Sifu, the critically acclaimed martial arts roguelike, has received its final update patch 1.24. The update adds a number of new features and content, including six new dynamic Arenas, 75 new challenges, four new cheats, and three new modifiers.

The fresh Arenas serve as formidable trials, assessing players’ proficiency and mastery of the game’s combat mechanics. Within each Arena lies a distinct layout teeming with diverse adversaries, all of whom must be vanquished to advance.

These novel challenges introduce an innovative method for evaluating players’ abilities and reaping valuable rewards. These trials span a spectrum of complexity, from straightforward to intricate, constantly urging players to reach their utmost potential.

The four new cheats allow players to play the game in new and different ways. For example, the Free Throw cheat allows players to unconditionally throw their foes, while the Vampire modifier decreases players’ age every time they kill an enemy.

The three new modifiers add new challenges to the game. For example, the No Master Strikes modifier prevents players from using Master Strikes, while the No Counters modifier prevents players from countering enemy attacks. Check out the full changelog below.

Sifu Patch 1.24 – The Final Content Update

New Stuff

• 6 new Arenas.
• 75 new Challenges.
• 8 new Modifiers and 19 new Cheats
• 2 new Outfits

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the game’s language could reset to default.
• Fixed an issue when scrubbing through the timeline of a large replay file could crash the game.
• Fixed an issue that could cause crashes in some Hardpoint Arenas.
• Fixed Jinfeng’s grab attack in Replays.
• Fixed an issue in the Death Menu with the “Reversed Aging” Cheat, for which pendant coins would reappear too early with a high Death Counter.
• Fixed an issue where the Avoid tutorial against the Juggernaut grab attack in the Squats couldn’t be cleared if the Press Type was set to “Toggle” for guarding in the controller settings.
• Fixed an issue where some SFX would be heard repeatedly during gameplay and in the Replay Editor when cheats are active.
• Fixed an issue where the age would display incorrectly when the “Infinite Lives” cheat is active.
• Fixed an issue with overlapping boss bars in the “Travel Broadens the Mind” challenge.

Sound Design

• Added a new “tension” SFX when reaching the end part of a challenge.
• Renamed the “Gameplay SFX” setting as “Extradiegetic Sound Effects”.
• Added Arenas soundtrack to the Replay Editor music selection.
• Various fixes and mixing improvements.
• Added new SFX for walkie-talkies when thrown.

Art

• Added 6 new Arenas!
• Added 2 new Oufits (Professional & Wisdom)

UI/UX

• Added a button to access the Arenas Custom Mode.
• Added an “Increase Menu Text Size” setting, which increases the size of small UI elements.
• Added new thumbnails and text for the new Arenas in the Replay selection menu.
• Added visual feedback on enemies and bosses’ structure bar when using the “Environmental Weakness” and “Structure Only” Cheats.
• Fixed various UI issues.

Design

• Added 8 new Modifiers.
• Added 19 new Cheats, including 8 individual move replacements, and 3 full moveset replacements.
• The move some moveset cheats are replacing have been changed:

              Jump Punch: Running Light Attack → Duck Strike

               Bodyguard Grab: Crooked Foot → Running Light Attack

• Arenas Custom Mode. You can choose modifiers or cheats to overwrite a challenge’s with. Stamps cannot be earned with Custom Mode active. Not all cheats/modifiers are available in this mode. An arena-exclusive “Master Difficulty” cheat is available in the “Miscellaneous” tab
• A Modifiers Randomizer has been added to the Modifiers menu. You can customize, to a degree, which random selection of Modifiers/Cheats will be used for the next level/challenge. Modifiers & Cheats not yet unlocked may be randomly selected too. Progress is stopped with the Randomizer enabled, except with the “Modifiers only” parameter.
• Moved the “Permanent Damage” modifier to its own category (“Health Recovery”) to which the “Legacy” cheat has been added. The Goals texts mentioning it have been updated.
• 10 new achievements (clearing them is not needed for the platinum trophy/“Fist of the Immortal” achievement)
• Increased the currency given by the goals “Strike!”, “Friendly fire”, “Teamwork” and “Inspiration Windfall” by 50 to prevent a very rare softlock preventing further Cheat unlocks. The total 200 additional currency should be retroactively added to your total if you have already cleared these goals.

‍Localisation

• New localisation for Title Update 5 content.
• Fixed pieces of Chinese text on some walls in the Tower and in the Sanctuary.

Check out the Sifu – Final Update Release Trailer

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