Overview
- The Hell Rising expansion released on Wednesday and is available now on PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, marking the first paid add-on for Nioh 3.
- The DLC opens a new Keian-era open-field map where players investigate a Spirit Stones mystery with companions Yagyu Jubei and the Spanish envoy Rodrigo.
- Two new weapon types, the Hoko and the Shield, arrive for both Samurai and Ninja styles to enable more tactical play such as shield-throwing and short-spear attacks.
- A new equipment category, the Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scroll, drops as rare loot and creates automatically generated, repeatable encounters that players must win to equip and then can replay to modify effects.
- An extreme mode called the Enlightened One's Journey applies random Curse buffs to make enemies stronger but awards divine-rarity items and Grace set bonuses; the DLC is reported at £16.99 and Koei Tecmo says a second expansion, Bloody Insurrection, is in development.