Bladesong News

Dear swordsmiths,

It’s been one month since Bladesong has been unleashed upon you – or was it the other way around? For the occasion, we have crunched the numbers and prepared a dossier with statistics on swordmaking, story and community. Check it out, you might find a surprise or two in there.

We’ll be back with news on our first feature update soon 👀

– David and the Bladesong team ⚔️

Swordsmiths! We're back with another patch, fixing and improving a number of minor issues across the board:

• Fix: Hooded Man commission requirements are now more in line with the described dagger.
  
• Fix: Organised Mind now gives +1 AP like the text promises.
  
• Fix: Discarding a sword part the same frame as picking it up no longer crashes.
  
• Fix: Relevant achievements now progress from regular commissions only, not from repair jobs.
  
• Improvement: Added dialogue with your assistant about a mysterious commission.
  
• Improvement: Added information about crew character effects to their character sheets.
  
• Improvement: Added star marker for materials relevant to material/pigment requirements.
  
• Improvement: Added tooltip to book/material/pigment requirements.
  
• Improvement: Showing max AP in top bar (e.g. 5/7).
  
• Improvement: Various localization improvements.
  
• Improvement: Various SFX for dialogue events.
  

[p]Dear swordsmiths, In these past few weeks since the Bladesong Early Access launch, your feedback and bug reports have helped us solve a number of issues with hotfixes and patches, so thank you very much for this![/p][p]Our roadmap gives a first impression of what’s to come. Today, we’d like to give you a few more insights on timelines: [/p]

• [p]Hotfixes: ongoing. We will continue to monitor reported bugs and issues, fix them as they come and push hotfixes as soon as we can. Please keep reporting any issues you find on our Discord or via our support email![/p]
• [p]Regular updates: ~monthly. We are planning to release regular updates at roughly one-month intervals. These updates might include minor new features from the roadmap, slight improvements to Story Mode, a few new sword parts …[/p]
• [p]Major updates: every 3-4 months. Major updates will include a new chapter for Bladesong’s story with a continued main quest, more side quests and faction content. As the story unfolds, these updates will introduce new major gameplay mechanics as well as new content (sword parts, materials, engravings) to be used across both Story Mode and Creative Mode.[/p]

[p]These are rough plans, so please take them with a grain of salt – they might change as the game evolves, and we will ensure stability of existing features before adding new things into the mix. That said, the first regular update isn’t far, so let us know what you’d like to see included! Bladesong’s just getting started.

– David and the Bladesong team ⚔️

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A short changelog with a big impact. If Bladesong was crashing on your machine, please give it another try and let us know if there's still trouble!

• Improvement: GPU/rendering stability
  

Ever wondered how sword parts go from an idea to fully fleshed-out sets in Bladesong? This is your chance to be part of the process!

Our 3D modeler Resuru – himself once a community pioneer who took up the mantle of devhood – will be streaming the full creation pipeline, from concept sketch to 3D modeling and sculpting. You’ll have a front-row seat the whole way through, and you’ll also be able to chime in with ideas and themes, throw curveballs as Resuru works through sketches and models, and ask questions about Bladesong’s development. He will be supported by our heroic moderator Nirrum the Mad, making sure nothing gets lost in chat while the creative chaos unfolds.

🗓️ Saturday, February 7, 2026 – 9 am PT / 12 am ET / 5 pm GMT
📍 Discord – The Stage channel (limited to 300 seats)
📺 YouTube | Twitch (unlimited seats)

A quick disclaimer:

• This is a live, exploratory art process. Resuru will listen to all your ideas, but ultimately, will use his artistic judgement to decide on direction.
  
• All modeling and sculpting done on stream is his own original work. Resuru won’t be looking at visual references sent in chat.
  
• Sword parts made on stream will show up in Bladesong eventually, but not immediately.
  

Come hang out, watch sword parts take shape, and help Resuru craft your next favourite sword parts! 🔥