Bandai Namco has announced that update 1.20 of Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris is out now! This update adds a new “Ancient Apostles” story quest for Sinon and implements some bug fixes. Here are the patch notes:
New Additional Contents
Added free additional story update part #1 “Ancient Apostles: The Reaper of the Woods”
*This quest can be accepted after completing the main guest
Added “Mutated Beast” Quests
*This quest can be accepted after completing the “Ancient Apostles: The Reaper of the Woods”. Interacting with the monument allows the player to accept Raid Dungeon quests, located in North Centoria
UI
Fixed the marker of the main quest temporarily disappearing during quests
Fixed the location of the Calamity Plants not immediately reflected on the mini-map when the main quest “The Three Keys” is in progress
Online Multiplayer
Fixed the “Super Arts” and the “STUN gauge” not synchronizing properly during multiplayer mode
Fixed the issue where unplugging the LAN cable while in the main menu may cause the player to be unable to proceed
Fixed the battle unintentionally resetting on certain occasions during multiplayer mode
System
Fixed the effect of the personal arts code “Sturdy Body” not properly reflected on the status screen
Fixed certain enemies not spawning while using the Anima “Cautious”
Fixed the issue where the accuracy rate for enemies above Lv100 was applied to enemies below Lv100
Fixed Tiese’s sub episode being unable to proceed on certain occasions
Battle
Increased the level cap of the playable characters from 50 to 70
*The level cap will be upgradable after completing “Ancient Apostles: The Reaper of the Woods”
Increased the level of weapons from 5 to 10
Changed the upper limit of the damage count from “999,999” to “99,999,999”
Fixed the descriptions of the battle skills, passive skills and add-ons listed below not matching the actual buff/debuff effects
Battle skills: Warrior of the Gods+, Echoes of Madness+
Passive skills: Rain Incarnation, Guardian’s Stigmata, Mythic of Lurking, Mythic of Carnage, Blade Incarnation, Mythic of Ascension, Bloodblossom Stigmata, Binary Star Sword God
Add-on: Sage’s Stigmata
Fixed the Battle skill “Liberation+” and “Falcon Fist+” not properly activating on certain occasions
Others
Fixed other minor bugs and issues
Updates:
Details of Ancient Apostles: The Reaper of the Woods
Kirito and Sinon must explore the haunted woods
Defeat the Boss named Fatal Scythe to obtain a new costume and weapon for Sinon
Reaper of the Woods visual
Other additional contents
Mutated Beast Quests – By defeating the boss, you will obtain items to upgrade your equipment.
Level cap increase from 50 to 70
Upcoming updates
Ancient Apostles: The Knights of Contradictions story – Tiese receives a letter from her uncle. In the letter, he shares information that will help the human army. Thus, the group sets out to see him.
Tiese 3D visual
SAOAL Update Milestone
CUBE VOL.2 – Vol. 2 coming in patch Ver.1.20!
Daily quest, game balance adjustment, level cap increase
Ancient Apostles series – New story will be added every 1-1.5 months
Mutated Beast Quests – A quest where you can obtain items to upgrade your equipment. The harder the quest, the higher the chance of obtaining upgrade items.
SAO Game series original playable heroines – planned to be added before the release of DLC #1. Stay tuned for more info!
Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris is out now for PS4, Xbox One and Steam. Stay tuned at Final Weapon for the latest Japanese gaming news and updates!
