hall”A preview of the health recovery amount is now displayed when selecting “Special Rations” or “Battery”
Deployment Preparations Screen
From the “Allies” screen during deployment preparation, you can now press the Y Button to jump to the “Aside Quests”
The Hyrule Map
Added tutorials displayed on the Hyrule map to the listYou can now visualize how ground areas are divided on the Hyrule mapWhen hovering over a battle, a preview of the area you can reclaim is now displayed
Quests
Changed the color of the text on the quests list to yellow for items that can be clearedAdjusted the clear status display of questsHyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment update 1.0.2 fixesThe Unique Skill “Construct Launch” would not gain the effect of some special effects or enhancementsAside Quest “Defeat — enemies using Zonai device” would not be counted even the player fulfilled the conditions for strong attacks using Zonai gear or aerial combatEven if the weapon art “May Guard Automatically, Shocking/Freezing/Burning Enemies” was triggered with the Frox’s attack and the player guarded automatically, the enemy would not go into the elemental state that would be expectedIf the player does “Control Character” from the Pause Menu, there were times when the enhanced state would be undoneWhen selecting “Retry” after particular control actions, there were times when the background music would no longer playIt would be impossible to progress when using GameShareWhen communication would stop while using GameShare, attacks would not land on particular enemiesWhen playing two-player split screen, there would be times when the player would return to “The Hyrule Map” when selecting “Retry” after particular control actionsWhen playing two-player split screen, the camera controls would go in reverse when performing a Sync Strike with PinnecIssues with certain screen displays