Update 0.5.0 is now available

Update 0.5.0, which we tested through the Steam beta functionality, is now available to all players!

Thank you for all the comments you send us! They really help us with the development of Potion Craft. If you'd like to share your feedback or suggestions with us, use the Steam forums or the #feedback and #bug-reports channels on our Discord server.

What’s new in the 0.5.0 update

• Completely redesigned Water alchemy map

• New Oil base and a dedicated map for it

• New map mechanics: teleporting vortex, swamps, map borders, big experience books, etc.

• New effects and quests for these effects

• Special quest requirements (e.g. make a potion without using a specific ingredient or make it at least level 3)

• New Salts: Moon Salt, Sun Salt, Philosopher's Salt

• New Ingredients (Read the devlog here)

• New customer classes with their own unique challenges and problems

• Developing relationships with merchants

• Reputation affecting which customers come to the shop

• Improved haggling with difficulty choices (Read the devlog here)

• Animated loading screen

• Improved save and load system (Read the devlog here)

• Accessibility options (Read the devlog here)

• Inventory sorting by element

• Full gamepad support (Xbox)

• And much more

You may encounter a few templates and outright non-final content in this version. We are also aware of several bugs and instability. We are actively working on the release version of Potion Craft, and these issues will be fixed and improved as soon as possible.

What’s up with my save files?

Previously, we've talked about why save files were incompatible with different versions and why we had to reset the alchemists' progress in the game. This time around, with update 0.5.0, we're going to do it one last time. This version will serve as the foundation for all future updates to the game, which means you will no longer have to start the whole game from the beginning after another major Potion Craft update.

However, you will always be able to go back to the previous game versions via the Steam beta functionality. If you wish to continue playing the game with your current save files, you can select version 0.4.7 in the game's Steam settings via the beta functionality.

• Saves from version 0.4.7 are incompatible with 0.5.0, but all future updates will be backward compatible with saves from 0.5.0 and above.

• If you want to play the actual game version, you'll have to start over – we recommend you do so because the game now offers many new features and content.

• The saves from version 0.4.7 will not be gone; they will be displayed as incompatible with the current version of the game.

• If you're not ready to start the game all over again now, you can roll back to 0.4.7 and play your old saves.

How to roll back to version 0.4.7

If you are not ready to start a new game now, you can continue the old game, but to do this you will have to roll the game back to version 0.4.7. This is done through the game settings in Steam:

• Right-click Potion Craft in your Steam Library.

• Click Properties.

• Click the Betas tab.

• Select a version from the dropdown menu.

To return to the stable version of the game - select "None" in the Beta settings. The save files of the stable and beta versions (up until version 0.5.0) are incompatible with each other but will not be lost