Recent Updates

Introduction

This is a list of updates as found on the forums and a summary of their effects. Additional information, if applicable, can be found under the page of each update.

Update Name	Date	Details	Link
Game Hints & Childish Things	April 27, 2012	Resolved the hotkey conflict between Movement and Combat in the root menu Resolved the hotkey conflict between Wander and WASD-movement in the Movement menu Added Childish Things Added 8 formal Game Hints	[1]
Claims & Cupboards	May 1, 2012	Adjusted Lime influence and Iron Bar payout from Ore Smelters Claim-owners can now send knocked out trespassers home Trespassers who are passed out on a claim are logged out & sent home after 24hrs. Players are now allowed to travel with silver in inventory. Added Cupboard and Glass Pane.	[2]
You Have Been Summoned	May 5, 2012	Added Summoning, Evidence, evidence comparison feature Criminals without homesteads can now be summoned at Player's homestead Players who are in Boston can now be summoned as if they were offline. Added Inheritance Tweaks Blazing Braziers made less effective individually when clustered together. Players can longer heal from food with open fighting relations or with Crime! debuff PvP no longer causes stat reductions on knock-out. Buildings made to snap to whole tiles by default, can be fine-tuned by holding Ctrl "Split-rail Fencing" renamed Simple Fences Destroying objects on others' claims now costs 250 Black Bile per thwack. (To clarify: You start with 5,000 in all Humours. 250 Black Bile would be presented as 0.25 Black Bile by the Humour Meter) Lime boulders can now be quarried from the limestone tiles Added Stone Hedge unlocked through Simple Fences and Quarrying Added Game Hints on entering Darkness, getting knocked out, and dying.	[3]
Hammer Time	May 8, 2012	Added Opera Masque to Lace & Fancywork, Hunting Trophy to Big Game Hunting, and English Battleflag to Embroidery & Silk + The Rights of Englishmen Inspirationals adjusted Wicker Man C&D from 900 to 0 The Wicked Wicker Man C&D from 3600 to 1200 Cricket Team C&D from 3500 to 750 Savage Charm C&D from 2300 to 1000 Fine Beaver Teeth C&D from 1750 to 550 Tumbleweed C&D from 1250 to 550 Singing Old Log C&D from 1200 to 900 Stringy Sinew C&D from 1150 to 350 Nine Men's Morris C&D from 690 to 250 A Face in the Dross C&D from 600 to 1000 Unscathed Wood C&D from 550 to 750 Earthworm Python C&D from 550 to 750 A Taste of Autumn C&D from 385 to 300 Pilgrim's Bible C&D from 1750 to 1250 Wicker Man S&C from 1200 to 750 The Wicked Wicker Man S&C from 2800 to 2000 Spinning Top NatP from 650 to 250 Spinning Top A&C from 1050 to 650 Spinning Top F&W from 700 to 0 Simple Crucifix F&W from 500 to 700 Simple Crucifix L&L from 150 to 350 Stray Chestnut L&L from 250 to 200 Bar of Bubbly Soap cost doubled. Ore Smelter inventory increased from 4x4 to 5x5 Split-rail Fence Damage Soak increased from 0 to 5 Stone Hedge Damage Soak increased from 5 to 15 Blazing Brazier base damage increased from 1,000 Black Bile per hit to 3,000 Black Bile per hit. Added Torchpost. 1,000 Black Bile base damage per hit. Buildable with Carpentry & Settling Crimes now alert turrets faster, and the Crime! debuff lasts 15 minutes rather than 5.	[4]
Hooked on a Feeling	May 11, 2012	Added Fishing. Some areas of the map are more abundant in fish than others. Which areas shift somewhat over time, but they have a permanent factor to them, so if you find a good spot it will probably never be entirely useless. Personal Claims no longer need spacing Villages can now Invoke Eminent Domain to remove claims under their authority. Coal Clamps and Composts can be destroyed.	[5]
Sturdy Sled	May 15, 2012	Added Sturdy Sled Fishing Pole decay halved. Animal corpses made persistent	[6]
Back to the Grind	May 29, 2012	Jorb references Loftar by the name "Code Gnome" Added Metal Axe, Flint & Steel, and Labouring Ore Smelters can now be lit with lighting items instead of "Light" button Build costs for Boundry Stone and Cross of Saint George adjusted Survival Skills made to grant temporary buff that allows Player one free wilderness spawn Learning The Rights of Englishmen now removes ability to use the Wilderness Guides Braziers can no longer be built indoors, and are no longer liftable. Previously ill placed braziers should be removed automagically. Various Types of Ear of Oats can now be dropped to the ground. Stalls no longer buys Indian Arrowheads or Feathers. Stalls now buy Savage Charms, Town Charter, and Crown Manure	[7]
Cleaning Day	May 31, 2012	Cleaned up the Actions menu of hotkey conflicts Fixed bug where you carry objects to the edge of a claim and lift them out without larceny Stealing items from claimed ground now requires Larceny, draws Black Bile, and leaves Scents properly Loom-riding fixed Map purity fields axed awaiting proper purity mechanics Chests no longer liftable when there are items in them	[8]
Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods	June 28, 2012	Attacks no longer initiated primarily via an attack cursor. Instead they are executed immediately upon activation from the hotbelt in the direction of your mouse cursor. Attacks can no longer be arbitrarily cancelled. If an attack has been initiated, you will remain in position until the attack is finished. Killing other players is now done via a special Killing Blow Animals now fight back Stomp is now cancelled if damage is received during buildup Stomp now has a cooldown after execution, and stomping repeatedly will not restun animals. Added debuffs Imbalance, Reel, and Fear Added Wooden Sign and Barrel Graphics updated	[9]
Bunny Rabbits	July 6, 2012	Added Fish recipes, Garlic, Rabbits, Isinglass, Fruit Jelly Fish now compostable. Graphics updated	[10]
Snakes on a Game	July 13, 2012	Added blowing animation Adjusted Seaweed Rolls to require one Seaweed Whittler's Bench, Pilgrim's Hovel, Farmer's House, Gardening Pot, Baking Table, Cauldron, Loom, Stampmill and Windmill are now destructible. Stampmill and Mine Entrance also have real graphics now. Self Defense and Hideworking made cheaper Raw Rabbit Skin now only given when butchering rabbits if you have Hideworking. Big Game Hunting now requires 1000 C&D, 1200 H&G, 1000 F&W and Hideworking Strawman F&W increased to 250 Grass Whistle now gives Sugar & Spice Leanto now costs 2 Hay instead of 1 Nail Survival Skills no longer required to pick branches and chip stones Changed the equipment slot for purses. Reduced animal spawnrates Any Dried Hide now uses proper icon. Only doughs that use sourdough can now be split into Sourdough Starter. Baking speed increased Fluid concentration in barrels fixed Fear debuff now removed on KO. Added Timber Rattler, Rattler Serum, Seamanship, more Fish recipes, Windy Pooh, Bluebeary	[11]
Brave New World	August 1, 2012	Plymouth server wipe New map generated Forum migration to new forum Silver can now be purchased in Salem Store Added variance penalty for Inspirationals of same type Added Hollow Log, Hollow Stump, Abandoned Cobweb, Whispering Snakeskull, Granite Boulder	[12]
Gobble Gobble	August 10, 2012	Added Player operated vending stands in Boston, Turkey, Stove, Large Urn Lots of little stuff: Grass Whistle buffed Hunting Trophy only requires one nail Crispy Cricket restores more Buddies on a Branch buffed Elusive Last Bone and Rainbow Scales buffed Mining cheaper Pumpkin gluttony values adjusted. Gardening Pots now require one granite and one lime Crown manure now has 30 uses instead of 10 Pilgrim's Bible cost 60 silver again	[13]
Nonsense	August 14, 2012	Buffed Nine Men's Morris (H&N), Deviled Beaver, Stuffed Leather Ball, Decorative Woodcarving, Lumberwood Figuring, Acorn Indian Tutorial updated	[14]
I'm on a boat, *and*...	September 24, 2012	Added Swimming, Boat	[15]
Porta-alts	September 25, 2012	Summoning a criminal who does not have a homestead will now instantly kill the criminal	[16]
Zero Hour	November 5, 2012	GUI overhaul Multiserver support Added Jamestown and Roanoke servers Added Nobleman's Cape, Hide Cape, Pilgrim's Cape, Pickaxe, Douglas, Seaweed Masque, Lock installation animation, Kiln lighting animation, harvest animation Stamp Mills now stamp all boulder types. Mining now costs significant amounts of phlegm and requires a Pickaxe or Shovel Mining now requires a pickaxe or a shovel Added a tooltip to: limedhide recipe Turkey Feathers are now compostable Earthworms now have better yield when fed to turkeys Mining now crime checks Raised cost of cotton planting, weaving, lace & fancywork, embroidery & silk, and metallurgy Reduced cost of mining Blacksmithing now a prereq for Metallurgy Adjusted Phlegm cost of chip stone All Clothes can now be dropped Garlic Bread gives Black Bile instead of Yellow Bile Candied Oakworth Tart and Ryebread are better Cabbage Crumbs nerfed	[17]
T+24	November 5, 2012	E-mail address can be added to account for lost password retrieva and logging in. Added Pumpkin Masques Fixed mesh bleed with hat/hair Earthworm Pythom compostable and feedable to turkeys	[18]
Boarded up Feelings	November 14, 2012	Developed Board Industry Sawbuck now yields Fresh Boards Added Timber Pile, Dry Board/Moldy Board, Press, Carpenter's Bench, Vegetable Oil, Planed Board, Oiled Board/Warped Board, Townhouse, Brick Townhouse, Shed, Wood Knot, Game Board, new emotes Chests now require Dry Boards Monogrammed pillow now only costs one cloth	[19]
Criminally Thanksgiving	November 22, 2012	Limited time Thanksgiving items in store Release of Colonial Relief Package Declaiming now asks for confirmation Jorb coins phrase "fat-fingered, trigger happy nabbly-boos" Opened store packs now have alternate inventory icons Main GUI town button is now grayed out if you're not a member of a town Updated Crime! debuff so criminals must walk away from the site of their last crime to reduce the time the debuff lasts Humours can now regenerate in the Darkness despite Crime! debuff Added Plank Wall Stone Axe moved from Colonial Tradesmanship to Survival Skills Buffed Taste of the New World, Seaweed Masque, Smooth Stone, Devil's Wort, Woodknot, Gameboard, Rock Maracas, Lean Rabbit Stuffed Turkeys now baked in Stoves Stove crafting recipe altered Stove now burns for a full RL 24 hours Cook time for Stuffed Turkeys increased to 12 hours	[20]
Rooting thy Native Oak	December 1, 2012	Developed Tree-planting industry Added Forestry Frontier & Wilderness and Natural Philosophy determine the chance of a cutting sprouting, and are relevant when striking it from a tree. Stocks & Cultivars and Natural Philosophy determine the chance of a cutting sprouting, and are relevant when planting it in a pot. Claims now require upkeep of 4 silver + (Claimed Area / 300)silver per day. Previously existing claims charged to last one month. One week moratorium provided for players to declaim for 75% return of invested silver, deposited into bank. Animals no longer attack in Boston. Fixed Fluid tooltips in crafting window now present correctly. Stoves can now be used to light torches Added Cabbage Crush Salad, Cornmash Gobbler Baby Corn & Pumpkin Flesh now count as "Any Plant" Windy Pooh & Bluebeary now require Game Meats Plymouth Frock now checks for inputs in proper order Graphics update Included Statue of the King in Boston instead of Town Bell	[21]
The Rest of What's Around	December 21, 2012	Gardening Pots can be placed on sleds and in boats. Timber Piles now destructible. Character plots can no longer be used to destroy authority objects You can no longer log in on village plots if you are not a member of the village. You can no longer log out from a place where a login would be forbidden, for example in a village you are visiting. Silver can no longer be refunded from personal claims. Added new items in Salem Store	[22]
Merry Christmas	December 25, 2012	Added Christmas Stocking	[23]
Artifacts and Artifice	January 16, 2013	Developed Artificing Industry Most clothes now have one or more artificing slots. Artifice slots hold Artifice items Artifice items and slotable equipment both have proficiency alignments, and intrinsic difficulty spans All existing attacks have been given a type: Common Combat Power/Defense (includes all other types) Concussive Power/Defense Blunt Power/Defense Impact Power/Defense Piercing Power/Defense Feral (animal) Power/Defense Fixed Christmas Stockings holding Christmas Stockings bug Increased HP by ~10x on houses, Windmill, Ore Smelter, Stampmill, Bread oven, Kiln Increased HP by ~3x on Torchpost and Blazing Brazier Increased HP by ~4x on all walls The effect of clustered turrets now scales asymptotically towards the effect of fifteen freestanding towers, as opposed to previous five Torchpost made cheaper Corpses now turn into skeletons after 30 minutes. This is a temporary fix until we make bodies carryable Players can now only summon in positions from which you can draw an unobstructed line to the homestead object Summoning now only possible on walkable tiles Players can now walk through authority objects Clay Troughs made destructible	[24]
Early Game Fixes	January 23, 2013	Slotting now indicates chance of success Tutorial adjusted Upon learning new skills, buttons added in action menu tree blink green Wilderness Guides no longer requires Player to learn Survival Skills No longer possible to purchase additional wilderness spawns from the Wilderness Guides for silver Early game learning speed increased Invariance timer now resets while in Gluttony mode when eating a new food. Grimthorn, Snakeskull nerfed Grass Whistle buffed Stuffed Rabbit moved to Hideworking Autumn Delight moved to Colonial Tradesmanship Fireplace only costs 10 stone Simple Cooking requires Fishing + Nuts & Seeds Firearms and Fencing require The Rights of Englishmen Pilgrim's Hovel moved to Carpentry and is cheaper Bar of Bubbly Soap now requires Settling and Simple Cooking Lore of the Lumberwoods, Whittling, Fishing, Indian Tracking, Mushroom Hunting, Hill Climbing, Hiking, Mountaineering, Exploration, and Carpentry are now cheaper.	[25]
I Saw Metric Perspective	January 23, 2013	Default client developed Isometric camera Wilderness spawns can be rerolled Added "+" buttons next to the proficiencies to better indicate that they can be increased Added Plant Fibres, Jute Cap, Jute Shirt, Jute Pants, Enforced Seam, Makeshift Fence, Joinery & Finish Crafting inputs now display help-text on mouseover Fireplace UI is now always available Graphics update Woven Basket is now 3x3 Dross can be used to crack crabs Sawbuck now only costs one nail Adjusted nail tooltip Mushroom Hunting and Flowers & Berries cheaper Carpentry requires Colonial Tradesmanship Brown Pants can now be slotted	[26]
Time Enough for Love	January 30, 2013	Waste Crimes now require a waste claim on village and personal claims. Added A Subtle Warning Added Trial by Fire Essential Mineralology, Mining, Agriculture, Kiln Construction, Gardening, Turkey Farming and Aristotelian *Logic now cheaper Coffermaking now requires Joinery Gardening Pot now requires Gardening Stuffed Turkey now requires Turkey Farming Stove now requires Humble Abodes Wild Salad now requires Hiking instead of Flowers & Berries A Walk on the Wild Side now requires Big Game Hunting Buffed Stray Chestnut, Grass Whistle, Singing Old Log, Stuffed Rabbit, Coffin Plank, Rock Maraca, Snake in the Grass, Perch Filet, Trout Filet, Mudsnapper Filet, Grimthorn, Abandoned Cobwebs, Filet on the Rocks, Gameboard, Nine Men's Morris Nerfed Cabbage Leaves, Rabbit-in-Cabbage, Crab Meat Buckskin Inlays now require Big Game Hunting and can be made with any plant fibre Kiln now only costs 30 clay Baked dishes requiring grass now only require 2 grass each Conquistador's Helmet now requires Exploration & Fencing Spanish Sabre now requires Fencing Planter's Pouches now require Agriculture Meat Smoker now requires Masonry Added tooltips to Large Urn & Gardening Pot explaining that they need to be burnt in a kiln Jute Gear slightly cheaper and artificing buffed Abandoned Cobwebs can be used for equipment slotting Coal can now be harvested from coal clamps without Coaling Added stirring animation for mixing clay, digging animation There is now a digging animation when digging away paving	[27]
Love Redux	January 31, 2013	Removed A Subtle Warning Waste Crimes now possible on personal claims Walls and turrets are restored to 15x power for turrets, 4x health on walls	[28]
Welcome, Have a Seat	February 7, 2013	Added toggle-able pointer to Player homestead Proficiency-element can be clicked to level, also blink when full Skills link when possible to buy, as does Buy button. Game Hint texts shortened Proficiency reset requires confirmation If Proficiencies reset in creation room, switching genders provides it again Chop speed/Digging speed are now Artificing effects Added Simple Table, Simple Chair Graphics update Buffed Misshapen Clay, Crown of Thorns Virginian Shellroast moved to Slug Hunting	[29]
Home is where I Hang my Hat	February 13, 2013	Decoratives can now be hung on wall Added wallpapers Added Archibald the Philanderer Vandaism now immediately awakens defensive towers Defense towers can now deal critical hits Defense towers can now deal permanent damage to humours Walls cause splash damage on other walls close to them when destroyed	[30]
In the Shadow of Pixels	February 20, 2013	Darkness drain increased heavily Civilized areas increased in size Market Stand owners can no longer withdraw items at no cost and must set a price before putting goods in stand slot Market Stand goods can only be adjusted ±50% of original cost Market Stands can now sell batches of items Weekly Market Stand rent increased to 1,000 silver No longer able to teleport home with mounts (chairs, boats, etc) Fields built beneath objects or otherwise stacked have been destroyed and can no longer be abused. Claim stones can be destroyed within 5 minutes of a spawn near it. One minute cooldown on claim stones after each spawn. Collapsing walls no longer deal splash damage to walls tougher than themselves but can traverse weaker walls Waste Claim is in the action menu of characters with appropriate skills Woven Baskets can be repaired with tinder Windborne Kites and Five Nations' Dreamcatchers can be hung on walls Hunting Trohpy requires fewer boards Locksmithing required for Mechanics Locksmithing made cheaper Mechanics made more expensive	[31]
A Prayer in a Dark Place	February 28, 2013	Added ability to build Churches. Added Argopelter. Fields can again be built. Buffed Stuffed Marchhare. Fyne Frock and Fyne Pantaloons require Embroidery & Silk.	[32]
Gunpowder Plot	March 6, 2013	Muskets now require Gunpowder and Musket Balls and deal more damage Gunpowder and Musket Balls can be purchase through Wilderness Guides Added Slingshots Animals now run from character that are too near	[33]
Pistols at Dawn	March 13, 2013	Added Flintlock Pistols, Pirate Captain's Shirt, Pirate Captain's Coat, Pirate Captain's Pants, Pirate Captain's Sash Successful Parry now stuns opponent Unsuccessful Parry now stuns you	[34]
Shenandoah	March 20, 2013	Added Canoe, Highlander's Bonnet, Highlander's Jacket, Highlander's Kilt, Highlander's Shoes, Highlander's Sporran	[35]
Wells Go Far	March 27, 2013	Added Fifi La Våtslidan and her wares Woo Woo Wand can now find well points on which to build Wells. Herbs become rarer in the Darkness	[36]
As Above, so Below	April 3, 2013	Developed Alchemy Industry Fish, Herbs, Animals, Quarried Minerals, and Water have slight natural alchemical properties, varying over different areas in ways individual to each type of animal, herb, fish, etc. Each generation of potted plants now have alchemy values randomized slightly mixed with alchemy values of Gardening Pot, Humus, and Water. Humus used to prepare fields now modifies purity of crop produced. Alchemy of humus determined by materials determined by materials used in compost modified by alchemy of compost bin (Boards are more important than nails). Certain proficiences now cap purity of items acquired in the wild F&W caps Fish H&G caps Herbs M&M caps Quarried stone and foraged minerals P&P caps Dug-out, natural clay Added Theology, Priestly Tunic, Priestly Shoes, Priestly Stole, Priestly Shirt, Priestly Pants, Bishop's Mitre. Church now requires Theology to be built	[37]
Under Pressure	April 10, 2013	Added Colliquative Pressure Cooker. Compost Bins no longer take alchemy of items put into them when producing Humus. Humus alchemy now a function of compost Bin's Alchemy and Alchemy of worms in the compost bin. Worms can be placed in any container and will eat most plants placed next ot them; as worm eats, its alchemy will shift to the alchemy of the eaten item. More pure items put into the Compost Bin will be turned into humus faster. Trial by Fire can now be used by anyone, not just members of the village that built it.	[38]
Theatrum Chemicum	April 17, 2013	When leveling a proficiency, all other filled proficiencies increase by one point and the one you clicked increases by two points. Except Perennial Philosophy which only raises one point at a time and never as a side effect of leveling another. Invariance increases slower in Gluttony Mode but now has a more powerful effect. Added Alchemy Table, Conjunctive Retort, Coagulative Alembic, Rectificative Test Tubes Trial by Fire reduced to half Hit Points and has less soak. Walls reduced in HP and soak Screenshots with Alt+S can now be published to public feed on main website wallpaper, Furniture, and Decoratives made cheaper	[39]
Nickels and Dimes	April 24, 2013	Mining risks triggering cave-in. Added Mine Support, Copper Mine nodes Alchemy equipment no longer risks exploding or incuring accidents if there is no longer material gain for item within.	[40]
1UP	May 1, 2013	Waxing Toadstools are now poisonous and give the 'Shroom Poisoning debuff. Some Waxing Toadstools are Waning Toadstools. Higher values in Hunter & Gathering helps tell them apart. Waning Toadstools are more poisonous than Waxing Toadstools and Witch's Hat Mushrooms are more poisonous than both. 'Shroom Poisoning temporarily reduces the max cap to Humours and disappears over time (ticks down while offline as well) Added Berrymash Laxative which increases speed of recovery. Poison can be removed by boiling them in a pot or Cauldron Recipes using unboiled mushrooms are poisonous. Graphics udpate Fixed Follow Exploit	[41]
Project Mayhem	May 8, 2013	The type of item used in Food recipes now matters. Using higher tier items (Leaf of Green Cabbage instead of Green Colewort, for example, in a recipe using Any Leaf of Cabbage) yields different elemental results. The higher tier foods used in place of lower or generic counterparts, the better the recipe's outcome will be. Resources effected are: Meat Cabbage Corn (Oil, meal, and seed) Grains Mushrooms Garlic Berries Mushrooms now indicate if they've been "Boil'd" Cornmeal now has purity	[42]
Every Little...+ Development Thoughts	June 5, 2013	Send Home can no longer be used in combat Small animals can now be dropped in water Player corpses can be carried and destroyed	[43]
Is That a Rocket in Your Pocket...?	June 23, 2013	Additional inventories (ie. backpack) are now integrated with main inventory. Added slottable pockets for extra space. Resolved minor hotkey conflicts	[44]
Waterworld	August 28, 2013	Graphics update to water Wells can be destroyed Snakes now offer to end fight relations after some pursuit Added cam console commands :cam sucky :cam follow :cam ortho	[45]
Another Brick in the Wall	October 13, 2013	Bricks can now be used for paving Graphics update to deep water tile Added chance of obtaining High Notes of Amber Resin when planing boards, used to make Amber Coarse-Grain Thread to make Hidden Holdout Pocket Weekly cost of all Market Stands reduced to 750 silver	[46]
A Fortunate Providence	February 20, 2014	Wipe and removal of all three servers. New server created with new map gen algorithms named Providence. Complete character wipe and removal of all special event and beta items except Corn. Added new Biomes Greenwood, Shrub, and Crag. Radical rework of Inspiration system. Radical rework of Gluttony system. Radical rework of Raiding and Siege mechanics. Added new animal Spider to Greenwood biome. Added Dead Silk Runner and Tuft of Spider Silk. Added Cranberry and Cranberry Bushes. Added Hickory Trees and Willow Trees with respective cuttings. Added Hickory Nut and new food Nutcracker Suite. Added Bones, Les Fleurs du Mal inspirational, Skullpin artifice, and new food Marrow Dumplings. Added ability to peel Birch Bark from Birch Trees. Added Soaked Bark, Dried Bark, Bark Fibres, Birchbark Origami Inspirational, Birchbark Butterfly fishing lure, and Barkpack newbie backpack. Added Frontier Sled newbie sled. Added Clay Pots. Added new foods Tenderboiled Terrine, Sea Loaf, and Tendergrass Rump. Added new inspirational Lumberwood Bonsai. Added Fish Trap to game. Added Medusa Head Jellyfish to game. Alchemist's Pack and Prospector's Pack added to the Store.	[47]
A Cartload of Fun	February 24, 2014	Fixed several bugs related to most recent patch. Added Cart capable of carrying 8 objects.	[48]
Game Development: Fixes & Stuff	March 12, 2014	Fixed several bugs. Added Rough-Stitched Furpatch and Leather-Knot Detail Artifacts. Added Sterling Geode Inspirational.	[49]
A Brave New Salem and The Winds of Change	June 5, 2014	Following several months of relative silence and lack of updates in which it was said the developers had become discouraged by the response to the recent reset and major patch and had gone back to developing Haven and Hearth exclusively, an announcement was made that Salem had been sold to a new company: Mortal Moments Inc. and that development by this new owner would proceed with the assistance of Jorb and Loftar.	[50] [51]
Nice Thing: Seasonal Stall	June 6, 2014	Added a new stall, the 'Seasonal Stall', in game which will buy one or two special goods each month, to be periodically changed by the Developers.	[52]
Salem Independence Day	July 4, 2014	The first major patch by the new developers focused on making many small additions or changes that had been long requested by the community. Haystacks added to make Hay. Wild Turkey sometimes is a Fertile Hen, which lay eggs more often. Fertile Turkey Hen Eggs can very rarely hatch into Golden Goose which lays Golden Eggs. 25 Gold Eggs can be made into a Gold Bar which sells for 1000 silver on the stalls. Fertile Turkey Droppings is more valuable than normal Turkey Droppings which now reduce Upkeep. Chemistry skills Folk Medicine, Potions & Poultices, and Pharmacology Formal added to make new potions Fishguts & Rot Refresher, Rubbery Mescaline Refresher, Sweet'n'Thorny Refresher, and Berrymash Purgative, all of which require the new item Glass Bottle. New skill Ceramics & Crucibles needed to make Gold Bars and Glass Bottles. New recipe Unburnt Crucible and the ability to fire it in a Kiln to get a Crucible added as part of the new skill. Executioner Mr. Puggles added. Mr. Puggles will scalp anyone for 150 silver. Players can Scalp a KOed player and hand it in to Mr. Puggles for a reward. 150 is given for anyone with the ability to Murder, and an Executioner's Mask to anyone handing in a scalp with a top 10 score in Humors and Proficiencies combined. New Artifice Spidersilk Weft added. New bonus for Sugar & Spice, for every 3 points earned in a Gluttony session, an amount of time will be deducted from the Full & Fed Up debuff based on that Proficiency. New Law & Lore bonus, a random roll when adding money to a Town Bell or Claimstone can refund some silver, larger refunds possible the higher that proficiency is. Those Rarefied Thornbush Flowers added. New skill Shrub Orchards added which allows planting of Those Rarefied Thornbush Flowers, Blackberries, Myrtle Oak Acorns, and Cranberry in order to grow a bush of the parent type. Variable yield Lime Boulders added, with a better chance to get larger ones depending on Mines & Mountains skill. Phlegm bar colored Blue and Black Bile bar colored Grey. Used to be Grey and Green. Cabbage Leaves added to Any Plant category. Cranberry variable ingredient buff added. Ore Boulder models for ground added along with new models for inventory Ore. Slave Keys made to be assigned only one time, was previously unlimited. Horses added to game as nonpersitant Rental objects, future plans to make them more complex in Animal Husbandry. Skill Requirements of Forestry and Horticulture adjusted. Worms better for feeding turkeys than before. Trial Member status added to Town Bell for towns. Whispering Snake Skull drop adjusted. Phlegm cost for several things adjusted. Kiln fuel reserves made larger so they can burn longer. Regeneration of Berries, Thorns, Maple Leaves increased greatly. KO only reduces a percentage of remaining Inspiration. Hollow Stump and Hollow Log now both spawn items. Variety added to their loot tables. Crickets made easier to kill and Cricket Teams worth less at the vendor. March Hares made more difficult to kill. Rip Up ability added to fields to remove unripened plants. Bushes able to be dug up with a shovel and carried to a new location. Thorn Bushes will cause Blood damage while being carried. Copper Pot sales removed from Wilderness Guide and move to White Stall for higher prices.	[53]
Nice Thing: Nevermind, lets not talk about it.	July 26, 2014	Added a new place in town, Dock Club. It allows players to fight without dropping combat scents or being murdered. You will leave scents if you decide to loot the fallen, which is possible to do. Additional Change: You may only keep a body KOed in combat for 3 hours.	[54]
Let's Get Ready to RUMBLE!	August 8, 2014	Artifacts & Artifice reworked completely. Huge changes to Combat and Clothing. Several new skills added. Many other changes small and large. Starting here, only summaries will be posted in the comments. For full details of changes, see the forum.	[55]
Purely Food	Semptember 19, 2014	Huge changes to the Gluttony and Variable Food mechanics. Many many new foods added as part of the new food mechanic. New purity system instituted which only applies to food and food related items and maxes out at 2x values for 100% pure food. Additions to Inspirationals, Store Items, Furniture, and Clothing. New herbs and foragables, and many plants and mushrooms made to be pottable. Lots and lots of rebalancing, tears, and bug fixes.	[56]
I Saw Some Tools	September 24, 2014	Mini update with additions to the Store. A few bug fixes and small additions.	[57]
Sounds Like Stalls	October 3, 2014	Player Run Stalls added back into the game. A new mechanic added by which the largest towns receive a portion of all stall taxes, and that share can be challenged and taken away from them by other towns challenging their authority. Many, many new sound effects added to various actions in Salem. More inspirationals and small improvements added. Many rebalances, especially to foods, and some bug fixes.	[58]
Witch Tool for the Job	October 31, 2014	Many behind-the-scenes changes to the code resulted in a somewhat smaller patch than usual but a groundwork laid for many new mechanics in the future. Witchcraft finally added to the game in a limited first implementation. Changes and additions made to Inheritance such that characters who die can now get a percentage of their old Humors and Proficiencies back. New Toolbelts added that allow a character to carry around several tools and automatically switch to the correct tool for the job. Addition of Bleeding, Broken Bones, animal attacks that cause them, and medicinal skills to heal them. Some rebalancing of old skills, a few changes to rebalance the crime system. New Statues showcasing three of the top players on the old servers. More Statues will be added for the winners of the Expeditions in the future. Complete rework of all game animations with the implementation of a new animation software. New ability to sharpen store bought swords and give them purity. Many balances and bug fixes.	[59]
New Darkness Mob	November 2, 2014	Added new darkness mob Wishpoosh, the first animal in the game capable of murder.	[60]
Limer's Front and Isle of Nod: Mid-Month Mini-Patch	November 14, 2014	Added two new towns, outposts of Providence town, which can be teleported to for a fee. Limer's Front is about 4 hours West of Providence and Isle of Nod is about 4 hours West of Limer's Front, in darkness. The purpose being to 'shrink' the map by making it possible to fast travel to more destinations and to test a Fast Travel mechanic that will be expanded upon later.	[61]
Stocking up on Tears	December 12, 2014	Introduced Quaffed & Quenched hydration system. Introduced Rats and Diseases. Complete rework of raiding and crime mechanics. Introduction of Arson, Criminality, Trial By Combat, Revenge, L3WTing Leantos. Turning in a Murder scalp to the executioner will now gives a South Sea Company Stock Certificate redeemable for in-store credit. Changes to Witchcraft; witches take light damage the closer they are to Providence. New items and skills Many balances and bug fixes.	[62]
Development Roadmap	Ongoing	The Development Roadmap is a thread that details the future plans for Salem. Its first post contains a picture showing what is planned to be added or updated, and approximately when.	[63]