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The Day 30 update for Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration on Nintendo Switch 2 focuses heavily on improving performance, stability, and overall gameplay. The patch addresses frame rate drops across several major locations, resolves crashes, and smooths out cinematic sequences to deliver a more consistent experience.
Alongside the performance improvements, Aspyr has fixed numerous gameplay, visual, UI, quest, and exploration issues while also introducing engine-level optimisations aimed at improving frame rates, reducing memory leaks, and polishing visual assets across key areas.
Performance and Stability
General Performance
- Fixed frame rate drops when returning to the Siberian Wilderness after completing the main story.
- Fixed frame rate drops when re-entering the western Village cabin in Geothermal Valley.
- Fixed performance drops while traversing the Baths of Kitezh.
- Fixed a performance dip when returning to Geothermal Valley from the North Acropolis.
- Fixed performance drops on the Village map during Expeditions and Remnant Resistance.
- Resolved frame rate drops after fast travelling from Whirlpool Sanctuary to Riverside Landing.
Cinematics and Sequences
- Fixed a frame rate drop during the new gun cinematic.
- Fixed a performance drop at the end of the Siberian Wilderness cutscene.
- Fixed a bug affecting the cutscene after the “Return to Camp and Build a Fire” objective.
- Resolved visibility lag during the mud tunnel slide sequence in the Flooded Archives.
- Fixed a stutter at the beginning of the Observatory objective cutscene.
- Corrected two performance drops during The Acropolis mission cutscene.
Stability and Crashes
- Fixed a client-side crash in Multiplayer Endurance when selecting “Ready” before game cards finished loading.
- Fixed game lag when launching any Expedition mode.
Gameplay, Combat and Exploits
- Fixed the Holy Fire Card so nearby enemies are correctly affected by fire damage after stealth eliminations.
- Resolved an XP reward exploit in the Soviet Installation.
- Fixed Endurance Outfit Cards causing the Revolver and Pump-Action Shotgun to appear early in the Basecamp menu.
Visual Fixes
Culling and Asset Visibility
- Fixed environmental ropes disappearing in the Baba Yaga DLC.
- Fixed floating cabbages in The Acropolis.
- Fixed a missing asset in the Research Base.
- Fixed disappearing wall textures in the Soviet Hub.
- Fixed Lara’s satchel disappearing during crafting.
- Fixed a one-sided barricade rendering issue in Geothermal Valley.
- Fixed an invisible white canister in Copper Mill.
- Fixed invisible water textures in Prophet’s Tomb.
Environmental Fixes
- Fixed a ruined building flickering in Geothermal Valley Hub.
- Corrected cloth mesh clipping in Flooded Archives.
- Fixed permanent light flare after checkpoint reloads in the Siberian Wilderness.
- Fixed Level of Detail issues on the Croft Manor office pinboard.
Lighting, Textures and Characters
- Fixed Lara’s facial texture flickering while wearing the Classic Angel of Darkness outfit.
- Fixed a low-quality hair rendering artifact.
- Fixed shadow flickering on Sophia.
- Fixed a lighting issue on Konstantin’s face.
- Fixed rendering artifacts affecting doors, furniture, clothing, and paintings in the Soviet Installation.
- Resolved a Day and Night visual bug.
NPC Animations
- Fixed an animation issue during the Kitezh Hub Ascension sequence.
- Fixed Trinity Soldiers becoming stuck in an A-pose in the Soviet Installation.
- Fixed a tundra wolf animation loop glitch.
UI, UX and Controls
- Fixed Armor-Piercing Arrows failing to appear in the inventory.
- Fixed a game freeze affecting the N-Mouse control scheme and the right Joy-Con.
- Fixed inconsistent camera sensitivity and speed.
- Fixed the mouse cursor remaining visible in the Blood Ties DLC.
- Fixed the Auto-Center Camera toggle.
- Fixed duplicated subtitles.
- Fixed card shuffling on the Cold Darkness loading screen.
Tombs, Quests and Exploration
- Resolved a Flooded Archives softlock caused by reloading a specific checkpoint.
- Fixed multiple out-of-bounds exploits in the Catacomb of Sacred Waters Challenge Tomb.
- Fixed missing collision layers on a damaged wall.
- Fixed camera clipping outside map boundaries.
- Restored proximity UI pop-ups and map tracker icons in the House of the Afflicted Tomb.
- Fixed the objective beacon placement for the “A Hearty Meal” optional mission.
- Fixed an objective progress calculation error for “A Hearty Meal.”
- Fixed an audio and visual issue in Leader’s Tomb during Chapter Replay Elite.
- Removed an invisible wall that blocked progression in Leader’s Tomb.
Engine and Tool Improvements
- Added a per-level toggle for custom shadow parameter overrides.
- Upgraded gyroscope system parameters.
- Improved vibration motor initialization.
- Completed major optimisation passes focused on:
- Kitezh Hub.
- Baba Yaga DLC maps.
- Gulag Rescue maps.
- Improved frame rates across targeted areas.
- Reduced memory leaks.
- Cleaned up visual assets throughout major locations.
The Day 30 update is now available for the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration. Released during the June 2026 Nintendo Direct, the game is available on Nintendo Switch 2 and includes the base adventure alongside all previously released downloadable content.
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