Night is Coming

• Endless Mode Added – You can now continue playing on a location after defeating the boss. Enemy waves will become slightly smaller, but their difficulty increases with each in-game year. Every third moon after the Baron’s assault, mini-bosses will appear, and monsters will grow stronger.
  
• The Engineer’s Ballista now displays its attack radius, similar to tower radius indicators.
  
• Clicking on a colored image in the Bestiary now shows its black-and-white version.

• Nightmares die even faster under sunlight.
  
• The “Hold Position” mode for settlement warriors has been fixed: when enabled, they now stand their ground and attack only within their attack radius, without pursuing enemies.
  
• Monsters now return to their lairs if they lose their target or are no longer aggressive. On their way back, they may attack new targets.
  
• While returning to lairs, monsters no longer have 90% armor.
  
• Monster idle timings near lairs have been changed – they now stay in place longer.
  
• Monster health indicators are now enabled by default.
  
• Monsters with skull icons now always show their health indicators.
  
• Buried field spirits no longer display a health bar, making them harder to detect.
  
• The Fertility spell now increases the seed count just like Crop Fertilization does.

• Fixed FPS drops occurring in certain gameplay situations.
  
• Improved save/load stability, including fixing duplicate quests after loading.
  
• Fixed issues where UI settings would reset when starting a new game or reloading.
  
• The load game screen now shows the location and difficulty of the save.
  
• A scale toggle for resource icons has been added to the mini-map window.
  
• Tooltips now appear when hovering over construction resource icons.
  
• When hovering over the status bar in the top-right and clicking on a worker's name or building name, the camera now instantly focuses on that element.
  
• The seeds section has been removed from the warehouse menu.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Knight's “Roundhouse Kick” might deal no damage.
  
• Fixed incorrect icon rendering in some UI elements.
  
• Fixed a bug where an incorrect fleeing settler notification would appear even when the settler was already in the Night Hag’s well.
  
• Fixed tooltip display issues in the manual work priority settings window.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented skipping a cutscene after restarting the game.
  
• Fixed an issue where settlers would queue up at production buildings with no free spots.
  
• Fixed several issues where settlers’ tasks could be interrupted:
  
• Settlers no longer abandon hunting, gathering, or transporting due to hunger or minor distractions.
  
• Fixed a bug where settlers could get stuck after completing a production task.
  
• Fixed a bug where settlers would freeze during tasks and resume only after canceling the task.
  
• During building upgrades, the production window is now disabled, preventing freezes while interacting with the UI.
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Gifts to the Gods" quest would not disappear after failure.
  
• Fixed a bug allowing players to get the “God's Favorite” achievement in the tutorial after just one blessing. It can now only be earned in combat scenarios.
  
• Fixed a bug where the “Advanced Level” achievement could be obtained by upgrading the Spirit Tower to level 4. Since it's not a technology, the achievement now behaves correctly.
  
• Fixed a bug where "Spirit Shield" might not open fully at high game speeds.
  
• Fixed an issue where retraining a settler into a warrior would freeze progress if training started at night.
  
• Fixed a bug where production limits would reset after upgrading a production building.
  
• After building a closed perimeter, the hex cells inside no longer remain highlighted.
  
• Fixed a bug when opening the menu window for buildings under upgrade.
  
• Fixed possible issues with closing Nightmare portals.
  
• Added VFX for Night Hag’s transition into physical form.
  
• Added VFX for Nightmare appearances and their transitions between ghost and physical forms.
  
• Fixed animations and VFX for certain monsters and animals.
  
• Added new animations for Timber Fiends, Wolves, Swamp Fiends, Millers, Ash Hags, Titan Volkodlaks, and Night Hags.
  
• Numerous localization improvements.

• deep narrative-driven dramas;
  
• fast-paced action;
  
• rich and atmospheric adventures;
  
• and even mechanic dinosaurs, working with a wrench in hand!

• A notification for settlers fleeing from mobs now appears in the top-right corner of the screen with a blinking icon. Clicking the notification automatically selects the corresponding settler.
  
• Settlers will now only flee from enemies if the enemy is actively attacking someone.
  
• New game settings have been added: the maximum combat speed and the activation of slow motion only in melee combat.

• Settlers’ movement speed increased by 80%.
  
• Movement speed bonus from roads reduced from 110% to 50%.
  
• Settlers now slow down when carrying any load; the slowdown depends on the type of cargo.
  
• Enemy activity timeframes changed: they will now attack the settlement only at night, from 00:10 to 06:00 in-game time.
  
• "Help radius" for mobs reduced from 52 to 32.
  
• Enemy vision radius slightly increased so they can reach the center of large buildings.
  
• Sunlight no longer kills ghouls instantly — they now take 20% health damage per second in sunlight.
  
• The “Inner Fire” spell now restores settlers’ fatigue.
  
• Nightmares can now possess Leshy, as well as any animals except rabbits.
  
• Nightmare Lairs can no longer be destroyed with spells.
  
• The bandit lair tower will no longer attack settlers.
  
• The bandit summoner can now summon only one bear (previously up to two).
  
• Cooldown for the "Summon Bear" spell used by the bandit summoner increased to 90 in-game minutes.
  
• The maximum lifespan of a summoned bear is now limited to 90 in-game minutes. This prevents infinite settlement attacks by a single summoned bear.
  
• Bears that vanish due to the summoner's death or the spell expiring will no longer drop Dark Shards.

• FPS drops when minimizing the game window have been resolved.
  
• Fixed recurring appearance of certain quests after loading a save.
  
• Fixed display issues for some quest items after loading a save.
  
• Added a new sound effect for the bandit's bear summon.
  
• Added a visual effect for Nochnitsa transitioning to physical form.
  
• Added visual effects for Nightmares appearance and their transitions between ghostly and physical states.
  
• The "firefly" visual effect on Nightmares now correctly disappears immediately upon death.
  
• Improved running animations for Wolves and Alpha Volkodlaks.
  
• Autosave now occurs at 21:55 in-game time.
  
• Fixed incorrect display of some icons.
  
• Fixed the "Witcher" achievement.
  
• Fixed the "Advanced Level" achievement (now correctly granted before the 4th day of summer).
  
• Fixed a bug where warriors could stop attacking.
  
• Fixed a bug where mages could damage allies when using skills.
  
• Fixed a bug that reset camera speed to 0 when reopening the settings window.
  
• Fixed duplicate visual effects on warriors after loading a save, which caused excessive visual stacking.
  
• Fixed a bug where enemy lairs could be seen through the fog of war.
  
• Fixed several bugs with the resource counter.
  
• Fixed issues with the display of certain menus.
  
• Various localization improvements.

Patch Notes and Fixes

• Improved overall performance, optimized framerate and RAM usage in the later stages of the game.
  
• Enhanced performance during repeated saves and loads while participating in events on the map.

• Improved the manual settler management menu — the manual task priority UI should now be more convenient and intuitive.
  
• Towers now display their attack radius — select a specific tower to see its area of effect.
  
• Added a new option in building menus — mass repair of all buildings of the same type.
  
• Starting settlers now receive 2 favorite and 2 disliked professions to enhance their individuality.
  
• Nightmares will now switch to attacking your warriors instead of peaceful settlers if you send your warriors to attack them.
  
• Scout mechanics in enemy lairs have been disabled. Dens no longer send small enemy groups to attack settlements every few hours but will send large groups when the vengeance timer expires.
  
• The quest "Be Careful, Chieftain" has been temporarily removed from the active quest pool.

• Weapon upgrades no longer increase the swordsman's armor.
  
• Warriors no longer gain additional armor when reaching veteran status.
  
• Armor upgrades now provide smaller armor bonuses.
  
• Engineer armor increased from 5 to 10.
  
• Swordsman armor reduced from 15 to 10.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Bogatyr's armor could reach 100%.
  
• Nightmares now have armor (physical damage against them is reduced by 50%).
  
• Increased the experience required for warriors to reach veteran status.
  
• Reduced experience gained from killing Nightmares.
  
• Reduced experience gained from killing bandits.
  
• Reduced experience gained from enemies in dens on Swamp, Greenwood, and Dead Forest maps.
  
• Increased cooldown for the Spirit Tower spell "Oak Bark."
  
• Reduced starting defense and technology points:
  Swamp:
  - Technology points: 3 → 1
  - Defense points: 3 → 2
  Greenwood:
  - Technology points: 6 → 2
  - Defense points: 6 → 3
  Dead Forest:
  - Technology points: 9 → 3
  - Defense points: 9 → 4

• Fixed an issue where the achievement for completing Dead Forest was not awarded correctly.
  
• Fixed several issues with save files not displaying properly in the menu.
  
• Fixed a bug where building walls could turn white after loading a save.
  
• Fixed an issue where the day counter in quests could reset after loading a save.
  
• Fixed a bug causing resource storage settings on warehouses to reset after loading.
  
• Fixed an issue where canceling resource gathering could incorrectly reset task priorities.
  
• Fixed various issues related to manual priority setting.
  
• Fixed several issues with settler behavior when taking tasks.
  
• Fixed a bug causing settlers to freeze when delivering resources to production buildings.
  
• Fixed an issue where the hammer icon in the Tavern UI could freeze after preparing food.
  
• Fixed a bug where Nightmares could get stuck near portals.
  
• Fixed errors occurring during the completion of certain quests.
  
• Corrected display of some visual effects.
  
• The "Oak Bark" effect now persists after loading a save.
  
• Updated settlement event sounds.
  
• Multiple localization fixes.

• The biography of a new wanderer is now displayed on the settlement admission screen.
  
• Interface filter settings no longer reset after loading a save or starting a new game.
  
• Fixed cases where settlers would get stuck in the warehouse when attacked by enemies during a meal.
  
• Changing the priority for material hauling now works correctly — settlers will immediately begin transporting materials.
  
• "Resource Search" quest — a failure condition has been added (death of the warrior).
  
• Fixed a bug with fields that sometimes prevented the generation of monsters and their attacks.
  
• Fixed a bug where the game malfunctioned when attempting to remove a plant from a field.
  
• Fixed an issue where the "Oak Bark" effect was incorrectly removed from towers after loading a save created while the skill was active. The effect will now persist, although its visual effects may be missing.
  
• Fixed a bug in the caravaner quest where failing the quest would cause an empty window to appear and prevent interface interaction.
  
• Removed the "Streamer Mode" option — it is no longer necessary.
  
• Multiple localization fixes.

Patch Notes and Fixes

• Fixed the gradual increase in save duration and RAM usage after multiple saves and loads. Note: some older saves may still take a long time to load — we recommend starting a new game.

• Fixed manual saves being overwritten and save order issues.
  
• Fixed manual renaming of save files.
  
• Fixed remapping of hotkeys not functioning properly.
  
• Fixed issues with warehouses and, in some cases, construction caused by incorrect merging mechanics of built warehouses. If you experienced this issue, starting a new game is recommended.
  
• Disabled incorrect automatic merging of warehouses when a third warehouse was built between two existing ones. Warehouses now only merge if a new one is built next to an existing one.
  
• Fixed portals not closing after loading a save.
  
• Fixed settlers getting stuck during hunting.
  
• Tutorial now properly registers camera rotation using hotkeys.
  
• Spirit tower upgrades now require resources instead of being free.
  
• It’s now easier to identify which lair an attack is coming from — the on-screen hint has been significantly improved.
  
• Tech tree (Combat): fixed the unlocking sequence for the "Engineer" class.

• Easy difficulty has been significantly simplified:
  - Reduced enemy HP.
  - Reduced lairs HP.
  - Reduced enemy damage.
  - Reduced chance of a wanderer arriving wounded.
  - Reduced ambush chance in random events.
  - Reduced number of nightmare portals per location from 2 to 1.
  - Nightmare spawn chance during regular nights reduced to 1%.
  - Nightmare spawn chance during nightmare days reduced to 5%.
  - Max number of bandit lairs per location reduced from 2 to 1.
  - Reduced number of additional lairs per location.
  - Reduced difficulty of Forest’s Revenge attacks.
  - Reduced difficulty of enemy waves during the Blood Moon.
  
• Normal difficulty has been simplified:
  - Increased time before nightmare portals appear.
  - Reduced number of nightmare portals.
  - Reduced ambush chance in random events.
  - Nightmare spawn chance during regular nights reduced to 3%.
  - Nightmare spawn chance during nightmare days reduced to 25%.
  - Max number of bandit lairs per location reduced from 3 to 2.
  - Reduced difficulty of Forest’s Revenge attacks.
  
• Reduced enemy movement speed.
  
• Reduced enemy detection radius for your warriors.
  
• Reduced Swamp Fiends’ HP but slightly increased their damage.
  
• Starting number of warriors in Pine Forest increased from 1 to 2 militia.
  
• Increased population cap at all settlement levels:
  - Level 0: from 7 to 10.
  - Level 1: from 9 to 13.
  - Level 2: from 12 to 17.
  - Level 3: from 16 to 21.
  - Level 4: from 20 to 25.
  
• Reduced HP and damage of some enemies.
  
• Increased experience gained from killing enemies.
  
• Increased dark shard drops from high-level enemies.
  
• Increased Forest’s Revenge points awarded for defeating high-level enemies.
  
• Reduced XP needed for warriors to reach veteran status.
  
• Slightly decreased warrior movement speed.
  
• Slightly reduced enemy detection radius by warriors.
  
• Slightly reduced archers’ attack range.
  
• Increased settlement defense towers’ HP.
  
• Killing monsters near a lair no longer increases Forest’s Revenge.
  
• Closing a portal now properly removes its guards.
  
• Nightmares guarding a portal now disappear if combat ends.
  
• Velimir’s shield (stage 3) now lasts 20 seconds, and its activation logic has been improved.
  
• Velimir’s dodge from ranged attacks now works after stage 1.
  
• Velimir’s attack range increased by 2 meters.
  
• Settlement in the Dead Forest now starts with orichalcum tools available.

• New icons and VFX added for attacking lairs.
  
• Fixed settler animations during hunting.
  
• Nightmares now lose incorporeality during combat mode.
  
• Fixed excessive slowing of movement animations for both warriors and enemies.
  
• Fixed overlapping text in some quests.
  
• Adjusted quest window placement on screen.
  
• Adjusted fog of war reveal area around warriors.
  
• Warrior experience is now displayed as a percentage.
  
• A “0 damage taken” message now appears to indicate successful dodges.
  
• New setting added: “Show intro videos.”
  
• Improved UI for settler screen and biographies.
  
• Quest “Sacred Grove”: localization fixed.
  
• Quest “Barracks”: clarified requirement (3 stone blocks).
  
• Quest “Monster in the Shadows”: added a timer.