Thank you for playing SWORD ART ONLINE Alicization Lycoris.

The latest patch ver1.05 has been released to fix major / minor bugs and some improvements to overall gaming experience on PS4, XB1, and PC (Steam). Please see below for details.

Quests

• Fixed the quest “The Three Keys” from freezing while using “Main Quest Recovery”
  *Players must interact and activate the access point in order to fast travel.

Maps

• Added fast travel at an access point close to the Raid Dungeon

System

• Fixed Alice’s eyepatch disappearing in her 2D illustration after changing her appearance in visualize attire
• Fixed the game crashing when the player sets a Wayfarer as their sub partner and selecting “Save and Return to Title”
• Credits can now be ended by left clicking on a keyboard 

Battle

• Fixed Skill Connect not triggering when landing a normal attack using the Dual Wield
• Fixed the play avatar using a single-handed sword skill while equipping the Dual Wield on certain occasions
• Fixed the game soft locking when selecting retry after all team members are defeated while one of the players is opening up a sub menu
• Fixed the HP not healing to max when selecting retry after the player has been defeated while being Immolated

UI

• Fixed the party member select menu not displaying properly in the Raid dungeon when entering the menu while controlling a partner character
• The time of the data saved will now display on the title screen
• Moved the “Chapter Save” under the Recovery Tool in the title screen

Network

• Fixed the game crashing when closing the menu screen after opening it for a certain amount of time during Multiplayer
• Fixed players being able to recruit members with an already completed quest
• Fixed the invisible wall preventing other players to join a battle that occurs during an episode quest
• Fixed avatars unable to be uploaded while setting a certain Persona

Xbox 

• Added options to change the difficulty of the Multiplayer

Others

• Fixed other minor bugs and issues

We hope that the above bug fixes will provide a smoother gameplay experience. We will continue improving the game in future updates, specifically:

• Loading times
• Frame rates
• Auto save features
• Camera movements
• Mouse/Key settings

News

• SAO Shop is currently planned to open in late September or later. Stay tuned for more updates!

Thank you again for your continued support, patience and feedback.