Mario Kart World 1.3.0 adds map markers, fast travel, QoL and balance

Nintendo released update 1.3.0 for Mario Kart World on September 23, 2025, deploying a set of quality of life changes, balance adjustments and bug fixes aimed at addressing player complaints about the Switch 2 launch title’s open world and multiplayer matchmaking. The patch adds map markers and fast travel for certain collectibles, tweaks race timing and items, and includes a number of technical corrections.

The headline changes make it easier to track and reach collectibles in Free Roam. The Free Roam map now displays the locations of P Switches and Peach Medallions players have already found, and players can fast travel to P Switches they have previously activated. Encounters with UFOs in Free Roam have been made more frequent, and those UFOs can now be used to unlock playable characters by abducting an uncollected character and transforming into them. The update also adjusts the conditions under which some Peach Medallions appear.

Racing has been adjusted in several ways. The update increases invincibility time after spinning out or crashing, reduces the respawn time for item boxes, and lessens the force of jumps when landing on rivals. Nintendo has also increased the...