Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora second big story DLC out now

28 Nov 2024, 11:39 · TrueAchievements

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora second big story DLC out now

Secrets of the Spires, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora's delayed story DLC, is out now for Xbox Series X|S and available to all with a Season Pass.

Heidi Nicholas

Published 28 Nov 2024

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Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora's Secrets of the Spires DLC is out now for those with a Season Pass, with new Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora achievements to unlock, a new map area, a new story campaign, and more. With today's story DLC, it seems we've come to the end of what we know so far for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora's post-launch content, so it'll be interesting to see whether this extra content might help it rank as one of the best open world games on Xbox.

Secrets of the Spires out now for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Secrets of the Spires is out today after a short delay
It's the second story pack available for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Season Pass owners
Secrets of the Spires adds five new Xbox achievements

Secrets of the Spires will be about 17.5GB for Xbox Series X|S. Its biggest additions are the new map area, Spires of the Clouded Forest, the new skills and gear, and the new story campaign. The DLC continues the main game's story, but like with the last story DLC, you can choose to go straight to Secrets of the Spires and skip past the main story.

"Epic aerial battles await in the Spires of the Clouded Forest, a spectacular new mountainous region in Pandora's Western Frontier. Explore and discover a fresh open world, built to elevate the thrill of flying on your ikran," Ubisoft says.

"Sabotage RDA aerial convoys with new ikran skills and a brand-new mounted weapon. Meet a secluded Na'vi clan and join them in their fight against a new RDA threat in the Spires region. Get lost in the verticality of this new region, filled with canyons and caves, where unexpected dangers lurk in the shadows."

We've already got the five new Secrets of the Spires achievements — read on below for what's included in the update, as per the patch notes.

Secrets of the Spires:
   •  A new map area, Spires of the Clouded Forest, is available:
   •  Play through an all-new story campaign, side quests, and new activities.
   •  Navigate and discover new biomes like the Tangled Peaks, Splintered Arches, Warrior's Rise and more!
   •  Deepen the bond with your ikran and unlock new skills and gear.
   •  Encounter new aerial threats and master your abilities to overcome them.
   •  Interact with new flora and wildlife and discover new ways of gathering and traversal!

Progression Updates:
   •  [All Platforms] You can now use skill points to unlock and upgrade several new skills for your ikran, such as Ikran Smash, Launch, Flares and more!

Playstation 5 Pro Support:
   •  60 FPS Quality Mode - The game will run at 60 FPS using Quality Mode on Playstation 5 Pro
   •  Increased internal resolution - The increased hardware performance allows the game to reach both higher FPS and higher rendering resolution, resulting in increased resolution in certain scenarios.
   •  PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) - Integration of the new machine learning-based temporal upscaler PSSR, which uses the new ML-hardware of the PS5 Pro, bringing better quality and performance.

Known Issues:
   •  [PC] We will deploy a temporary fix for players who were experiencing issues playing on Windows 11 24H2. Please note that you may experience some performance issues while we work on a more permanent fix. As soon as it is ready, we will let you know. Thank you for your understanding.
   •  [PS5] Menu Narration will not read "Additional Info" sections of Hunter's Guide when reading speed is below 1.80x.
   •  [All Platforms] Warning message does not match the situation when trying to start the quest Anufi's Favor in co-op without the player having completed the main story.
   •  [All Platforms] Missing preview for ikran patterns while having any ikran body cosmetic override equipped in the in-game store.
   •  [All Platforms] Map icons and overlays load slowly after every game load or respawn.
   •  [All Platforms] "Responsibility" songcord bead has the same icon as "Our Reclamation".
   •  [All Platforms] Lens flare effects are present on every RDA light source.
   •  [All Platforms] Infinite loading occurs for co-op players after the credits scene ends after playing "The Fight for Home" quest.
   •  [All Platforms] Player character dialogue lines are too quiet while inside MTR Base Echo in the "Into the Mountain" quest.
   •  [All Platforms] "Penance" quest cannot be completed due to the player character not being able to interact with the quest objective.
   •  [All Platforms] Bonus damage for hitting the chiroptera's weakspot does not properly apply.
   •  [All Platforms] Players randomly receive rewards without looting or completing any quests.
   •  [XBOX] When inspected, Octofin Canyon Fish rarity is displayed as one tier lower than what is gathered.
   •  [XBOX/PS5] Several settings reset to default after waking from rest mode or being idle for a long time, such as HDR settings, custom control rebindings and the Performance Mode toggle.
   •  [All Platforms] Missing "drop" button for ikran gear and Crossbow mods in the ikran menu.
   •  [All Platforms] Hunter's Guide mentions Healer's Hollow as a location for gathering legendary Dark Root, on the map this location is called Echoing Cavern.

It remains to be seen what, if anything, Ubisoft has planned next for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. We've had a mixed bag when it comes to Ubisoft-published games for 2024, and Star Wars Outlaws is busy dropping major patches left, right, and centre to improve things across the board.

The Sky Breaker, the last story pack for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, has an estimated completion time of around six to eight hours, so it'll be interesting to see how long Secrets of the Spires might keep us occupied for.

The ikran stuff is what I'm most excited to return to the game for, but I am curious about how much of an allure Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will hold after that. Avatar fans might appreciate being able to explore Pandora, but it remains to be seen how Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will rank in the long-term.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora could definitely benefit from more ikran content, as the experience of soaring around Pandora was one of the things we loved best in our Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora review. Not to mention, aerial combat was a little clunky at first, so I'm hoping this new story DLC will flesh out our ikran's capabilities a bit.
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Written by Heidi Nicholas
Heidi tends to lean towards indie games, RPGs, and open-world games on Xbox, and when not playing Disney Dreamlight Valley, happily installs every new wholesome game that appears on Xbox Game Pass, before diving back into favorites like The Witcher 3. She's looking forward to Age of Mythology Retold, Everwild, Fable, and Avowed on the Xbox horizon. Heidi graduated with an MA in English Literature before joining the TrueAchievements team.