What changed in Fields of Mistria in 2026

The player can no longer get stuck on greyed-out buttons in the Daycare menu.

Added new furniture to Balor, Merri, and Wheedles' inventories.

Updated refresh rates for non-dateable NPCs’ dialogue.

Updated and refined text in French, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

Kissing no longer crashes the game.

The Museum Donation UI now shows the final item being added to a set before the Set Complete popup appears.

The achievements Master Chef, Time Flies, and First Place now work as intended.

The mailbox bark no longer briefly gets larger when entering the farm map.

Kissing your partner from 2 am until past 6 am no longer crashes the game.

Ryis’ sawing SFX now plays during his sawing animation.

Held items now appear as intended when teleporting.

Placing furniture on spouses no longer crashes the game.

The Mimic Storage Chest now appears in the Chests and Storage section of the crafting menu.

Added the Lovely Cottage Sofa to the Lovely Cottage Set.

Enabling smoother gameplay and clearer rendering on high refresh rate monitors.

The player’s Pet now appears during the wedding scene.

Added new translations in French, Spanish, and Russian.

Rapidly exiting the Farm Building Selection UI no longer crashes the game.

Player saves that would crash in 1.0.4 due to spouses selecting the wrong schedule on a festival day no longer crash.

Item pop-up notifications can now expand to be two lines tall as needed.

Legendary fish notifications will no longer appear on your wedding day.

Improved support for lower frame rate settings such as 30 FPS, which can help extend battery life on handheld devices like Steam Deck.

Improved the visuals of the water and lava tiles in the Mines.

Fixed the placement of a wall brazier in a Ruins Mines level.

Various typos fixed.

Certain furniture items now have jumpable collisions.

The game no longer slows when performance dips below 60 FPS.

Added additional hairstyles and facial hair to Vera’s stall.

Greatly reduced stuttering and improved overall frame pacing.

Fighting Rock Stacks no longer rarely crashes the game.

The Mill now has an ambient exterior SFX.

The Spells menu in Japanese now correctly displays text in Japanese.

The Jewel Beetle is now correctly listed as rare instead of uncommon.

Updated Zorel’s gift preferences to reflect the intended selections.

Fixed typos on two of the new hairstyle names.

Modded inventory sizes no longer crash the game.

Opening Treasure Boxes and collecting their contents no longer slows the game.

Missing portraits now display correctly in the final Mines cutscene.

Stillwell’s Quests now correctly track defeated monsters.

Monster names now display correctly in Stillwell’s Quest objectives, replacing 'MISSING'.

Caught with a Bug Net, they no longer harm the player.

Achievements like True Love and Parent now pop at the time they are achieved.

Now persists when saving/loading the game.

Now does the correct amount of damage.

Works on debris spawned at the top of a new season.

No longer appear before they arrive in town.

Now appear correctly for all NPCs.

No longer available before relevant game content has been seen.

Spring 14, Fall 7, Winter 7 can no longer be selected as Wedding Days.

Enchanterns going out of bounds in the Mines no longer crashes the game.

The Shooting Star Festival softlock has been fixed.

Interacting with the menu while on a mount no longer occasionally crashes the game.

Mount footstep sounds updated to the correct mounts.

Animal Festival now works for players whose birthdays were on Winter 10th.

Certain home configurations no longer crash the game at the start of the wedding cutscene.

Mimics no longer drop pet skins without the “Friend Shaped” perk being acquired.

The statue of Caldarus can no longer accidentally be shown holding a baby.

Rock clod localization in the quest log no longer appears as “MISSING”.

Additional translations have been added in French, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

Tools no longer mistakenly stack in the player’s inventory.

Fixed a bug that caused Animal Toys to be unremovable. They can now be removed with the pickaxe when not in use.

Players can no longer receive multiple Big Eggs.

Fixed a crash involving mana usage.

Fixed a bug that caused the mystical feather to be dropped in the Dragonsworn Glade instead of the players’ home if their inventory was full.

Josephine’s Harvest Festival dialogue now fires correctly.

Children no longer appear during date cutscenes.

Interacting with the Bell Tower ladders in quick succession no longer crashes the game.

IO errors (file access) no longer crash the game.

Fixed a bug with animal sounds that could cause the game to crash.

Improved performance when other programs, such as AMD and Nvidia's proprietary game overlays, are rendered in the same window as Fields of Mistria.

The new home exterior letter from Landen now arrives at the correct time.

Mimics no longer give rewards when fed invalid items such as tools.

Certain Friday Night at the Inn dialogue in localization betas no longer crashes the game.

Doorway transition collisions have been adjusted.

Additional collisions have been added to the beach pier.

Fixed some rare crashes that occurred on start-up.

Destroying a 10 Heart item while it’s restoring the player’s stamina/health no longer crashes the game.

Adjusted item drop rates for monsters in the final Mine biome.

New hairstyles have been added to the default menu and to Vera’s stall.

Fixed a typo in Balor’s post-birth line.

Some Simplified Chinese translations have been updated.

The “Time Flies” achievement now works as intended.

The Mine’s Elevator interaction range has been adjusted.

Updated collisions to reduce players getting stuck in corners and on objects.

Unlocking the Big Chicken mount if the player has no mount no longer crashes the game.

Players can no longer glitch their way into the Bell Tower before it’s unlocked.

Rapidly navigating around the Dragonshrine menu no longer crashes the game.

A bug with defeated monsters no longer crashes the game.

Additional furniture, decor, cosmetics, and mount skins.

Renown Level cap raised to 100, additional Town Repair Questline events, and completable Town Repair Storyline.

Introduction of Achievements.

Skipping the Breaking the Fire Seal cutscene no longer crashes the game.

Invalid wallpaper decor from mods no longer crashes the game. An alternate sprite will appear instead.

NPCs are visible in all Date Photos again, regardless of the current season.

Loading a Friday Save with a schedule bug will no longer crash the game.

The Mines Crate Chair preview in the woodcrafting menu now displays as intended.

Additional Requests added to the Request Board and additional Museum sets and rewards.

NPC Heart caps raised to 10 Hearts, 10 Hearts Proposal & Wedding Events for romanceable NPCs, Marriage & Children.

A specific dialogue string in Russian no longer crashes.

Additional Skill Perks introduced.

Additional Dungeon Quests and rewards.

Stillwell & Zorel join the Saturday Market.

Killing a Rock Stack no longer sometimes crashes the game.

Picking up an item in the Journal UI and then opening the Town Rank Guide no longer crashes the game.

Viewing the Mistmare in the Ranching UI with no animals or without the Horse Statue 'Nice Ride' perk no longer crashes the game.

The Crown Requests letter text has been updated to reflect the new unlock conditions.

A rare shadow issue in Town no longer crashes the game.

Beta versions for Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish.

Inviting the secret bachelor to the Harvest Festival from the Deep Woods no longer crashes the game.

Entering an Arena Room in the Mines from a Treasure or Ritual Chamber room no longer crashes the game.

Plans to release Beta translations for several languages including Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish.

Gameplay features will be accessible in any language, but translated text may be incomplete.

New features and content will be available in the 1.0 release.

Players can choose whether or not to have a child after marriage.

Players are encouraged to provide feedback on Beta localizations to improve final versions.

All saves will carry over to 1.0, allowing players to experience new content regardless of progress.

Additional content updates and patches are planned after the 1.0 release.

The price of Fields of Mistria will not rise for its 1.0 release.

Characters dating multiple characters will switch to 'best friend' status after marriage.

Players will retroactively earn achievements without needing a new save file.

Resolved the bug that caused players to get stuck in menus, such as Hayden’s Sell Animals menu.

The Animal Festival runs correctly in Year 2 and subsequent years.

Working to improve graphical and performance issues on AMD and Intel integrated GPUs.

Fixed a crash that could occur while saving.

Players no longer get stuck in doorways, such as those in the carpenter's house and Terithia's house.

Enhanced frame rates, especially in busier areas such as farms.

Casting the Growth spell repeatedly on trees no longer crashes the game.

The large essence stone’s crafting level has been restored.

Fixed some shadow rendering.

Using the pickaxe after leaving a room no longer crashes the game.

Monsters no longer occasionally double-destroy themselves.

Improved performance and reduced stuttering on some AMD graphics hardware.

Going through doorways while holding fish bait no longer crashes the game.

Turning on the lights of specific mine floors no longer crashes the game.

Birds leaving trees no longer crash the game.

The 'Stuck' button in the menu now works outside buildings.

Vera’s register now displays correctly.

Optimized world rendering for smoother gameplay.

Defeating Rock Stacks no longer occasionally crashes the game.

Fixed Eiland’s walk animation at the game’s start.

Reduced memory usage during startup by up to 50%, improving launch smoothness.

For players still experiencing screen tearing, make sure VSync is enabled in game and in your driver settings.

Fields of Mistria has been migrated to a new internal engine to improve stability and performance.

Eliminated two longstanding technical issues through the new engine migration.

The Starter Farm Bridge now has the required Crafting level of 20.

Adopting animals now works as intended.

Fixed a crash when remapping certain gamepad buttons.

Failing to delete a save file no longer crashes the game.

Added native support for Steam Deck, improving performance.

Fixed some graphics-related issues.

Fixed an issue where existing saves on the Steam Deck did not appear in the load menu.

Fields of Mistria now supports Linux through Steam Linux Runtime 4.0.

General performance optimizations and stability improvements implemented.

Spawning a bug no longer crashes the game.

Improved support for integrated graphics, allowing the game to run on a wider range of hardware.

Screen no longer flickers when entering the Mines during the 'Unlocking the Mines' cutscene.

Graphics performance has improved significantly, especially on integrated graphics cards.

Players could get stuck in the adoption menu, this issue has been resolved.

Random tiles appearing on certain Mine floors have been fixed.

Native support for Steam Deck has been added, improving performance.

Some shadows displaying incorrectly have been fixed.

Various bugs and crashes related to monsters in the Mines have been fixed.

Fields of Mistria now supports Linux through Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 on Steam OS with Steam Deck or Steam Machine.

Mods will need to be updated for compatibility with the New Engine Beta Branch, and mod creators are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the new file structure.

Fields of Mistria now has a new Beta Branch featuring a version migrated to an internal game engine to improve performance and stability.

Players are invited to opt into the New Engine Beta Branch to help test the engine across various systems and playstyles.

The New Engine Beta Branch does not contain new gameplay content; it focuses on testing the new engine.

The migration aims to eliminate silent crashes and improve overall game stability.

Current save data can be imported to the New Engine Beta Branch without overwriting saves on the Main Branch.

The perk Sure Strike now works as intended.

The auto-stack button in Auto-Feeder UI now only transfers like-items.

A Caldarus line has been adjusted to appear correctly in a specific location.

The Fishing exclamation point no longer appears below rocks when fishing near them.

Adjusted Wallpaper and Flooring previews in the Crafting Menu.

Dragon claw altars will no longer display translations before the player has translated the tablet.

Merri now sells new Cherry and Lemon Furniture sets at her Saturday Market Stall.

Lights now display properly even within shadows.

If a Fish Bait item fails to summon a fish, it will now reappear on the ground.

In the Ruins Biome, the Magic Key can now be harvested with a shovel.

Wheedle no longer sells the Bath Soap Date Inspiration item before the player has seen the Elsie Dating Tutorial.

New seasonal player cosmetics have been added to Louis’ Stall at the Saturday Market.

The recipe can now be acquired by shipping a Glowberry, delivered in a letter the following day.

Players can no longer acquire a cosmetic more than once.

The Dragon-Forged Sword can no longer display a secondary infusion icon when crafted.

The tile indicator for Bait no longer appears on tiles adjacent to water.

Multiple copies of already-acquired Pet Skins no longer spawn.

The colors on some Juniper sprites and portraits have been corrected.

There is now a speakerless version of Bath text if neither Dozy nor Juniper is present.

Pet Skins can no longer be acquired before purchasing the Friend-Shaped perk.

Caldarus’ Request for Lobster now appears only on the request board in Spring.

Wheedle’s request for a Written Root no longer appears on the Request Board before the Saturday Market is upgraded.

Pet beds can no longer be purchased at Merri’s stall and are now only sold by Hayden.

New decor items have been added to various Ruins Biome rooms.

The Fishing Rod tutorial card no longer interferes with the Blacksmithing UI.

Chests can drop new recipes: Spell Fruit Parfait, Pizza, Spicy Corn, and Cucumber Sandwich with the Taste Maker perk.

Festival Dates no longer make an NPC ineligible for a Date the following weekend.

The Flying Tome can no longer rarely become invulnerable to attacks.

Four additional food items can drop from chests with the Dungeon Delicacies perk active.

The 'Pause Audio on Unfocus' setting now works as intended.

NPCs no longer fail to follow their routines properly after a time jump.

The spawn rate of Smoke Moths has been increased.

New dishes include Herb Butter Pasta, Fish Tacos, Veggie Sub Sandwich, Coconut Cream Pie, Spring Galette, and Gazpacho.

New recipes include Seafood Boil, Herb Butter Pasta, Fish Taco, Coconut Cream Pie, and Gazpacho.

The Woodcrafting SFX no longer loops after the crafting animation is completed.

Lost and Found collection now includes the Player’s Farm and no longer includes farm buildings.

The Gryphon Statue Replica can now be rotated.

Inviting the new Secret Bachelorette to dance at the Harvest Festival no longer crashes the game.

Hitting a Tome while it’s in its Defeated state no longer causes it to become invincible.

Josephine's post-endgame line no longer interferes with the player's ability to participate in the Animal Festival.

Fish and Bug spawn rates in the Lava Caves biome have been updated.

Submitting items to The Final Seal now triggers a warning pop-up that watching the cutscene will end the day.

Small visual fix in Balor’s 8H Event.

Adjustments have been made to the Bug Net catch range.

Fish Bait and Pheromones now work in the Mines, summoning the expected fish/bugs at the appropriate rarity level.

The Hero’s Ring now has a glow effect in the Dark Floors, like Mistril Armor.

Living Gryphon Statues now destroy rocks in their path more consistently.

If the Secret Bachelorette is the player's first 8 Heart Villager, Elsie will give the player the Dating Tutorial as intended.

Void Material spawn rates throughout the Mines have been updated.

The Confirm button now displays as intended during 'Enter New Name' when in Steam Big Picture Mode without a controller connected.

Legendary Fish can no longer appear in the Fish Trap.

Animal Variant Names the player has yet to discover no longer appear in the Adoption UI.

Fixed the transition when entering Hayden’s house.

Arena floors in the Mines now appear only once per day.

Additional dialogue has been added after completing all the current 'Friday Night at the Inn' storylines.

New cosmetics have been added to Wheedle’s stall.

Mushroom, Rock Clod, and Ore Clod Pet Skins are now available via the Tier 5 Combat 'Friend-Shaped' perk.

NPC Portrait effects no longer occasionally fail to render.

The Void Set description in the museum UI has been updated to say the items are found in the Mines rather than the Ruins.

The Night Queen Sign is now properly capitalized.

Players can no longer permanently lose the Seed of Balance by shoveling it after it has grown past the seed stage.

Coin items (dropped from the new Tesserae Tree item) no longer appear in the Lost and Found box.

New gift dialogue has been added for Adeline, Balor, Caldarus, and Juniper.

It is no longer possible to stay up past 2 am if you trigger a cutscene at 1:59 am.

Bait can now be thrown from the north side of the pond in the Eastern Road.

Fixed formatting on Errol’s Artifact Replicator letter.

Bird perch points have been added to more furniture items.

The presence of an illegal coin item no longer crashes the game.

Hayden’s request for blackberries no longer appears outside of Fall.

Living Gryphon Statues now drop Monster Blocks instead of Sap.

Skipping repair cutscenes (e.g. Repair the Beach Bridge) no longer prevents the repair from occurring visually.

New seasonal cosmetics have been added to Louis’ stall at the Saturday Market.

Using Rare Bait in the Ruins Biome no longer crashes the game.

Auto-feeders now drop when the player destroys a coop/barn containing an auto-feeder.

The 'Use' button prompt for Bait and Pheromones now appears when in the Mines.

Various typos have been corrected.

Apiaries and Terrariums now update their requested item when a season changes.

New Ruins Decor has been added to the Ruins Biome. Players must have the 'Reclaimer' perk active to discover it.

SFXs have been added for candles and lamps.

The player can now read the scroll on Caldarus’ desk after obtaining Void Sight.