A few weeks ago, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla players saw a handful of new skills in the game’s elaborate skill tree. Then those skills disappeared.
Following Valhalla‘s mid-December update, which precipitated the Yuletide Festival event, each of the game’s three skill trees (Bear, Raven, Wolf) seemed to expand by two nodes. The first of each tree was a copy of the “let fate guide your path” node that allows you to let the game assign your skill points; the second was a real ability. The bear tree was given the Fight Fight ability, which gives you complete adrenaline at the beginning of each fight. The Wolf Tree could unlock Arrow Loot, increasing the chance of looting archers’ arrows. The Raven tree achieved Assassin Carry, a skill that allows players to automatically pick up a corpse after a murder. The three new lines branched directly from the center of Valhallathe skill tree, so you didn’t have to pour dozens of points on each branch to clear a path and unlock them.
The problem is that these three skills do not always appear Valhallaskill tree.
None of the three skills were mentioned in the patch notes for the December update. Some players he saw them appear briefly, before disappearing during subsequent game sessions. Today, at least on the Xbox Series X, I can still see branched, ineffective “destination” nodes outside the center of Valhallathe skill tree, while the three new skills are wrongto sing.
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I can get them to reappear by disconnecting my internet console and restarting the game, at which point I get a notification that the Yule Festival is over. Connecting my console to the internet purges them again. Some players to say they lost the skill points assigned afterwards. Mine, for what it’s worth, was refunded. When I come back online, refunded skill points are automatically applied to any of the new skills I have unlocked.
Basically, if your console is connected to the Internet, you can’t access these features. If you are offline, you can do so.
When asked about the issue, Ubisoft acknowledged that some players can access these skills, but said they are “not yet ready for release” and recommended players play online, if possible, for ” prevent any game problems “.
The truth is, don’t miss it. None of the skills change the game terribly (although Assassin Carry is a good upgrade in quality of life). But they suggest great things in the store Valhallait is already a Byzantine skill network. Why include a “target” node for a single skill? Why do these new skills appear after the apparent finale of the Yuletide Festival?
The Yuletide Festival ends on January 7th. Ubisoft has not announced specific release dates Valhallathe two expansions announced, The wrath of the druids i The siege of Paris, nor detailed any new skills that may join the game along with these campaigns.