Mortal Kombat 1 Update Patch Notes: All Fixes, Changes & More

General Gameplay Adjustments

• Move list corrections
• Localization fixes
• Fixed an issue that could cause Player 2 to push their opponent away further during certain combo sequences
• Fixed an issue that could cause buffered Kombo Attacks Strings & buffered 2in1-cancelled non Enhanced Special Moves to not be performed if a Kameo Ambush attack that can be canceled or branched from was executed with specific timing
• Fixed an issue causing some of Stryker’s & Sektor’s attacks to be unbreakable

Character Specific Adjustments

• Ashrah - Fixed an issue that could cause Crushing Knee (Towards + Back Kick) to pass through opponents while attacking
• Goro (Kameo) - Stomp is now higher priority when it & his partner’s attacks hit on the same frame
• Havik - Decaying Guard (Back Punch, Front Punch) and Flesh Wound (Back Punch, Back Punch) no longer auto face
• Jax (Kameo) - Ground Pound is now higher priority when it & his partner’s attacks hit on the same frame
• Kung Lao - Kung-Kussion will now auto face when done on the landing frame after jumping over an opponent
• Shujinko (Kameo) - Mimic Ice Klone & Ice Ball will no longer be repeated by an opponent hit by Time Stop
• Fixed issues with the following attacks not working correctly against high parry special moves
  • Ashrah
    • God's Wrath and Demon's Wrath can now be high parried
    • Light Ascension and Dark Ascension can now be high parried
  • Baraka
    • (Air) Death Spin can no longer be high parried
    • Reflex Tester (Back + Front Punch) can no longer be high parried
    • Bleeding Foot (Back + Front Kick) second hit can no longer be high parried
  • General Shao
    • Power Strike can now be high parried
    • Fixed parry inconsistency between Devastator and Klassic Kahn. Both can no longer be high parried
  • Johnny Cage
    • Ball Buster can now be high parried
    • Rising Star can now be high parried
    • Shadow Kick can now be high parried
  • Kenshi
    • Sento Stance Lost Way (Forward + Back Punch, Back Punch, Front Punch) can no longer be high parried
  • Kung Lao
    • Knee Buckle (Back + Front Kick) can now be high parried
  • Li Mei
    • (Air) Flipping Heel Kick can no longer be high parried
    • No Holds Barred (Back + Front Kick, Back Kick) can no longer be high parried
  • Nitara
    • Enhanced Bad Blood can no longer be high parried
  • Raiden
    • Electric Fly and (Air) Electric Fly can no longer be high parried
  • Rain
    • Enhanced Upflow can no longer be high parried
    • Geyser can no longer be high parried
  • Reptile
    • Death Roll can no longer be high parried
    • Falling Fangs can no longer be high parried
  • Scorpion
    • Twisted Kyo can now be high parried
  • Shang Tsung
    • Old Form Goal Kick (Forward + Font Kick) can no longer be high parried
  • Sindel
    • Enhanced Low Hairball first hit (kick attack) can now be high parried
  • Sub-Zero
    • Ice Slide can no longer be high parried
  • Tanya
    • Drill Kick can now be high parried

General

• General bug fixes
• Added and fleshed out accessibility options
• Character polish and tuning pass
• Added numerous additional finishing moves
• Improved and refined UI to include additional new options

Invasions

• Substantial revisions and polish on various encounters
• General UI Improvements
• General bug fixes
• Rebalanced boss fights
• Adjusted mesa progression
• Added Season 1 content
• Added challenge towers in the gateway mesa

Story

• Improvements to the movie player
• Visual polish to numerous scenes
• Tuning of the story finale and final boss
• 4k resolution movies added

Online

• Improvements to matchmaker
• Bug fixes to online modes

General

• Enables additional character/kameo roster, additional arenas, and kustomization
• Enables full tutorials, fatality practice, practice mode
• Enables Towers and Tournament modes
• General bug fixes

Story

• Enables full story campaign

Online

• Enables online gameplay