Obsidian Entertainment has outlined its plans for supporting Avowed throughout 2025, demonstrating a strong commitment to enhancing the RPG experience with significant post-launch content. The developer's roadmap reveals a structured approach to game improvements, with three major updates scheduled to roll out over the coming months.
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| An enchanting forest path symbolizing the immersive RPG experience of Avowed |
Update 1.4 Introduces Quality-of-Life Improvements
The Spring 2025 update (1.4) has already been released, bringing several notable features to enhance the player experience. Perhaps most importantly, an arachnophobia mode has been implemented, allowing players who fear spiders to replace these enemies with less triggering floating orbs. This accessibility feature opens up the game to a wider audience who might otherwise avoid it due to its numerous spider enemies.
Xbox console players will appreciate the addition of mouse and keyboard support, providing more control options for those who prefer this input method. The update also addresses fog of war improvements, increases the availability of gold and crafting materials throughout the game world, and includes numerous bug fixes to improve overall stability.
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| A character from Avowed ready for the adventure, showcasing the game’s detailed customization and improvements |
Summer and Fall Updates Promise Major Enhancements
Looking ahead to the remainder of 2025, Obsidian has outlined an ambitious roadmap of features coming in the Summer and Fall updates. Players can look forward to a new game-plus mode, allowing them to carry progress into subsequent playthroughs. Photography enthusiasts will appreciate the addition of a photo mode to capture the game's visual highlights.
The updates will also introduce more depth to the game's NPCs with new abilities and behaviors, enhancing the world's immersion. Character customization will see significant expansion with new character presets and Godlike features. Additional weapons will provide more combat options, and players will gain the ability to change their appearance in-game after character creation.
Language Support Expansion Underway
Obsidian has also announced work on localized language versions of Avowed for Korean, Japanese, and French-speaking players. While no specific release date has been provided for these language updates, the studio has expressed commitment to delivering them as soon as they are ready while maintaining high quality standards.
Additional Quality-of-Life Features
The comprehensive roadmap also mentions several other improvements coming throughout the year, including cooking and crafting enhancements, new active and passive abilities, unique armor sets, and custom map markers. Update 1.4 has already added helpful features like settings to display treasure chests on the map and the ability to wait while at camp locations.
Building on Success
Avowed has been well-received since its launch earlier this year, with critics noting it represents a significant improvement over Obsidian's previous title, The Outer Worlds. With The Outer Worlds 2 scheduled for release on June 8, 2025, players will soon be able to directly compare the studio's evolution across these major RPG releases.
Through this extensive roadmap, Obsidian demonstrates its dedication to supporting Avowed with substantial post-launch content, addressing player feedback, and expanding the game's features well beyond its initial release state.