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Game Update 4 ReVamps the Neighborhood and Nest systems while bringing along new features such as Offline Mode, Single Player Pausing, DLSS3 and more.

A Note from Arkane Austin:

We’re proud to deliver to you Redfall’s Game Update 4.*
We’re thankful for the millions of players who have joined us. From everyone at Arkane Austin, thank you for playing our games and loving our worlds, it’s been an honor to deliver these experiences to you.
— Arkane Austin

Update Version 1.451.3.0 & File Sizes

• PC (Steam): 20.20 GB
• PC (Microsoft Store): 22.87 GB
• XBOX: 19.94 GB

Neighborhood ReVamp – Introducing Community Standing

With the release of Game Update 4, unlocking a new Safehouse, completing Safehouse missions, rescuing civilians, or killing an Underboss will all contribute to a new reputation bar called, “Community Standing”. As you assist the residents of Redfall in freeing their town from the grip of the Vampire Gods, you’ll be able to use your Support currency to unlock new rewards from the Safehouse Skill Tree.

There are six ranks of Community Standing giving you 39 unique rewards that serve as permanent buffs. As you progress higher through the Skill Tree, the unlocks become increasingly more impactful.

To help you get a better idea of what upgrades await, let’s look at a couple of unlocks from each of the six ranks of Community Standing.
Rank 1:

• Treat Yourself: Cosmetics near your location appear on your Map and Compass.
• I’m In: Turrets and Tripwires take 50% less time to Hack.

Rank 2:

• The Rest of the Story: Grave Locks near your location appear on your Map and Compass.
• Ammo Dump: Human enemies drop more ammo on death.

Rank 3:

• Well Grounded: Take 50% less damage from Rook Storm lightning strikes.
• Castle Doctrine: Unlocked Safehouse defense now includes some Friendly Turrets.

Rank 4:

• Family Heirlooms: Anglers, Shrouds, and Siphons drop better rewards on death.
• Homeopathic Remedy: Using a Medical Supply has a 40% chance to not consume the item.

Rank 5:

• Crystal Ball: Each Psychic Residue Orb collected has a 40% chance to give you significantly more Psychic Residue.
• Last Laugh: When destroyed, Friendly Turrets will electrocute enemies within 20 meters. Does not affect enemies immune to electrocution.

Rank 6:

• High Roller: Unrivaled items appear much more frequently in loot.
• Escape Plan: Activate a salvaged Bellwether cloak for 10 seconds upon reaching critical health levels. Attacking will deactivate. Can only occur once every 10 minutes.

All the upgrades from the Community Standing Skill Tree are meant to provide you with a mixture of QoL and gameplay benefits. A few of the traits will even help collectors finish out their hunt for cosmetics and Grave Locks.
Nest ReVamp – Elder Nest

Also arriving with Game Update 4 are Elder Nests. These new Boss-focused Nests will challenge you to destroy dangerously modified special Vampires to free Redfall from their influence.

Portals to the Elder Nest will appear around Redfall much like their Heart Nest siblings. But these new psychic spaces can be distinguished by their purple glow over the areas where their influence reaches.

Once you’ve accepted the challenge and entered the Elder Nest, your objective is to find the Vampire boss buried deep within and destroy them, freeing the Heart inside, grabbing your rewards, and escaping.

After successfully clearing the Elder Nest, you (and your teammates) will be granted a temporary buff called a Heart Shard. The duration of the Heart Shard scales to the campaign difficulty; granting a longer buff at each higher difficulty.

Here are just a few of the Heart Shards that could be granted after completing an Elder Nest:

• Ammo Synthesis: Holstered weapons regenerate ammo and reload when not in use.
• UV Healing: A player gains health when hit by UV.
• Light in Darkness: The expanding aura around the Nest weakens vampires inside it, instead of the usual strengthening effect.

There’s one more major change coming to all Nests with this update. Failing to escape a Nest during its destabilization phase will now result in you not obtaining the Major Remanent. Any loot that you pick up will still be yours, but the

Major Remnant is now rewarded after you successfully exit the collapsing Nest.

Quality of Life

Offline Mode
With the release of GU4 you will be given the option to play Redfall while disconnected from the Internet. You will also be able to continue playing if you’re disconnected from the Internet in the middle of a solo session. When playing in co-op, the host will be dropped into a solo offline session.

Single Player Pausing
Another new feature we’re happy to introduce is Single Player Pausing. Now if you need some time to adjust your kit, or you just need to step away for a minute, the world of Redfall will wait with you.

Wrap-up
This article only covers the largest additions coming to Redfall, but that is not all. New enemy encounters in Redfall Commons, continued AI improvements, Story Mode difficulty, and a new Unrivaled Weapon have also been added with this update.

*There will be no full patch notes for this update. Thank you for understanding.

 

[bbeach123]

20 people still playing this game will be appreciate it .

 

[adamsapple]

20 people still playing this game will be appreciate it .

Yes, they will. The offline mode at least means the game can be preserved even when the online servers go offline.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Maybe I will download and give it another whirl but my guess is the core game will still be doodoo.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Modders might be able to fix this with the offline mode.

 

[TVexperto]

what about the extra characters i paid for

 

[DAHGAMING]

This game is nearly as shit as some of the jokes in this thread .

 

[adamsapple]

what about the extra characters i paid for

Did you?

 

[Punished Miku]

Fantastic update. I'll definitely buy this now in the future.

 

[Maddoxswe]

 

[RedC]

The offline modes means I will likely get this some day digitally when it's on sale for $4.99 or less.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

what about the extra characters i paid for

 

[Topher]

what about the extra characters i paid for

You are supposed to be refunded.

 

[Punished Miku]

what about the extra characters i paid for

You have to manually apply for the refund.

 

[jshackles]

*There will be no full patch notes for this update. Thank you for understanding.

So even their patch notes are rushed and incomplete

 

[ReBurn]

So even their patch notes are rushed and incomplete

Nobody left to write them.

 

[adamsapple]

So even their patch notes are rushed and incomplete

 

[gothmog]

It's hilarious when you realize they could have easily turned this into a win if they just did this in a different order. This patch should have been first.

 

[King Dazzar]

Don't anyone dare tell me again this is worth playing now! That includes you Mr "its decent now" adamsapple

 

[adamsapple]

It's hilarious when you realize they could have easily turned this into a win if they just did this in a different order. This patch should have been first.

I'm sure they would have liked to have all these things out asap, it's probably not as easy as turning an 'offline only' toggle. Suicide Squad still hasn't gotten its offline mode, and they promised it just a few days after the game launched, it's been almost half a year since then.

Don't anyone dare tell me again this is worth playing now! That includes you Mr "its decent now" adamsapple

 

[gothmog]

I'm sure they would have liked to have all these things out asap, it's probably not as easy as turning an 'offline only' toggle. Suicide Squad still hasn't gotten its offline mode, and they promised it just a few days after the game launched, it's been almost half a year since then.

Oh it's not easy but releasing the long awaited offline patch before you announce closing the studio would have been much better than how they ended up doing it.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

This game is nearly as shit as some of the jokes in this thread .

what jokes?

 

[intbal]

Need one of these "offline mode" patches for Gotham Knights.
I got sidetracked with other games a couple hours into that. I'm thinking WB will probably shut the servers down pretty soon.

 

[Chuck Berry]

PAUSING



Thanks fam

 

[BennyBlanco]

I will give this an open minded try when it inevitably hits humble choice

 

[diffusionx]

What if this turned the game into a masterpiece and MS is like oh shit we fucked up

 

[Puscifer]

The offline modes means I will likely get this some day digitally when it's on sale for $4.99 or less.

You honestly might not have to wait that long honestly lol

 

[adamsapple]

PAUSING



Thanks fam

Before the patch, or when playing online, the game is always running in the background even when you're in the inventory screens.

This is specifically for offline single player modes.

 

[BigLee74]

well, I guess it’s there to try again at some point in the future when my backlog disappears!

 

[semiconscious]

The offline modes means I will likely get this some day digitally when it's on sale for $4.99 or less.

same. i'm stunned that the game's still full price...

 

[FUBARx89]

Surprised Phil didn't try recoup some losses throwing it onto PS5.

Then again. Everyone knows its shite.

 

[raduque]

Still $40 though... maybe I'll re-start my Game Pass.

 

[RedC]

Surprised Phil didn't try recoup some losses throwing it onto PS5.

Then again. Everyone knows its shite.

The ROI is likely not worth it.

 

[MarkMe2525]

Awesome move for preservation. Maybe one day I'll give it a shot.... Nah

what about the extra characters i paid for

Who's going to break the news to this guy?

 

[IFireflyl]

The offline mode at least means the game can be preserved even when the online servers go offline.

I guess the question becomes, "Does this deserve to be preserved?"



I joke! Now that it allows playing offline, I might get this on sale on Steam at some point. I'm still not paying full price because that was a cluster-fuck of a release, and the game (and studio) was essentially abandoned.

 

[Fake]

Its so pathetic that only when the company was shut down they push the 'play offline' update.

Offline mode should be day one.

 

[Punished Miku]

Its so pathetic that only when the company was shut down they push the 'play offline' update.

Offline mode should be day one.

I'll take it though.

 

[Buggy Loop]

They should open the code. Might as well.

Modders could actually make something better out of it

 

[freefornow]

 

[SJRB]

God bless them for pushing this out the door even after knowing they got sacked.

 

[samjaza]

Unfortunately still has Denuvo

 

[ZehDon]

Gotta feel for the devs who had to put this together after their entire company was laid off.

 

[SJRB]

tl;dr nothing really changed on a fundamental level aside from a big performance increase. Also the game crashed 4 times in 30 minutes.

Feels bad seeing one of the most amazing studios in the business go out like this.