Rise of the Ronin update 1.005 (version 1.005.000) is rolling out on PS5. According to Rise of the Ronin 1.05 patch notes, the latest update introduces new ally missions, difficulty levels, set bonuses, and equipment adjustments. It also includes gameplay enhancements, bug fixes, and increased chances for obtaining Masterwork equipment. Apart from this, Rise of the Ronin version 1.005 also refined combat mechanics, improved item management, and new character interactions for a more immersive gaming experience.
Recently, the game update 1.001.002 and update 1.002 adds minor tweaks and changes. Unfortunately, players have been experiencing a number of bugs and issues. Today’s Rise of the Ronin patch 1.005 will fix a few of these issues. The upcoming Rise of the Ronin update 1.006.000 will address remaining issues.
Check out more details below.
Rise of the Ronin Version 1.05 Patch Notes – May 22, 2024
New Content
- “Midnight” difficulty: Added new Ally Missions.
- Team up and improve local security in Unruly Areas: “Thugs: Honmachi”, “Thugs: Honjo”, and “Thugs: Honnoji”.
- “Path of Chaos”: Each playthrough will have different enemies.
- “Eternal Night”: The most difficult mission thus far.
- Set Bonuses:
- Added 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 bonuses.
- “Prodigious Dragon” set bonuses:
- Last Ditch Counterspark
- Enemy Max. Ki ↓ (Grapple Attack)
- Neutral Combat
- Upgraded Counterspark
- “Ferocious Tiger” set bonuses:
- Blade Flash Attack
- Upgraded Forward Dodge
- Attack ↑ (Martial Skill Swap)
- Ki Regeneration (Blade Flash)
- New Training Opponents:
- Added new training opponents, such as your Blade Twin, and bosses that were only available in bond missions.
- New Glider Appearances:
- Added new glider appearances that can be obtained from Formidable Foes of the Foreigner faction: “Glorious Crimson”, “Elegant Brown”, and “Imperial Blue”.
New Features
- Unruly Areas Reset:
- Added feature to manually reset Unruly Areas based on completion rate of a chapter on “Midnight” difficulty.
- Level Sync System:
- Added system where you can level sync missions that you have completed on “Midnight” difficulty.
- Weapon Style Options:
- When equipping the same 2 main weapon types (e.g., 2 Katana’s), you can now equip different styles for each weapon individually.
- Item Preset Loadouts:
- Can now register “Jizo Statuette” for item preset loadouts.
- Training Technical Points:
- Number of times Martial Skills hit is now added to technical points in Training.
- Training Results Screen:
- Now shows difficulty in the results screen of Training, as the higher the difficulty, the higher the possible score will be.
- Training Filtering:
- Added filtering for Training.
- Cat Collecting:
- Progressing cat collecting will now place cats that can be pet around Usugumo Dayu in Yokohama, Edo, and Kyoto.
Weapon Adjustments
- Katana Adjustments:
- Violent Gale and Flash attack is easier to do after certain martial skills.
- Yagyu Shinkage-ryu: Follow-up attack after counterspark is now easier to land.
- Nioh-ryu: Adjusted so you are less likely to accidentally trigger “Nioh-den Iai Quickdraw” when performing Veiled Arts after Blade Flashing.
- Nioh-ryu: “Nioh-Den: Iai Quickdraw” consumes less Ki, and overall increase in damage and Ki damage.
- Aisu Kage-ryu: “Crimson Light” consumes less Ki, and at max blood gauge, damage and Ki damage is increased.
- Saber Adjustments:
- British Training: Reduced Ki consumption of throwing knife, and increased damage.
- Bayonet Adjustments:
- Mumyo-ryu: “Bone Shatterer” now easier to follow up with critical hits on enemies with depleted Ki.
- French Training: Follow-up shot after counterspark is now easier to hit.
- Other Weapons:
- Oxtail Blade: Mumyo Kaishin-ryu “Midnight Banquet” now easier to follow up with critical hit on enemies with depleted Ki.
- Great Sword: Mumyo Kaishin-ryu “Midnight Mist” is now easier to hit.
- Unarmed: Mumyo-ryu “Raging Wolf” is now easier to hit.
Character Adjustments
- Player Adjustments:
- Adjusted player knockback distance on successfully countersparking enemy attacks.
- Now possible to switch styles when guarding enemy attacks, during some animations of being hit by enemy attacks, and during Flash Attack.
- Calling your horse while sprinting will continue the sprint after mounting the horse.
- Adjusted and improved stats of unique attacks of Ally characters across the board.
- Adjusted 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
- Boss Adjustments:
- Shortened flaming area that certain bosses create.
- General Adjustments:
- Adjusted and nerfed Bayonet bullet damage and stats of certain enemies.
Other Adjustments
- Masterwork Equipment:
- Increased chance of obtaining Masterwork equipment from formidable foes.
- A portion of main weapon and sub weapons can now have set bonuses.
- Adjusted so that specific equipment that had limited ways of obtaining to now drop from enemies as well.
- Can now overwrite set bonuses when bond transferring on Masterwork equipment.
- When selecting equipment for bond transferring, equipment that cannot be selected is now filtered to not show.
- Items and Accessories:
- Items that heal status ailments are now affected by Skill “Bolster Duration ↑” and Technology Development “Inventory ↑”.
- Can now obtain unique accessories by triggering the Veiled Vow dialogue event, and no longer need to commit to the Veiled Vow.
- Dialogue lines played after breaking a Veiled Vow now reset after certain conditions.
- Shop Adjustments:
- “Fertilizer” purchased from Robert Fortune is now cheaper.
- Increased the types of material you can purchase from Robert Fortune and Alexandria Moreau.
- Increased “Red Nuts” gain when gardening.
- Game Mechanics:
- Can now change the time in the Redesign menu.
- “Midnight” difficulty, Edo: Location hubs – Yoshinobu Tokugawa, Taka Murayama, and Hachiro Kiyokawa will now appear in their hubs.
- Shintaro Nakaoka will now appear at Choshu Clan Estate in Kyoto when using the Testaments of the Soul.
- Adjusted to increase chance of encountering other player’s ronin avatars at towns or roads.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug where you could bond transfer despite lacking materials or money through an unconventional method.
- Fixed bug where you could not purchase Coal from blacksmiths.
- Fixed bug where “Blade Twin’s Kimono” and “Modernizing Vassal’s Kimono – Belt” were not shown as selectable pieces.
- Fixed bug where each equipment sometimes were shown in different colors each.
- Fixed bug where “Current Equipment” showed default appearance under certain conditions.
- Fixed bug where saving and loading before arriving at Kannai disabled Chance Encounters until arriving at Kannai.
- Fixed bug where Veiled Arts set for other styles would have different stats compared to the original.
- Fixed bug where some Martial Skills would ignore guard.
- Fixed bug where you would be forced into swimming when performing certain Martial Skills nearby water.
- Fixed bug where while using Martial Skill “Blossom Blizzard”, if you take damage from certain enemy skills will make you unable to dodge out of it.
- Fixed bug where in Nioh-ryu, switching to middle stance would sometimes switch to high stance.
- Fixed bug where after drop down assassinations, performing certain martial skills would cause you to take fall damage.
- Fixed bug where Ki Blaze effect would vibrate excessively.
- Fixed bug where when using Ally Alexandria Moreau, her grapple throws were not matching the indicator.
- Other minor fixes.
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