Team Ninja has released the patch notes for Nioh 3 version 2.00.01, which will release on August 19 alongside the Hell Rising DLC. The DLC will be available on PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam.
The patch notes are as follows:
DLC: Hell Rising
How to play Hell Rising
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This DLC will become available upon purchase of either the DLC Hell Rising or the Nioh 3 Season Pass. This DLC will become available on the release date once you have purchased either the DLC Hell Rising or the Nioh 3 Season Pass.
- Added Hell Rising, the first half of a new story.
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To play Hell Rising, you must first complete the base game.
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- Added the hoko and shield and ninja hoko and shield.
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These weapons become available from “1572 CE – Warring States” onward.
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- Added the new Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scrolls element.
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This element will be unlocked upon completing a certain Myth in the DLC Hell Rising. Once the element is unlocked, defeated enemies will drop a Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scroll on rare occasions. With a Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scroll in their possession, players will be able to challenge themselves to a Picture Scroll Mission. Completing that mission will enable them to equip that Picture Scroll, further strengthening the player. In addition to being dropped by enemies, Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scrolls can also be acquired from other players in multiplayer sessions. Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scrolls missions can be undertaken in multiplayer mode via Expeditions.
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- Added a new difficulty mode.
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The Enlightened One’s Journey difficulty will be unlocked upon completion of Shogun’s Journey. In Enlightened One’s Journey, players will be able to obtain even more powerful equipment, Soul Cores, and Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scrolls, and their Level cap and +value cap through Soul Matching will also increase. There will also be Grace effects randomly bestowed with Divine rarity that are exclusive to the Enlightened One’s Journey playthrough. Some equipment drops will also be randomly bestowed with powerful, helpful special effects.
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In Enlightened One’s Journey, enemies will be stronger and their resistances will be strengthened. Some enemies will also be bestowed with a Curse buff that further strengthens them. However, performing a Burst Break, destroying their weak points, or performing a Grapple will temporarily disable the Curse buff. Defeating these enemies will guarantee an item drop of Divine rarity and will also increase the chance of the player being bestowed with powerful special effects.
- Added new yokai, Soul Cores, Summoning Seals, and Onmyo Magic.
- Added new Guardian Spirits.
- Added new weapons, armor, and accessories.
- Added new Martial Arts and Ninjutsu.
- Added new skills.
- Added new Gestures and Transformations.
- Added new trophies, titles, and play records.
- Adjustments for Ki
- Increased the amount of Ki damage dealt when the Strength stat is raised.
- Adjusted the natural Ki recovery speed of human enemies.
- Adjusted the Ki consumption upon attacking for the human bosses Takeda Shingen, Kajiwara Kagetoki, Tokugawa Kunimatsu, Takasugi Shinsaku, and Okita Soji.
- Increased the max Ki depletion when using Guardian Spirit Skills.
- Increased the max Ki depletion when using Summoning Seals.
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Adjustments and bug fixes for set bonuses
Unmatched Warrior
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- Removed the Life Drain (Ranged Weapon Hit) set bonus (received when using two items from the set) and changed the Reduced Movement on Enemy (Ranged Weapon Hit) set bonus (received when using three items from the set) to make it available when using only two items from the set.
- Changed the Movement Speed (Aiming Ranged Weapon) set bonus (received when using four items from the set) to make it available when using only three items from the set.
- Changed the Increase Damage Taken on Enemy (Ranged Weapon Hit) set bonus (received when using five items from the set) to make it available when using only four items from the set, and added the Status Ailment Duration (Confusion) set bonus (received when using five items from the set).
- Removed the status ailment Confusion from the targets of the Extended Negative Effects (Melee Attack) set bonus (received when using six items from the set).
General of Ruin
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- Increased the effectiveness of the Guard Ki Consumption set bonus (received when using two items from the set).
- Increased the effectiveness of the Frost Moon Damage set bonus (received when using three items from the set).
- Increased the effectiveness and duration of the Faster Ki Recovery (Deflect) set bonus (received when using four items from the set).
- Changed the method of calculating Ki damage dealt by the Ki Damage (Deflect) set bonus (received when using five items from the set). This set bonus used to deal a fixed percentage of damage to the enemy’s max Ki, but it now calculates damage from the special effects and Ki Damage Dealt based on the basic Ki damage amount, just like in standard attacks. Also made it possible to deal damage to the max Ki of yokai enemies.
Grace of Benzaiten
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- Fixed an issue preventing the effects of the Stack Count Duration set bonus (received when using six items from the set) from being triggered for all status enhancements except Versatility.
Adjustments and bug fixes for weapons
Samurai weapon: sword
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- Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Iai Quickdraw.
- Made it easier for the Martial Art Tempest to hit enemies.
- Made changes so that the Martial Art Tempest deals damage.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a Strong Attack to be triggered when using the command for Combination Input Martial Art 1 or Combination Input Martial Art 2 following the use of the Martial Art Flowing Shadow or the Martial Art Kurama Sword Dance during Arts Proficiency.
- Fixed an issue where pressing the Quick Attack button following a Strong Attack while dodging cannot trigger the Martial Art for a Quick Attack following a Strong Attack.
Samurai Weapon: Dual Swords
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Sign of the Cross.
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Sign of the Cross Pierce.
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Samurai Weapon: Spear
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Shortened the recovery frame after guarding.
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Tornado.
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Fatal Thrust.
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Samurai Weapon: Axe
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Shortened the recovery frame after guarding.
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Fixed an issue where moving while attempting to use the Martial Art Frost Moon after using Flux would prevent that Martial Art from being used.
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Fixed an issue where pressing the Quick Attack button following a Strong Attack while dodging cannot trigger the Martial Art for a Quick Attack following a Strong Attack.
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Samurai Weapon: Odachi
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Devastating Rush.
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Imperative Strike.
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Moonlit Snow.
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Moonlit Snow Redux.
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Moonlit Snow Charge.
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Reduced the amount of Ki depletion when countering the enemy’s attack with the Martial Art Cuckoo’s Call.
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Samurai Weapon: Switchglaive
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Thin Air.
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Fixed an issue where performing Style Shift or changing equipment after performing the Mystic Arts Wildfire Flux or Tempest Flux would unintentionally increase the effect’s level.
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Samurai Weapon: Cestuses
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Increased the damage boost for melee attacks using the Martial Art Unbroken.
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Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the wrong Martial Arts to be triggered when using Combination Input Martial Art 1 or Combination Input Martial Art 2 during Unbroken.
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Fixed an issue that sometimes caused unintended behavior when performing Combination Input Martial Art 1 or Combination Input Martial Art 2 following a Strong Attack during Arts Proficiency.
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Ninja Weapon: Ninja Sword
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Cloudrunner Blade.
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Ninja Weapon: Dual Ninja Swords
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Cloudsplitter.
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Ninja Weapon: Splitstaff
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Fixed an issue preventing the player from performing Mist following a Quick Attack when in mid-air but close to the ground.
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Fixed an issue causing unintended attacks from being triggered instead of a Quick Attack following a Style Shift while the skill Powerful Shift was active.
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Ninja Weapon: Kusarigama
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Reaper.
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Increased the damage and Spirit damage dealt by the Martial Art Tangle Strike.
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Increased the damage and Spirit damage dealt by the Martial Art Tangle Strike Lightning.
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Increased the damage dealt by the Martial Art Blade Spin.
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Made it easier to perform any Martial Art following the Martial Art Reedcutter.
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Made changes so that the Martial Art Masterful Guard will now deal Ki damage.
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Fixed an issue preventing the effects of the Mystic Art Waxing Crescent from being applied to the Martial Art Crimson Flurry II.
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Fixed an issue where performing a Strong Attack following a Strong Attack while running would instead trigger the Martial Art for a Strong Attack following a Quick Attack.
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Ninja Weapon: Hatchets
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Fixed an issue where, if the player’s weapons were covered in blood when they sheathed their weapons, they would perform the standard sheathing motion instead of flicking the blood off their weapons.
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Ninja Weapon: Talons
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Increased the damage dealt by Quick Attacks.
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Increased the damage dealt by Strong Attacks.
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Shortened the time it takes to unleash the Martial Art Chaotic Cleave, and increased the damage dealt by this technique.
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Shortened the time it takes to unleash the Martial Art Whirling Tiger, and increased the damage dealt by this technique.
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Shortened the time it takes to unleash the Martial Art Whirling Tiger Water, and increased the damage dealt by this technique.
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Increased the damage and Spirit damage dealt by the Martial Art Dragonfly Reversal.
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Increased the damage and Spirit damage dealt by the Martial Art Dragonfly Reversal Pierce.
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Other
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Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a Strong Attack to be triggered if the player quickly pressed the inputs for Combination Input Martial Art 1 or Combination Input Martial Art 2 after performing Mist when using Ninja Style weapons.
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Adjustments and bug fixes for skills
Common Skills
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- Increased the speed of Onmyo Magic performed with Awakening active.
- Fixed an issue that caused the player’s weapon to change into strange shapes under certain conditions if they had quipped Volitional Onmyo Magic and applied an element to their weapon.
- Fixed an issue that unintentionally bestowed the status enhancement Ninjutsu Acceleration when the player activated Powerful Shift.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the duration of negative effects granted by Onmyo Magic item effects from being extended while Amplification was active.
- Fixed an issue causing the duration of effects for weapons bestowed with elemental attributes to be extended when using consumable non-Onmyo Magic items like Fire Amulets and Paralytic Blade Tinctures while Amplification was active.
Samurai Skills
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- Fixed a bug causing the Arts Gauge to increase greatly when Advantageous Deflect was activated, even if the status ailment buildup was minimal.
- Fixed an issue where the extended duration of the status enhancement Increased Damage Dealt from Counteroffensive Deflect was applied to status enhancements from skills other than Counteroffensive Deflect.
Ninja Skills
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- Fixed an issue where performing a Shadow Art Ninjutsu while Shadowclad was active and then using another Shadow Art Ninjutsu would cause the second Ninjutsu’s elemental attribute to be applied.
- Fixed an issue when using Shared Blessing where some status enhancements would not be applied to the player.
- Fixed an issue where the status enhancement applied to the player when using Shared Blessing was not always the enemy’s most recent status enhancement.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Physical Art Strike and Shadowclad from being triggered if the player used Style Shift while using a Ninjutsu.
Feature enhancements and adjustments
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- Added a feature enabling players to send multiple items to the storehouse at one time in the Items menu opened when praying at shrines.
- Added a tutorial about the storehouse.
- Changed the value range under Camera Distance in Camera Settings in the System menu from 0-10 to -10-10.
- Changed the value range under Maximum Number of Effect Icons Displayed in Basic Game Settings in the System menu to 8-16. Made it possible to adjust the sizes of effect icons based on the selected value.
- Added the Open Map Mid-Battle setting under Basic Game Settings in the System menu.
- Split the Obtained Item Notifications setting into Obtained Item Notifications (Equipment) and Obtained Item Notifications (Other).
- Obtained Item Notifications (Equipment) includes settings for equipment, armor, and accessories. Obtained Item Notifications (Other) includes settings for all other items.
- Made it possible to loop from the lowest to highest value (and vice versa) in menus like Soul Matching and Soul Core Enhancement where you level up stats.
- Made it possible to set 0 as the +value via filtering.
- Made it possible to preserve filtering results even after switching tabs.
- Made changes so that the amount of gold displayed when making an offering at a Jizo statue will be the greatest amount of gold that can be offered at that time.
- Made it possible to change expressions and line of sight during photo mode when transformed into another character.
- Made changes so that when the player is using certain items multiple times in a row, the next item can be used more quickly.
- Made changes so that the player’s equipment appearance will be reflected in the Mujina’s appearance.
- Improved the behavior of Kappa when they run away.
- Increased the damage amplification rate for Arts Proficiency upon increasing Arts Proficiency Power.
- Changed the elemental damage cap from 65,535 to 999,999.
- Added the status ailment Confusion to the list of targets of the special effects Extended Negative Effects and Negative Effects Duration.
- Made changes so that the Stealth Prestige from titles does not affect enemies in battle.
- Raised the amount by which Guardian Spirit Skill stats increase in proportion to the number of Crucible Spikes destroyed.
- Increased the effect of Guardian Spirit Skill stats on the amount of damage dealt by Guardian Spirit Skills.
- Made adjustments so that the special effect Damage Bonus (Amrita Gauge) for the Guardian Spirit Kusanagi will increase to the highest rank even if the player is low level.
- Made changes so that repelling the enemy’s attack using the Guardian Spirit Skill Boiling Counter for Narikama Tanuki will not consume Ki. Also made changes so that repelling an enemy’s Burst Attack will automatically trigger a Burst Break immediately afterward.
- Decreased the amount by which enemies’ Attack increases in Shogun’s Journey.
- Made it easier for items of higher rarity and +value to appear in treasure chests that were already opened in other difficulty levels.
- Made it possible to sell Elixir.
- Lowered the +value sync cap upon applying Level Sync to prevent guests during multiplayer sessions from being much stronger than the host and defeating enemies too quickly.
Bug fixes
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- Fixed an issue affecting Control Type F, where attempting to perform a Guardian Spirit Skill while guarding would instead trigger a Martial Art.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes occurred when performing the Guardian Spirit Skill Cross Thunder for the Ninja Style Guardian Spirit Ho-oh, where only “Ho” was summoned and not “Oh.”
- Fixed an issue where the effectiveness of Summoning Seal: Kodama did not reflect the level of Kodama Soul Cores.
- Fixed an issue preventing the enemy from dealing damage if the player hit them with the Ninjutsu Shadowstitch during the enemy’s throwing attack.
- Fixed an issue where hitting the enemy with the Ninjutsu Shadowstitch during the enemy’s throwing attack failed to cancel the enemy’s attack as intended.
- Fixed an issue occurring when the player would hit a guarding enemy with the Ninjutsu Shadowstitch, where they would become unable to hit the enemy with other attacks until the effects of Shadowstitch wore off.
- Fixed an issue occurring after hitting certain enemies who were performing Burst Attacks with the Ninjutsu Shadowstitch, in which hitting the enemy with a Guardian Spirit Skill before the effects of Shadowstitch wore off would not trigger a Burst Break.
- Fixed an issue where enemies were able to trigger the Dark Realm while afflicted with three or more elemental attributes of Confusion.
- Fixed an issue where the enemy’s status ailment resistance was not affected by the multiplayer bonus or difficulty bonus.
- Fixed an issue causing yokai’s Ki to be replenished by certain terrain or certain attacks.
- Fixed an issue making it difficult for the Mikoshi Nyudo’s grabbing attacks to hit the player.
- Corrected the hit window timing for certain attacks made by Itsumade.
- Fixed an issue that caused some of Mezuki’s attacks to be launched in the wrong direction.
- Fixed an issue causing all Jailer Oni to be resistant to Wind.
- Fixed an issue causing the Demon of Pride, Demon of Envy, and Demon of Obsession to appear in A Sinister End even if they had already been defeated.
- Fixed an issue preventing rewards from dropping if the player defeated Kajiwara Kagetoki with a Grapple in the Myth True Samurai of Kamakura.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes made it impossible to progress after the player defeated Ryomen Sukuna in The Apparition of Ryotan Temple in “1572 CE – Warring States.”
- Fixed an issue that sometimes made it impossible to progress after the player defeated Tokugawa Yoshinobu in Scion of the Gods in “1864 CE – Bakumatsu.”
- Fixed an issue causing non-existing Spirit Veins to appear on the map when the player traveled to the area with the five-story pagoda with an Exploration Level of 4 in the Kyoto Imperial Palace region in “1864 CE – Bakumatsu.”
- Fixed an issue causing the Mission Level of the Myth Desecrated Hot Spring in Shogun’s Journey to be higher than intended.
- Fixed an issue causing the levels of items dropped when Level Sync was applied to be higher than intended.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Luck bonus from affecting item drops from some enemies.
- Fixed an issue preventing the special effect Status Ailment Augmentation (Guardian Spirit Skill) from being applied to certain Guardian Spirit Skills.
- Fixed an issue preventing the special effect Copy Enhancement for Mujina Soul Cores from being displayed and triggered.
- Fixed an issue that mistakenly caused the value of the special effect Decreased Elemental Damage Taken (Guarding) to be displayed as a percentage.
- The actual damage reduction amount is calculated in the same way as Fire Damage Reduction through Wind Damage Reduction on the Detailed Information section of the Status screen.
- Fixed an issue causing the status enhancement Degeneration to be bestowed as an effect of Ki Damage Bonus (Consecutive Attacks).
- Fixed an issue preventing the special effect Damage Over Time from being reflected on status ailments dealt by yokai summoned with Summoning Seals.
- Fixed an issue preventing the special effect Damage Over Time from being reflected if it was enabled during an attack through the use of Style Shift and other such actions.
- Changed the name of the special effect Copy Negative Effect (Critical) to Transfer Negative Effect (Critical), and fixed an issue that sometimes prevented negative effects from being transferred to enemies.
- Fixed an issue where the special effects Status Enhancement Duration, Extended Negative Effects, and Negative Effects Duration were applied by referencing the special effects of the character who dealt the status enhancements or negative effects.
- Fixed an issue where if the player had applied an element to their weapon, the special effect Status Enhancement Duration would be applied twice.
- Fixed an issue causing some status enhancements and special effects to treat Ninjutsu and Guardian Spirit Skills as if they were Martial Arts.
- Fixed an issue that nullified the status enhancement that increased elemental damage of melee weapons if the player’s weapon had an element applied to it.
- Fixed an issue that caused the effect duration of some status enhancements to be reset if the player performed Style Shift or changed their equipment.
- Fixed an issue where the duration of status enhancements/negative effects for some Onmyo Magic techniques was not properly extended or shortened by special effects.
- Fixed an issue where the duration of the status enhancement Quick-Change applied by the Onmyo Magic Preservation Talisman was not corrected via stats.
- Fixed an issue causing the special effect Extended Negative Effects to be shown under the Status Ailment Infliction category on the Special Effects tab on the Status screen.
- Fixed an issue preventing the toggling effect from displaying properly if the sorting method changed automatically when toggling tabs.
- Fixed an issue affecting the effect range of settings applied in the Items menu in Menu Settings.
- Fixed an issue causing some mission rewards to be incorrect when displayed in the Progress menu in Shogun’s Journey.
- Fixed an issue where the number of completed Myths in the Title List would only display the number of Myths from the player’s current difficulty level.
- This fix will not cause the relevant Prestige Points, Reputation Level, or Reputation Points to decrease.
- Fixed an issue preventing the player from obtaining the trophy/achievement Armor’s Real Value if they enabled all set bonuses via Level Up while wearing equipment that had set bonuses disabled due to low stats.
- Fixed an issue where selecting an equipment set that cannot be reproduced would cause the reproducible portions of the equipment set to be applied.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Exploration Level for all regions in Shogun’s Journey to increase upon completing exploration in one time period of Heir’s Journey after changing the time period via the map.
- Fixed an issue where, if the player played Heir’s Journey after unlocking Shogun’s Journey, the Shogun’s Journey Exploration Level bonus of +10 Luck was applied based on the Exploration Level of Heir’s Journey.
- Fixed an issue where Show Companion 1 Only and Show Companion 2 Only under Show Multiplayer in Photo Mode did not work properly.
- Fixed an issue causing the boss character to stand still temporarily if a guest died during the boss battle as a Visitor.
- Fixed an issue where recurrent damage was not dealt to enemies during Expeditions if the host had died.
- Fixed an issue where the player’s prepared Onmyo Magic would be replenished at the wrong point during multiplayer sessions.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes stopped the player from selecting Go Forward upon completing a mission in multiplayer sessions.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the screen to lag for a moment when switching between Bloody Graves and Benevolent Graves.
- Fixed other minor issues.
PlayStation 5
Feature enhancements
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- Added a feature to delete save data.
Steam
Adjustments
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- Increased the rewards that can be obtained at Benevolent Graves when the player places a Benevolent Grave in an area with few Benevolent Graves.
Bug Fixes
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- Fixed an issue occurring when a codec error appeared on the screen where tutorial videos were playing, in which the error message would continue appearing, making it impossible to progress.
- Fixed an issue where some anti-virus software would delete the DLL for the XeSS, making it impossible to start up the game.
- Be careful when using x3 or x4 frame generation override. Rendering errors can sometimes occur when using a 60Hz monitor, so we recommend using a 120Hz monitor. If a rendering error occurs, we recommend setting the frame generation override to x2 or changing the Application Settings.
- Fixed an issue causing too little Ki consumption when activating Fluid Form while performing the Martial Arts Seesaw Strike or Seesaw Strike Impact with the Ninja weapon the splitstaff when playing the game at 30 FPS.
- Fixed an issue causing the hit count to increase when using Kusanagi’s Guardian Spirit Skill Heaven’s Fire while playing at 30 FPS.
- Fixed an issue making it impossible to progress after defeating the Demon of Pride, Demon of Envy, and Demon of Obsession with Skip Cutscenes active while playing at 30 FPS.
Nioh 3 is available now for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam. Final Weapon reviewed Nioh 3 and awarded it a 4/5 score, noting that the game offers some of the best action and boss fights in the Nioh series. A free demo is also available now, and fans can also stream the Nioh 3 Original Soundtrack on major music streaming services.
