Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown day one patch notes & changes in 1.0.1 update

The release of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is imminent, and as with most new releases these days, there's set to be a day one patch.

Below we will not only outline what's included in the first patch for the game, but also how much storage you will need to set aside for this update. 

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown day one patch 

The most notable addition in this patch will be the addition of 120 FPS support on the Xbox Series consoles. Outside of that, the majority of these changes are largely quality-of-life improvements and minor tweaks. 

GRAPHICS, ANIMATIONS, AND PERFORMANCE

• Improved performance on the map when zoomed out entirely.
• Improved performance in a few parts of the world.
• Xbox Series support for 120 FPS added.

AUDIO

• Improvement of audio volumes and mastering in some sections of the game.
• Various minor improvements on some enemy attack sound effects.
• Possible case of missing audio after entering the Old Royal Road following the cinematic.
• Music tracks occasionally stopped playing during some boss fights.

USER INTERFACE & MAP

• Adjusted Amulet icon size in the HUD.
• Modified Healing potion visual in the tutorial pop-up.
• Occasional overlapping of notifications with game UI elements or the menu.
• Slight inaccuracy when uncovering the map on some parts of the map.
• The game cannot be paused while interacting with some lore steles.
• Rare case of re-fogging cleared sections of the map after training with Artaban.
• Some instances where Sargon's marker on the map was not accurately positioned.

GAMEPLAY

• Mystery chest in Sacred Archives not opening on some occasions.
• Accepting a side quest resetting the main quest hint progression of Fariba.
• The "Retry"-feature wasn't available in fights with Erlik, the Undead Prisoner and Giant Crab.
• Not receiving a reward after beating Giant Crab or Kiana in some special cases.
• King boss not dropping a full Soma flower when killing him during a certain attack.
• Unclear indication of how to locate Kiana at the Soma entrance when using guided mode.
• Incidents where Sargon could get stuck after receiving Clairvoyance close to the first Wak-Wak tree.
• Sargon gets stuck after opening a mystery chest in Tower of Silence.

BALANCING

• Enemy HP in Story Mode was reworked.
• Damage and spawn time of Kiana's clones were modified.
• Damage of enemies in The Depth was lowered.
• Hitboxes and damage of some attacks from bosses have been adjusted - including attacks from Jahandar and 2 other bosses
• The cooldown of some Athra Surges was adjusted.
• The values of some amulets were adapted.

WORLD

• Gameplay camera doesn't properly center on the action in a handful of locations.
• Camera bug after using the fast travel in Raging Sea.
• Using a zone ability while a certain Boss Teleports offsets the camera.
• Chakram and Teleport ability-combination could occasionally position Sargon outside of the level.
• Sargon gets stuck inside or outside of barriers in some arena sequences.

QUESTS

• Motherly Love - rare case of getting stuck in the boss arena.
• Moon Gatherer - the camera could get stuck when skipping through the dialogue too quickly.
• Lost Warrior Insignia in The Depths could get stuck rendering it not lootable.
• The player can receive the Xerxes coin multiple times from Lost Warriors under specific circumstances.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Adjusted description for difficulty settings and game modes.
• Prices for some items at the shopkeeper have been adjusted.
• Refined Trophy names, icons and descriptions on Sony & Microsoft consoles.

How big is the day one patch in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 

The patch varies in size depending on what platform you’re playing on, with it being included automatically in the PC version because it is solely digital.

• Nintendo Switch: 393 MB
• PlayStation®5: 2.27 GB
• PlayStation®4: 3.39 GB
• Xbox One: 3.21 GB
• Xbox Series X|S: 1.25 GB
• PC: 0GB (Patch 1.0.1 is included in the digital release game files)

Interestingly, the Nintendo Switch patch is considerably smaller than the other versions of the game, whereas PS4 is the largest.

That's all there is to know about the day-one patch coming to Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. If you’re looking for more guides, then check out our Prince of Persia homepage where we have outlined the difficulty options, all the Sand Jar locations, the trophies you can collect, and much more.