Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Forgotten Saga is here and like every new big content update, it has brought some new bugs. The most reported in the past few days is the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla unable to defeat Balor bug. Balor was beatable before the update, but now when players fight Balor he simply does not die. Even when the HP is drained completely, the boss simply rises back again. Sometimes attacking the player without his sword. The issue has been reported mostly by Xbox and PC players. Here is what you need to know about the bug and defeating Balor.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Unable to Defeat Balor – Balor Fight Glitch
To initiate the fight with Balor, players need to bring the Amber Sun quest by going to Deirdre and bringing her the blood-soaked amber shards obtained from defeating 10 children of Danu. The fight itself is not very hard and the mythical being can be defeated, but the current bug makes it impossible.
If you are looking to fix the bug sadly there isn’t any reliable fix yet. However, you can try reloading the save, restarting the game, and restarting the console. Since the bug is not affecting everyone, verifying the game files can also help in some cases. But besides that, there isn’t much you can do.
The developers are aware of the bug and working on a fix. Here is what the Community Manager at the Ubisoft forum for the game had to say about the issue.
“I’m really sorry to hear that you are experiencing this issue. I can assure you that this has been already raised with the development team and this issue is currently being investigated. Once we have an update, we will let everyone know through the patch notes.”
We will keep an eye on the issue and update the post if there is a workaround that fixes the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Balor fight bug or if there is an update from the devs.
Update: 24 Aug
TeeCrazy has suggested a fix for the issue on our YouTube channel. Here is what he suggests, “So all you have to do is have the stun bow finisher perk.. when you defeat him just bow stun finish and then he should go back to his knees and then just run up to him and regular stun finish him and you should beat him that’s what worked for me.”
Please visit our channel and go through the comments, users have suggested some other solutions as well that you can try to bypass the Balor bug.
I’ve bet him with Mjöllnir in the right and Gungnir in the left hand and the whole Thor Armour, because of the dialogue with the Druide I thought it’s a good idea because she mentioned Odin .
Mark it down for ps5 as well… having the same issue. Kill him, he’s laying there dead with his bar all the way down, then he just gets back up, and nothing will hurt him anymore. You can’t fight for two hours and he won’t die lol… Sept 20… Still no fix
So I’ve been also having this issue as well as constantly getting frozen while traveling the map of Ireland.
CONSTANTLY
Loading time is super long, I was able to go make dinner by the time one of my cinematic finished loading up.
That was my 2nd big red flag, I’ve been taking screenshots of all the bugged out stuff I’ve encountered.
My husband was as perplexed as I was when I went to fight Balor and the guy was hacking away at me after he was supposed to be dead.
He ragdolled, then did this weird flailing glitch before he stood up, swiped at me with no sword in his hands then stood shock still the rest of the fight and now the impasse continues.
Didn’t stop him from shit talking me though.
Won’t let me stun attack with R3 (on PS4) to finish him off when he has no health left.
Ran out of arrows from just shooting him to see if he will die again.
Now we just standing here looking at each other like two soccer mom’s who don’t like each other at a toddlers game.
Sucks since it’s apparently been an issue since the last big update.
While I love the festivals and added content to Valhalla…
I’d like to have them fully flushed out before being given the equivalent of a new car with no wheels and told to give it a test drive.
Hope you guys can sort it out DEVs cause the DLC loses its immersion and fun when it runs like shit.
Still unresolved as of (September 20th 2022)
Here it is the middle of September, and the bug persists.
And here it is September 15, and the bug persists. Enough already!
Yeah still an issue August 23rd, 2022. Please fix.
Wish they would fix this already . . .
I’m sick of whooping some balor butt only for him to not die and give me my fracking spear. (On ps5 ) what the heck devs?! This needs to be fixed!
This game is riddled with bugs. Balor just plays dead then decides to fight me again. Really frustrating.
Dalej nie działa. Prosimy o naprawę.
Jest 20/08/2022 problem nadal występuje na PC. Próbowałem 6 razy go zabić i buguje się na końcu.
Please fix. Been waiting for a fix ever since the update. Please please please ( August 18,2022)
August 17/22 still experiencing the glitch on Xbox one. Super frustrating.
If they stop adding rubbish festivals and new content all the time it wouldn’t happen how about just leave it alone its a great game the way it was .how about just focus on the next ac game then vahalla won’t keep crashing or messing up all the time.
Same .. It’s super frustrating
I’m having the exact same problem on PS4. Someone please fix this bug. ASAP!
Same here. we are both just standing in the ring like
Balor fight is bugged on the Ps5 version tried reseting the game still no fix.
I am as well. Just tried reloading save and the bug persists.
Still experiencing the glitch on exbox one, as of August 12 2022.
Ich kann ebenfalls Balar nicht besiegen. Er hat immer noch 1% Leben aber mann kann ihm keinen schaden mehr zufügen.
Balor bug needs to be fixed can’t defeat him to get the spear