Days Gone version 1.40 is now available for PS4 players. According to the Days Gone 1.40 patch notes, the latest update added new accessibility options and “Reload” DLC challenge to the game. Apart from this, Days Gone update 1.40 also includes stability and performance improvements.
Previously, an update was released with the “Outride” DLC challenge. Where you take to the Broken Ride and get to Crazy Willie’s as fast as you can while taking out Freakers. Unfortunately, many players are still experiencing crashing issues when trying to play the game. Days Gone 1.40 is expected to fix a few of these issues. Check out more details below.
Days Gone 1.40 Patch Notes
Weekly DLC Challenges
“Reload” is the next free Horde DLC challenge! You have 3 minutes to take down 300 Freakers by utilizing your environment and a .50 BFG! (Unlocks today!)
The .50 BFG can penetrate through multiple Freakers! Shoot through the Horde and survey your surrounding for any nearby explosive objects
The sub-challenges all tie into different ways of killing the horde. If you want to get gold in all of them at once be sure to manage how many Swarmers you’re killing by any one method
Announcement about “Dead Don’t Ride” and “Outride”
Dead Don’t Ride
Due to a scoring error that occurred when we launched this challenge which gave an excessive amount of additional points at the end, we have done aone-timeresetONLYfor the “Dead Don’t Ride” leaderboard. We don’t expect to reset these or any leaderboards in the future. We apologize for any of the inconvenience this may have caused and hope to see your new scores on the “Dead Don’t Ride” leaderboards soon!
Any progress regarding patches, progress, and trophies will remain for “Dead Don’t Ride”
Outride
An error in our scoring system has caused this challenge to award fewer points than intended. With this patch, the correct amount of points should be rewarded to all players.
Progression Blockers
Deacon and Boozer will progress as intended in “I Say We Head North”
NPCs will progress properly in “I was Distracted”
Sarah will no longer get stuck in “I’ve Pulled Weeds Before”
In the mission “What Kept Me Going”, the NPC should open the door as planned
General Fixes in Days Gone update 1.40
“Snake” ring now repairs your bike every second you drift rather than only once per drift
Players should no longer be affected by a physics bug causing them to die after re-mounting the bike after crashing
The skill “Bull Rush” now correctly allows the player to reload their weapon after using the skill
Criers no longer appear on the mini-map on Survival Mode as intended
Aim Snap and Aim Stickiness settings will remain as intended after playing a challenge mode challenge
Smoke Bombs work as intended in both story mode and challenge mode
Traps in Iron Mike’s Encampment will no longer affect friendly NPCs
Pathing for the Freakers in “Infested” have been adjusted
Days Gone 1.40 increased the lighting some cinematics
NERO Fuses used at different NERO checkpoints will respawn at its original location
Fixed the descriptions of some of the sub-challenges
Remote bombs will only blow up 1 bomb per activation of the right d-pad
An issue which caused players to shoot to the right of the reticule has been resolved
Various Crash Fixes added with Days Gone 1.40
General audio adjustments
General Localization fixes
This feature allows the player to make fine adjustments to aiming by rotating the PlayStation 4 Dualshock 4 controller. It is set to ‘0’ by default (off), but when set to values from ‘1’ to ‘10’, the sensitivity of the Motion Sensor Function Aiming can be adjusted.
Auto-complete QTE (Easy Mode Only)
Turning this feature on inside the Accessibility Options Menu will now automatically complete all the in-game Grapple Button events without the need to press any buttons. Note this feature is accessible in Easy Mode Only.
Controller Dead Zone
Located in the Gameplay Options Menu, we have added the ability to adjust the Dead Zone for your controller. There are 4 adjustments (small, medium, default and large) that allow players to fine tune the stick movement to their liking, even fixing some extreme issues caused by some seasoned controllers.
Days Gone update 1.40 for PS4 will be available soon.
