One of the worst bugs a Soulslike could ask for was making it "impossible" to heal in Nioh 3 with elixirs "sometimes," but thankfully it's been "partially fixed"

A pudgy cat stands on the player's arm in Nioh 3 and emits a warm glow, with a rickety wooden bridge in the background, cropped.

A game like Nioh 3 is hard enough without being able to heal, and yet some players found their elixirs were suddenly useless during combat. Thankfully, developer Team Ninja is fixing the issue, as well as a number of others in the latest patch.

In the long list of patch notes, you can find Team Ninja's plan for elixirs sitting in the fixes section: "Partially fixed an issue that sometimes made it impossible to use elixirs during battle." This is a relief for those who've lost out in big encounters because they couldn't heal, a truly maddening way to suffer defeat.