Hypervisor
Release is using Hypervisor bypass by DenuvOwO team.
- 1 Extract the game to a normal folder — avoid Program Files.
- 2 Enable CPU virtualization in your BIOS/UEFI — Intel: VT-x / “Virtualization Technology”, AMD: SVM Mode. Many boards already have it on.
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3
Run
VBS.cmdfrom the game folder as Administrator, press 1, then restart your PC. On the next boot press F7 when the startup menu appears (turns driver signature enforcement off). - 4 Launch the game from its .exe in the game folder.
The crack is already applied — you don’t need to copy or patch anything yourself.
Antivirus warnings are expected. The bypass loads an unsigned kernel driver. If crack files vanish, whitelist the game folder and restore them.
Once it works, other Hypervisor games start right away — until you restart or shut down. Then repeat: VBS.cmd → 1 → reboot → F7.
When you’re done playing, run VBS.cmd again and pick the revert option to restore your Windows security settings.
DenuvOwO.nfo in the game folder has the crackers’ own release notes.
About the Game
It’s In Our Blood!
Discover a reborn Mortal Kombat™ Universe created by the Fire God Liu Kang.
New Origins
Reflecting Fire God Liu Kang’s vision of perfection, Mortal Kombat 1’s brand new universe is familiar, yet radically altered.Invasions
Invasions is a dynamic single player campaign with a variety of distinct challenges. With built in progression and RPG mechanics, mixed with MK1’s incredible fighting action, Invasions provides deep, and engaging challenges, and a ton of rewards along the way.Kameos
Kameos dramatically enhance every fight, assisting teammates with their own Special Moves, Throws and defensive Breakers.Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
On the site: Build 17941244
Up to date
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Character Specific Adjustments
Main Fighters
Scorpion
- Rope Spin now hits overhead & has 23 startup frames (was mid & up from 20)
- Enhanced Rope Spin now costs 2 bars of Super Meter & is -5 on block (down from -25)
Sub-Zero
- Slightly reduced combo damage scaling after freeze reactions
Raiden
- Razzle Dazzle now does 20 damage (from 0) on hit
Reiko
- Adjusted hitbox of (Air) Reap The Whirlwind
Reptile
- Acid Spit Ball now does 70 damage (from 60) & recovers 6 frames faster
- Enhanced Acid Spit Ball now does 110 damage (from 90), recovers faster, & is a mid (was high)
Li Mei
- (Air) Nova Blast recovers 3 frames faster
- (Air) Flipping Heel Kick & (Air) Enhanced Flipping Heel Kick recovers 6 frames faster on miss
- (Air) Enhanced Flipping Heel Kick no longer has different recovery when the last hit is flawless blocked
- Chain Reaction now recovers 12 frames faster on miss
Tanya
- Sidewinder now has 14 startup frames (down from 16)
- Reduced combo damage scaling after Drill Kick & Umgadi Evade
Homelander
- Flight attacks no longer enable autoblock
- Flight Punching Down has 2 less hit advantage & Flight Bloody Knuckles has 10 less hit advantage
Conan
- Increased health to 800 (was 700)
T-1000
- Reduced health to 650 (from 700)
- Reduced hitbox on Sacral Spike outside of a combo
- Reduced damage of Axial Cross (Jump Front Kick, Back Punch)
Kameo Fighters
Frost (Kameo)
- Ice Wall refill rate increased & refill cooldown reduced by 1 second, refill rate after follow-up also increased
- Snow Flakes refill rate slightly increased & refill cooldown increased by 2 seconds (overall 1 second faster)
Tremor (Kameo)
- Reduced health to 350 (was 400)
Darrius (Kameo)
- Increased health to 400 (from 350)
- Tornado Kick refill rate slightly increased & refill cooldown increased by 1 second (overall 6 seconds faster), refill rate after follow-ups also increased
Motaro (Kameo)
- Increased health to 300 (from 250)
Goro (Kameo)
- Raise The Roof refill rate slightly increased & refill cooldown increased by 3 seconds (overall 1 second faster), refill rate after follow-ups also increased
Kano (Kameo)
- Using Your Noggin now does 130 damage (from 110)
Sub-Zero (Kameo)
- Iced Out refill rate slightly increased & refill cooldown increased by 2 seconds (overall 1 second faster)
- Arctic Armor refill rate increased & refill cooldown increased by 3 seconds (overall 1 second faster), refill rate after follow-ups also increased
Kung Lao (Kameo)
- Orbiting Hat & Wobbly Orbit lasts twice as long
- Slightly reduced combo damage after Spin, Orbiting Hat, & Wobbly Orbit
Madam Bo (Kameo)
- Teahouse Tumble is now +6 on hit (down from +10), increased victim regions on hit, & the Kettle Kicks follow-up starts 1 frame faster
Version 310.1.0
Apr 1, 2025
PC Steam
- Updated Nvidia DLSS to version 310.1.0
- Updated AMD FSR3 to version 3.1.3
- Updated Intel XeSS to version 1.4.10
- Improved resolution detection when alternating Window Mode type
- Improved mouse input selection for various UI elements
- Resolved Online Benchmark not triggering properly in some scenarios
- Resolved various graphical issues when using certain Graphic settings
- Resolved issue with Krossplay Online Match invites
- Resolved graphical issues in Kustomize menu
- Resolved localized audio issue
General Fixes & Adjustments
- Character Mastery can be purchased with Dragon Krystals for all characters
- Move list corrections & localization fixes
- AI adjustments & improvements
Invasions
- Fixed rare issue that could cause the character to become stuck at an invalid location on the Map
Character Specific Adjustments
Main Fighters
Baraka
- Fixed debuff and visual effects disappearing on Desperate Tarkatan if Match Extended occurs
General Shao
- Fixed Enhanced Smoldering Wrath not applying combo damage scaling
Havik
- The second hit of Helping Hand does 10 less damage
- Nether Snatcher does 10 less damage
Kenshi
- Kameo recharge rate is now slightly faster when Ancestor is dismissed
- Teamwork takes 25 less frames
Kitana
- Fixed issue causing Fan-Nado second hit to use increased damage scaling when used more than once in a combo
- Fixed audio issues with several air fan specials when interrupted
Li Mei
- Fixed lingering visual effects that could occur when using Outworld Gala skin
Mileena
- Fixed Krazed Tarkatan buff lingering longer than intended if an interrupt like Breaker occurred at specific timing
Reptile
- Enhanced Dash Attack no longer has reduced block stun & pushback when flawless blocked
- Dash Attack follow-up attack has a different hit reaction
Sindel
- Reduced health by 50
- The second hit of Shear Genius now hits high (was mid)
Quan Chi
- Kompound Fractures (Towards + Back Punch) hit reaction changed and has 6 more frames of hit stun
- Enhanced Field of Bones now does damage over time when the opponent is inside the bone cage
- Hitting an opponent with an Enhanced Field of Bones while a bone cage is active will end the previous bone cage
Ghostface
- Fixed rare issue that could cause Ghostface to remain as an Alternate Killer for an extended period if opponent is defeated by an attack not from Ghostface while Ghostface is blocking
T-1000
- Fixed Tibia Displacer (Back Punch, Back Kick) hit stun reduced by 23 frames
- Fixed lingering visual effects when hit out of certain attacks by Geras' Time Stop
Kameo Fighters
Kano (Kameo)
- Fixed rare issue with Eye Laser hitbox lingering after visual effects end when hitting an armored attack
Tremor (Kameo)
- Fixed Crystal Crag lingering certain End of Round & Fatal Blow situations
- Fixed AI prioritizing performing Transmute Up & Transmute Down over other moves
Ferra (Kameo)
- Fixed issue that could cause Ferra to become stuck in Lackey Variation if interrupted by Sindel's Enhanced Queen's Command
Madam Bo (Kameo)
- Adjusted collision with opponent when performing Drink Service
- Fixed issue that could cause Teahouse Tumble to pass through the opponent
- Fixed Madam Bo having no cooldown if she is hit while performing a Drink Service Bottle Toss
- Fixed being able to 2in1 cancel Drink Service into follow ups while partner is in hit stun
- Fixed issue with player attempting to perform Bottoms Up and Bottle Toss at the same time causing an interrupt to occur
- Fixed partner using incorrect facial animation during End of Round animation if the round ended while drunk
PC Steam
- Added Ray Tracing Quality option via Settings > Graphics section with Low/Medium/High values offered
- Optimized various gameplay and cinematic sequences when Raytracing is enabled
- Optimized PSO Shader Cache background flow when users opt to cancel generation step on boot
- Allow access to Online Matchmaking modes without title restart when PSO Shader Cache generation is completed in the background
- Resolved performance and stability issues when FPS limit is set below 60
- Resolved issues when switching game window between different display devices
- Optimized memory usage to reduce allocation and improve performance
- Improved asset load times in Kustomize and Character Select menus
- Resolved camera issues when using experimental 60 FPS mode
- Improve mouse input selection for various UI sections
- Various edge-case performance issue optimizations
- Resolved Graphic setting menu UI issues
- Various localization updates and fixes
- Resolved various stability issues
General Fixes & Adjustments
- Move list corrections & Localization fixes MK1-5808
- AI adjustments & improvements
- Improvements to Screen Reader functionality
- Added T1000 Fighter to Roster
- Added Madam Bo Kameo to Roster
- Added Outworld Menagerie skins for KItana, Mileena, & Tanya
- Added Outworld Gala skins for Li Mei, Reiko, & Shang Tsung
- Added MKX skins for Scorpion & Sub-Zero
- Fixed several visual issues during brutalities MK1-6111
Character Specific Adjustments
Main Fighters
Baraka
- Added new move Desperate Tarkatan
- Heel Drop can now be held to perform Heel Smite
- Quick Shave (Back Kick) cancel occurs 2 frames later
- Butcher (Back Kick, Back Kick, Back Kick) cancel occurs 2 frames later
- Slaughter House (Back Kick, Back Kick, Back Kick, Back Kick, Back Kick, Back Kick) has 1 less frame of hit advantage
- Fixed some Kameo Ambush Attacks not being possible during Slaughter House
General Shao
- Added new move Smoldering Wrath
Havik
- Helping Hand when used more than once in a combo will no longer perform second or third hits
Johnny Cage
- Ball Buster brutality can be performed closer to the corner
- Fixed audio issue that could cause crowd cheering to linger during a Fatality or Animality
Kenshi
- Added new move Soul Exit
- Summon Ancestor duration is now 10 seconds (was 15 seconds)
- Ancestor can now be hit by attacks that affect opponent's Kameos
- Ancestor is now vulnerable to attacks during the startup and recovery of Teamwork on block or miss
- Ancestor is now vulnerable to attacks during the startup and recovery of Ancestral Assist on block or miss
- Fixed animation blending issues with Ancestor when Teamwork or Ancestral Assist is blocked or misses
- Fixed incorrect visual effect appearing when Ancestral Assist is blocked
- Ancestor recovers 8 frames faster after Teamwork is blocked or misses
- Ancestor recovers 7 frames faster after Ancestral Assist is blocked or misses
- Demon Drop and Enhanced Demon Drop has 5 more frames of block stun with increased pushback on block
- Silencing Souls (Away + Back Punch, Back Punch) now has a different hit reaction
- High Kick (Front Kick) now has a different hit reaction
- Face Breaker (Back Kick) does 50 damage (was 70)
- Heighten Senses (Back Kick, Back Kick) now has a different hit reaction and increased hitbox when opponent is in a combo
Kitana
- (Air) Reverse Fan Toss now only destroys projectiles when Enhanced
- Fixed (Air) Reverse Fan Toss attack appearing from incorrect side if opponent switches sides with Kitana at specific timing
Mileena
- Added new move Krazed Tarkatan
Raiden
- Electric Overcharge now detonates automatically 2 seconds faster
- Fixed issue with Electric Overcharge lingering after a Fatal Blow is performed
- Fixed issue with Electric Overcharge audio lingering when interrupted
Reiko
- Increased health by 50
- Added new follow-up to Charging Pain, "Pain Reaper"
- Charging Pain Delay Cancel now recovers 7 frames faster
- (Air) Reap The Whirlwind has 2 more frames of hit advantage
- Push Kick (Away + Front Kick) now causes 6 more frames of hit stun
Smoke
- Fixed issue causing Smoke to remain invisible longer than intended if opponent blocks Vicious Vapors while invisible
Sub-Zero
- Added new moves Polar Palm and Permafrost Palm
- Fixed animation issue when hitting opponent with two freeze attacks in a combo
Shang Tsung
- Pulse Check (Front Punch, Back Punch, Back Kick) hitbox increased when done in a combo
- Spinning Spikes now has no gravity scaling when used up to two times in a combo
- Double Skull second hit does 10 more damage
- Triple Skull second & third hit do 10 more damage
- Enhanced Straight Skull, Enhanced Double Skull, & Enhanced Triple Skull does 10 more damage on all hits
- (Air) Straight Skull does 20 more damage
- (Air) Enhanced Straight Skull does 20 more damage on first hit, 10 more damage on second hit
- Kameo Kopy used on Darrius or Ferra is now considered airborne when visually in the air
- Opponent is now considered airborne while visually in the air during Back Throw
- Enhanced Kameo Copy can now only be used 4 times in a combo
- Fixed Havik's Enhanced Blood Bath debuff not clearing when morphing back into Shang Tsung
Tanya
- Karma (Towards + Back Punch, Front Punch, Front Punch) all hits now cause ground bounce reaction when used on airborne opponent
- Seeking Guidance level 1 charge now takes 18 seconds to decay (was 12 seconds)
- Seeking Guidance level 2 charge now takes 24 seconds to decay (was 12 seconds)
- Enhanced Seeking Guidance now always gives level 2 charge, recovers 6 frames faster, and can 2in1 cancel into basic Attacks
- Enhanced Seeking Guidance when performed in a combo now has damage scaling
Omni-Man
- Fatal Blow can now be performed while in the air
- Follow-up hit for Like An Ant now only occurs if Back Kick is held
- Opponent is considered knocked down 12 frames later during Back Throw
- Fixed some Kameo Ambush Attacks not being possible during Viltrumite Stance
Peacemaker
- Increased health by 50
Homelander
- Fixed some Kameo Ambush Attacks not being possible during flight
Noob Saibot
- Fixed audio issue with Enhanced Shadow Ghostball being delayed
Ghost Face
- Fixed some Kameo Ambush Attacks not being possible during Psychotic Rush & Psychotic Dive
- Fixed incorrect animation playing if player holds certain inputs while performing Back Throw
Conan
- Fixed some Kameo Ambush Attacks not being possible during Destroyer's Drop
- Fixed visual issue that could cause abrupt movement if Conan is defeated by a juggle combo while Crom's Curse is active
- Fixed Kameo Cyrax's Self-Destruct causing an extra bomb to appear if used to defeat Conan while Crom's Curse is active
- Fixed several attacks causing mistimed visual and audio effects during Crom's Curse resurrection
Kameo Fighters
Frost (Kameo)
- Ice Wall starts up 19 frames faster
- Ice Krash follow up to Ice Wall refill delay reduced to 1 second (was 6 seconds) and increased recharge rate
- Ice Krash follow up to Ice Wall will now always face the Ice Wall
Goro (Kameo)
- Raise The Roof refills Kameo gauge faster after use
- Dead Weight refill delay reduced to 1 second (was 4 seconds) and increased recharge rate
- Fixed issue with Shokan Stomp interrupted in specific situations not applying any damage scaling
Jax (Kameo)
- When Gotcha Grab hits an opponent's kameo the refill delay is reduced to 1 second (was 6 seconds from activation)
- When Gotcha Grab misses it no longer has a refill delay (was 6 seconds from activation)
- Fixed damage scaling not applying if Quad-Slam is interrupted
Sareena (Kameo)
- Fixed Old Moon being unable to hit opponent after it is reflected by Conan's Atlantean Bulwark
Scorpion (Kameo)
- Fixed lingering visual effects if Aura Of Flame is used to defeat an opponent
Stryker (Kameo)
- Added new move Rapid Fire
Sub-Zero (Kameo)
- (During Arctic Armor) Kold Shoulder refill delay reduced to 0.66 seconds (was 1.5 seconds) and increased recharge rate
Shujinko (Kameo)
- Fixed Ghost Face's Backstage Pass missing when done in the corner at certain spacing
Mavado (Kameo)
- Adjusted Mavado Ambush Attack window in several reactions
Tremor (Kameo)
- Added new moves Crystal Crag, Crystal Vault, and Crystal Heave
- Ground Pound second hit now starts up 2 frames faster and has 3 more active frames
- Transmute Down now has the same cancel timing as Transmute Up
Patch Notes for PC
- Added progress display in top left screen corner of background generated PSO Shaders if manually skipped on boot
- Visual improvements in some scenarios when RayTracing is turned ON
PC Version # 1128089-0. 295
PC Steam
- Added Ray Tracing option via Settings > Graphics section for supported hardware to enable ray traced reflections on certain stages and characters
- Added Display Language option via Settings > Video & Audio > Video section
- Added Audio Language option via Settings > Video & Audio > Audio section
- Added Reset Shaders Cache option via Settings > Graphics > Actions
- Moved the Settings > Graphics AA Mode option to be nested in the Upscaling section to better indicate interaction with Upscaling Method option
- Resolved an issue on boot with Windows Accounts containing certain text characters
- Resolved various performance related issues during Fatality sequences
- Resolved certain visual issues during various cinematic sequences
- Resolved various UI elements being cutoff in certain cases
- Resolved visual issues when playing at certain frame rates
- Resolved error prompt when making a store purchase
- Resolved issues with Voice Chat in some scenarios
- Resolved an issue with input UI during Tutorials
- Resolved issues with Steam overlay
- Resolved various stability issues
- Further optimized PSO Shader Cache generation flow
- Improvements to Screen Reader in certain languages
- Various localization updates and fixes
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
PC Steam
- Various fixes to improve game stability
- Added a second confirmation prompt when cancel attempt is made during the PSO Shader Cache generation step on boot now has
- Added setting to disable RGB effects for supported peripherals, which now defaults to OFF
- Added support for additional RGB & Haptic effects
- Added AMD FSR3 NAA as an Anti-Aliasing option
- Resolved issues displaying in-game supported fonts, which reduces memory usage in certain scenarios
- Resolved issues in Tutorial modes where certain lessons could sometimes not be completed
- Resolved issue with Online Match Voice Chat not working in some scenarios
- Resolved some performance issues impacting certain set-ups
- Resolved in-game store error prompt on purchase attempt
- Resolved various issues when viewing match replays
- Resolved various stability issues
- Resolved various visual issues
- Removed unused movie files to reduce install size for users without access to Khaos Reigns Story
General Fixes & Adjustments
- Move list corrections & Localization fixes
- AI adjustments & improvements
- Improvements to Screen Reader functionality
- Added Ghost Face Fighter to Roster
- Added MK ’95 Movie skins for Ermac & Rain
- Added MK2 skins for Mileena, Kitana, & Tanya
- Added Holiday skins for Kameo Frost & Kameo Sareena
- Added new options to Match Replays
- Match Replay Rewind
- Match Replay Takeover
- Fixed several visual issues during brutalities
- Fixed issue that sometimes allowed Fatalities to be performed out of range
- Fixed issues with some grunts sounds not playing during several moves
- Fixed issue with being unable to block the same frame as an opponent activates Fatal Blow
- Adjusted throw attack animation for all characters when performed with their Back to the camera
- Throws no longer remove armor
- Fixed visual issues with several characters Throw Escapes online if a rollback occurs
- Fixed visual issues when characters are hit while very high in the air
Invasions
- Fixed issue that could cause Talismans to not recharge if used as the last hit on the opponent
Character Specific Adjustments
Main Fighters
Ashrah
- You can now hold LT after all of her Enhanced Specials to change Hell/Heaven Modes
Geras
- Added Enhanced versions of History Lesson and Follow-Up Exam that hits ducking opponents, does increased damage, and has a different hit reaction
- Redo now lasts 5 seconds (was 3 seconds)
- Kameo Scorpion Get Over Here now functions like other Kameo interrupts when interacting with Redo
- Redo will now end when his attack is parried by Kameo Sub-Zero's Deep Freeze
Havik
- Fixed Skab Stab (Away + Back Punch, Back Punch, Front Punch + Front Kick) sometimes being able to be 2in1 cancelled when hitting armor
- When Shang Tsung morphed into Havik ends, Enhanced Blood Bath tether is now removed
- Fixed visual issues when Havik is frozen during certain special moves
- Fixed visual issue when Charge! Fatal Blow is performed with Motaro as partner
Kitana
- Flipping Out (Jump + Front Kick, Back Kick) first hit can now be cancelled
- Square Wave can be cancelled on hit into Kameo Sonya's (Air) Ricochet Dive Kick
Li Mei
- (Air) Flipping Heel Kick now has 10 more frames of hit advantage
Mileena
- Fixed visual issues with Enhanced Teleport Down when performed near the corner of the arena
Raiden
- Enhanced Lightning Port in neutral will have priority over Lightning Port while block button is held
Reiko
- Bloody Pitcher (Towards + Back Punch) has a new hit reaction
Sindel
- Queen's Kommand & Enhanced Queen's Kommand now break through Kameo armor
- Fixed situations with Enhanced Queen's Kommand visual effects lingering after certain Kameo moves
Smoke
- Added new move (Air) Vicious Vapors that causes a ground bounce on hit
- Added new move (Air) Enhanced Vicious Vapors that causes a restand stun
- Added new move (Air) Vicious Vapors Cancel that is possible after (Air) Vicious Vapors or (Air) Enhanced Vicious Vapors
- Tele-Stab (Away + Back Punch) can now be cancelled before the attack hits into certain air moves
- Face Walk (Towards + Back Kick) damage on 2nd hit is now 30 (was 50) and has slightly increased damage scaling on final hit
- Turning Heel (Back Kick) damage scaling slightly increased
Sub-Zero
- Ice Slide & Enhanced Ice Slide will now knock opponent in the air if Front Kick is not held
- Ice Slide & Enhanced Ice Slide will now perform synchronized hit animation that leaves opponent in front of Sub-Zero by holding Front Kick
- Sub-Zero now jumps slightly farther after Ice Klone and causes freeze reactions when Fully Enhanced
- Ice Klone has an adjusted hit region and lasts 30 frames longer (Enhanced lasts 100 frames longer)
- Fully Enhanced Ice Klone has adjusted hit regions, first two Klones last 100 frames longer, and third clone lasts 160 frames longer
- Enhanced Ice Klone & Fully Enhanced Ice Klone cooldown increased by 60 frames
- Ice Klone can now freeze an opponent that has already been frozen once and Enhanced Ice Klone & Fully Enhanced Ice Klone can 3 times
Shang Tsung
- Fixed pseudo infinite kombos with Kameo Kopy while using several Kameos when opponent is using Kameo Goro
Tanya
- Fixed Brought Low (Front Kick, Front Punch + Front Kick) sometimes being able to be 2in1 cancelled when hitting armor
Omni-Man
- Adjusted camera when Invincible Rush is used against an opponent positioned high off screen
Quan Chi
- Fixed (Air) Head Rush visual effects issues with projectile hitting the ground
- Fixed Best Foot Forward missing visual effects if performed immediately after certain attacks
- Fixed Koccyx Krusher (Away + Front Kick, Back Kick, Back Punch) hitbox being misaligned on first frame
Peacemaker
- Fixed Head On Approach (Back Punch, Back Punch, Front Punch + Front Kick) sometimes being able to be 2in1 cancelled when hitting armor
Homelander
- Fixed See No Evil (Away + Back Punch, Back Punch, Front Punch + Front Kick) sometimes being able to be 2in1 cancelled when hitting armor
- Blaze It Up (Towards + Back Kick) is now mid (was low)
- Fixed laser visual effects in his flight stance misaligned during invisibility granted by Shujinko
- Fixed camera issue with using Fatal Blow immediately after Back Throw
- Fixed animation issue that could occur when entering flight
- Fixed visual effects issue when Enhanced Low Laser Eyes hits a Kameo
- Fixed visual effects issue when Sweeping Laser Eyes hits an opponent as they teleport
Takeda
- Fixed issue that could cause Shooting Star to hit twice with one projectile
Cyrax
- Dialing Up (Away + Front Punch) has 5 more frames of recovery on miss
- Blast Overhead (Away + Back Punch) second hit no longer occurs if the first hit is Up Blocked
- Fixed visual issue with Dud bombs detonating at an incorrect height
- Fixed visual issue with Mistwalk is performed right before Fatal Blow
- Fixed rare issue during Detonation (Front Kick, Back Punch) that could cause the bomb visual to become misaligned
Sektor
- Adjusted input leniency on Thruster Boost
- Fixed facing issue with Automated Knee (Towards + Back Kick) when used on a knocked down opponent
- Fixed issue where Flame Thrower would do the follow-up attack when blocked after Enhanced Flame Thrower had it’s armor shattered
Noob Saibot
- Fix for Shadow Tackle having incorrect hit animation if you trade with the opponent
- Fixed Shadowbringer (Down + Back Punch) causing incorrect location for visual effects if used immediately after certain Basic Attacks
- Guillotine (Towards + Front Kick) now has a new hit reaction
- Enhanced Tele-Slam in neutral will have priority over Tele-Slam while block button is held
Kameo Fighters
Cyrax (Kameo)
- Fixed visual issue with duplicate Buzz Saw appearing during Fatal Blow cinematic
Frost (Kameo)
- Ice Wall can now be cancelled into an ambush Ice Krash
- Ice Krash hit reaction changed and will now cause a popup hit reaction if close to an Ice Wall
Goro (Kameo)
- Dead Weight has a faster recharge rate
- Ambush Cancels after Raise The Roof & Punch Walk have a faster recharge rate
- Fixed combo counter not incrementing during the last hit of Dead Weight
Sareena (Kameo)
- Added new move Jataaka's Blessing, creates a zone that increases partner's super meter and increases their damage done
- Demonic Dance input changed to Up + Kameo
- Fixed Kia's Blades causing combo to reset when opponent is dead during the final round
Sub-Zero (Kameo)
- Kold Shoulder hitbox adjusted, has different hit reaction, and travels further when performed during Arctic Armor
Mavado (Kameo)
- Fixed rare situations where Nindrop & Best Feet Forward could be possible while his partner is in a hit reaction
Ferra (Kameo)
- Adjusted timing before an attack can be performed after Let Me Ride if the opponent isn’t in a kombo
- Fixed Let Me Ride doing damage to Main Fighter under specific circumstances
PC Steam & Epic Games Store
- Fixed UI issue in Kombo Trials mode when using Mouse and Keyboard input device
- Fixed UI issues in the Store tab to better reflect available products
- Fixed issue where purchased items were not being granted instantly
General Fixes & Adjustments
- Move list corrections & Localization fixes
- AI adjustments & improvements
- Fixed several visual issues during brutalities
- Fixed issue that could cause some Finishers to trigger out of range
Invasions
- Completing Towers now also awards Points in addition to completing Challenges
- Towers of Time Challenges are now shown in the pause menu
- Fixed some Talismans not being able to have their Element changed during Forging
- Fixed God Blast, Icy Fart, & Scorpion Spear Talismans not being able to be Forged
- Fixed Uppercut, Cowl, Skull, & Meteor Storm Talismans not being able to be Legendary when Liquified Shadows Komponent is used during Forging
Online
- Fixed issue that could disconnect users from a KOTH match if a player fighting left the match with specific timing
Character Specific Adjustments
Main Fighters
Kenshi
- Fixed issue where Uppercut Jump Cancel when in Sento Stance could be performed if a previous Uppercut was a Kounter or Punish
Cyrax
- Fixed several visual issues with finishers when done at specific areas of certain Arenas
Sektor
- Fixed several visual issues with finishers when done at specific areas of certain Arenas
Noob Saibot
- Fixed Exorcism being applied when Ghostball is reflected
- Fixed issue where Uppercut Jump Cancel when in Embrace Khaos is Expired could be performed if a previous Uppercut was a Kounter or Punish
- Fixed several visual issues with finishers when done at specific areas of certain Arenas
Kameo Fighters
Kano (Kameo)
- Fixed autoblock not triggering after Eye Laser
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The PC System Requirements for Mortal Kombat 1 have recently been updated.
Note that the performance target remains the same as it was at launch, the changes made are to convey additional information only:
Reminder that you can always use the in-game Auto Config feature to let the game select the best settings for your hardware:
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The PC System Requirements for Mortal Kombat 1 have recently been updated.
Note that the performance target remains the same as it was at launch, the changes made are to convey additional information only:
- Added Ultra spec target for 4K at Ultra High settings
- Changed the Nvidia and AMD GPU models referenced for Min & Rec specs to recent releases that are more familiar to players
- Now includes additional context for each spec target to indicate the associated Resolution, Settings and Frame Rate targets
Reminder that you can always use the in-game Auto Config feature to let the game select the best settings for your hardware:
- This is accessed via Main Menu > Settings > Graphics > Actions: AutoConfig
Version 3.7.1
Sep 24, 2024
PC Steam
- Various fixes to improve game stability
- Added a new value for the existing Motion Blur setting, with the previous setting now being noted as
- 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 optimize future Patch download & install sizes (Note that additional optimization to reduce Patch install & download size is unlikely to be possible)
- Various UI fixes and improvements
- Various Mouse & Keyboard input device related fixes
- Resolved issues that occurred when using Low graphics settings
- Further optimized the PSO Shader Cache boot flow for certain hardware set-ups
- Updated PC Hardware System Spec information to reference more recent hardware and provide additional context for target Resolution & Settings
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, & 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 & Localization 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
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
- Crucial Strike (Jump Back Punch, Back Kick) now has a different hit reaction
- Fixed issue with Enhanced Blood Bath visual effects displaying improperly in certain situations where gameplay is paused
- Fixed missing sound effects on Neoplasm when the projectile is parried
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
- Enhanced Shaolin Shimmy no longer automatically performs follow-up attack on block
- Enhanced Shaolin Shimmy when blocked can perform follow-up attack for 1 bar of meter with Back Kick + Block
Li Mei
- Fixed rare issue with opponent facing incorrect direction briefly if Lion's Pounce (Cancel) (Towards + Front Kick, Hold Front Kick) is performed while they are knocked down
- 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
- Enhanced Lightning Port has less damage scaling and on hit disables the opponent's ability to Breaker or use a Kameo until they land
- 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
- Fixed Vicious Vapors having incorrect frame data generated in Practice Mode
- Fixed issue that could cause the camera to become misaligned if Smoke is interrupted during Everywhere (Back Punch, Front Punch, Back Punch) at certain timing
Shang Tsung
- Added new move Kameo Kopy & Enhanced Kameo Kopy
- Added new Kombo Attack Orthopedic Takedown (Away + Front Punch, Back Kick) (Old Form)
- Pulse Check (Front Punch, Back Punch, Back Kick) recovers 2 frames faster and can be 2in1 cancelled
- Snake Oil (Away + Back Punch in Young Form) starts up 2 frames slower and recovers 1 frame slower
- Operation (Away + Back Punch in Old Form) starts up 2 frames faster and has an adjusted hit reaction
- Bed of Spikes & Enhanced Bed of Spikes now appear faster
- Bed of Spikes recovers 1 frame faster on hit and 3 frames faster on block & miss
- Enhanced Bed of Spikes recovers 4 frames faster on hit and 5 frames faster on block & miss
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
- Seeking Guidance now takes 5 frames longer to charge each Guidance level (Enhanced Seeking Guidance is unchanged)
- During Heavenly Hand, holding Front Punch allows you to spend Guidance charge to increase projectile speed and damage
- During Spinning Split Kicks, holding Back Kick allows you to spend Guidance charge to become projectile invulnerable and perform all attacks on block
- During Drill Kick hit reaction, holding Away + Back Kick allows you to spend Guidance charge to perform Deity Push
- During Drill Kick hit reaction, holding Towards + Back Kick allows you to spend Guidance charge to perform Umgadi Evade
- Fixed issues with Guidance lingering in certain situations
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
- Fixed incorrect projectile being used by Psycho Skull after exiting Zone of Power
- Fixed visual issue with Psycho Skull causing ground impact effects after it has been parried
- Fixed visual issue with Zone of Waste lingering during brutalities
Homelander
- Fixed Diabolical Dash > The Seven Slam damage scaling when interrupted using default interrupted damage scaling instead of command grab damage scaling
- 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
- Fixed (Air) Delay God Complex not being possible when (Air) God Complex is performed at the lowest possible height
- Fixed issue with Flight speed being reduced after performing (Air) God Complex
- Fixed issue with endurance fights being delayed if (Air) Diabolical Dash > Vought Drop is used as the final hit on an opponent
- Fixed camera becoming misaligned during Blast Off when playing online and experiencing connection issues
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
- Ryujin (Towards + Front Punch, Back Punch, Back Punch + Back Kick) does 20 more damage
- Falling Moon (Towards + Front Punch, Back Kick) second hit does 20 more damage
- Gate Splitter (Away + Back Punch) has 1 more active frame and had its hitbox adjusted
- Temple Razer (Away + Back Punch, Front Punch) has 1 more active frame and had its hitbox adjusted
- Serpent's Tail (Towards + Back Punch) has a different hit reaction and can now be special cancelled
- Sparrow Strike (Jump + Back Punch, Back Kick) does 40 less damage
- Shooting Star does 10 more damage
- Smart Shuriken explosion does 10 more damage
- (Air) Rushing Nimbus Attack first attack does no damage scaling
- (Air) Enhanced Rushing Nimbus Attack does 30 more damage
- If an allied Kameo interrupts Takeda after Smart Shuriken has touched the ground, the Shuriken will no longer disappear
- Fixed clipping issues when Enhanced Rushing Nimbus Attack is performed near Frost (Kameo) Ice Wall
- Fixed missing visual effects when more than six Smart Shurikens are used in rapid succession
Kameo Fighters
Cyrax (Kameo)
- Self-Destruct no longer lingers when the round ends
- Fixed Horizontal Kopter Chopper chosen hit direction not working in certain circumstances during juggles
Darrius (Kameo)
- Ground Invitational and Army of Two can now be performed after Volleyballistic
- Fixed Army of Two attack going in the wrong direction under certain circumstances
- Fixed Heelturn being possible for an extended period of time if the opponent remains idle after being knocked down
- Fixed several situations where Darrius would not take damage or cause recharge delay when he is interrupted
- Fixed situation that could cause Volleyballistic to be possible from very far distance from his partner
Frost (Kameo)
- Fixed Ice Krash & Frosty's Revenge not being possible as a reversal
- Fixed visual issues that could occur with Ice Krash when performed on The Pyramid Arena Top Variant
Goro (Kameo)
- Fixed Punch Walk cancelled into Shokan Stomp causing slight damage to Goro's Partner
- Punch Walk can no longer be cancelled into other Kameo moves while Kameos are disabled
Jax (Kameo)
- Added new move Gotcha Grab
Kano (Kameo)
- Eye Laser now has multiple hits when blocked & has a longer recharge delay
Kung Lao (Kameo)
- Added new moves Orbiting Hat & Wobbly Hat
- Spin can no longer sometimes auto face during the first few frames
- Buzz Saw can no longer sometimes auto face during the first few frames
Motaro (Kameo)
- Fixed issue when Reflect parries a non-reflectable projectile that allowed the opponent to block punishes during their recovery
- Fixed rare instances of missing visual & sound effects when Motaro is hit by certain attacks
Sektor (Kameo)
- Added alternate Fatal Blow attack by pressing R1 during startup
- Activate Homing is now performed by holding R1
- Tele-Punch starts up 2 frames faster
- Fixed visual issue with Up Rocket causing ground impact effects after it has been parried
Shujinko (Kameo)
- Added new move Kingdoms Krumble
- Added new move Waterfall Chop
- Fixed interrupting Shujinko during Death's Embrace (Ermac) causing an excessively long recovery for his partner
Sonya (Kameo)
- Added new moves (Air) Ricochet Dive Kick & (Air) Bicycle Kick follow-up attack
- Sonya is now vulnerable for 17 more frames after Leg Grab misses
Sub-Zero (Kameo)
- Added new moves Deep Freeze & Iceball Special
- Fixed visual effects issues when partner misses with their Fatal Blow
Stryker (Kameo)
- Low Grenade Toss & High Grenade Toss have different hit reactions and less damage scaling
Tremor (Kameo)
- Crystal Wall Punch is now mid (was high)
Khameleon (Kameo)
- Added new move Alternate Disguises
- If either of the first two hits during Roll are Up Blocked, the final hit will not come out
- Fan Toss can no longer sometimes auto face during the first few frames
- Fixed issue with Glaive return attack not using correct hit reaction facing if the opponent jumped over
Mavado (Kameo)
- Fixed animation issue with Nomad's Touch when performed near corner while roster fighter has their back to the screen
Ferra (Kameo)
- Torr Stance: Slide! has 2 more recovery frames on block
- Ferra is now considered airborne during Yo-Yo Throw, Swings!, & Potato Sack Toss
AUGUST HOTFIX
PC Version # 1076751-0. 273
Character Specific Adjustments
Main Fighters
Takeda
- Increased active armor frames on Enhanced Swift Stride by 10
- Shooting Star & (Air) Falling Star now hit Low (was Mid)
- Swift Stride Phase now hits Mid (was Overhead)
Kameo Fighters
Frost (Kameo)
- Sightly reduced Main Fighter recovery after Snow Flakes Cancel
- Reduced recharge delay by 120 & slightly increased recharge rate after Snow Flakes and Frost now exits playfield 15 frames sooner
Tremor (Kameo)
- Slightly increased recharge rate after Rolling Rock, Transmute Ground Pound, & Transmute Lava Burst
- Increased recharge rate after Ground Pound, Transmute Rock Punch, & Transmute Rolling Rock
- Increased recharge delay after Ground Pound by 30
- Reduced recharge delay after Transmute Rock Punch by 50, Transmute rolling rock by 60, Transmute Lava Burst & Transmute Crystal Wall Punch by 40, and Transmute Crystal Armor by 180
Ferra (Kameo)
- Reduced Health to 350 (down from 450)
- Torr Stance: Slide! now has 5 less frames of blockstun
Current Release
Build 17941244
Uploaded Jul 28, 2026
System Requirements
OS
Windows 10 64-bit
CPU
Intel® Core™ i5-6600 | AMD Ryzen™ 3 3100 or Ryzen™ 5 2600
RAM
8 GB RAM
GPU
Nvidia GeForce® GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon™ RX 590 or Intel® Arc™ A750
How to Install
1
Download all files
2
Extract the .RAR file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Enable CPU virtualization in BIOS/UEFI (Intel: VT-x · AMD: SVM Mode)
4
Run VBS.cmd as Administrator, press 1, then restart your PC
5
On the next boot press F7 (disables driver signature enforcement)
6
Run MK12.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
Archive password
Needed when extracting (WinRAR / 7-Zip) — not a site login.
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