BitCraft Online News

[p]Greetings,
This blog post will go over the upcoming maintenance and wipe times for Early Access 1 (EA1), as well as when Early Access 2 (EA2) will be available so you all can jump back in and play again. I also want to clear up any misunderstanding or confusion that was caused by the last couple of blog posts.[/p][h2]BitCraft Online Maintenance Announcement[/h2][p]BitCraft Online will undergo a 24-hour maintenance from the 25th to the 26th.[/p][p]This downtime will mean the game is temporarily inaccessible as we prepare for a world wipe and game update.[/p][p]When the maintenance concludes, a brand-new world will be live and ready for all players to jump straight back into the game once you grab the update on Steam.

Maintenance will start at:
Time & Date (Start*)
PST: (09:00 Wednesday 25th)
CST: (11:00 Wednesday 25th)
EST: (12:00 Wednesday 25th)
UTC: (17:00 Wednesday 25th)
JST: (02:00 Thursday 26th)

Maintenance will end at:
Time & Date (End*)
PST: (09:00 Thursday 26th)
CST: (11:00 Thursday 26th)
EST: (12:00 Thursday 26th)
UTC: (17:00 Thursday 26th)
JST: (02:00 Friday 27th)

Maintenance Details:
World Wipe + game update.

Please note that the maintenance completion time is subject to change.*[/p][p][/p][h3]For updated clarity on the wipe I recommend reading the full blogpost here
[/h3][p]For a clearer understanding of the current wipe please refer to this Visual Guide below.

Early Access 1 (AE1) Ends on Feb 25th 2026 - Wipe.[/p][p]Early Access 2 (AE2) Starts on Feb 26th 2026 - World 1.[/p][p]1.0 Full Release (TBD) A Fresh Start World for the Full Release of the BitCraft Online - World 2.[/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[p]Firstly, thank you all for your patience and understanding in the past few days.[/p][p]As a company, we've carefully considered all our options, and we believe the best path forward is Option 1, to do a world-only wipe of the game (character XP carries over into the new world). The game requires a wipe, and this is the only option that keeps all of the promises we’ve made to you as a community.[/p][p]I would also like to apologize to the community for the poll and all the confusion surrounding it. Not only to our players, but also to our moderators who have been doing their best given the situation. We have not done a great job communicating here and we want to do better.[/p][p]The idea behind doing a poll was that we felt that each of the options presented could be beneficial to the game, and we wanted to see if the community as a whole was aligned behind a single direction. Based on the results of the poll, it is clearly not.[/p][p]In addition to proceeding with a world-only wipe, we are also going to do a few things for the players who voted for the other two options:[/p]

1. [p]We are going to give players the option to wipe their own character experience in the new Early Access world, if they choose to do so.,[/p]
2. [p]For players, who want to know that their progress in the game is not in vain, or who have not tried the game because they don’t want to lose all their progress, we are also announcing that when we create the final BitCraft world, we will NOT be wiping the Early Access world. Players will keep their progress when the final world launches. We do not believe this will split the community, because the vast majority of players will be playing BitCraft for the first time in the launch world.,[/p]

[p]3Blave (Cofounder of Clockwork Labs)

Twitch Vod - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2693286762
Blog Post - https://bitcraftonline.com/news[/p]

[p]Hello Everyone,

Two new blog posts have been released: one detailing the Empire Overhaul and another, "What is next for BitCraft,"These two blog posts recap topics from the recent Twitch stream and previous announcements, in addition to providing a significant amount of new detail regarding the future of BitCraft Online and Empires system.[/p][p]You will also be able to vote on the poll for the wipe that was brought up by Minch in the latest Twitch stream.
[/p][p]The Blog Posts[/p]

1. [p]Empire Overhaul (for full details of the empire changes[/p]
2. [p]What's next for BitCraft (for details on the wipe and other changes[/p]

[p]Hello everyone,
[/p][p]This is our bi-weekly update. The full patch notes are available on the BitCraft Website at Coconuts and Companions.[/p][p]This week's patch includes new quests, a new pet, numerous bug fixes, and several changes to the game.

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Added[/h2]

• [p]Questline to obtain the coconut hat.[/p][p][/p][p]Questlines to obtain the Jakyl and alpha Jakyl pets. Jakyl pets cannot be traded to other players or sold on the market.[/p][p][/p]

• [p]Questlines to obtain skiff and upgrades for it.[/p]
• [p]Emotes can now be added to the action bar.[/p]
• [p]New tool models for all tools above common rarity (this pairs nicely with the emotes added last update!)[/p]
• [p]New emotes to show off tools unlocked through new achievements.[/p]
• [p]Add several options for house customization (walls and floors) unlocked by default for now.[/p]

• [p]Setting to disable item pickup notifications.[/p]
• [p]Added 19 new Achievements which yield special titles which will persist through any wipes in the future[/p]
  • [p]12 Titles for reaching lvl 100 in each profession[/p]
  • [p]6 Titles for reaching lvl 100 in each skill[/p]
  • [p]1 title for reaching 100% world exploration[/p]
• [p]Coming Soon: Added a title which can be obtained by gathering a new fallen meteor resource tied to an event which will begin in the near future.[/p]

[h2]Changed[/h2]

• [p]Moving while attacking no longer cancels the attack when still in range. (this should make hunting feel much better)[/p]
• [p]World label toggle state will persist when entering/exiting an interior.[/p]
• [p]Improved World space UI performance and added a setting to show character nameplates. This change will help with game performance.[/p]
• [p]Claim supply protection threshold is now limited to 100 days.[/p]
• [p]Retrieving items from the lost items now supports moving stacks of items and cargo directly to other storage (will save a LOT of clicks).[/p]
• [p]Bulb Rolls now grant construction speed[/p]

[h2]Fixed[/h2]

• [p]Tooltips for some deployables (e.g. Fishing Skiff) crashing the game.[/p]
• [p]Showing an error when obtaining cargo while running.[/p]
• [p]Showing an empty window for inventories without any slots.[/p]
• [p]Small resources unintentionally spawning on uneven terrain.[/p]
• [p]Water resources are sometimes being placed in the air.[/p]
• [p]Camera rotation speed being heavily dependent on framerate.[/p]
• [p]Move indicator not showing.[/p]
• [p]Pristine Farming Table requiring tier 8 carpentry instead of farming.[/p]
• [p]Camera colliders for settlement and large walls.[/p]
• [p]Hotkey icons not showing correctly.[/p]
• [p]Some food recipe inconsistencies.[/p]
• [p]Pets are no longer animated when their owner isn't animated (performance optimization).[/p]
• [p]Seasonal resources are still respawning in some cases.[/p]
• [p]Tile outline when using the F4 debug tool.[/p]
• [p]Character animations when prospecting in a boat not working correctly.[/p]
• [p]Typing some special characters in the chat crashing the game.[/p]
• [p]Cargo and fishing skiff not pathfinding with the correct parameters (leading to odd pathing).[/p]
• [p]Show better errors when Steam authorization fails (can happen if Steam’s servers are down).[/p]
• [p]Several possible exploits which were privately reported, found after the open sourcing. We are very grateful to our community members who have been helping find potential issues.[/p]

[h2]Premium Cosmetics Hexite Exchange[/h2]

• [p]4 New Emotes[/p]
  • [p]Handstand Bundle - 1750 Hexite Shards[/p]
  • [p]Dance Obertas - 1500 Hexite Shards[/p]
  • [p]Dramatic Death - 1500 Hexite Shards[/p]

[h2]Other News[/h2][p]
If you have not checked it out, we recommend you read our latest empire announcement.[/p]

[p]This week brings many bug fixes and quality of life from the new year cleanup as well as the foundations for the new quest system. We are trying a new approach where anything capable of being put out only on the preview branch has been put out there, with the plan to promote that to the default steam branch if there are no issues. Hopefully this should mean that if there are any issues with those changes they can be opted out of easily while we fix.
[/p][p]Added[/p]

• [p]New quest system that splits up the tutorial into smaller quests. This is the foundation for further changes coming in the next update which will be improving existing quests, adding new ones, and changing the order.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Changed[/p]

• [p]The ability to deploy a deployable will now also store it, if it's nearby.[/p]
• [p]New players will now have auto-attack on their action bar by default.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Fixed[/p]

• [p]Ancient Pots now should correctly respawn[/p]
• [p]Combat actions with a long duration being overwritten by auto-attack.[/p]
• [p]Tier 9 being called Magnificient instead of Magnificent.[/p]
• [p]Claims dropdown showing newly created claims that you're not a part of.[/p]
• [p]View storage on deployables walking all the way to the deployable.[/p]
• [p]Passengers swimming in the center of the boat for the Fisherman's boat.[/p]
• [p]Materials being refunded when changing a claim tile for another outside a claim.[/p]
• [p]Cooldown reduction not being applied correctly.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Removed[/p]

• [p]Snow piles will no longer respawn.[/p]
• [p]Gift Hunt prospecting ability has been removed.[/p]
• [p]Holiday premium store items and bundles have been removed from the store.
  
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[p]For the full patch notes check them out at New Year Clean Up[/p]