Farthest Frontier News

Do you have enough firewood stocked before hibernation?

[p][/p][p][/p][p]We're bearly there ourselves.[/p]

Farthest Frontier v1.0.5 is now live

[p]Since the v1.0 release, the team has been diligently addressing your reported issues. The latest in our series of hotfixes has just gone live. For details on all 5 hotfixes, the full changelog is available here.[/p][p][/p][p]For those in the US, we wish you all a pleasant Thanksgiving and a gentle food coma![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]v1.0.5 Hotfix 5[/p][p]\[Tech][/p]

[p]Fixed an issue where graphs would stop displaying in the Annual Report.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where disabling weather effects would also disable lightning strikes, which consequently reduced chance of fires.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where a combination of the Intensive Animal Farming policy and Artificial Selection tech could cause the two to not stack.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where reloading could cause Horsemen and Lancers to have reduced health.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where using the Select All Military function would ADD the military units to an active selection of villagers, instead of overriding it.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where building upgrades that require Bricks would not display the correct costs after unlocking the Masonry tech.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue when taunting raiders using the Military Monument in Pacifist Mode that could cause raids to become stuck and the cooldown to not be respected.[/p]
[p]Fixed some edge cases when placing double-wide gates that could result gaps in the wall.[/p]

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[p]Child happiness no longer factors in shoes and beer availability. The Pub is checking IDs.[/p]
[p]Added new widgets for Barns and Chicken Coops to indicate when slaughtering of animals is paused by production limits on their products (ex. Tallow).[/p]
[p]Improved logistics for wagons servicing mines and pits, which will allow them to more effectively grab large quantities of heavy materials and reduce the frequency with which villagers will pick them up themselves (ex. villagers grabbing ore before a wagon can).[/p]
[p]Increased Immigration rates at lower populations.[/p]
[p]Raider attacks on Excavation Sites now have a different icon to differentiate them from regular raids.[/p]

Farthest Frontier V1.0 Hotfixes now Live

[p]Our priority is always in ensuring everybody has a smooth experiencing with our games. As such, the team was diligently addressing critical bugs reported by you since release. We have now released two hotfixes and will be keeping an eye out for more issues. We will likely have at least one more hotfix patch before we focus our attention on larger updates and eventual DLC content.[/p][p][/p][p]Thank you to everyone that reported bugs and provided feedback![/p][p][/p][p]v1.0.2 Hotfix 2[/p][p][/p][p]\[Tech][/p]

[p]Fixed an issue where building windows were capped at a smaller height than intended.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where villagers with tools would be miscounted, resulting in incorrect low tools warnings. [/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where settings windows in the main menu would improperly resize, which also caused them to not fit on ultrawide resolutions.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where opening the crop field window could cause a brief performance hitch.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where raider banners could fail to display on the minimap if the banner holder would spawn inside of battering rams.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where a critical laborers warning would appear excessively.[/p]

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[p]Increased Health of Palisade and Stone Walls and the Health and Armor of Palisade and Stone Gates.[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p]v1.0.1 Hotfix 1[/p][p][/p][p]\[Tech][/p]

[p]Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash on load. If you are still experiencing crashes during loading, please reach out to [email protected] with details of your issue.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where the game could crash when engaging in combat with raiders. Like above, if you are still experiencing this issue, please reach out to us so we can help debug it further with you.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where the Early Access data migration message would display for new players starting up the game for the first time. This was a result of Steam Cloud erroneously generating the old directory at startup, which has now been pwned.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue with the Custom Game options window not fitting on screen at ultrawide resolutions.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue with tooltips not scaling in the Tech Tree when changing resolutions and/or UI Scale in the game options.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue with minimap icons sometimes not displaying correctly when toggling their visibility.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where villagers would sometimes seek water on opposite sides of lakes.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where Compost Yards could become stuck with the Vermicast tech active, particulaly if there is 1 point invested in it out of 2.[/p]

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[p]Reduced % chance of fire spread and made fires easier to put out without the Civic Inspections tech.[/p]
[p]Reverted change that increased Hay season duration, which prevented putting Field Maintenance in the same rotation.[/p]
[p]Increased chance of Traveling Merchants selling Tomes of Knowledge and reduced their base price.[/p]

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After three years in early access, Farthest Frontier is the city builder that's tearing me away from Manor Lords

Farthest Frontier 1.0 is finally upon us, and I'm ready to plunge myself into its stunning world. Developer Crate Entertainment has already proved itself as an indie underdog with some serious bite; its dark-fantasy ARPG Grim Dawn remains a must-play for fans of that genre. Now, after three years in early access, Farthest Frontier is finally fully formed, and it's bringing a similar level of polish and depth to challenge the best city-building games on PC. Feeling like a spiritual successor to Banished and with a farming system that'd make Stardew Valley jealous, it's a serious contender among the best medieval games too, and now's an ideal time to start.

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Medieval city builder Farthest Frontier says good knight to early access with its 1.0 release today

A new day, a new city builder! Today the particular entry in this far reaching genre we're talking about is Farthest Frontier, because it's leaving early access after more than three years in development. If you've never heard of it before, the simple answer is that Farthest Frontier is a medieval city builder. The longer answer includes all the things it does.