Overview

• The update is available now on PC through the Steam Beta branch as part of Bethesda’s phased rollout plan.
• Players can now choose from six difficulty tiers—including the new Journeyman setting—to fine-tune combat damage against enemies and themselves.
• Targeted performance improvements address frame-rate drops in key regions, reduce open-world hitches and optimize core systems like water rendering and weather effects.
• UI and gameplay stability have been enhanced with fixes for disappearing map markers, NPC pathing errors and quest-related crashes across multiple missions.
• No release date has been provided for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, leaving console availability pending future updates.