Black Myth: Wukong PS5 Update Boosts Performance, 93GB Download Required

The latest update for Black Myth: Wukong delivers substantial performance gains, but prepare for a massive 93.3GB download.

On PS5, you'll need sufficient free space to install this large update. However, the installation process rewrites the game files, potentially leaving you with the same or even reduced overall storage usage compared to before. Therefore, if you're short on space, consider uninstalling the game completely and redownloading it rather than applying the update over your existing install.

For the PS5 version, patch 1.0.20.21756 enhances loading speeds, sharpens specific textures, boosts CPU and rendering performance across various situations, optimizes memory usage, and refines motion blur quality to reduce aliasing during camera movement.

The PC update introduces native support for AMD FSR 4, improves Compatible Mode, and offers a "significant" lighting quality upgrade when Global Illumination is set to Low, bringing it closer to the High setting's visual impact.

In a brief social media summary—and a more detailed post on developer Game Science's official site—the studio noted that, alongside typical bug fixes, the "significant number of under-the-hood changes" made to enhance performance could affect not only PS5 storage but also PC mods, potentially "causing compatibility problems" and "preventing the game from launching or triggering error pop-ups during play." As a result, the developers recommend removing all mods and verifying your game files before restarting the game after installing the latest patch.

The update is available across all platforms starting today (October 13). Below are the complete patch notes.

Black Myth: Wukong Patch 1.0.20.21756 Notes

Pre-Installation Information

Because of the platform's update system, your computer must have a certain amount of free disk space available (not necessarily on the same drive for Steam users) to temporarily store the update files. (PC)

If you have any mods installed, applying this patch could lead to compatibility issues, potentially preventing the game from launching, loading saved games, or causing in-game errors. We advise uninstalling all mods and verifying your game files before restarting. (PC)The current performance optimization involves many foundational changes, resulting in a larger-than-usual patch size. If the update fails due to insufficient storage or other problems, please try reinstalling the game. (PS5)If you notice an unusually large update file size during installation, or if the game freezes, crashes, or fails to start afterward, consult the Installation/Patch FAQ on our official website.This update may require shader recompilation. If the game crashes during this process, try restarting it until compilation finishes or choose to skip shader compilation.

Gameplay Enhancements

Bosses

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

Interaction

The Journeyer's Chart interface will now guide the Destined One to use the Keeper's Shrine for travel before obtaining any Journeyer's Charts.Improved the legibility of the "Cleared" marker in the "Load Journey" interface.

Performance

Integrated AMD FSR 4. On supported hardware, this will be accessible via the in-game Settings after updating your drivers and enabling FSR 4 in your driver settings. (PC)Enhanced Compatible Mode. When enabled, ray tracing, frame generation, and some super-resolution features are temporarily turned off to help avoid launch failures caused by driver, hardware, or system irregularities. (PC)Adjusted the default graphics settings for specific graphics cards to better align with the various graphical adjustments in the current version. (PC)Significantly improved lighting quality when Global Illumination is set to Low, making it visually closer to the High setting. (PC)Reverted Performance Mode to a 60Hz target, lowering input latency and achieving a higher resolution than before, though lighting quality has been adjusted for better performance. The original Performance Mode is preserved and renamed "Performance Mode (Legacy)". (PS5)Increased the game's loading speed. (PS5)Enhanced the sharpness of certain textures. (PS5)Boosted CPU and rendering performance in many situations.Optimized memory usage across numerous scenarios.Improved motion blur quality to reduce aliasing artifacts during camera pans.

Localization

Added Czech language support.

Bug Fixes

BossesResolved an issue where the Yaoguai Chief "Top Takes Bottom & Bottom Takes Top" could become invincible under specific circumstances.Fixed an issue where the iron ball might not display correctly during encounters with the Yaoguai Chief "Top Takes Bottom & Bottom Takes Top" in certain situations.PerformanceFixed multiple issues causing screen ghosting and edge flickering. (PS5)Fixed a problem where XeSS 2.0 frame generation failed to activate on some displays. (PC)Resolved an issue that could cause the game to crash on launch when both DLSS 4 frame generation and ray tracing were enabled. (PC)Corrected several rendering errors in NXSR that caused ghosting and edge flickering, and improved NXSR's overall rendering quality. (PC)LocalizationFixed text overlap in the "Make Medicine" interface for specific languages.Corrected voiceover and subtitle mismatches in certain cutscenes.Fixed an issue where some text in the Settings menu was not properly localized.Addressed translation inaccuracies and resolved problems with spelling, capitalization, and terminology consistency across several languages.

IGN's review of Black Myth: Wukong scored it 8/10, stating: "Despite some frustrating technical issues, Black Myth: Wukong is a great action game with fantastic combat, exciting bosses, tantalizing secrets, and a beautiful world."

The game has seen tremendous success and broken sales records. A sequel is currently in development, though it is still in the early stages.