Patch 2.0 is Live

It has been one year since the launch of Avowed and the team is ending its post-launch roadmap with a substantial anniversary update built with both returning and new players in mind. This release delivers long-requested community features and a broad slate of quality-of-life improvements; including a fan driven feature to bring Avowed even closer to its Pillars of Eternity franchise roots.

If you come across any issues or bugs, please contact our support team.

https://avowed.obsidian.net/issue-tracker#contact

Features and Improvements

New Game+

New Game Plus is now available after completing the main story. This mode is designed to reward mastery, experimentation, and making the all-powerful build.

When starting a New Game Plus save, players will bring along with them:

• All unlocked abilities (with the exception of godlike abilities which are gained through story progression/world exploration)

• All spent attribute points

• All unique weapons and armors—but they are reset to level 1

• All unlocked enchantments remain

• All unique gloves and boots

• All necklaces, all rings, and all trinkets

• Any equipped Common Weapons or Armor items are kept, but they are reset to level 1

  EDIT: The above detail was incorrect, and all uncommon weapons and armor are removed at the start of NG+. This is to provide players a consistent experience, regardless of what items they had in their inventory when they ended the game.

The following are removed from the player at the start of a New Game Plus:

• All common weapons and armor

• Companions must be picked up via story progression

  • Companions keep their talent points and start at level 1

• All resources that had been collected

  • Gold

  • Upgrade materials

  • Enchanting materials

  • Food ingredients

• All consumables that had been collected

  • All potions

  • All food

• All quest items

• All god totems/trinkets

• Fast travel points/fog of war

• The aforementioned godlike abilities

To ensure challenge scales alongside player power:

• Enemy stats are increased across the board

• Enemies now have a chance to have modifiers applied to them

Elemental Modifiers

• Fire: Immune to Fire damage and accumulation. Attacks also now deal Fire damage.

• Frost: Immune to Frost damage and accumulation. Attacks also now deal Frost damage.

• Shock: Immune to Shock damage and accumulation. Attacks also now deal Shock damage.

• Poison: Immune to Poison damage and accumulation. Attacks also now deal Poison damage.

• Bleed: Immune to Bleed damage and accumulation. Attacks also now deal Bleed damage.

Physical Modifiers

• AdjustedHasteIncreased movement speed, attack speed, and reduced cooldown timers
• AdjustedGlass CannonIncreased damage dealt and damage received
• AdjustedColossalIncreased maximum health

• Life Steal: Attacks restore the enemy’s health by a percentage of the damage dealt

• AdjustedCrippledReduced movement speed and attack speed
• AdjustedSturdyIncreased stability making it harder for them to be stunned

• Natural Immunity: Immune to all status accumulations

• AdjustedForcefulIncreased impact on attacks
• AdjustedVindictiveIncreased damage dealt based on the amount of health lost

• Attribute stat cap rises from 15 to 30

An important note for those who have already completed Avowed: Since New Game Plus is being added post release and the game was not initially designed with it in mind, a completion save will be necessary in order to take advantage of the mode. You will need to load a point of no return save or later and beat the game to make a proper New Game Plus save.

New Playable Species

Included in the anniversary update is a major expansion to character creation: three new playable species join the existing Humans and Elves.

• Dwarves – The most well-traveled species in Eora, the stout dwarves are known for their great strength and tenacity.

• Orlans – Their two-toned skin, prominent ears, and hirsute bodies all in the