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New Features

With Patch 1.7.0, we are kicking off our recurring schedule. The primary focus of this schedule is to deliver a regular rotation of challenges, store offerings, content and game modes, coin and currency awards, gameplay inversions, and mini-holiday seasons throughout the year.

(Note: The below is subject to changes as we explore content and listen to our community feedback.)

• Challenges:
  • Six concurrent, active Daily Challenges that rotate regularly through these categories:
    • Contracts / Legendary Contracts
    • World Events
    • Time Trials
    • Strongholds
    • Creature Kills
    • Gameplay Style
  • Rotating Weekly Meta Challenges:
    • Factions
    • Contracts / Legendary Contracts
    • Stronghold
  • Rotating Monthly Meta Challenges:
    • Bronze
    • Silver
    • Gold
  • Festive challenges while mini-holidays are ac...

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New Features

• Icetide Season (Freeplay events, Weekly Strongholds, Challenges, Seasons Store) has been extended to run through February.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Reduced the wait time to start Time Trial races from 60 seconds to 20 seconds.
• Tyrant Mine should now be available in the seasonal Icetide challenge rotation.
  • This was supposed to be in with Icetide, however there was an issue that emerged in testing. We didn’t feel comfortable releasing Tyrant Mine until we could fully resolve this issue.
• Fixed an issue where seasonal wreaths were playing their collection sound effect when they spawned into the world incorrectly.
• Weekly Stronghold challenge completion credit is now correctly tracking based on completed strongholds and not how many players are in the session at the time of completion.
• The “Soldier’s Reward” inversion is now correctly using its own icon as inten...

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Kiir adjusted the magnification on her visor and peered at the almond-shaped karrid leaf. Its jade-green shine was marred by ...

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Freelancer Rythe dove out of the gray sky just as a dozen outlaws with heavy weapons pushed through the trees and snowdrifts to renew their assault on the ancient tomb. They hadn't noti...

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The ice flowers are oozing, snow blows in your ear;

Now javelins are racing—look! Icetide is here!

The time for Frost Fellow to bring gifts draws near.

So it’s time to assess: have you been good this year?

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Faye hung weightless, bodiless, observing the distant tangled lights of minds awake across Bastion. Cyphers just like her listened for incoming messages, crunched numbers, and organized data into archive...

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A strange but welcome chill in the air heralds the coming of one of the most anticipated seasons in the wor...

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New Features

Welcome to Icetide - Shaper devices have brought localized ice storms into Bastion, bringing excitement with every glittering snowflake across the region. Ice is rare here, but when it arrives, people know that Icetide celebrations will soon follow. Holiday lights shine throughout Fort Tarsis, their bright colors sparkling on blankets of snow 

Seasonal Themed Strongholds - Each week a different featured seasonal Stronghold will unlock for players—now including score leaderboards. If you're up to the challenge, compete with other Freelancers for the highest score. Visit the Seasonal Store to exchange your Crystal  for War Chests.

Freeplay Time Trials - Have you ever wanted to put your javelin flight and navigation skills to the test? Join Freeplay, and race through eight time trials that can be found in Bastion. Try to beat our Gold times!

New Legendary World Event: Icetide Coolant Harvesting - Help the...

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Once upon a time, there were two mean-faced girls. Everyone who encountered these girls remarked upon their fiendish demeanors, and all who spoke to them knew that they were no good.

Indeed, they ...

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The javelin’s faceplate crashed to the ground, cracking cleanly in half.

“Bollocks!” Zoe grumbled, snatching back the elbow that had bumped the mask off the cluttered kitchen table. Reaching for the fallen pieces, ...

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Tendrils of fog crept in past the curtains on the bar door. There was no keeping the stuff out when the season came. Max found it worse than the oppressive darkness or the ...

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There’s a welcome chill in the air that foretells the coming of an event celebrated by the people of Bastion – Icetide. It’s a time when even the steamy jungles are covered by a blanket of snow, lakes freeze, and ice is harvested for the warmer days ahead. While a joyous season with many festivities, it’s not – as with all things in the world of Anthem – without its dangers.  If you own the game on PC or are a current Origin Access subscriber, you can get an early look at this blustery time-limited event with the new Public Test Server* – available today.

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He was afraid to open his eyes. His mind clung to the welcoming darkness.

A sharp memory of ripping metal, fires, and...

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For Pirndel Blatch, the Season of Skulls presented a different kind of horror. From the random bones scattered about, to the ill-attended bonf...

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The Cataclysm may have been silenced, but the world of Anthem is still rife with dangers and horrors unknown. As a thick and ominous fog gathers among the trees and strange sounds echo in the distance, the people of Bastion gather together to rise up against the darkness with determination, defiance, and celebration. Fort Tarsis stands proud with towering bonfires, colorful banners, and the bones of its vanquished foes – a bastion of security amid the chaos. The Season of Skulls marks a change from the grim necessity of survival to the celebration of life and courage in the face of darkness. Are you ready to face your f...

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New Features

• The Cataclysm is back with updates for the Season of Skulls. The higher your score, the more seasonal currency you’ll be awarded to spend at the seasonal store.
• New Season of Skulls Freeplay events. Successfully finish three of these events in one Freeplay session to spawn a boss encounter.
• Learn more about Season of Skulls lore through a scavenger hunt and new data archives.
• Mass Salvage is now available on all inventory management screens.
• The chance to obtain a legendary item from a war chest has increased by 250%
• A Legendary-Only War Chest has been added to the Seasonal Store
  
  

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed various crashes for stabilization.
• Auto-loot now works for all high-rarity loot drops in a game session.
• When flying into obstacles, javelins now automatically go into hover mode instead of crashin...

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The themed, season-long Cataclysm event will be ending soon, but there’s still time for Freelancers to suit up and take on its fury. If you’re an Origin Access Basic or ...

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General Bug Fixes & Improvements

• The Colossus Battle Cry and Interceptor Target Beacon now properly debuff enemy resistances again.
• Fixed a bug that prevented formula bonuses from being applied, which caused unintended damage reduction in certain cases (Steam Vent ability and combo damage inscriptions).
• Fixed an issue that prevented new weapons (Volt Casters, Blade Slingers, and Pulse Accelerators) from appearing in the Vault.
• Jarra’s Wrath now requires time before it can be fired again after releasing the trigger. This fix also improves game performance in some instances.

Additional Note: Week 5 of the Cataclysm has been extended and will now end on September 17th.