- Patch #28: Storage Piers, Ship Scuttling, & Damage Reports - 18 September 2026
Patch #28Welcome to Patch #28! We've got optimizations, features, bug fixes, and even crash fixes!Storage Piers!These new storage piers let you park any unused ship. They are cheap and require no workers so you can park ships for later use!Ship Scuttling!If you truly do not wish to keep a ship, you can even scuttle using the new "Scuttle Ship" mechanic!Crash Fixes!Big news for anyone prior impacted by the shadow pass crash! You can now set your shadow quality back up from low!Sorry for this persistent bug. It turns out it was a race condition in the Unreal Engine and that explains why our prior attempts to fix it were futile. Namely we rewrote the entire flow for how save file thumbnails were rendered in the big nautical patch. Sadly that was not enough, but now we're pretty sure we've got the fix locked! This patch lands it, and a big thanks goes to the modder pierrekin on our Discord…
- Patch #27: Exploration Dock, Ship Loadout Controls, Nerfed Cannon Taxes - 11 September 2026
Patch #27Welcome to the Patch after the Nautical Update!My name is Daniel and I'm the lead programmer on Whiskerwood. I want to say thank you to so many players for starting Whiskerwood! Thanks to you and returning players we actually had more people playing Whiskerwood after the Nautical update than we did at our early access launch! The nautical update was a big undertaking for our team. Over the weekend we released 5 hotpatches and I appreciate everyone's patience during that buggy time.This patch brings both a ton of deeper bug fixes plus new features driven by player feedback. The two highlights I want to give are the Exploration Dock, and configurable ship loadouts.The Exploration DockNew in this patch is the exploration dock. Many players reported it was confusing that they first needed to build a fishing dock, then set sail, and only then override the commands of a fishing ship.…
- Patch #26: The Nautical Update (Ships & Shipyards! Naval Battles! Trading!) - 3 September 2026
Set Sail for the High Seas! Hello Everyone, My name is Daniel Dressler and I am the lead programmer on Whiskerwood. On behalf of myself and the team, I want to express our thanks for your support. About 4 months ago, I asked for your patience as we started work on our biggest update to Whiskerwood yet. And today is the day it ships! With the introduction of an expansive open ocean, this update charts a new chapter in Whiskerwood's core gameplay! Thanks to your feedback during Early Access, we've been able to design a better nautical feature that better integrates with our core in-island gameplay. Our original ideas for nautical gameplay missed critical opportunities we could only catch thanks to feedback from players. Thank you all again for your feedback on Whiskerwood, and your patience as we developed this update :) Daniel, Lead Programmer on Whiskerwood A Nautical World!We consider…
- Major Patch #26 Preview: The Nautical Update! - 26 August 2026
Hello, my name is Daniel, and I’m the lead programmer on Whiskerwood. Just over 3 months ago, I announced in our last update that we would spend the next 4+ months making a massive expansion to Whiskerwood’s gameplay... I am proud to announce that we are ahead of schedule and it'll go live on September 3rd. We have a clear runway to ship our update and are working on polishing and debugging. We still have many bugs to fix and many mechanics to iterate on, balance-wise, but the big features are written and implemented! Thus, I want to walk you through what we are adding to Whiskerwood and how it will change your gameplay. With special attention to how you should prepare your colonies. Namely: don’t block your main dock! ⚠️ Note on Save File Backward CompatibilityA number of players have asked if this update will break their existing save files. The answer to that is a big: NO! We’ve put…
- Save 35% on Whiskerwood - 9 July 2026
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- Save 35% on Whiskerwood - 26 June 2026
Whiskerwood is currently 35% off during the Hooded Horse Summer Sale. In this city builder, you must establish your Whisker colony and build it into an industrious empire. Set up intricate production chains, optimize your cities, and tend to the needs of your mouse colonists. Serve your cat overlords faithfully, or defy their oppressive rule. Hooded Horse Summer Sale
- Whiskerwood News Roundup at the Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale - 1 June 2026
Spring is in full swing, and so is Whiskerwood's update schedule! Two recent patches have released for the game, introducing new music, new buildings, and even a new roadmap! Daniel and the rest of the team have continued to work on the improvements that their community is asking for most. Here's a roundup of all the update news you might have missed, and a look at the new development roadmap! Whiskerwood is also part of the Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale at 35% off. Check it out, and the other games on sale during the Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale. Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale Whiskerwood News Roundup Patch #24 brought a couple of very exciting changes. It added a new music track to Whiskerwood, produced by orchestral composer Lucas Ricciotti. This new track will play randomly after a colony has at least 100 Whiskers. The rest of the patch focused mostly on optimizations, with sp…
- Save 35% on Whiskerwood - 26 May 2026
Whiskerwood is currently 35% off during the Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale. In this city builder, you must establish your Whisker colony and build it into an industrious empire. Set up intricate production chains, optimize your cities, and tend to the needs of your mouse colonists. Serve your cat overlords faithfully, or defy their oppressive rule. Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale
- Patch #25: Construction Yards! Roadmap to next update! - 8 May 2026
A Bigger Scope for the Next UpdateThank you everyone for playing our game! I want to give you all a heads up about our intermediate plans. You see, we've noticed players asking for a bigger scoped updates. A much bigger scope. Thus we've decided to focus for the next 4+ months on landing these big gameplay expansions.Why we are doing thisIf you are reading this during this development period: I want to reassure you that we are working hard! Whiskerwood is our passion project and we appreciate everyone who has given us their play time. For background: exactly 6 months ago we released Whiskerwood into Early Access. At that point we started doing daily patches while writing down every feature request and bug report. We soon after 2 weeks of daily patches the features commonly requested were getting bigger & bigger in scope. In hindsight this was a natural progression. When doing daily patc…
- Patch #24: Delayed Mod Loading, New Music, & More Optimizations! - 24 April 2026
Patch #24Thank you everyone for playing our game :)I want to thank Lucas for returning to contribute more music to Whiskerwood's OST. This patch we've added a grand song which will play randomly for larger islands. You can check out the full song on Lucas's youtube: The whole team this patch again has been focused on optimizations. Compared to last patch this batch of optimizations should be even more impactful. Our optimizations have focused on gameplay CPU logic. This does mean computers limited by rendering will not see a significant change. Meanwhile saves at high whisker populations should see a decent jump in FPS.DanielLead Programmer on WhiskerwoodChangelogv0.6.190 Patch #24FeaturesAdd new song “Rising Dominion” composed by Lucas Ricciotti. Activates for colonies with at least 100 whiskersAdd logic to check for delayed mod downloads. Fixes mod loading on geforce now and certain P…
- Whiskerwood News Roundup at the Hooded Horse April Sale - 20 April 2026
Like the hardworking Whisker colonists, the Whiskerwood Dev team has been hard at work creating and releasing new patches. Recent updates have allowed players more control over the function of many buildings, allowed these settings to be copied and pasted on most configurable buildings, and, as always, made a few optimizations to ensure these new systems run at peak efficiency, much like your colony should be. Here's a roundup of all the recent development news for Whiskerwood that you might have missed! Whiskerwood is also part of the Hooded Horse April Sale at 35% off. Check it out and the other games included in the Publisher Sale. Hooded Horse April Sale New Mechanics, New Building Settings & Tons of Optimization In Whiskerwood's most recent patches, lead programmer Daniel has been focused on implementing key pieces of player feedback, adding new management options, building options…
- Save 35% on Whiskerwood - 12 April 2026
Whiskerwood is currently 35% off during the Hooded Horse April Sale. In this city builder, you must establish your Whisker colony and build it into an industrious empire. Set up intricate production chains, optimize your cities, and tend to the needs of your mouse colonists. Serve your cat overlords faithfully, or defy their oppressive rule. Hooded Horse April Sale
- Patch #23: Optimizations, Optimizations, Optimizations, and Heater Settings - 10 April 2026
Patch #23Performance improvements is a constant struggle for us. Every time we improve the performance: players just build bigger islands! We like that. It is an honour as a game dev to have players push our games to its limits. Going forward we will continue to work on pushing those performance limits further.While I have your attention, I want to direction you to this incredible new mod made by our first time modder Green Grove!Players have asked for metrics and charts for a while, and it is impressive to see it arrive as a mod.DanielLead Programmer on WhiskerwoodChangelogv0.6.188 Patch #23FeaturesAdd configuration for heater auto-pause temperatureAdd Steam Booster variant with steam socket under trackGameplaySnow is now being removed more aggressively under coverWhiskers at minecart station will only board minecart if their destination is in the direction of departure. Only applies t…
- Patch #22: Reduced Pillars Underground, Copy & Paste Building Settings - 27 March 2026
Patch #22You can now quickly copy settings from one building to other buildings of the same type! Most configurable buildings now support Ctrl+C for copying, and Ctrl+V for pasting the building's configuration! A new masonry styled long stone stairs are now available as the default variety to the stone long stairs. Being a variety this does not replace any existing stairs, but instead is now an option you can use when building new stairs.Now for the bigger details: Reduced Pillars!I need to explain what this means exactly. It does not refer to supports, the things built out of wood underneath buildings or paths. Instead this refers to the pillars that mining used to create. These pins got extreme when players built large underground caverns, and one of our most popular mods simply deleted them wholesale.What we've done is implement a slightly more complex solution. Now pillars will spaw…
- Save 35% on Whiskerwood - 19 March 2026
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- The latest Whiskerwood update finally lets you stop hungry mice from raiding your food warehouses – though they might riot over it - 13 March 2026
There's nothing more annoying than watching a mouse snack away on an apple in the warehouse when you explicitly built them a charming little bistro just down the street. Literally nothing. I don't want to hear about your neighbour who puts the bins out before the sun's up, nor your colleague who microwaves fish in the office, or the pimple on your bum that flares up whenever you've a week of working late and having to sit in that horribly hard and uncomfortable office chair. It's the mice in Whiskerwood eating in the warehouse thing, that's got top billing on the list of annoying things. Well, good news for your grievance rankings, because the latest Whiskerwood update gives you the option of banning mice from eating in the warehouse. Finally, your bum spot can get a look-in at number one. Read more
- Patch #21: Relocate Dock & Warehouse, Ban Warehouse Eating, Raft under bridges - 13 March 2026
Patch #21For this patch we've worked on addressing a few of the long term popular player requests. The biggest two of which is a method to stop whiskers from eating at warehouses, and a mechanic to allow relocation of the central warehouse and trade dock. Bridges and arches also got an upgrade. Now once raised 1 cell high they will allow Rafts to navigate below. This allows you to connect islands by bridge without blocking Raft traffic.The Central Warehouse and Trade Dock are the first two buildings you ever construct when starting in Whiskerwood. Until now their placement was permanent. Now with enough Approval you can relocate them.For eating at the warehouse we've now added a global toggle to the Cafe and Dinning Halls which ban whiskers from eating at Warehouses. Watch out: this is a powerful law that when implemented can result in hunger and unrest. Make sure you have amble dining…
- Whiskerwood News Roundup at the Hooded Horse Publisher Sale - 12 March 2026
Much like their hardworking Whisker colonists, the development team for Whiskerwood has been quite industrious with creating and releasing patches. Recent updates have added a number of new buildings and improved key simulation experiences. Here's a roundup of all the recent development news for Whiskerwood that you might have missed! Whiskerwood is also part of the Hooded Horse Publisher Sale at 35% off. Check it out, and the other games that are included in the Publisher Sale. Hooded Horse Publisher Sale New Belts, New Mechanics, & Tons of Optimization In Whiskerwood's most recent patches, lead programmer Daniel has been focused on implementing key pieces of player feedback, optimizing game performance, streamlining certain mechanics for more efficient colony management, and adding entirely new mechanics! In Patch #17, Daniel returned the Steam Engine Consumption balance to its origin…
- Save 35% on Whiskerwood - 27 February 2026
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- Patch #20: Raft Dock & Inter-Island Ferry Transport - 27 February 2026
Patch #20Whiskers now have a new method for traveling between islands: the Raft Ferry!This Patch brings a new building: the Raft Dock. Since the dock is instant build you can construct it anywhere, including on new islands you'd like whiskers to travel to. Any two docks can be linked and whiskers will paddle their way to the destination. No need to staff the docks: riders provide the labor.Unlock the Raft Dock schematic either by researching it from the first tier, or receiving it as a gift from the Claws.This feature has been a major undertaking for our team over the past few patches. I want to thank the modders who saw this work in progress during data mining yet thankfully did not leak the surprise :)Going forward expect more ocean mechanics :)DanielLead Programmer on WhiskerwoodChangelogChangeLogv0.6.184 Patch #20FeaturesAdd Raft Dock and point to point Ferry transport mechanicAdd h…
