God of War Ragnarok Version 5.004 Patch Notes (5.004.000)

Santa Monica Studio has released a new God of War Ragnarok version 5.004 on PS5. According to the official God of War Ragnarok 5.004 patch notes, the latest update resolves various issues. Apart from this, God of War Ragnarok update 5.004.000 also addressed a bug where the application would crash.

Previously, a major GOW Ragnarok update 4.000 added a new Game+ mode and various tweaks. Unfortunately, since the last patch, players are experiencing various issues. God of War Ragnarok patch 5.004 will fix a few issues in the game.

GOWR Update 5.004 Patch Notes

PS5 USERS

Please ensure that both God of War Ragnarök and God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla have been updated before accessing the game again.

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

Fixed an issue where rifts would not close and block progression after many hours of play
Fixed an issue preventing the Rönd of Purification from being unlocked successfully
Adjusted score calculations (Settings / Difficulty Hud Visualization to enable) to increase reward for higher risk taking and avoiding death
Fixed an issue with final score calculation being lower than expected after using suspend and resume
Fixed an issue where health stones would erroneously re-appear
Fixed an issue that was preventing the Axe Weapon Glyph: Bare Force from ever being offered
Fixed an issue where the Axe Labor: Pride of the Frost would not update correctly
Improved re-roll tokens to not present the previous runic options at Runic Glyph chests
Three burden opportunities per attempt can now be guaranteed if the player has an open burden glyph slot when arriving at the Labyrinth
Fixed an issue preventing the Hind of Deadly Vitality and Hilt of Weightless Recovery from being fully upgraded in New Game +
Various glyph and combat balance tuning for improved game health

GENERAL STABILITY

Fixed an issue where the Lost Items chest would be open after returning to base game preventing the acquisition of Valhalla completion unlocks
Fixed an issue where Kratos could fall through the world when interacting with a rift
Fixed an issue where the Chest Breaker upgrade would not work in the Vanaheim sanctuary
Fixed a crash related to burdens and challenges in the menu
Fixed an issue where a part of Mimir and Sigrun’s story would be skipped
Kratos did some work on his shoulders to round them out a bit more
Various additional smaller stability fixes

Added various game crashing bugs.
Added gameplay stability improvements.
Other minor tweaks.

The following changes were added previously.

Audio

Fixed a case where music from the final quest would play whenever loading in from the main menu or restarting checkpoint in Midgard during post-game in New Game+.
Fixed a case where dialogue lines were skipped after a cinematic when acquiring the Mysterious Orb quest in New Game+.

Combat

Fixed a rare case where the application would crash when browsing the Sparring Arena menu and selecting ‘Ingrid’ as the companion.
Fixed a case where Kratos could branch into weapon move-sets while in the Fury Rage mode.
Fixed a rare case where Gná could trigger her Stomp too soon after Wing Shard, which would cause unavoidable player death on Give Me God of War difficulty.
Fixed a case where restarting from checkpoint before the cinematic leading into the Björn boss fight would cause Kratos’ Rage Meter to disappear and not allow the player to change which Rage they had equipped.

Equipment

Fixed a case where Kratos’ shield would visually disappear if the player upgraded the currently equipped shield to level 9.1 (or above), but did not equip the upgraded version via the prompt.
Fixed a case where base game resources would not be available to buy/sell at the shop after updating to Patch 04.00.
Fixed a case where the Pommels of the True Flame disappeared from Blades of Chaos weapon menu when upgrading them from level 8 to level 9.
Fixed a case where the player would not receive a Gilded Coin when upgrading a shield to level 9.1.
- Gilded Coins not received due to this bug will be retroactively granted via the Lost Items Chest.
Fixed a case where the player would not receive a Gilded Coin when upgrading Leviathan Axe, Blades of Chaos, or Draupnir Spear to level 9.1 unless their equipped attachment was upgraded beforehand.
- Gilded Coins not received due to this bug will be retroactively granted via the Lost Items Chest.
Fixed a case where the amount of the crafting resource Divine Ashes in-shop was inconsistent with the amount needed in-game to upgrade armor.
Fixed a case where the sled loot would drop a New Game+ resource during base game progression after updating to Patch 04.00.
Fixed a case where the Digital Deluxe Edition gear Darkdale Waist Guard or Risen Snow Armor could not be updated past level 9 during New Game+ progression.
Fixed a case where the recipe for Soldier’s Sauroter was missing from the shop in New Game+, preventing player from upgrading the component.
Fixed a case where there were missing weapon components from the shop/Lost Items Chest, but were shown as available.
Fixed a case where multiple enchantments would not be rewarded during Favors, Treasure, or Crucible Chests.
- Enchantments not received due to this bug will be retroactively granted via the Lost Items Chest.

World

Fixed a case where Gná’s Camp would become available after player completing Muspelheim Challenges, which cased the player to become stuck.

UI/UX

Fixed a case where weapon appearance would not be able to be changed for a 9.1 weapon until player upgrades to the 9.2 and above variants
Fixed an issue of missing line within credits.

Trophies

Fixed an issue where the “Spit Shine” trophy was not earned when the player upgraded a New Game+ armor piece to level 9.

PS4-Only

Fixed an issue where an environment would take a moment to load-in after the player skipped a cinematic after sprinting to a door.
Fixed a case where two characters would not appear in their intended spots after skipping the cinematic and quickly progressing on the path.
Fixed an issue where Hardrefill the Callous would not spawn in the Berserker Soul arena and player would remain stuck inside.

Gameplay

Provided a partial fix to an issue where encounters may incorrectly respawn.
Fixed crashes that could occur randomly during gameplay.

Download the free God of War Ragnarok update 5.004 on PlayStation 5.