Black Myth: Wukong Update Improves Performance, But There's…

Game Science is releasing a new update for Black Myth: Wukong, but the patch is so large on the PlayStation 5 that gamers may need to delete and reinstall the game to gain access to it. While it’s nice to see the developers continuing to support Black Myth: Wukong, this could be unfortunate for PS5 owners who have limited storage space remaining.

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Black Myth: Wukong was released for PS5 and PC in 2024, and it quickly became a major hit. In the action-packed Soulslike, players control the Destined One, a character inspired by the mythical Sun Wukong from the Journey to the West novel. The title has received quite a few updates since its release, and Black Myth: Wukong was also released for Xbox Series X/S on August 20, 2025.

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The newest Black Myth: Wukong patch will need around 93.5 GB of free storage space to be installed on a PS5 due to “differences in file storage methods.” With the base game occupying around 130 GB of storage space, some players may need to delete and reinstall Black Myth: Wukong if they want access to the improved version of the title, despite not many huge changes being made to the overall experience. The patch adds the Czech language to the game, fixes some bugs, improves the combat experience against the Yaoguai King “Giant Shigandang” boss, and more. Performance will be improved on all platforms, allowing integrated AMD FSR4 to be used on PC, making loading speed on the PS5 faster, improving overall memory usage, and more. The update will be “gradually released” across all platforms starting on October 13, so all gamers should have access to it soon.

Overall, it’s a much larger update than the patch Black Myth: Wukong received in September. The previous update only fixed a handful of bugs and improved one issue on the Xbox Series X/S.

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Black Myth: Wukong was a huge hit, selling over 25 million copies since its release. Hopefully, Game Science will continue to release helpful updates, making the experience smoother for gamers who have not tried the popular Soulslike or want to come back to it.

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Unfortunately, it does not seem like Black Myth: Wukong will get any major expansions, as Game Science has recently announced a sequel called Black Myth: Zhong Kui. The upcoming game will be based on the Chinese myth of Zhong Kui, a god who wanders between hell and Earth to capture ghosts, and is currently in early development.

Black Myth: Wukong Patch Notes 1.0.20.21756 (October 13, 2025)

What to Know Before Patch Installation

Due to the platform's update mechanism, your computer will need to reserve a certain amount of free disk space (not necessarily on the same disk if you are a Steam user) for temporary storage of the update files. (PC)

If you have installed any mods in the game, installing the patch may cause compatibility issues. This could prevent you from launching the game, loading your saved games, or triggering error pop-ups during gameplay. We recommend uninstalling the installed mods and verifying the integrity of the game files before restarting the game. (PC)

The performance optimization this time involves a considerable number of underlying changes, which results in a relatively larger patch size. If the update fails due to insufficient storage or other reasons, please try redownloading the game. (PS5)

If you encounter unusually large update sizes during patch installation, or if the game gets stuck, crashes, or fails to start after installation, please refer to the Installation/Patch FAQ on our official website.

This update may require shader recompilation. If you experience crashes during shader compilation, please try restarting the game until the compilation is complete or skip shader compilation.

Experience Improvements

Bosses

Improved the combat experience against Yaoguai King "Giant Shigandang".

Interaction

Journeyer's Chart interface will guide the Destined One to Travel with Keeper's Shrine before any Journeyer's Chart has been obtained.
Improved the readability of the "Cleared" label in the "Load Journey" interface.
Performance
Integrated AMD FSR4. On compatible hardware, it will be available in the in-game Settings after updating the driver and enabling FSR4 in the driver settings. (PC)
Improved Compatible Mode. Now, with Compatible Mode enabled, ray tracing, frame generation, and some super-resolution functions will be temporarily disabled to help players avoid game launch failures caused by driver, hardware, or system abnormalities. (PC)
Adjusted the default graphics settings for certain graphics cards to match the various graphical changes in the current game version. (PC)
Significantly improved the lighting quality when Global Illumination is set to low, making it closer to the effect when Global Illumination is set to high. (PC)
Adjusted Performance Mode back to 60Hz, reducing input latency and achieving higher resolution than before. However, the lighting quality level has been adjusted to enhance performance. The original Performance Mode is still retained and renamed "Performance Mode (Legacy)". (PS5)
Improved the game's loading speed. (PS5)
Improved the clarity of certain textures. (PS5)
Improved CPU and rendering performance in numerous scenarios.
Improved memory usage in numerous scenarios.
Improved the quality of motion blur to mitigate the aliasing issues that occur when the camera pans.

Localization

Added language support for Czech.

Bug Fixes

Bosses

Fixed an issue where Yaoguai Chief "Top Takes Bottom & Bottom Takes Top" became undefeatable under certain conditions.
Fixed an issue where the iron ball failed to display properly during battles against Yaoguai Chief "Top Takes Bottom & Bottom Takes Top" under certain conditions.

Performance

Fixed several issues that caused screen ghosting and edge flickering. (PS5)
Fixed an issue where XeSS 2.0 failed to enable frame generation on some displays. (PC)
Fixed an issue where the game might crash on launch when both DLSS 4 frame generation and ray tracing were enabled. (PC)
Fixed multiple rendering errors in NXSR that caused ghosting and edge flickering, and improved NXSR's rendering quality. (PC)

Localization

Fixed text overlapping in the "Make Medicine" interface for certain languages.
Fixed voiceover and subtitle errors in certain cutscenes.
Fixed an issue where some text in Settings was not properly localized.
Corrected translation errors and fixed issues with spelling, capitalization, and terminology consistency in several languages.

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