Sucker Punch Productions has released Update 1.010 for Ghost of Yotei on PlayStation 5, bringing a substantial list of performance fixes and mission-related bug resolutions. This update primarily focuses on improving stability, correcting rare crash scenarios, and addressing several permanent mission-blocking bugs reported since launch. Additionally, the update fixes a key issue preventing Digital Deluxe Edition owners from receiving the Black Ghost Mask reward after completing the quest “To Catch a Spider.”
The patch further refines gameplay consistency by repairing broken quest progression triggers in major story missions such as “Fighting Fire with Fire,” “The Way of the Kusarigama,” and “The Tale of the Oni.” Sucker Punch also replaced a missing environmental asset and corrected minor AI and respawn behaviors that caused players to become stuck or soft-locked. This update follows a series of post-launch patches aimed at ensuring smoother performance and a more reliable quest flow across the game’s expansive open world.
Full Patch Notes
Version 1.010 (Released October 17, 2025)
Performance and Stability
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when ray tracing was enabled.
- Fixed a rare crash during “Poison and Lies” when backtracking to the fire in the building, then walking toward Oyuki while the Nine Tails NPC followed Atsu.
Gameplay
- Fixed an issue preventing Digital Deluxe Edition players from receiving the Black Ghost Mask after completing “To Catch a Spider.”
- Fixed a mission-blocking bug in “Fighting Fire with Fire” caused by missing flash bombs during the flash bomb trainer sequence.
- Fixed a mission-blocking bug in “The Way of the Kusarigama” triggered when the player warped into the mission at a specific point.
- Fixed a mission-blocking bug in “The Tale of the Oni” that occurred if the player avoided the “armor upgrade” scene before leaving the area.
- Fixed a mission-blocking bug in “A Brokered Trust” that occurred when completing one branch of objectives, then starting another mission, causing the second branch to fail to appear.
- Fixed a mission-blocking bug in “Higashi Lumberyard” if the player saved and exited after interrogating an enemy but before defeating Saito’s soldiers.
- Fixed a mission-blocking bug in “Broken Horn Garrison” where dying after rescuing the prisoner but before the final conversation could halt progress.
- Fixed a mission-blocking bug in “The Kusarigama’s Shame” caused by placing a campsite in critical stealth grass used for progression.
- Fixed a permanent game-blocking bug where climbing a Frontier tower, talking to an NPC, and then reloading from a checkpoint would prevent further progress.
- Fixed a bug in “Encounters of the Wild” where the fox companion could become stuck if the game was reloaded after spotting the bear near the sanctuary cave.
- Fixed a bug allowing players to change loadouts during the sparring sequence with Kiku in “A Wolf’s Pack.”
- Fixed a bug that caused infinite respawn loops when players jumped into pits and died shortly after completing an objective or mission.
Environment
- Replaced a placeholder asset found along a main path in “The Kitsune’s Fate.”
Ghost of Yotei is available now exclusively for PlayStation 5.
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