Survive The High Seas Ship In A Bottle Mystery A Nautical Realm riddled with mysteries! Every sailor dreams of summoning a big ship from a bottle. Make that dream a reality. Experience uncharted waters, vanishing islands, ancient creatures, more! Forgotten Seas is survival on the
Survive The High Seas
Ship In A Bottle Mystery
A Nautical Realm riddled with mysteries! Every sailor dreams of summoning a big ship from a bottle. Make that dream a reality. Experience uncharted waters, vanishing islands, ancient creatures, more! Forgotten Seas is survival on the high seas like never before!
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Processing Units and Recipes Forgotten Seas has many Processing Units and Workbenches. The one highly requested feature was to display the recipes for all kinds of processing that happens in the game. For example, drying meat to make papaya jerky, drying bamboo, seafood platter,
Processing Units and Recipes
Forgotten Seas has many Processing Units and Workbenches. The one highly requested feature was to display the recipes for all kinds of processing that happens in the game. For example, drying meat to make papaya jerky, drying bamboo, seafood platter, breakfast platter, grinding flour in the mill, making yeast, and many, many more! It is quite hard to keep track of them all. So each processing unit now has a button inside the storage that will slide out a recipe page to remind you what makes what and how.
Movement Key Rebinding
You can now remap movement keys and more! We have also added several new keybinds such as Sail Turning, Journal, Jump, etc. Go in the game and press ESC to bring up the System Menu. Click Settings, and you will see the new keybinds. While your current keybinds will be preserved, if you have any issues with your current remapping, you may need to restore to default keybinds and remap the desired keys again.
This feature was long anticipated. We apologize for the wait and any inconvenience this may have caused to our left-handed friends and others who rely on different keybinds! This is something we did not want to rush until most input-related bugs were sorted out. We are committed to keeping game updates steady and dependable. If you encounter any issues, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Other Changes
Jumping while sprinting no longer slows the character down
More Performance Optimizations
Loading Screen now shows random different photos
Loading Screen now shows a random game tip
1.0 is not the end
There has been some concern that 1.0 was the last update to the game. We would like to clarify that 1.0 was not the end, but a new beginning. 1.0 has different meanings for different games. For us, it is just a commercially stable version number, followed by many other version numbers. Just as we have shown with several updates that we have done past the 1.0 version, with more to come.
What is Next?
We are working on more performance tweaks, and the next chapter to the story of Apollo the Shady Trader, and the Journey home.
📝 We love to hear from you!
Feel free to reach out to us at any time. Please share your thoughts. We are always listening.
Marooned in the endless waters of the Bermuda Void, you craft a ship from a bottle and set out to survive. Sail toward uncharted land, build camps, hunt for treasure, and trade for the supplies that keep you afloat. Then defend everything you have built from the dreaded pirates w
Marooned in the endless waters of the Bermuda Void, you craft a ship from a bottle and set out to survive. Sail toward uncharted land, build camps, hunt for treasure, and trade for the supplies that keep you afloat.
Then defend everything you have built from the dreaded pirates who stalk these strange seas. Brave it solo or rally a crew in co-op for an open-ended survival adventure on the water.
Forgotten Seas is 50% off in the Steam Summer Sale, June 25 to July 9.
Grab your copy now and make sure to check out other great indie games on sale during the Summer Sale to add them to your collection.
🍀We are in the indie.io Franchise Sale! To celebrate, we’ve just released our Captain’s Quarter update for Forgotten Seas . Grab the game now at 55% off — our deepest discount yet , available until April 17th. This price won’t be back again anytime soon, so now’s the perfect tim
🍀We are in the indie.io Franchise Sale!
To celebrate, we’ve just released our Captain’s Quarter update for Forgotten Seas.
Grab the game now at 55% off — our deepest discount yet, available until April 17th.
This price won’t be back again anytime soon, so now’s the perfect time to jump in (and bring your friends along!).
New Item "Ship Furniture" can be placed in the Ship's Inventory to unlock the Captain's Quarters on Mary Rose and Justicar Ships. Once the Captain's Quarters are unlocked, the Crew will utilize the Crew Supplies (used to repair the ship and fire cannons) much more efficiently and sparingly. Resulting in less Crew Supplies being consumed from the Ship.
Ship Furniture can be obtained from Captain Nyx at Fort Pangea. A New Quest "Ship Furniture" is available to players above level 30. Once the quest is completed, a new Furniture Shop will unlock at Captain Nyx, where the new item can be obtained via Stamps.
🐞 Other Changes & Optimizations
Some optimizations on shader loading (reducing some CPU overhead)
More optimizations on world illumination and light sources (reducing some GPU overhead)
Adjusted sound levels for Narrations.
Fixed an issue with a small blank tooltip window appearing while in Build Mode and hovering over a processing unit.
Limited Time Holiday items are no longer available from Trader Shop and Build Menu. Till next time!
Holiday items already placed in your worlds will still exist
👉 While you're here, check out some other cool titles included in the indie.io Franchise Sale.
🙏 Thank you for your Patience 🙏
We are a very small, 2-person team with limited resources. We are also a mom and a dad. Sometimes things take time. Especially in a game genre that is larger than life, with even larger expectations. We are doing everything we can to make a fun and quirky game that carves its own niche in this highly aggressive industry. We are truly thankful for the support that we have received. We appreciate your patience as we continue to develop and support the game. There are many more milestones, still left to achieve. Stay tuned for more upcoming updates!
📝 We love to hear from you!
Feel free to reach out to us at any time. Please share your thoughts. We are always listening (Even if we are quiet from time to time). Not a single day goes by when we are not thinking about our players.
🎄 ⭐ New Items and Decorations! ⭐ 🎄 Trees, Presents, Wreaths, and Garlands! Found at the Tropical Trader. These can be placed via build menu. To spawn the Tropical trader, you may need to defeat nearby Pirate Trade Blockade ships. ❄ Shoot Snowflakes from Your Ships ❄ New Holiday
🎄 ⭐ New Items and Decorations! ⭐ 🎄
Trees, Presents, Wreaths, and Garlands! Found at the Tropical Trader. These can be placed via build menu. To spawn the Tropical trader, you may need to defeat nearby Pirate Trade Blockade ships.
❄ Shoot Snowflakes from Your Ships ❄
New Holiday Cannons at Tropical Trader Shop. Place one in your ship to change cannons to a Frost effect. They are not consumed on use. You can find this item at the Tropical Trader.
🐞 Other Changes and Critical Bug Fixes 🐞
Fixed a critical input issue where the camera would not turn full 360 on some wireless peripheral devices. This was caused due to a conflict in input data when multiple peripherals were used simultaneously.
Fixed an issue with crouching in shallow water causing the animation to glitch out
Optimized the input module to fix an input glitch caused when players were in build mode
Optimized network module to minimize network latency related issues.
Optimized the world lighting for better performance (the world will feel a bit more lively!)
Added some lights to the Merchant Ship encounter
Looking at a dropped item and pressing F will now pick up that particular item, instead of another item. This change is done to allow players to be able to pick up only select items should they choose to. If no item is being looked at, pressing F will continue to pick up random nearby items. Spamming F will continue to pick up all items nearby.
We have addressed some critical issues in this update. We will now shift our focus on some upcoming content updates! So, stay tuned for some content updates soon!
🎁 Show Your Decorations! 🎍
We would love to see your decorated bases! Share photos or videos of your bases in our community thread 👉 here
❄ Steam Winter Sale! ❄
Get the game on our Winter Sale and save! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2168260/Forgotten_Seas/
🙏 A humble request from your devs 🙏
Please remember to leave us reviews. Reviews are like fuel; be it praise or constructive feedback. We are a small team of two, and our studio runs on passion! We are committed to making this game all it can be and see it all the way through! Visit our store page to leave a review
We have a friendly and helpful community. Hop on board this incredible journey!
The Runaway Boat - Multiplayer Fix We are happy to announce that we have fixed a network glitch that caused a boat to become unresponsive to commands in multiplayer mode. At times, leading it to continue to move (run away). This caused the boat to get lost at Sea. This happened d
The Runaway Boat - Multiplayer Fix
We are happy to announce that we have fixed a network glitch that caused a boat to become unresponsive to commands in multiplayer mode. At times, leading it to continue to move (run away). This caused the boat to get lost at Sea.
This happened due to a file conflict in the network loading module between the client and the server. Normally, after a failed or incomplete update. If you have encountered this issue, we apologize. This bug fix took longer than expected to fix as it was hard to replicate it on our end. We had been tracking this issue for several months. A big thank you to those who sent us their save files to help us investigate this issue.
Please remember to leave us reviews! Every little bit helps! We are a very small team of 2, working on a project that is larger than life! Games like this are rare, and many indie teams have given up working on projects like these. We are committed to making this game all it can be and see it all the way through! Visit our store page to leave a review
We have a friendly and helpful community. Hop on board this incredible journey!
🎃 ⭐ New Items and Decorations! ⭐ 🎃 New Halloween Decorations! Pumpkins and Lanterns. You may find these new items in the tropical trader. These can be placed via build menu. New furniture/decor - anchors, oars, and hanging wall planters You may find these new items in the tropi
🎃 ⭐ New Items and Decorations! ⭐ 🎃
New Halloween Decorations! Pumpkins and Lanterns.
You may find these new items in the tropical trader. These can be placed via build menu.
New furniture/decor - anchors, oars, and hanging wall planters
You may find these new items in the tropical trader. These can be placed via build menu.
Other Changes:
Building height restrictions raised to a slightly higher level, allowing for taller base builds.
Fixed an issue where certain hats were blocking the first-person camera view
Fixed an issue where tooltips on some items and interactables were not appearing for some returning players.
Juice now does not require water as an ingredient - just fruits.
Text in the Journal changed to explain the Juice ingredients
Fixed some issues with Portuguese (Brazil) Translations
Special thanks to our community members. Localization is an ongoing effort, and we rely on community feedback to improve the translations. Please report any issues in our Discord.
Optimized the input to respond a bit better to drag and drop operations.
If you have previously had issues with dragging items onto the action bar, please check to see if the issue is now resolved.
A special thanks to all our players, backers and supporters - you all ROCK!
Please leave us a review if you haven't yet. Reviews help us small indies a great deal!
Please Join our discord to submit feedback and interact with our helpful community!
⛵A new journey into and beyond 1.0 ! 👫💻We are gamers just like you! Forgotten Seas was born from a maelstrom of passion that defied common sense. Two Gamers, turned Game Devs on a whim, decided to take on one of the most challenging genres of game design. Despite being discoura
Forgotten Seas was born from a maelstrom of passion that defied common sense. Two Gamers, turned Game Devs on a whim, decided to take on one of the most challenging genres of game design. Despite being discouraged by many, we told each other that we would be happy even if a single player played our game and loved it! Today Forgotten Seas is played by thousands of players all across the world and growing. This brings immense joy to our hearts! With our latest update, we embark on a new journey!
🧩More content inbound!
Mind you, that we are not done. 1.0 does not mean the end. It is just a version number. There will be 1.1, 1.2...and more. We want to give you more! There will still be continued updates and improvements. While there is still room for improvement, there are hundreds of hours of fun to be had in our game. We believe the game is ready for the floodgates to open.
📜What's NEW in 1.0
We present you a new and improved Forgotten Seas! For a list of improvements made through the course of Early Access, check out our previous post here. We are going to get right to the business end of our new Dreadnaught Class Ship, the Justicar.
🏴☠️The Justicar Rises - a new ship in a new era!
A fearsome 200-foot dreadnaught is now available to all! The ship that will make sure that justice prevails in the tumultuous void of the Bermuda Triangle. This multiple decked monstrosity, resistant to all types of damage (including half-life damage) is capable of withstanding the onslaught of the army of the most feared pirate "Bone Gravy". Obtaining this ship is going to require proof that you are worthy of it! Are you prepared?
⚔ New Gravy Bones Encounter
In search of yet another artifact (a Temporal Hourglass) that contains the secret to unfurling time itself, you must face the enemy that holds on to it. Bone Gravy - part ghost, part beast, is a formidable enemy who allegedly cannot be killed. With Commander Half-Life as his right hand, his army causes chaos in the Forgotten Seas. Can you figure out a way to defeat him amidst his forces?
🤸Be a busy bee!
Looking for more things to do? Forgotten Seas can keep you busy for hours!
Here are a few ideas:
👨👩👧👦 Play with friends and family!
Did you know that Forgotten Seas features 4-player co-op mode? You can play with other players on Steam! We think the game is more fun when played with friends! So go ahead, and get your friends in the game or join our Discord to find other players!
🚤 Build "Ships To Go"
Be it for yourself or your comrades, you can craft a ship in a bottle to go! Forgotten Seas features a unique ship crafting, spawning, and storage system. Craft a ship in a bottle and carry it in your satchel wherever you go! Toss the bottle in the middle of the ocean and spawn a ship, and don't worry, it's just as easy to put a fully grown ship back in the bottle for safekeeping.
💰💎 Amass great wealth and treasures
Establish a township and manage a crew, trade, and manufacture goods. Grow sugarcane, ferment rum and ale, build treasuries, run bars, treasure hunt, and more!
🏠⚓Build a cozy tropical base
With new improvements to our base building, you can now build even more creative dwellings. Our building system is designed to blend in with tropical waters with a full dock and farm.
👫A big thank you from Pangea Game Studios
We are a small two-person, family-run game studio. Your support and kind consideration will go a long way. We are developing the game with you, for you — Join our Discord to celebrate the launch together!
⭐Oh, and don't forget to leave us an honest review. We love to hear from you!
🌴🌊Celebrate with BIG Discounts!
Don't forget to get the game at the best discount to date, during the 1.0 release.
⛵We are sailing into 1.0 on Oct 11th '25!! 👫Made by gamers, for gamers! We are a husband-wife team of 2. We are both gamers and game devs. Forgotten Seas is a game made by gamers, for gamers! From the outset, our community provided essential feedback and an endless stream of ide
⛵We are sailing into 1.0 on Oct 11th '25!!
👫Made by gamers, for gamers!
We are a husband-wife team of 2. We are both gamers and game devs. Forgotten Seas is a game made by gamers, for gamers! From the outset, our community provided essential feedback and an endless stream of ideas that helped us realize our vision. This game is a passion project that feels larger than life!
💎What improvements were made since Early Access
We have added significant content throughout our Early Access course. Some of the main gameplay additions include:
🌴 Graphics & Performance
Aside from a major graphic overhaul to bring you beautiful tropical scenery (lush blue waters, vibrant landscape, and cozy dwellings), we have also made performance improvements that make for smooth gameplay in a dynamic world where players can place their own buildings amidst countless other mechanics at play.
⚓ Crew & Community
Crew recruitment, township building, and management systems
Expanded base-building to create safe havens
🗺️ Exploration & Adventure
Fully developed map system
Treasure hunting, collection, and display mechanics
New adventures across the high seas
🚢 Sailing & Combat
Sailing skill progression system
More naval combat encounters and on-foot battles
Additional ships to master and command
📦 Economy & Objectives
Commodity trading and delivery missions
More layered gameplay loops to discover
Forgotten Seas is a game of chill and thrill. You can seek as adventurous a thrill as you like, or lie back in your hammock on your self-made tropical dock, and sip lemonade while growing your own hops and crops!
The full 1.0 release combines all of these additions with a fundamental overhaul of the game's graphics, performance, and an endless list of tweaks made in collaboration with the community. It's a true adventure on the high seas, with a carefully tuned sailing experience, intense combat both across the waves and on dry land, a robust skill system, and precious treasures to hunt down, collect, and display as players attempt to solve the mystery of the Bermuda Void.
⚓We are not done
While we may be sailing into 1.0, we are not done! 1.0 means there will be a 1.1, 1.2, ...and 2.0! While some may think that 1.0 marks an end. "1.0" in the software engineering world means - a new beginning. We have more parts of the story planned, new biomes, new features, new improvements, and new adventures that await. There are several things you can do in our game!
Here are a few ideas:
⛵Craft a "Ship-In-A-Bottle"
It all begins with a bottle! Lost deep inside the Bermuda Triangle, discover the art of shrinking a ship into a bottle. You can summon a ship from a bottle at an opportune moment, and put it back in the bottle if needed!
🏴☠️ Build mighty ships and rule the seas
Craft a fleet of ships and sail into the mysterious adventures that await you. Battle the Pirates and the Seas! Be it to find your way out, or to forge your own destiny in this mysterious realm.
💎Build a Township and trade goods
Establish a township and manage crew, trade and manufacture goods. grow farms, build treasuries, run bars and more!
🏠⚓Build a cozy tropical base and docks!
With new improvements to our base building, you can now build even more creative dwellings. Our building system is designed to blend in with tropical waters with a full dock and farm.
🌴🌊Join the party at the beaches of Forgotten Seas!
Don't forget to wishlist the game and join our Discord Community to celebrate the launch together!
👫A big thank you from Pangea Game Studios
We are a small two-person, family-run game studio. Your support and kind consideration has gone a long way to fuel our passion and creativity. We are developing the game with you — hop on aboard!
Changes: Sounds and new Shanties to the ship crew Sound effects added to stranded Crew found on smaller islands Sound and Narration added to intro cinematic Narration by Sir Jim added to intro story quests Voices to certain NPCs added Voice and music to Pangea tavern New improved
Changes:
Sounds and new Shanties to the ship crew
Sound effects added to stranded Crew found on smaller islands
Sound and Narration added to intro cinematic
Narration by Sir Jim added to intro story quests
Voices to certain NPCs added
Voice and music to Pangea tavern
New improved visuals on ghosts that show up at night
Better splash effects when a bottle is thrown in the ocean
Fixed some translation issues where “world save” notification was incorrectly translated
Some text on loading screen and home screen changed
Text in the Journal changed to explain the trading posts
Trade days for the trading posts are now shown on a poster at the board
Smoother fade effects on some pop-up windows and inventory windows
Traps in the Pyramid may now be disabled by stealing all Anubis Statues
The Anubis Statue is now properly displayed in the Crew Treasury
Dubloon bag chance increased in the Crew Bar when selling drinks in the Crew Bar
Fixed an issue where the achievement X marks the spot was not showing up for client
Please Rate Us!
Please remember to leave us reviews! Every little bit helps! We are a very small team of 2, working on a project that is larger than life! Games like this are rare, and many indie teams have given up working on projects like these. We are committed to making this game all it can be and see it all the way through! Visit our store page to leave a review
We have a friendly and helpful community. Hop on board this incredible journey!
Changes: VSYNC and Buffering options are now available in the FPS settings on the home screen VSYNC or triple buffering can help those who experience screen tearing from monitor refresh rate related issues. However, please be advised that using VSYNC on multiple simultaneous appl
Changes:
VSYNC and Buffering options are now available in the FPS settings on the home screen
VSYNC or triple buffering can help those who experience screen tearing from monitor refresh rate related issues.
However, please be advised that using VSYNC on multiple simultaneous applications can cause screen freezing or white-screen crashes. As a general tip, If you are alt-tabbing between different applications, consider turning vsync OFF.
Optimized some more Shaders for dynamic lighting
Xbox controllers are now automatically detected when plugged in, and the correct default configuration is applied. For other controllers, you may need to activate steam input separately as we are still in the process of optimizing partial controller support.
Quest “Restore Crew Haven” now retroactively finishes for all other players on multiplayer if any player on a server clears the rubbles.
Fixed an issue where Maple syrup taps were not interactable via mouse clicks if placed close to other syrup taps.
Maple Syrup tap now properly shows the time remaining on collecting Maple Syrup.
Clam and Crab harvester ranges have been increased. Your crew will now harvest clams and crabs without needing the presence of the captain as long as job orders are given.
Windmill, Iron Stove, Advanced Fermenters, and Advanced Aging Barrels have had their ranges increased
Fixed an animation issue with the shovel where the sound and effects were not timed properly
Pickup animation now only plays once every second to avoid glitching when someone spams the F key to pick up something nearby.
Fixed an issue where the sprint ability was taking too much energy at a higher energy pool (when more points were added to the energy stat).
Added some smoothing when player character turns instead of flipping instantly towards the direction of motion
Fixed a bug where Chairs were taking damage during the storms
The stats panel background in the inventory window is changed to display the stats a bit more clearly.
The Quest Journey Home Part 1 is now available at the Shady Trader
The Quest Obtain a Treasure Map is now given when someone breaks the lost chest at the Crash site for the first time.
The in- game journal has been updated to include a new Trading tab with more information to come on Trading and Trade deliveries.
Please Rate Us!
Please remember to leave us reviews! Every little bit helps! We are a very small team of 2, working on a project that is larger than life! Games like this are rare, and many indie teams have given up working on projects like these. We are committed to making this game all it can be and see it all the way through! Visit our store page to leave a review
We have a friendly and helpful community. Hop on board this incredible journey!
World Save notification is now shown when the world is about to save. A 10 second heads up notification is now shown when world save is about to happen. Optimized the world system for better performance. You will likely see noticeable smoothness overall as a result of this patch!
World Save notification is now shown when the world is about to save.
A 10 second heads up notification is now shown when world save is about to happen.
Optimized the world system for better performance.
You will likely see noticeable smoothness overall as a result of this patch! You will now see increased framerates while sailing in the ocean. Players with large bases will also see a smoother gameplay overall.
Side Effects: As a result of this patch, you might see some items take a little time (a few seconds) to appear and/or destroy. For example, Lights, small decorations, cups, plates, etc. We reduced their overhead costs to save on performance. It should not be an issue that impacts gameplay at all.
Thanks to everyone who contributed their save files to help optimize the world better for base builders and combat enthusiasts alike!
Please remember to leave us reviews! Every little bit helps! We are a very small team of 2, working on a project that is larger than life. We are committed to making this game all it can be!
ːsteamthisːCheck out the video above for a sneak peek of the update ːsteamthisː New Trading and Building Island — Crew Haven Restore the Haven and start trade and delivery operations! New repeatable Trading and Delivery objectives. New repeatable Seek and Destroy objectives. New
ːsteamthisːCheck out the video above for a sneak peek of the update ːsteamthisː
New Trading and Building Island — Crew Haven
Restore the Haven and start trade and delivery operations!
New repeatable Trading and Delivery objectives. New repeatable Seek and Destroy objectives. New Crew Buildings.
Trade Crates
Collect and manufacture Trade Crates after restoring your crew buildings at the Crew Haven. Deliver Trade Goods to remote ports and earn Dubloons!
Check your objectives for a mission to Travel to Crew Haven (at level 21) to get started.
Supply and Demand
Different Trade crates are in demand every day. Check the Crew Haven Board “Trade Goods shop” to find the Trade Crates that are in demand by the Northwest and Southwest Trade ports for that day.Trade Crates can be acquired either by manufacturing them in your new Crew Buildings or by putting a security deposit in the Trade Goods shop.
Crew Buildings
Crew buildings can be obtained in the Dubloon Shop at the Crew Haven Board. Crew Buildings can be placed in the Town Square (central area) of Crew Haven Island. When you try to place the building, you will see arrows that will guide you to the correct installation location.
You can earn Dubloons by doing some objectives at the board. Some simple objectives may reward you your first Dubloons, which can then be used to expand your operations further. To get started with the Trading operations, you may need to obtain your first Trade Crates from the Crew Haven Board Trade Goods Shop. Once you successfully deliver these Trade Crates to their respective ports, you will be rewarded. Once a delivery objective is accepted, you will see the map markers on your compass, or in the map by pressing M.
There are different kinds of crew buildings. Each building has its own benefit, and each building creates its own kind of unique products, with some additional benefit. For example, Crew Farm grows coffee, and the Crew Brewery makes a Mauby base used for making Mauby (a new drink). You can sell some drinks at the Crew Bar and make some Gold and Dubloons as a side hustle!
Crew Work Orders
Crew buildings run on Crew Work Orders that need to be crafted. Check your player crafting or your workbench to create new Work Orders. This item can be crafted with both "C" crafting menu and the Workbench. Crew Work Orders are used to keep production running in the Crew Buildings. Place the Work Orders in the storage of your crew buildings, and the crew will start working!
Treasury Building
Display your treasures and earn Treasury Bills. Installing a Treasury Building is a good way to earn some passive income on the side. Display Treasures you find hidden deep inside a Pyramid, or treasures swallowed by pet Krakens that steal shiny things! New Treasury building can be placed in the Crew Haven town. Place treasures found from the Pyramid and Beast loot to generate Treasury Bills. The Treasury Bills can be turned in at Captain Nyx for rewards.
New Crew Work Boats and Crew Shipyard can be placed at the dock at Crew Haven. The Shipyard will craft Pangea Defender Ships for Sir Jim in exchange for rewards.
An Ocean Beast Rises…
A new Beast Invasion will now haunt the Forgotten Seas. Beast will rise near Crew Haven and can be destroyed by both melee weapons and ship cannonballs. These beasts are known to steal treasures and can hold swallowed treasure caches in their bellies! Obtained a swallowed treasure cache for a chance at finding rare treasures and display them in your Treasury Building.
Commander Half-Life & his Cargo Stealin' Thugs Encounter
Commander Half Life is the leader of the cargo stealers. He spawns when you accept a Dangerous Delivery Objective. Dangerous Delivery is a mission for those who wish for a challenge. Beware, this mission will put most of your skills to the test. Most important skill for this encounter is your “Navigation Skill” that improves your speed and handling of your ship. Commander Half Life can only be defeated by outmaneuvering his ship. More details will be available in your objective. You can see your objectives in the Journal [J] or Objectives [O].
New Cargo Stealers!
Beware! Some Cargo Stealer ships may block your path. They are notorious thugs led by their Commander Half Life! They will try to steal your trade crates, and any valuables you may be carrying on you or your ship. If your cargo is stolen, the cargo stealer will try to run away. You can recover your stolen cargo by destroying the thief. You will need to hurry as the cargo stealer may get away and you may lose your crates and other valuable goods.
New “Navigation” Skill
The New Navigation skill improves your speed and handling with each level. You can increase the level of your navigation skill by collecting Navigation Skill Pages and Navigation Charts.
Navigation Skill Pages and Navigation Charts
Navigation Skill pages can be obtained by the new Interactive Wind and Sail Management system. Align your sails to the correct “Point-Of-Sail” when prompted to do so in the course of your sailing. When you match your ship sails to the prompted Point-Of-Sail direction, you have a chance to receive a skill page. When you match your sail to the proper direction, you will receive a speed buff as well. Navigation Charts can be obtained at the Dubloon Shop in the Crew Haven board. Collect enough pages and charts to make a Navigation Skill Book and enhance your skill!
New Interactive Wind System and adjustable “Point-Of-Sail”
Turn and adjust your sails to the proper Point-Of-Sail orientation to gain an advantage. You can find this in the ship HUD (bottom left corner of the screen). When prompted to do so, align your sails correctly for a wind buff akin to the point-of-sail direction.
For example, if the wind system shows a Starboard Tack (Wind blowing from the Starboard Side), the sails will need to be turned a few degrees clockwise to catch the proper wind. Doing so will give you a wind buff and a chance to obtain a Navigation Skill Page. Such an advantage is extremely helpful in new encounters such as the Commander Half Life encounter.
Mermaid Buffs
Mermaids give significant sailing speeds when you brush by them with your ship. Mermaids may also give you health and energy, and leave you some gifts from time to time. If you happen to spot a mermaid, be sure to swing by and say hello! Mermaid buffs can be great at times when you desperately need energy or health, or when there is no wind. Mermaid buffs can also provide a crucial speed advantage in fighting your enemies. Mermaid buffs are generally short lived bursts, but when timed aptly, they can be a great ally.
New Kitchen and Kitchen Decorations
New Kitchen is now available in the Dubloon Shop. While it doesn’t cook anything new, it lists most recipes for you, so you don’t have to remember the processing details should you choose to. However, if you enjoy discovering recipes on your own, you can still continue to use the stoves and campfire the way you are used to.
New decorations like hanging spices, cheese, meats etc are now also available for the base builder and decorator enthusiasts.
New Drinks Coffee and Mauby
Coffee provides a significant energy regeneration buff and Mauby increases your thirst pool and provides you a shot of energy. New Coffee Pot to brew Coffee is available in the Dubloon Shop. To make coffee, coffee must first be grown at the Crew Farm by adding Crew Work Orders to the Crew Farm after installation. Coffee can be consumed to gain energy and can also be packed at the Packing Workbench to sell in the Forest Market Stall.
New Mauby drinks can be made in the fermenters. To make Mauby, a Mauby base is required. Mauve base can be obtained from the Crew Brewery by adding Crew Work Orders to the Crew Brewery. Mauby can be consumed for energy and thirst and can also be packed at the Packing Workbench to sell in the Tropical Market Stall.
New item: Ship Insurance
Place one Ship Insurance in your ship inventory. If your ship is destroyed, it will be recovered in your Vault in Fort Pangea. Ship Insurance can be obtained from the Crew Haven Board.
Other Changes
Harvestable Trees (e.g. Coconut Trees) will no longer spawn on your foundations.
Improvements to lighting torches and other light fixtures
You may need to replace some light fixtures as now less light fixtures are required to light up your base. If you are using too many torches or lamps, consider replacing them with fewer light fixtures. Avoid using too many free standing torches and wall mounted lights in the same area, consider using fewer of them.
After teleporting or respawning from a faraway location, your base will now be loaded quicker than before.
New Trade Ports added on Northwest and Southwest locations on the map.
New Currency "Dubloons".
Added some new items such as Crew Supplies and Sea Biscuits to the loot tables of Pirate enemies.
New decor including banners, food shelves and signs.
Defend Fort Pangea encounter now also awards some Crew Supplies.
New Clam and Crab Harvesters to place on shallow waters. Obtainable at Crew Haven.
Summer Sale!
Be sure to take advantage of the current Summer Sale and get the game! The oceans await your presence!
A Note from your Devs
👧 We are a small, family-run, Indie Dev Team of 2 🧑 We do not have the resources of larger teams and larger game studios. We are developing a game with a big scope and larger than life expectations. It is going to take time and your support. Forgotten Seas is in Early Access, and still under development. We have big plans! In time we will make this game all it can be!
🙏 Reviews are the bread and butter of us small Indies! Please leave us your honest reviews 🙏 🤟 A special thanks to all our players, backers and supporters - you all ROCK 🤟
We have a friendly and helpful community. Hop on board this incredible journey!
ːsteamthisːCheck out the video above for a sneak peek of the update ːsteamthisː X Marks The Spot! Be a Treasure Hunter and collect Timeless Relics! New Repeatable Treasure Hunting objectives that pay Gold and Stamps. Discover New Relics and complete your collection. Combine new T
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X Marks The Spot!
Be a Treasure Hunter and collect Timeless Relics!
New Repeatable Treasure Hunting objectives that pay Gold and Stamps.
Discover New Relics and complete your collection.
Combine new Treasure Clues to craft Treasure Maps.
Collect Treasure Clues hidden across the Bermuda Triangle to put together Treasure maps. Check your crafting recipes in Player Crafting and Workbenches to combine treasure clues.
Click and Use the Treasure Map to place an 'X' on the map in a random location. Press [M] to see the location on the map.
Mysterious Relics
Mysterious Relics maybe found when digging up the Treasure in the X Marks the Spot objective. Sail to the marked location with a shovel and dig up the treasure to find Mysterious Relics or more treasure clues! Click and Use the Mysterious Relic to reveal a Random Rare Collectible Relic.
Treasure Clues drop from Common and Rare Treasure Caches, Trade Blockade Ships, Flotsams, Enemy Ports, Coffer drops from the sky, Smugglers, and Scavengers etc. Lost Chest on starter island gives a guaranteed Treasure Clue and a Shovel to get you started!
New Treasure Display Shelf
Craft a New Treasure Display Shelf to display all your collected Relics and trigger achievements. Exchange any surplus Relics for gold at a Trader. Collect a set of several Relics hidden across the map and place them inside the Treasure Display Shelf.
The Relics that are displayed in the Treasure Display Shelf do have a main story quest significance that is yet to be revealed. You may want to discover and hold on to at least 1 set of Relics and sell or exchange the surplus Relics at a Trader or give to a friend.
New Salvager Ship (The Sloop)
A new ship in a bottle to behold! The Salvager, a sloop class ship designed to fit perfectly with your treasure hunting desires. Increased loot pickup range, agility, cargo and speed. While not a ship fitted for heavy combat, it can hold its own in small skirmishes. Fast and agile enough to catch up with Smugglers, and takes significantly reduced damage when on the run! Its purpose is to treasure hunt, and run away before too many enemies overwhelm you.
This ship can be obtained in Sir Jim’s shop for stamps.
It can also obtained by finishing a new Quest: Sir Jim’s Ship In A Bottle.
This ship has bonus to Fire Damage and has Bonus Resistance to Physical Damage
Inertia is now enabled on Boats
We know that boats don’t start and stop on a whim. We had this disabled in our early development phase to keep things simple for performance and networking reasons. Our goal is to keep boat navigation and controls overall simple and intuitive, but a little immersion is also good for gameplay. We have enabled a small amount of non-intrusive inertia on all boats. Boat movement control will overall feel a bit more natural and smoother, but not cumbersome. Be advised, this feature is enabled on Single Player mode only.
Improved Handing, Storage and Pickup Range on All Ships
Better Pickup Range on all boats, and Better Handling and Turning
You can Pick up nearby items in the ocean from an increased ranged by pressing the F key while mounted.
More Storage slots in Ships, Players and Chests
Shrink the Ship Back Into The Bottle!
Apollo (The Shady Trader) now sells an item, the “Ship Shrinker”. You can now shrink your ship back in the bottle should you desire. To shrink your ship, simply put the item in the ship’s cargo hold (aka inventory).
Ship Shrinker will only work if your ship has no missing health. As in you may not be able to shrink it in combat or when taking damage in battle. However, if you can run away from enemies and heal your ship to full. You can shrink it back. Any cargo in the hold will be sent to your vault at Fort Pangea. To access your vault, visit Sir Jim at Fort Pangea.
New Steam Achievements
New Steam Achievements have been added to go along with your Treasure Hunting! A New Steam Achievement is added to throw a ship in a bottle in the ocean. This can be completed by throwing any ship in the bottle in the ocean. To make it easier, you can obtain a free Salvager Sloop by finishing the new quest Sir Jim’s Sloop which will be given to all players who have finished a certain set of quests.
New Falling Coffer Caches
New Item “Coffers” can be collected in the ocean in remote areas of the ocean. Coffers are dropped in the ocean from the Pangea Air ship in the sky (story). While you may not always see the Air Ship since it hovers high above the clouds, you may see coffers fall from the sky. Coffers may contain treasure clues and some common resources for players.
Keep an eye out for falling caches from the sky! These caches do disappear, so if you see one fall, go to it. Remember, they are only dropped in the outskirt sections of the map around the smaller islands and far edges of the map. You will only see them as long as your ship isn't idle in the ocean and is moving.
New First Person Camera Option
Toggle between First and Third Person camera mode to make your gameplay more interesting and immersive! Press the F7 key when in game to switch views.
Currently this feature is experimental, and your camera setting will not be saved in preferences. While we intend for both settings to co-exist for all players, let us know which mode you prefer playing in!
New Framerate Limit Setting
To follow up with our last update, we have added an FPS limit setting to the game’s Home Screen. This can be chosen before getting into the game. While we will do everything possible to make sure the game runs at optimum levels, it is a good idea to regularly take care of your PC components. Dust and clean your components regularly to avoid overheating issues. If needed, choose proper settings in your NVIDIA or AMD control panels or similar. You can set FPS limits and fine tune other graphic settings via your GPU specific control panels.
Other Changes
All Storage Chests, Player, and Boats now have their slots slightly increased.
Campfires and Iron Stove will now start cooking a recipe if it's already burning fuel
Quests can now be tracked and untracked from the Objectives menu [O] or similar
Hostile Environment message now shows the consumable to counter the hostile effect
Added new Enemy Ports to shoot in the ocean. A small Pirate Town on a rock!
Destroying Enemy Ports may offer resources and a chance to find Treasure Clues
Added new Stranded Crew in the ocean near smaller islands
Stranded crew give crew agreements and crew supplies
You can free Stranded Crew with any skeleton key
New usable items such as Bag o' Gold and Mysterious Relic These items can be used from player inventory by clicking the item and clicking "Use"
New Seed bags can be purchased from Tropical & Forest Traders and Shady Merchant
Seed bags can be opened to reveal random seeds from the particular Biome
Added tutorial quests for crafting a campfire and eating energy food
Added visual markers to some starter objectives.
Renamed some quest titles for more clarity
First quest "Message in a Bottle" now gives a Treasure Map
Lost Chest on starter island now gives a Treasure Clue and Shovel
Pressing M for Map now shows Available Quest icons on the map at major hubs
Stone and Copper Key durability has been increased to open more chests
Fixed an issue that was causing Forest Teleport option to show before the Forest objectives were complete. This was causing some lower-level players to get stranded.
Fixed an issue that was causing bamboo walls to not give additional options menu
A Note from your Devs
👧 We are a small, family-run, Indie Dev Team of 2 🧑 We do not have the resources of larger teams and larger game studios. We are developing a game with a big scope and larger than life expectations. It is going to take time and your support. Forgotten Seas is in Early Access, and still under development. We have big plans! In time we will make this game all it can be!
🙏 Reviews are the bread and butter of us small Indies! Please leave us your honest reviews 🙏 🤟 A special thanks to all our players, backers and supporters - you all ROCK 🤟
We have a friendly and helpful community. Hop on board this incredible journey!
ːsteamthisːCheck out the video above for a sneak peek of the update ːsteamthisː Build Creative Tiki Bases Unleash your creativity and take your Tiki / Bamboo builds to a whole new level! New Corner Roofs for Tiki / Bamboo: Outer Corner (Hip) and Inner Corner (Valley). Hip Roofs c
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Build Creative Tiki Bases
Unleash your creativity and take your Tiki / Bamboo builds to a whole new level!
New Corner Roofs for Tiki / Bamboo: Outer Corner (Hip) and Inner Corner (Valley).
Hip Roofs can attach to any bamboo wall.
Hip Roofs can also be attached to bamboo large trim (pillar) and bamboo doorways.
Hip Roofs can also be attached to other Hip Roofs and Valley Roofs expanding the number of possible variations of the roof line.
Valley Roof can attach to Gable Roof pieces such as bamboo Right Roof, bamboo Middle Roof, and Left Roof - Note that right and left bamboo roofs are determined by the direction of the angled frayed edges when placing a roof on wall (when facing the wall from the inside).
Bamboo Windows can now be placed on both sides of the Bamboo Window Wall.
Bamboo Foundation and Half Foundations can now be attached to the bottom of the foundation stairs creating a potential to build various landings on your staircases.
Major Performance Optimization
Forgotten Seas is a CPU intensive, multiplayer base building game. We will continue to optimize at every chance we get. We are a 2 person team and this is a monumental task. It will take some time. We thank you for your patience.
We have optimized several aspects of the game to bring you faster frame rates and smoother gameplay. Some of you may see triple digit framerates in newly created worlds and an overall smoother performance. Currently saved worlds will also benefit from performance optimizations, depending on how many storage entities, and building pieces are placed close to each other.
Overall, there should still be a noticeable boost in your performance, whether your world is new or old. While we have increased the number of building units that can be rendered effectively in a small area, you may experience some bottlenecks in heavily congested areas with a lot of building and processing units. To continue to experience a smoother performance as your world grows, try spreading out your buildings, processing units and other decorations.
Significantly Faster World Load Times
We have optimized world loading to bring you significantly faster world loading times regardless of your base build size. Most worlds should load within 15-30 seconds as opposed to 2-5 min loading times before for larger worlds! Don’t let loading times hold you back any more. Get ready to Unleash your creativity!
Other Changes
Added a no-build zone near the tropical and forest traders to prevent players inadvertently building too close to the trader location. This is to prevent the trader ship from intruding in your homes!
Fixed some translation related issues. We are aware that there may be some missing or incorrect translations. We will be making more of these fixes over a period of time.
Added new loading scene images for world loading, teleporting and respawning.
Fixed an issue that was causing incompatibility related UI crashes when using a mouse with extremely high poll rates. This manifested to some users as the UI icons being stuck on the screen or non responsive while dragging the mouse.
Forgotten Seas is included in our Publisher Sale!
If you have not embarked on your journey yet, now is the time! Get the game now and Save! Check out games from our publisher (Indie.Io) .
A Note from your Devs
👧 We are a small, family-run, Indie Dev Team of 2 🧑 We do not have the resources of larger teams and larger game studios. We are developing a game with a big scope and larger than life expectations. It is going to take time and your support. Forgotten Seas is in Early Access, and still under development. We have big plans! In time we will make this game all it can be!
🙏 Reviews are the bread and butter of us small Indies! Please leave us your honest reviews 🙏 🤟 A special thanks to all our players, backers and supporters - you all ROCK 🤟
We have a friendly and helpful community. Hop on board this incredible journey!
⚓ The Builder's Bounty ⚓ Major Update Releases Apr 11th! Help us celebrate this major update and get a chance to win keys! ːsteamthisːCheck out the video above for a sneak peek of the update ːsteamthisː 🌊 Contest Info 🌊 One lucky winner will get TWO Steam keys for Forgotten Sea
⚓ The Builder's Bounty ⚓
Major Update Releases Apr 11th!
Help us celebrate this major update and get a chance to win keys!
If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Spring Sale! Catch the game on sale from March 13th through the 20th . Enjoy our recent Game Updates! You may now craft and sell Crate of Jars and Crate of Plants. Jars and Plant
If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Spring Sale! Catch the game on sale from March 13th through the 20th.
Enjoy our recent Game Updates!
You may now craft and sell Crate of Jars and Crate of Plants. Jars and Plants may be found at the small islands around the Deadman's Island. The new crates will sell in the Tropical Market Stall, when there is no trade blockade present.
Thank You!
A special thanks to all our players, backers and supporters - you all ROCK!
Note: This game is an Early Access Tite, and still under development by a very small dev team of 2 Please join our discord to submit feedback and interact with our helpful community!
New Market Crates You may now craft and sell Crate of Jars and Crate of Plants. Jars and Plants may be found at the small islands around the Deadman's Island. The new crates will sell in the Tropical Market Stall, when there is no trade blockade present. Women's Day Sale! As some
New Market Crates
You may now craft and sell Crate of Jars and Crate of Plants. Jars and Plants may be found at the small islands around the Deadman's Island. The new crates will sell in the Tropical Market Stall, when there is no trade blockade present.
Women's Day Sale!
As some of you may know, Forgotten Seas was made by a mom. Today we celebrate games by women-led studios. Tell your friends to get the game today at a discounted price!
Fixes
Fixed an issue where the finished map was not properly dropping if the Cartography Table was full. Cartography Table creates a finished map when all fragments are combined in proper fashion. In some cases, if you had more than one fragment #2 piece in the cartography table, the finished map was not forming. This has been fixed, and the finished map now properly drops with sparkles within 10 seconds of combining map fragments! If the table is not full, you may find the finished map inside the table's inventory as before.
Fixed an issue in the Journal where pressing Next arrows in Ship section would highlight the Crafting tab.
Other Changes
Reduced crafting time for Stone and Copper Keys. More optimization related changes, with minimal impact to gameplay.
Thank You!
A special thanks to all our players, backers and supporters - you all ROCK!
Note: This game is an Early Access Tite, and still under development by a very small dev team of 2
Please leave us a review if you haven't yet. Reviews help us small indies a great deal! Please join our discord to submit feedback and interact with our helpful community!
Extended Inventory for Crafting You can now craft items using ingredients stored in nearby storage chests when using a workbench or the player crafting menu (C keybind). This feature only affects workbenches and player crafting menu , but not the tiered processing units such as d
Extended Inventory for Crafting
You can now craft items using ingredients stored in nearby storage chests when using a workbench or the player crafting menu (C keybind).
This feature only affects workbenches and player crafting menu, but not the tiered processing units such as drying racks, campfires, smokers, etc. Tiered processing units will continue to function (as they were previously) from their own respective storages.
During the crafting process, the crafting system will first check for ingredients in the player inventory, then the storage chests. If ingredients are stored in different chests, the crafting system will progressively check for ingredients in each nearby chest and take what is needed, prioritizing the player’s inventory first.
Note that if similar crafting ingredients are spread out in multiple chests, it will take from a random nearby chest
For players who prefer a classic crafting system, "crafting from nearby chest" feature can be turned on and off using the F9 key (Experimental and Subject to change)
Shared Multiplayer Crafting from Storage
Client and server share nearby storages for crafting. In multiplayer mode, a client can craft from the server’s storage chests and vice versa.
Other Changes
Removed Winter Event items including Snow Forts, red satchels, and gift box visuals from Common Treasure Cache. Christmas Trees and Presents currently rezzed will still be seen, but the Building Hammer can no longer place them in the world.
Some visual optimizations to fog and lighting has been done.
A special thanks to all our players, backers and supporters - you all ROCK!
Note: This game is an Early Access Tite, and still under development by a very small dev team of 2
Please leave us a review if you haven't yet. Reviews help us small indies a great deal! Please join our discord to submit feedback and interact with our helpful community! Join our discord
If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Winter Sale! Catch the game on sale from December 19th until January 2nd ! Make sure to check out other great indie games on sale during the Winter Sale to add them to your colle
If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Winter Sale! Catch the game on sale from December 19th until January 2nd!
Make sure to check out other great indie games on sale during the Winter Sale to add them to your collection.
