Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition: Every New Setting Explained

Ghost of Yōtei's first anniversary update is also its biggest. Starting October 1 (October 2 in parts of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand), every owner of the game gets a free patch with new accessibility and quality-of-life options, while a separate paid upgrade unlocks a full narrative expansion and a brand-new combat mode. Sucker Punch bundled all of it into Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition, and the announcement post mixes free content with paid content in a way that's easy to misread. Here's exactly what you get, what it costs, and how to turn on every new setting.

01What's free and what you have to pay for

Every Ghost of Yōtei owner receives patch v2.0 at no cost. That update adds the new Beauty of Yōtei screensaver mode, new tracks for Watanabe Mode, the option to keep one armor set's appearance while using a different set's stats, and a new high-contrast accessibility option. None of that requires a purchase, and you don't need to touch the PlayStation Store to get any of it beyond installing the update itself.

The paid content is the Echoes of Sekigahara narrative expansion and the Most Wanted combat survival mode. If you already own Ghost of Yōtei, you can add both through the Complete Edition Upgrade for $14.99. If you don't own the game yet, Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition costs $69.99 and includes the base game, Ghost of Yōtei Legends (online co-op for up to four players), the Digital Deluxe Edition content, the Charm of Hokkyokusei, and both new pieces of content. Anyone who buys digitally by September 30 also gets an early unlock of the Sakai Armor, a callback to Jin Sakai's family armor from Ghost of Tsushima.

02Most Wanted: how Sucker Punch's roguelike mode actually works

Most Wanted is a single-player combat survival mode built around a bounty board. You accept a bounty to start a run, fight through waves of enemies and minibosses, and pick up perks from defeated foes that shape your build before you face that bounty's final target. Communications manager Andrew Goldfarb described it as "a brand new single-player combat survival mode, our spin on a roguelike," where "taking down enemies will earn you perks, as well as unlock additional characters to play as."

Three characters are confirmed for launch, each tied to a specific weapon: Atsu fights with dual katana, Oyuki wields the kusarigama, and Nagato uses a yari spear. Ghost of Tsushima protagonist Jin Sakai joins as a fourth, unlockable character, carrying a katana and hankyu plus a Sticky Bomb, and he can still switch between all four of his original stances to exploit specific enemy weaknesses. His Ultimate, Dance of Wrath, disarms multiple enemies at once, and his Kill Streak ability brings back Ghost Stance to frighten nearby enemies and cut down a limited number in a single hit. Sucker Punch rebuilt his model from Ghost of Tsushima rather than reusing it as-is; Goldfarb said the studio's "animation and character art teams worked hard to take his Ghost of Tsushima model and keep it faithful while also applying upgrades for Ghost of Yōtei." Jin unlocks as you clear bounties, and once all four characters are available you can freely pick between them on future runs.

Sucker Punch has pitched the bounty board as escalating in difficulty the further you progress, which is the part that separates Most Wanted from the main campaign's scripted duels: instead of a fixed boss order, you choose which bounty to chase next, and the perks you pick up along the way are what carry you into the harder targets. The studio has said it will share more specifics on exact perk pools and bounty tiers closer to the mode's launch, so treat any numbers you see elsewhere online as unconfirmed until Sucker Punch posts them directly.

03Echoes of Sekigahara: the story expansion explained

Echoes of Sekigahara splits its story between present-day Ezo and flashbacks to Atsu's past. In the present, you explore a previously unseen valley once controlled by a warlord called The Snake and his followers, the Vipers. The flashback half sends you to the Battle of Sekigahara and reconnects Atsu with Nagato, a figure from her past who has since arrived in Ezo. Along the way the expansion adds new enemy types, new heavy weapons, new armor sets, and new dyes, giving returning players a reason to go back into the wardrobe menu even if they've already finished the main campaign.

04How to turn on the new accessibility and appearance settings

The two quality-of-life additions in patch v2.0 are easy to miss because neither one is tied to the Complete Edition purchase. The high-contrast option is an accessibility setting that outlines enemies, interactive objects, and points of interest more clearly against the environment, aimed at players who find Ezo's painterly art style hard to read during combat. Pair it with the Beauty of Yōtei mode below if you also use Photo Mode frequently, since better contrast makes it easier to line up a shot before you switch filters.

The armor appearance option works like a transmog system: pick the stats from one armor set and the look of a completely different one, instead of being locked into whichever set has the bonuses you want for a given fight or boss. It's the single most requested change from the game's first year, going by the comments on Sucker Punch's own announcement post, and it finally lets you keep a consistent look through New Game Plus without giving up min-maxed stats. Combined with the extra armor sets and dyes coming in Echoes of Sekigahara, it also means cosmetic hunting and stat hunting no longer compete with each other the way they did at launch.

05Beauty of Yōtei and the new Watanabe Mode tracks

Beauty of Yōtei is a new screensaver-style mode that idles on Ezo's environments, built for players who just want to leave the game running as ambient scenery at home while grabbing new Photo Mode captures. It ships in the same free patch as the accessibility options, so you don't need the Complete Edition Upgrade to try it.

Watanabe Mode, the game's lo-fi filter named for anime director Shinichirō Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo), also gets new tracks that play throughout the entire game once the mode is switched on. It trades the game's orchestral score for a calmer, beat-driven soundtrack and eases up on camera movement, so it's worth turning on for a slower, more cinematic replay rather than a combat-focused one. Sucker Punch initially listed the new tracks as Complete Edition content when it first announced the update, then corrected the post two days later to clarify they ship in the free October 1 patch for every player, Complete Edition Upgrade or not. If you toggled Watanabe Mode off after finishing the main story, this is a good excuse to switch it back on, since the new tracks rotate in during both exploration and combat rather than just one or the other.

06Everything else bundled into the October 1 patch

Beyond the headline modes and settings, Complete Edition Upgrade owners get new Photo Mode stamps, additional cosmetics for New Game Plus, and new Trophies tied to both Echoes of Sekigahara and Most Wanted. None of these require any extra setup beyond owning the content; they appear automatically in their usual menus once the patch installs.

How to Get Every New Setting and Mode

1. 1Launch Ghost of Yōtei on PS5 and let the October 1 update (October 2 in parts of Asia, Australia and New Zealand) download before doing anything else. The free accessibility and quality-of-life options only appear after this patch installs.2 min
2. 2If you only want the new settings, skip the store entirely. If you want Most Wanted and Echoes of Sekigahara, buy the Complete Edition Upgrade for $14.99 from the in-game store or PlayStation Store.1 min
3. 3Open Options > Accessibility and enable the new high-contrast setting to outline enemies and interactive objects more clearly against the environment.1 min
4. 4From the armor menu, choose the stat set you want to wear, then use the new appearance option to display a different set's look instead, without losing the stats underneath.2 min
5. 5Find Beauty of Yōtei in the game's mode or photo settings to switch the screen into a screensaver-style idle view of Ezo, useful for ambient display or lining up Photo Mode shots.1 min
6. 6Enable Watanabe Mode to hear the new lo-fi tracks across both exploration and combat; this is a free addition regardless of whether you bought the Complete Edition Upgrade.1 min
7. 7If you bought the upgrade, open Most Wanted from the main menu, pick a bounty from the board, and start a run with Atsu, Oyuki or Nagato. Jin Sakai unlocks as you clear bounties.5 min
8. 8With the upgrade installed, look for the new quest marker tied to the previously unseen valley to begin the Echoes of Sekigahara expansion and meet Nagato.5 min

“For Jin, our animation and character art teams worked hard to take his Ghost of Tsushima model and keep it faithful while also applying upgrades for Ghost of Yōtei.”Andrew Goldfarb, Senior Communications Manager, Sucker Punch Productions

07Should you buy the Complete Edition Upgrade?

If you already finished Ghost of Yōtei and were waiting on a reason to come back, the $14.99 Complete Edition Upgrade is a reasonable price for a full story expansion plus an entirely new mode, especially with Jin Sakai playable in Most Wanted. If you haven't bought the game at all, the $69.99 Complete Edition is the better entry point since it folds in Legends and the Digital Deluxe content for the same price the base game launched at. Either way, update to patch v2.0 first; the accessibility and armor options apply the moment you patch, with or without a purchase.

Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition Announce Trailer, posted August 12, 2026, about seven weeks before the October 1 release.