TL;DR<\/p>
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- 1.0.5 is a PC-only patch (about 183MB) aimed only at stuttering \u2014 no console version and no detailed patch notes were published.<\/li>\n
- Consoles remain on Title Update 1.0.4 from July 16, based on the latest available tracking.<\/li>\n
- Morgan's Treasures and Midnight Moonshine on Black Island are still listed as sometimes unavailable, which blocks 100% completion<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Several quest-level bugs (music dropout, missing double assassination prompt, vanishing food, blocked eavesdropping, repeating tutorials) remain open.<\/li>\n
- PC crash and freeze reports are ongoing, and every fix circulating right now is a community workaround, not a confirmed cause.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Where 1.0.5 Fits: PC Patch, Console Build 1.0.4, and the Missing Patch Notes","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"\n
The Steam announcement for 1.0.5 is short and to the point: Earlier today we released a PC Only patch (1.0.5) to alleviate stuttering issues experienced by some PC players. There's no itemized changelog attached to it, which is unusual compared to the previous update. Reporting on the patch confirms the same thing from the outside: Ubisoft did not share any release notes for it, and the patch only aims to resolve the stutters that could occur on specific PC systems, and nothing more. That stands in contrast to Title Update 1.0.4, released on July 16, which shipped with a full list covering save\/load fixes, localization corrections, a dubbing issue affecting voiceover playback, and a fix for cutscenes locking to 30 FPS on Custom graphics presets. As of the most recent tracking available, the current verified version on console is Title Update 1.0.4, with no newer official title-update notes found \u2014 so if you're on PS5 or Xbox Series X\/S, 1.0.5 is a PC-only story for now, not something sitting in your update queue.<\/p>\n\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Step-by-Step: Checking Your Black Flag Resynced Patch Version","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"steps","intro":"Follow this sequence to get it done fast.","steps":[{"title":"Launch through your storefront, not a shortcut","description":"opening via Steam or Ubisoft Connect directly ensures any pending update actually downloads before you load in.","image":null},{"title":"Let the update queue finish completely","description":"a partial download can leave you on an in-between state that behaves unpredictably.","image":null},{"title":"Check your platform against the known builds","description":"PC should be on 1.0.5 if you updated after July 23; PS5 and Xbox should currently show 1.0.4.","image":null},{"title":"Back up your manual save before testing anything","description":"back up your manual saves before troubleshooting an issue that continues after updating, since some of the open bugs touch quest state.","image":null},{"title":"Reproduce the issue once, cleanly","description":"note exactly where a crash, stutter, or missing prompt happens so you're not guessing later.","image":null},{"title":"File it through the official channel","description":"Ubisoft's own post asks players to report lingering stutter through the Bug Reporter tool rather than just posting about it.","image":null}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
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<\/figure>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Known Issues Still Open After 1.0.5","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"\nUbisoft's known issues list was last posted on July 16 alongside 1.0.4, and nothing in the PC-only 1.0.5 patch touches these items \u2014 they're unrelated to stuttering, so there's no reason to expect them fixed. Here's the current state of the ones that matter most.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n183MB<\/span>size of the 1.0.5 PC patch<\/span><\/div>\nPC only<\/span>platforms covered by 1.0.5<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Known Issue"},{"header_text":"Where It Happens"},{"header_text":"Status After 1.0.5"},{"header_text":"Blocks 100%?"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Double Assassination prompt missing near first power keg"},{"cell_text":"\"Mark the Kings at the Camp\""},{"cell_text":"Open"},{"cell_text":"No"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Food disappears on fast travel"},{"cell_text":"\"A Second Chance\", fast-traveling to the Jackdaw"},{"cell_text":"Open"},{"cell_text":"No"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Eavesdropping blocked by bodies in doorway"},{"cell_text":"\"Commodore Eighty-Sixed\" mansion investigation"},{"cell_text":"Open"},{"cell_text":"No"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Tutorial prompts retrigger repeatedly"},{"cell_text":"\"The Treasure Fleet\""},{"cell_text":"Open"},{"cell_text":"No"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Morgan's Treasures & Midnight Moonshine unavailable"},{"cell_text":"Black Island"},{"cell_text":"Open"},{"cell_text":"Yes"}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What's Still Broken: Black Island and the Rest of the List","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"\nThe Black Island 100% Blocker<\/h3>\n
This is the one that actually matters if you're chasing full completion. Ubisoft's own tracker states that on Black Island, \"Morgan's Treasures\" and \"Midnight Moonshine\" may sometimes remain unavailable to the player. Neither 1.0.4 nor the stutter-focused 1.0.5 addresses this, and there's no separate hotfix note for it. If you're grinding toward a full sync completion, this is worth checking before you sink hours into everything else on the island, since there's currently no confirmed workaround beyond waiting for a future patch.<\/p>\n
Quest-Level Annoyances That Don't Block Progress<\/h3>\n
The rest of the open list is more of a friction problem than a wall. Background music may stop playing when opening the Patch Notes menu during gameplay, which is annoying but harmless. The double assassination prompt issue near the first power keg in \"Mark the Kings at the Camp\" can compromise a stealth run if you don't already know the keg is there. Food vanishing in \"A Second Chance,\" the blocked eavesdrop in \"Commodore Eighty-Sixed,\" and the retriggering tutorials in \"The Treasure Fleet<\/a>\" are all cosmetic-to-mildly-annoying rather than progress-blocking.<\/p>\n
The Templar Hunt Save Report<\/h3>\n
Separately, one journalist flagged a more serious concern around launch: a warning not to leave any Templar Hunt sidequest chains unfinished because doing so produced a save-data glitch. This was reported by a single outlet around launch week rather than confirmed as a widespread pattern, and it's unclear whether it still applies after 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 \u2014 treat it as a \"finish what you start\" caution rather than a confirmed ongoing bug.<\/p>\n\n
Warning<\/p>
If you're aiming for 100% completion, don't burn hours elsewhere assuming Black Island will sort itself out \u2014 the Morgan's Treasures and Midnight Moonshine unavailability is still an open issue with no patch tied to it yet.<\/p><\/div>\n\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"PC Crash Fix Attempts: Community Reports, Not Confirmed Causes","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"\n
Alongside the stutter that 1.0.5 targets, players have reported outright crashes and freezes, including a DX12 error some PC users encounter. None of the fixes below are official \u2014 they're what's circulating from players and troubleshooting sites, and Ubisoft hasn't attributed the crashes to any of these specific causes.<\/p>\n