Developer posts and news about this game.
Friends, It is with great sadness that I am announcing that the time has come to retire the Arcane Waters servers. I am forever grateful to the amazing people I met through this project, and I want to say I am truly appreciative of your support in helping me realize my dream of m
Ahoy, me hearties! It's been a year since our grand adventure set sail in the treacherous waters of early access. We've weathered storms, faced fearsome sea monsters, farmed potatoes, and lived to tell the tale. We know that this year hasn't always been smooth sailing, and we wan
Hello scallywags! Today we're releasing an update containing a new guild-based PVP feature. Introducing Guild Town Control! How does it work? Make sure you're in a guild and flagged for PVP. Delivery cargo shipments to the various delivery locations in each region to gain "Influe
Changes since previous patch notes: New events coming soon! We'll be doing some treasure hunting in the new area west of Port Haven, past the friendship rune circle. Players can win friendship tokens, and demo users will have some chances to win a Steam key! Events will be posted
Arcane Waters now has a demo available! Tell yer' friends to test their sea legs in Port Haven for free! Friendship reward items! Visit the area west of the Port Haven shipyard with a Steam-friend who owns the game, and get rewarded with tokens for various in-game cosmetics and m
The Pine Peaks region is now open! This entirely new area of the ocean is full of places to explore, quests, cargo locations, and loot. Beware, you’ll also stumble upon a new voyage, enemies, and boss while exploring this new tree top region. At home on the farm, you can now expa
Today we're releasing a small patch to raise level cap, address player skill progression, as well as add a few bug fixes. Player level cap is being raised to 30. This will double the current player level limit. Since we have 7 planned regions and level/skill caps of 100, that let
Rarity when crafting is now affected by your crafting skill level. Dye names should now show properly on reward panels. XP gain from crops has been rebalanced, starting low and increasing in XP for better crops. Reduced XP gain from crafting materials (coal, ingots) Added UI indi
Slippery's Salvage now accepts cargo shipments. They'll currently accept the same crops as Small Sands, but pay a little more since it's quite out of the way! Guild Bank Update! You can now deposit and withdraw items from your guild bank. Be sure to set up your guild permissions
I just finished watching all of Black Sails (which was fantastic) and was in the mood for some pirating fun, so the Early Access release of Arcane Waters makes for good timing. Read the full article here:
Cargo runs not enough for ye? Well, if you're in a guild and have PVP enabled, you can gain 10% more profit while selling during cargo runs! Careful though, as enemy players also have an incentive to sink your goods. They'll receive gold based on 10% of the value of the lowest cr
[We’re planning to finish the week with 5 fun and interesting challenges for all ye pirates out there! Have ye visited the treacherous Desert Region south of Port Haven? We’ll give all our current Early Access players the “ Explorers Compass ” if 50 more players have been to Smal
Guild bank item donation is now disabled until the guild withdrawal permission system is ready. Update trading to override count to 1 if the item was marked as unstackable, but has more than one item stacked. Ships in PVP arenas have had their health adjusted some to help combat
Crafting and other item collection has been fixed. See below. Bernie has a new item to keep players safe during our Early Access launch period. Talk to him in Port Haven. Adjustments to pirate and Sleethe XP, they should all give between 10-15xp now. Multishot powerup cost in pvp
Early Access Release! Monday, November 14th at 10AM EST! Batten down the hatches and set sail in an open world pixel-art adventure. Fight other pirates, monsters and players! When you need a break, tend to your farm and livestock, craft new equipment, or trade in distant lands. T
Batten down the hatches, this might be our final playtest before Early Access November 15th ! During the last playtest we focused on our perk system and new player experience. This playtest continues that work and takes it a step further and allows you to customize your pirate ev
We’re sailing into another Playtest! During our last playtest we showed off the beginnings of the new perk system. This time we’re expanding them further with new perk trees and abilities. Look out gunners, it’s time to refine those skills. Dig further into the changelog and you’
Want to sail the high seas? Love pixel artwork? Check out the upcoming game Arcane Waters which will let you do some pirating adventures alone or online with others too but it's mainly an online focused game. Read the full article here:
Ahoy Arcane Wanderers! We’re back again with an exciting announcement. Arcane Waters will go into Early Access on Tuesday, November 15th! Over the coming weeks, we’ll continue to have short limited playtests to introduce new features to the community. The current playtest will sh
It’s time to set sail on another Playtest! During our last playtest we showed off the quest log and new questing features. We’re still working on your feedback from that and the player survey, but wanted you to check out something new we’ve been cooking up. One of the most common