Sucker Punch Productions’ breathtaking open-world samurai adventure, Ghost of Yotei, has generally performed splendidly on PlayStation 5, but like any grand title, it has its quirks. Notably, some players have faced infuriating, permanent mission-blocking issues. Good news, samurai: a brand-new patch is here to tackle these unexpected roadblocks, ensuring your journey to clash steel and hunt the formidable Yotei Six continues without a hitch.
The development team has publicly shared the comprehensive patch notes for Update 1.010 on their official website. This update primarily boosts game stability, addressing two rare crash scenarios and correcting placeholder assets that appeared during a significant story sequence. However, these are minor compared to the extensive list of gameplay refinements designed to make the PS5 experience even more seamless.
Imagine your progress grinding to a halt in “The Way of the Kusarigama” simply because you fast-traveled at an inopportune moment. Or perhaps you’ve been stuck in “The Tale of the Oni” after skipping an armor upgrade scene and leaving the mission area. What about setting up a cozy campsite in crucial stealth grass during “The Kusarigama’s Shame,” finding yourself without flash bombs in “Fighting Fire with Fire,” or even saving mid-interrogation before dealing with Saito’s goons in “Higashi Lumberyard”? These are just a few examples, but you get the picture.
The good news is that these highly specific, often bizarre, and “permanent mission blocking” bugs have now been thoroughly eliminated. With these pesky issues resolved, there’s nothing left to stop you from pursuing vengeance against the villainous Lord Saito and his relentless forces.
Ghost of Yotei, a title praised with a “superb” 9/10 score in GameSpot’s review, is currently available for PlayStation 5, ready for you to dive back in without fear of game-breaking glitches.
Ghost of Yotei Update 1.010 Patch Notes
Performance and Stability
- Fixed a rare crash that could happen when ray tracing is enabled.
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur during “Poison and Lies” if the player backtracked to the fire in the building then walked towards Oyuki with the Nine Tails NPC following Atsu.
Gameplay
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Black Ghost mask from being granted to players who purchased the Digital Deluxe Edition of Ghost of Yotei once they completed “To Catch a Spider”.
- Fixed a permanent mission blocking bug that could happen in “Fighting Fire with Fire” due to the player not being guaranteed to have flash bombs during the flash bomb trainer.
- Fixed a permanent mission blocking bug that could happen in “The Way of the Kusarigama” if the player warped into the mission during a specific point.
- Fixed a permanent mission blocking bug that could happen in “The Tale of the Oni” if the player managed to avoid seeing the “armor upgrade” scene and then left the area.
- Fixed a permanent mission blocking bug that could happen in “A Brokered Trust” if the player managed to complete part of the branching objectives and then goes and completes a different mission allowing the second branch to become available.
- Fixed a permanent mission blocking bug that could happen in “Higashi Lumberyard” if the player saved and exited the game after interrogating the enemy but before defeating Saito’s soldiers.
- Fixed a permanent mission blocking bug that could happen in “Broken Horn Garrison” if the player died after killing all enemies and rescuing the prisoner but before the final conversation plays.
- Fixed a permanent mission blocking bug that could happen in “The Kusarigama’s Shame” if the player created a campsite in mission critical stealth grass.
- Fixed a permanent game blocking bug that could happen if the player climbed a tower in the Frontier, talked to an NPC, but then restarted from their last checkpoint.
- Fixed a bug that could happen in “Encounters of the Wild” that would cause the fox to appear stuck if the player had reloaded their game after seeing the bear above the cave near the sanctuary.
- Fixed a bug that would allow the player to change their loadout during the spar with Kiku in “A Wolf’s Pack”.
- Fixed a bug where the player could become stuck in a permanent respawn loop if they jumped into a pit and died soon after completing an objective or mission.
Environment
- Replaced a placeholder asset that had been along a major path in “The Kitsune’s Fate”.
