The huge new Mortal Kombat 1 Khaos Reigns update is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch. Weighing in at a whopping 72GB on PS5, version 1.007.001 introduces a wealth of new features to the game, from new characters and story content, to various balance fixes, costumes and even finishing moves in the form of Animalities. As you can see from the patch notes below, the reason this particular update is so large is because NetherRealm has implemented a new file compression feature to reduce game size for future patch releases. Unfortunately, however, this isn’t much help now, because this particular update is absolutely huge, and takes the overall install space for MK1 to beyond 200GB. On the plus side, it’s great to see Animalities make a return, alongside even more new Brutalities for fans to discover. Check out the full list of MK1 patch notes below for more information.

If you want to pick up the Khaos Reigns expansion for less than the official £40 asking price, then you can purchase a £40 PlayStation Store card for just £35.99 from CD Keys. 

Mortal Kombat Khaos Reigns update patch notes…

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• Various fixes to improve game stability

• Added a new [High] value for the existing Motion Blur setting, with the previous [ON] setting now being noted as [Medium]

• Added AMD FSR 3 Image Reconstruction as an additional Upscaling option available

• Added a new graphical setting to disable the Film Grain effect

• Updated Nvidia DLSS Image Reconstruction plugin to version 3.7.1 and changed the Upscaling Preset used to C

• Implemented first pass of Razer RGB peripheral support for certain in-game sequences

• Reworked file structure to optimise future Patch download & install sizes

• Various UI fixes and improvements

• Various Mouse & Keyboard input device related fixes

• Resolved issues that occurred when using Low graphics settings

• Further optimised the PSO Shader Cache boot flow for certain hardware set-ups

Khaos Reigns Content Update

• Additional Story Content has been added – Part 2: Khaos Reigns

Free Content Update

• Additionally, all Mortal Kombat 1 owners will have access to new Arenas, new Arena Variants, and Animalities, the fan-favorite finishing moves that haven’t been seen since the ‘90s, allowing fighters to channel their inner animals.

 – These features will be available on September 24 as a FREE content update in conjunction with the Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns release.

General Fixes & Adjustments

• Title updated to Khaos Reigns

• Implemented file compression to reduce game size for future patch releases (Note that this will require a larger download than usual for this Patch)

• Move list corrections & Localisation fixes

• AI adjustments & improvements

• Improvements to Screen Reader functionality

• Added Cyrax Fighter to Roster

• Added Sektor Fighter to Roster

• Added Noob Saibot Fighter to Roster

• Added Wedding skin for Scorpion, Empress skin for Mileena & UMK3 skin for Sub-Zero

• Added several new Brutalities for players to discover

• Fixed several visual issues during brutalities

• Added Kameo ease of use information shown during Kameo Selection

• Fixed rare situations where a successful Up Block against a vulnerable attack would result in the defender still receiving block pushback

• Adjusted distance that Fighters move when performing a buffered backdash after an attack

• Fixed issue with offline consoles sometimes not retaining hotfix data that has been previously downloaded

• Fixed issue that could cause players in Invasions to not use the latest hotfix data

Invasions

• Added Towers of Time which now resides where the Gateway Mesa was

• You can now also enter Towers of Time from the Main Menu > Towers

• Added Towers of Time Challenges & Leaderboard with placement rewards

• Added Map to Mesa Pause Menu which shows pathways & key locations

Online

• Added Warrior Shrine

• Added Online Practice Mode

Character Specific Adjustments (Highlights)

Main Fighters

Ashrah

• Fixed Enhanced Light Ascension causing camera to become misaligned in certain situations

• Fixed Dark debuff lingering after Ashrah is defeated during an Endurance fight

Baraka

• (Air) Death Spin final hit now only auto-corrects if one of the previous hits connected

General Shao

• Fixed Reverse Treechopper damage scaling when interrupted using default interrupted damage scaling instead of command grab damage scaling

• Fixed sound effects missing in certain situations when hitting with Haymaker (Away + Front Kick, Back Punch)

Geras

• Factual Force (Towards + Front Kick) now causes a bounce hit reaction instead of a splat knockdown & recovers 8 frames faster on hit

• History Lesson now recovers 17 frames faster on miss

Havik

• Added new Move Nether Snatcher & Enhanced Nether Snatcher

• Added new Move (Air) Nether Stomp & (Air) Enhanced Nether Stomp

• Added new Move Enhanced Corpse Taunt

• Helping Hand & Enhanced Helping Hand now startup in 45 frames (down from 59)

• Helping Hand armor now starts on frame 6 (was frame 10)

Enhanced Helping Hand now has a different hit reaction if used more than once in a combo

Johnny Cage

• Fixed issue with Wowing Out special move limit not being reset if a Kameo Summon is used as a cancel

Kitana

• Fixed visual issue with Fancy Flick causing ground impact effects after it has been parried

Kung Lao

• Added new Move (Air) Buzzsaw & Enhanced (Air) Buzzsaw

• Shaolin Spin can now move forward or backward while holding Front Kick button

• Enhanced Shaolin Spin has increased movement speed forward or backward when holding Front Kick button

Li Mei

• Fixed issue with Sky Lantern moving to an incorrect location if used immediately before Fatal Blow

Liu Kang

• Added new Kombo Attack Volcanic Palm (Away + Back Punch, Front Punch)

Raiden

• Fixed Enhanced Lightning Port having a stricter input window compared to other special move cancels

• Fixed specific input sequence to execute Uppercut Jump Cancel causing Lightning Port to be performed instead

Scorpion

• Blazing Charge hit animation adjusted, now has 19 more frames of advantage on hit

Sindel

• Fixed incorrect attack coming out when performing a buffered attack after Bodied (Jump Back Punch, Back Kick)

• Fixed Kartwheel having incorrect frame data shown in Practice Mode

Smoke

• Increased hit region on Smoked Out (Up + Front Punch, Front Punch, Back Punch)

• Spin Kicks (Jump Front Kick, Back Kick) and Airing Out (Jump Front Kick, Back Kick, Back Kick) now will auto face

• Invisibility now goes away when hit by a parry attack

Shang Tsung

• Added new move Kameo Kopy & Enhanced Kameo Kopy

• Added new Kombo Attack Orthopedic Takedown (Away + Front Punch, Back Kick) (Old Form)

Tanya

• Spinning Splits Kicks now has a different animation when it is blocked and no longer does follow-up attacks

• Divine Protection now parries projectiles and allows for follow-ups with max charge

• Deity Push now has a different hit reaction with increased damage scaling

Omni-Man

• Around The World (Towards + Back Punch) now causes a bounce hit reaction instead of a splat knockdown

Quan Chi

• Best Foot Backward (Down + Towards + Back Kick) tracking timing adjusted by 8 frames

Homelander

• Fixed Diabolical Dash > The Seven Slam not doing additional damage against an opponent performing Up Block

• Fixed being able to move outside of the arena constraints briefly after hitting with (Air) Diabolical Dash > Vought Drop

Takeda

• Twisting Blades (Front Punch, Back Punch) first & second hit do 10 more damage

• Ogre Slayer (Front Punch, Back Punch, Back Punch + Back Kick) does 20 more damage

• Rising Suns (Towards + Front Punch, Back Punch) first hit does 10 more damage