Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Update 2.1.0j BETA Patch Notes

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Today, the creators of Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous released more updates, and we have the full list of changes here. The updates focus on the mechanics, UI, audio, visual, system, and misc in this second set. Below are the official Patch Notes for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous – Enhanced Edition 2.1.0j BETA part II.

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous – Enhanced Edition 2.1.0j BETA part II

Pathfinders! We invite you to participate in the beta-test of the 2.1.0 update. It is huge and contains over 400 changes!
Patch notes and instructions to install the beta can be found here: https://t.co/SmbIAM5SnM pic.twitter.com/FDLNzbrngP
— Owlcat Games (@OwlcatGames) February 20, 2023

Mechanics

Rupture Restraints Mythic Feat now interacts correctly with Hold Monster, Chains of Light, and Overwhelming Grief spells;
Sanctified Slayer can now study their target as a swift action at the 7th level;
Searing Flesh didn’t work against Slam; damage taken from the ability was multiplied if the character was hit by a critical attack – fixed;
Second Mystery couldn’t be selected with the Extra Mythic Ability mythic feat – fixed;
Serpent’s Fang ability worked incorrectly – fixed;
Shadow Conjuration and Shadow Conjuration, Greater spells now work with the Metamagic (Extend Spell) feat; Shadow Evocation spell now works with the Metamagic (Maximize Spell), Metamagic (Bolster Spell), and Metamagic (Reach Spell) feats;
Shielding Tailwind was not working correctly – fixed;
Skeletal Salesman didn’t sell the items for chapter 5 – fixed;
Slippery Mind is now an advanced rogue talent;
Smite Evil could be used on allies – fixed;
Smite Evil used to add damage to the Destructive Shockwave mythic ability – fixed;
Some enemies in The Treasure of the Midnight Isles DLC had greater spell penetration feat without spell penetration – fixed;
Some enemies with a magus class weren’t using magus abilities – fixed, they will use Spell Combat and Ranged Spell Combat now;
Some shields provided an incorrect bonus to the attack – fixed;
Sometimes it was possible to get 0 skill points on level up – fixed, you will always get at least 1 skill point now;
Spike Stones in some cases affected invisible units – fixed;
Splash from Alchemical bombs no longer crits;
Stalwart defender at the 9th level now gets the Body of Stone;
Studied Spawn — Large ability didn’t add a bonus to Large and Huge targets – fixed;
Study Target ability from different slayers can be applied to the same creature now.

Game Logistics

Succubi’s level drain no longer provokes an attack of opportunity and an FX glitch; the animation was also changed to a more appropriate one;
Swarm That Walks and its clones’ Swarm Inundation ability now works correctly in combination with multiple Swarm That Walks clones;
Tainted Sneak Attack worked incorrectly – fixed;
The ability to use shields as weapons was granted by the Martial Weapons Proficiency instead of Shield Bash – fixed;
The Accomplished Sneak Attacker feat was incorrectly shown in its prerequisites – fixed;
The Animal Growth spell used to give an enhancement bonus to natural armor to AC instead of increasing this parameter – fixed;
The aquatic pillar in The Treasure of the Midnight Isles DLC now summons water elementals properly;
The bite attack for kitsune fox form disappeared after polymorphing into any other animal form – fixed;
The Blind Fight feats now only work for the melee attacks, as their description says;
The Bloodline Ascendance mythic ability was missing the Power of Wyrms (Green) option – fixed;
Persistent metamagic usage for the Bone Explosion spell;
The bonuses a leopard animal companion gains at the 4th level now match the description;
Correct calculation of the bonuses from the Elemental Rampager’s Rampage;
Fixed the issue whereby the Charge ability couldn’t function when Ameliorating — Fatigued suppressed the fatigued condition;
The damage and the saving throw difficulty from the lightning now scale with the expedition tier in The Treasure of the Midnight Isles DLC (3d6/3d8/3d10);
Correct application for the damage bonus from the Slashing Tailwind;
The damage from claws for Bloodragers with the Draconic Bloodline now correctly increases from d6 to d8 at the 8th level;
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The correct calculation for the damage from the Powerful Charge ability;
The damage of the war priest’s deity’s favored weapon didn’t increase at the 1st level with the Sacred Weapons feat – fixed.

Mechanisms

Planning your turn has never been easier – just click on one of the tiles available for movement. A ghostly figure of your character will appear in that tile for you to check line of sight and ability range. You can then confirm the movement by clicking on the same spot again. pic.twitter.com/TGnuqYGBls
— Owlcat Games (@OwlcatGames) February 20, 2023

The Dazzling Display ability could disappear after character’s death – fixed;
The Lich power Fear Control DC is calculated correctly;
The Defensive Stance ability of paladin Stonelord archetype had an incorrect description, and incorrectly stacked with a similar ability of Stalwart Defender prestige class – fixed;
The Dispelling Attack incorrectly calculated the caster level for dispel – fixed;
Correct final revelation for the Divine Herbalist, when choosing battle mystery;
The Flying Time Undertow effect worked incorrectly for the commander and their party – fixed, it will no longer stay on the characters after leaving the island;
The Battle spirit’s powers shaman now show in the class progression window;
The Holy Water Jet arcanist exploit had incorrect prerequisites – fixed;
The Ice Body spell now grants the target immunity to exhausted and fatigued conditions;
The Increased Damage Reduction rage power didn’t stack with the Damage Reduction for bloodrager – fixed;
The Master Hunter ability didn’t work correctly – fixed;
The Oblate — Acolyte background didn’t use Wisdom instead of Charisma for the effect of Touch of Glory spell – fixed;
The player must have a Mutagen feat now to take a Feral Mutagen discovery;
The player will get experience after killing a Babau Infiltrator;
The player will get experience after killing Elemental Pillars, Zombie Rangers, and Star Rattle;
The powers granted by Transmutation school now shows in the class progression section for a wizard;
The Snapshot ability now selects in the Combat Tricks list;
Fixed the issue whereby the Soul Shield bonuses worked incorrectly and didn’t provide the bonuses;
Correct calculation of the special size modifier applied to a Combat Maneuver Bonus (CBM) ;
The Spell Penetration (Mythic) feat granted an incorrect bonus to overcome spell resistance – fixed;
The spells of Lich’s Skeletal Inquisitor mistakenly counted as arcane – fixed.

Additional Mechanics in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous update patch notes

The Summon Monster Zero spell got a proper description, and removal from Trickster’s spell selection list is now added automatically. You can’t have too many extraplanar murder ponies!
Fixed the issue whereby the Sun Marked spell deals additional damage only when the attack is made with a weapon;
Added the Trickster’s mythic feats to the list of bonus combat feats of some classes;
The War Domain didn’t grant Divine Hunter domain spells – fixed;
The warpriest with a Luck blessing now gains the curse of unlucky presence at the 10th level instead of the ability provided by the Destruction blessing;
The White Mage arcanist archetype now correctly gains bonuses from boundless healing;
Trickster’s combat feats will no longer be available to a Loremaster who is not following a Trickster mythic path;
Unarmed attacks of Monk and Imitator now benefits from the Ki Strike when the Monk Stance is enabled;
Added Unarmed Strikes to Melee, Monk, and Natural weapon groups;
The Unbreakable Heart spell now grants an additional saving throw to those who are under the Dominate effect;
Uncanny Dodge now displays on the leveling-up screen;
Underground Chemist couldn’t take Weapon Focus (Bombs) – fixed;
Unnatural Heat effect dealt damage if the character drank potions – fixed;
Veil of Heaven was dealing incorrect damage;
Vermleks hold their swords now;
Fixed Vescavors’ issue and they are now considered evil;
Vivisectionist received an extra Medical Discovery – fixed:
Added rewards for killing the bosses in The Treasure of the Midnight Isles DLC: their artifacts will appear in the mimic’s shop in the standalone mode after they are slain;
Made the succubi remove invisibility after saving and loading;
Willodus became stronger in battle;
Fixed the wrecking Blows worked incorrectly – fixed;
Ygefeles now uses the Cloak of Dreams spell in battle. Even demons understand the importance of good rest!
Fixed the crushing Blow feat worked incorrectly.

UI

A list of active effects in the Character tab will remain visible even after switching tabs;
Abilities, that target oneself, will display as inactive if they not used;
Added a limit to the number of floating combat text above the character;
Added new icons for arcanist exploits in the class progression tab;
Added preview area for some skills;
Corrected the description of bleed effects;
Updated credits;
Marked metamagic feats as not recommended for martial classes;
Removed the duplicate of the Uncanny Dodge icon in the rogue talents list;
When playing with a controller, fixed the issue with the time skip window causing a freeze when used outside of global map;
Esc menu now closes automatically when a different window is open to avoid errors.

Fixes in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous update patch notes

Evil Arueshalae didn’t have a biography – fixed;
Fixed errors in the descriptions of some Elemental Bloodlines;
Fixed icons of Bardiche and Dwarven Waraxe;
Fixed incorrect damage reduction logging;
Fixed the Blood Blast description;
Fixed the attacks numbers and penalties attacks calculations for all the other attacks besides hands attacks;
Fixed the description of a Scholar biography and Godclaw religion;
Fixed the description of the Force Reality ability, level 2;
Fixed the description of white dragon’s Breath Weapon;
Fixed the issue with duplicates of mythic abilities in the Mythic Path level up screen;
Fixed the issue with non-existing weapons showing up in character sheet;
Fixed the issue for the oracle archetype Enlightened Philosopher an incorrect number of revelations displayed in the class progression window;
Improved some objects selection;
Improved the interface of hunter’s aspects;
Updates in logging when attempting a combat maneuver, or failing a maneuver roll due to immune or conceal etc;
Mounted Combat trait had no name and description – fixed;
Some lines in Chinese were missing when playing with a controller – fixed;
Some spells were missing in the spell list – fixed;
Adjustments in the spell lists for some classes;
The Apprentice Assassin had a duplicate of Uncanny Dodge in the inspect window – fixed;
The Blink effect had an incorrect icon – fixed;
The character description could display the wrong value of damage dice – fixed;
The description of spells granted to a witch by the Mercy patron wasn’t accurate – fixed;
The update also returned description of the Touch of Chaos ability effect.
The exit from the wilderness encounter with the ghost wasn’t visible on the map – fixed;
Fixed the issue whereby incorrect experience numbers are displayed in the log with the ‘Only active companions receive experience’ setting enabled.

Audio

Fixed one of Wenduag’s lines during her quest in the 5th chapter;
One of the rooms in Drezen’s Citadel didn’t have ambient sounds – fixed;
Synchronization of sounds of the troops cheering with their animations now.

Visual

Fixed a visual bug while talking to the Hand of the Inheritor in Drezen;
Fixed the fog of war in Chilly Creek;
Fixed the issue with buff visual effects disappearing when leaving the global map, also fixed the disappearance of Azata’s butterflies and Swarm’s locusts;
Fixed the issue with characters’ markers being displayed in the wrong places in Leper’s Smile;
Fixed the visual issue with one of the secret doors being poorly disguised on an island in The Treasure of the Midnight Isles DLC;
Fixed transparent textures in the Core of the Riddle;
Improved the lighting in Wintersun;
Improved the lighting on the streets of Kenabres;
Improved the visual of the polymorph effects;
Horzalah was invisible in cutscenes – fixed;
Improved the visual effects of purple worms and nightcrawlers.

System

Improved performance during battles;
In some situations, some buffs could cause the game to freeze – fixed;
Some NPC auras are disabled to improve performance;
Fixed the issue where a hint appears even when no save slots are selected when playing with a controller in the ‘Load game’ menu a ‘Load’ – fixed;
When playing with some controllers, the game sometimes wouldn’t respond to moving the stick vertically – fixed.

Misс in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous update patch notes

Aivu no longer dies after finishing the quest to become the Legend, but she will still leave the party;
Fixed several typos in the texts;
In the main game, Commander could tell Nocticula about Nahyndri’s ship without finding it first – fixed;
Nahyndri has lost the Last Stand ability but received better attributes;
Optimized the locations from Treasure of the Midnight Isles DLC;
Reduced the difficulty of a skill check needed to find Laughing Caves;
Reworked the Swarm That Walks model, making it closer to the original art;
The player could meet a friendly assassin while traveling. The assassin has finally read the contract and will now become hostile toward the player;
The ones whom Lich raised from the dead will now gain the Lord/Lady of Death deity;
Vescavor swarm can no longer fall into pits;
We stopped party members from getting outside the map boundaries when entering the Ziggurat in the Inevitable Excess DLC;
When leaving the party, Arueshalae took all the equipped items with her – fixed.

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is available for PC; more updates on the game, including Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous – Enhanced Edition 2.1.0j BETA part II available on their Steam Page.