Hearth and Hamlet patch notes & updates

This patch is focused entirely on reducing the game’s memory footprint. Hundreds of changes have cut VRAM usage by about 1.1 GB, which should improve stability, especially on lower-spec hardware.

Gameplay Changes • A new tutorial popup has been added to help avoid confusion when building your first ship. Bug Fixes • Fixed a very rare but stubborn bug that could cause the Ashenholt army to fail to spawn, or the quest to be skipped after a failed attempt.

Gameplay Changes • One-Way and Stable Portals are now cheaper to purchase. Bug Fixes • One-Way Portals are now activated at the Wizard Academy Shop instead of the Town Square. • Fixed numerous small graphical glitches.

Bug Fixes • Fixed a rare crash that could occur when an enemy died. • Fixed a rare bug that could cause you to fail to defeat an enemy army for a quest, but proceed as if you succeeded. • Fixed numerous spelling errors.

Gameplay Changes • Blue Arrows have been updated. Shift + Click will now fast travel to the location the blue arrow is pointing to. Blue arrows now ignore regular mouse clicks to prevent accidental fast travelling.

Gameplay Changes • Space bar can still be used to gather resources after clicking on a harvest location, but only if you are still hovering over that location.

Gameplay Changes • Research book tabs have been locked to one side to prevent confusion. • Added a 'Hover to Click' option in the options menu. Enabling this removes the need to click and hold to harvest resources.

Hearth and Hamlet is OUT NOW

Hello everybody! The wait is over. Hearth and Hamlet is live on Steam right now! Every wishlist, every comment, every bit of the word you spread over the past few months got us here. We are so very grateful to everybody who wishlisted, reviewed the demo, and covered the game.

We launch tomorrow!

Hello everybody! One more update before the big day tomorrow: Hearth and Hamlet launches tomorrow, August 19th, at 5PM UTC+1! apologies about any earlier confusion - the correct time is 5PM UTC +1, rather than UTC.

One Week Until Launch!

Hey folks! One week from today, Hearth and Hamlet launches! The wait is almost over. To confirm, that's: August 19th, 17:00 UTC+1 We've been building toward this date for a long time, and getting to finally say we're one week out is hugely exciting for us!