The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition (Switch 2): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.2)

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition – Ver. 1.2

Release date: February 17th/18th 2026
Patch notes:

Features:

Added a 60 Hz mode under Display settings that allows players to toggle between “Prioritize Visuals” or “Prioritize Performance”.
In addition, frame rate has been locked at 30 Hz in “Prioritize Visuals” mode for smoother gameplay.

Crashes and Performance Fixes:

Fixed a crash that occurred when reading “The Crimson Dirks Vol. 4” book for the “Tilted Scales” quest in German.
Fixed an audio-related crash.
Fixed a crash, infinite load, and game freeze that sometimes occurred when rapidly selecting “Load” multiple times in the pause menu.
Fixed a crash that occurred when the “Transmute Ore” spell was repeatedly cast outside of the Haltered Stream Camp.

Improved FPS performance drops that occurred in the following locations:

during the Hide and Seek quest in Kynesgrove
during combat at Secunda’s Kiss
when discovering the “Drelas’ Cottage” location
when engaged in combat with a giant at the Talking Stone Camp.

Visuals Issues Fixes:

Viewing water planes from a distance or within menus caused them to shift up and down.
Distant aspen trees appeared with a blue tint.
Transitioning out of caves caused an outline of the entrance to linger during the fade-to-back loading screen.

User Interface Fixes:

Switching between mouse and controller mode while in dialogue or the Help menu, caused different options to be highlighted.
Switching between mouse and controller mode while in help menus or user hints, did not dynamically update callout prompts.
The “Ready/Sheathe” option was missing from the Joy-Con 2 Mouse Controls menu.
The “Delete” prompt remained grayed-out within the Load menu when swapping between mouse and controller mode.
Deleting a save in the Save/Load menus reset the highlighted selection to the top of the menu list.
While in mouse mode, the cursor remained stuck within a smaller section of the screen when changing between docked/undocked modes or interfacing with GameChat.

Controls Fixes:

The “Eagle Eye” Archery perk remained active after switching between mouse and controller mode.
Holding down the Right Joystick while reassigning a button caused that button to disappear from the Controls list.
The Joy-Con 2 controllers provided haptic feedback while in mouse mode.
Buttons became unresponsive when controls were remapped while moving the Joy-Con 2 controllers in mouse mode.
Rotating the map in mouse mode was slower and less smooth than in controller mode.

Audio Issue Fix:

Scrolling SFX continued to play while holding up or down on the Left Joystick or buttons at the top or bottom of the Save/Load menus.

Localization Fixes:

“Amiibo” appeared as plural in Spanish.

Miscellaneous:

Added new translations for the features listed above and UI updates.
Updates were made to the game credits.

Additional notes: none
Source: Bethesda (Reddit)

How to download updates for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition on Nintendo Switch 2?

To download the updates for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition, you have three options:

let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.