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Dev Log #4 – Shadowfang Testing Ahead
Shadowfang has continued moving forward over the past weeks, but as development progressed it became clear that the Q1 timeline we previously mentioned isn’t realistic anymore. Rather than rushing the update out in a ha…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Heartwood Online
Dev Log #3 – Shadowfang, Bots & Next Steps
Quick update time. Recently we added a handful of popular suggestions to the game, several related to guild management and a few smaller QoL improvements (like the game remembering whether you had chat open or closed).…
Patch notes2 changesGameplay - Heartwood Online
Dev Log #2 – Winterforge Is Live, Back to Shadowfang
Winterforge went live yesterday. Thank you to everyone who jumped in immediately, reported issues, shared screenshots and generally turned the game into festive chaos faster than we expected. While Winterforge this year…
Patch notes1 changePerformance - Heartwood Online
❄️ Winterforge is live! ❄️
Holiday jingles can be heard in Heartwood again, as the Winterforge holiday has begun! This year, townsfolk are reporting a brand new pastime sweeping the land... snowball duel mechanics. Challenge your friends and riva…
Event2 changesStore - Heartwood Online
Dev Log #1 - Communication, Shadowfang and Winterforge
We’ve been talking internally for a while about how we communicate with the community and the truth is: we haven’t been as transparent as we should have been. Updates often went quiet, features were worked on behind the…
Event7 changesMapsGameplay - Heartwood Online
Winterforge is here again!
Winterforge is here again! As Heartwoodian's prepare for the holiday festivities, the good elves are hard at work producing enough gifts for everyone. Maybe you can lend a helping hand. And... Try not to get too distrac…
Announcement - Heartwood Online
Patch Notes v0.4.9
Happy One Year Anniversary! The First Annual Dryad Bloom Festival has begun! A temporary questline and items have been added to celebrate Heartwood's first year in Early Access - Crafting experience bonus added for Magi…
Announcement1 changeFixServer - Heartwood Online
Patch Notes v0.4.7
**v0.4.7** Fishing and Cooking have been added as two *new* skills! Alongside these new skills, we have some exciting additions: - Fishing Leaderboard - New crafted gear - New monster drops - New gear with crafting bonu…
Announcement6 changesFixGameplay - Heartwood Online
Patch notes v0.4.6
**v0.4.6** Patch 0.4.6 is introducing some exciting new mechanics that we felt could use some more explanation so players may better understand our goals with the update. To help with this, we've broken up the patch not…
Patch notes1 changeBalance - Heartwood Online
Patch notes v0.4.5
Added /age command to check character play time Added 'last seen' for friends and guild members Added a 'Logout' button to character select screen Logout option on Dashboard now takes players to Character Select screen…
Store13 changesFixGameplay - Heartwood Online
Winterforge event(Patch notes for v0.4.4)
**v0.4.4** - Winterforge has come to Heartwood! - Added new NPCs for Winterforge holiday event - Players can now destroy items in their inventory - Updated stack splitting option to allow numeric entries - Updates bulk…
Announcement1 changeFixBalance - Heartwood Online
Patch notes v0.4.3
New system: Deeds! Deeds are used to create larger stacks of items that can be traded between players. Deeds are created and redeemed in the bank. Players can no longer drop items on the ground. (Don't worry, enemies st…
Store22 changesFixGameplay - Heartwood Online
Patch notes v0.4.1
**v0.4.1** - Added the Pumpkin Festival! - Pumpkin bags now drop from all enemies - Pumpkin gear - Event mount - Event dye - Players can now progress to higher tier trees with woodcutting - Trees only drop their specifi…
Announcement1 changeFixPerformance - Heartwood Online
The Bone Mines are out!
**v0.4.0** - New region: Bone Mines - New region: Sheep Fields - In-game leaderboards - 4 new class abilities - New enemies - Two new bosses - New armors - New weapons - New mounts - New legacy marks - New crafting reci…
Announcement1 changeFixServer - Heartwood Online
Patch notes v0.3.0
- Improved performance for full map overview - Added the ability to toggle helms on player UI - Updated player inspection to show player gear - Updated player inspection to view stats on player gear - Item stats are now…
Store35 changesFixMaps - Heartwood Online
The Bone Mines
We can't believe it, we made it a whole week without dying from lack of sleep! Thank you all for sticking with us through these early bug fixes. Things are starting to smooth out rapidly, and we have a lot more optimiza…
Announcement1 changeUI/audio
