Rise of the Ronin version 1.05 is now available and brings some major changes to the game by adding new missions (including the most difficult one so far), applying quality of life improvements, and making a big change to cat collecting.
Detailed in an update on X/Twitter, the extensive patch notes are headlined by the addition of new content, including five new ally missions while playing on the Midnight difficulty. Three missions have the player “team up and improve local security in Unruly Areas”, while one called Path of Chaos presents different enemies on each playthrough.
Hardcore fans may be most interested in Eternal Night, however, which developer Team Ninja called “the most difficult mission thus far.”
Set bonuses have also been added to Ferocious Tiger and Prodigious Dragon, with the former receiving the Blade Flash attack, an upgraded forward dodge, and more. The latter is receiving the Last Ditch Counterspark, Neutral Combat, and more.
Formidable Foes of the Foreigner faction will now have a chance of dropping new glider appearances too, and players can otherwise test their skills against new training opponents such as their Blade Twin and bosses previously only available through bond missions.
Players can now manually reset Unruly Areas too, sync missions that have been completed on Midnight difficulty, equip two of the same weapons individually (allowing for different styles in each hand), and more. Perhaps most importantly, progressing cat collecting will now place cats that can be pet around Usugumo Dayu.
These changes come on top of a wealth of balance updates and bug fixes. The full patch notes can be seen below.
Rise of the Ronin arrived March 22, 2024 as an open-world action role-playing game exclusive to PlayStation 5 where players take on the role of a wandering samurai at the dawn of a new era in Japan. It earned a 7/10 in IGN’s review. “Rise of the Ronin marries a cool setting, Team Ninja’s mastery of tough-but-fair combat, and smart RPG design, even when map clutter and junk loot can get in its way,” we said.
Rise of the Ronin Version 1.05 Patch Notes
NEW CONTENT
Midnight difficulty: Added new Ally MissionsTeam up and improve local security in Unruly Areas – Thugs: Honmachi, Thugs Honjo, and Thugs: HonnojiPath of Chaos – Each play through will have different enemiesEternal Night – The most difficult mission thus farAdded new set bonuses Ferocious Tiger and Prodigious Dragon. Masterwork armor and accessories will now have a chance to drop with these new Set Bonuses separately from other set bonusesFerocious Tiger set bonuses:Blade Flash AttackUpgraded Forward DodgeAttack ↑ (Martial Skill Swap)Ki Regeneration (Blade Flash)Prodigious Dragon set bonuses:Last Ditch CountersparkEnemy Max Ki ↓ (Grapple Attack)Neutral CombatUpgraded CountersparkAdded new training opponents, such as your Blade Twin, and bosses that were only available in bond missionsAdded new glider appearances that can be obtained from Formidable Foes of the Foreigner faction: Glorious Crimson, Elegant Brown, and Imperial Blue
NEW FEATURES
Added feature to manually reset Unruly Areas that is unlocked by completion rate of a chapter on Midnight difficultyAdded system where you can level sync missions that you have completed on Midnight difficultyWhen equipping the same two main weapon type (for example two katanas), you can now equip different styles for each weapon individuallyCan now register Jizo Statuette for item preset loadoutsNumber of times Martial Skills hit is now added to technical points in TrainingNow shows difficulty in the results screen of Training, as the higher the difficulty, the higher the possible score will beAdded filtering for TrainingProgressing cat collecting will now place cats that can be pet around Usugumo Dayu in Yokohama, Edo, and Kyoto
WEAPON ADJUSTMENTS
Adjusted so Violent Gale and Flash attack is easier to do after certain martial skillsKatana: Yagyu Shinkage-ryu – Follow-up attack after counterspark is now easier to landKatana: Nioh-ryu – Adjusted so you are less likely to accidentally trigger Nioh-den: Iai Quickdraw when performing Veiled Arts after Blade FlashingKatana: Nioh-ryu – Nioh-den Iai Quickdraw consumes less Ki, and overall increase in damage and Ki damageKatana: Aisu Kage-ryu – Crimson Light consumes less ki, and at max blood gauge, damage, and Ki damage is increasedSaber: British Training – Reduced Ki consumption of throwing knife, and increased damageBayonet: Mumyo-ryu – Bone Shatterer now easier to follow up with critical hits on enemies with depleted KiBayonet: French Training – Follow-up show after counterspark is now easier to hitOxtail Blade: Mumyo Kaishin-ryu – Midnight Banquet now easier to follow up with critical hit on enemies with depletedGreat Sword: Mumyo Kaishin-ryu – Midnight Mist is now easier to hitUnarmed: Mumyo-ryu – Raging Wolf is now easier to hit
CHARACTER ADJUSTMENTS
Adjusted player knockback distance on successfully countersparking enemy attacksNow possible to switch styles when: Guarding enemy attacks, during some animations of being hit by enemy attacks, and during Flash AttackCalling your horse while sprinting will continue the sprint after mounting the horseAdjusted and improved stats of unique attacks of Ally characters across the boardAdjusted so that you will no longer switch lock on targets when controlling the right stick with the combat style UI showing during Critical Hits
ENEMY ADJUSTMENTS
Shortened flaming area that certain bosses createAdjusted and nerfed Bayonet bullet damage and state of certain enemies
OTHER ADJUSTMENTS
Increased chance of obtaining Masterwork equipment from formidable foesA portion of main weapons and sub weapons can now have set bonusesAdjusted so that specific equipment that had limited ways of obtaining to now drop from enemies as wellCan now overwrite set bonuses when bond transferring on Masterwork equipmentWhen selecting equipment for bond transferring, equipment that cannot be selected is now filtered to not showItems that heal status ailment are now affected by Skill Bolster Duration ↑ and Technology Development Inventory ↑Can now obtain the unique accessories by triggering the Veiled Vow dialogue event, and no longer need to commit to the Veiled VowDialogue lines played after breaking a Veiled Vow now resets after certain conditionsFertilizer purchased from Robert Fortune is now cheaperIncreased the types of material you can purchase from Robert Fortune and Alexandria MoreauIncreased Red Nuts gain when gardeningCan now change the time in the Redesign menuMidnight difficulty, Edo: Location hubs – Yoshinobu Tokugawa, Taka Murayama, and Hachiro Kiyokawa will now appear in their hubsShintaro Nakaoka will now appear at Choshu Clain Estate in Kyoto when using the Testaments of the SoulAdjusted to increase chance of encountering other player’s ronin avatars at towns or roads
BUG FIXES
Fixed bug where you could transfer despite lacking materials or money through an unconventional methodFixed bug where you could not purchase Coal from blacksmithsFixed bug where Blade Twin’s Kimono and Modernizing Vassal’s Kimono – Belt were not shown as selectable piecesFixed bug where each equipment sometimes were shown in different colors eachFixed bug where Current Equipment showed default appearance under certain conditionsFixed bug where saving and loading before arriving at Kannai disabled Chance Encounters until arriving at KannaiFixed bug where Veiled Arts set for other styles would have different stats compared to the originalFixed bug where some Martial Skills would ignore guardFixed bug where you would be forced into swimming when performing certain Martial Skills nearby waterFixed bug where while using Martial Skill Blossom Blizzard, if you take damage from certain enemy skills will make you unable to dodge out of itFixed bug where in Niph-ryu, switching to middle stance would sometimes switch to high stanceFixed bug where after drop down assassinations, performing certain martial skills would cause you to take fall damageFixed bug where Ki Blaze effect would vibrate excessivelyFixed bug where when using Ally Alexandria Moreau, her grapple throws were not matching the indicatorOther minor fixes
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.
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