Pioneers of Pagonia News

[h2]Bugfixes[/h2]

• Added more telemetry and error logging when granting an achievement failed
  
• Fixed rare crash in UI when showing unit information
  
• Fixed units sometimes not returning to own territory when finished with their job
  
• Fixed rare crash during unit recruitment
  
• Fixed rare crash during terrain sediment update
  
• Fixed rare desync when updating POI health
  
• Fixed an edge case when demolishing a building could lead to resource loss
  
• Fixed residents sometimes not assigned to Tavern tables
  
• Fixed text layout in some rare edge cases
  
• Scavs are now correctly engaging in combat when encountered during obstacle removal
  
• Fixed some typos

[h2]Dear Pioneers,[/h2][p]One week ago Pioneers of Pagonia left Early Access! Since then, it's been so wonderful to follow up on your positive comments, reactions and live streams about the new story campaign!

Thank you for embarking on this adventure with us!

We already started to work on new content and have a lot of ideas of what's coming next! But first we would like to welcome all new Pioneers who landed in Pagonia since the 1.0 release!

For those of you who are interested in an introduction to the world of Pagonia, we got you! Just watch the little video we made for you: [/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][h2]Builders of Pagonia[/h2][p]We would also like to remind you of our ongoing map building contest! Become a builder of Pagonia and let your creativity shine! You'll have some time left until January 29th, 2026 to submit a map on mod.io.

For more details check out the official Map Contest.

Apart from fame and glory, the winner receives a visible tag on their map package on mod.io and in-game, a special rank on our Discord and an exclusive merch package.

[/p][h2]Festively Decorated[/h2][p]It's getting cold outside and the Pagonians are preparing everything for their festivities! We activated festive decorations around the market area in Pagonia from December 18th to January 8th!
[/p][p][/p][p]Our team at Envision Entertainment will also take some time off during the holidays. We'll be back in January 2026 with fresh energy and some new ideas and improvements! [/p][p]
We wish you happy holidays! ✨
Your Envision Entertainment Team[/p]

[h2]Balancing[/h2]

• [p]Increased combat strength of Apprentice Warlock from 1 to 2[/p]
• [p]Increased the number of Carriers in landing party of campaign map 4 from 60 to 120
  [/p]

[h2]Bugfixes[/h2]

• [p]Adjusted camera position on some dialogues on campaign map 5[/p]
• [p]Fixed faction color of Soldiers on campaign map 5[/p]
• [p]Fixed boss of campaign map 7 sometimes freezing and not engaging in combat correctly[/p]
• [p]Fixed crash due to achievements[/p]
• [p]Fixed rare crash when terrain type changes[/p]
• [p]Fixed rare crash when setting focus point of the Treasure Hunter's Lodge[/p]
• [p]Fixed two achievements that were not able to be completed on custom maps: “Architect” and “Specialized in everything”[/p]
• [p]Adjusted “Pagonians Assemble” achievement to require only 3 factions[/p]
• [p]Attempted to fix campaign map achievements sometimes not triggering correctly[/p]

[h2]Bugfixes[/h2]

• [p]Fixed a race condition that could lead to various crashes, especially during construction of Forager’s Hut[/p]
• [p]Some fixes in localization[/p]
• [p]Fixed gatherable deposits highlight when changing gather recipes and during construction preview[/p]
• [p]Fixed crash when the mission is failed while being in road demolition mode[/p]
• [p]Fixed missing Darian icon in some Notification messages of campaign map 4[/p]
• [p]Fixed some dialogs being triggered multiple times in campaign map 4[/p]
• [p]Fixed claiming of territory around some POIs on campaign map 4[/p]
• [p]Fixed the game stuck in loading screen after loading a broken saved game[/p]
• [p]Fixed Farm Field deposit tooltip & forester plant tooltip showing empty/invalid info[/p]
• [p]Pathfinders recruitment is now unlocked with all mines claimed on campaign map 3[/p]
• [p]Fixed wrong colors for some objectives tooltip/building menu on campaign map 4[/p]
• [p]The Chisel recipe now gets unlocked together with the Jeweler when the supply objective for the Jeweler POI is solved on campaign map 4[/p]
• [p]Fixed a hole in the mast of the Venturer on the campaign map 1[/p]
• [p]Some shaders are preloaded to reduce initial flickering on main menu map[/p]

[h2]Improvements[/h2]

• [p]Better telemetry data for some of the crash reports[/p]
• [p]Removed empty work orders header shown in Explorer and Geologist[/p]
• [p]Updated defeat all enemies victory screen[/p]
• [p]Improved trade Carrier distribution between trading posts[/p]
• [p]Players that finished the tutorial map during early access will still start the campaign anew with map 1 per default (and not map 2). They can opt to skip it though.[/p]
• [p]Adjusted some “infinite” trades to a fixed amount on campaign map 6[/p]
• [p]Added some information for locked recipes on campaign map 4[/p]

[h2]Dear Pioneers,[/h2]

The day has finally come! We are super excited and hope you are, too!🎉

[h3]Pioneers of Pagonia 1.0 – including the new story campaign – is out now![/h3]

Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

As a brave Pioneer you lead your people through a world that was devoured by fog—a world made up of countless islands, in which hope, craftsmanship and community must rise again. Establish settlements, discover lost tribes, unfold new technologies and face the dangers that lie in wait within the fog.

[h2]Beyond the Fog[/h2]
You are a navigator in search of the Tower of Visions – the heart of a fragmented world.
The catastrophe saw Pagonia fractured into countless isles. As the navigator, you are chosen to dispel the fog and reunite the world. Journey from island to island, meet unique factions, face dangerous enemies and find out what really happened.



Every island promises new adventures and discoveries. Every success is vital for the fate of the world.

• Play the complete campaign with unique missions and meet a wide range of story characters
  
• Discover new factions, artifacts and legends
  
• Confront the Hollowed—boss enemies that seem to be born from the fog itself
  
• Find the Tower of Visions, symbol of Pagonia’s unity

Note: Even if you have played the Tutorial Map (Campaign Map 1) before, we recommend to play it again. It was reworked for 1.0 and, most importantly, you will miss major parts of the campaign story if you don't play it.

[h2]What has changed since Early Access?[/h2]
Since the Early Access release in December 2023 the game has received several major updates:

• Quality of Life #1 – 0.3.0: Unit selection menu, attack command and more improvements.
  
• Economy Update 0.4.0: Added the fishing hut, new commodities, large storage building, increased camera zoom, production and units statistics and many more improvements.
  
• Shared Co-op Update 0.5.0: Our first multiplayer with up to 4 players sharing one faction together.
  
• Quality of Life #2 – 0.6.0: Adding new light setups, new help grid and efficiency statistics.
  
• Mining Update 0.7.0: Added a lot of new buildings, e.g the Geologist, subsurface mining and a new enemy faction, the Scavs.
  
• Quality of Life #3 – 0.8.0: Improved the notification system, new top bar configuration and added the "threatened" state.
  
• Magic Update 0.10.0: New Buildings (Treasure Hunter's Lodge, Jewelry Workshop), monument abilities (Light Spire & Monument of Wisdom), Arcane Economy, Sorceresses & Warlocks, New enemy type: Malthorn.
  
• Winter Update 0.11.0: Added our first narrative tutorial map and new arcane artifacts.
  
• Quality of Life #4 – 0.12.0: Gameplay, UI and visual improvements.
  
• Quality of Life #5 – 0.13.0: New production & new user interface, save game naming, seagulls!
  
• Major Economy Update 0.14.0: Introduced the new settlement progression, added 8 new buildings, map gen improvements and decorations.
  
• Pagonia Editor Update 0.15.0: Released our in-house tool for map creation

[h2]Builder's Edition[/h2]
To celebrate our big release, we updated the Builder's Edition with a very special decorative item! The bundle Includes the game Pioneers of Pagonia, the official digital guidebook, the official soundtrack, an exclusive decoration, seven original artwork wallpapers (8k) and five campaign artworks.

The decoration depicts the founder of Pagonia and is part of the wallpaper pack which is only available in the Builder's edition. Make sure to check it out!



We also added 17 more tracks to the official soundtrack with all the music from our new story campaign and updated the official guidebook with more backstory and lore now containing 234 pages!

[h2]What comes next?[/h2]
The adventures of Pioneers of Pagonia are not done yet! We've already started working on new content. Our next roadmap with more detailed information will be released in January 2026!

[h2]Thank you, Pioneers![/h2]
We would like to thank the community for the crucial contribution to the continuous improvement of Pioneers of Pagonia over the past 2 years since the release of our demo. Thank you for your ideas, bug reports, feedback from beta tests and helpful discussions ... without you, Pioneers of Pagonia wouldn´t be what it is today! ❤️

The entire team at Envision Entertainment wishes you a lot of fun playing the new story campaign! We hope you have as much fun playing as we had creating it.

Pick up your tools, Pioneers!
Your Envision Entertainment-Team


https://store.steampowered.com/app/2155180/Pioneers_of_Pagonia/

[hr][/hr]

[h2]Changes since version 0.15[/h2]

[h3]Highlights[/h3]

• Campaign with more than 30 hours of playtime and three difficulty levels
  
• Campaign-only features like boss encounters, landscape obstacles, unique locations and much more
  
• Many enhancements for new players based on community feedback including an improved tutorial map, extended commodity tooltips and many new guidance videos.

[h2]Patch Notes[/h2]

[h3]Campaign[/h3]

• We refrain from giving details about the campaign to avoid spoilers.
  
• The campaign also offers a “Story mode” in which players can experience the full story without having to worry about military challenges.

[h3]Settlement Progression[/h3]

• Resorted the Settlement Progression objective steps of all milestones to a more meaningful order
  • Improved several objective steps to better guide new players
    
  • Additionally, the list of objectives shown while playing now hides follow-up steps by default to reduce the amount of objectives displayed continuously
• New objectives when starting with advanced landing parties
  • New progression objectives guide you to establish your settlement if you choose to start with a higher tier landing party
• Renamed “Stone Block” progression to “Stone Block Construction”, which now requires at least one gathered Stone Block and one trained Builder
  
• Moved the Arcane Academy to the Cloth section of Stone Block Construction
  
• Moved Trade Carriers into the main Stone Block Construction tier

[h3]Gameplay[/h3]

• Production building execution of competing recipes has been improved
  • Production buildings which require different quantities of the same commodity to produce different products (e.g. Weaver needs 2 Flax for Rope and 1 Flax for Cloth) until now only produced the cheaper recipe if the supply was very scarce (e.g. whenever one unit of Flax arrived, the Weaver immediately produced Cloth and therefore 2 Flax required for Ropes were never available at once).
    
  • Now, the recipes in those production buildings are processed alternately even when supplies are scarce (e.g. if Cloth has been produced, the Weaver will now wait for 2 Flax to arrive and produce a Rope next). This assumes both recipes are on the same priority level.
• Building construction does not require a road connection. This change is valid since the “Major Economy Update”, but has not been communicated:
  • Pioneers, Diggers and Builders immediately start raising buildings after they have been placed. The construction site does not require a road connection anymore.
    
  • The economy requires road connections since Carriers need them to deliver / pick up commodities and to reach their homes.

[h3]Balancing[/h3]

• Jewelry items now grant arcane combat boosts
  
• Boar respawn rate lowered
  
• Construction costs for Monument of Wisdom and Light Spire were significantly reduced
  
• Reduced mana costs for Monument of Wisdom and Light Spire abilities

[h3]Guidance Videos[/h3]

• All existing guidance videos have been updated
  
• Several new guidance videos have been created to fill information gaps

[h3]User Interface[/h3]

• Extended commodity tooltips
  • Commodity tooltips now offer much more information
    
  • Right-clicking a commodity centers the view on its production building
• Selecting enemy camps now displays an info panel detailing their abilities and the number of enemies still based at this location.
  
• Mouse buttons can be assigned to shortcuts
  
• Resource calculations and warnings in HUD fixed and updated
  
• Mini map
  • The Venturer is now displayed on the mini map
    
  • Buildings with critical warning flags are highlighted by default on the mini map
    
  • Changed colors for buildings with warnings to yellow and buildings with a critical state to red
• New objectives are highlighted now
  
• Building menu shows buttons to cycle to the next building of this type (was available via TAB already, but without UI element)
  
• Construction menu now shows which tools the workers working here need
  
• Hitbox for geologist signs improved
  
• Updated start menu background map and animations
  
• If owned, the Official Guide Book can be opened from the game start menu

[h3]Other[/h3]

• Exclusive Builder's Edition decoration statue
  
• Steam achievements are available now
  
• Credits have been added

[h3]Please Note[/h3]
The patch notes for 1.0 do not include many smaller adjustments, minor improvements and bug fixes.