Update 1.1
Fixed
- The fishing rods in Live Bait are easier to find.
- Fixes for being unable to save after Voracious Bite, several crashes, and infinite loading or black screens in named quests, including after training with Ocha.What to do: Load the affected save once after updating and keep it until the next checkpoint works.
- A black screen after talking to the Old Lady in Where Loyalty Lies is fixed.
Known issues
- The game may crash when FrameGen is switched from off to on, on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT only.Not established: No workaround given in the notes.
Changed
- The old Story difficulty is now called Forgiving, and a new Story mode below it adds more combat assist.What to do: Pick the difficulty in your installed game; no restart is required by the notes.
Affects: Combat basics: blocks, openings and control optionsHotfixes, saving help and October update status
- Combat camera and animations adjusted, with better lock-on, disengaging and Shadowstep or Planeshift targeting.
Affects: Combat basics: blocks, openings and control options
- Item upgrade costs rebalanced, mainly at higher levels, and items can sit in both the day and night presets.
Affects: Skills, armour proficiency and Second Skin manualsHotfixes, saving help and October update status
Added
- A new potion, the Draught of Mind Rebirth, resets Swordmastery, Witchcraft and Vampirism abilities so the points can be spent again.
Affects: Skills, armour proficiency and Second Skin manualsHotfixes, saving help and October update status
- Larger subtitle sizes and subtitles for all dialogue, controller deadzone settings, and a merchant Buyback option.
From the official notes. Kingy has not tested these changes in the game. Official notes; the publisher says it is live on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Untested by Kingy.
Sources:
- Update 1.1 is now live on Steam! · Rebel Wolves / Bandai Namco · checked 23 Oct 2026
- First major post-launch update for The Blood of Dawnwalker is now available! · Bandai Namco · checked 23 Oct 2026