Astatos News

Welcome back Crown Mages,

New Trials await in the holy capital, Sator Fonsia!

We proudly present the trailer for Astatos Chapter II, featuring the track Next Minute by Adapt9!

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[h3]Chapter II comes as a free update and will be released across five parts, beginning with Part I on December 31st, 2025! (PST)[/h3][hr][/hr]

Today also marks the 4th anniversary of Astatos' release into Early Access! Astatos Chapter II is the biggest release from Studio Klondike yet. (With a script size of roughly 110,000 words, comparable to Nekojishi)

Much hard work and emotion was poured into this over the past few years; from myself, and everyone else who made telling this story possible.

I think we made something we're proud of, and I hope it’s successful too! (Especially so I can continue passionately working on Chapter III along with Nekojishi: Lin & Partners!!)

If you have yet to try Astatos, please give it your support! (Wishlisting the game and sharing the trailer will help us a lot.)

- Compymono, producer & director at Studio Klondike

[h2]Part I Content Preview[/h2][hr][/hr]
Here is an overview of the main content arriving along with Chapter II - Part I.

• Chapter II - Part I [Republic Without End] - A new story scenario.
• New Interlude scenes!
  
• Hero Pack III — Six new Hero Cards in collaboration with Adastra, each with new abilities and original artwork by HAPS. (Redeemble for free with a bound account.)
  
• Hero Pack I receives new artwork based upon the story designs. (The original artwork will remain selectable as a Hero Skin.)
  
• Various bugfixes and optimisations for the story mode.
  
• A new Hero Skin featuring Amicus from Hero Pack III.

[h2]Upcoming Content Preview[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Chapter II - Part II [February 2026]
  
• Chapter II - Part III [March 2026]
  
• Chapter II - Part IV [April 2026]
  
• Chapter II - Part V [May 2026]
  
• Cascade Trial, a new PvE rogue-like mode to be released during the rollout of Chapter II. [We need a little more time to cook on this one, so no release estimate sorry!]
  
• New monthly Hero Skins.

To the Crown Mages,

The latest update for Astatos is here! This update includes Krokos’ latest skin, along with bug fixes.

The trailer for Astatos Chapter II arrives on December 16th! (PST time) A huge continuation of the story is finally ready!

This trailer will also mark the 4th anniversary of Astatos’ release into Early Access. Thank you Crown Mages for your support— we hope to deliver an experience that all of us can be proud to love.

Alongside the trailer we’ll announce further details regarding the content included in Chapter II along with the release schedule.

For the detailed list of changes implemented with Astatos v0.8.6, please read on below.

- From the team at Studio Klondike

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• A new Hero Skin has been made available as the monthly reward. The previous month’s Hero Skin has been added to the in-game store.
  
• Krokos - The Final Remedy

[h2]Game Fixes[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Fixed a display issue with the profile picture associated with the skin, ‘Timaios - Gunslinger of the High Moon’
  
• Fixed a display issue with the skin ‘Aristotle: Four-Field Explorer’

To the Crown Mages,

The latest update for Astatos is here! This update includes Timaios’ latest skin, along with engine security updates.

This past month we’ve been busy at work on Chapter II. This month we completed scene scripting for 10 interlude scenes (with 1 remaining) We also completed more 1 background, and 2 CG illustrations along with some additional character expressions. Sound design is also underway for the final 1/4 of the chapter!

Some final revision work remains to update the translations and implement the new artwork, but we hope to begin bug testing the new chapter in the coming month. We hope everyone looks forward to the eventual release!

For the detailed list of changes implemented with Astatos v0.8.5, please read on below.

- From the team at Studio Klondike

[h2]New Content[/h2][hr][/hr]

• A new Hero Skin has been made available as the monthly reward. The previous month’s Hero Skin has been added to the in-game store.
  
• Timaios - Gunslinger of the High Moon

[h2]Game Fixes[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Included recent Unity engine security updates.

To the Crown Mages,

The latest update for Astatos is here! This update includes Aristotle’s latest skin, along with several optimisations and bug fixes.

This past month we’ve been busy at work on Chapter II. This month we completed scenario writing for 7 Interlude scenes, bringing the completed total to 9. (with 11 planned) We also made progress on the remaining CGs for the chapter.

Meanwhile, we made further progress on the upcoming Cascade Trial game mode. With many of the core gameplay systems functional, we’re working on content planning and outlines for the additional story writing for this mode!

For the detailed list of changes implemented with Astatos v0.8.4, please read on below.

- From the team at Studio Klondike

[h2]New Content[/h2][hr][/hr]

• A new Hero Skin has been made available as the monthly reward. The previous month’s Hero Skin has been added to the in-game store.
  
• Aristotle - Four-Field Explorer

[h2]Game Changes[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Revised some minor UI elements during Tirals.

To the Crown Mages,

The latest update for Astatos is here! This update includes Mukaki’s latest skin, along a leaderboard reset and development update.

This past month we’ve been making solid progress on Chapter II. All main scenario scripting has been finished, including Trial programming, and the addition of some extra scenes. We also completed two new CG illustrations and made progress on writing and scripting the new Interludes. For a complete overview on our progress for Chapter II, see last month’s patch notes!

Along with the Chapter II update will also be some system-level refinements to the story mode functionality and sprite animations! (e.g. A faster skip function, and improved text box responsiveness)

For the detailed list of changes implemented with Astatos v0.8.3, please read on below.

- From the team at Studio Klondike

[h2]New Content[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Season XI of the Takeover Trial leaderboard has concluded. The top 100 players will receive a new player title sometime after the release of this patch.
  
• A new Hero Skin has been made available as the monthly reward. The previous month’s Hero Skin has been added to the in-game store.
  
• Mukaki - Spectator’s Desire