Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin version update overhauls 'Sakuna the Efflorescent' minigame, adds new dishes

by Adam Vitale on 03 December, 2021

Marvelous has released a new update for Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, which overhauls the 'Sakuna the Efflorescent' tower defense minigame, adds new dishes, and makes several other adjustments and bug fixes.

'Sakuna the Efflorescent' is a minigame within Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin in which Sakuna must defend the Tree of Creation of waves of an Aphid swarm.

A Japanese trailer showing some new gameplay of the updated minigame can be found below, alongside the English patch notes. The update increases the pace of the minigame, adds new rewards, and adds new metal, giant, & rainbow aphid types.

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin released for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam) in November 2020. The game also made RPG Site's top ten RPGs of 2020.

Added Content

Implemented a complete overhaul for "Sakuna the Efflorescent"

Added new Spirit Boughs as rewards for "Sakuna the Efflorescent"

Added dishes that use ingredients which were previously underutilised

[Editor's Note: Nineteen new dishes are listed on Edelweiss' website.]

Added several new icons for dishes
Adjustments

Buffs for different weather patterns now take effect everywhere

Full Throttle now correctly applies to rainment skills that cause debuffs

Full Throttle and Divine Maiden now correctly apply to Toxic Crown

Added to the divine raiment tutorial during the opening

Minor typo fixes
Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where changing equipment during battle on the lowest floor of Amagaeshi Shrine could cause a crash

Other minor bug fixes