Horizon Zero Dawn Patch 1.30 adds New Game Plus and Ultra Hard difficulty

Ever since it was originally released back at the end of March, developer Guerilla Games has been slowly updating their venerable title Horizon Zero Dawn with some pretty significant updates. From a better photo mode to a better crafting mode, they haven't slowed down on improving the game.

And that's no different in the latest update. Patch 1.30 adds some compelling changes to the experience. One of those additions is a New Game Plus mode, which allows players who have beaten the game to play through it once more with their existing equipment.

Another feature is the Ultra Hard difficulty mode, bringing the total number of difficulty options to 5 (with Easy, Normal, Hard, and Very Hard rounding out the list), along with two new related trophies. 

You can check out a full list of the patch notes below for reference:

Patch Summary

• New game+ added for players who want to play through the game with their existing gear.
• Ultra Hard mode is added for the players that are up for another challenge!
• Added two new trophies to the game: One for completing New game+ and one for completing New game+ in ultra-hard mode.
• Added support for all EU and US text Languages on EU and US games.

General Fixes

• Fixed an issue for some players in “The Looming Shadow” where two guards would disappear after Blameless Marad speaks to them.
• Fixed an issue for certain players with the Lodge Ropecaster where the ropecaster’s anchors that are automatically shot in the ground would not stick to the terrain while shooting from a crouched position.
• Fixed an issue for some players where bandit camps would incorrectly display as ‘Undiscovered’ within the world map if the player had cleared all bandit camps.
• Fixed an issue with “Cauldron Zeta” where for some players the quest log would disappear after completing the quest.
• Fixed an issue that some players encountered with the animations of Aloy. When the player would perform a melee attack and use the Focus almost simultaneously, it would cause Aloy’s upper body to twist unnatural for a moment.
• Fixed an issue with the humanoid scream and attack indicators.
• Fixed an issue in “Deep Secrets of the Earth” where for some players the data points in Sobeck’s office were not obtainable if the player wanted to pick them after the explosion caused by Helis, as they had disappeared.
• Fixed an issue with the Tearblaster statistics being incorrectly displayed in the weapon wheel.

Progression Issues Fixes

• Fixed an issue in “Field of the Fallen” where for some players Erend would not appear and thus blocked progression of this quest.
• Fixed an issue in “The City of the Sun” where some players might teleport through the protester scene, blocking progression as Erend would not open the door to Olin’s apartment.

Crash Fixes

• Fixed miscellaneous crashes.

Miscellaneous Fixes

• Minor text fixes.

Horizon Zero Dawn is currently available for the PlayStation 4. For more, check out our review!