About the Game
Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.
Recapture the deep sense of exploration, the joy of a pulsating adventure, and the thrill of leading your own band of companions across a new fantasy realm and into the depths of monster-infested dungeons in search of lost treasures and ancient mysteries.
So gather your party, venture forth, and embrace adventure as you delve into a realm of wonder, nostalgia, and the excitement of classic RPGs with Obsidian’s Pillars of Eternity!
Recapture the deep sense of exploration, the joy of a pulsating adventure, and the thrill of leading your own band of companions across a new fantasy realm and into the depths of monster-infested dungeons in search of lost treasures and ancient mysteries.
So gather your party, venture forth, and embrace adventure as you delve into a realm of wonder, nostalgia, and the excitement of classic RPGs with Obsidian’s Pillars of Eternity!
Play as Any One of Six Races
Human, Aumaua, Dwarf, Elf, Godlike and Orlan.Utilize Five Core Skills to Overcome Any Situation
Stealth, Athletics, Lore, Mechanics and Survival.Deep Character Customization
Build a character as one of eleven classes such as Barbarian, Chanter, Cipher, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Paladin, Priest, Ranger, Rogue and Wizard.Sculpt Your Own Story
Side with various factions using a reputation system, where your actions and choices have far-reaching consequences.Explore a Rich and Diverse World
Beautiful pre-rendered environments laced with an engaging story and characters bring the world to life.Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
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[p align="start"]Greetings Watchers,[p align="start"]Thank you so much for participating in our Public Beta. Today we are releasing Patch 3.4.9.0 on Steam, GOG, and Xbox PC. Please check out the latest fixes below:[p align="start"]If you come across any issues, please contact us at support.obsidian.net[p align="start"]
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Patch Notes 3.9.4.0
Combat and Mechanics – Turn-Based Mode Specific
Prone status in TBM will now include an additional 3 initiative delay on the victim.
On cast tick for several TBM pulsing AOEs should now apply properly.
Spiritshift no longer lasts indefinitely on enemies in TBM.
Traps with ticking behavior should now work properly in TBM.
Wall of thorns should no longer behave in real time in TBM.
Fixed an issue where Grimoire Imprints could sometimes lock combat in TBM.
Radiant Sporelings are no longer able to revive multiple times in TBM and lock combat.
Xaurips in TBM with Adra dragon should now consistently aggro the player’s party.
Xaurip priest in TBM Adra dragon combat can no longer lock combat state by casting Holy Power in fog of war.
Visual and Audio
SFX for Wall of Thorns should now play at the proper time in TBM.
Fixed an issue where firearm reload animation would trigger after using a free action, instead of waiting until end of turn.
User Interface and Interaction
Combat in TBM will no longer pause when tutorials appear.
User cursor will no longer show the movement indicator when quitting out to the main menu.
Certain elements of the HUD will no longer briefly remain fully visible when fading out into a transition.
Ability tooltips will now display “Action used” in TBM when the user has no action point.
Free action abilities will now indicate when the free action has already been used for the turn.
Tooltip for toggle TBM button on the HUD now indicates its bound key.
Current turn indicator will no longer display on the master when it is their pet’s turn.
Arrow for collapsing center HUD element no longer clips with character portraits.
General:
Visual and Audio:
Quests and Dialogue:
Combat and Mechanics:
User Interface and Interaction:
Known Issues:
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- Mac users can now receive the latest updates.
- The title no longer boots into a black screen if the user's OS is set to Turkish (or languages with similar text formatting).
- GOG achievements now unlock properly.
- Steam/GOG Kickstarter and Backer reward items should once again be granted properly to new players.
- Steam Linux is now supported and will be included in future patches.
- Epic Game Store users will now properly receive their Royal Edition digital content rewards.
- Game saves are now listed with priority given to the most recent, regardless of the method used to create them (Quicksave, Autosave, or manual).
Visual and Audio:
- Fixed an issue that prevented character selection barks from playing in certain cases. (Eder has once again found his voice)
- Grimoires will now correctly hide while reading scrolls.
- Certain cutscenes and maps will now perform better in 4k.
- Fixed a remaining edge case that would cause characters to t-pose in very specific cutscenes.
- Fixed a number of dialogue nodes that would trigger a brief "knock" sound when displayed.
- Removed unintended echo effects on act introduction audio and developer commentary.
- Ferry boat in Oldsong is no longer partially submerged.
- Several variant forms of Woodskin have had their VFX aligned correctly. (Spell Holding, Spell Bind, Adragan & Delemgan variants, etc...)
- Delemgans, Adragan, Pwgra, and Menpwgra have had missing visual and audio effects updated on many of their spells and abilities.
- Characters that are immune to poison won't bark about being poisoned when attacked by poisonous attacks.
- All animal companions will now play footstep audio.
- Hiravias' Spiritshift FX will now properly play when he leaves spiritshift form.
- Taena's centec VO will now play correctly in both contexts that it can be heard.
Quests and Dialogue:
- Fixed softlock when hiring Aldwyn and using his services at Brighthallow.
- Fixed softlock when using Aldwyn's services in the Salty Mast after hiring Lyrinia.
- Obtaining a quest reward from Simoc in the Sacrifical Bloodlines quest and then killing him will no longer result in a second copy of the reward item on his corpse.
- After being awarded Alia Braccia in Hearthsong killing the High Monk afterwards will no longer grant a second instance of the reward.
- Killing Ranga before the potion is acquired will now correctly fail A Mother's Plea.
- Abrecan will now still accept the letter he sends you to retrieve, even if you already possess it when he first tells you about his request.
- Krivi's rewards in Od Nua cannot be obtained multiple times by selecting similar dialogue nodes. Now only one outcome is permitted.
- Anamfath Leader in Twin Elms will continue The Child of Five Suns quest even in the case of Vincent Agosti being dead after being spoken to prior.
- Failing the Athletics and Dexterity checks in the Durgan's Battery scripted interaction will now properly apply the Concussion affliction.
- Accepting Tealdor's Bounty relating to the Disciples of the True Flame and leaving the conversation will not prevent players from asking later on about the Bounty for Laenric.
- Giving Dunstan the final pieces of the Blade of the Endless Paths while he is defending the keep will now correctly reward the player.
- Accusing Grynde of being a ripple sponge addict for reward can no longer be repeated infinitely.
- What happens to the ogre Crothar no longer affects Korgrak's quest states.
Combat and Mechanics:
- Fixed a case where the Shadow Step ability could cause a crash.
- Shadow Step ability is no longer treated as a modal and can now target ground locations.
- Spellsword Wizard AI will properly activate Second Wind instead of Deleterious Alacrity of Motion when low on Endurance.
- Party AI will no longer attempt to activate Second Wind in cases where their Endurance is low, but also capped due to low Health.
- Party AI will no longer select charmed or confused allies as targets for their hostile abilities.
- As in PoE2, Party AI that are commanded by the player to move to a location will not attempt to move from that location for a brief period. (They will still attack during that time if possible).
- Trap Accuracy no longer counts the accuracy modifier on the trap's attack twice in its calculation.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Constant Recovery from scaling in the same way that Veteran's Recovery does. (Constant Recovery is now superior to Veteran's Recovery at all levels, as expected).
- Ryona's Buckle's Tenacity Accuracy bonus will now properly activate and deactivate based on the wearer's current Endurance (vs. Only checking endurance at the time the belt was equipped).
- Iron Circle's Adamant damage reduction now properly deactivates when the wearer rises back above 26% Endurance.
- Killing Bolt traps now target Fortitude, matching its spell counterpart.
- Killing Bolt traps no longer mention slash damage in their description.
- Chain Lightning Traps in Breith Eaman now properly deal damage if they strike a character.
- Binding and severing Abydon's Hammer will no longer permanently increase the user's Might attribute.
- The Lady's Hand has had its effects reworked to use a trigger that can be better seen on the character sheet when active.
- The Black Sanctuary shield will now properly apply its endurance recovery effect when casting Withdraw.
- Belt of the Royal Deadfire Cannoneer will no longer cause traps to recursively trigger their effects.
- Elryn's Jacket Eyestrike effect (and similar events that respond to hostile actions) no longer trigger from beneficial "attacks".
- Powder Burns modal (and similar effects) no longer harms allies located in the AoE's bonus area from intellect.
- Fulvano's Blunderbuss Spellchance: Charm can now properly trigger and charm targets.
- Knock Down will now respect suppression when trying to determine if there's an active knocked down status effect preventing stand up.
- Enemies can no longer move around while being proned by Concelhaut's Crushing Doom.
- Izali's Boon stealth skill bonus now correctly clears after a rest.
- Scroll of Minoletta's Bounding Missiles now uses the correct spell description.
- Scroll of Boiling Spray range now matches its spell counterpart.
- Scrolls of Restore Endurance have had their range increased to match their spell counterparts.
- Hirelings from the Salty Mast will continue to provide their boons when using their services at the player's stronghold.
- Skyward Kick no longer triggers a vertical launch when it would miss with additional effects.
- Skyward Kick will no longer cause targets to remain prone permanently.
- Players affected by multiple Unconscious effects will no longer be able to move around while Unconscious. (Similar cases with other effects should also be fixed).
User Interface and Interaction:
- Fixed a case where a character's culture could be lost in very specific level up circumstances.
- Weapons can now be equipped to the first weapon set by double-clicking them in the inventory.
- Right-clicking on a creature will now display its bestiary entry (if it has one).
- Fixed some cases where the Retrain Character UI might show white portraits.
- Best of damage type icons now display correctly in the character sheet UI.
- Fixed a case where Burial Isle visions might prevent the user from canceling actions.
- Containers that aren't associated with a major faction, but will trigger an attack response from interaction, will now appropriately display the stealing cursor.
- Trapped chest in the Abbot's Quarter's during the Rising Tide quest can now be looted correctly after being disarmed.
- Pickables and similar interactions can no longer be looted multiple times using queue'd actions.
- Removed erroneous description from Guardian Spirit ability on Ancestor Pendant.
- Setting an invalid name after reaching the end of character creation will no longer allow you to finalize character creation.
- Character Creation attribute totals only display culture bonuses after the culture screen is reached.
- Localization:
- Several Talents that were missing localized text in various languages have been localized.
Known Issues:
- We are still investigating the issue where in very rare cases the spell cursor might display the incorrect icon. A change included in this patch should make this occur far less frequently, but the core issue seems to be Unity related. We'll continue to seek alternative solutions in a future update.
General:
- Fixed an issue that prevented POE1 saves from being imported to POE2 after the last patch.
--If you possess a save game that could not be imported, loading and re-saving should correct the issue. - Fixed an issue that caused some users to receive DLC content and/or backer items without having proper access to them.
--If you possess a save game that will not load on 3.7.1.1411 or later, due to it being created with DLC you did not purchase, please send us a support ticket along with your GOG or Steam username and a copy of a save game that has the issue (if multiple saves are affected, you only need to send 1 so we can verify).
--This issue did not affect users on Game Pass or Epic. - Removed duplicate unused asset bundle files that artificially increased installation size.
Navigation:
- N/A
Visual and Audio:
- Fixed an issue where spoken dialogue was being unintentionally affected by reverberation.
Quests and Dialogue:
- N/A
Combat and Mechanics:
- N/A
User Interface and Interaction:
- Fixed incorrect version numbers across different platforms. They should all match now and increment correctly.
Known Issues:
- Some users have reported crashing on 32-bit operating systems. While 32-bit operating systems fall below our minimum requirements, users that had better luck on 3.4.0.1318 will find a Legacy branch available Steam/GOG which may yield better results.
Version 2019.4.11
Jun 6, 2024
The player log file has been moved by Unity and it can be found in the following location:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Obsidian Entertainment\Pillars of Eternity
It has been renamed player.log
General:
Navigation:
Visual and Audio:
Quests and Dialogue:
Combat and Mechanics:
User Interface and Interaction:
Known Issues:
Displayed version numbers across platforms for this release are not accurate. (Don’t worry, all content is the same between versions!)
Steam builds incorrectly display 3.4.xxxx.
Displayed version: 1.3.4.1377
Accurate Version: 1.3.7.1377
This issue has been resolved for the next release, and all platforms should use the same version numbers going forward.
This update is currently unavailable for OSX & Linux. We are investigating bringing these platforms up to speed as part of a future patch.
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%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Obsidian Entertainment\Pillars of Eternity
It has been renamed player.log
General:
- We have updated to Unity Version 2019.4.11.
- Updated graphics to DirectX 11.
- Fixed an issue where backer rewards would appear or unlock incorrectly.
- Also fixed a case where backer rewards might not unlock at all for users in the public beta.
- Corrected save file location for the public beta (You should no longer need to move save files into a _Local_ directory for them to show up correctly).
Navigation:
- Fixed areas that could not be navigated in numerous scenes.
- The lake in Cayron's Scar should no longer be unintentionally traversable when submerged.
- Fixed some cases where NPCs would become stuck when pathing during cutscenes.
- Fixed some cases where NPCs would walk or run in place during cutscenes.
- Fixed a handful of doors throughout various scenes that could be walked through due to lacking proper collision.
Visual and Audio:
- Fixed multiple cases where characters might T-Pose briefly at the beginning of a cutscene.
- Fixed an issue where paperdolls in character creation and inventory screens might appear blurry.
- Overwhelming Wave should more reliably play its visual effects.
- Fixed VFX issues with the Woodskin spell rotating or attaching incorrectly.
- Symbols western chamber of Lle a Rhemen should now properly light up when expected.
- Fixed redundant horn audio playing after the battle of Yenwood.
- Fixed an issue where attempting to open locked containers could play multiple voice lines at once.
- Fixed a handful of cases where dialogue audio wouldn’t play when certain nodes were re-triggered.
- VFX will no longer become displaced when a character teleports or uses a movement ability.
- Unstrung Bow’s visuals will now properly appear on the ground when discovered.
- Soul Whip VFX are no longer lost on save/load or transitions.
- Penetrating Shot, Vulnerable Attack, Savage Attack, and similar VFX should no longer be lost on save/load or transitions.
- Released soul VFX in Sun in Shadow should now display correctly.
- Fixed an issue with Ninagauth’s Freezing Pillar VFX overlapping other visuals.
- Gafonercos will remain correctly positioned after completing certain attacks.
- Potion of Fleet Feet now properly plays a drinking animation.
- Reading from scrolls and rites will now position the scroll correctly in the reader’s hands.
- Fixed an issue that would cause water VFX to display improperly in certain areas.
Quests and Dialogue:
- Ready the Cannons side quest should now properly update its objectives.
- Dialogue from Buried Secrets quest should no longer allow the player to demand their payment more than once.
- Fixed an issue where multiple barked lines in Gilded Vale could overlap excessively.
- Fixed an issue where Eder’s bark lines in the Temple of Eothas may end abruptly.
- Fixed a case where Calisca could trigger the wrong bark line near the camp inside Cilant Lîs.
- Fixed bark lines in Defiance Bay cutting short after their first line.
- Crag Ogres in Flames-That-Whisper Cavern should now more reliably play their banter on approach.
- Prisoners in Icantha’s house should no longer respawn in certain cases after save/load.
Combat and Mechanics:
- Earth Blights should no longer sometimes detach from their selection circles when dominated.
- Scroll of Ray of Fire should now appear correctly and more accurately match the behavior of the Ray of Fire spell.
- Fixed a case where manually resolving stronghold combat could sometimes yield no rewards.
- Fixed a case where prone characters might try to move while prone, resulting in sliding behavior.
- Concelhaut’s Draining Missiles should no longer occasionally show 0.0 damage in the combat log.
- Weapon Specialization: Peasant should now reliably add its damage to unarmed attacks.
- Fixed some cases where the Halt spell might confuse enemy AI, causing them to repeatedly interrupt and re-attempt their own actions.
- Removed errant untargetable Xaurip that could sometimes appear in Dyrford Crossing.
- Fixed a case where Sleafhota might teleport to an alternate location mid-dialogue before attacking the player.
- Attacking Osrya directly will now reliably engage with her revenant and skeleton minions.
- Fixed a case where all survival camping bonuses might appear after spending only a single skill rank on Survival.
- One-Eyed Molina’s Gold-Fingered Spike-Flinger’s last two soulbound upgrades now increase Reload Speed instead of decreasing it.
- Deadfire Pack’s soulbound weapons now have the Universal weapon group.
- Fixed an issue with status effects from old saves duplicating when loaded on newer builds.
- Battle-Forged Godlike racial ability should no longer trigger a hit on the owner when non-hostile abilities are used (E.g. Second Wind).
- Caedebald’s Blackbow and Llengrath’s Blunt Wisdom are now of the universal weapon type.
- Stalker’s Torc item should now apply and display its effects correctly.
- Psychic and Brutal Backlash now correctly respect their per encounter rules.
- St. Ydwen’s Redeemer no longer displays “Destroys Vessels” activations in the combat log when not fighting a vessel.
- Scroll of Minoletta’s Minor Missiles will now better match the effects of the origin spell.
User Interface and Interaction:
- Fixed a UI issue where chants could sometimes clip beyond their scrolling frame.
- Fixed a case where the damage type icon on the character sheet might not position correctly.
- Fixed some cases where assigning companions to multiple stronghold missions at once might cause UI issues.
- Quick loading with the crafting or enchanting UI open should no longer result in a permanent black screen.
- Fixed a typo in the description of Animal Companions.
- Fixed an issue where highlighting certain parts of a defeated enemy would not allow you to loot them.
- Doors in some scenes that were difficult to interact with have had their collision revised and should now be more reliable.
- Fixed a case where the final pressure plate in the Temple of Woedica would not appear.
- Examining the wall trophy inside of Elm’s Reach should now be possible.
- Skipping intros when first starting the client should now be more responsive.
- Fixed accuracy tooltips not appearing on the character sheet.
- Interactable tree in the Abbey of the Fallen Moon now can be interacted with properly.
- Fixed a bug preventing interactable highlights from appearing after opening the map.
- Fixed an issue that caused tooltips to sometimes shake in the UI
Known Issues:
Displayed version numbers across platforms for this release are not accurate. (Don’t worry, all content is the same between versions!)
Steam builds incorrectly display 3.4.xxxx.
Displayed version: 1.3.4.1377
Accurate Version: 1.3.7.1377
This issue has been resolved for the next release, and all platforms should use the same version numbers going forward.
This update is currently unavailable for OSX & Linux. We are investigating bringing these platforms up to speed as part of a future patch.
UI
Items
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- Fixed the assign/recall button on the Stronghold Adventure UI.
- The White March Part II instruction popup will no longer be shown after the first save-load in a new campaign.
Items
- Fixed Nightshroud missing its DR reduction. This fix will only work on games that haven't acquired the weapon.
3.04 Patch Notes
Major Fixes
- Brighthallow error on transition (this includes Durance / Hiravias, and Rod of Wind and Thunder issues). This fix is retroactive!
- Fighter's ability Confident Aim no longer doubles on Save/Load.
- Wizard's spell Wall of Draining no longer increases beneficial spells permanently.
Spells and Abilities
- Skeleton Wizard's 'Necrotic Lance' is now set up as a ray spell.
- Fixed an issue where Bash was hitting multiple times with Carnage.
- Ancient Memory no longer deactivates after casting an Invocation.
- Fixed the issue where Cipher's Phantom Foes flanked debuff was removed when the target was engaged.
- Cipher's no longer get hit with Psychic Backlash at the start of combat.
- Torment's Reach no longer procs off every enemy hit.
- Priest's Seal spells no longer activate twice.
- Iconic Projection no longer bypasses DR.
- Fixed an issue with Ranger's Twinned Arrow and Driving Flight accuracy.
- Ranger's Powder Burns now works as intended with DR Penetration.
- Druid spell Infestation of Maggots now does the intended amount of damage per tic.
Items
- Fixed multiple issues with Glittering Gauntlets.
- Cape of the Cheat will now be rewarded to base and px1 players.
- Sabre base damage has dropped to 11-16, and it will have a +20% damage mod.
Gameplay
- Engagement is now broken when characters are knocked back.
- Fixed the Nav around the adra pillar is Elmshore.
- Charming all enemies in a combat will no longer reset combat.
- VFX that start from characters heads are now correctly aligned.
UI
- Personal 'Total Damage Done' no longer comes up as '-Infinity'.
- Korean Loc issue with text getting cut off during Character Creation.
- 'Missing GUI" no longer appears in the combat log with Fire Stag.
Audio
- Fixed an issue where audio was cutting out during the End Slides after the White March section.
Beta Fixes
- Kraken DR raised from 0 to 8.
- Sul no longer attacks her own pride during 'The Old Queen and the New King' quest.
- Fixed an issue with Cliant Lis traps were not working.
- The Unlabored Blade Firebug proc now functions correctly.
- Tooltip for Sabre now shows +20% instead of 'missing item mod 468'.
- Nyry the Deft Hand now grants Cape of the Cheat in the base game.
- Corrected an issue where characters sometimes gets stuck in the Elmshore adra pillar.
- Stun on crit weapon mod duration is now affected by graze/hit/crit attacks.
- Party AI no longer chases after undiscovered enemies.
- The Chanter phrase 'One Dozen Stood' phrase now reduces the duration of the Frightened and Terrified status effects .
- The Fighter ability 'Clear Out' no longer causes Blights to stop attacking.
3.05 Hotfix Patch Notes
Major Fixes
- Reloading autosaves in Stalwart Village no longer alter creature stats.
Items
- The Unlabored Blade 'Firebug' now procs 3% of the time instead of 10%.
Howdy all!
It's been awhile. You have been missed. Today we have news about Update 3.0.3 for Pillars of Eternity! Let's get right to it: the fixes!
The (WIP) patch notes:
General
- Enemies no longer gain increased shield Deflection and Reflex bonuses when you and save and load in a creature's area.
- Improved the performance of snow footprint VFX.
- Biography now correctly updates after collecting springberries.
- Characters no longer slide across the ground when commanded to move when getting up from prone.
Spells and Abilities
- Chanter buffs and heals now affect the chanter.
- Combusting Wounds now correctly adds damage.
- Shadowing Beyond and the Strike abilities now correctly gain a bonus from Backstab.
- Druids can now use Second Wind and Outlander’s Frenzy when spiritshifted.
- Unbending now gives the correct amount of health.
Areas
- Fixed an issue where NPCs would not turn hostile after some conversations.
- Ogres no longer become hostile after transitioning out and back in the Russetwood cave.
- Sul no longer attacks her own pride.
- Nesta now despawns if the Tax Evasion quest is resolved by returning to the town immediately.
- NPCs no longer become hostile when saving and loading in Noonfrost.
Items
- Mourning Gloves no longer give permanent buffs.
- Spell Striking Weapons no longer proc twice on crits.
- Combusting Wounds granted by Spellholding now correctly rolls to hit.
- Executioner’s Hood Accuracy bonus now applies correctly in all situations.
- The item Snef’s Folly will no longer disappear after transitioning.
Rogue
- Riposte: In addition to triggering on 20% of Misses, it should also trigger on 30% of Grazes.
- Escape: Using Escape should give the rogue a temporary (base 10s) boost to Deflection and Reflexes (+25).
- Adept Evasion: It should be changed to convert 75% of Reflex Grazes to Misses and 50% of Reflex Hits to Grazes.
- Fearsome Strike: Affliction durations increased to base 15s.
- Smoke Cloud: Increase the AoE radius by 33% and the Distracted duration by 50%.
- Withering Strike damage increased to +50%.
- Shadow Step can now be canceled early, and grants a 20% damage boost.
Barbarian
- Barbaric Yell and Barbaric Shout should be set to zero recovery.
- Thick-Skinned: Increase bonuses to +3 (from +2).
- Heart of Fury: Switch to 1/Encounter.
- Echoing Shout: Switch to Foe-only.
- One Stands Alone now triggers when enemies are nearby, instead of only being triggers when the barbarian is engaged.
One-Handed Style
- One-Handed Style: Change to the Graze to Hit conversion (30%) to a Hit to Crit conversion (15%).
- One-Handed Style: No longer works while using a shield.
The list of patch notes can be found on our forum here:
http://forums.obsidian.net/blog/7/entry-193-update-notes-303
Through your continued testing, we will add to and adjust this list while we finalize the patch.
Want to be a part of the beta patches? Find out here!
http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/76849-patch-betas-on-steam
And with that, until we see each other again, have a great time with the game!
Be incredible. <3
-Mikey Dowling
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It's been awhile. You have been missed. Today we have news about Update 3.0.3 for Pillars of Eternity! Let's get right to it: the fixes!
The (WIP) patch notes:
General
- Enemies no longer gain increased shield Deflection and Reflex bonuses when you and save and load in a creature's area.
- Improved the performance of snow footprint VFX.
- Biography now correctly updates after collecting springberries.
- Characters no longer slide across the ground when commanded to move when getting up from prone.
Spells and Abilities
- Chanter buffs and heals now affect the chanter.
- Combusting Wounds now correctly adds damage.
- Shadowing Beyond and the Strike abilities now correctly gain a bonus from Backstab.
- Druids can now use Second Wind and Outlander’s Frenzy when spiritshifted.
- Unbending now gives the correct amount of health.
Areas
- Fixed an issue where NPCs would not turn hostile after some conversations.
- Ogres no longer become hostile after transitioning out and back in the Russetwood cave.
- Sul no longer attacks her own pride.
- Nesta now despawns if the Tax Evasion quest is resolved by returning to the town immediately.
- NPCs no longer become hostile when saving and loading in Noonfrost.
Items
- Mourning Gloves no longer give permanent buffs.
- Spell Striking Weapons no longer proc twice on crits.
- Combusting Wounds granted by Spellholding now correctly rolls to hit.
- Executioner’s Hood Accuracy bonus now applies correctly in all situations.
- The item Snef’s Folly will no longer disappear after transitioning.
Rogue
- Riposte: In addition to triggering on 20% of Misses, it should also trigger on 30% of Grazes.
- Escape: Using Escape should give the rogue a temporary (base 10s) boost to Deflection and Reflexes (+25).
- Adept Evasion: It should be changed to convert 75% of Reflex Grazes to Misses and 50% of Reflex Hits to Grazes.
- Fearsome Strike: Affliction durations increased to base 15s.
- Smoke Cloud: Increase the AoE radius by 33% and the Distracted duration by 50%.
- Withering Strike damage increased to +50%.
- Shadow Step can now be canceled early, and grants a 20% damage boost.
Barbarian
- Barbaric Yell and Barbaric Shout should be set to zero recovery.
- Thick-Skinned: Increase bonuses to +3 (from +2).
- Heart of Fury: Switch to 1/Encounter.
- Echoing Shout: Switch to Foe-only.
- One Stands Alone now triggers when enemies are nearby, instead of only being triggers when the barbarian is engaged.
One-Handed Style
- One-Handed Style: Change to the Graze to Hit conversion (30%) to a Hit to Crit conversion (15%).
- One-Handed Style: No longer works while using a shield.
The list of patch notes can be found on our forum here:
http://forums.obsidian.net/blog/7/entry-193-update-notes-303
Through your continued testing, we will add to and adjust this list while we finalize the patch.
Want to be a part of the beta patches? Find out here!
http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/76849-patch-betas-on-steam
And with that, until we see each other again, have a great time with the game!
Be incredible. <3
-Mikey Dowling
Hey, everyone!
How's it going? Spring is now here and we hope it's treating you well! Today we have an update that has gone live for Pillars of Eternity. The changes will be marked below so you can find them in one spot.
Before we get to the (incredibly awesome) list of updates for Pillars, we want to take the time to share with you the new game we announced with our publisher, Paradox, last week at GDC, Tyranny!
Imagine a classic RPG story, but instead of attempting to bring down the evil empire/faction/eye-in-the-sky, evil has already won. Choice and consequence build the core of the game that will offer up plenty of replayability to see it all. You can continue to find out more about Tyranny at the offical website:
http://www.tyrannygame.com
And now for the patch notes. While the list actually has too many to be able to list in this post, the major fixes are as follows:
Major Fixes
- Fixed an issue where some player's game would reset after completing Part 1.
- Fixed an issue where some players couldn't activate the White Forge or enter Durgan's Battery.
- Fixed an issue with the final Eyeless SI becoming stuck if you selected yourself.
- Fixed an issue where some players would get stuck at the Caed Nua End Slide.
- Fixed multiple issues where some players received black screens on load/transitioning.
White March Specific
- Iron Flail Front is no longer accessible before returning to Stalwart at the start of Part 2.
- Foundry map icon appears as soon as you visit the Foundry after activating Part 2.
- Updated the nav for Whitestone Hollow, Durgan's Battery Exterior, and Durgan's West Tower.
- Gwyn's Band of Union placed into a container in the Abbey.
- Fixed an issue with Kaoto not speaking to you at the top of the Abbey of the Fallen Moon.
- Added an addendum to the Rising Tide Quest regarding the sign of the tide.
- All robes in the Halls of Silence have had their name updated.
- SFX now plays during the Eyeless Scripted Interaction.
- Burning Pitch Trebuchet and Empowered/Heavy Cannon Blast will no longer gain benefit from Might or Intellect and are per rest.
- Eyeless 'Ray of Fire' no longer deals insane amounts of damage on Story Time.
- Fixed an issue with Cayron's Scar Frozen Water SI applying status effects to the wrong character.
- Summoned Crag Ogres no longer drop loot.
- Fixed an issue that was causing Relentless Storm to spam cast in Cayron's Scar.
- Villagers now comment about you defeating the Eyeless.
- Fixed an issue in Tealdor's dialogue where he would stop giving bounties.
- Fixed an issue where Mylla was disappearing after completing the quest 'Lost Child'.
- Fixed issue with screaming villagers audio persisting after Burning Hut SI.
- Magma Blights in the West Tower now drop loot.
- Updated the Skuldrak projectile to be an icicle.
- Fixed gas cloud VFX in the West Tower gas room.
- Bleakwalker Ghosts (Summoned during Ryona's Breastplate Quest) will now drop correct loot.
- Spirit animals Whitestone Cave now drop correct loot.
- Zahua image now shows during his End slides.
- Fixed an issue not being able to leave Zahua's vision during Secrets of Tacan.
- Fixed Zahua's conversations not triggering depending on how the quest was started during Secrets of Tacan.
- Can now re-enter Zahua's vision without reloading Whitestone Hollow.
- 'Secrets of Tacan' no longer fails if you speak to a vision after Save/Load.
- 'Secrets of Tacan' no longer fails if Zahua is killed after completion.
- Fixed an issue with Maneha only wanting to talk about the Fort.
For a full list of changes, you can check them out on our forum here: http://forums.obsidian.net/blog/7/entry-192-update-notes-302
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How's it going? Spring is now here and we hope it's treating you well! Today we have an update that has gone live for Pillars of Eternity. The changes will be marked below so you can find them in one spot.
Before we get to the (incredibly awesome) list of updates for Pillars, we want to take the time to share with you the new game we announced with our publisher, Paradox, last week at GDC, Tyranny!
Imagine a classic RPG story, but instead of attempting to bring down the evil empire/faction/eye-in-the-sky, evil has already won. Choice and consequence build the core of the game that will offer up plenty of replayability to see it all. You can continue to find out more about Tyranny at the offical website:
http://www.tyrannygame.com
And now for the patch notes. While the list actually has too many to be able to list in this post, the major fixes are as follows:
Major Fixes
- Fixed an issue where some player's game would reset after completing Part 1.
- Fixed an issue where some players couldn't activate the White Forge or enter Durgan's Battery.
- Fixed an issue with the final Eyeless SI becoming stuck if you selected yourself.
- Fixed an issue where some players would get stuck at the Caed Nua End Slide.
- Fixed multiple issues where some players received black screens on load/transitioning.
White March Specific
- Iron Flail Front is no longer accessible before returning to Stalwart at the start of Part 2.
- Foundry map icon appears as soon as you visit the Foundry after activating Part 2.
- Updated the nav for Whitestone Hollow, Durgan's Battery Exterior, and Durgan's West Tower.
- Gwyn's Band of Union placed into a container in the Abbey.
- Fixed an issue with Kaoto not speaking to you at the top of the Abbey of the Fallen Moon.
- Added an addendum to the Rising Tide Quest regarding the sign of the tide.
- All robes in the Halls of Silence have had their name updated.
- SFX now plays during the Eyeless Scripted Interaction.
- Burning Pitch Trebuchet and Empowered/Heavy Cannon Blast will no longer gain benefit from Might or Intellect and are per rest.
- Eyeless 'Ray of Fire' no longer deals insane amounts of damage on Story Time.
- Fixed an issue with Cayron's Scar Frozen Water SI applying status effects to the wrong character.
- Summoned Crag Ogres no longer drop loot.
- Fixed an issue that was causing Relentless Storm to spam cast in Cayron's Scar.
- Villagers now comment about you defeating the Eyeless.
- Fixed an issue in Tealdor's dialogue where he would stop giving bounties.
- Fixed an issue where Mylla was disappearing after completing the quest 'Lost Child'.
- Fixed issue with screaming villagers audio persisting after Burning Hut SI.
- Magma Blights in the West Tower now drop loot.
- Updated the Skuldrak projectile to be an icicle.
- Fixed gas cloud VFX in the West Tower gas room.
- Bleakwalker Ghosts (Summoned during Ryona's Breastplate Quest) will now drop correct loot.
- Spirit animals Whitestone Cave now drop correct loot.
- Zahua image now shows during his End slides.
- Fixed an issue not being able to leave Zahua's vision during Secrets of Tacan.
- Fixed Zahua's conversations not triggering depending on how the quest was started during Secrets of Tacan.
- Can now re-enter Zahua's vision without reloading Whitestone Hollow.
- 'Secrets of Tacan' no longer fails if you speak to a vision after Save/Load.
- 'Secrets of Tacan' no longer fails if Zahua is killed after completion.
- Fixed an issue with Maneha only wanting to talk about the Fort.
For a full list of changes, you can check them out on our forum here: http://forums.obsidian.net/blog/7/entry-192-update-notes-302
Current Release
Build 23866922
Uploaded Jul 25, 2026
System Requirements
OS
N/A
CPU
Intel Core i3-2100T @ 2.50 GHz / AMD Phenom II X3 B73
RAM
4 GB RAM
GPU
ATI Radeon HD 4850 or NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
How to Install
1
Download all files
2
Extract the .ZIP file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Run PillarsOfEternity.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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Archive password
Needed when extracting (WinRAR / 7-Zip) — not a site login.
CRC32
891FDACD
SHA-256
a566b14e02bb5f761aadf3272d300d4337beb933fccaf5f77da96446722287f5
How: Right-click the downloaded file → 7-Zip / WinRAR → CRC SHA → compare with the values above.
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