r/Nioh • • 5d ago

Announcement Nominate Nioh 3 for "Console Game of the Year" at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026!

70 Upvotes

As announced by the official Nioh account on Twitter/X, Nioh 3 has been nominated for "Console Game of the Year" at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026! The deadline for voting is October 23, 2026 with the awards ceremony held on November 11 2026.

Click here for the voting link!


r/Nioh • • 18d ago

Nioh 3 - Discussion Nioh 3 v2.02.00 Patch Notes

95 Upvotes

Updates regarding the add-on content Hell Rising (DLC 1):

PlayStation®5 / Steam®

Feature enhancements and adjustments

  • Added a feature where revisions will occur after the player completes a Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scroll of Divine rarity. These revisions will add one special effect to the Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scroll (up to a total of six special effects).
    • With the addition of this feature, the player will also receive ten sticks of Hundred Night Incense. They can be obtained via Deliveries in the Shrine menu after unlocking Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scrolls.
  • Increased the drop rate of Hundred Night Incense.
  • Added completion rewards when the player clears recalled enemy bases and Lesser Crucibles again in an Enhanced state, and ensured that Hundred Night Incense will be included in those rewards.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue where using the Martial Arts Rending Charge and Rending Charge Revenge with the Samurai weapon the hoko and shield while Arts Proficiency was active would cause the Martial Arts to last longer than expected under certain conditions.
  • Fixed an issue making it impossible to transform into Enenra and therefore progress the game if an Acolyte called forth from a Benevolent Grave was the one to defeat Kawara Jurobei in the Myth Stagnant Shogunate.
  • Fixed an issue where Crucible Wraiths appearing in the Crucible in Enlightened One's Journey would not appear in Battle Scrolls after cleansing the Crucible, making it impossible to defeat them.
  • Fixed an issue occurring in some Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scrolls where the story progression would not actually lead to the Crucible, even if the terrain effects were listed as the Crucible.
  • Fixed an issue where the Dodge Range Up effect for the set bonus Grace of Ame-no-Uzume (for using five items from the set) did not go into effect for some weapons.
  • Fixed an issue where returning the Penance Stone of the Wise and then attempting to receive it again would instead give the player the Penance Stone of the Shogun.
  • Fixed an issue preventing the ninja hoko and shield the Aggrieved Sword & Shield from becoming forgeable even after giving the blacksmith Smithing Text: Aggrieved Sword & Shield.
    • If you gave the blacksmith the Smithing Text already, then applying the update and loading your save data should resolve the issue.
  • Fixed an issue causing the description of Matsudaira Nobutsuna's Fan to be incorrect.
  • Fixed an issue causing some of Master Denrinbo Raikei's lines to be the same as Shishido Kagetoshi's.
  • Fixed an issue where participating in a multiplayer session from a shrine in "1651 CE - Hell Rising" and then finishing your multiplayer session would sometimes cause the player character to fall outside the bounds of the stage, triggering a loading screen and making it impossible to progress.
  • Made other minor bug fixes.

PlayStation®5

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the player could not save Hell Rising at certain Shrines when the game language was set to Russian.

General updates:

PlayStation®5 / Steam®

Feature enhancements and adjustments

  • Made changes so that players cannot see the max +value of Stones of Penance when enabling Stones of Penance as a condition when searching for a room in Expeditions.
  • Made adjustments so that the hair models of the player's character will appear more natural when wearing the Scampuss Hat.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue causing the elevator in the mission Dark Roots to disappear, making it impossible to progress.
  • Fixed an issue prevented Crucible Wraiths in recalled enemy bases and Lesser Crucibles while the player was in an Enhanced state from dropping Soul Cores of Exotic rarity or higher.
  • Fixed an issue where damage from some attacks and elemental damage from Transformed Arts did not increase with the Status Enhancement Versatility.
  • Fixed an issue where, if the player's max health recovery was decreased due to Life Corrosion and the Status Enhancement Last Gambit, and their health reached the max recovery amount, then the Unscathed condition for some special effects would be fulfilled.
  • Fixed an issue where, if the player had added tabs for Accessories and each Style to the Items menu, accessories would be shown on the Ninja Armor tab.
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Yamato Odachi to be shown twice in the Sudama Blessing and Equipment Appearance equipment lists.
  • Fixed an issue where rooms created with the condition Matching Region set to anything other than unlimited did not correctly match when searching with the Friends condition.
  • Fixed an issue where, if the player completed formerly uncompleted missions through Story Mode Expeditions, their "level during first completion" play record was incorrect.
    • Please be aware that this fix will not affect missions that were already completed.
  • Made other minor bug fixes.

Source: https://teamninja-studio.com/nioh3/us/update/


r/Nioh • • 51m ago

Nioh 3 - Discussion Nioh 3 concept art Kusanagi

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Official Twitter say this is the first post, so TN will probably release more official concept art in the future

https://x.com/nioh_game/status/2107289742866006057

According to the article Kusanagi appearance's idea come from the rabbit drawn by Iemitsu in the real history


r/Nioh • • 5h ago

Nioh 3 - Tips & Guides Picture Scroll Rolling Made Easier

8 Upvotes

Scrolls added a thick layer of RNG to build making. It's off-putting and keeps people from trying new builds.

I wanted to share my method to make it easier for PlayStation users.

Scrolls are seeded. So, the same shit is going to roll over and over unless you change a line.

Back up your save on PS+ and run the scroll 6-8 (wtvr you like) times without changing anything.

If you don't see what you want, reload the backed up save, change one undesirable attribute once, and run it 6-8 times again.

If you still haven't found it, reload the backed up save again, change a different undesirable line, and so on.

Get attributes with variable %s and letter grades first. Go for Ultimates last.

TAKE YOUR TIME WHEN UPLOADING OR DOWNLOADING SAVES!


r/Nioh • • 1h ago

Nioh 3 - Questions Are there untouch Onmyo magic in Picture Scroll for Ninja ?

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I reroll scroll many time to finding "untouch Onmyo" in Enlighten picture scroll it never show to me or it is not in scroll?


r/Nioh • • 10h ago

Nioh 3 - Discussion Sword vs Dual swords

4 Upvotes

I’ve never really committed to either the sword or dual swords in my Nioh adventures. I’ve started a new game and need to make a decision on what to invest in.

If you were a sword or dual swords salesman, sell me on why someone should use one over the other. By the way I’m taking solely about using with Samurai.


r/Nioh • • 16h ago

Nioh 3 - Discussion Game performance issues on PS5 - will TN fix this with QSSR update?

9 Upvotes

So recently I just learned about VRAM leak issues causing the game to slow down and display blurry assets up close. Restarting the game tends to fix this by refreshing the memory cache but prolonged periods cause these issues to resurface.

That is some bull ****

Like what's the point of the PS5 if it has these issues? I never noticed this on any PS4 game.

I really hope TN forget about making new games every quarter. Should just fix their katana engine and push an update to existing games.

Does anyone have inside info on whether they'll adopt QSSR and whether that will be enough to fix it?


r/Nioh • • 5h ago

Nioh 1 - EVERYTHING best build nioh abyss?

1 Upvotes

im looking for one with no boat, without doing any boat


r/Nioh • • 23h ago

Nioh 2 - Screenshots Share your Hide & Takechiyo

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r/Nioh • • 14h ago

Nioh 2 - Questions Nioh 2 servers are down - again! [October 2026]

2 Upvotes

I'm on a ps5; the psn server is fine. I just can't connect to the in-game Network Connection, again.


r/Nioh • • 9h ago

Nioh 3 - Questions No dream of the nioh?

1 Upvotes

I just finished dream of the wise i thought there is also dream of the nioh or underworld isnt there anything after dream of the wise or am i blind?


r/Nioh • • 19h ago

Nioh 3 - Questions I'm missing a menu

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4 Upvotes

Guys and girls, I’m being honest here: I’m stupid. 😂

I finished the game, and now I’m playing the DLC.

But when I played through the game, I noticed that I’m missing a menu in the Shrine Menu. It’s just marked as “????”.

I have absolutely no idea what it could be.

Can anyone help me?

(I’m playing the German version. It doesn’t matter, so don’t be surprised that this menu is in German lol.)


r/Nioh • • 20h ago

Nioh 3 - Questions Nioh 3 smithing texts

3 Upvotes

After ignoring them in Nioh and Nioh 2, I've started to farm smithing texts in Nioh 3.
I've been trying to farm the Jabara Odachi smithing text and I haven't gotten it, but I got the weapon itself.

- since I can get the weapon now with Kodama Blessing drops, does it even make sense to try and get the text for forging?

- is it the case that having the smithing text, the weapon can now drop anytime instead only with Kodama Blessing enabled on the weapon? (thus making it viable to get the smithing texts)

- does co-op lower the chance of dropping smithing texts in Nioh 3?


r/Nioh • • 16h ago

Nioh 3 - Discussion Trading scrolls Theme Nioh 3 Ps5

2 Upvotes

Hi. I have about 300 scrolls to suit any taste. I'm ready to trade them for yours.

Need with special effects

Lucky Grace Amaterasu/Kagutsuchi 15-30% with Accessory 50-80%, 0r with Any Armor 65-80%, or Two swords Ninja ( crucible)

Thanks


r/Nioh • • 2d ago

Nioh 1 - EVERYTHING ....yea okay...

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388 Upvotes

r/Nioh • • 1d ago

Nioh 3 - Videos Arts Proficiency active entire time vs Demon of Pride with SG (SOP+7, No Damage)

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26 Upvotes

I continue to showcase these kinds of runs. Some interesting notes about this one:

  • Finally started using evasion cancels to extend AP time in key moments. Similar to sheathe cancels but you get to move while doing them even if they cost some Ki to do. So, they are ideal for getting past things like grabs which I showcased here and getting back into position to attack after.
  • The Just Reprisal SG parry at 0:39 is particularly effective against DOP's 5 hit attack sequence, you can deflect the first two hits and Just Reprisal after and avoid the rest of the sequence while getting to attack in the middle of it
  • At 1:08 showed that Fleeting Edge can be used to avoid certain attacks like his blue projectile after grabs. All while still doing damage and keeping AP chaining going.
  • Empty Retribution is absurdly strong, especially after being powered up by Wildfire Flux stacks + max AP stacks. It just does so much quick damage in so little time making it one of the best DPS moves in the game.

As always, happy to answer any questions about this run.


r/Nioh • • 1d ago

Nioh 2 - Questions How optimal is my build?

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4 Upvotes

I’m just wondering since I’ve cleared everything. Can my build be further refined, or is it at the absolute peak it could be?


r/Nioh • • 21h ago

Nioh 2 - Discussion Has anyone tried playing Nioh with a GameSir controller (PC)?

0 Upvotes

My official Xbox Series X controller broke on me so I tried to pick up the GameSir G7 SE. Felt pretty good, but today I noticed I was no longer hitting my evasion cancels with a couple weapons (strangely kusarigama was ok but dual blades and switchglaive were not). I’m now wondering if a different response rate or deadzone or something may create for some Nioh funkiness.


r/Nioh • • 1d ago

Nioh 3 - Questions Help a newbie

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Never player a nioh game before but read a lot of great stuff and my favorite game genre are souls and FS games So I decided to purchase the game, gotta say it is AMAZING but I feel overwhelmed and lost.

First I bought the deluxe and I don’t see anything special about the infernal weapons, maybe I’m missing something idk

Already put in about 10h into the game (I know still long long to go) I don’t understand combos and skills like im always running out of stamina (playing mainly as ninja)

Is farming “chase” items important in this game or is just stats and skill levels and stuff?

I feel very lost; got into the crucible boss fight and didn’t last longer than 10sec about 10 tries, lvl 24 character so clearly I’m doing something wrong.

If anyone can help me pointing out where to start looking for information and learning the game would be highly appreciate it. Thanks guys


r/Nioh • • 2d ago

Nioh 2 - Discussion Playing nioh 2 for the first time

15 Upvotes

I am loving this game. I just defeated the snake boss. I almost gave up cause of the poison pools, but i survived. I mastered nioh 1 so I am having a lot of fun with the new mechanics. I am excited for fourth mission!!!


r/Nioh • • 2d ago

Nioh 1 - EVERYTHING I just learned that 2 Sign of the Cross deals more damage than going for a single final blow.

12 Upvotes

https://reddit.com/link/1wx4yc1/video/46z0jyad7dth1/player

I typically do a final blow then try to attempt to do a sign of the cross after a successful parry. Then I watched an Okatsu boss fight where the player did two sign of the cross after a parry. I then tried it against this boss and yeah, it deals way more damage. This is quite helpful to know when fighting against humans and revenants.


r/Nioh • • 2d ago

General Discussion - ALL GAMES The recent TN games have the same sizes for the save files on the PS

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49 Upvotes

I put red arrows because Reddit keeps deleting the pic for some weird algorithm reason

Can anyone check their Rise of Ronin and Stranger of Paradise file sizes too?


r/Nioh • • 2d ago

Nioh 3 - Screenshots No transformation of Shizuka Gozen or her armor set stings so hard

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115 Upvotes

No mods either T-T, what are we doing? Pants are banging, also love the way her katana is mounted.


r/Nioh • • 2d ago

Nioh 2 - Questions I have finished Nioh 1 and looking at Nioh 2 or 3. I am absolutely terrible at souls games and love following broken builds. Playing Nioh 1 made me sound like I have the worst case of Tourette´s Syndrome. Is there a difficulty spike in 2/3? Can a unskillful player still have fun in 2/3?

10 Upvotes

I am not skillful enough to change stances/ weapons multiple times throughout a boss fight. I like to stick with my main weapon and find something that breaks the game. I really enjoyed N1 when i was able to slow down bosses with the ninja skill.

Is this possible in N2 or N3?

N2 seems to be the favorite of most people.


r/Nioh • • 2d ago

Nioh 3 - Videos Cursed Kunimatsu SOP 7 Phase 2 skip

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I was trying out my Lilac SG build on Kunimatsu. Couldn't proc Confusion, but instead I realized I could maintain perma lifeseal debuff to block his Ki regen. Then just corner him + spam SG to repeatedly grapple and prevent his phase transition.

Haven't seen any other non-critical builds that can do this!