The Blood of Dawnwalker released on September 3, 2026 and began receiving fixes the same day. This page tracks what has been published for the shipped game. Patch notes so far have been issued for the PC build; no equivalent note list has been published for PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S at the time of writing, so nothing on this page should be read as describing a console patch unless it says so.
Day-One Patch
A day-one patch shipped alongside the release itself rather than after it. The studio described it as a further polish pass across the whole experience and did not publish an itemised note list for it, so the specific changes it carried are not documented.
Console reviewers working on pre-patch builds reported that the day-one patch was expected to add a dedicated performance mode, with pre-patch console play offering a balanced mode running at forty frames per second. What the shipped patch actually did to the console presentation options has not been confirmed, and this page does not assert it.
Hotfix 1.0.2
Released September 3, 2026 for PC, on launch day.
Change | Detail |
|---|---|
Farkas dialogue | Coen can talk to Farkas even after killing all of the characters standing around him, where the conversation had previously become unreachable. |
Tutorial escort | Lunka no longer gets lost while leading Coen during the tutorial. See Lunka. |
Uriashi blacksmith | The uriashi blacksmith can now craft a certain holy sword. See Uriashi and Equipment and Crafting. |
Controller input | Adjustments to controller dead zone, and to input problems that occurred while sprinting. PC only. |
Known Issues Acknowledged in 1.0.2
The same note listed three problems the studio had confirmed but not yet fixed, along with the workarounds it suggested.
Issue | Suggested workaround |
|---|---|
Stuttering in Windowed or Borderless mode | Run the game in Full Screen. |
Crashing while compiling shaders | Update system firmware. |
Missing button remapping for a PlayStation 5 gamepad used on PC | None given at the time. See the next hotfix. |
Hotfix 1.0.3
Released September 4, 2026 for PC, the day after launch. It added DualSense controller support on the Steam build, which addresses part of the third known issue recorded in the previous hotfix.
Numbering
No 1.0.1 hotfix appears in the published feed. The jump from the launch build to 1.0.2 is what the studio published, and nothing on this page should be taken as evidence that an unlisted intermediate patch exists.
Related Pages
For what shipped in the box rather than what has been patched since, see Editions and Pre-Order Bonuses, System Requirements and Critical Reception.