The Decline
Arcane
1.18 patch went up yesterday.
Add-on content “bloodshed’s end”
*requires purchase of the “bloodshed’s end” add-on to unlock
Added a new story chapter, “siege of osaka (summer).’ .you must first complete the main story to access the new content. –
New difficulty modes have been added/adjusted:
• way of the demon
unlocked after completing way of the strong (requires purchase of “dragon of the north”. “defiant honor’. Or ‘bloodshed’s end”). The + limit for weapons and the level limit for your guardian spirits will increase once you reach the way of the demon.
• way of the wise
Nioh update 1.18 has unlocked after completing way of the demon (requires purchase of two of the following: “dragon of the north”. ‘defiant honor’. Or ‘bloodshed’s end”). The + limit for weapons and the level limits for both your character and your guardian spirits will increase once you reach the way of the wise.
New difficulty modes have been added:
• way of the nioh
Unlocked after completing way of the. Wise (requires purchase of all of the following: “dragon of the north”. “defiant honor’. And “bloodshed’s end”). The + limit for weapons. The level limits for both your character and your guardian spirits, and your character’s stat limits will increase once you reach the way of the nigh.
Added a special mission: “the abyss”
“the abyss” is a challenging mission unlocked after completing the game (requires purchase of “dragon of the north”, ‘defiant honor”. Or ‘bloodshed’s end”). During the mission. You will obtain ‘defiled items’ with properties that will remain unidentified until you leave the abyss. Progressing through more and more floors will increase the chances of your defiled items having better properties and higher rarity. There is also a way to defile items you already have. Using this method, you can increase their properties and rarity. Also. You are aisle to summon two visitors while in the abyss. Enabling three of you to play together at once.
Added the following guardian spirits:
• janomecho• nine tails
Added new weapons and armor
• maria
• toyotomi h I deyori
Nioh update 1.18 has added new trophies. Titles. And gameplay record entries.
Added new “grace” effects.
Free update
Nioh 1.18 has added new types of equipment effects and set bonuses. –
Added new samurai. Ninjutsu, and onmyo magic skills. –
Added new consumable items.
Nioh 1.18 update has added new gestures.
Added the hosokawa, tsugaru, and utsunomiya clans to clan battles.
Improvements
Increased the total number of possible item shortcut sets to four.
You can unlock additional item shortcut sets by using patronage at the blacksmith.
Added a feature in which you can use r1 & r2 to magnify value adjustments on the level-up screen.
Added an icon to the mission details that displays whether you’ve bathed in the hot springs on that stage.
After first completing a mission on a stage with hot springs in it, an icon will appear in the bottom left of thf. Mission details on the area screen, indicating whether you have bathed in all the hot springs on that stage.
Adjustments
As compensation for adjustments made to certain special effects. Players will receive complimentary items. Items will automatically be given from the area screen. These. Include:
• I book of reincarnation to those. Who have completed the way of the strong.• gold and umbracite based on the number of times you have reforged items.
• umbracite or fabled umbracite based on the number of items you own with effects that were lowered.
Nioh update 1.18 has changed some enemy types in the kinki and omi regions on the way of the samurai.
Relaxed the requirements to unlock missions and regions in the. Way of the wise and way of the demon.
The rewards for completing 100% of missions on the way of the strong, the way of the demon. And the way of the wise will now also be available on higher difficulties.
Increased the overall amount of amrita you receive on the way of the strong, the way of the demon, and the way of the wise.
Nioh 1.18 has increased the overall + values on divine items you can obtain from missions in the tohoku region / siege of osaka (winter) on the way of the samurai.
Increased the overall + values on divine items you can obtain from missions on the way of the strong. The way of the demon. And the way of the wise.
Increased the amount of amrita you receive from offering up items that are over level 1$0 Lowered the cost of soul matching according to the level of the item.
Added a confirmation message for when you use silabar ingots.
Using a whetstone will now not only increase your familiarity with a weapon. But will also remove the ‘weakened’ effect from the item.
Using nikawa glue will now not only increase your familiarity with a piece of armor. But will also remove the “weakened’ effect from the item.
In addition to its original effect. The sword skill “sword of salvation’ now has an increased timely guard delay.
Yhe odach1 skill ‘shifting serenity’ now reduces ki consumption when performing waking winds or sunset breeze.
Nioh 1.18 has increased the power of a full sprint from the sword skill “tiger sprint”.
The values for the following set bonuses have been increased:
• tranquil. Foundations
• head of the ida ninja
• righteous strategist
• nioh incarnate
• true date family loyalist
• grace of kagutsuchi
Nioh update 1.18 has increased crest protection values for the following clans: saito / mori / naoe / mogami / sai ka / ukita / murakam I / torii / fuma / mohri
Changed the todo clan’s crest protection effect to now be expressed in terms of magnitude, and lowered the health increase received from having a high “stamina” stat.
Nioh 1.18 has changed the name of “attack damage x2” to “attack damage surge’ for the following buffs, and changed the strength of the effect to be different depending on the conditions for triggering it.
• Bonus after purification (attack damage x2)
• Assist bonus (attack damage x2)
• Bonus after dash attack (attack damage x2)
• Bonus after evasion attack (attack damage x2)
• Zero ki bonus (attack damage x2)
• Moonlit snow x3 (attack damage x2)
• Bonus when out of ki (attack damage x2)
Nioh update 1.18 has reduced the duration of the ‘nullify damage” effect on the following buffs. And taking damage once will now remove the effect.
• Bonus after purification (nullify damage)
• Assist bonus (nullify damage)
• Nullify damage (dash attacks)
• Bonus after evasion attack (nullify damage)
• Moonlit snow x3 (nullify damage)
• Bonus when out of ki (nullify damage)
Increased the effectiveness of the ‘equipment lightness damage bonus’ effect when your weight is 10.0 or less.
Increased the recovery amount of “ki recovery (timely guard)”.
Nioh update 1.18 has added a short period of invincibility after triggering the effect that prevents death as long as you are not in critical condition.
The special effect ‘remove status enhancements
• now temporarily disables permanent effects on bosses and strong enemies in the way of the demon and onward.
Mission rewards that include divine items on the way of the wise and onward now have a small chance of giving ethereal items instead after you fulfill certain conditions.
The bonus that increased the chance of a revenant’s equipment dropping when there was a large level difference between you has now been lowered when the revenant’s level is over 150. And has been completely removed for revenants level 200 and above.
On the way of the wise and above. Honda tadakatsu no longer can be staggered when he is using a skill.
Nioh 1.18 has adjusted the properties of the ninjutsu items used by kirigakure saizo of sanada’s ten braves.
Adjusted the attack power of “namahage (odachi/dual swords)”.
Bug fixes
Fixed a bug where the ‘deflect shuriken & kunai (timely guard)” effect would not deflect okatsu’s kunai.
Fixed a bug in which it was possible to parry the spear skill ‘body swap’.
Nioh update 1.18 has fixed a bug in which your defense. Would be increased when you used both a hermit talisman and a carnage talisman.
Fixed a bug in which using a hermit talisman made it impossible to parry.
Nioh version 1.18 has fixed a bug in which shadowround talismans also affected certain onmyo magic skills.
Fixed fire shuriken so they can now be deflected by ‘deflect shuriken & kunai (timely guard)”.
Fixed a bug in which human-type enemies would not get paralyzed when hit by the n1njutsu skill ‘hemlock broth”.
Fixed a bug in which the ninjutsu skill “quick-change’ would not activate even when your health reached zero.
Fixed a bug in which the weapon effect (blur) that appears when you use certain living weapon skills continues to display.
Fixed a bug in which the hit boxes did not work properly for tengen kujaku’s non-wind-based living weapon.
Fixed a bug in which derrick the executioner would not appear after being shot off the tower with arrows in the man with the guardian spirit’.
Fixed a bug in which katakura shigenaga could no longer be attacked after he struck a victory pose in the sparrow flies again’.
Nioh 1.18 has fixed a bug in which a locked door would not open if you performed actions after obtaining the key in the demon’s daughter’.
Fixed a bug in which the tutorial window for gestures would not close if you performed certain actions in the spirit stone slumbers’.
Fixed a bug in which visitors could not progress if summoned immediately after defeating the nue in ‘the spirit stone slumbers’.
Fixed a bug in which the door to the. Visitor’s room was open while fighting saika magoichi in ‘immortal fla.”.
Fixed a bug in which you were unable to complete the mission if the kappa fell into the ocean in the unrepentant thief’.
Nioh update 1.18 has fixed a bug in which the onryoki could get caught on certain bumps outside in ‘demon hunting’.
Fixed a bug in which initiating the boss fight in the demon king revealed” while a visitor was still moving in the elevator would cause the visitor to be teleported to an unintended location.
Fixed a bug in which oni-bi and fox spirits that were summoned immediately after you completed a mission would become invincible and could not be defeated.
Fixed a bug in which certain boss characters would react to hora-gai shells / yokai incense and appear earlier than intended
Fixed a bug in which certain fiuman-type enemies’ heads were not designated as their weak points.
Ffixed a bug in which honda tadakatsu could not be paralyzed.
Fixed a bug in which rounds fired by saika magoichi would sometimes fly in much different directions from which they were shot.
Nioh 1.18 has fixed a bug in which you could effectively stun-lock large fox spirits by continually attacking them
Nioh update 1.18 has fixed a bug in which kappa would stop moving after distancing themselves from the player.
– fixed a bug in which a nurikabe would disappear for players who performed the wrong gesture after both players performed different gestures at the same time in ‘yokai realm with a companion”
Fixed the following bugs related to sanada yukimura:
• fixed a bug in which he would become and remain transparent if he ran out of ki from getting hit by an attack during a quickstep while a wind-based living weapon was active.• fixed a bug in which he would keep pushing the player while a wind-based living weapon was active.
• fixed a bug in which his fire rounds would sometimes not hit while a fire-based living weapon was active.
• fixed a bug in which he would repeatedly backstep on higher difficulties.
• fixed a bug in which quick downward attacks would not finish properly.
Fixed a bug in which the effect that increases the chances for divine items to drop after using an ochoko cup at the beginning of a mission would not activate in certain situations.
Nioh 1.18 has fixed a bug in which your gameplay time would not be counted when fighting certain bosses.
Fixed the combat title “haze master” so that now both haze and haze ii count toward it
Fixed a bug in which the combat title well that happened…* could be obtained even in 1v1 battles.
Nioh update 1.18 has fixed other minor bugs.
*requires purchase of the “bloodshed’s end” add-on to unlock
Added a new story chapter, “siege of osaka (summer).’ .you must first complete the main story to access the new content. –
New difficulty modes have been added/adjusted:
• way of the demon
unlocked after completing way of the strong (requires purchase of “dragon of the north”. “defiant honor’. Or ‘bloodshed’s end”). The + limit for weapons and the level limit for your guardian spirits will increase once you reach the way of the demon.
• way of the wise
Nioh update 1.18 has unlocked after completing way of the demon (requires purchase of two of the following: “dragon of the north”. ‘defiant honor’. Or ‘bloodshed’s end”). The + limit for weapons and the level limits for both your character and your guardian spirits will increase once you reach the way of the wise.
New difficulty modes have been added:
• way of the nioh
Unlocked after completing way of the. Wise (requires purchase of all of the following: “dragon of the north”. “defiant honor’. And “bloodshed’s end”). The + limit for weapons. The level limits for both your character and your guardian spirits, and your character’s stat limits will increase once you reach the way of the nigh.
Added a special mission: “the abyss”
“the abyss” is a challenging mission unlocked after completing the game (requires purchase of “dragon of the north”, ‘defiant honor”. Or ‘bloodshed’s end”). During the mission. You will obtain ‘defiled items’ with properties that will remain unidentified until you leave the abyss. Progressing through more and more floors will increase the chances of your defiled items having better properties and higher rarity. There is also a way to defile items you already have. Using this method, you can increase their properties and rarity. Also. You are aisle to summon two visitors while in the abyss. Enabling three of you to play together at once.
Added the following guardian spirits:
• janomecho• nine tails
Added new weapons and armor
• maria
• toyotomi h I deyori
Nioh update 1.18 has added new trophies. Titles. And gameplay record entries.
Added new “grace” effects.
Free update
Nioh 1.18 has added new types of equipment effects and set bonuses. –
Added new samurai. Ninjutsu, and onmyo magic skills. –
Added new consumable items.
Nioh 1.18 update has added new gestures.
Added the hosokawa, tsugaru, and utsunomiya clans to clan battles.
Improvements
Increased the total number of possible item shortcut sets to four.
You can unlock additional item shortcut sets by using patronage at the blacksmith.
Added a feature in which you can use r1 & r2 to magnify value adjustments on the level-up screen.
Added an icon to the mission details that displays whether you’ve bathed in the hot springs on that stage.
After first completing a mission on a stage with hot springs in it, an icon will appear in the bottom left of thf. Mission details on the area screen, indicating whether you have bathed in all the hot springs on that stage.
Adjustments
As compensation for adjustments made to certain special effects. Players will receive complimentary items. Items will automatically be given from the area screen. These. Include:
• I book of reincarnation to those. Who have completed the way of the strong.• gold and umbracite based on the number of times you have reforged items.
• umbracite or fabled umbracite based on the number of items you own with effects that were lowered.
Nioh update 1.18 has changed some enemy types in the kinki and omi regions on the way of the samurai.
Relaxed the requirements to unlock missions and regions in the. Way of the wise and way of the demon.
The rewards for completing 100% of missions on the way of the strong, the way of the demon. And the way of the wise will now also be available on higher difficulties.
Increased the overall amount of amrita you receive on the way of the strong, the way of the demon, and the way of the wise.
Nioh 1.18 has increased the overall + values on divine items you can obtain from missions in the tohoku region / siege of osaka (winter) on the way of the samurai.
Increased the overall + values on divine items you can obtain from missions on the way of the strong. The way of the demon. And the way of the wise.
Increased the amount of amrita you receive from offering up items that are over level 1$0 Lowered the cost of soul matching according to the level of the item.
Added a confirmation message for when you use silabar ingots.
Using a whetstone will now not only increase your familiarity with a weapon. But will also remove the ‘weakened’ effect from the item.
Using nikawa glue will now not only increase your familiarity with a piece of armor. But will also remove the “weakened’ effect from the item.
In addition to its original effect. The sword skill “sword of salvation’ now has an increased timely guard delay.
Yhe odach1 skill ‘shifting serenity’ now reduces ki consumption when performing waking winds or sunset breeze.
Nioh 1.18 has increased the power of a full sprint from the sword skill “tiger sprint”.
The values for the following set bonuses have been increased:
• tranquil. Foundations
• head of the ida ninja
• righteous strategist
• nioh incarnate
• true date family loyalist
• grace of kagutsuchi
Nioh update 1.18 has increased crest protection values for the following clans: saito / mori / naoe / mogami / sai ka / ukita / murakam I / torii / fuma / mohri
Changed the todo clan’s crest protection effect to now be expressed in terms of magnitude, and lowered the health increase received from having a high “stamina” stat.
Nioh 1.18 has changed the name of “attack damage x2” to “attack damage surge’ for the following buffs, and changed the strength of the effect to be different depending on the conditions for triggering it.
• Bonus after purification (attack damage x2)
• Assist bonus (attack damage x2)
• Bonus after dash attack (attack damage x2)
• Bonus after evasion attack (attack damage x2)
• Zero ki bonus (attack damage x2)
• Moonlit snow x3 (attack damage x2)
• Bonus when out of ki (attack damage x2)
Nioh update 1.18 has reduced the duration of the ‘nullify damage” effect on the following buffs. And taking damage once will now remove the effect.
• Bonus after purification (nullify damage)
• Assist bonus (nullify damage)
• Nullify damage (dash attacks)
• Bonus after evasion attack (nullify damage)
• Moonlit snow x3 (nullify damage)
• Bonus when out of ki (nullify damage)
Increased the effectiveness of the ‘equipment lightness damage bonus’ effect when your weight is 10.0 or less.
Increased the recovery amount of “ki recovery (timely guard)”.
Nioh update 1.18 has added a short period of invincibility after triggering the effect that prevents death as long as you are not in critical condition.
The special effect ‘remove status enhancements
• now temporarily disables permanent effects on bosses and strong enemies in the way of the demon and onward.
Mission rewards that include divine items on the way of the wise and onward now have a small chance of giving ethereal items instead after you fulfill certain conditions.
The bonus that increased the chance of a revenant’s equipment dropping when there was a large level difference between you has now been lowered when the revenant’s level is over 150. And has been completely removed for revenants level 200 and above.
On the way of the wise and above. Honda tadakatsu no longer can be staggered when he is using a skill.
Nioh 1.18 has adjusted the properties of the ninjutsu items used by kirigakure saizo of sanada’s ten braves.
Adjusted the attack power of “namahage (odachi/dual swords)”.
Bug fixes
Fixed a bug where the ‘deflect shuriken & kunai (timely guard)” effect would not deflect okatsu’s kunai.
Fixed a bug in which it was possible to parry the spear skill ‘body swap’.
Nioh update 1.18 has fixed a bug in which your defense. Would be increased when you used both a hermit talisman and a carnage talisman.
Fixed a bug in which using a hermit talisman made it impossible to parry.
Nioh version 1.18 has fixed a bug in which shadowround talismans also affected certain onmyo magic skills.
Fixed fire shuriken so they can now be deflected by ‘deflect shuriken & kunai (timely guard)”.
Fixed a bug in which human-type enemies would not get paralyzed when hit by the n1njutsu skill ‘hemlock broth”.
Fixed a bug in which the ninjutsu skill “quick-change’ would not activate even when your health reached zero.
Fixed a bug in which the weapon effect (blur) that appears when you use certain living weapon skills continues to display.
Fixed a bug in which the hit boxes did not work properly for tengen kujaku’s non-wind-based living weapon.
Fixed a bug in which derrick the executioner would not appear after being shot off the tower with arrows in the man with the guardian spirit’.
Fixed a bug in which katakura shigenaga could no longer be attacked after he struck a victory pose in the sparrow flies again’.
Nioh 1.18 has fixed a bug in which a locked door would not open if you performed actions after obtaining the key in the demon’s daughter’.
Fixed a bug in which the tutorial window for gestures would not close if you performed certain actions in the spirit stone slumbers’.
Fixed a bug in which visitors could not progress if summoned immediately after defeating the nue in ‘the spirit stone slumbers’.
Fixed a bug in which the door to the. Visitor’s room was open while fighting saika magoichi in ‘immortal fla.”.
Fixed a bug in which you were unable to complete the mission if the kappa fell into the ocean in the unrepentant thief’.
Nioh update 1.18 has fixed a bug in which the onryoki could get caught on certain bumps outside in ‘demon hunting’.
Fixed a bug in which initiating the boss fight in the demon king revealed” while a visitor was still moving in the elevator would cause the visitor to be teleported to an unintended location.
Fixed a bug in which oni-bi and fox spirits that were summoned immediately after you completed a mission would become invincible and could not be defeated.
Fixed a bug in which certain boss characters would react to hora-gai shells / yokai incense and appear earlier than intended
Fixed a bug in which certain fiuman-type enemies’ heads were not designated as their weak points.
Ffixed a bug in which honda tadakatsu could not be paralyzed.
Fixed a bug in which rounds fired by saika magoichi would sometimes fly in much different directions from which they were shot.
Nioh 1.18 has fixed a bug in which you could effectively stun-lock large fox spirits by continually attacking them
Nioh update 1.18 has fixed a bug in which kappa would stop moving after distancing themselves from the player.
– fixed a bug in which a nurikabe would disappear for players who performed the wrong gesture after both players performed different gestures at the same time in ‘yokai realm with a companion”
Fixed the following bugs related to sanada yukimura:
• fixed a bug in which he would become and remain transparent if he ran out of ki from getting hit by an attack during a quickstep while a wind-based living weapon was active.• fixed a bug in which he would keep pushing the player while a wind-based living weapon was active.
• fixed a bug in which his fire rounds would sometimes not hit while a fire-based living weapon was active.
• fixed a bug in which he would repeatedly backstep on higher difficulties.
• fixed a bug in which quick downward attacks would not finish properly.
Fixed a bug in which the effect that increases the chances for divine items to drop after using an ochoko cup at the beginning of a mission would not activate in certain situations.
Nioh 1.18 has fixed a bug in which your gameplay time would not be counted when fighting certain bosses.
Fixed the combat title “haze master” so that now both haze and haze ii count toward it
Fixed a bug in which the combat title well that happened…* could be obtained even in 1v1 battles.
Nioh update 1.18 has fixed other minor bugs.
