Marvel's Wolverine Patch Finally Lets You Kill the "Fart Gas" Scent Trails

Marvel's Wolverine players who found the game's green scent trails more distracting than helpful now have a fix. Patch 1.001.006 lets you switch the effect off, ending a running joke among fans who dubbed the visual "fart gas."

The update adds three separate toggles in the Gameplay menu. Each one controls a different type of guidance: the scent trails leading to Whiskey Bottle collectibles, the audio pings that point toward Material Crates, and the trails that lead to Nightmare Door roots. Rather than a single on/off switch, you can keep the help where you want it and drop it where you don't.

That granularity is welcome for anyone who wants a cleaner screen while still getting some assistance. Someone hunting every collectible might leave the crate pings on and mute the bottle trails, or turn everything off for a more exploration-driven run.

The wider saga is a familiar one. Guidance systems in big open-world action games often draw complaints when they feel too loud, too obvious or just visually odd, and the gas-like look of Wolverine's scent effect made it an easy target for memes. Turning it off completely was the most requested change, and the developers have now delivered it.

As for the catch mentioned in the source coverage, the report doesn't spell out the details in the excerpt available, so it's worth checking the full patch notes and testing the toggles yourself to see exactly how each option behaves. Players should also confirm the settings persist between sessions after loading the update.

If you've been putting up with the trails, load the game, head into the Gameplay menu and try the new options. For a title built around a feral, sense-driven hero, being able to decide how much hand-holding you get is a sensible change.