- Patch 0.3.7578 - 23 September 2026
Greetings, swordsmiths! We're back with the next patch, fixing a number of minor issues, improving performance and savegame backups, and introducing the much-requested imperial units! As always, thank you for reporting bugs and telling us what you'd like to see in Bladesong. We're keeping a weather eye on our Discord and the Steam forums, so please keep it coming. Happy swordmaking! – David and the Bladesong team ⚔️ New: Metric/Imperial unit option New: Commissions (Skelda and two repeatable compendium commissions) Fix: Resource consumption of scaled-down parts is no longer overestimated, commissions should now ask for more reasonable amounts of leather Fix: Replication commissions now always generate proper swords, no longer lose guard and grip in rare cases Fix: Tuvain is no longer locked off when you progress the People Smugglers quest without gaining him as a vendor Fix: Repetitive…
- Hotfix 0.3.7508+2: Electric Boogaloo - 28 August 2026
We're back hotfixing the hotfixes! I apologize to all new players who were greeted with the worst possible first impression, a crash on New Game; a sneaky bug that only occured if you New Game right after launching the build, and slipped through our testing because we typically try to load a savegame first (in which case this crash didn't occur). Lesson learned, testing checklist adjusted, into a brighter future! – David and the Bladesong team ⚔️ Fix: Game no longer crashes on New Game
- Hotfix 0.3.7508 - 28 August 2026
Swordsmiths, it's great to see all of you jump into Chapter 3 right away! Here's our hotfix patch to address the reported issues. Thank you so much for this, please keep reporting anything you find on our Discord. – David and the Bladesong team ⚔️ Fix: Ezrae's wyvern commissions no longer appears again after victory Fix: No longer locked out of getting Tuvain as a vendor when you're deep in the People Smugglers quest Fix: Add missing Fang Necklance and Bottle of Midnight Attar to vendors Fix: Black Akachi Flower is no longer a unique item and no longer grants a finesse bonus Fix: Getting buffs and debuffs during the day now properly influences current Action Points Fix: Introductory dialogue with Lucas now appears the first time you meet him Fix: Logical fallacy during Ezrae's visit, you now always show her the sleeper Fix: Text display on "End the Day" confirmation window Fix: Random c…
- Chapter 3: Fire and Thorns update available now! - 26 August 2026
Chapter 3: Fire and Thorns is a brand-new story chapter, introducing a new crew character and gameplay mechanics, opening your forge’s garden, and adding two new sword part sets. In Chapter 3, you face new challenges to reclaim Astrid from her fate, while famine and riots follow in the wake of the warehouse fire. Unravel the dark secrets of the Ashen Hand’s conspiracy and confront one of the Masked King’s right-hand men.A new character will join your crew: Ezrae the Fighter. Her strength and experience were born from many a duel in the arena and from hunts in the wasteland surrounding Eren Keep. Beyond making swords that meet your customers’ requirements, Ezrae teaches you to make swords effective against specific kinds of foes.This update introduces the compendium, an encyclopedia of foes found in the world of Bladesong. Gather clues and experiment with swords to exploit these foes’ we…
- Update: Twisted Blades and Replication Commissions - 20 July 2026
Dear swordsmiths,While we’re furiously working towards Chapter 3 (release date tba), here is an update for you that introduces a new Creative Mode feature, fresh Replication Commission visuals (and clarity!), and some bugfixes as well as performance and quality of life improvements. Let’s have a closer look! TwistIn Creative Mode, you now have the ability to twist the blade around its own axis! With this much-requested feature, you can finally forge those coiled swords, screws or whatever you come up with. We can’t wait to see it, so please share your twisted swords via Steam or on Discord. Replication Commissions 2.0Replication Commissions, introduced in Chapter 2, add variety and a different flavor to Bladesong, so we gave them another pass. We changed their gameplay slightly by not revealing the entire sword until you have ‘explored’ the space, and resolved issues of clarity by rethi…
- Hotfix 0.2.6769 - 1 June 2026
Fix: Visual glitch on the Tail of Karkek sword part
- Patch 0.2.6768 - 22 May 2026
Greetings, swordsmiths! We're back with a patch that irons out a bunch of quirks from the Chapter 2 release. As always, we thank you for reporting the bugs you stumble upon and letting us know your feedback, that's a huge help!The update is live now, full changelog below, happy swordmaking! ⚔️– David and the Bladesong team Fix: Game no longer crashes when sinking a part 'above' the tang, towards the blade Fix: Tang now bends correctly with bent parts Fix: Tang no longer sticks through pommels (e.g. Fishtail) Fix: Peened swords without a tang no longer go flying Fix: Game no longer crashes when sharing swords while offline Fix: Nikau's dialogue options in the Steady Stay no longer reappear Fix: Dunmow's commission now requires engravings (does not apply to current commissions in existing savegames) Fix: The 'Matte Polish' commission requirement now computes correctly (used to be tied to…
- Chapter 2: The Shattered Mask update available now! - 20 April 2026
The first major update for Bladesong is here!Chapter 2: The Shattered Mask is a brand-new story chapter, introducing two new factions, new sword parts, and expanded gameplay.After the events of Chapter 1, Eren Keep is on edge. In Chapter 2, you must take desperate measures to investigate the fate of the missing orphans, and join a secret conspiracy to bring down the tyrannical Masked King.This update introduces two new factions, each with their own vendor and sword parts:Blessed by the Voices during the Age of Song, the Anointed have lost their spiritual and political power in the Sundering – and now seek new authority in a changed world. Drawing from their rich pantheon, this update introduces sword parts sets inspired by Canthos the Pale Piper and Splendid Yothar the Laughing Life-Giver.As successful as they are ruthless, no coin changes hands in Eren Keep without the Houndsburg Leagu…
- Update: Free Camera and Commission Logic - 9 March 2026
Dear swordsmiths, Today we’re releasing the first Bladesong feature update since its Early Access launch! We have overhauled our camera controls and improved some common complaints around our commission logic. Free the Camera! Up to now, Bladesong’s camera has been locked to the blade. This works in simple cases, but falls apart if you’re e.g. working with wide guards or using creative techniques for more interesting blade shapes. With this update, the camera is finally free! Middle Mouse Button (hold): Pan the camera freely Middle Mouse Button (click): Pan the camera directly to the mouse cursor We’ve also added an alternative control scheme for those who prefer: Alt + Right Mouse Button (hold): Pan the camera freely Alt + Right Mouse Button (click): Pan the camera directly to the mouse cursor Ctrl + Right Mouse Button (hold): Smooth zoom This new camera makes shaping and decorating co…
- 1 MONTH – 1,269,557 SWORDS - 25 February 2026
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 ⚔️
- Patch 0.1.6156 - 19 February 2026
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.
- Our Plans for Patches and Updates - 13 February 2026
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!Our roadmap gives a first impression of what’s to come. Today, we’d like to give you a few more insights on timelines: 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!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 …Major updates: every 3-4 months. Major updates will include a new chapter for Bladesong’s story with a continued main quest, more…
- Patch 0.1.6119 - 12 February 2026
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
- Live: Resuru designing Sword Parts with the Community! - 6 February 2026
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…
- Patch 0.1.6098 - 5 February 2026
We're back with another small set of fixes. We are investigating a handful of reported stability issues, which seem to be tied to specific hardware configurations or driver versions. If Bladesong does not run stable for you, please update your graphics drivers and let us know if the problem persists! You can report issues on Discord or via the support email address listed on our Steam page. Fix: Displaying the correct Glyphs for Japanese Kanji characters. Fix: The Mysterious Fire quest now correctly marks itself as concluded in all cases. Fix: Various small localization fixes Improvement: Camera flight now uses reasonable default start/end positions. Improvement: GPU/rendering stability
- Update 0.1.6079 - 30 January 2026
With this update, we're happy to bring you a handful of new KATANA SWORD PARTS (seppa and habaki) as well as various improvements: New: Sword parts 5x Seppa New: Sword parts 3x Habaki New: Sword part book ‘Swords of the East, Vol. 2’ Fix: Ryselle's questline now progresses as intended. Existing savegames are fixed. Fix: Magisterium questline now progresses as intended. Existing savegames are fixed. Fix: Customers now no longer ask for egregious amount of peens. Fix: Four new commissions are no longer blocked from appearing. Fix: Yvor's stock – two more books now appear as they should. Fix: Music in the Den now respects volume settings. Fix: Minor narrative fixes Improvement: On-screen hint for to mirror parts Improvement: Minor localization improvements Improvement: Better GPU stability and tracing for future crash debugging
- Bladesong × Man At Arms: Reforged - 28 January 2026
When we started working on Bladesong's first prototypes a few years ago, we joked about it: “Man At Arms will forge one of these and make an episode about it!” “Sure David, keep dreaming.” We are incredibly happy and thankful that this dream, once a joke among enthusiastic young indie developers, became reality. The blacksmiths at Baltimore Knife and Sword designed a sword in Bladesong (with some backseat gaming from yours truly), then used Bladesong's STL export to 3D print and cast parts of the hilt to combine with a forged blade. Watch the full video here: Our sincerest gratitude goes out to Kerry, Andrew, and the entire team that worked on this! You're amazing. If you'd like to try out Bladesong and its 3D printing features yourself, the game is in Early Access now and on sale until February 5th! – David and the Bladesong team ⚔️
- Patch 0.1.6040 - 28 January 2026
Greetings, swordsmiths! The Bladesong team is back with a long list of fixes for various quests and other issues large and small. You can find the full changelog here. We want to say thank you for reporting these issues in on our Discord and elsewhere. This is wildly helpful – once an issue is properly found, we can often fix it rather quickly, but finding them in our small team is much harder than finding it with all of you. Fix: You can no longer get stuck on the 'Helping the Neighbour' quest. Existing savegames are fixed. Fix: You can no longer lock yourself out of finding Chlodo. Existing savegames are fixed. Fix: Quest 'To Arm A Thief' now concludes properly in all cases. Existing savegames are fixed. Fix: Quest 'The Missing Smith' now propler is marked as 'on hold' in all cases. Existing savegames are fixed. Fix: Journal and map markers can no longer get stuck on the Outer Gate du…
- Hotfix 0.1.5998 - 24 January 2026
Fix: If you didn't encounter the unknown crow in the streets outside the Den, you can now return there and meet him, fixing a deadlock in the Ryselle quest. Fix: Chickens are now clucking at a more reasonable volume 🐔
- Patch 0.1.5993 - 23 January 2026
Thanks to your reports, we were able to fix the following things on day 1: New: Rock material Fix: The game no longer gets stuck with disabled "End the Day" button. Existing savegames are fixed. Fix: The end of Chapter 1 no longer ends abruptly. The event will re-trigger automatically for existing savegames. Fix: You can now retry searching for the Ironmonger on Citadel Square after a failed attempt. Fix: King's Justice event now diplays correctly under all circumstances. The event will re-trigger automatically for existing savegames. Fix: You can no longer bump into the unknown crow at the Steady Stay without visiting The Den first. Fix: The Luxurious Endcap no longer causes issues with hilt length, the game freezing, or swords not loading. Fix: Wrap pieces can now be attached to the default oval grip piece in Story Mode. Fix: Localization of vendor names Fix: Localization formatting i…
