Black Myth: Wukong Update Improves Performance, But There’s a Major Catch

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Game Science is releasing an update for *Black Myth: Wukong*, but it’s so big on PlayStation 5 that players might have to delete and reinstall the game to get it. While it’s good the developers are still supporting the game, this could be a problem for PS5 owners with limited storage space.

Released in 2024 for PS5 and PC, *Black Myth: Wukong* quickly gained popularity. This challenging action game, inspired by the classic novel *Journey to the West*, puts players in control of a character based on the legendary Sun Wukong. Since its initial release, the game has received several updates, and it became available on Xbox Series X/S on August 20, 2025.

A new update for *Black Myth: Wukong* requires a massive 93.5 GB of free space on PlayStation 5 due to how the game stores its files. Since the game itself already takes up around 130 GB, some players might have to delete and redownload the entire game to get the update, even though the changes aren’t huge. The update adds Czech language support, fixes bugs, and improves the fight against the Yaoguai King boss. It also boosts performance on all platforms, including faster loading times on PS5 and the ability to use AMD FSR4 on PC. The update will be rolling out starting October 13th, so everyone should have access to it shortly.

This update is significantly bigger than the one released for *Black Myth: Wukong* in September. That earlier update just addressed a few bugs and a single performance problem on Xbox Series X/S.

Black Myth: Wukong has been incredibly popular, selling over 25 million copies since it launched. Fans are hoping Game Science continues to improve the game with updates, making it even better for both new players and those who want to revisit it. It’s a challenging game similar to the ‘Souls-like’ genre.

It looks like Black Myth: Wukong won’t be getting any big expansions. Game Science has announced they’re making a sequel called Black Myth: Zhong Kui. This new game is based on the Chinese legend of Zhong Kui, a spirit who travels between the worlds of the living and the dead to capture ghosts, and is currently in the early stages of development.

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

What to Know Before Patch Installation

Our platform update requires some free disk space on your computer to download and install the new files. Steam users can use any available drive for this temporary storage. (PC)

Installing this update might cause problems if you’re using mods. You could be unable to start the game, load your saves, or you might see error messages while playing. Before updating, we suggest removing your mods and then checking that your game files aren’t corrupted. (PC)

This update includes many improvements under the hood, making the download size larger than usual. If you have trouble updating, possibly due to limited storage space, please try downloading the game again. (PlayStation 5)

Okay, so if you’re running into trouble with a patch – like it’s HUGE, the game freezes up, crashes, or just won’t launch after installing – definitely check out the Installation/Patch FAQ on the official website. That’s where you’ll find answers to most common issues!

Hey everyone, just a heads-up! This new update might take a little while to process all the graphics stuff – it could mean some shader recompilation. If the game crashes during that process, don’t worry! Just try restarting it a few times, and it should eventually finish. Or, if you’re impatient, you can skip the shader compilation altogether.

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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2025-10-13 18:14