Harry Potter: Wizards Uniteplayers currently have a very exciting Wizarding Weekend underway as the second half of July continues to bring near constant events (view allWizards UniteJuly 2020 events). In addition to the Wizarding Weekend and all the other events keeping fans of the mobile AR game busy, there is also a new feature on the way that fans are very excited about and the newly released patch brings it one step closer to implementation.
Last week, Niantic announced that the mobile AR game would be addingbrand new skill trees in the form of SOS Trainings. The feature sounds very exciting and offers some fun, new ways to grind through resources to power up characters that is separate from the usual leveling system. The feature didn’t get a specific release date, but update 2.14 seems to have laid all the groundwork needed and brought the SOS Training launch one big step closer to reality inHarry Potter: Wizards Unite.
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The primary highlight from the update notes is definitely all of the code surrounding SOS Trainings, but that’s not all that is included. There are also a fewminor updates to Professions, Wizarding Challenges, Bug Fixes, and of course a confirmation list of known issues that the development team are still working to address. One particular interesting piece of the update is the change to the combat appraisal system to replace the Profession Rank with an aggregated Expertise score.
Here’s a look at the full patch notes…
Patch Release and SOS Training Release Update
The 2.14.0 Update will introduce a significant addition to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, SOS Training. The feature will be rolling out a later time and will be unavailable with the 2.14.0 release.
Coming Soon: SOS Training
SOS Training allows players to advance their magical knowledge and skills by unlocking unique bonuses and abilities through a wide variety of SOS Training Lessons.
Added 3 Volumes of SOS Training Lessons: Each volume contains a new set of SOS Training Skill Trees that will be accessible to players regardless of their Profession.
Added 3 new SOS currencies: Field Guides, Ministry Manuals, and Defense Against the Dark Arts Books.
Updated Encounter and Potion screens to display SOS Training bonuses.
Professions
New Combat Appraisal system: An aggregated Expertise score will replace Profession Rank for each individual Profession.
Wizarding Challenges
Updated the Chamber Selection screen to display Recommended SOS Task Force Appraisal score instead of Recommended Grade.
General
Made visual updates to the Suitcase menu and Professions interface in preparation for SOS Training.
Coming Soon: Visual updates to the MACUSA Clock and Threat Meter for Trace Encounters.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue with overlapping location text from Hogwarts Fortress Gifts.
Fixed an issue affecting Potion Gifts when the ingredient Vault is full.
Fixed an issue causing a ‘Connection Lost’ pop up notification after loading into the app.
Known Issues
Red Badge notifications reappear on previously seen achievements after reinstalling the game.
The interaction box of Puking Pastilles makes the Image difficult to place in the Registry.
A Connection Lost error message can appear in various parts of the game.
Players can experience a long delay to select a Runestone before entering the Chamber lobby
Android only: A short delay may occur at the login screen while loading the app after updating the game.
Some devices may experience a delay before choosing a Runestone to enter a Chamber Lobby
Wayfarer: approved Wayspots do not sync to the Map.
This is going to be a big one, so fingers crossed for a smooth rollout and a speedy activation of the SOS Trainings in the near future. Fans are eager to dive into that brand new content, so it will be very exciting to standby and see how well-received it is and how much it changes the current metagame.
Stay tuned for more details as the actual SOS Training release date approaches. Be sure to check back in the comings days for moreWizards Unitestrategy guides, news, and updates. Until then, keep your wands at the ready!
Harry Potter: Wizards Uniteis available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.
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