Khazan Getting Free DLC in May

Summary

Free DLC pack coming in May 2025 for The First Berserker: Khazan.
Positive initial reception with fast-paced combat and cel-shaded visuals.
Updates include gear acquisition changes and option to switch between difficulties.

The First Berserker: Khazan is getting a free DLC pack, which is presently targeting a May 2025 launch. The upcoming content drop isn’t the only novelty that developer Neople plans to add to The First Berserker: Khazan in the coming months.

Neople’s latest soulslike was released for the PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on March 27. The game’s initial reception was largely positive, with many reviewers praising The First Berserker: Khazan for its fast-paced combat and cel-shaded visuals, among other qualities. The game presently holds a “Strong” rating on OpenCritic, based on an average score of 80 and a 79% reviewer recommendation rate.

The First Berserker: Khazan future update plans

The First Berserker: Khazan Reveals What’s Coming in Future Updates

The team behind The First Berserker: Khazan reveals exciting future updates that will bring balance adjustments, new features, and more.

Shortly following The First Berserker: Khazan‘s late March release, Neople shared a brief overview of its future plans for the game, which include at least one free DLC pack. The said content drop is planned to arrive by May, the Nexon subsidiary said. The contents of the upcoming DLC pack are currently unclear, with Neople merely promising to share more details about the update at a later date, once it’s closer to being finished.

More The First Berserker: Khazan Changes Coming Soon

At the same time, the South Korean developer is still hard at work refining its newest soulslike based on early player feedback. To that end, Neople has already released several The First Berserker: Khazan balancing patches, the most recent of which arrived on Friday, April 4. Identified by version number 496652 on PC and 01.003.034/1.1.3.34 on consoles, the new update changes the system for acquiring gear through crafting and shopping by tying gear level to the overall amount of experience and Lacrima that the player has accumulated, rather than basing it on one’s character level. This change also means that resetting the character level will no longer affect one’s gear acquisition.

Neople’s late March 2025 blog post commemorating the game’s release suggested that at least one more The First Berserker: Khazan update will arrive sometime in April, following the release of the 496652 patch. Much like the soulslike’s first two updates, this upcoming release is largely expected to be focused on balancing changes and bug fixes.

Beyond this forthcoming update, the developer is currently working on the option to switch between the Easy and Normal difficulties during the same playthrough. This feature was deliberately left out of the day-one version of The First Berserker: Khazan, but vocal feedback from players has led Neople to reconsider that decision and ultimately opt to reverse course.