You're not crazy, trying to heal in Nioh 3 sometimes doesn't work - and Team Ninja is fixing it

One of the more insidiously aggravating bugs in Nioh 3 makes it so the game ignores you when you try to use elixirs, but hopefully not for long.

Nioh 3 has received a hot new update that brings plenty of bug fixes to very specific issues, but it also implements fixes for a few of the most common - and incredibly annoying - bugs. Patch 1.03.01 arrived earlier on all platforms, and it comes with a chunky set of notes.

This latest update, predictably, doesn’t add any gameplay features, but some of the included fixes will absolutely delight - or vindicate - so many of the game’s millions of players.

There’s plenty to go through in the patch notes published today for update 1.03.01, but the most impactful is a fix for an issue that “sometimes made it impossible to use elixirs during battle.” This is only a partial fix, but if you ran into the problem of smashing that shortcut button and not seeing your character play the healing animation, you’ll be glad to see it.

This is a problem myself and others have faced, especially in boss fights. You can even see the shortcut register your button press and proceed to ignore you. Another partial fix has been made to an issue that caused the game to crash. Team Ninja didn’t share specifics on that, and though Nioh 3 has been fairly stable for me in 70+ hours, it has definitely crashed a few times.

If you’ve been playing since launch, you likely have - or know someone who has - run into issues with save file corruption and other weird bugs around certain trackable items within save files.

Team Ninja already rolled out a couple of fixes there, and this latest one specifically targets losing valuables during Myths. If your save file has been affected, the game will now check and recover what was lost. Even more interesting is that the game will now automatically create a backup copy of your save data any time you load a save.

Image credit: Team Ninja, Koei Tecmo.

If you’ve made it into the Eternal Rift, you’ll be happy to know that today’s update takes care of a few progression blockers, and fixes an issue that allowed some players to obtain certain items before they were supposed to, locking themselves out.

One of the more amusing fixes concerns Mujina, who had a tendency to respawn if you prayed at a Shrine after opening a chest it was hiding in, which made it appear far more often than a mimic should.

Finally, there’s a set of fixes that address bugs (and exploits) when using specific Martial Art with certain weapons. There are a few fixes to AI, Myths, and one problem with the Minamoto no Yoritomo boss fight that made it impossible to interrupt him, even after he runs out of Ki.

Hit the link at the top for the full change log, and check out our Nioh 3 gameplay tips if you haven’t already. You should also change these settings ASAP, as they’re going to make your life much easier and save you a lot of time.