Smite 9.5 Patch Notes (Slipknot Update) – Official

Smite Update 9.5 (Slipknot) will soon roll out on PS4, PC, and Xbox One players. According to the official Smite 9.5 patch notes, the latest update added new changes and fixes. Apart from this, Smite patch 9.5 also includes stability fixes.

Previously, a big update added new features and a long list of bug fixes.

Unfortunately, players are experiencing a number of issues when trying to play the game. Today’s Smite update 9.5 will fix a few of these issues. Read full details here.

Smite Update 9.5 Patch Notes

SMITE ADVENTURES: SMITE NIGHT
  • Adventures are back!
    • The first Adventure of the year is SMITE NIGHT featuring Classic Conquest!
  • SMITE NIGHT
    • This is a new one-day only game mode that opens up once a week.
    • Get your friends together to play SMITE on this special night to earn bonus rewards and play new modes or interesting twists on current modes!
    • SMITE NIGHT will occur on Saturdays and last for 24 hours.
    • SMITE NIGHT will feature a different mode each week.
    • Rewards
      • Each SMITE NIGHT a player will be given 2 quests to complete on that SMITE NIGHT.
      • These weekly SMITE NIGHT Quests do not carry over and must be completed on that SMITE NIGHT.
      • Each monthly update players will also have 2 SMITE NIGHT Milestone Quests that will last the duration of the release/patch.
      • Players must click/press on START within the limited tab in order to earn rewards and earn progress towards the SMITE NIGHT Quests.
      • Quests will not progress unless players click/press START within the Limited tab.
      • To earn all of the rewards players should participate and complete all SMITE NIGHT weekly quests.
    • Leaderboards
      • Each Week of SMITE NIGHT will have a dedicated leaderboard showcasing the top players.
      • Leaderboards are only active when SMITE NIGHT is active.
      • Leaderboards are reset each SMITE NIGHT.
    • Limited Tab
      • Within the PLAY menu there is a new tab called “Limited”
      • This tab will showcase all SMITE NIGHT quests, rewards, leaderboards, and SMITE NIGHT rules and information.
  • Classic Conquest
    • This map is a blast from the past! It was only available to PC players during the earliest closed beta phases of SMITE back in 2012. Many players have never played this map, but those who have know how amazing it was. Now everyone can have that experience of the very first playable SMITE Conquest map.
    • We aimed to preserve as much as possible of the rules and pacing as the original map, the late game gold and experience gain tends to be much slower than modern maps
    • All the original environment art and most of the original character art will be displayed in all of it’s 2012 glory
    • This map will only be available to queue on the 1st and 3rd SMITE NIGHTS. It will be available for custom games, but only after the 1st official SMITE NIGHT and not on 9.5 launch day.
    • Fire giant has a different set of attacks and an enclosed arena
    • Many jungle buff camps are located on the outside of the side lanes – often referred to as “side jungles”
    • Jungle Buffs are NOT symmetrical per lane – your opponents in your lane will have access to different buffs than you do.
    • In each side lane, one team will have Health and Mana buff as their safe buffs, the other team will have Speed and Protections.
    • Damage Buff is contested
    • Both Mid Laners get Cooldown Buff
    • Generally this map was played with 2 different duo lanes instead of a dedicated Jungler
    • Map Details
      • All Jungle Buffs Spawn at 00:10s game time
      • Players can have multiple jungle buffs (yes, even all 6 can be on the same god)
      • Green Buff – Health – Provides  +50 HP5
      • Red Buff – Damage – Provides +5 Physical Power, +10 Magical Power, +20% Magical and Physical Power
      • Yellow Buff – Protections – Provides +35 Magical and Physical Protections
      • Orange Buff – Speed – Provides +20% Movement Speed
      • Blue Buff – Mana – Provides 25 MP5
      • Gray Buff – Cooldown – Provides 10% CDR (looks like an XP camp icon, there are no XP camps on this map, every camp is a buff or a boss)
  • Modes and rewards per week
    • Monthly Update Milestone Rewards
      • Rewards
        • New Comic Splash Level Up Effect Cosmetic
        • SMITE NIGHT Skins Chest
    • Week 1
      • Mode:
        • Classic Conquest
      • Quest Rewards
        • New Welcome to SMITE NIGHT Loading Screen
        • Heavenly Light Chest
    • Week 2
      • Mode:
        • All Out Slash
          • Duplicate Gods Allowed
          • Infinite Mana
          • 20% CDR Starting – 60% CDR Max
      • Quest Rewards
        • SMITE NIGHT Avatar Chest
        • Pick Your Own God Chest
    • Week 3
      • Mode:
        • Classic Conquest
      • Quest Rewards
        • SMITE NIGHT Emote Chest
        • SMITE NIGHT Cosmetic Chest
    • Week 4
      • Mode:
        • 5v5 Season 9 Conquest
          • You must queue with a complete party of 5 in order to play
      • Quest Rewards
        • 3 day Account Booster
        • SMITE NIGHT Voice Pack Chest
SLIPKNOT EVENT

Slipknot is in SMITE! 

The music and counterculture experience created by the multi-platinum sonic phenomenon and nine-piece force of nature, Slipknot, arrives in SMITE through this one of a kind crossover event. Squad up as the Slipknot band members and battle against the gods of SMITE!

 

  • Format
    • The event takes the form of a single chest with all Slipknot skins and cosmetic bundles contained within.
    • Unlocking chests will earn progress toward a Choice Chest Roll where players can select any item from the chest
      • After 3 rolls, the next (4th) roll will be the Chest Choice
    • All skins in the chest will also be available for direct purchase.
    • All Slipknot items will be discounted for the first two weeks of the release.
    • Unlock any 3 Slipknot items – from any combination of chest rolls or direct purchase – to unlock the Slipknot Music Theme!
  • Skins:
    • Mick Thomson Chaac Skin
    • Jim Root Chaac Skin
    • Alessandro Venturella Chaac Skin
    • Michael Pfaff Raijin Skin
    • clown Raijin Skin
    • Jay Weinberg Raijin Skin
    • Corey Taylor Poseidon Skin
    • Sid Wilson Poseidon Skin
    • Craig Jones Poseidon Skin
  • Cosmetics (Contained inside 2 bundles)
    • Slipknot Jump Stamp
    • Slipknot Level Up
    • Slipknot Loading Screen
    • Slipknot Avatar
    • Slipknot Recall Skin
    • Maggot Player Title
    • Slipknot Music Theme
      • Obtained from unlocking 3 Slipknot event items
BLAST FROM THE PAST BATTLE PASS!

 

  • Battle Pass: Blast from the Past  (600 gems)
  • Battle Pass: Blast from the Past Plus  (1200 gems)
  • NEW Pick Your Own Battle Pass Skin and Pick Your Own Battle Pass Cosmetic Chests earnable in both tracks!
  • Paid Track Items:
    • Trickster Loki Skin
    • The Trickster Loading Frame
    • Tricksters Loading Skin
    • The Trickster Avatar
    • Back Stab! Jump Stamp
    • Denton! Global Emote
  • Free Track Items:
    • The Trickster Player Title
  • Battle Pass Features
    • Pick Your Own Battle Pass Skin Chest
      • These chests are received from gaining levels in the Blast from the Past Battle Pass
      • They will show up in the player inventory in the Reward Center
      • When players click the “Claim” button, they will be given the option to choose one item from any of the chest’s contents.
      • These chests contain skins from every Battle Pass before 2022 that was not a crossover
        • Specifically that’s content from:
          • Too Hot for You!
          • Darkness Falls
          • New Olympia
          • Sweet Victory
          • Pirate Queens
          • Enchanted Chronicles
          • Lightbringers
          • Final Boss
          • Necropolis
          • Most Wanted
          • Heroes of the Wild
          • Cleanliness VS. Godliness
        • It does NOT include content from:
          • RWBY
          • Avatar
          • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
          • Monstercat
          • Stranger Things
          • Transformers
      • These chests also contain the option to choose 100 gems which players may pick if there is not a skin they are interested in, or if they already own all the rest of the content.
    • Pick Your Own Battle Pass Cosmetic Chest
      • These chests are received from gaining levels in the Blast from the Past Battle Pass
      • They will show up in the player inventory in the Reward Center
      • When players click the “Claim” button, they will be given the option to choose one item from any of the chest’s contents.
      • These chests contain cosmetics from every Battle Pass before 2022 that was not a crossover
      • These chests also contain a 3-Day Account Booster which players may choose if there is not a cosmetic they are interested in, or if they already own all the rest of the content.
    • There will be more ways to unlock these battle pass skins and cosmetics in the future
QUALITY OF LIFE
  • Economy
    • Battle Pass XP can now be purchased for Favor as well as Gems!
      • You still have to own the Battle Pass in order to purchase xp (this has always been the case).
    • Earn Free Rewards Update
      • Watching ads will now grant Favor instead of Viewer Points
  • General
    • More improvements have been made to server performance and stability
    • Relic and Glyph Purchasing (PC)
      • When we introduced Glyphs and Relic Upgrades we changed the purchase flow to require players to click through their Relic or Tier 3 item and then make their purchase. This requires players to click additional times in order to purchase those items, but makes it easier to browse the upgrades. We are reverting this.
      • In this update players will directly buy their Relic or Tier 3 item from the first menu available.
      • Players will need to select the Relic or Item in their inventory to upgrade it further or purchase a Glyph. Or they can navigate through the store by searching the name or stat type.
      • Updated the tabbed out UI art for “You have an invite!”, “Your match is ready!”, and “Your match has begun!”
    • Audio
      • Have you ever experienced buying a new game, booting it up, and then finding the default audio to be painfully loud? This affects a lot of new games due to how widely different PC users’ audio settings can be. Last update we decreased a lot of the default volumes in SMITE, so even if you had it at 100% it would be quieter than in previous updates. Music got the largest adjustment here and we will be partially reverting that in this update to allow it to be set to a louder volume.
      • Adjusted the min, max, and default volumes of all volume setting sliders (already live)
      • Increased the max volume of the music setting
BUG FIXES

UI

  • Fixed an issue where the Normal match God Selection lobby was displaying player names while picking Gods
  • Fixed an issue where the Guide Commendation was not working properly after being commended by a teammate
  • Fixed an issue with the PC Hud Editor where players couldn’t toggle the score display back on
  • Localization
    • Fixed an issue with the drop-down menu on the Profile: Ranked tab not displaying text for localized clients
  • Console Item Builder
    • Fixed an issue where players couldn’t delete single items one at a time within the builder
  • Custom Games
    • Fixed an issue where the Custom lobby image would always show Arena art for all game modes once a match was created
  • Fixed an issue where the End of Match Lobby Battle Pass level displayed as Undefined if players were level 60
  • Fixed an issue where PC players were unable to click and view videos in the Learn tab
  • Fixed an issue on the PC K Screen where periods would turn into commas when leveling abilities
  • Fixed an issue where the End of Match Lobby was not muting Victory music when viewing the Scoreboard and other tabs

General Gameplay

  • Slash
    • Fixed an issue where the Juggernauts weren’t regaining health once players stepped out of the leash radius
  • Conquest
    • Fixed an issue where the Pyromancer wasn’t awarding the Objective Steal Accolade

Gods

  • Ne Zha
    • Fixed an issue that caused frame rate drops due to his passive
  • Shiva
    • Fixed an issue where Shiva’s Emblazoned Sweep would activate Jormungandr’s passive if on the same team
    • Fixed an interaction between Shiva’s Pillar of Dawn and Skadi’s Permafrost where the effect would apply longer than intended
    • Fixed an issue where Shiva would get stuck in an animation and T-pose if he was interrupted from firing Pillar of Dawn
    • Updated the description of his Pillar of Dawn ability to reflect this ability is immune to all CC except Stuns
    • Fixed an issue where he could be taken out of Pillar of Dawn if crippled, silenced, taunted, and mesmerized
    • Fixed an issue where Bluestone Pendant, Gladiator’s Shield, and The Crusher would apply item effects on each dash from Pillar of Dawn
    • Updated the description of his ultimate ability to more clearly state the duration in seconds
  • Xbalanque
    • Fixed an issue where players couldn’t pause matches while Branching Bola was activated
  • Rama
    • Fixed an issue where the cripple arrow from Rolling Assault would disappear and have no effect once he activated his second ability
  • Tyr
    • Fixed an issue where Honorable Machina Tyr would play two voice lines during his ultimate
  • Skadi
    • Fixed an issue where Kaldr would get stuck around pillars near the Fire Giant in Conquest
    • Fixed an issue where Kaldr could get permanently slowed by Anhur’s Shifting Sands ability
  • Danzaburou
    • Fixed an issue where enemy line AoE targeters could predetermine his location in his Tanuki Trickery ability
  • He Bo
    • Fixed an issue where Atlas of the Yellow River applied two stacks of Soul Gem on the first cast of the ability
  • Hera
    • Fixed an issue where Soul Gem was not stacking correctly on her Divine Shroud ability
  • Chang’e
    • Fixed an issue on the Moonlight Love skin where her Rabbit wasn’t moving properly
  • Ganesha
    • Fixed player collision issues on the Dharmic Pillars for his Cosmic Fortune and Rune Machina skins
  • Horus
    • Fixed an issue where Hydra’s Lament would proc on the gust auto attack from Updraft
  • Khepri
    • Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in the air when being revived with Scarab’s Blessing during Kumbhakarna’s ultimate
  • Bacchus
    • Fixed an issue on the ultimate ability of his Iroh skin sometimes not playing FX
  • Hou Yi
    • Fixed an issue where players could become untargetable after an interaction between Merlin’s Elemental Mastery Arcane stance interrupting Hou Yi’s Divebomb ability

Items

  • Chaotic Beads
    • Fixed an issue where the passive would proc on enemies without activating the Relic during long periods of CC immunity (fix already live)

Smite Patch 9.5 Release Date and Time

The game update will roll out on May 17, 2022.

Download free Smite update 9.5 on PC, PS4, and Xbox.

Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson
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