28 November 2025

Age of Imprisonment Releases New Update for November 2025

By newsgame

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment has dropped a brand-new update to close out November, with Koei Tecmo adding some new postgame content. The newest entry in the Legend of Zelda spin-off from the Dynasty Warriors developer whisks players to a major point in the timeline of the franchise, dropping players into the Imprisoning War. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment‘s story follows Zelda prior to the events of Tears of the Kingdom. Players can choose from Zelda, the Sages of Hyrule, and even take a playable Korok to the battlefield.

Age of Imprisonment has already seen plenty of positive reception from fans of the franchise and critics alike. The improved gameplay has seen particular praise from many fans, with new elements like Zonai Devices spicing up the classic Warriors formula. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment has also been praised for its world-building within the established story of Tears of the Kingdom, allowing players to directly experience the war referenced multiple times throughout the newest main-series Zelda game. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is now rolling out a brand-new update, offering even more for fans to do after clearing the main story.

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Big Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment Update Coming on November 27

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment will be receiving a free content update on November 27, adding challenging new battles and much more.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment Launches November Update

Nintendo has officially shared the full details for the free November 2025 update to Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. The patch notes confirm the addition of “multiple challenges and quests” for clearing the main story of Age of Imprisonment, including three brand-new battles. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment debuted two new Vicious Enemies for players to challenge, with Vicious variants of the Bokoblin and Sludge Like featuring special attacks and unique materials. Two new weapons were also added as part of the update, introducing the Longsword of Light and the High Guard’s Spear as rewards for clearing the new battles.

Alongside the newly-added weapons and battles, Koei Tecmo added multiple Sync Strikes to Age of Imprisonment as part of the November update. Zelda and Calamo received a new Sync Strike with the patch, with players similarly able to obtain the Sync Strike through completing one of the new battles. Flux Constructs are also gaining their own Sync Strikes, with new Spin Attacks that can “chip away at the Weak Point gauge” of the game’s more powerful enemies. Koei Tecmo pushed a variety of fixes and improvements with the Age of Imprisonment update as well, adding everything from warning sounds for skills like “Power Surge” to new tutorials for the game.

Nintendo reveals five new characters coming to Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.

Is Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment DLC Coming?

The launch of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment‘s first update will come with plenty of speculation about future content for the game. Koei Tecmo and Nintendo have yet to officially confirm any major DLC coming for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, though past games may hint at the developers’ plans. The original Hyrule Warriors saw multiple DLC packs release for the game, adding several new characters like Twili Midna, Young Link, and Marin among others. Age of Calamity saw a full Expansion Pass launch for the second spin-off game, adding a variety of characters, missions, and new story content to the second Hyrule Warriors title.

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While an official announcement has not come yet, fans can likely expect new DLC content to come from Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. New characters will likely be a major focus of potential DLC releases for Age of Imprisonment, allowing Koei Tecmo and Nintendo to further expand on the ancient version of Hyrule. Age of Imprisonment could also include more story content acting as an epilogue to the Imprisoning War, with the game’s newest update already adding more post-game missions. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment‘s newest update will give fans even more ways to enjoy the spin-off’s hack-and-slash action.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment – Ver 1.0.2 (Released November 26, 2025)

Features added

New quests added:

Multiple challenges and quests were added as an element of clearing the main game.
New “Vicious Enemies” for Bokoblin and Sludge Like now appear. “Fuse Attacks” like “Boko Rapid Spin” that are performed using materials from “Vicious Bokoblins” will be incredibly powered up compared to past materials.

New weapons added:

Added the Longsword of Light, a special long sword that Rauru granted the protection of the power of light to, and the High Guard’s Spear, a spear issued to the bravest warriors serving the king of Hyrule.
You can acquire these by clearing battles that are added in this update.

New exclusive Sync Strikes:

Exclusive Sync Strikes added for Zelda and Calamo.
Zelda will return a boomerang that Calamo throws using the Power of Time and follow up. If the player can press the X Button with good timing, she will catch the boomerang and the attack will become powerful.
You can learn these by clearing the quests that are added in this update.

Fighting alongside Flux Construct:

You will now be able to perform Sync Strikes with Flux Constructs. These powerful spin attacks will scatter minor enemies, and chip away at the Weak Point Gauge of powerful enemies.
You will be able to perform this in existing battles where Flux Constructs appear in addition to the battles that are added in this update.

New battles added:

“Eve of the Final Confrontation”
“In Search of Poes”
“The Struggle for Ash Swamp”

Improved Features

Actions:

Special actions for the mysterious construct can now be saved for each weapon type.
Added a warning sound before the effects of the unique skills “Power Surge” and “Boundless Energy” end.

Battles:

You can now select characters and weapons in “The Tanagar Meditation Hall.”
A preview of the health recovery amount is now displayed when selecting “Special Rations” or “Battery.”

Deployment Preparations Screen:

From the “Allies” screen during deployment preparation, you can now press the Y Button to jump to the “Aside Quests.”

The Hyrule Map:

Added tutorials displayed on the Hyrule map to the list.
You can now visualize how ground areas are divided on the Hyrule map.
When hovering over a battle, a preview of the area you can reclaim is now displayed.

Quests:

Changed the color of the text on the quests list to yellow for items that can be cleared. Adjusted the clear status display of quests.

Fixed issues

The Unique Skill “Construct Launch” would not gain the effect of some special effects or enhancements.
Aside Quest “Defeat — enemies using Zonai device” would not be counted even the player fulfilled the conditions for strong attacks using Zonai gear or aerial combat.
Even if the weapon art “May Guard Automatically, Shocking/Freezing/Burning Enemies” was triggered with the Frox’s attack and the player guarded automatically, the enemy would not go into the elemental state that would be expected.
If the player does “Control Character” from the Pause Menu, there were times when the enhanced state would be undone.
When selecting “Retry” after particular control actions, there were times when the background music would no longer play.
It would be impossible to progress when using GameShare.
When communication would stop while using GameShare, attacks would not land on particular enemies.
When playing two-player split screen, there would be times when the player would return to “The Hyrule Map” when selecting “Retry” after particular control actions.
When playing two-player split screen, the camera controls would go in reverse when performing a Sync Strike with Pinnec.
Issues with certain screen displays.