Hey everyone!

Thank you for your patience, support, and all the feedback — it truly helps us move forward. Below is the list of changes included in the first major Early Access patch. This is just the beginning — there will be many more updates in the future. Stay with us and keep sharing your thoughts — together we’ll make Night is Coming even better!

Patch Notes and Fixes

⚙️ Performance

• Fixed the gradual increase in save duration and RAM usage after multiple saves and loads. Note: some older saves may still take a long time to load — we recommend starting a new game.

⚙️ Functionality Fixes

• Fixed manual saves being overwritten and save order issues.
  
• Fixed manual renaming of save files.
  
• Fixed remapping of hotkeys not functioning properly.
  
• Fixed issues with warehouses and, in some cases, construction caused by incorrect merging mechanics of built warehouses. If you experienced this issue, starting a new game is recommended.
  
• Disabled incorrect automatic merging of warehouses when a third warehouse was built between two existing ones. Warehouses now only merge if a new one is built next to an existing one.
  
• Fixed portals not closing after loading a save.
  
• Fixed settlers getting stuck during hunting.
  
• Tutorial now properly registers camera rotation using hotkeys.
  
• Spirit tower upgrades now require resources instead of being free.
  
• It’s now easier to identify which lair an attack is coming from — the on-screen hint has been significantly improved.
  
• Tech tree (Combat): fixed the unlocking sequence for the "Engineer" class.

⚙️ Balance and Gameplay

• Easy difficulty has been significantly simplified:
  - Reduced enemy HP.
  - Reduced lairs HP.
  - Reduced enemy damage.
  - Reduced chance of a wanderer arriving wounded.
  - Reduced ambush chance in random events.
  - Reduced number of nightmare portals per location from 2 to 1.
  - Nightmare spawn chance during regular nights reduced to 1%.
  - Nightmare spawn chance during nightmare days reduced to 5%.
  - Max number of bandit lairs per location reduced from 2 to 1.
  - Reduced number of additional lairs per location.
  - Reduced difficulty of Forest’s Revenge attacks.
  - Reduced difficulty of enemy waves during the Blood Moon.
  
• Normal difficulty has been simplified:
  - Increased time before nightmare portals appear.
  - Reduced number of nightmare portals.
  - Reduced ambush chance in random events.
  - Nightmare spawn chance during regular nights reduced to 3%.
  - Nightmare spawn chance during nightmare days reduced to 25%.
  - Max number of bandit lairs per location reduced from 3 to 2.
  - Reduced difficulty of Forest’s Revenge attacks.
  
• Reduced enemy movement speed.
  
• Reduced enemy detection radius for your warriors.
  
• Reduced Swamp Fiends’ HP but slightly increased their damage.
  
• Starting number of warriors in Pine Forest increased from 1 to 2 militia.
  
• Increased population cap at all settlement levels:
  - Level 0: from 7 to 10.
  - Level 1: from 9 to 13.
  - Level 2: from 12 to 17.
  - Level 3: from 16 to 21.
  - Level 4: from 20 to 25.
  
• Reduced HP and damage of some enemies.
  
• Increased experience gained from killing enemies.
  
• Increased dark shard drops from high-level enemies.
  
• Increased Forest’s Revenge points awarded for defeating high-level enemies.
  
• Reduced XP needed for warriors to reach veteran status.
  
• Slightly decreased warrior movement speed.
  
• Slightly reduced enemy detection radius by warriors.
  
• Slightly reduced archers’ attack range.
  
• Increased settlement defense towers’ HP.
  
• Killing monsters near a lair no longer increases Forest’s Revenge.
  
• Closing a portal now properly removes its guards.
  
• Nightmares guarding a portal now disappear if combat ends.
  
• Velimir’s shield (stage 3) now lasts 20 seconds, and its activation logic has been improved.
  
• Velimir’s dodge from ranged attacks now works after stage 1.
  
• Velimir’s attack range increased by 2 meters.
  
• Settlement in the Dead Forest now starts with orichalcum tools available.

⚙️ Other Changes

• New icons and VFX added for attacking lairs.
  
• Fixed settler animations during hunting.
  
• Nightmares now lose incorporeality during combat mode.
  
• Fixed excessive slowing of movement animations for both warriors and enemies.
  
• Fixed overlapping text in some quests.
  
• Adjusted quest window placement on screen.
  
• Adjusted fog of war reveal area around warriors.
  
• Warrior experience is now displayed as a percentage.
  
• A “0 damage taken” message now appears to indicate successful dodges.
  
• New setting added: “Show intro videos.”
  
• Improved UI for settler screen and biographies.
  
• Quest “Sacred Grove”: localization fixed.
  
• Quest “Barracks”: clarified requirement (3 stone blocks).
  
• Quest “Monster in the Shadows”: added a timer.

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