Key Highlights:
- Silent Hill f update 1.10 makes New Game Plus runs easier with fewer forced encounters and faster stamina.
- A new Casual action difficulty offers a gentler option for players who struggled with combat.
- Konami has also added a skip feature for select NG+ sections, though it comes with trophy limitations.
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Konami has rolled out a major balancing update for Silent Hill f, and it should make repeat playthroughs far less of a grind. Patch 1.10 is now live across all platforms and introduces a wide range of tweaks centred around reducing combat pressure, improving stamina recovery, and making NG+ runs more accessible.
Silent Hill f leans heavily on melee encounters, so easing some of that repetition is a welcome change, especially for players chasing the multiple ending routes.
The new Casual action difficulty is the headline addition. It sits beneath Story mode and gives players a lighter challenge from the start of the game or when selected after multiple Game Over screens. From my own playthroughs, the late-game gauntlets could be punishing on repeat runs, so having a more forgiving option makes sense, particularly for newcomers who want to focus on the narrative rather than the combat loop.
One of the biggest quality-of-life improvements is the reduction in unskippable combat encounters across several chapters. Enemy density has been lowered too, and Hinako now takes slightly less damage on Hard difficulty. Stamina regeneration has also been tuned to be faster, which should make dodging and repositioning feel more responsive. These smaller adjustments combine to give the game a smoother pace, especially during sections that previously felt like roadblocks.
For New Game Plus, Konami has added an optional skip mechanic that lets players bypass parts of the mural puzzle sequence once certain conditions are met. It’s a smart addition for anyone hunting for the full ending list, though it comes with the catch that skipped areas won’t grant their collectibles or certain trophies.
It won’t affect branching paths or finales, but trophy completionists will want to approach it carefully.
Silent Hill f has already crossed one million sales since its September launch, and updates like this show that Konami and Neobards are listening to feedback. The game’s shift to 1960s Japan was already a bold step for the series, and smoothing out the replay experience should help more players push deeper into its branching storylines. With multiple endings locked behind successive runs, this patch should make the journey a lot more manageable without losing the tension that defines Silent Hill.
The following patch notes were provided by the official Konami website and can be viewed below:
Silent Hill F Update 1.10 Patch Notes
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New Features
- Added Action Difficulty: Casual
- The Casual action difficulty will be playable when starting a game from “New Game” on the main menu or from a New Game+ save file.For players on the Story action difficulty or higher, the Casual action difficulty will be selectable upon reaching the Game Over screen multiple times.
- Added Optional Skip Feature for Select Sections of New Game+
- Upon completing the “Go through the door” objective after solving the mural puzzle on New Game+, the game will display the option to skip. The game will resume at the scene where Hinako awakens at the corridor of the Dark Shrine for the second time with the “Proceed” objective if skipped.
- Items from the skipped sections will not be collected.
- “Thankful to Be Here,” “Grateful for a Worthy Foe,” and “Clear Skies” do not unlock on a playthrough that uses the skip feature.
- The skip feature does not impact branching paths or endings.
System Changes
- Hinako’s stamina replenishes slightly faster
- Unskippable combat encounters are reduced across multiple sections
- Fewer enemies are placed across multiple sections
- Hinako’s line when an enemy is defeated plays at a slightly later time
- Hinako takes slightly less damage on the Hard action difficulty
Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug where Shu duplicates in the cutscene that plays when heading from Sennensugi Shrine to Rinko’s house during the “Head to Rinko’s house” objective
- Fixed bug where interaction icons do not display on the hall leading to the room with the naginata during the “Enter the inner room” objective
- Fixed bug where the Sakuko-like entity stops moving in combat during the “Defeat the Sakuko-like entity” objective
- Fixed bug where the Fog Monster stops moving and halts progress during the “Chase after the Fog Monster” objective
- Fixed bugs across multiple levels where events do not progress despite meeting the required conditions
- Fixed bugs across multiple levels where specific enemies remain outside of the combat area and cannot be defeated
- Fixed bugs across multiple levels where clumps of flesh do not spawn
- Fixed bug where some notes from “Sakuko’s Diary” could not be obtained on New Game+
- Fixed bug where Hinako may become unresponsive to player input after dodging
- Fixed bug where Hinako dies upon loading an autosave file if Hinako died during an autosave
- Fixed bug where the “View Endings” option does not display on the title screen after finishing the first playthrough (may require loading New Game+ data to fix)
- Fixed bug where Indirect Lighting and Reflections revert to On during cutscenes even when set to Off in the Graphics menu
- Fixed bug where the cursor moves without player input when playing on the controller
*Various other minor bugs have been fixed, including bugs related to audio, hitboxes, text errors, loading, and graphics.
PlayStation 5 / Xbox Series X|S
New Features
- Added Action Difficulty: Casual
- The Casual action difficulty will be playable when starting a game from “New Game” on the main menu or from a New Game+ save file. For players on the Story action difficulty or higher, the Casual action difficulty will be selectable upon reaching the Game Over screen multiple times.
- Added Optional Skip Feature for Select Sections of New Game+
- Upon completing the “Go through the door” objective after solving the mural puzzle on New Game+, the game will display the option to skip. The game will resume at the scene where Hinako awakens at the corridor of the Dark Shrine for the second time with the “Proceed” objective if skipped.
- Items from the skipped sections will not be collected.
- “Thankful to Be Here,” “Grateful for a Worthy Foe,” and “Clear Skies” do not unlock on a playthrough that uses the skip feature.
- The skip feature does not impact branching paths or endings.
Added Motion Blur option to the Graphics menu
System Changes
- Hinako’s stamina replenishes slightly faster
- Unskippable combat encounters are reduced across multiple sections
- Fewer enemies are placed across multiple sections
- Hinako’s line when an enemy is defeated plays at a slightly later time
- Hinako takes slightly less damage on the Hard action difficulty
Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug where Shu duplicates in the cutscene that plays when heading from Sennensugi Shrine to Rinko’s house during the “Head to Rinko’s house” objective
- Fixed bug where interaction icons do not display on the hall leading to the room with the naginata during the “Enter the inner room” objective
- Fixed bug where the Sakuko-like entity stops moving in combat during the “Defeat the Sakuko-like entity” objective
- Fixed bug where the Fog Monster stops moving and halts progress during the “Chase after the Fog Monster” objective
- Fixed bugs across multiple levels where events do not progress despite meeting the required conditions
- Fixed bugs across multiple levels where specific enemies remain outside of the combat area and cannot be defeated
- Fixed bugs across multiple levels where clumps of flesh do not spawn
- Fixed bug where some notes from “Sakuko’s Diary” could not be obtained on New Game+
- Fixed bug where Hinako may become unresponsive to player input after dodging
- Fixed bug where Hinako dies upon loading an autosave file if Hinako died during an autosave
- Fixed bug where the “View Endings” option does not display on the title screen after finishing the first playthrough (may require loading New Game+ data to fix)
- Fixed bug where the cursor moves without player input when playing on the controller
*Various other minor bugs have been fixed, including bugs related to audio, hitboxes, text errors, loading, and graphics.