Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand (English Patched) PS2 ISO

English Translation Patch for Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand for Playstation 2 (SLPM-66360)
Version 1.0

You can find more detailed info for the game's translation on its Github page:
https://github.com/Kaisaan/lostkefin

By Kaisaan Siddiqui

This is hopefully the final patch, but please let me know if there's anything I missed.
I'd like to thank everyone that has helped me reach this monumental moment!

Please read the included readme file that is included with the patch.
Please also read through the Readme file on the Github for more useful information such as links to guides, maps, and cheats for the game.

If you like my work, please donate to my ko-fi if you are financially able to!

If there are any issues, please report them in my Discord Server, create an Issue on the Github, or by directly contacting me.

Known issues:
None reported yet.

Please report any errors, bugs, glitches, freezes, crashes, or any other issues you might find.
Testing on other emulators and on real hardware is also needed.

Continuing a Falcom tradition, we hacked in messages for each empty chest in the game that were submitted by fans! Can you find all 52 chest messages?

Ideally the game's manual gets translated and having a guide for the game (by translating existing guides available online)
Feedback on the quality of the translation itself is also appreciated.

Changelog:

v1.0 (19th of May, 2026)

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• Fixed spacing for textboxes with 4 or 2 options
• Fixed certain highlights overlapping incorrectly
• Fixed boss name graphics not inserting
• Fixed response text ASCII not being updated
• Fixed chests staying closed after loading a quicksave
• Fixed certain character names not showing up in cutscenes (e.g "Young Girl A/B")
• Fixed names of bonus entries in the Galleries
• Many more bugfixes
• Various improvements to the translation
• Many graphics have been updated and fixed
• Added a variable-width font (VWF) with kerning
• Improvements to the text layout, centering, line breaking, and textbox sizing
• Continuing a Falcom tradition, we hacked in messages for each empty chest in the game that were submitted by fans! Can you find all 52 chest messages?
• Added translation credits to the game's credits
• Included some new cheats (as a .pnach file) to help with making the game easier

 

Project Contributors:

Sam Farron - Allowing me to use his translation as the basis of this project
Etokapa - Text transcribing, making better batch files, making useful scripts, testing, graphics editing
Seiichiro Mine - Translation, providing save files, making useful scripts
Sorcerian - Graphics Editing Assistance
Livi - Translation Editing
Sabera - Translation
Everdred - Programming, Hacking, Script development, helping with many technical issues
Josep - Translation
Fishbone - Translation
Sugunii - Testing

Special Thanks:
L. K., Armaan, Sugunii, Sam Farron, Geofront, Hilltop Productions, SnowyAria, Life Bottle Productions, Haroohie Translation Club, Eight Mansions Translations, PCSX2 Team, Evie

Thanks to all my friends and everyone that supported me on Twitter, Bluesky, Discord, and everywhere else!