Ghost of Tsushima 2.12 Patch Notes (Official) – Nov 5, 2021

• In Survival and Rivals modes, enemy spawn points will now be randomized and will change with each new match.
  • However, Nightmare Survival will maintain a fixed spawn pattern for the entire week to create an even playing ground for the leaderboards.
  • Nightmare Story now has a fixed spawn location for Gyozen’s Scroll and the Oni Chest each week.
• Addressed an issue in Survival and Rivals where waves could occasionally stop spawning after all enemies were killed.
• Addressed an issue in Survival and Rivals where enemies could occasionally stop attacking.
• Added the ability to matchmake to fill empty slots to Nightmare Survival and Nightmare Story.
  • For now, we’re testing this feature and will monitor to make sure it doesn’t upset game balance and may remove it in the future depending on your feedback.
• Adjusted the Show Details screen in the Lobby to include both perks on equipped gear.

Class Balance changes:

• Assassin
  • Increased the base assassination speed. Stealth attacks are now faster and quieter.
  • Removed Experienced Assassin technique
    • Replaced with a new technique, Deft Hands
    • Adjusted the unlock order of some Assassin techniques.
  • Adjusted targeting of Shadow Strike technique.
  • Shadow Strike now scales slightly with Stealth Attack Damage
  • While Shadow Strike is active, the Assassin will be invisible to enemies.

• Hunter
  • Staggering Arrow
    • Reduced cooldown (From 55 seconds to 42 seconds)
  • Spirit Archer
    • Reduced cooldown (From 55 seconds to 42 seconds)

• Samurai
  • Raging Flame
    • Increased cooldown (From 36 seconds to 50 seconds)
    • Reduced the amount of fire damage spread to nearby enemies when using Heavy Attacks
    • Reduced duration (From 20 seconds to 11 seconds)
  • Spirit Pull
    • Increased duration (From 11 seconds to 15 seconds)
  • Explosive Blade
    • Increased duration (From 11 seconds to 15 seconds)
    • Addressed an issue where Explosive Blade would not trigger explosions in some cases

• Ronin
  • (NOTE: Despite the Item Adjustment below limiting Samurai and Assassin classes to a maximum of 6 concussion bombs, the Ronin will still maintain a maximum of 12 concussion bombs.)

Item adjustments:

• Bottle of Liquid Courage
  • Decreased maximum resolve gain from 3 to 2
• Weightless Spirit
  • Drastically increased reload speed
  • Increased draw speed
  • Increased arrow velocity
  • Increased maximum Fire Arrow count
• Bomb Pack and Forbidden Medicine
  • When equipped on Samurai and Assassin, reduced the total concussion bomb ammo count (From 12 bombs to 6 bombs)
• The Mist of Yagata
  • Increased the healing effect
• Magma Bomb
  • Addressed an issue affecting Magma Bomb duration when used alongside Smoke Bomb.
  • No longer knocks down enemies caught in the blast

Additional bug fixes:

• Addressed an issue in Rivals where players could get through the starting gate before the match started
• Fixed an issue where players using the standalone version of Legends would encounter an error if they had Director’s Cut save data.