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Hotfix 1.0.4: Quest Progression Blockers Fixed, Save Blocker Resolved, Dead NPCs Quieted

Hotfix 1.0.4 (Sept 9, 2026): Rebel Wolves fix nine quest blockers (Hive and Seek, Deep Down, On the Run infinite loading, Smoke and Ashes), the save-game blocker, and the red pipe asset.

Updated: Category: hotfix

Rebel Wolves shipped Hotfix 1.0.4 on September 9, 2026, six days after launch and roughly 36 hours after the 1.0.3 DualSense-on-Steam patch. This is the most quest-focused patch of the launch window so far. The headline summary lists five items — improved stability, fixed several quest progression issues, fixed a save blocker, fixed the Steam-only GameInput FPS drop, and the famous red-pipe asset is finally gone — but the full changelog is larger and more interesting than those five bullets suggest, because the quest fixes hit exactly the kind of soft-locks and infinite-loading states that were keeping players from finishing the campaign in their first playthrough.

The change list below is reproduced from the official Rebel Wolves patch notes (linked via PSU’s mirror of dawnwalkergame.com) and cross-checked against The Daily Game News’s coverage of the same patch.

Highlights

  • Improved the game’s stability.
  • Fixed several issues that blocked quest progression.
  • Fixed an issue that blocked players from saving the game.
  • [STEAM ONLY] Connecting controllers with the outdated GameInput software should no longer cause FPS drops.
  • Torches can no longer grow uncontrollably.

Full changelog

Stability

  • Multiple improvements to the game’s stability.

Gameplay

  • Fixed an issue that blocked the tutorial progress if Voracious Bite was used a bit too fast.
  • Fixed issues that caused Coen to get stuck inside certain houses with no way of getting out.
  • Crake can now talk to Coen even during his training sequence.
  • Dead NPCs can no longer start dialogues.
  • Fixed an issue that disabled blocking under certain circumstances.
  • Fixed an issue that blocked players from saving the game.
  • Adjustments to controller dead zone and input issues while sprinting.

Quests

  • Ocha will no longer attack Coen when attacked by guards.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Coen to get stuck in a cave in the “Deep Down” quest.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Murohn to not spawn under certain circumstances.
  • Fixed an issue that caused one of the possible solutions for the “Hive and Seek” quest to end prematurely.
  • Fixed an issue that caused an infinite loading screen in the “On the Run” quest.
  • “A Lone Wolf’s Hunt” now appropriately shows the difficulty level.
  • Fixed an issue that caused a soft-lock after following Sara.
  • Investigating the rag is now optional in the “Smoke and Ashes” quest.
  • Fixed an issue that caused a blocker in “The Heart Wants What It Wants” quest.

Art

  • Coen and Iorgu will now drink from their cups even on low graphical settings.
  • We are no longer using that one red pipe asset we weren’t supposed to use.

Audio

  • Fixed issues that caused music to stop playing in the prologue.

Miscellaneous

  • Steam only: Connecting controllers with outdated GameInput software should no longer cause FPS drops.
  • Torches can no longer grow uncontrollably.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Quality preset mods from applying properly.

PC Plugin

  • PC only: Fixed VSync issues when using FSR Frame Generation.

What players will actually notice

The save-game blocker is the headline. Players on PC, PS5, and Xbox reported that their save button would silently fail after certain triggers — most commonly after dying during the prologue boss fight against Brencis. The fix lands in 1.0.4 and the studio has explicitly said it is not retroactive; saves created before the patch remain unrecoverable in that state, so anyone sitting on a broken save should reload a pre-prologue checkpoint rather than wait for a back-port.

The quest fixes are the bulk of the patch. “On the Run” had an infinite loading screen that bricked progression after a cutscene; “Deep Down” trapped Coen inside a cave with no exit; “Smoke and Ashes” had an investigation step that the journal marked mandatory but the game didn’t actually gate, so players could move on without doing it but the journal still told them they hadn’t. All three are now resolved. “A Lone Wolf’s Hunt” showing the wrong difficulty label is a smaller fix but it matters for trophy / achievement hunters who screenshot their difficulty choice.

The red pipe asset finally getting pulled is the patch note line players will quote most. The “we are no longer using that one red pipe asset we weren’t supposed to use” wording is a direct acknowledgment of a launch-week meme, and the studio leaned into it deliberately.

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