Release Notes
All Releases
Build 470
Fixes — Fixed a bug where players whose island was hosted on a different server node co…
Build 469
Fixes — Fixed a bug where harvesting animals could silently fail to do anything.
Build 468
Fixes — Fixed a bug where harvesting animals (like chickens) would sometimes silently f…
Build 467
City Keys — City keys are now correctly tracked and duplicate key items have been clean…
Build 466
City Keys — Fixed duplicate or missing city keys by reconciling them with completed job…
Build 465
Fixes — Fixed a visual glitch where some bushes and trees near the new path to Iar Farm…
Build 464
Fixes — Fixed a visual glitch where some bushes and trees on the new path to Iar Farm s…
Build 463
Fixes — Fixed a visual glitch where some bushes and trees on the new path to Iar Farm s…
Build 462
Fixes — Fixed a visual glitch where a couple of bushes and a tree near the new path to …
Build 461
Fixes — Fixed a bug where baby animals could sometimes spawn on top of fences and wande…
Build 460
Fixes — Fixed chickens and other island-placed pets sometimes vanishing after the owner…
Build 460
Fixes — Fixed collecting eggs (and other no-tool animal harvests) playing the sound eff…
Build 459
Pets — Fixed a bug where summoning a pet (like a chicken) could accidentally recall and…
Build 458
Pets & Animals — Fixed pets duplicating when their owner exited a building on their isl…
Build 457
Movement — Fixed long walks causing players to rubber-band or snap back to an earlier p…
Build 456
Fixes — Fixed long walks causing your character to rubber-band or snap backward; moveme…
Build 455
Animals & Harvesting — Pet animal breeding timers now survive server restarts instead o…
Build 454
Fixes — Widened the stack-splitting dialog so the "Contribute" button text no longer ge…
Build 453
Friends — You can now gift essence to a friend directly from the Friends tab in your pr…
Build 452
Building — Some buildings can now be rotated into alternate layouts right from the plac…
Build 451
Building — Some buildings can now be rotated while placing them, using a new rotate but…
Build 450
Fixes — Fixed monthly revenue always displaying as $0.
Build 448
Fixes — Filled in black-hole void gaps that could appear in dungeon walls when viewed t…
Build 447
Daily Essence & Subscriptions — All players now receive a free essence reward on their …
Build 446
Fixes — Fixed a bug where donations and gift subscriptions could be charged or counted …
Build 445
Admin Console — Rename controls now appear on each individual character row in the expa…
Build 444
Fixes — Fixed a bug with tapping the hot bar.
Build 443
Fixes — Fixed the tool sound incorrectly playing on the very first click when starting …
Build 442
Fixes — Fixed crafting playing your equipped tool's sound instead of the crafting stati…
Build 441
Shop — Unique items now always show a buy quantity of 1 instead of allowing a higher am…
Build 440
Skills — Skill bars in the Skills panel now show your exact progress percentage toward …
Build 439
Fixes — Improved connection reliability so the game reconnects to a working server fast…
Build 436
Balance — Wall-breaking bosses now trigger much faster (after 0.5 seconds of being unre…
Build 435
Fixes — Fixed an issue where an item's essence cost could appear blank or get cleared w…
Build 434
Fixes — Fixed furniture essence cost sometimes getting cleared or showing blank when ed…
Build 433
Recipe Editor — Recipe groups can now be organized into a nested tree instead of a flat…
Build 432
Shops & Items — Rare and unique items you've obtained before (including equippable ques…
Build 431
Fixes — Fixed the surcoat equipment slot badge incorrectly showing "SURCOAT" instead of…
Build 430
Inventory — Quest and tutorial item counts now update correctly as soon as your bags lo…
Build 429
Buildings — Buildings like lamps now correctly show their light markers once constructi…
Build 428
Fixes — Job board NPC and monster icons now have a tinted outline so they're easier to …
Build 427
World Map — Added a World Map button to the bottom bar that opens a full-screen map of …
Build 426
Jobs Board — Kill-job listings on the Jobs Board now show the monster's icon instead of…
Build 425
Fog of War — Unexplored areas are now hidden under a black fog until someone in your gr…
Build 422
Exploration — Added a new dungeon area to explore.
Build 414
Movement & Connection — Reduced rubber-banding by letting the server tolerate brief lag…
Build 413
Fixes — Fixed a bug that let you briefly run around during the death animation before b…
Build 412
Profile & Promotions — Leveling up your character now shows a brief toast suggesting yo…
Build 411
Fixes — Fixed a visual glitch where the garden rake appeared to show a weapon in the of…
Build 410
Quests — Fixed an issue in the NPC dialogue tools that could incorrectly flag quest tur…
Build 408
Equipment — Added an Equipment tab with a compact doll layout showing your worn items.
Build 407
Fixes — Fixed a spot on the Moreheim castle walls and towers where players could walk o…
Build 406
Localization & Audio — Added multilingual dialogue audio with text-to-speech voices and…
Build 405
Moderator Tools — Moderators can now send a player a name-change request; the player ha…
Build 404
Content — Shortened overly long opening greetings on 16 NPCs so dialogue reads better i…
Build 403
Admin Console — Improved the exploit detection system to flag suspicious event rates (k…
Build 402
Launcher — A new Windows 10 version of the launcher is now available for computers that…
Build 401
Fixes — Fixed scrapping items with ingredient categories (like swords made from iron an…
Build 400
NPC Chatter — NPCs now strike up ambient conversations more often when you're nearby.
Build 399
Treasure Maps — Added a new treasure map item that can be bought from certain shops and…
Build 398
Treasure Maps — Added a new treasure map item that can be purchased from certain shops.
Build 397
Treasure Maps — Added a new treasure map item that can be purchased from certain shops.
Build 396
UI — Tightened the login panel so empty error or status messages no longer leave blank …
Build 395
Admin Console — Admins can now enable mobile push notifications from the Notifications …
Build 394
Inventory — Weapons now show their mana or focus cost in the item detail panel.
Build 393
Controls — Added a sprint toggle keybinding (CapsLock by default) \u2014 press once to …
Build 391
Combat — Damage and healing now appear as floating red and green numbers above entities…
Build 390
Combat — Red damage numbers and green heal numbers now float up from characters and cre…
Build 389
Combat — Red damage numbers and green heal numbers now float up from characters and cre…
Build 388
Fixes — Fixed spots at diagonal cliff edges where players could get permanently stuck, …
Build 387
Fixes — Fixed an exploit that let players climb cliffs by walking onto the south end of…
Build 385
Fixes — Dungeon doors can now be closed again after being opened, instead of staying op…
Build 384
Fixes — Fixed a bug where planting wheat could suddenly stop working mid-session even t…
Build 383
Fixes — Fixed a bug where planting could get stuck at 0 seeds remaining if your spade b…
Build 382
Fixes — Fixed launcher settings (window positions, volume, and other preferences) not b…
Build 381
Map Markers — Added a new particle effect map marker that emits ongoing sparkle/particl…
Build 380
World & Safe Zones — Pocmun Settlement, Manor of Deedeton, The Long Rest, and The Inn B…
Build 379
Fixes — Fixed a bug at Aria Lake where players could get stuck near the shoreline with …
Build 378
Fixes — Fixed a bug where removing a bridge over water could leave behind an invisible …
Build 377
Fixes — Bows now fire and consume whatever arrow is equipped in your ammo slot, instead…
Build 376
Fixes — Bows now fire and consume the arrows you have equipped in your ammo slot, inste…
Build 375
Targeting — Your target selection now automatically clears when the target moves out of…
Build 374
Voice Dictation — You can now dictate text instead of typing in almost every text field…
Build 373
Bridges — Fixed being able to walk under vertical bridges again instead of getting wall…
Build 372
Bridges — Fixed a bug where players could be blocked from walking under vertical bridges.
Build 371
Fixes — Fixed the character Style tab portrait sometimes not showing your face until yo…
Build 370
Admin Console — Moderators and above can now submit bug reports without being limited b…
Build 369
New Features — Islands can now have bridges placed connecting two elevated areas, letti…
Build 368
Islands & Building — Players can now place bridge tiles on their islands connecting two…
Build 366
Rewards — Completing certain quests and defeating monsters can now reward you with cosm…
Build 365
Naming & Chat — You can now rename bags and other containers, in addition to chests, pe…
Build 364
Fixes — Fixed chickens and other animals, monsters, and NPCs appearing to stand right o…
Build 363
Desktop Launcher — Fixed gamepad support on the Linux desktop launcher, including detec…
Build 362
Settings — Audio settings (volume levels, mute, and NPC greetings) now sync across your…
Build 361
Launcher — Added a standalone game launcher with gamepad support for connecting control…
Build 360
Launcher — Added a standalone game launcher with gamepad controller support.
Build 359
Launcher — Added a standalone desktop launcher with gamepad support.
Build 358
Login — You can now sign in on desktop by scanning a QR code with your phone instead of…
Build 357
Merch Orders — Your merch orders now show an estimated delivery date.
Build 356
Fixes — Fixed the fishing rod appearing to float oddly in your character's water reflec…
Build 354
Storage — Bags can now be stored in chests along with everything inside them.
Build 353
Quests — The Night Shift quest is now available, starting with Sanra's "Odd coffin?" di…
Build 352
Performance — Reduced network data usage significantly for players whose character is b…
Build 351
Merchandise Store — Fixed an issue where some merchandise orders could silently fail to…
Build 350
Fixes — Fixed the character portrait/merch image export sometimes showing only a partia…
Build 349
General — The game now checks whether your client matches the current server build, so …
Build 348
Merch Shop — The merch shop now shows a sidebar of products (T-Shirt, White Mug, Black …
Build 347
Merchandise Shop — The product list is now a sidebar of quick-pick buttons (T-Shirt, Wh…
Build 346
Islands — Island owners can now choose a music track and an ambience track for their is…
Build 347
Islands — Island owners can now pick a music track and an ambience track for their isla…
Build 345
Performance — Reduced server load in busy, NPC-dense areas, which should mean smoother …
Build 344
Islands — Island owners can now choose a music track and an ambience sound for their is…
Build 343
Islands — Island owners can now pick a music track and an ambience track for their isla…
Build 342
Balance — Farming now grants less experience per action (halved).
Build 341
Merchandise Store — You can now order physical merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, posters, ho…
Build 340
Quests — Added a new quest, Cat's Out of the Bag, where Jessie asks you to track down h…
Build 339
Combat — Monsters now reliably give chase after being hit by ranged attacks like fireba…
Build 338
Storage Chests & Signs — Added craftable Wooden Chests you can place inside your house …
Build 337
Gift Subscriptions — Sending gift subscriptions now earns you a reward for each of your…
Build 334
Pets — Pets now have their own HP, levels, and experience that persist between sessions.
Build 332
Combat — Freshly respawned monsters no longer immediately chase the player who killed t…
Build 330
Quests — Quests you don't yet meet the level requirement for no longer appear as availa…
Build 329
Weapons & Ammo — Weapons can now accept any ammo item that shares a matching ammo type …
Build 328
Fixes — Fixed equipped cosmetics like titles, nameplate styles, and portrait badges som…
Build 327
Fixes — Fixed friend online notifications sometimes firing for the wrong character when…
Build 326
Fixes — Fixed friend online notifications sometimes appearing for the wrong character w…
Build 325
Fixes — Fixed a bug where walking diagonally into an inward cliff corner could trap you…
Build 324
Fixes — Fixed the profile card showing your previous character's name, class, level, an…
Build 323
Settings — The subscribe section of the settings dialog now lists what you get with a s…
Build 322
Fixes — Fixed a graphical bug where water reflections could bleed onto the land near a …
Build 321
Fixes — Fixed golden heromaker NPCs sometimes appearing invisible except for their shad…
Build 320
Fixes — Fixed an issue where players could get stuck on an outdated version of the game…
Build 319
Focused Skill Tracker — The focused skill tracker now appears below your character port…
Build 318
Combat HUD — You can now pin a skill as your "focused" skill by clicking the star next …
Build 316
Fixes — Fixed browsers wrongly suggesting your username as autocomplete text in the cha…
Build 315
Fixes — Fixed checkout and the donation title toggle sometimes failing because they wer…
Build 314
Fixes — Fixed donation and subscription checkout sometimes failing to open because the …
Build 313
Fixes — Fixed an issue that could cause checkout to fail when purchasing, so payments n…
Build 312
Fixes — Fixed the Subscribe and Donate buttons not working for non-admin players, which…
Build 309
Settings — The settings dialog has been reorganized with collapsible sections that are …
Build 308
Fixes — Fixed a bug where walking through certain staircases could immediately bounce y…
Build 307
Fixes — Fixed a bug where players who left an area could sometimes still appear as "gho…
Build 306
Inventory — Added a new ammo equipment slot for equipping ammunition.
Build 304
World — Area selection dropdowns (like portal destinations) are now organized into grou…
Build 303
Jobs Board — Job boards now offer a better mix of quest types instead of sometimes fill…
Build 302
Jobs Board — Job boards now offer a better mix of quest types instead of sometimes fill…
Build 301
Interface — The sound toggle button has moved from the chat toolbar to the game window'…
Build 300
Fixes — Fixed lag and slowdowns for everyone in an area when a player harvested resourc…
Build 299
World — Some tiles can now be toggled between two states by walking up to them and inte…
Build 298
Fixes — Fixed the level-up announcement toast appearing with a transparent background i…
Build 297
Job Boards — Added "Keys to the City" awards: completing jobs at a town's job board now…
Build 296
Fixes — Fixed a bug where holding a direction key through stairs or other portals could…
Build 295
Movement — Trying to click-move to a spot with no valid path now shows a chat hint sugg…
Build 294
Admin Console — Stamp pickers in the admin tool (used for events and furniture editing)…
Build 293
Bug Reporting — Added a /bug command that lets you file an in-game bug report with a sc…
Build 292
Hub Page — A parade of walking characters now appears beneath the Play Now button on th…
Build 291
Audio — NPC and quest dialogue is now voiced with text-to-speech audio in all supported…
Build 290
Events & World Boss — Added scheduled game events with special area overlays and chest …
Build 289
Events & World Boss — Added scheduled world events with special area overlays and chest…
Build 288
Fixes — Fixed bookcases and similar wall furniture incorrectly drawing over the top of …
Build 287
Fixes — Fixed the chat "Online" sidebar sometimes missing players who were on their own…
Build 281
Localization — Added Welsh and Greek language options, and updated the Swedish translat…
Build 280
Fixes — Fixed clicking on multi-tile interaction markers sometimes failing to move your…
Build 277
Fixes — Fixed a warning dialog that would always show up on screen and could not be dis…
Build 276
Moderation — Warnings sent by moderators using /warn are now automatically translated i…
Build 273
Quests — Added a /tutorial chat command that starts the tutorial quest if you haven't d…
Build 270
Quests — Quests can now reward gold in addition to essence and premium currency.
Build 269
NPCs & Dialogue — NPCs now have assigned voice genders and voice types, improving consi…
Build 268
Fixes — Fixed small bones and blue gems dropping much more often than intended.
Build 267
Fixes — Fixed an issue where players could see a login error instead of being able to s…
Build 266
Reliability — The admin console now stays reachable even if all game servers are tempor…
Build 265
Admin Console — Admins can now manage automated engagement emails (welcome, new player …
Build 264
Admin Console — Admins can now manage automated player engagement emails (welcome, new …
Build 263
Server Announcements — Server announcements can now be sent to players in-game.
Build 262
Admin Console — The admin panel now updates the page address as you navigate, so back/f…
Build 261
Admin Console — Admins can now toggle a privacy mode from the title bar that blurs emai…
Build 258
Admin Console — Moderators (not just admins) can now access the bot ban list, restore i…
Build 257
Admin Console — Added a new Device & Geo Stats page that shows what devices, operating …
Build 256
Fixes — Fixed guild badges sometimes failing to save because larger badge images were b…
Build 255
World & Map — New areas have been added to the map.
Build 254
Fixes & Updates — Updated how loot tables and harvesting are handled, which may change …
Build 252
Wiki — Item icons on the wiki now show the same color tinting used in the game, so item…
Build 251
Announcements — Skill level-up announcements now only appear every 10 levels instead of…
Build 250
Announcements — Skill level-up announcements now appear every 10 levels instead of ever…
Build 248
General — The logo on the website is now larger.
Build 246
Dialogue & Audio — Fixed a duplicate "Have Sticks" option appearing in Lammy's dialogue.
Build 245
Admin Console — The World Content panel in the admin dashboard now shows a count of que…
Build 244
Loot — Gold splinters can now drop for characters with skill level 25 and above, though…
Build 243
Fixes — Fixed a bug where provoking a monster could fail due to a timing error.
Build 242
Fixes — Fixed a bug where roads could overwrite cliff edges, letting players walk up on…
Build 241
UI — A red dot badge now appears on the skills/statistics button whenever you have unsp…
Build 240
Combat — Monster attacks now double-check your position before landing, so a swing won'…
Build 238
Fixes — Fixed rubberbanding and stuttering that occurred when planting large numbers of…
Build 237
Accounts — Usernames and character names are now limited to 16 characters and can no lo…
Build 236
Reliability — Improved connection handling so the game can automatically switch to anot…
Build 235
Fixes — Improved connection reliability: if your client can't reach a game server, it n…
Build 234
Fixes — Improved connection reliability: if the game server you're connected to becomes…
Build 228
Fixes — Fixed a bug where monsters would never notice or attack players due to a broken…
Build 227
Chat — Responses to chat commands (like /help and /time) now appear in the chat channel…
Build 225
Character Profile — Achievements on player profile pages now display as a card grid sho…
Build 224
Resources & Monsters — Resource nodes and their respawn timers in the admin tools are n…
Build 221
Fixes — Weapons with 100 accuracy, like the Iron Sword, no longer completely whiff on a…
Build 220
Buildings, Crops & Roads — Islands now support building placement, contributing resourc…
Build 219
Multiplayer — Added a party system so you can group up with other players.
Build 218
Admin Console — Game configuration is now organized into separate Resource Config and W…
Build 217
Admin Console — Updated the wording of two cost labels in the Operations Console.
Build 215
World & Localization — The starting area has been renamed to Aria.
Build 214
New Features — Added a Follow action from the radial menu that lets you auto-walk behin…
Build 213
Languages — Added Dutch, Danish, and Swedish as supported languages.
Build 211
Social Sharing — Added the ability to share your progress directly to Facebook and Inst…
Build 210
Social Sharing — Added Facebook and Instagram sharing, with share buttons available in …
Build 207
Admin Console — Added a Costs panel to the Operations Console showing current month spe…
Build 204
Admin Console — The Translation and NPC Voice tools in the Operations Console now defau…
Build 203
Player Interaction — Clicking on yourself or another player no longer opens a radial menu.
Build 202
Reactions —
Build 200
Tools & Harvesting — Tools now wear down at different rates depending on the type of re…
Build 199
Tools & Gathering — Different resource types now drain your tool's condition at differe…
Build 195
Fixes — Fixed a bug where combining two stacks of the same item with different wear lev…
Build 192
Blog — Blog posts now have their own shareable links that show the correct title, descr…
Build 188
Admin Console — Added a new Configuration Errors page that checks the live world for br…
Build 186
Dev Blog — Added an Easy Read mode to the dev blog with a high-contrast, plain-styling …
Build 185
UI — The Disconnect button in the share dialog is now a full-width button matching the …
Build 182
Fixes — Connecting your X (Twitter) account now works even though X's servers are tempo…
Build 180
UI — The "Post to X" button is now blue.
Build 179
Fixes — Fixed an issue where connecting your X (Twitter) account could fail with an exp…
Build 175
Fixes — Fixed a bug where typing the Space key into chat, settings, profile, or other t…
Build 174
Fixes — Fixed the caption box on the clip-sharing screen showing up unstyled instead of…
Build 172
Clip Sharing — Clips can now only be shared to X (Twitter); Instagram and TikTok sharin…
Build 171
Clip Sharing — Clips can now only be shared to X; the Instagram and TikTok share option…
Build 170
Fixes — Fixed an error that could prevent clip uploads from succeeding.
Build 169
Fixes — Fixed an issue where legitimate 30-second clips could be rejected as "too long"…
Build 168
Fixes — Fixed clip sharing rejecting recordings up to 30 seconds long, which had been m…
Build 167
Instant Replay — You can now press F9 (or ']') to save the last few seconds of gameplay…
Build 166
Instant Replay — You can now press F9 (or ']') to capture an instant replay clip of you…
Build 87
Island Editor — Slopes can now be placed on cliff faces using the slope tool (costs 2 e…
Build 86
Fixes — Fixed crafting sometimes silently failing to start when your character was in a…
Build 79
Crafting Stations — Stamps can now be configured as crafting stations with a list of re…
Build 76
Settings — Logout button moved from the top-right corner of the screen into the Setting…
Build 75
Hot Bar — A hot bar of 8 item slots now appears at the bottom of the screen.
Build 74
Resource Gathering — Stamps can now be configured as resource sources (stone, wood, ber…
Build 65
Admin Console — Online Characters list now shows players from all servers — admins on a…
Build 63
Mobile Controls — Joystick now snaps to 8 directions — movement behaves exactly like cu…
Build 61
Stability — Position is now preserved across quick WebSocket reconnects — mobile backgr…
Build 60
Controls — Mobile joystick can now be moved to the right side of the screen in the Sett…
Build 56
Admin Console — All admin pages now show a consistent blue title bar matching the map e…
Build 52
Shadows — Cliff edge shadows on the ground layer now render correctly in all maps.
Build 51
Inventory — Item detail panel at the bottom of the inventory shows icon, name, and desc…
Build 50
Inventory — Item icons now appear correctly for items created in the admin item editor.
Build 49
Inventory — Inventory window now shows item icons from the items tileset.
Build 41
Chat — Last 20 global chat messages are shown when you log in.
Build 39
Admin Console — Character hat can now be set from the user management page.
Build 38
Movement — Character sprites no longer flicker direction when moving.
Build 36
Admin Console — Online players list now shows players across all game servers, not just…
Build 35
Feature Flags — The debug window is now controlled by a feature flag instead of a hardc…
Build 31
Music — Areas now play background music.
Build 30
Movement — Players now stop exactly where they are rather than snapping back to the ser…
Build 29
Portal Transitions — Fixed your character walking across the screen during the portal a…
Build 26
World — Portal transitions — a cinematic iris animation plays when travelling between a…
Build 11
Audio — Background music now plays as you explore different areas of the world.