Hey everyone! I hope you've all been enjoying the Rust & Romance Update for Necesse! We're currently running a 35% discount on Necesse , so if you or your friends have been planning on trying out our game, now is a good time to pick it up! I'd also like to thank everyone who
We're currently running a 35% discount on Necesse, so if you or your friends have been planning on trying out our game, now is a good time to pick it up!
I'd also like to thank everyone who played Necesse in our most recent free weekend! We had over 150,000 new players try out our game for the very first time! That's wild!
We're currently working on the next big update for Necesse and we'll share more with you as soon as we're ready.
If you plan on buying Necesse, then you should check out our bundles before doing so! Our most recent one being with Wonderia - a cool sci-fi manga-style open world survival crafting game!
Hey everyone! We're working on the next big thing for Necesse, but you guys keep finding smaller things and bugs we'd like to fix :D This patch (version 1.3.3) requires servers/hosts to update. You can always find older versions in the game properties in Steam under "Game Version
Hey everyone! We're working on the next big thing for Necesse, but you guys keep finding smaller things and bugs we'd like to fix :D
This patch (version 1.3.3) requires servers/hosts to update. You can always find older versions in the game properties in Steam under "Game Versions & Betas" tab.
1.3.3 changes
Added Factory Floor recipe to Fallen Landscaping Station. Makes settlers rewarded from incursions barely take any damage on hits and immune to DOT. Improved bee summons chasing of smaller targets when right behind them. Improved pathfinding getting out when stuck between two objects or in corners. Tweaked settler list quality of life happiness indicator color to not be so harsh. Tweaked Mutant Hydra to be more slightly resistant against AOE attacks. Fixed Pirate Captain not dropping deep ladder when summoned by Message in a Bottle. Fixed Inspiring personality sometimes not refreshing happiness buff properly. Fixed changing settler equipment from speaking to them not loading correctly when opening the filter. Fixed not being able to quick transfer armor and weapons to settler equipment. Fixed Favorite Dish personality able to get Candy Cane favorite. Fixed the Elder sometimes walking very far away when starting a world without guide house. Fixed Burned Tree object marked as unobtainable when it isn't. Fixed Crypt Ash tile marked as unobtainable when it isn't. Fixed Spider Nest tile marked as unobtainable when it isn't. Fixed boomerangs giving wrong essence salvage amounts. Fixed objects not checking correctly when mining the tile under. Fixed Crystal Bullet and Amethyst Sword not using correct crit chance and damage to calculate shard explosion. Fixed Ascended Staff not using mana correctly and triggering additional attacks when it shouldn't. Fixed Chieftain arena sometimes not resetting properly. Updated community translations <3
You can still join servers that have not been updated, but many of the changes/fixes will only work on updated servers. Changelog: Settlers will now despawn summons after 10 seconds of not being in combat. Changed loading Key Art back to the non-update version. Fixes Elder displa
You can still join servers that have not been updated, but many of the changes/fixes will only work on updated servers.
Changelog:
Settlers will now despawn summons after 10 seconds of not being in combat. Changed loading Key Art back to the non-update version. Fixes Elder displaying the low quality of life notification. Fixes Scrap Incursion Factory Floor tile being marked as obtainable. Fixed Orderly trait considering output from workstations as not in correct storage. Fixed settler summons not getting removed properly when left in a level/region that is unloaded. Updated community translations <3
Hey everyone! Hope you have a nice week! This patch requires servers/hosts to update their game. Changes Added recipe for Scrap Floor to the Fallen Landscaping Station. Added recipe for Big Scrap Heap to the Fallen Landscaping Station. Added fallback to library loading if the gam
Hey everyone! Hope you have a nice week! This patch requires servers/hosts to update their game.
Changes
Added recipe for Scrap Floor to the Fallen Landscaping Station. Added recipe for Big Scrap Heap to the Fallen Landscaping Station. Added fallback to library loading if the game fails for security/permission reasons. Added new Mining Expedition for Clay. Added Temple Fire Chalice recipe to the Tungsten Carpenters Station and made it obtainable. Vampire Raiders now have a chance to drop the Vampire's Gift trinket. Forest Cave expeditions now also have a chance to contain loot from the Vampire Crypts. Fixed Companion Locket not scaling correctly with used and max summon slots. Fixed possible crash when spawning heart particles and changing level at the same time. Fixed possible crash when Magechanic does the scrapball attack on an unknown target. Fixed the Forest Cave Journal Treasure Entry not displaying loot from the Vampire Crypts. Updated community translations <3
Reminder: Older versions are available in the game properties in Steam under "Game Versions & Betas" tab.
Out now is the Rust & Romance free update for Necesse, a game that is necessary to play if you love co-op games that mix completely different genres. Read the full article here:
Out now is the Rust & Romance free update for Necesse, a game that is necessary to play if you love co-op games that mix completely different genres.
Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/settlement-building-co-op-action-adventure-necesse-rust-romance-update-is-a-big-one/
Hey everyone! Hope you're enjoying the new update! Version 1.3.1 requires servers/hosts to update. 1.3.1 changes Changed bee summons movement slightly to fix issue with them not chasing targets correctly. Reduced the damage of Hive Scepter slightly. Rebalanced Pyromancy weapon to
Hey everyone! Hope you're enjoying the new update!
Version 1.3.1 requires servers/hosts to update.
1.3.1 changes
Changed bee summons movement slightly to fix issue with them not chasing targets correctly. Reduced the damage of Hive Scepter slightly. Rebalanced Pyromancy weapon to not deal max health percent damage to some bosses. Reduced Raider damage significantly for some high hit weapons like Greatbows and Greatswords. Hidden/collapse story objective setting is now saved on a per-character basis. Fixed dating activity saying that white butterflies spawn in deep plains caves, when they actually spawn in snow caves. Fixed Charred Forest biome spawning close to player spawn not getting removed properly. Updated community translations <3
1.3.0 hotfixes
Fixed possible crash when settlers were sending activity updates from removed settlements Fixed rare crash when trying to tick Weather Bound personality. Fixed possible crash when taking damage from unknown attacker while wearing Witch Robe set. Fixed possible crash when ticking Vengeful personality while not having the settlement loaded. Added the ability to hide story objectives. Saving it between play sessions requires a new game version, so that will be added in the coming days. Added fix for some issues on certain Linux setups (still needs testing). Updated community translations <3
Version 1.3.0 is available in the game properties in Steam under "Game Versions & Betas" tab.
Still keeping an eye on feedback and bug reports :) - Fair
The Necesse Rust & Romance Update is now live! As always, if you haven’t gotten the update on Steam yet, then try to restart Steam or verify game files. This also means that the Necesse Steam Free Weekend has just started! If you want your friends to try the game, this weeken
The Necesse Rust & Romance Update is now live!
As always, if you haven’t gotten the update on Steam yet, then try to restart Steam or verify game files.
This also means that the Necesse Steam Free Weekend has just started! If you want your friends to try the game, this weekend is perfect for that! Necesse is also on a 50% sale. It's the largest discount since 1.0, so now is a great time to pick it up 😊
If you missed our trailer for the update, check it out here:
Alright, we added a TON of stuff in this update. So let's get to it! While your previous saves will work with this update, we still highly recommend starting a new world to get the full experience.
Settler Personalities
The settlers were always something I wanted to give more depth. This update does just that by introducing personalities to each settler. They're also more lively in your settlement as we've replaced work breaks with recreation time.
Personalities are split into two different variants. Perks and preferences. The perks improve certain things the settlers are good at, such as combat prowess or work efficiency. Whereas the preferences focus more on the settler's needs and wants.
If you spend a lot of time finding and optimizing your settlers, they can become quite crazy combat allies or speedy workers in your settlement.
Our friendly dev Jonas rambled through a whole video about personalities. You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6iit552aE
Romance ❤️
As the name suggests, Necesse Rust & Romance brings a brand new romance system to the game.
It is now possible to start dating your settlers by bringing them a pretty flower! When you do, you'll be lead on a series of unique romance quests, which may lead to them falling for you...
But I'll leave the details out, for you to discover 😘
The Scrapyard
This update introduces a new tier 8 incursion: The Scrapyard.
It's filled with new enemy types, weapons and armor you can craft. And of course a new unique boss which has a chance to drop a fun new toy.
Bigger Biomes & The Charred Forest
We're still on the mission to make Necesse the best game it can be. One of the major points of feedback since the 1.0 were the new biome sizes. This update tries to fix that by making them much bigger, and we'd love to know what you think.
But beware when exploring the bigger biomes! There have been sightings of large patches of Charred Forests, fiery birds in the sky and forgotten golems in the ash...
And those were just the major features. We've also added a lot more smaller changes, quality of life and bug fixes. Here are a few of them!
Added 2 new craftable summon weapons in the early game.
Added the Transmutation Station used to easily convert Essences in the end game.
Added 29 new cool objects that grant happiness to settlers in the room they are placed.
Fixed a bug that nerfs the Bashy Bush summon weapon (sorry, not sorry).
Added a settler list in the top left, while in the settlement menu and a better command menu.
Added 4 new achievements!
You can read the full changelog below.
With this update, we've brought a lot of changes to the systems you know, and we'd love to hear your feedback on them. Even though it has gotten more time consuming, I do still read all the reviews and feedback that comes in. So don't hold back! 😊
Lastly I’d also like to personally shout out our amazing community translators who've been helping us translating this update before it went live. Thank you so much for your hard work!
Enjoy the update everyone! - Fair
1.3.0 changelog
Additions:
Added settler quality of life level mechanic. Added 50 different settler personalities. Added settler recreation system instead of work breaks. Added 6 different recreation activities for settlers to do. Added romance personalities, dating activities and partner mechanics. Added the ability to become partners with settlers and other players. Added Pretty Flower item used to start dating settlers. Added Pretty Bouquet item crafted in the inventory or workstation when having a Pretty Flower. Added Divorce Papers item bought from Elder when in a relationship. Added settler list in the top left while in the settlement menu. Added an extra button for closing the settlement menu. Added happiness bonus to recently recruited settlers. Added the ability for settlers to sit down next to you while in your adventure party. Added new Scrapyard incursion at tier 8 or above. Added new boss to the Scrapyard incursion. Added 5 new enemies found in the new Scrapyard incursion. Added 2 new music tracks to the new Scrapyard incursion. Added Rev Sword melee weapon crafted at the Fallen Anvil. Added Patchwork Grenadier ranged weapon crafted at the Fallen Anvil. Added Pyromancy magic weapon crafted at the Fallen Anvil. Added Ignition Key summon weapon crafted at the Fallen Anvil. Added 4 new Makeshift armor sets crafted in Tungsten Anvil. Added 6 different Bumper Car mounts dropped from the new Scrapyard incursion boss. Added new Charred Forest mini biome to the surface. Added 2 new enemies to the new Charred mini biome. Added new Phoenix armor set crafted in Tungsten Anvil. Added Hive Scepter summon weapon crafted in Iron Anvil. Added Bat Cage summon weapon crafted in Demonic Anvil. Added Transmutation Station crafted at the Fallen Workstation. Added recipes to convert essences and shards at the Transmutation Table. Added Crystal Essence tier 3 essence found in the Crystal Hollow Incursion. Added Radiated Essence tier 3 essence found in the Scrapyard Incursion. Added Frozen Berry pet item only obtained from "Fluffy friends!" incursion perk. Added Dragon Egg pet item only obtained from "Fluffy friends!" incursion perk. Added Caveling Display dropped rarely by cavelings. Added Witch Cauldron sold by witches. Added 12 new objects found on expeditions. Added 9 new objects found on deep cave expeditions. Added 7 new objects found as rewards on Incursion Tablets. Added Speeding Ticket achievement for driving a Bumper Car at maximum speed. Added True Love achievement for becoming Life Partners with a settler. Added Rich Character achievement for recruiting a settler with 6+ personalities. Added Cloud Ten achievement for achieving Unrivaled Quality of Life on 10 settlers at the same time. Added Message in a Bottle boss summon item crafted in the Demonic Workstation. Added 4 new hairstyles.
Changes/misc:
Adjusted and increased the sizes of biomes overall. Replaced settlement quests and tutorial with new Story Objectives system. Improved settler interaction UI. Improved settler command menu to show some stats and more actions. Increased the happiness penalty for settlers sharing rooms. Reworked Cloud Nine achievement to be based off quality of life instead of happiness. Reworked Adventure Begins achievement to trigger on first major objective. Removed Village Helper achievement. Changed Upgrade Station to not require essences to craft. Changed Salvage Station to not require essences to craft. Adjusted equipment tier upgrade requirements to the following: Tier 1 essences are now required to upgrade equipment from Tier 1 to 4. Tier 2 essences are now required to upgrade equipment from Tier 5 to 7. Tier 3 essences are now required to upgrade equipment from Tier 8 to 9. Ascended Shards are now required to upgrade equipment from Tier 9 to 10. Tier 3 essences can now show up as a Tablet Reward on higher tier Incursion Tablets. The recipes for Crystal themed incursion tier weapons now also require Crystal Essence to craft. Adjusted rarity color on Altar Dust, Upgrade/Alchemy Shards and all Essences to be more in line with Incursion tier progression. Moved "Are you not entertained?" incursion perk to tier 6 Moved "All the buffs!" incursion perk to tier 7 Moved "Fluffy friends!" incursion perk to tier 10. Replaced "A New Hope" Incursion perk with the new "Feeling Hopeful" Incursion perk which makes rescued Settlers from Incursions spawn with more Personalities. Reduced deep cave bosses max health slightly in incursions. Removed the Dungeon Map from the Elder's House starter chest. It's now possible to select settlers from their bed flag. Improved performance and stability of the Cartographers table when sharing large maps. Sharks can now no longer spawn within settlement boundaries. Reduced falling icicle damage to settlers. Reduced the damage of Bashy Bush summoning weapon. Changed Ravenlord set feather damage to scale with total speed instead of bonus movement speed. Buffed Battle Chef armor set slightly. The Masked Hunter Hood cosmetic helmet is now sold by the Hunter. Slightly reduced the spawn rate of secret update presets. Forest, Plains and Swamp Deep Caves now also generate rivers. Made Plain Deep Caves generate Spirit Water instead of lava. Greatly increased the health of raiders. Reduced the damage raiders deal. Reduced the movement speed of raiders. Settlers will now have a small hit cooldown similar to players. Reworked doors and fence gate rotations, allowing them to be placed next to each other without rotating.
Fixes:
Fixed settler rooms with incomplete floor sometimes not getting updated properly. Fixed some of the final boss's attacks dealing extreme damage to settlers. Fixed explosions not respecting shared hit cooldowns like on worms and swarms. Fixed doors and fence gates closing when a wire deactivates them, even when another wire is still activating them. Fixed being able to lock Survivor Whip room without being able to open it again. Fixed Chieftain not spawning with max health on higher difficulties. Fixed being able to dash infinitely with Wind Boots and Ghost Boots with certain key press combinations. Fixed multi objects sometimes generating without the other half. Fixed Lifeline sometimes triggering when another death prevention already happened. Fixed sometimes being able to shoot projectiles through doors from the bottom. Fixed settlement notifications not showing the settler names if you are not close to them. Fixed the Incursion Perk: "IT'S IN THE WALLS!" tooltip not clarifying that it drops Essences from the current Incursion you are in. Fixed Stabby and Bashy Bush summons gaining more Summon Speed from the player than intended. Fixed Ravenlord set feathers not spawning when moving around while mounted. Fixed Bashy Bush dungeon loot containing full berry bushes. Fixed Spider Eggs in the Spider Incursion not glowing with Tracker Potion. Fixed some bosses not glowing with Tracker Potion when they're not hostile yet. Fixed bug where dropped items would sometimes despawn if targeting someone who teleports away. Fixed players not spawning in with their loaded health on worlds that does not allow outside characters. Fixed removing Settlement Storage, Workstation or a recipe not cancelling scheduled settler jobs instantly. Fixed Sharpshooter Boots being upgraded directly to tier 2 the first time you upgrade them, instead of tier 1. Fixed players not being able to break their own Ascended Void tiles. Fixed Captain Shirt item sprite not matching actual armor. Fixed Sharks sometimes able to spawn in shallow water. Fixed debug menu staying open if you change to a non-cheat world. Fixed placing flowers desyncing which object ends up being placed. Fixed Crystal Dragon sometimes not ending their charge attack when it should. Fixed Swamp Cave adventure party journal challenge only completing on level change. Fixed raiders sometimes spawning with gear they shouldn't if you haven't obtained it on multiplayer worlds. Fixed Cryo Queen map icon having a couple of white pixels. Fixed bosses and other mobs going out of sync with clients when outside the bounds of levels. Fixed settlement storage config menu header not showing item icons. Fixed Banner of War incursion perk not working correctly. Fixed some raiders not spawning with correct gear on specific game states. Fixed the Pirate Captain not dropping the Pirate's Lair Vinyl. Fixed Pirates not dropping the Pirate's Horizon Vinyl. Fixed Dressers and Armor Stands being able to store other items than armor. Fixed double boss Incursion perk sometimes spawning it prematurely.
Modding/servers:
Changed Mob.doHasKilledTarget to be called by all attackers that was part of killing a target
Hey everyone! It’s been a while, and you’ve been patient with us. But now it’s finally time for us to share what we’ve been working on for the last 6 months. Enjoy this brand new trailer for the Necesse Rust & Romance Update dropping on July 30th! This update is packed with f
Hey everyone!
It’s been a while, and you’ve been patient with us. But now it’s finally time for us to share what we’ve been working on for the last 6 months.
Enjoy this brand new trailer for the Necesse Rust & Romance Update dropping on July 30th!
This update is packed with features, including romance, bigger biomes, the Scrapyard Incursion, a brand new personality system for settlers and so much more!
Now you’re probably thinking that 2 weeks is a long time to wait for this juicy update.
But not to worry my friends! We'll be sharing a bunch of teasers on our socials, leading up to the update to keep you entertained!
To celebrate the Rust & Romance Update we’re also releasing the update alongside a Steam Free Weekend starting on July 30th and ending on August 3rd.
So if you or your friends have been aching to try out Necesse, then you can now do so, for free! And with brand new content! Wow!
This small update includes a fix for recent AMD driver issues as well as localization changes. We're of course still working hard on the summer update, and excited to share more soon! Changelog: Added a workaround for rendering issues with recent AMD graphics drivers. Updated com
This small update includes a fix for recent AMD driver issues as well as localization changes. We're of course still working hard on the summer update, and excited to share more soon!
Changelog: Added a workaround for rendering issues with recent AMD graphics drivers. Updated community translations.
Hey everyone! We're hard at work on our large summer update, but we wanted to let you know Necesse is currently 35% off on Steam. We recently released the Secrets Update and if you haven't had the time to check it out, now would be a great time to invite friends! In other news, o
Hey everyone!
We're hard at work on our large summer update, but we wanted to let you know Necesse is currently 35% off on Steam.
We recently released the Secrets Update and if you haven't had the time to check it out, now would be a great time to invite friends!
In other news, our friends on the other side of the bridge has just released their new game, Romestead. We've added a bundle with them, so you can the other game even cheaper if you already own Necesse or Romestead.
Necesse blends a bit of many genres and now many collabs all in one in the Secrets update that's out now. Read the full article here:
Necesse blends a bit of many genres and now many collabs all in one in the Secrets update that's out now.
Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-secrets-update-for-necesse-includes-collabs-with-palworld-rimworld-core-keeper-and-valheim/
The Necesse Secrets update is now live! We’re also running a 35% sale on Necesse to celebrate the update! As always, if you haven’t gotten the update on Steam yet, then try to restart Steam or verify game files. In case you missed our teaser last week, I've got you covered! This
The Necesse Secrets update is now live!
We’re also running a 35% sale on Necesse to celebrate the update!
As always, if you haven’t gotten the update on Steam yet, then try to restart Steam or verify game files.
In case you missed our teaser last week, I've got you covered!
This update adds a handful of secrets for you to find throughout Necesse, including some small cool collabs with our friends over at Palworld, Rimworld, Core Keeper and Valheim!
You don’t have to make a new world to find the secrets, but you will have to explore areas you or your friends haven’t yet visited.
We won't share too much more in forms of gifs like usual, but rather leave the secret hunting to you!
But what if you don't like hunting secrets on your own? Then do it with us, the developers of Necesse!
Tomorrow (April 10th) at 7PM CEST, we’re going to boot up the good ol’ Necesse Community Stream and hunt down some secrets! We’ll start a fresh world and open up the server for all of you to join!
And who knows? There might even be some Necesse steam keys up for grabs if you’re the first to find a secret on the live stream!
While all the secrets are the main focus of this update. We have also added several quality of life features and bug fixes. Here are some of them:
A perk for the Incursion Tree that clears a large arena in your Incursion and lights it up for you.
A perk for the Incursion Tree that grants all Banner buffs.
Settlers will now keep their settings after being downed and revived again.
Sword dashes now also give resilience on hit.
A bunch of bug fixes and some modding improvements.
You can read the full changelog below.
We hope you enjoy our update and get to know all of us here at Fair Games a bit better through our fun secrets! And as mentioned in our previous post. The Necesse MEGA Update is arriving later this summer, including love, robots and new world gen!
But more on that later…
Happy hunting! - Fair
1.2.0 changelog
Additions:
Added the best Pal from Palworld. Added a wise friend from Valheim. Added mysterious structure from Core Keeper. Added a "friendly" creature from Rimworld. Added a handful of cool dev secrets from the Fair Games team found throughout Necesse. Added new Incursion Perk: Are you not entertained? Added new Incursion Perk: All the buffs! Added Ancient Roots found in the Swamp Caves. Added Ancient Roots Tile found in the Swamp Caves or crafted at the Tungsten Landscaping Station. Added Tracker Potion crafted at Caveglow Alchemy Table. Added Jail Fence crafted in Demonic Workstation. Added Shark Meat dropped by sharks. Added Shark Fillet crafted in Cooking Pot. Added tooltip to health upgrades showing if you have consumed it yet or not.
Changes/misc:
Changed birch and maple sapling texture to better represent their possible leaves colors. Settlers will now keep their settings after being downed and revived again. Sword dashes now also give resilience on hit. The "A New Hope" Incursion Perk is now a Tier 6 Perk instead of Tier 7. Changed Crystal Shield retaliation damage to be equal to twice the damage you would have taken before the shield reduced it. Reduced the health and speed of incursion Cavelings. Reduced Pig Statue crafting cost. Revival Potion can now be stored in the Potion Pouch. Reanimation Bow now spawns a Baby Skeleton instead of a Regular Skeleton. Damage is unchanged. Settlers and summons are now better at hitting projectiles on worm enemies.
Fixes:
Fixed possible crash when trying to open journal while having selected an entry without treasure loot. Fixed Arcanic Crate not counting towards the Complete Collector achievement. Fixed maple and birch trees sometimes dropping wrong colored leaves. Fixed settlers search bar not updating when changing tab. Fixed Static Jellyfish sometimes having a hard time getting an attack off. Fixed first item set proxies getting reset on player load. Fixed issue where character obtained items would sometimes desync between full player stats and achievements. Fixed modifiers list cutting off the text a few pixels too early and the position when snapped. Fixed pirate regions sometimes not getting cleared close to spawn, resulting in music playing when entering them. Fixed net sounding like it's a sword when swung. Fixed being able to use mount key to exit polymorph with specific mounts equipped. Fixed crates and other breakables not dropping the correct biome based or cave based loot. Fixed Brutes Battleaxe hitbox being very small around the player. Fixed Mother Slime and Ascended Wizard shockwave attack stopping after its first hit. Fixed objects sometimes spawning in Cursed Crone liquid path when they shouldn't. Fixed village houses sometimes spawning with the wrong entrance tile. Fixed some settlers and villagers sometimes chasing outside when they shouldn't to attack enemies. Fixed damage taken and damage dealt not counting resilience damage taken/dealt. Fixed Lava Path Tiles sometimes not tiling correct. Fixed several Statues missing a broker value. Fixed Sunlight Champion's Sunlight Orb sound effect being extremely loud when playing multiplayer. Fixed some issues with Sage & Grit sometimes despawning or not dropping rewards.
Modding/servers:
Settlement assign work form is now easier to mod with new SettlementAssignWorkForm.setupButtons() method. Made all item categories show by default in creative items tab. Added category lists in CreativeMenuForm to define whether a modded category should be in placeables or mobs. Refactored workstations and other dual multi tile objects to make extending them easier.
Hey everyone! This Thursday on April 9th, we’re releasing a small update that adds a bunch of secrets for you to find in Necesse! Some will be cosmetic, while others will be new weapons and trinkets. There will be both references from our devs to other games and some official col
Hey everyone!
This Thursday on April 9th, we’re releasing a small update that adds a bunch of secrets for you to find in Necesse!
Some will be cosmetic, while others will be new weapons and trinkets. There will be both references from our devs to other games and some official collab content from some of the games that inspired us while making Necesse.
It’s been a pleasure to see all the new and old people exploring Necesse since our 1.0 update.
In the meantime, we’ve been hard at work on the next major content update for Necesse. Instead of pushing out smaller features and updates, we’re going to bring some larger, much-requested changes to Necesse coming this summer.
It’ll include all the features planned on our living roadmap’s spring and summer update, as well as more unannounced stuff. As always, we’ll share more and start to tease some of that content as we get closer to the update.
See you on Thursday, and happy Easter to everyone celebrating! - Fair
Just a small update with some fixes and the replacement of Shark Fins with Shark Scales. Some of these changes required a new version, so make sure to update your servers to get the fixes as well :) Changelog: Removed Shark Fin Soup from the game. Replaced Shark Fins with Shark S
Just a small update with some fixes and the replacement of Shark Fins with Shark Scales. Some of these changes required a new version, so make sure to update your servers to get the fixes as well :)
Changelog: Removed Shark Fin Soup from the game. Replaced Shark Fins with Shark Scales. Fixed Heart and Frog butterflies counting toward complete collector achievement. Fixed possible crash when trying to salvage items that does not have a specific upgrade essence. Fixed banners not rendering correctly in banner stands. Fixed possible crash when trying to open a graveyard incursion with the "It's HUUUGE!" perk active. Fixed ducks spawning inland when they shouldn't. Fixed possible crash when the game tries to read a recent JVM crash on launch. Fixed not being able to shovel grass tiles. Fixed Aged Champion set bonus not showing bonus resilience stats. Fixed settlers teleporting back from closed levels sometimes causing their AI to get stuck. Updated community translations (thank you translators!).
Note: You can always go back to an older version by right-clicking the game on Steam -> Properties -> Betas tab.
Necesse Version 1.1 is now live! To celebrate the update and Christmas, we're also taking part in the Steam Winter Sale with a 35% discount on Necesse on Steam! If you haven’t gotten the update on Steam yet, then try to restart Steam or verify game files. Last week we put togethe
Necesse Version 1.1 is now live!
To celebrate the update and Christmas, we're also taking part in the Steam Winter Sale with a 35% discount on Necesse on Steam!
If you haven’t gotten the update on Steam yet, then try to restart Steam or verify game files.
Last week we put together a juicy teaser trailer for the update! Check it out below:
If you'd like to see more of stuff like this, make sure to follow our socials! You can find them at the bottom of this post.
After releasing Necesse 1.0 back in October, the team has been taking some well deserved vacation. Which also means that this update isn't as big as our usual major content updates.
Alright, let's dive into the update! This time around we've chosen to focus on in-game balancing, adventure party improvements and adding more critters/wildlife to Necesse.
We have buffed the resilience gain on true melee weapons quite a bit and also improved a lot of resilience trinkets. While we know that this isn't a final solution for making true melee as viable as all the other classes, we believe that it's a step in the right direction.
We have also slightly buffed the health of all Incursion content while reducing the overall damage of Incursion enemies. The intent here is to prevent powerful builds from making bosses irrelevant by killing them in a few seconds, while also not making you die quickly in just a couple of hits. We'll make sure to monitor feedback for this change over the coming weeks, so don't hesitate to submit feedback in-game or on our socials if Incursions feel too hard/easy. Note that we can't respond to feedback submitted in-game.
As mentioned on our roadmap, we've also made some improvements to adventure parties and settlement management in general. You can now search for settlers by name/role and also assign them to specific groups. This way you'll only need to do a single click to select the settlers you want to bring with you, when it's time to go spelunking.
We have also brought some new friends to the world of Necesse! Friendly creatures such as butterflies, fireflies, cave cropplers... And sharks. Sharks are friendly right?
Some of the other features in this update include:
Maps for the Chieftain, Cursed Chrone and Sage & Grit. Similar to Dungeon/Pirate maps.
3 new perks for the Incursion Perk Tree.
3 new Incursion quests and quest rewards. Including the 8th trinket slot as a reward!
Recipes for a lot more cave rock tiles, walls and doors.
Settlers are now immune to damage for 5 seconds after being revived.
The Clockwork Heart trinkets now also causes excess healing from potions to restore resilience.
A ton of fixes to issues reported by you <3
You can read the full changelog below.
I'd also once again like to personally thank everyone who purchased and played Necesse during the launch of 1.0. It has been absolutely breathtaking to see all of you enjoy our game and we can't wait to show what we have planned for Necesse in 2026.
Enjoy the update and the holidays everyone! - Fair
1.1 changelog
Additions:
Added a search bar to all settlement settler lists. Added Chieftain Map crafted at the Demonic Workstation or as a rare find in plains cave chests. Added Corrupted Map crafted at the Tungsten Workstation or as a rare find in deep plains cave chests. Added Ancient Map crafted at the Tungsten Workstation or as a rare find in deep desert cave chests. Added new Incursion Perk: There's room for a little more... Added new Incursion Perk: I guess it... Ate the shards? Added new Incursion Perk: IT'S IN THE WALLS! Added a bunch of new recipes for Cave Rock tiles have been added to the Landscaping Station. Added recipes for all the new types of Essence Rocks in the Fallen Landscaping Station. Added Carrot, Potato, Onion and Pumpkin Cropplers found throughout the caves. Added new Quest to complete a Tier 1 Incursion. Added new Quest to complete a Tier 5 Incursion and a new reward for it. Added new Quest to defeat the Ascended Wizard and a new reward for it. Added Crystal Stone mined from Crystals in the Crystal Hollow Incursion. Added Slime Stone mined from Slime Rock in the Slime Incursion. Added recipes for Ice Walls and Doors to the Demonic Workstation. Added recipes for Crypt Walls and Doors to the Fallen Workstation. Added recipes for Ruin Walls and Doors to the Fallen Workstation. Added 6 settler groups you can quickly select from the command menu. Added add to/remove from buttons to the settlement selected settlers menu. Added Butterfly critters. Added Firefly critters. Added Firefly Jars crafted at the Carpenters Bench. Added Sharks. Added Shark Fin and Shark Tooth crafting materials. Added Shark Armor Set crafted at the Demonic Anvil. Added Shark Costume. Added Shark Tooth Bullet crafted at the Demonic Anvil. Added Shark Fin Soup cooking recipe. Added Crates with loot to the oceans. Added rare Pirate's Chests with loot to the oceans. Added the ability to inherit characters when you load a world that has other characters saved than your own. Added the ability to submit JVM crash reports on game startup.
Changes/misc:
Reworked incursion enemy damage scaling to deal less damage in higher tiers. Reworked incursion enemy health scaling to have more health in higher tiers. You can now toggle whether settlers die or get knocked down in the world settings menu. Increased resilience gain from melee weapons that don't exclusively use projectiles. Made Resilience Gain scale with upgrade tier on melee weapons that don't exclusively use projectiles. Made Greatsword resilience gain scale with charge levels. Made Healing Potions restore health based on your base max health instead of current max health. Made Clockwork Heart restore resilience with excess healing from potions. Increased Chain Shirt max resilience bonus from 30 to 50. Increased Clay Gauntlet max resilience bonus from 10 to 20. Made Clay Gauntlet craftable in the default Workstation instead of the Demonic Workstation. Increased Greater Resistance Potion armor increase from 12 to 32. Tablet Box is now obtained through Elder quests. Chests found in the Dungeon now have a small chance have a Void Caller instead of Mysterious Portal. Buffed Armor values on the Copper and Iron armor sets. Updated the Arcanic Set bonus description to better describe what the set actually does. Thief's Boots now grant 25% increased movement speed when upgraded to Tier 1 or higher. Dash attacks like Katanas will now destroy crates and other breakable objects. Cryo Witch Shoes now grant 20% increased movement speed instead 15%. Nunchucks attack range has been slightly increased. Reduced the movement speed and health of Incursion Cavelings slightly. Buffed the damage and health of Crawling Zombies spawned by the Crawlmageddon modifier. Settlers will now receive 25% of their max health and be immune to damage for 5 seconds after being revived with a Revival Potion. Your mana now drains faster over time after reaching 100 stacks of Runic Empowerment from The Runic Hood Set bonus. The broker value for a lot of Walls, Doors and Tiles has been reduced. You can now no longer hit yourself with Necrotic Flask or Unlabelled Potion. The Sharpshooter Set bonus now also grants 100% more ranged crit damage on every 5th stack of Bullseye. The regen buff granted by the Empowerment perk now grants % increased mana regen instead of flat mana regen. Buffed Runebound Scepter projectile velocity and attack speed. Halved the time it takes for Bone Spikes produced by the Runebound Scepter to explode. Buffed The Soulstorm attack speed. Equipment drops from specific Incursions such as the Dusk/Dawn armor sets can now drop as higher tier, based on the tier of the Incursion. High tier armor and weapons now also grant essences when salvaged at the Salvage Station. The Blacksmith now sells blacksmith cosmetic armor instead of the Stylist. Pirate Captain now sells pirate cosmetic armor instead of the Stylist. Incursion Perks that give access to new Incursion Biomes also grants the player a tablet with the new biome, when obtaining the Perk for the first time. Raiders can now only spawn with equipment from Incursions that the player themselves already have obtained. Incursion Invader perks now also mention that they drop unique and juicy loot. Increased the Altar Dust dropped from Invader chests/sacks/mobs. Increased critter spawn rate and cap. Reworked the Cartographers Table and made it usable again. The Fins trinket can now be crafted at the Demonic Workstation with Shark Fins. Buffed Necrotic Flask damage. Renamed old map items to not have "local" in them anymore. Made the recipe of Pirate Map more expensive. Reduced damage dealt by magic attacks from enemies in the final incursion. Nerfed Ruby set bonus to require more resilience per slots. Reduced the recipe costs of some boomerangs that stack slightly.
Fixes:
Fixed Thorns and Web potions not being affected by Alchemical Interference incursion modifier. Fixed some walls and rocks showing shadows and wrong lighting if enough are connected together. Fixed the Elder's house always spawning with the same seed. Goodbye, Shane the Elder. Fixed the Aged Champion Mob missing from the Swamp Deep Caves Adventure Journal entry. Fixed the Nightswarm boss not being logged correctly in the Adventure Journal when killed. Fixed Rogue Hunter Raids not dropping tier level bows in the endgame. Fixed Necrotic Flask and Unlabelled Potion not being able to destroy crates. Fixed Dryad, Mycelium and Ancient Fossil tools upgrading to higher tiers than intended on their first upgrade. Fixed Exotic Merchant Turban not being obtainable. Fixed duplicate tooltip on upgraded anvils and alchemy tables. Fixed Topaz crystals not spawning in Crystal Hollow Incursion. Fixed Crawlmageddon incursion modifier not doing intended damage. Fixed Storming incursion modifier not doing intended damage. Fixed Explosive incursion modifier not doing intended damage. Fixed Explosive incursion modifier not scaling when "A taste of your own medicine" is active. Fixed Clockwork Heart sometimes causing desync in out of combat health regen. Fixed a bunch of helmet armors not looking correct when using invisibility potion. Fixed Battle Chef and Crazed Ravens barely dealing any damage. Fixed holding banners not showing correctly when sitting.
Hey everyone! Steam Award nominations are now open, and we would love your support by nominating Necesse for the Better With Friends award! We hope everyone has enjoyed the 1.0 as much as we've enjoyed reading all your feedback :D There are still some things to iron out, and we'r
Hey everyone!
Steam Award nominations are now open, and we would love your support by nominating Necesse for the Better With Friends award!
We hope everyone has enjoyed the 1.0 as much as we've enjoyed reading all your feedback :D There are still some things to iron out, and we're working on that as well as other improvements.
Necesse has been my life's work, and I am beyond grateful to see so many people enjoying it. The game was built with your feedback and support over several years in early access. Initially, I planned Necesse to be a much smaller game, but your support has allowed me to keep working on and expanding it. Thank you <3
Even after so many years, I somehow still haven't grown tired of working on it. We've got some stuff cooking for next year as well, and we're obviously still reading all your feedback on how to shape the game going forward. So make sure to share your feedback and leave a review! :)
Small update with a bunch of fixes as well as translation updates. Some of these fixes required a new game version, so if you're running a server, make sure you update that as well. We're also working on a larger update while doing these smaller fixes :) Changelog: Optimizes and
Small update with a bunch of fixes as well as translation updates. Some of these fixes required a new game version, so if you're running a server, make sure you update that as well. We're also working on a larger update while doing these smaller fixes :)
Changelog: Optimizes and improves memory allocation significantly on dedicated servers. Added indicator of the center region when placing down a settlement flag. Fixed teleporting sometimes not working correctly, especially when the teleport takes a moment to load. Fixed being tier 2 essence recipes using their own essence to convert as well. Fixed Turban being unobtainable and not showing properly in item filter lists. Fixed screenshot tool from the map not working correctly. Fixed basic crafted gateway tablets not showing correct tier when upgrading. Fixed Eye of the Void summons not using the available summon slots correctly. Fixed Ascended Bow attack speed not updating while firing. Fixed stylist settlers menu sometimes not updating correctly with the settlers current style. Fixed food generating in random chests in the world starting to go bad before being interacted with. Fixed a bunch of wrong interactions with some weapons and deep frost set bonus. Fixed desync issues with Sunlight Champion Gauntlets that sometimes happens. Fixed settlers pathing outside settlement bounds to do a job inside getting teleported back to the settlement center. Fixed possible crash when using Void Phasing Staff on dedicated servers. Fixed Eye of the Void summons not teleporting when too far away. Fixed using chat sometimes not clearing caret cursor. Fixed Katana weapons not getting their second swing cooldown reduced by attack speed. Updated community translations, thank you translators!
If you're running a dedicated server and use the -XX:+UseG1GC launch option, I would recommend also adding -XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent. I've also added these options to the dedicated server tool launch scripts.
You can always access older versions by going the game's properties in Steam and under the "Betas" tab.
Just a small update with some fixes and balance tweaks. Some of these were also pushed out as hotfixes during the weekend. Make sure to update your servers to get the fixes as well. Changelog: Added Spider Nest tile recipe to the Tungsten Landscaping Station. Added Crypt Ash tile
Just a small update with some fixes and balance tweaks. Some of these were also pushed out as hotfixes during the weekend. Make sure to update your servers to get the fixes as well.
Changelog: Added Spider Nest tile recipe to the Tungsten Landscaping Station. Added Crypt Ash tile recipe to the Tungsten Landscaping Station. The Crystal Hollow Incursion now also contains Topaz clusters and ruins. The miner now has a chance to return with Topaz when returning from an Amber mining expedition. The miner now has a chance to return with Emeralds when returning from a Mycelium mining expedition. The elder now correctly sells a Lunchbox after defeating Evil's Protector and Ammo Pouch after defeating Queen Spider. Reduced the damage, attack speed and homing of Chromatic Spellbook. The flower projectile fired from Swamp Dwelling Staff can no longer bounce. The petal projectiles can still bounce. Dredging Staff and Ancient Dredging Staff can now only hit up to 5 targets per attack. Optimized vram usage significantly. Increased chaser range of Pirate Captain recruits spawned during the fight. Removed unlock requirement for "The Beginning of the End" incursion perk. Fixed rare case where settlers would sometimes save asynchronous during runtime, causing potentially lost settlers after force shutdowns. Fixed Pearlescent shard being able to spawn as an incursion reward. Fixed Pawnbroker being able to spawn as an incursion reward. Fixed trial rooms getting locked when visiting them a second time. Fixed rare crash when staff glyphs are spawning far away. Fixed enchanting scrolls tablet rewards not working correctly after being dropped. Fixed door collisions not working correctly when placed on exactly -1 tile world coordinate. Fixed possible crash when changing audio device while an SFX is playing. Fixed Ascended Void tile edges drawing above water. Fixed spawn settler command not autocompleting for modded settlers. Fixed rare case where some of the worlds objects layer would get corrupted between auto save backups. Fixed rare issue where ladder destination would be corrupted and send people far away. Updated community translations, thank you translators!
Hey everyone! We’d like to thank you all for being a part of the amazing Necesse 1.0 launch. I can’t even begin to tell you how exciting it’s been for the whole team to see all of you take on our new content and enjoy it to its fullest :D We peaked at nearly 30K concurrent player
Hey everyone!
We’d like to thank you all for being a part of the amazing Necesse 1.0 launch. I can’t even begin to tell you how exciting it’s been for the whole team to see all of you take on our new content and enjoy it to its fullest :D
We peaked at nearly 30K concurrent players last weekend and since the launch, we’ve had over 400K players try out 1.0! That’s insane!
As we are still bugfixing, hotfixing and just fixing stuff in general. We’re also looking ahead to the future of Necesse and thought we’d share some of our plans with all of you.
Below I’ve linked a brand new Necesse post 1.0 roadmap showcasing some of the features to come in future content updates.
I'll also mention that the exclusive 50% launch discount on Necesse is still live for another week, so if you or your friends are considering buying Necesse, now is the time to do so before the sale disappears.
From everyone here at Fair Games. Thank you so much for being part of an amazing 1.0 launch! We couldn't have done it without you <3
- Fair
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Just like last post, I've been doing several hotfixes every day throughout the weekend. I'm committed to fixing issues people are running into, so thank you for all the submitted reports! Since that last post, the changes have been: Settlers following you will now teleport to you
Just like last post, I've been doing several hotfixes every day throughout the weekend. I'm committed to fixing issues people are running into, so thank you for all the submitted reports!
Since that last post, the changes have been: Settlers following you will now teleport to you if you're too far away. Made a bunch of memory optimizations throughout the game. Fixed audio initialization sometimes causing a crash when no/invalid audio device was detected. Fixed spiderite armor showing set bonus stats twice. Fixed rare crash during loading of a player that is not on the same level as you Fixed not being able to rename chests with a controller. Fixed possible crash when using a discovery map while the game is auto saving. Fixed possible crash when attempting to make settlers guard a specific area. Fixed Getting Hot achievement not working. Fixed placing tiles not removing invalid objects on the same tile. Fixed a spelling mistake in the initial 1.0 notice. Fixed Pest Warden body collisions dealing too much damage in non-incursions and too little in incursions. Fixed "Time for an upgrade!" perk dropping alchemy shards instead of upgrade shards. Fixed Demonic set bonus crashing dedicated servers. Fixed settlers sometimes getting stuck at the edge of a settlement when they're sent on a mission. Fixed soulseed armor ability exploding pets and mounts. Fixed rare crash when mobs are trying to find a new path. Fixed possible crash if a large part of the world doesn't have a specific biome. Fixed Empowered and Overpowered achievement completing by just equipping one piece of armor. Fixed possible error where summons could cause crash if they were too far away from their owner. Fixed Retirement home presets spawning with deep sandstone door. Fixed place sound somtimes playing twice on first click. Fixed being able to overlap settlement bounds if they were disbanding. Fixed deep swamp sometimes not spawning Mycelium or Life Quartz. Fixed Katana prset not spawning correctly. Fixed sometimes talking to the elder not working or causing a crash. Fixed Sapphire right click event sometimes causing crashes if the owner could not be found. Fixed Void Claw able to spawn as incursion tablet loot.
