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The Knight-Enchanter specialization was notoriously overpowered. Using the Spirit Blade and Barrier cycling, a single mage could tank a High Dragon while solo. Patch 13 nerfed this. It reduced the damage of the Spirit Blade slightly and increased the cooldown of Fade Cloak . While controversial, it forced Knight-Enchanters to play more tactically, relying on their staff more often.
Pre-Patch 13, the Golden Nug only shared schematics, not colors. This meant you’d craft an amazing armor but be forced to use the ugly default gray tint. Now, with patch 13’s tint-sharing, your New Game Plus characters can look identical to your first Inquisitor. dragon age inquisition patch 13
: Removes the real-time wait for war table missions. Quicker Looting : Removes the repetitive looting animation. It reduced the damage of the Spirit Blade
Patch 13’s least sexy but most vital contribution was stability. For players on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (especially with the Jaws of Hakkon DLC), the game had a notorious memory leak that caused crashes in the Frostback Basin. Patch 13 patched the leak. Load times on last-gen consoles (PS3/Xbox 360) were optimized, even if the game remained a miracle of compression on those systems. This meant you’d craft an amazing armor but
The version number used by Mod Manager to force the game to load mods. Console (PS5/Xbox) A 2026 legacy update for server stability.
In March 2026, many PS5 players were surprised to see an official update labeled .