Ghost of Yotei Echoes of Sekigahara Expansion Guide: What Is New and How to Play It

The Complete Edition bundles the base game, the Echoes of Sekigahara expansion, the Most Wanted mode, and Ghost of Yotei Legends, the online co-op experience for up to four players with multiple modes ending in a Raid. It also includes all in-game content from the Digital Deluxe Edition, plus the Charm of Hokkyokusei. Players who pre-ordered digitally by September 30, 2026 got an early unlock of the Sakai Armor on October 1; that offer has now ended. Legends is free for all game owners, but online multiplayer needs a PlayStation Plus subscription.

Echoes of Sekigahara is a narrative expansion, split between the present day and flashbacks. In the present, you meet Nagato, a figure from Atsu’s past who has arrived in Ezo, and explore a previously unseen valley once inhabited by The Snake and his gang of loyal followers, the Vipers. In the past, you play through Atsu’s time on the mainland, including the Battle of Sekigahara and a key moment in her life before she returned home for her quest for vengeance.

The expansion adds new enemies, new heavy weapons, new armor sets, new dyes, and more, according to the PlayStation Blog. It also has its own trophy set: trophy-list sites report 12 Bronze trophies. None of them count toward the base-game Platinum.

First, own the content: buy the Complete Edition ($69.99) or the Complete Edition Upgrade ($14.99), and install patch v2.0, which arrived on October 1,

2026. The expansion content is delivered through that patch.

When it opens in your game: PlayStation has not published an official unlock condition. Multiple player guides report that the expansion opens after defeating The Oni and The Kitsune, through a bounty-board poster for Nagato the Handsome. Treat that as reported, not official: we have not verified it in-game, and we will update this section when Sucker Punch or PlayStation confirms the trigger.

Most Wanted is a brand new single-player combat survival mode, Sucker Punch’s spin on a roguelike. You accept bounties to start new runs. Taking down enemies earns you perks, and runs unlock additional characters to play as. Atsu fights with the dual katana, Oyuki excels with the kusarigama, and Nagato shines with a yari. Jin Sakai, the protagonist of Ghost of Tsushima, is also playable, per the PlayStation Blog post of September 3, 2026.

Most Wanted has its own trophy set: trophy-list sites report 11 trophies (2 Silver, 9 Bronze). Like Echoes of Sekigahara, none of them count toward the base-game Platinum. The mode is single-player, unlike Legends co-op.

Every owner gets these without buying anything, in the same October 1 patch: Beauty of Yotei mode, a screensaver-like view of the environments of Ezo; new tracks for Watanabe Mode, available throughout the game when the mode is on; the option to keep one armor set’s appearance while using another set’s stats; and a high contrast accessibility option. The Complete Edition also adds new photo mode stamps, more cosmetics for New Game Plus, and the new trophies for Echoes of Sekigahara and Most Wanted.

If you have not played Ghost of Yotei yet, the Complete Edition at $69.99 is the full package: base game, expansion, roguelike mode, and Legends. If you already own the game and finished Atsu’s story, the $14.99 Upgrade buys the two things that are actually new to you: Echoes of Sekigahara and Most Wanted. If you only want the quality-of-life additions, the free patch already gives them to you. The player base came back for the launch: daily active players hit 327,000 on October 1, 2026, against about 150,000 a day in the two months before, with about 6% of existing players returning.

No. Both have their own trophy sets, and the Platinum needs only the 54 base-game trophies.

Yes, and it is also free for every owner of the base game. Online multiplayer needs PlayStation Plus.

The $69.99 Complete Edition is for new buyers and includes the base game. The $14.99 Complete Edition Upgrade is for players who already own the game, and it adds Echoes of Sekigahara and Most Wanted without making you rebuy the base game.