GAMEPLAY

• The "Ready to Rod and Roll" Achievement now works as intended and unlocks after assembling one rod instead of three.
  
• Fixed the issue which caused the float to rise up out of the water while in the baiting phase of float fishing.
  
• Frog and popper lures have an updated buoyancy setup to prevent them from sinking too fast.
  
• The animations for reeling speeds are now faster!
  
• Fish are now more proactive when chasing the lure.
  
• Players’ lines no longer snap so easily.
  

PROGRESSION

• Reserve reputation is now awarded as intended when completing missions.
  

GRAPHICS

• We’ve calmed the waters so that it ripples and flows more naturally.

Dev’s Notes: This should ease the suffering for those that experience sea sickness.

• The case of the missing water under the bridge has been solved and the culprits have been brought to justice.
  
• We’ve touched up some water seams and shoreline transitions, and corrected some water-type blending issues.
  
• We’ve patched up some funky graphical artifacts which were appearing on the Buckwheat rod.
  
• The boat will no longer sink in a lake near a specific Floating Weather Station.

Dev’s Notes: An artificial gravity well had been discovered and has since been neutralized.

UI

• Fixed an issue in the Rods customization menu where the UI would soft-lock after a player tried to select a line.
  
• The tutorial prompt "Check Your Journal with (J) for Warden Favor Information" no longer stays on-screen after opening the Journal menu.

Dev’s Notes: This issue was reopened after still occurring for some players with older save data after Hotfix 1.03. Tests have confirmed that this bug is now officially squashed.

• Fixed an issue which stopped players from entering the letters W,A,S, or D into Apex Connect account creation text fields.
  
• Pressing the ESC key repeatedly no longer soft-locks the Options menu.
  
• The Customization menu options no longer disappear when a player attempts to exit the customisation menu while altering clothing at a fast pace.
  
• Players can now move their Buckwheat Rod and Cria Reel from their inventory to storage.
  
• Fixed an issue specific to certain localizations, including Japanese and Simplified Chinese, where the reward screen when catching a Diamond rank fish did not show the correct color highlight or play an audio queue.
  
• The appropriate icon is now visible when a player is awarded XP.
  

ONLINE FEATURES

• Apex Connect entitlements should now appear in your inventory immediately, instead of after rebooting the game.
  

LOCALIZATION

• Most of the truncated and/or overlapping text has been fixed for Simplified Chinese and Japanese.

Dev’s Notes: There are still a few strings here and there that need some attention. We’ll keep you in the loop!

• Some additional formatting issues occurring with Japanese and Simplified Chinese text have also been addressed.
  

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VISUAL

• Improved screen space reflections to reduce distant noise and artifacts on the water surface.
  

• Improved the float’s reflections in the water.
  
• Adjusted a number of animations causing hands to not properly align with the rod under high tension scenarios.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused certain skin shaders to disappear when another player would ghost to avoid an obstruction or griefing behavior.
  

CUSTOMIZATION

• Three new hair colors have been added to the customization options.
  

STABILITY & PERFORMANCE

• Fixed a broad selection of high frequency stability issues and crashes.
  
• Fixed a crash caused by pressing Escape in the Apex Friend text box.
  
• Fixed a crash caused by selecting the sell page in the shop after moving all rods to storage.
  
• Fixed an issue that would cause crashes or get players stuck under the map when entering a vehicle as it spawned.
  

• Particles have been further optimized to improve performance.
  

UI

• The option to turn multiplayer off is now saved between game sessions.
  
• Recommended gear for the optional tutorials now appears as intended in the Game Guide.
  
• The names of points of interest, trailheads and outposts have been added to the map.
  
• Used up baits no longer appear equipped on the rod in the Rod Assembler.
  
• Baits are no longer duplicated in the Quick Menu.
  
• Solved an issue that would prevent players from accessing the Quick Menu under specific circumstances.
  
• Fixed a number of issues that would cause items to get stuck in the backpack or in storage.
  
• Fixed an issue that would cause duplicate tutorial messages to remain stuck on screen.
  
• Fixed some instances of tutorial prompts not appearing or being added to the Game Guide at the wrong time.
  
• Fixed an issue that would cause text to overlap other menu elements in specific languages.
  
• Fixed the icon indicating the hotsprings on the map.
  

GAMEPLAY

• The line is now properly taut from the last eyelet to the reel when a fish is pulling away.
  
• Adjusted the spawn rate for Golden Trouts across Golden Ridge Reserve.
  
• Adjusted Lake Trouts’ fighting behavior.
  
• Updates the signs around lakes to display the correct names.
  
• Fishing under bridges is now possible.
  

• Improved the detection zone for the discovery of waterbodies.
  
• Updated the spawn locations for Golden Trouts and Lake Trouts.
  
• Updated the spawn rate for gold and diamond fishes.
  
• Fixed an issue that would cause floats and lures to sink in specific lakes.
  

PROGRESSION

• Fixed an issue that would prevent players from completing the Diamond Peak’s Photo Challenge 3 mission.
  

MISCELLANEOUS

• Updated our Community Managers’ firmware so they don’t see questions related to the console’s release date till we’re ready to communicate on it.
  

VISUAL

• Increased the reflections’ fidelity on the water surface.
  
• Improved the water’s reaction to wind.
  
• Improved the water’s animations to appear more coherent.
  
• Improved the water transition between rivers and lakes to appear more natural.
  

• Fixed an issue that would cause the water to not properly blend with the shore.
  
• Fixed specific fish animations so they play back as intended (including animations at a distance).
  
• The float’s movements now react more accurately to the water’s movements.
  
• Removed the camera sway accidentally introduced in Hotfix 1.01.
  
• Resolved the water’s visual corruption found on a number of AMD graphics cards.
  
• Resolved an issue that would let players sell the clothes they are currently wearing.
  

• Changed the default resolution scaling from 80% to 100%.
  

• Night’s duration has been reduced by half, reducing the time spent in darker conditions.
  

STABILITY

• Fixed a number of issues hindering players’ experience in Golden Ridge Reserve.
  

UI

• Fixed an issue that would cause dialogue pop-ups to remain stuck on screen.
  
• Adjusted metric and imperial measurements to a single decimal place.
  
• Resolved an issue where players would find themselves unable to select a rod from the quick menu if the first and second slots in rod assembly were unused.
  

GAMEPLAY

• Level-based achievements now unlock when players reach the correct level.
  
• Reeling speed animations while baiting now adjust accordingly to the players’ speed selection.
  
• Fixed an issue that would cause the Strike input to occasionally be unresponsive.
  

AUDIO

• Improved sound balance in multiplayer for other players relative to their proximity.
  

MULTIPLAYER

• Changed the default number of players populating servers from 12 to 10 (maximum server capacity remains 12 players).
  

Patch Notes

GAMEPLAY

• The spawn frequency of gold and diamond rank fishes in the same area has been reduced.
  
• Reeling speed animations during fish fights have been updated.
  
• Improved fishing logic and fish species parameters, including small adjustments to bait behavior.
  

VISUAL

• The player’s avatar and rod now display correctly when TAA is disabled.
  
• Fixed the “outline/highlight” visual glitch found on some AMD graphics cards.
  
• Updated the reward pose so the player’s avatar now holds the rainbow trout more accurately.
  
• Improved the float’s visibility.
  
• Adjusted the angle and intensity of the torch to improve visibility at night.
  

UI

• Updated the early adopter items’ thumbnails.
  
• Updated the leveling pop-up message to match the player’s level displayed in the menu.
  
• Fixed an issue where the leveling up message would display the same level multiple times when going up several levels at once.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the undiscovered location icon to remain stuck after fast traveling.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the player's avatar to desynchronize in multiplayer.
  
• The mouse cursor no longer overrides navigation of menus when using a keyboard or a gamepad.
  
• Fixed the display of imperial metrics when imperial measurements are selected.
  
• It’s no longer possible to get soft-locked when opening the map while attempting to access the store or the vehicle spawner.
  

MISSIONS

• The spin fishing tutorial can now be accessed from the notice board.
  

AUDIO

• Fixed an issue that would cause the audio engine to stop working after the 4x4 respawns from driving in deep water.
  

STABILITY & PERFORMANCE

• General Stability Improvements.
  
• Fixed a rare crash caused by the 4x4 traversing water.
  
• Fixed a rare crash caused by the fishing line not rendering properly.
  
• Added better tracking for GPU-related issues.
  

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