Far Cry Primal - Patch 1.3.0 Notes (Introducing Survivor Mode!)

A new update for Far Cry Primal has been released and it's a big one featuring new things such as a survivor mode and especially for the PC a new Ultra-HD Texture Pack for high end machines.

Let's take a look at the patch notes in full -

Patch Notes – Patch 3

NEW – Survivor Mode

• Available in New Gameplay Options when starting a New Game

NEW – Stamina Bar added

• Stamina depletes slowly during gameplay
• Stamina depletes faster when walking/running/being in combat
• Fast travel consumes stamina
• Stamina can be regenerated by sleeping and eating food
• Manual heal and fast travel costs stamina
• Low stamina slows down movement and health regen. At 0 stamina, manual heal and fast travel are disabled.

Tamed Beasts

• NEW – Permadeath for Tamed Beasts
  • If a Beast dies, the player must find and tame a new one
  • This also applies to Legendary Beasts, they can never be found again if they die
  • Skinning a Beast after they die gives you a skin
• NEW – Beast riding fatigue introduced – After some time of continuous riding, mounted Beast will start taking damage
• In order to activate the taming option for Sabretooth Tigers, Brown Bears and Cave Bears, you must first inflict them serious damage
• Non-legendary tamed Beasts health has been reduced
• Owl attacks and bomb drops have been disabled

World/Resources

• Less natural resources are available in the world and less are looted when gathering
• Less daily resources added to the Reward Stash from Wenja population level
• Resources in the Reward Stash can only be withdrawn at the Village Stash
• Night lasts longer and is darker
• Campfire Fast Travel points are no longer unlocked by default when claiming a bonfire

Skills

• XP Curve has been adjusted to be more progressive
• Certain “over-powered” skills have been removed:
  • Player skills:
    • Extra Health II
    • Primitive Heal II
    • Extra Health IV
  • Gatherer skills:
    • Show Plants
    • Show Resources
    • Beast Reviving
  • Hunter skills:
    • Craft Arrows III
  • Shaman skills:
    • Owl – Weapon drop
    • Owl – Attack I
    • Owl – Attack II
    • Owl – Cooldown I
    • Owl – Cooldown II
• Effects of other skills have been re-balanced
• Skill points cost has been rebalanced
  • Player skills:
    • Primitive Heal I: 2 points instead of 1
    • Extra Health I: 3 points instead of 1
  • Gatherer skills:
    • Skinning II: 3 points instead of 2
    • Find Resources I: 3 points instead of 1
    • Skinning I: 3 points instead of 2
    • Find Rare Plants: 3 points instead of 2
    • Find Resources II: 4 points instead of 2
    • Find Rare Resources: 3 points instead of 2
  • Crafter Skills:
    • Double Clubs: 3 points instead of 2
    • Double Spears: 4 points instead of 3
    • Double Traps: 3 points instead of 2
    • Double Sting Bombs: 4 points instead of 2
    • Double Bait: 2 points instead of 1
  • Hunter skills:
    • Craft Arrows I: 3 points instead of 1
    • Craft Arrows II: 5 points instead of 2
    • Tag Enemies: 2 points instead of 1
  • Shaman skills:
    • Tame Wildcats: 2 points instead of 1
    • Tame Apex Predators: 3 points instead of 2
    • Tame Cunning Beasts: 4 points instead of 3
  • Warrior skills:
    • Heavy Takedown: 4 points instead of 3
    • Extra Health III: 6 points instead of 4

Gameplay

• Bow tension added requiring players to pull back the arrow all the way to get maximum impact
• Weapon durability has been tweaked to be more realistic when thrown weapons hit hard or soft surfaces
• Weapons are consumed more quickly by fire
• The slow-motion time effect doesn’t slow time as much anymore, when in the Weapon Wheel, Food Grid and Beast Grid
• Crafting ammo in the Weapon Wheel now requires a hold to craft
• Most bag capacity has been reduced
• Player’s health regen speed has been reduced
• Some healing recipes now require red leaves in addition to green leaves
• Cold depletion rate has been increased
• Fully upgraded Winter Clothes no longer offer total protection from the cold
• Weapons on fire will extinguish when swapping between weapons (Expert difficulty only)
• Fast Travel now costs Stamina and Meat, proportionally to distance
• Mini-map has been removed
• Shaders on tagged enemies have been removed, making them more difficult to spot
• Several UI options have been set to off by default to increase immersion (but can be re-enabled)
• Hunter Vision duration has been set to 20s by default (duration can now be modified in the settings)
• Fog of war reveal radius has been reduced
• Can only Save & Quit when not in Combat
• Game difficulty cannot be changed once started in Survivor Mode with Permadeath
• Requirements for rare animal skins have been reduced when upgrading huts
• Reduced health for Legendary Beasts, Batari and Ull

AI/Wildlife

• Enemies are more reactive and aggressive in combat
• Wildlife detects you more easily
• Blood trails from wounded animals are harder to track
• Reduced overall animal density during the day, and increased density of predators at night
• Reduced human density and frequency of Wenja events
• Wenja fighters are less resilient
• Predators no longer show up in Hunter Vision unless they are aggressive toward the player, dead or a Tamed Beast

NEW – Permadeath

• Available in New Gameplay Options when starting a New Game with Survivor Mode turned On
• Three Options Available – Off, On, Second Chance
  • Off – You respawn when you die
  • On – The game is over when you die
  • Second Chance – You only respawn if you completed enough of the game since your last death (every 3% as depicted in the player’s overall progress)
• Failing during Tensay’s Vision missions does not count as dying (You’re dreaming after all)

Stability and Performance

• Fixed an issue where player could lose their inventory when swapping weapons in specific conditions
• Fixed some specific, low occurrence crashes

Gameplay

• New Option in Gameplay Menu – Hunter Vision Duration – Can toggle the duration of Hunter Vision (Default/20s/30s/Infinite)
• New Option in the Interface Menu – Hide the bow reticle unless you are aiming or holding the bow ready
• Fixed melee damage resistance skill also affecting ranged damage
• Increased critical health in hard/expert difficulty modes

Lighting and FX

• Fixed a lighting issue on bodies of water that would cause color to briefly change when exiting caves
• Minor fixes to clipping issues

Wildlife and AI

• Various bug fixes

Missions/Activities/World

• Fixed a grapple location north of Tushwarha Outpost that would cause the player to fall to his death when trying to climb down
• Fixed an issue where players could exit the map in the mission – Vision of Ice
• Fixed an issue where players could exit the map in Shayu’s Cave
• Fixed a couple issues where players could get stuck in the Dangu Cave
• Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in an infinite death loop after completing the mission – Into Udam Land
• Fixed some resources that would cause the player to become stuck in the map when gathering them
• Fixed an issue where Bite Fish weren’t spawning in certain locations on the map
• Fixed an issue where player could get stuck in the falling obelisk outside of the Batari’s Temple in the Izila Homeland

Menu/UI/Map

• Fixed an issue that would cause one of the life bars to flicker in specific conditions
• Fixed an issue where a “Location Discovered” prompt would remain on screen during cut-scenes in specific situations
• Fixed an issue where some icons remained on screen when using the “Turn All Off” option in the Interface menu

NEW – 4x Achievements and Ubisoft Club badges

• Achievement #1: TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN
  • Finish the game in the Survivor mode (Any difficulty).
• Achievement #2: TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN (2ND CHANCE)
  • Finish the game in the Survivor mode (Any difficulty) and the Second chance option activated.
• Achievement #3: TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN (PERMADEATH)
  • Finish the game in the Survivor mode (Any difficulty) and the Permadeath option activated.
• Achievement #4: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
  • Finish the game in Survivor mode (Expert difficulty) and the Permadeath option activated... Forget it… No-one will ever achieve it.

NEW – PC fixes and support for Ultra-HD Texture Pack

• NEW – Support for ultra-HD texture pack (Note: PC Patch 3 does not include the texture pack. It can be downloaded separately for free on Steam or Uplay.)
• PC-specific fixes:
  • Add option to turn off mouse deadzones
  • Interface and input tweaks
  • Various minor bug fixes

Source: http://steamcommunity.com/games/371660/announcements/detail/969772945421611610