Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.0.3)

16 September 2024 Lite_Agent Digital Eclipse, Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord on Nintendo Switch (originally released in May 2024 in North America, Europe, and Japan)!

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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord – Ver. 1.0.3

Release date: September 16th 2024 (North America, Europe) / September 17th 2024 (Japan)
Patch notes:

New Features

‍Fast Combat Option‍

Players can choose to deactivate animations to speed up combat if they choose. The enemy has to be fully inspected/deduced for this feature to appear. Once available, it can be activated with a button press.

Level Cap Increase

Players now have a limit of 99 million XP.

Old-School Options > Castle Options > Honor Guard Terms

You may choose to keep your gear after being invited to the Honor Guard.

Old-School Options > Castle Options > Aging from Inn‍

You can now remove the penalty for aging when staying at the Inn.

Old-School Options > Maze Options > All HAMAN Results‍

This allows HAMAN and MAHAMAN to trigger additional effects, when they previously would not due to a bug in the original game.

Old-School Options > Maze Options > Distribute Extra Gold‍

When enabled, this new option gives leftover gold to one of the members of the party. Otherwise, per the original rules, the leftover gold will be discarded.

Old-School Options > Cheats > Honor Guard Rewards

When invited to the Honor Guard, you can choose to receive the experience reward once or multiple times. Details for this feature are included in the menu description.
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Rebalanced recruited character generation Stop by Gilgamesh’s and see who’s available!

Spells cast by the party that target a party member now resolve at the end of combat.

We’ve added new UI for active effects: MAPORFIC, MILWA/LOMILWA and found characters.

You may now rest your full party in town even when one character is injured or dead.

Bug Fixes

MAPORFIC, MILWA/LOMILWA, HAMAN/MAHAMAN now properly stored between saves/sessions

‍Returning to title screen from the dungeon while possessing the amulet will no longer force you into the Honor Guard

‍Corrected treasure table data

‍Corrected damage roll for MADALTO

‍Fixed some issues that would cause combat not to proceed

‍Numerous other minor bugs fixed, as well as some polish

Additional notes: none
Source: Digital Eclipse

How to download updates for Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, 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.