Mortal Kombat 1 January 2025 update out now, patch notes

Mortal Kombat 1 just received its latest update for January 2025.

It was confirmed that Conan the Barbarian would be available starting today, and that’s the main highlight of the update. That’s far from all though as there’s a new wave of balance adjustments, fixes, and more.

The full rundown is as follows:

Mortal Kombat 1 January 2025 update patch notes

Nintendo Switch

• Entering and exiting the pause menu during online practice no longer causes latency increases
• Friends only tab in Kombat League should now populate correctly

General Fixes & Adjustments

• Move list corrections & Localization fixes
• AI adjustments & improvements
• Improvements to Screen Reader functionality
• Added Conan Fighter to Roster
• Added Age of Conan skins for Ashrah, Baraka, & Geras
• Fixed several visual issues during brutalities

Character Specific Adjustments

Main Fighters

Havik

• While Blood Bath tether is active it will continuously drain Havik’s health and grant him meter
• Blood Bath now only possible when below 30% health

Kitana

• Added new move (Air) Enhanced Fan Toss
• Added new move (Air) Reverse Fan Toss
• Added new move (Air) Enhanced Reverse Fan Toss
• Added new move Wind Bomb Squall

Raiden

• Added new move Electric Overcharge
• Added new move Electric Discharge

Reiko

• Added new move (Air) Reap The Whirlwind
• Added new move (Air) Enhanced Reap The Whirlwind
• Assassin Throwing Stars and Enhanced Assassin Throwing Stars are now destroyed by opponent’s projectiles
• Pain Knee from Enhanced Charging Pain now has a different reaction

Scorpion

• Fixed rare issue that could cause Sweeping Scorpion Tail (B+3) to sometimes do 3 hits when blocked or hit armor

Shang Tsung

• When morphed into Ghostface and swapped to an Alternate Killer, Shang Tsung will no longer morph back until returned to Original Killer
• Fixed specific sequence using Kameo Kopy to turn into Khameleon causing Kameo Kopy move to become disabled for an extended period
• Fixed visual issue with Kameo Kopy interrupted at specific timing when opponent is using Ferra
• Fixed rare issue that could occur during endurance fights that could cause lingering visuals when Shang Tsung is defeated

Ermac

• Fixed some of Witch Slam, Enhanced Witch Slam, Behind You, and Too Late damage not correctly applying some damage buffs

Cyrax

• Fixed an opponent caught in capture foam being able to sometimes go through Kameo Frost Ice Wall

Sektor

• Fixed lingering sound effects on Bionic Blast (Hold 2) when losing a match

Ghostface

• Fixed rare issues where Alternate Killer could be prevented from swapping back to Billy when hit by certain attacks on the same frame as Killer timer ran out
• Fixed issues with stun attacks causing combo to reset if used at specific timing after Knife Toss Fakeout
• Fixed temporary restriction preventing player from performing Knife Toss Fakeout
• Fixed missing sound effects on some attacks
• Fixed missing sound effects when Alternate Killers are hit by some attacks

Kameo Fighters

Darrius (Kameo)

• Fixed Darrius rapidly moving outside of the arena when performing Ground Invitational in certain corner circumstances

Sektor (Kameo)

• Fixed issue that was causing Straight Missile Fatal Blow to not become invulnerable after hitting opponent
• Straight Missile (Fatal Blow) now has 4 more startup frames when not in a combo & no longer has armor

Scorpion (Kameo)

• Flame Aura has a different reaction against Kameos, deals extra damage, and adds a victim flame visual effects
• Flame Aura can now hit airborne Kameos
• Flame Aura drains 50% Kameo meter from the opponent if it hits an opponent’s Kameo

Sub-Zero (Kameo)

• Fixed Deep Freeze facing wrong direction if performed at specific timing against a teleporting opponent

Shujinko (Kameo)

• Shujinko can now perform Borrow: Psychotic Dive to Prone Stab against Ghostface
• Fixed Mimic: Enhanced Backstage Pass when performed against Ghostface sometimes missing if the opponent is in the corner

Motaro (Kameo)

• Fixed issue that was causing Charge! Fatal Blow to not become invulnerable after hitting opponent
• Fixed Uppercut (Down + Back Punch) & Fatal Blow attacks doing incorrect damage against Motaro

Tremor (Kameo)

• Attacks that cause push forward block reaction will now cause Crystal Armor hit reaction to push forward

Ferra (Kameo)

• Fixed Uppercut (Down + Back Punch) & Fatal Blow attacks doing incorrect damage against Ferra

The Mortal Kombat 1 January 2025 update is out now on Nintendo Switch. In case you missed it, we have the trailer for Conan the Barbarian here.