Sekiro patch notes: What's new in update 1.03 Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Sekiro patch notes: What's new in update 1.03 The changes and tweaks in the latest Sekiro patch. Guide by Matthew Reynolds Managing Editor Updated on 11 Jan 2021 Though Sekiro is a single player adventure, it's a game of real skill and finesse - so learning how the game has been tweaked and changed with each Sekiro update is important. These Sekiro patch notes explain what's changed recently, according to the official patch notes provided by developer From Software itself. If you're looking for how to defeat the many bosses in the game, then our Sekiro guide, boss list and walkthrough can help. Watch on YouTube Let's Play Sekiro Shadows Die Twice: This Is Gonna Hurt Sekiro patch notes for update 1 03 Here are the latest Sekiro patch notes (verbatim from the game's Steam page) for version 1.03, and is currently available for all platforms. Improvements to Strategic Approaches Adjusted the efficiency and Spirit Emblem cost of the following to encourage usage and diversity of approach: Prosthetic Tools: "Lazulite Sacred Flame," "Loaded Axe" series, "Sparking Axe," "Lazulite Axe" Combat Arts: "Ashina Cross," "Dragon Flash," "One Mind," "Floating Passage," "Spiral Cloud Passage," "Mortal Draw," "Empowered Mortal Draw" Items: "Spiritfall" series Reduced the Posture damage dealt by the first hit of the Combat Arts "Senpou Leaping Kicks" and "High Monk" as it was causing more damage than intended in certain cases. Posture damage dealt in the latter-half of the combo has been increased. Increased the Poison build-up dealt by the Prosthetic Tool "Sabimaru" against enemies that were intended to be weak against it. Increased the drop rate of "Divine Confetti" for Fencers in Ashina Castle. Adjusted loading screen tips and tutorial text, as well as adding new text. Other Fixes The Chained Ogre has been given an update. Slightly reduced Posture and Vitality of Blazing Bull in order to improve game pacing and balance time in combat. Lowered the price of information sold by Anayama the Peddler. The Chained Ogre inside Ashina Castle is now Red Eyed. Fixed a bug where "Gokan's Sugar" and "Gokan's Spiritfall" were not mitigating player Posture damage taken while guarding or deflecting enemy attacks. Fixed a bug where system crashes could cause save data to become corrupted on PC. Fixed a bug where certain enemies would sometimes stop attacking the player. Fixed a bug where certain actions could not be performed after reconfiguring the controls. Fixed certain bugs that were allowing the player to access unexpected areas, which could result in becoming unable to obtain items or make further progress. Fixed cases of certain text being displayed incorrectly. Improved stability. Improved performance. Other various bug fixes. Looking for more Sekiro pages like this? First up, the first main Sekiro patch notes for update 1 03 are live. Otherwise, our Sekiro boss guide, boss list and walkthrough hub has everything in one place, including pages on Lady Butterfly, Genichiro Ashina Way of Tomoe, Folding Screen Monkeys, Corrupted Monk, Guardian Ape, Great Shinobi Owl, Emma and Isshin Ashina, True Corrupted Monk, and Divine Dragon. We also have in-depth pages like Sekiro tips and tricks to get you started, Sekiro Skills, skill tree and Esoteric Text locations explained, our deep dive on the Sekiro combat system, Posture, and Perilous Attacks, or details on all Sekiro Prosthetic Tool locations, how to cure Dragonrot and Rot Essence in Sekiro, Gourd Seed locations, a Divine Confetti farm route method, all Treasure Carp Scale locations, all, Prayer Beads locations and all Snap Seed locations, too. And when you're ready - the how to beat Isshin Sword Saint and an Isshin Sword Saint cheese, plus the many Sekiro endings. 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