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The Lord of the Rings War in the North - Legacy Edition: patch 2 released

Patch 2 is now available for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition.

The patch brings better co-op stability, fixes quest and progression blockers and restores headshot hitboxes.

Patch Overview

  • Steadier co-op: fewer crashes and freezes when joining, loading in, and when heading back to towns
  • Clearer roads north: quest tracking fixes and cleared progression blockers keep your journey moving
  • Headshots are back: ranged attacks land true on goblins, Uruk-hai, and more
  • Fallen heroes return: back in the fight with at least 2 health and power potions and 20 arrows or bolts
  • Companion, visual, and audio polish across Middle-earth

Bug Fixes

  • Improved co-op stability, with fixes for crashes during matchmaking, on loading screens, and when returning to hubs like Bree and Fornost.
  • Fixed players joining a host getting stuck on the map selection.
  • Fixed a freeze that could occur when another player with a slow connection joined during a loading screen.
  • Fixed a progression blocker in Fornost where a goblin could be launched somewhere out of reach.
  • Blocked off an area in the Grey Mountains where heroes could be knocked out of bounds.
  • Fixed when Scroll 7 would not count toward the “Cult of the Lidless Eye” side quest.
  • The Urgost introductory cutscene no longer skips when loading the checkpoint.
  • Mission summary stats are now kept when returning to town mid-mission.
  • The War-Mechanist Achievement/Trophy now counts kills across your whole fellowship instead of per character.
  • Headshot hitboxes have been restored on goblins, Uruk-hai, and other enemies throughout the game.
  • Health potions now fill the health bar steadily, as intended.
  • Allies no longer get stuck after opening a Secret Stash, and can now be called to a stash from farther away.
  • Luin now keeps moving as intended after loading a save.
  • The revive prompt no longer appears when another player is already reviving a fallen hero.
  • Fixed some equipment getting lost when using a respec token.
  • Map fragments are no longer wasted when used from an inactive character’s inventory.
  • Fixed distorted audio that could play when finishing an enemy with a critical strike.
  • Undead no longer T-pose during a Barrow-Downs cutscene.
  • Textures in Osgiliath, the Coldfells, and Urgost’s Lair no longer vanish when viewed from certain angles.
  • Fixed severe stretching on some character models.
  • Item description panels no longer disappear when equipping certain weapons during combat.
  • Item notifications now show the correct amount when sending the same item multiple times.
  • Removed an inaccurate loading screen tip.
  • Faster EULA scrolling with a controller.
  • Smoother mouse wheel scrolling in settings menus.
  • Added Steam controller glyphs for Steam and Steam Deck.

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition

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