Koei Tecmo has released Nioh 3 update 1.03.03 with numerous equipment-related balance adjustments and major bug fixes across the board for the PlayStation 5 and PC (Steam) versions. Nioh 3 update 1.03.03 also lets players set equipment from different Styles in Equipment Appearance.

Read up the patch notes for Nioh 3 update 1.03.03 below, via the game’s official website:

Nioh 3 Update 1.03.03 Patch Notes

PlayStation 5 / Steam

Adjustments

• Made it possible to set equipment from different Styles in Equipment Appearance.
• Added an Acolyte (Benevolent Grave) who can be called upon without using Ochoko Cups in the mission Escape from Hitokoto Slope.
• Increased the effects of the Sanada Crest Protection “Ki Consumption (Jump).”
• Increased the effects of the Otani Crest Protection “Decreased Elemental Damage Taken.”
• Decreased the effects of the Kato Crest Protection “Damage Taken (While Attacking).”
• Increased the effects of the Kato Crest Protection “Damage Taken (Critical).”
• Decreased the effects of the Shibata Crest Protection “Melee Damage.”
• Increased the effects of the Fukushima Crest Protection “Bare-Handed Attack Damage.”
• Increased the effects of the Akechi Crest Protection “Bullseye Bonus.”
• Increased the effects of the Nanbu Crest Protection “Melee Damage (Unscathed).”
• Increased the effects of the Nanbu Crest Protection “Life Drain (Bullseye).”
• Increased the effects of the Amago Crest Protection “Damage Taken in Midair.”
• Increased the effects of the Kajiwara Crest Protection “Untouched Summoning Seals.”
• Increased the effects of the Matsudaira Crest Protection “Glory Obtained.”
• Decreased the effects of the Matsudaira Crest Protection “High Attack Damage.”
• Increased the effects of the Nabeshima Crest Protection “Projectile Ki Damage.”
• Increased the effects of the Tokugawa Crest Protection “Protection from Death (Non-Critical).”
• Increased the effects of the Shinsengumi Crest Protection “A Warrior’s Honor.”
• Decreased the increase to damage dealt by melee damage with the Shinsengumi Crest Protection “A Warrior’s Honor.”
• Increased the effects of Frost Moon Damage as a set bonus.
• Increased the effects of Life for the Samurai Style Guardian Spirit Kongojishi.
• Increased the effects of Guard Ki Consumption (Critical) for the Samurai Style Guardian Spirit Kongojishi.
• Decreased the effects of Damage Taken (While Attacking) for the Samurai Style Guardian Spirit Kongojishi.
• Decreased the effects of Damage Taken (While Attacking) from Gozuki Soul Cores.
• Decreased the effects of Damage Taken (While Attacking) from Sentry Soul Cores.
• Decreased the effects of Damage Taken (While Attacking) from Onryoki Soul Cores.
• Increased the effects of Strong Attack Damage from Gozuki Soul Cores.
• Increased the effects of Strong Attack Damage from Sentry Soul Cores.
• Increased the effects of Spirit Force Bonus (Damage Taken) from Onryoki Soul Cores.
• Increased the effects of Increased Damage Taken on Enemy (Ranged Weapon Hit) from Flying Bolt Soul Cores.
• Increased the amount of Glory that can be acquired by lower ranking players in clan battles.
• Increased the amount of Glory that can be acquired via Expeditions, visitor summons, Bloody Graves, and Benevolent Graves.
• Made changes to prioritize Ki Pulse and Stance Change when these techniques were performed at the same time as Interact.
• Made changes to display Soul Cores of the same type or same rarity by level.
• Added Set Bonus to the Special Effect 1 and Special Effect 2 item filters.
• Shortened the amount of time before the Change Your Appearance menu becomes available in the Eternal Rift.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue causing the Todo Crest Protection “Life Bonus (Stamina)” to be applied to stats other than Stamina.
• Fixed an issue preventing the effects of the Todo Crest Protection “Life Bonus (Stamina)” from increasing according to Position.
• Fixed an issue preventing the effects of the Shinsengumi Crest Protection “A Warrior’s Honor” from increasing according to Position.
• Fixed an issue preventing Crest Protection effect values from being reflected correctly just after being set or after the player’s Position rose.
• Fixed an issue causing the game to crash when loading save data that was saved under certain conditions.
• Partially resolved an issue that sometimes caused the game to crash while the player was playing.
• Fixed an issue causing the game to crash when opening the map for “1864 CE – Bakumatsu” under the Shogun’s Journey difficulty.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes made it impossible to use items during battle.
• Fixed an issue causing a Stance change when the player had pressed the Guard input during Flux.
• Fixed an issue preventing the period of effect from increasing when the player successfully fully recovered Ki from a Ki Pulse after performing the Martial Art Unbroken twice with the Samurai weapon the cestuses.
• Fixed an issue preventing certain attacks from counting when performing the Martial Art Unbroken with the Samurai weapon the cestuses during Living Artifact.
• Fixed an issue preventing the player’s Ki stats from carrying over when performing the Martial Art Unbroken with the Samurai weapon the cestuses.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Flux to be triggered instead when trying to perform the Martial Arts Spear Flourish and Rainbow Ruse with the Samurai weapon the spear.
• Fixed an issue with the description of the Martial Art Twisting Spear (Fire) for the Samurai weapon the spear.
• Fixed an issue preventing the use of a Burst Break while Dodging with a sword, a switchglaive, cestuses, or a ninja sword if the controller type was set to B, E, or F.
• Fixed an issue causing a Martial Art to be triggered when trying to change Stances just after a Guard if the controller type was set to B, E, or F.
• Fixed an issue causing an unintended Martial Art to be performed if the player held down the Martial Art 1 Controls in High Stance with the axe when the controller type was set to B, E, or F.
• Fixed an issue causing the model of Kasha’s face to become distorted when summoning her with a Summoning Seal.
• Fixed an issue causing the Ninjutsu Infernal Calamity to be triggered in the ground or on the ceiling.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes made it impossible to progress after defeating Kajiwara Kagetoki in the mission Subterfuge at the Abandoned Shrine.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Minamoto no Yoritomo to land beneath the ground after a jumping attack in the mission Frozen City, Blazing Tree.
• Fixed an issue causing Ninja’s Locks to fall far away in the mission Frozen City, Blazing Tree.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes made it impossible for the player to leave the room after completing the mission Solitary Blade if they had participated as a visitor.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Tokugawa Yoshinobu to become stuck in the ground during the mission Scion of the Gods.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Crucible Wraith Infernal Oni-bi to stop appearing in the mission A Fiery Invasion.
• Fixed an issue causing the player to fall to their death after warping during online multiplayer sessions in the mission A Sinister End.
• Fixed an issue causing the objective of the Myth Those Who Live in the Shadows to be displayed incorrectly as “Fight alongside the mysterious ninja and defeat the yokai’s master.”
• Fixed an issue causing the player to lose items they need to progress in the Myth Memories in the Blade, thereby making it impossible to progress.
• Fixed an issue making it possible to fast travel a certain points during battle in the Myth Triple Triumph, thereby making it impossible to progress.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Minamoto no Yoshitsune to continue spinning after jumping onto a lantern in the Myth Triple Triumph.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes stopped Minamoto no Yoshitsune from taking attacks after his Ki was depleted in the Myth Triple Triumph.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Baba Nobuharu to become stuck in the floor in the Battle Scroll Takeda’s Four Heavenly Kings.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes made it impossible to progress after defeating the boss in the Battle Scroll Accursed Temple.
• Fixed an issue enabling the player to move outside the bounds of the mission in the Battle Scroll A Fiery Invasion.
• Fixed an issue preventing automatic grave recovery if the player died in the Battle Scrolls Takeda’s Four Heavenly Kings and Beneath a Pure White Flag.
• Fixed an issue causing the music playing when the player started a Battle Scroll mission to continue playing.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the player character to become stuck in the ground when traversing certain Spirit Veins in “1190 CE – Heian.”
• Fixed an issue causing Green Shadow’s Blade to be stuck to objects.
• Fixed an issue making it impossible to progress past the first Manage Soul Cores tutorial if the player has set Notifications of Soul Core purification to anything other than List.
• Fixed an issue making it impossible to control the player character after performing Resting Rites with purified Soul Cores under certain conditions.
• Fixed an issue causing the Samurai Style icon to be displayed for the splitstaff with a Sudama Blessing when displaying tabs for separate Styles.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented fast travel from the list of shrines on the map in “1622 CE – Final Battle of Edo.”
• Fixed an issue causing an unsuitable level for the Gion region in “1864 CE – Bakumatsu” during the Shogun’s Journey difficulty.
• Fixed an issue where dropping equipment that was enhanced through Soul Matching or Enhancing Soul Cores and then picking the equipment up again would cause the enhancement limit to be reset.
• Fixed an issue that created an unnecessary Filtered category on the Sell, Soul Extraction, or Disassemble menu after selecting an item.
• Fixed an issue where there were not enough sort types for some categories under Make an Offering.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Bloodedge Demon Graves to remain on the field even after the player fast traveled to different time periods.
• Fixed an issue causing the displayed effect value of Frost Moon Damage and Effect Duration to be higher than the actual value.
• Fixed an issue preventing the effect Status Ailment Duration (Confusion) for the set bonus Matchless Resentment from working properly.
• Fixed an issue preventing ! marks from disappearing from the Soul Core Transformation screen.
• Fixed an issue causing ! marks to appear on equipment in the Equipment Appearance and Sudama Blessing menus each time the player obtained that equipment.
• Fixed an issue that added to the count of the play record “Times defeated by {}” for each yokai summoned by Kajiwara Kagetoki.
• Fixed an issue occurring if the player’s grave was in another time period, where using a Summoner’s Candle would not return the player’s Amrita.
• Fixed an issue preventing the player from acquiring Craft Guide: Ghostly Gall under certain conditions while playing the Myth Headaches via Expeditions.
• Fixed an issue where the player would lose their Amrita without the Co-Op Defeat message being displayed if the network connection ended just after the player died while playing as a visitor.
• Made changes so that if the player was unable to acquire certain trophies and achievements despite fulfilling the conditions for them, they can now acquire those trophies/achievements when loading their save data.
• Fixed an issue where the Kill Count Bonus in Expeditions would be applied when obtaining Amrita from actions other than defeating enemies.
• Made other minor fixes.

• If you have experienced one of these issues that make it impossible to progress, then applying the update and selecting Continue will resolve the issue.

Steam Only

Adjustments

• Fixed the save data format, making it harder for save data to become corrupted.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that sometimes made it impossible to talk to Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Myth Headaches.
• Fixed an issue that made it impossible to talk with Tokugawa Ieyasu inside Hamamatsu Castle during The Hamamatsu Incident.
• Fixed an issue where starting a new game without enough storage space for save data would cause save data under Continue to be overwritten.
• Partially resolved an issue causing an error message to be displayed when ending the game.
• Fixed an issue that would occasionally make it impossible to control the player character after leaving the Blacksmith.
• Fixed an issue enabling the player to attach a special effect that they should not be able to attach via mouse controls under Forge at the Blacksmith.
• Fixed an issue making it impossible to move from the title screen to the store if the player has unchecked “Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game” under the In Game section of Steam settings.
• Fixed an issue occurring if Pause When Window Is Inactive (If Possible) was enabled under Game Settings, where starting an Expedition when the window was inactive made it impossible to use the controller.
• Fixed an issue preventing mouse controls from working properly in the Expeditions menu under certain conditions.
• Changed the timing for changing Clan Battle periods and fixed an issue causing incorrect values to be displayed for clans’ Glory.
• Fixed an issue causing incorrect reward amounts after the player used Benevolent Graves.
• Fixed an issue making it impossible to use mouse controls to change the page for Acolytes’ Gestures after using Righteous Jasper.
• Fixed an issue occurring when saving or loading appearances in Character Create where the name the appearance was saved under would become garbled in some languages.

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 the physical Nioh 3 Treasure Box Edition is available at the NIS America Store. Fans can also stream the Nioh 3 Original Soundtrack on major music streaming services.