Outriders' next patch makes the grind for legendaries a lot easier Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Outriders' next patch makes the grind for legendaries a lot easier Good luck. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 19 Jun 2021 16 comments Outriders' next patch tackles one of the biggest issues with the game: the dreaded grind for legendaries. In a post on reddit, Outriders' community manager from publisher Square Enix 'thearcan' outlined a raft of changes coming to the looter shooter in a patch set for early next week. Watch on YouTube Chief among them is a significant change to legendary drops. Legendary drop rates, across the board, will increase by 100 percent with this update. That's a big enough change on its own, but along with this, legendary level brackets will be removed, which means all legendary items can drop at any level. This is significant because currently - and since Outriders came out - some items could only drop from enemies of certain levels or above. The example Square Enix gives is the Ugake Cowl could only drop from enemies of level 48 or higher. Crucially, a legendary anti-duplication system will be added to the game with the patch. This means if a character has an item in their inventory or stash and a duplicate item is rolled, the dropped item will be re-rolled once. This is another welcome change - there's nothing worse than grinding for hours for a legendary only to get one you already have. thearcan stressed that this new system does not guarantee every drop will be unique. Rather, it's designed to provide a second roll at avoiding a duplicate. Elsewhere, scripted boss loot will drop all non-class specific legendary helmets, which should improve the variety of items in the campaign. Currently, these bosses, such as the Chrysaloid and Yagak, would only drop a selection of legendaries lifted from the same pool available in the demo, as well as the Cannonball Helmet. And finally, the patch improves the luck system, so players should no longer experience very long droughts without a legendary item dropped during endgame. Of note: the base scaling of legendaries dropping through higher difficulty levels still applies, so you may will still want to farm as high as possible. Overall, this update makes for a significant shakeup to the grind for legendaries in Outriders. While I haven't played the game in a while, when I was playing it, much of my motivation came from the 'gotta catch 'em all' collection pursuit to unearth Outriders' many and eye-catching legendaries. I imagine I'm not the only player who dropped off the game in recent weeks. Perhaps these changes will entice a few lapsed players back. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 3 Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack and character roster bugs Mei Mei. 13 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 3 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store