Settlers of Yore 114 days in Development
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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.