The Staff Have Arrived – And They're Ready to Work!
Grab your applications and clear the schedule – The STAFF UP update is here, and your tavern is about to get a whole lot busier (and smarter). Whether it’s entertaining guests, washing dishes, or bonking skeletons, each new hire brings their own flair to the chaos. It’s time to build your dream team!
What's New?
Staff Members!
Staff Members are the next step towards the end game of Bronzebeard's Tavern. With the expense of your bills and tavern money to upgrade them, they provide invaluable service specializing in their own abilities!
The Bard 🎵
The Bard is here! Equipped with a lute and his incredible songwriting skills, this fancy dwarf is here to help you handle swarms of customers in the most intense of days. When your customers are impatient, he will be there with entertainment for all.
The Golem 🗿
Darn those devious little skellies stealing your beans left and right… This just won't do! Welcome, the Golem! This tall rocky fellow is here to stand dutiful guard, and… serve grub?
Host 🪶
You know him, the humble front desk host, here with a whole new look and a whole new set of knowledge! Set different seating priorities and watch him guide each guest to their table with exact precision.
Fairy 🧚♀️
Ever struggled balancing four tickets at once? This talented fairy has come to solve your woes, moving order requests and washing stray dishes with the power of magic!
The Staff Room
Here comes a new expansion to your tavern! A place where one can relax, recruit, and organise staff before the beginning of the next busy day.
UI Improvements
- Minimized various HUD elements to improve screen visibility and reduce clutter.
- Updated the Ready Up window – it’s no longer a screen-hog and now subtly does its job.
- Updated the Stamina Bar with a cleaner look and improved readability.
- Updated the Open Tavern Time Bar to a more polished display.
- Updated the Emote Wheel to include more space for unlockable emotes
- Replaced old UI headers to better match the new visual style and maintain consistency across elements.
- Replaced and added new Customer Icons
Patch Notes
🆕 New Features
- Added: Staff Members! Bard, Golem, Host and Fairy.- Added: Staff Room
- Reworked: Skeleton Thieves
- Added: Thief Variant - Skeleton Brute
- Added: Thief Variant - Skeleton Chaser
- Reworked: In-Game UI
- Added: New Emotes!
- Reworked: Emote System
- Added: 19 new Achievements
🎩 Cosmetics
- Adjusted: The look of Weirdbeard's Wonders (the Customization area).
Eldritch Horror Mini Pack
The Eldritch Horror Mini Pack invites creeping dread and arcane style into your tavern. Adorn your dwarf with mysterious, otherworldly accessories drawn from the depths of forgotten realms. With eerie elegance and a hint of madness, this pack is perfect for those who dare to embrace the unknown. Let the cosmic horror begin!
3x Exclusive Cosmetics
- Whisperhood (Animated)
- Hollowhorn Helm
- Crystal Gaze
3x Exclusive Skins
- Abyssal Layers
- Runeseers Robes
- Ruinbound Attire
Check it out!
Wild West Mini Pack
The Wild West Mini Pack brings rootin'-tootin' flair to your dwarven getup with frontier fashion, dusty duds, and outlaw-approved accessories. Whether you're a saloon sharpshooter or a gold-hungry gambler, it’s time to saddle up, pour a stiff one, and show the tavern who’s boss. Giddy up, partner!
1x Exclusive Emote
- Giddy up!
3x Exclusive Cosmetics
- Cowboy Hat
- Cowgirl Hat
- Conductor Hat
3x Exclusive Skins
- Cowboy Skin
- Cowgirl Skin
- Conductor Skin
Check it out!
Emote Pack
The Emote Pack brings four new ways to show off your dwarf’s true feelings. Shush the noisy ones, get gobsmacked by something amazing, drop a cheeky fart, or deliver a world-class facepalm—no words needed. Whether you're causing mischief or reacting to it, this pack’s got you covered from stink to stunned!
4x Exclusive Emotes
- Whatchu Talkin’bout
- Toot
- Shh!
- OMG!
Check it out!
Makeship x BBT Event Shop
You can now grab this cuddly companion from the Event Shop and carry him proudly on your shoulder. He may be small, but he’s full of cheer and ready to tag along on all your tavern adventures!
1x Cosmetic
- Tavern Dwarf Plushie
Community Loot Box
It took us long enough but we’ve finally added the cosmetics from our Community Competition! Find them in the brand new Community Loot Box which also features three brand new emotes.
3x Cosmetics
- Bonk Bonk
- Pothead
- Heavy Helm
3x Emotes
- Confused..?
- Surprised
- Dwarf Shuffle
⚖️ Balance Changes
- Added: The Tool Slot - Pressing "R" now allows you to stow tools in your offhand, removing the requirement of it needing to be in your inventory.- Added: Menu Bonus - A new mechanic that scales the amount of money you gain from customers if you utilize multiple bundles.
- Rework: Employee of the Day - Tweaked values of employee of the day to make it feel more fair. Buffed the chef and hearth positions, added points for more actions such as killing skeletons, washing dishes, etc..
- Rework: Skeleton Thief spawning, now increases in difficulty with rating and has spawn rate increased the lower in power the hearth is.
- Adjusted: Expansion 2 moved closer to the main tavern to prevent too much movement and have easier service.
- Buff: Increased hammer swing speed.
- Buff: Removed expansion scaling when unlocking each expansion.
- Buff: Decreased the stamina usage for diving, as well as strengthening its force allowing you to move further!
🎉 Quality of Life
- Rework: UI, adjusted a lot of the in-game UI for easier readability.- Adjusted: Item Cycle, items now do not automatically cycle from your back to your main hand on use.
- Adjusted: Lobby Search Parameters, now allowing players to show all active servers regardless of download region.
- Added: Customer Buff Icons. Effects such as the Gobbler and Table buffs show an icon with a visual on how long they last above the customer.
- Improved: Lights that guide you for when the tavern is out of power.
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed: A bug where the DLC NPC's outfit swap was heard across the entire tavern regardless of distance.- Fixed: Issue that prevented the "Interact" key from being rebound.
- Fixed: Issue where a customer permanently followed a player that had disconnected from the tavern until losing patience.
- Fixed: Issue where sales did not appear on Day 1.
- Fixed: Issue where in some cases, players will be kicked out of the lobby on join.
- Fixed: Invalid Customer Name, when joining late the name of the customer did not properly display.
- Fixed: Issue where customers can have the same name.
- Fixed: Issue where throwing an item while touching the ticket rack does not add it.
- Fixed: Exploit where you can spam the Lute whilst standing on a stain.
- Fixed: Issue with Spookbeard's Tavern beard texture not assigned in one of its cosmetics.
- Fixed: Crash relating to tickets.
- Fixed: Exploit where you could duplicate items from countertops.
- Fixed: Bug where skeletons caused a crash on death.
- Fixed: Bug where skeletons spawned in walls.
Tavern Dwarf Plush!
In other news, we've also teamed up with Makeship to make an adorable plushie of our beloved Dwarf!
Grab your very own Tavern Dwarf plushie RIGHT HERE!
This is a limited-time campaign — once it’s gone, it’s gone! Don’t miss your chance to bring your favorite tavern dwarf home.
Thanks from the Developers!
Thank you so much again everyone for supporting us in our biggest update yet, this wouldn't be possible without the support from our amazing community.
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