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Kingdom Come: Deliverance patch 1.3 brings new save system – Patch Notes

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Kingdom Come: Deliverance patch v1.3 is finally here. And oh boy it’s a biggun’

The biggest changes are some major adjustments to the save systems and various mini-games. No more having to be piss drunk to save the game now. Lockpicking is also much easier due to a new UI design for the system. The patch also includes hundreds of bug fixes to quests and graphical performance.

As we pointed in the review for Kingdom Come: Deliverance, some of the major issues with the game pertain to the issues fixed in this patch. This definitely helps make Kingdom Come: Deliverance that much more appealing now that some of the major problems are fixed.

There are PC specific changes too including different types of anti-aliasing, Vsync options, and Steam Cloud saves are also available. Here are the full Kingdom Come: Deliverance v1.3 patch notes:

Kingomo Come: Deliverance patch 1.3 Notes

  • The game now has Save and Exit feature.
  • Saving is much more robust and saves won’t get corrupted even if the game crashes while saving.
  • Performance improved
    • LoD switching tweaked, reducing pop-in and improving texture streaming.
    • Stuttering in some areas reduced.
    • Slightly smoother framerate on Vsync 30. (Consoles and some PCs)
  • Improved lockpicking
    • New interface design makes it much easier to hold the sweet spot while turning the lock.
    • Easy and Very Easy trunks are now easier to lockpick when playing with controller. (Mouse difficulty unchanged)
  • Improved pickpocketing
    • You will no longer get caught if you stop at the beginning of the minigame. (Unless someone sees you)
    • The risk indicator is now much more precise. When green, you are sure not to get caught.
  • Alchemy bench will no longer shoot you into the air.
  • The last quest with Lord Capon is now visible on the map when he is ready to assign it to you.
  • Guards won’t frisk you so often.
  • Your horse shouldn’t get stuck when jumping fences.
  • Horse items are cleaned along with player items in bathhouses.
  • You can see when looking at a bed whether it will save your game.
  • You can sleep on beds without having to sit down first.
  • Levelling up stealth by sneaking past enemies is more consistent.
  • Sneaking past sleeping NPCs is now easier.
  • Some easily accessible trunks with extremely good loot have been removed.
  • Cave mushrooms can now be found in many other damp places.
  • You can no longer autocook potions that you haven’t brewed by hand at least once before.
  • German voiceovers will no longer cut off in mid-sentence in cutscenes.
  • Late game player strength tweaked
    • Some combat perks that were unintentionally overpowered were tuned down.
    • Weapons scale less with high-level stats.
    • It should now be much harder to kill high-level enemies with one hit. (Unless they’re helmetless. Stupid Runt…)
  • Other combat system tweaks
    • “Untargeted attack” exploit fixed.
    • Enemy combat archery AI improved.
    • Guards now react to combat more aggressively.
    • And many other minor tweaks.
  • (PC only) It is now possible to select different types of anti-aliasing.
  • (PC only) It is now possible to set VSync to 30 or 60, or disable it completely.
  • (PC only) Steam Cloud saving enabled.
  • And over 300 other fixes in various quests.
  • Turkish subtitles added.
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