Developer Guerrilla Games has released update 1.26 for Horizon Forbidden West, making further improvements to the game. Horizon Forbidden West recently received a new expansion titled Burning Shores, adding new story content, quests, weapons, and more to the game.Guerrilla Games has released various updates for Horizon Forbidden West since its release, with some of them adding new features to the game. As an example, update 1.21 for Horizon Forbidden West added some useful quality-of-life features, such as Thalassophobia mode and the ability to auto-pickup loot. Now, Guerrilla Games has released update 1.26 for Horizon Forbidden West, as it continues to fix bugs and make other changes to the title. Update 1.26 for Horizon Forbidden West is now live, and Guerrilla Games has shared the patch notes. This patch comes with a selection of bug fixes, with a lot of these issues preventing users from progressing through the main quest. Various bugs that prevent gamers from completing side quests and world activities have also been fixed, while this update also solves a problem related to the photo mode in Horizon Forbidden West.
Patch 1.26 fixes an issue that would prevent players from upgrading the Specter Gauntlet, a new weapon added in the Burning Shores expansion. It also fixes multiple crashing issues, in addition to making a variety of other upgrades, such as improving the spawn rate of salmon in Horizon Forbidden West. Finally, the patch notes for update 1.26 make note of improvements to the audio and visuals of the game. Overall, this update focuses on fixing bugs and making an assortment of improvements to Horizon Forbidden West.
This patch feels pretty substantial, and it comes just a few weeks after the game’s previous update. Horizon Forbidden West’s patch 1.25 was released earlier in June, and it also came with an assortment of bug fixes related to the main quest, side activities, UI, and other parts of the game. Guerrilla Games has been regularly releasing new updates for Horizon Forbidden West ever since Burning Shores came out, with many of the fixes being aimed at the new content.
Fans should note that a sequel to Horizon Forbidden West is currently in development at Guerrilla Games, but the team hasn’t officially unveiled the game. As Horizon Forbidden West came out last year and Burning Shores launched in April 2023, gamers will probably have to wait for some time for this sequel to release.
Horizon Forbidden West Update 1.26 Patch Notes
Main Quests
- Fixed an issue for Main Quest “Heaven and Earth” where if during “Fly to Starlight Rise” objective players fast travel to the Forbidden West and leave their flying mount downed there, upon returning to the Burning Shores overrides work incorrectly, blocking progression.
- Fixed an issue for Main Quest “Heaven and Earth” where players could reach and interact with the second ballista in the chasm without Seyka’s help, resulting in quest objectives not properly updating and blocking progression.
- Fixed an issue for Main Quest “Heaven and Earth” where Seyka could get stuck behind a door, blocking progression.
- Fixed an issue for Main Quest “Heaven and Earth” where entering the door code during “Search the Ruins for Londra and the Missing Quen” objective and then reloading from save would result in the quest being stuck on “Find the Door Code” objective while the door is already open, blocking progression.
- Fixed an issue for Main Quest “Heaven and Earth” where leaving the quest area and quick saving at a campfire could result in quest progression being blocked.
- Fixed an issue for Main Quest “Heaven and Earth” where under certain conditions creation of multiple autosaves could lead to progression being blocked.
- Fixed an issue for Main Quest “The Stars in Their Eyes” where reloading from save during “Scan the Device” objective would cause the objective to not display in the Quest Log nor as an in-game marker, possibly causing confusion and blocking progression.
- Fixed an issue for Main Quest “For His Amusement” where overriding a Waterwing during “Meet Seyka at the Waterwing Site” objective would result in the objective not updating, blocking progression.
Side Quests
- Fixed an issue for Side Quest “In His Wake” where fast traveling away during “Investigate the Skirmish Site” objective while callouts about Pirik’s note play could cause the objective to not update, blocking progression.
- Fixed an issue for Side Quest “A Friend in the Dark” where Gildun would not enter the elevator if players reach and use the valve wheel without going through the vent, potentially blocking progression.
- Fixed an issue for Side Quest “A Friend in the Dark” where Gildun would not enter the elevator if players push the first wagon halfway, leaving Gildun on the wagon, possibly blocking progression.
World Activities
- Fixed an issue for Cauldron “THETA'' where the shield in the second puzzle room would reappear when players died three times after disabling it, blocking progression.
- Fixed an issue for “Aerial Capture: East” where a “Pangea Figurines” callout would interrupt the audio log, after which it would not play again.
Datapoints
- Fixed an issue for “Notes on Londra’s Code” datapoint where the datapoint would not be awarded to players if they enter the door code before finishing the planetarium puzzle.
Weapons
- Fixed an issue for the Specter Gauntlet where it would not be upgraded with the Railgun Mode if the weapon is in the player’s stash while crafting the upgrade.
Skills
- Fixed an issue for the Trap Mines Valor Surge where the second wave of level 3 Trap Mines would not trigger if any of the first wave mines were detonated prior.
Performance and Stability
- Multiple crash fixes.
Photo mode
- Fixed an issue for Photo Mode where under certain conditions the lighting would flicker while maneuvering the camera close to water level.
Other
- Increased the spawn rate of salmon in the Forbidden West area.
- Fixed multiple issues where players could get stuck in assets and/or geometry or fall out of the world.
- Fixed an issue where players were not able to travel with a flying mount between the Burning Shores and the Forbidden West at specific sections of the border.
- Fixes and improvements to audio.
- Fixes and improvements to visuals.
Horizon Forbidden West is available now on PS4 and PS5.