Stellar Blade Gets Surprise Update, and It Has More Fixes Than Expected

A new Stellar Blade update has rolled out for PC and PS5, fixing a slew of ongoing issues found in the popular action-adventure title. The game’s developer typically releases new updates on Tuesday or Thursday, making this Stellar Blade patch a big surprise for those still busy exploring a post-apocalyptic Earth in an effort to save humanity from a never-ending war.

After releasing as a PS5 exclusive in April 2024, Stellar Blade finally made its way to PC this June, selling over 1 million copies on the platform in under a week. The release brought plenty of new bells and whistles, such as full mod support, new Nano Suits, facial animation support and voice acting for more languages, and a tough new boss fight. In early July, developer Shift Up thanked fans for their ongoing support with free in-game gifts, including some newly arranged songs and the addition of Hard Mode from the beginning of the game. Stellar Blade goodies can also now be found on the Steam Points Shop, and while the developers are hard at work on the title’s sequel, it looks like support for the first game isn’t quite finished.

Stellar Blade received a surprise update on August 3, with players on PS5 now seeing Version 1.013 and PC users on Version 1.3.0. While no fresh content is included in this patch, a number of frustrating bugs have been fixed, including one causing newly unlocked items not to appear after increasing the shop’s affinity level. Several dialogue issues have been remedied, and a quirky bug causing Eve’s hair to disappear while wearing certain outfits during the final Elder Naytiba cutscene has also been addressed. This list of fixes comes after the helpful June 2025 Stellar Blade update, which largely focused on PC issues.

Having sold over 3 million copies across platforms, it’s no surprise that rumors of a Stellar Blade Nintendo Switch 2 port have begun to swirl. In June, it was reported that Shift Up had been given a dev kit for the new hybrid console, with the Korean developer reportedly working to optimize the action-adventure game for the system’s hardware. No release date has been confirmed.

Earlier this year, Shift Up confirmed that a Stellar Blade sequel was in the works, which may be released as early as 2026. The company is also hard at work on Project Spirits, formerly known as Project Witches, which is said to be a cross-platform title focusing on “Eastern Fantasy.” The mysterious game is slated to release globally sometime in 2027.

Stellar Blade Version 1.013 / 1.3.0 Patch Notes (August 3, 2025)

• Improved Photo Mode so that when selecting a logo, the logo control indicator is now displayed.
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to exit the shop after purchasing the ‘Polarized Sunglasses’ from Clyde’s shop.
• Fixed an issue where Eve’s hair would not appear during the final Elder Naytiba cutscene when wearing the ‘Fluffy Bear’ or ‘Pink Bear’ outfits.
• Fixed an issue where Eve’s final line of dialogue would not display in Korean during the ‘Lost Items from Heaven’ conversation with Clyde in the Great Desert.
• Fixed an issue where Eve’s arm would occasionally appear unnatural in Photo Mode when wearing the ‘Black Pearl’ or ‘Red Pearl’ outfits.
• When using FSR upscaler, restarting the game is now required to enable frame generation.
• Fixed an issue where the Fusion Weapon was not visible when beginning the fight against the Airborne Squad after defeating Providence.
• Fixed an issue where using the numpad on the keyboard to trigger skills in the Training Room caused the training system to become unresponsive.
• Fixed an issue where, when fishing for the ‘Betta’ fish with mouse and keyboard, the gray striped pattern of the progress bar would obscure the reel-in progress bar.
• Fixed an issue where, when using the ‘Stinger’, target lock-on would not function correctly under specific input conditions.
• Fixed an issue where the zoom function in the Hair Salon menu would not respond to controller or keyboard input.
• Fixed an issue where dialogue would occasionally not display after interacting with Adam in the Eidos 9 Atelier.
• Fixed an issue where Dororong would occasionally not appear during their introduction scene in Xion.
• Fixed an issue where newly unlocked items would not immediately appear after increasing shop affinity level.
• Improved the save timestamp system so that time since last save is now accurately displayed based on successful saves, rather than attempted saves.
• Enhanced the save failure message by changing it to yellow for better visibility.
• Various other bug fixes.

Stellar Blade

Systems

9/10

Released

April 26, 2024

ESRB

M for Mature

Developer(s)

Shift Up

Publisher(s)

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Engine

Unreal Engine 4

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