Gothic Classic (Switch): all the updates (latest: Patch 1)

16 October 202317 October 2023 Lite_Agent Gothic Classic, THQ Nordic

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Gothic Classic on Nintendo Switch (originally released in September 2023 in North America and Europe)!

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Gothic Classic – Ver. ??? (Patch 1)

Release date: October 16th 2023 (North America, Europe)
Patch notes:

Fixes

Fix for Black Goblins not moving

Ladders fixed

Fix for bugs with NPCs floating and walking in the air

Script: Cor Calom is casting sleep too fast when lockpicking his chest

Script: Fix for Snipes attacking Nameless hero when opening Aarons chest

If the Nameless One is defeated he loses his weapon. It falls out of NPCs and NPCs can pick it up.

Fix for looting stacked items

The Chromanin quest can now be completed.

When restarting a save, quick access items retain their correct quantity.

Fixes for bow fighting

Characters no longer get stuck running on tables.

UI: Item scale and FOV fixed (rings are now correctly displayed in the inventory)

No map image in map menu fixed

Fixed trading rounding error when transferring multiple items

Fixed all cases of incorrect behaviour when trading

Fixed for NPC freezing in ranged weapon mode when loading a savegame

Fix for using of the lute and horn out of the inventory

Fixed a bug when sprinting

Fixed display of bleeding.

Fixed an exploit with multiplying fire damage.

Spell title drawing fixed.

Magic circle drawing fixed.

Fist drawing fixed

Script: Fix for Lester not having the correct dialogues at the mountain fort

Script: Fix for Diegos dialogue bugging out when killing enemies prematurely on his focus quest

Script: Fixed a quest blocker with Thorus

Improvements

Spell title is displayed at the top of the Magic circle UI

FOV improved for widescreen resolutions

Disabling Sneak mode is now also called via B

Added correct scaling of dialog windows in handheld and screen mode.

Localization corrections have been made.

Corrections have been made to display rain.

Camera mode legend added.

Added new map design and focus.

Throw item action implemented in Inventory.

UI of dialog boxes has been corrected.

Additional notes: none
Source: THQ Nordic

How to download updates for Gothic Classic for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Gothic Classic, 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.