New Horizon Forbidden West Patch Tackles Progression Blocks, Visual Shimmering, And More

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Guerilla Games has released a new update for Horizon Forbidden West, Patch 1.13, that tackles multiple main and side quest progression blocks, as well as persistent issues related to a strange visual shimmering effect in-game, and more. 

Live today, Patch 1.13 brings with it a ton of fixes not just to quests, but to general things like the game’s UI and some of Aloy’s animations, as well as improvements to the game’s performance and stability. Perhaps the biggest issue is the aforementioned visual shimmering, which has been a player complaint since launch. 

For the uninitiated, the shimmering is an almost glitter-like effect that appears on the edging of objects, robots, and more in Horizon Forbidden West. It makes things in-game look shinier than intended and in most patches since the game’s release, Guerrilla Games has addressed it. Considering it’s still listed under Patch 1.13’s “known issues,” it sounds like the problem persists today. 

“We are currently looking into several issues reported by the community,” the patch notes read. “Please note that these issues are not yet fixed in this patch, but our teams are aware of them and they’re being investigated.” 

Here are those known issues: 

Below, we’ll post the rest of the patch notes but if you haven’t yet completed the main story of Horizon Forbidden West, be wary as there are some campaign-related spoilers within: 

Main Quests

Side Quests

World Activities

Machines

UI/UX

Performance and Stability

Other

While waiting for this patch to download, read Game Informer’s Horizon Forbidden West review and then read about why Aloy is one of our favorite heroes of this generation after that.