Added

• Additional press and hold button hint assets
  
• Markers for guards during raids
  
• Hunter's Hut guard furniture
  
• Video setting for foliage distance
  

Changed

• Removed raid chance info from map UI if raids are disabled
  
• Changed Kanmuri headwear to hide hair
  
• Updated refugee, monk and ajirongasa hat to remove hair clipping
  
• Rebalanced first raid to include more raiders
  
• Rebalanced looting priorities of raiders during raid
  
• Optimized shaders for tree billboards
  
• Optimized audio on the map
  

Fixed

• Fixed placeholder object visible on the map outside playable area
  
• Fixed wrong raid information on season change UI if it was opened before dynasty tab
  
• Fixed unlocking conditions for new doors with stairs
  
• Fixed character not stopping rotation while using gamepad in character editor
  
• Fixed gamepad loses focus when turning back from Custom Game Setting to Game Mode Selection UI
  
• Fixed lighthouse special project not visible on clients
  
• Fixed guard furniture and categories setup, adding new icons
  
• Fixed hair not hidden under samurai and ashigaru hats on clients, causing clipping (partial fix, now happens more rarely)
  
• Fixed toggling sprint off on gamepad only possible when player character is stopped
  
• Fixing ghost visibility for small shrines and trade stands
  
• Fixed raid risk can differ after loading the same save file
  

Known issue

• Changing headgear changes the hair colour to the default setting.
  

Remove enemy camps

Build special structures in your villages

Wear a mask and a hat at the same time

Added

• Trees will now be visible in the distance, making landscape vistas much more photogenic
  
• New male and female hairstyles
  
• Jump attacks
  
• A lot of new encounters on the map
  
• New tiers of torches that will last you longer and look more advanced
  
• More player tent variants – one new travel tent that can be used on your journeys and some large, empty decoration tents for your village
  
• New decorative candles – there is now a plethora of candles on a metal holder or in a bamboo container that can be used as decoration. And now, they produce small flames and light!
  
• A new type of shoe - Asagutsu sandals
  
• A new type of headwear - Kanmuri
  
• A new type of accessory - Inro cases of several tiers that lower your encumbrance
  
• New types of village structures
  
• Various kinds of Trash Piles allowing you to find some minor loot each season - you wouldn't believe what your villages can throw away
  
• Guard Post, with a lower tier guard workplace furniture
  
• The ability to build guard furniture at the Hunter’s Hut tower
  
• Special Project signposts now depict the structure they are related to
  
• Doors to the ice storage building
  
• Additional decorative surfaces were added to some structures, like the Tea House, Guard Tower, and shrines
  
• Paper Bark interactive resource around appropriate trees
  
• Bones around caves and enemy camps
  
• SFX for several animations: using a broom, adding wood to the campfire, adding fuel and tending to the tatara furnace, lighting a candle, fixing a cart, and many more
  
• Voice-overs for status effects
  
• More plantable trees – you can now cultivate all large trees that you can find in the wild
  
• New female refugee/villager names
  
• Game setting to disable status effects
  
• Autosave limit (maximum 5)
  
• The "Craft more" amount slider now speeds up when using the controller
  
• Game setting to increase villager limit (max 200) - works as a modifier added to your current villager limit based on your Dynasty Level
  
• New player village icons
  
• New entrance types: wooden ramp and stairs
  
• New tutorials and knowledge tab entries to reflect new game mechanics like raids, raid chance, and guards
  
• Nvidia Reflex and Frame generation support for RTX 50XX
  

Changed

• Enemy bodies now disappear after a short time and turn into loot bags
  
• Neutral villages and enemy encounters were updated with new compositions, making them look cooler and more unique, depending, for example, on the enemy type
  
• Enemy encounters will now include premium animals, and sometimes even kidnapped people in cages
  
• Mata, Kojiro, and Toshichi can now be recruited as villagers after completing their quests in Sosogi
  
• Joining important dialogue in co-op is now obligatory for all players on the server only before story cutscenes, otherwise, it is optional
  
• Tool durability consumption in workplaces has been significantly rebalanced
  
• Personal Quest changes:
  
  
  
  • Added new Personal Quest types
    
  • Added new encounter with a Personal Quest NPC – Bounty Hunter, who will ask you to provide them a Gunchujo
    
  • Changed the Personal Quest icon to be more unique
    
  • Rewards in Personal Quests now scale with the Dynasty Level better, to reflect their scaled objectives
    
  • Personal Quest givers now repeat quest requirements if you talk to them while the quest is active
    
  
  
• All NPC icons on the compass will be discovered at the same distance so that you will not get differences between refugees, enemies, and traders
  
• Moved Soze (caretaker related to the child quest) to a more convenient spot
  
• Made the “Secrets of the Trade” quest more lucrative. It now requires iron pickaxes (instead of steel ones) and offers a lot more Craftsman XP as a reward. Also, Ashigaru shoes were added to rewards, so that a full armor set is unlocked
  
• Simplified greetings and goodbyes V/O
  
• Reworked tavern & brewery foundations so that the ramps are separate elements tied to the exterior segment
  
• Entrance ramps have been elongated to better handle buildings on slopes
  
• Reduced safe area around buildings so that villages can be fitted more tightly
  
• Repair Bench furniture can now be placed in any production or storage building, provided there's room for it
  
• Removed invisible walls from around the lake near the Thugs’ Camp
  
• Enemy loot in camps has been rebalanced - should now provide an appropriate amount of healing consumables, for example
  
• Improved the cooking setup, it should now be easier to cook some simpler meals and beverages on low-tier cooking stations
  
• Improved hair shader
  
• Various UI improvements:
  
  
  
  • Village name and icon change popup
    
  • Assign village in the Population tab
    
  • Dynasty Summary tab layout – now includes raid info and a more streamlined population breakdown
    
  • The villager Details in the Population tab is more streamlined and elegant now
    
  • The change Season panel got a major improvement
    
  • Many instances of text overflow or too long text being cut were fixed
    
  • Removed custom markers distance from Compass UI for less clutter
    
  • Storage furniture in production buildings is now grouped into separate categories to make the radial menu less cluttered
    
  • Removed unnecessary references to the villagers’ age
    
  
  
• Updated some achievements' names and descriptions - reworked “Gotta Slay’em All”, “Personal Enlightenment”, and “Life Goals” achievements to not rely on other achievements
  
• Description of certain consumables now better communicates the risk of food poisoning
  
• The broken stone lantern near the Ryujin Shrine Special Project can now be removed so that you can properly restore the place
  
• Stone pickaxe now allows mining small and medium tin
  
• Workplace shortcuts, Bell Tower UI, and Map UI will now be available on clients only after management data is synchronized with the server
  
• Blocked the possibility of sleeping in an occupied bed
  
• Tea House got a spot for workers assigned there, so they don’t wander aimlessly when they are supposed to perform the tea ceremony
  
• Stone walls have been made wider to make them easier to build, and new thicker stone wall variants were added
  

Controller improvements and fixes

• Pressing B on the gamepad will now close full-screen tabs and the ESC menu
  
• Controls UI will open the gamepad section if the controller is detected
  
• Added controller hint for changing priorities in the Priority tab on the gamepad
  
• It’s now possible to put a custom marker on the map with a controller
  
• It’s now possible to navigate Quest UI with a controller
  
• Fixed Custom Game Settings issues with recognizing the input of the gamepad's left stick
  
• Fixed navigation in the Priority tab gamepad breaking the focus and skipping positions on the list
  
• Now all (hold) interactions are described as such in the UI
  
• The village name field can now be focused with a controller
  
• Tweaked the sensitivity of camera controls on the controller
  
• Fixed the issue that when pressing "Y" while loading the game closed the loading screen and resulted in a partial input loss
  
• Fixed server browser still being accessible with the gamepad controls
  
• Fix accepting empty server code causes input loss on the gamepad
  
• Fixed jogging animation, sprinting speed, and stamina usage when the controller stick is at ~50% input
  
• Fixed sprint attacks not working with the sprint toggle on the controller
  
• Fixed gamepad loses focus after closing pop-up on the save/load UIs
  
• Change controller binding for Track Quest action
  
• Fixed gamepad loses focus when closing Assign Tool UI
  
• Fixed gamepad loses focus when leaving online session creation
  
• Fixed some tutorials mentioning only keyboard bindings when using a gamepad
  

Fixed

• Multiple replication issues. The game should now work better for clients, allowing for a smoother combat experience in co-op
  
• Hitches when ticking off/on increased need consumption in the endgame
  
• Hair meshes not being visible while wearing headwear
  
• Loot chests now spawn their contents on interaction so that Ebisu’s Boon perk applies in real time to all chests on the map
  
• Completed quest markers persisting after loading the game
  
• Some inaccuracies in the spouse dialogue when a player passes dynasty and becomes an heir
  
• Ako and Sayuri offering an irrelevant dialogue if their recruitment quest fails to start due to villager limit
  
• Search area map marker for the Wild Hogs Quest, during the “Find Yajiro” objective
  
• Ghosts of some furniture like small tables blocking other objects
  
• Some furniture like sleeping mats clipping with the floor in the Workshop building
  
• Special project icons on the map not updating properly
  
• Equipment item stats do not display encumbrance modification from perks
  
• Weapon damage showing different values in item details and player stats
  
• The Master Hunter perk description not mentioning the player's stamina boost
  
• The Master Warrior perk description not mentioning the player's HP boost
  
• The Adept Builder perk description not mentioning an item delivery boost
  
• Incorrect mantle animation for all left-hand holdables
  
• Certain tools sliding into hand in FPP
  
• Samurai Armor's mesh issue in the idle pose
  
• Missing outfit elements in some refugee/villager NPCs
  
• Broken leek model
  
• Forager's Hut decorations ghost being visible prematurely for clients
  
• Animal position not saving properly
  
• Small Eku holdable covered with snow
  
• Snow appearing in the onsen's building
  
• Minor issues with water across the map
  
• Collision issues next to the Iwasaki's mine entrance
  
• Bandit headwear not displaying properly on a female character
  
• Wet and warm status effects not removing themselves from player(s) upon season change
  
• NPCs temporarily disappearing in the player's line of sight
  
• The Ascetic Training perk reducing food gain instead of reducing food stat decay
  
• The player Item Cost Modifier not working properly with the Master Artisan perk
  
• NPCs getting stuck on stairs and other steep surfaces
  
• Dead animals remain standing if the client was far away from the host when they were killed
  
• XP rewards from quests being not affected by XP modifiers
  
• “Get a knife and a spear” objective not accepting all knives and spears
  
• Pressing LMB with the equipped source of light blocking the input for other tools
  
• Some animals having wrong HP values
  
• Flames VFX appearing to float above the Sunken Hearth
  
• Reloading a save file restocking vendor's items
  
• Some enemies and animals getting stuck in some encounters
  
• Several structures causing navigation issues for NPCs
  
• Game skipping one day at the start of a new season
  
• Super-fast hammer animation while crouching
  
• The possibility to repair broken items via the RMB menu without paying for it
  
• The Stonemason furniture not being able to move if the ghost is clipping with its mesh
  
• Some recipes having different seasonal requirements for players and villagers
  
• Dead enemies are still moving from client's perspective
  

Known Issues

• You may still experience some desynchronization issues in late-game scenarios, especially in 4-person coop sessions. We are working on addressing the remaining issues in future updates.
  
• If you’re continuing from an older save, please make sure to build new guard furniture in your guard towers.
  
• Also, please wait for the season change and production tick to see proper Raid Points in the UI.
  
• Guards stay at their stations from 8 to 18. If a raid happens outside these hours, they might not be manning their dedicated guard spots and will run toward attackers from elsewhere.
  
• Raiders can be spawned inside raided villages if walls are placed on the edge of the villages radius.
  

RAIDS

PERFORMANCE AND NETWORKING

What is the Public Stage?

How do I participate in the Public Stage test?

• Open your game library.
  
• Right-click on Sengoku Dynasty.
  
• Open ‘Properties’.
  
• Select the ‘BETAS’ tab.
  
• Enter this password in the field below the drop-down menu:
  6RmK07O5em39LFLj1e4OvZGlrQ7OqI
  
• Click on ‘CHECK CODE’.
  
• Use the drop-down menu and select ‘releasecandidate’. This is the Public Stage version.
  
• Click on ‘Close’.
  
• Steam should now download this version of the game.
  

Added

• Added the winter cloak recipe to the workshop
  
• Added the shrine priest outfit recipe
  

Changed

• Disabled Seasonal Quests for local player’s current spouse and parent
  

Fixed

• Fixed all `wait season` objectives that are automatically completed after passing the dynasty
  
• Fixed HP not regenerating during sleep
  
• Fixed passive non- functional hit point regeneration not working after the player was freezing.
  
• Fixed the straw cloak not protecting against freezing after dying
  
• Fixed starting perks are included in the perk prediction
  
• Fixed both timer and icon for the status effect disappearing when the player selects an empty slot in the inventory
  
• Fixed the minor `freezing` notification that was activated after walking away from a source that provided the `warm` status effect
  
• Fixed that Ako could have the personal quest activated, but with no relevant dialogue
  
• Fixed naked characters not freezing in winter
  
• Fixed the straw cloak adding armor, poise, and encumbrance to player's stats
  
• Fixed encounter NPCs not loading a quest marker
  
• Fixed the delivery of building materials not bound to building animation
  
• Fixed Seasonal Quest rewards becoming stale
  
• Fixed the personal quests Harvest Protection, Scarecrow and Cold Weather. These changes are not save-compatible, so if you have them active in your save, please pass one season to apply the fix
  

Statuses

Personal Quests

Character Backgrounds

Passing on the Dynasty

Steam Deck Compatibility

Changed

• Special Project construction site has new visuals (removed ropes and wooden columns, added more subtle bamboo marker instead)
  
• Adjusted final main story cutscene to better support female player character
  
• Rebalanced animal spawners (previously too many animals spawned, especially of a higher rarity), renamed them to Animal Hunting Spots, and added their markers to the compass
  
• Cooking Pot item can now be stored in the tool storage
  
• Rebalanced resource distribution across the map, mainly deposits
  
• Neutral villages were updated with new assets
  
• Increased stack sizes in Dynasty Storage so that you have more room for storing items, especially in the late game
  
• Minor UI improvements
  
• Some focus asset unification
  
• Zero on priority list now has better visibility with a dark font
  
• Made background texture for most tabs more uniform for better text readability and contrast
  
• Save incompatibility pop-up and icon were removed
  
• Faces, hair and facial hair selection are now chosen with a slider
  
• Removed sound from save notifications to make autosaves more subtle
  
• Centered headers in all UI tabs
  

Added

• Fox SFX
  
• Confirmation pop-up for loading a saved game
  
• Confirmation pop-up for changing game modes
  
• New Wood Storage building model
  
• New, thicker arrow models, with unique arrowheads and fletching for better visibility when picking them up in the wild
  
• Villagers and NPCs will now prefer roads when moving around
  
• You can now dash with a bow or no holdable equipped
  
• New player clothing set: Shintō Shrine Priest including Miko (female) and Kannushi (male) clothing
  
• New player character male faces
  
• Dynasty description displayed as header in the Dynasty Summary tab
  
• New Way of the Monk perks: Haggler and Seller
  
• New decoration surfaces for both Hunter’s Hut and Guard Tower (more to come)
  
• Mortar and pestle at the herbalist station
  
• More NPC interactions with Monastery Chozuya and Monastery Belfry
  

Fixed

• Achievements that require other achievements not unlocking (for example Gotta Slay 'Em All)
  
• NPCs lacking SFX when sprinting in the snow/rain weather
  
• Iwasaki warehouse's rooftop lacking collisions
  
• Default village icon being pixelated on the Map UI
  
• Effects of Blade Ward and Second Skin perks not applying after death
  
• Inaccurate consumption prediction calculations due to not accounting for input items – this may cause you to see a significant change in your need production values, the more you relied on more processed items
  
• Tanto and katana equip & unequip animations
  
• Metal materials in Food Storage, village gates, and other models not displaying properly and being too reflective
  
• Non-functional items (like logs or broken tools) becoming tools in the production slot
  
• Snow appearing inside some buildings for clients
  
• Demolishing structures causing micro-teleportation for clients
  
• Mantle animations not playing in TPP
  
• Beam/column sockets and decorations visible when a beam/column is hidden
  
• FPP camera stuttering on client when using a weapon
  
• Wrong Doburoku consumption animation prop model
  
• Bears near one of the caves might get stuck due to stone deposit's placement
  
• Wrong Tea Drinking SFX
  
• Black stains on the well texture
  
• Delivery of building materials not being bound by hammering animation
  
• Players losing unique Nijo Mask by talking to her with a full inventory
  
• Some villagers are not able to find a path through gate doors
  
• Some NPCs using bow during holdable swap animation
  
• Some enemies switching weapons from bow to melee too often
  
• Players being able to parry fall damage (it was cool though)
  
• Some enemies are not being able to reach a retreating player
  
• Reloading a save breaking the production in the Iron Ore Processing Station workplace
  
• Possible to go out-of-bounds in the Iwasaki mine
  
• Wrong river SFX at the Ashigaru enemy camp
  
• Banners being transparent (added back side material)
  

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