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New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
Original story (published on August 10, 2022) follows:
Set in 9th century England, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is an action role-playing video game. It is the twelfth major installment in the Assassin’s Creed series developed by Ubisoft.
This single-player video game is available on various platforms like Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows, and so on.
That said, a bug with the Balor boss in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is troubling many players (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) lately as he comes undefeatable or immortal.
Every time Balor is defeated, the ‘stun attack’ animation starts to play which appears hitched after Eivor lands. Balor then lies dead while continuing to talk.
He also starts attacking without the sword sometimes. We’ve added a few reports below for reference:
An affected gamer took to the Ubisoft discussion forum to raise the issue where Balor starts swinging his sword that’s invisible even after being technically defeated.
Official acknowledgment and potential workarounds
Fortunately, Ubisoft’s support team took immediate cognizance of the issue where Balor is undefeatable. The team further assured the players that it is working towards a resolution.
Moreover, we came across a workaround that might help players defeat the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Balor. It involves reloading a previous save and not completing the mission until the update comes out.
Another almost similar workaround requires gamers to load the game where they previously last saved it.
Rest assured, we will be updating this space when Assassin’s Creed Valhalla developers fix the issue where Balor is undefeatable or invincible.
Update 1 (August 10, 2022)
06:57 pm (IST): Ubisoft has confirmed that the team is working to resolve this issue. However, they didn’t provide any ETA for the fix.
Update 02 (August 19, 2022)
06:02 pm (IST): Ubisoft has recommended a workaround for this issue where players need to reset the boss fight and try again.
Update 03 (August 22, 2022)
06:00 pm (IST): Ubisoft support has suggested another potential workaround for the Balor boss glitch. You can check it out below.
Update 04 (August 29, 2022)
06:14 pm (IST): Ubisoft support has confirmed that a fix for the Balor boss bug will arrive with an upcoming patch. However, there’s no ETA for the same.
Update 05 (August 31, 2022)
06:04 pm (IST): In a recent acknowledgment, Ubisoft support has confirmed that they will post the patch notes on the official forum once a fix for the Balor boss issue is ready.
Update 06 (September 05, 2022)
06:29 pm (IST): Below is a workaround that might help you resolve the Balor glitch. You can try and see if it helps.
Update 07 (September 07, 2022)
06:02 pm (IST): A Redditor has suggested a workaround where players need to constantly move the camera in all directions once the boss and the player character get stuck after attacking them with a sword.
Doing this repeatedly sometimes will activate the cutscenes. You can check this workaround in detail in this video. Moreover, this solution appears to be working on v1.60 patch.
Update 08 (September 12, 2022)
12:08 pm (IST): Here’s a YouTube video that shows steps to defeat the Balor boss. You can try this as a potential workaround and see if it helps.
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