update · March 15, 2024
Wandering Sword Southern Chronicles Update Patch Notes
Spiral Up Games drops a balance and bug-fix patch for Wandering Sword, addressing save data bugs, heritage library unlocks, and combat balance.
Spiral Up Games released a patch for Wandering Sword following the Southern Chronicles update. The patch fixes challenge closures, save loading bugs, and adjusts combat stats across multiple characters and internal skills.
Bug Fixes and Progression
The Five Balances Sutra challenge is temporarily closed. Loading old saves no longer displays difficulty as Easy. Hard mode now correctly executes flank and rear attacks for martial arts and hidden weapons. Multiple quest progression bugs, duplicate rewards, and dialogue errors involving the Pili School, Beggars' Sect, and Duan siblings are resolved. Prerequisite main storyline entry requirements are added to several quests in New South Border.
Heritage Library and Skills
Several skills and manuals are locked or unlocked in the heritage library, including Unbounded Golden Wheel and Star Absorption Force. Equipment attribute values for supreme forged gear are corrected, and weapon usage restrictions are added for Mowen and Jiang Yin Feng.
Combat Balancing
Combat attributes for Lian Xin and Duan Lu Shuang are weakened during the Pili School side quest, and Duan Lu Shuang's Spring Age Endless Mystery internal power is removed. Mid to late-game party members receive additional martial arts points, while initial meridian distributions for Mowen, Ouyang Xue, Yao Ji, and Jiang Xiaotong are removed. The Cloud-Patterned Tai Chi Diagram no longer grants a layer of Tai Chi and flat damage reduction per round, instead increasing defense on hit and regenerating health.
Quality of Life Improvements
Auto-saves are added after triggering Shaolin dialogue and before battle size choices in New South Border. Team members Ye Fei, Yan Weihuan, and Dishui Monk now join the valley chase with full health status.
Why this patch matters
This patch cleans up persistent progression blocks and rebalances Tai Chi mechanics while smoothing out late-game party progression.