Heartwood Online

Released: Aug 18, 2023
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 02:36 GMT

Updates & announcements

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12 Aug 2026Developer post
A message from the Devs
We owe the community a clear update on where Heartwood and Shadowfang currently stand. Development on Shadowfang has stalled, and we do not currently have a credible release timeline. Working on a project of this scale with a small team of developers and volunteers has presented
14 Mar 2026Developer post
Dev Log #4 – Shadowfang Testing Ahead
Shadowfang has continued moving forward over the past weeks, but as development progressed it became clear that the Q1 timeline we previously mentioned isn’t realistic anymore. Rather than rushing the update out in a half-finished state, we’re shifting the plan slightly. The next
17 Jan 2026Developer post
Dev Log #3 – Shadowfang, Bots & Next Steps
Quick update time. Recently we added a handful of popular suggestions to the game, several related to guild management and a few smaller QoL improvements (like the game remembering whether you had chat open or closed). Nothing huge, but nice good QoL. Shadowfang is deep into its
14 Dec 2025Developer post
Dev Log #2 – Winterforge Is Live, Back to Shadowfang
Winterforge went live yesterday. Thank you to everyone who jumped in immediately, reported issues, shared screenshots and generally turned the game into festive chaos faster than we expected. While Winterforge this year doesn't hold a ton of content, we intentionally want our mai
12 Dec 2025Developer post
❄️ Winterforge is live! ❄️
Holiday jingles can be heard in Heartwood again, as the Winterforge holiday has begun! This year, townsfolk are reporting a brand new pastime sweeping the land... snowball duel mechanics. Challenge your friends and rivals to see who has the best aim. And as for familiar faces… we
03 Dec 2025Developer post
Dev Log #1 - Communication, Shadowfang and Winterforge
We’ve been talking internally for a while about how we communicate with the community and the truth is: we haven’t been as transparent as we should have been. Updates often went quiet, features were worked on behind the scenes without much visibility and information mostly came o
18 Dec 2024Developer post
Winterforge is here again!
Winterforge is here again! As Heartwoodian's prepare for the holiday festivities, the good elves are hard at work producing enough gifts for everyone. Maybe you can lend a helping hand. And... Try not to get too distracted by a certain elf who likes throwing snowballs.
17 Aug 2024Developer post
Patch Notes v0.4.9
Happy One Year Anniversary! - The First Annual Dryad Bloom Festival has begun! A temporary questline and items have been added to celebrate Heartwood's first year in Early Access - Crafting experience bonus added for Magic Recipes - Certain ranged attacks from enemies are no long
09 May 2024Developer post
Patch Notes v0.4.7
**v0.4.7** Fishing and Cooking have been added as two *new* skills! Alongside these new skills, we have some exciting additions: - Fishing Leaderboard - New crafted gear - New monster drops - New gear with crafting bonuses - New gear with ability perks - New NPCs - New Quests - N
01 Mar 2024Developer post
Patch notes v0.4.6
**v0.4.6** Patch 0.4.6 is introducing some exciting new mechanics that we felt could use some more explanation so players may better understand our goals with the update. To help with this, we've broken up the patch notes into a few sections. **PvP** - PvP has been enabled at the
31 Jan 2024Developer post
Patch notes v0.4.5
Added /age command to check character play time Added 'last seen' for friends and guild members Added a 'Logout' button to character select screen Logout option on Dashboard now takes players to Character Select screen Hat visibility setting saved on logout Mounted status saved o
Added /age command to check character play time
Added 'last seen' for friends and guild members
Added a 'Logout' button to character select screen
Logout option on Dashboard now takes players to Character Select screen
Hat visibility setting saved on logout
Mounted status saved on logout
Fixed a bug that would cause players to be stuck in guilds even after leaving or being kicked
Fixed misc bugs with Leaderboards
Fixed a bug that would cause players to get stuck in place when dismounting by casting a spell
Fixed a bug that would cause the chat text box to lose focus, allowing hotkeys to function while chat was active
Updated channel names in chat channel select dropdown
'Group Loot' used to drop items only for the party member who delivered the killing blow to a monster. Common drops are now cycled through party members in order. Rare and uncommon items are still rolled on
Updated Overseer to prevent griefing and holding boss
Updated reconnect method to prevent frequent disconnects when playing with weak connection
Fixed party loot settings UI
Added a confirm button for requesting account deletion
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15 Dec 2023Developer post
Winterforge event(Patch notes for v0.4.4)
**v0.4.4** - Winterforge has come to Heartwood! - Added new NPCs for Winterforge holiday event - Players can now destroy items in their inventory - Updated stack splitting option to allow numeric entries - Updates bulk deed creation to allow numeric entries - Fixed an issue that
07 Dec 2023Developer post
Patch notes v0.4.3
New system: Deeds! Deeds are used to create larger stacks of items that can be traded between players. Deeds are created and redeemed in the bank. Players can no longer drop items on the ground. (Don't worry, enemies still drop items) New player menu accessible in chat UI: Clicki
New system: Deeds!
Deeds are used to create larger stacks of items that can be traded between players. Deeds are created and redeemed in the bank.
Players can no longer drop items on the ground. (Don't worry, enemies still drop items)
New player menu accessible in chat UI:
Clicking a player name in the chat window will now open a UI window with social options. Certain features (trade, party) are limited to server or player range
Updated Trade UI:
Trade UI now indicates more clearly when items and gold have been removed or updated in the trade window. Additionally, a short countdown has been added before trades can be accepted
Updated trade request popup to show a timer
Trade requests will now disappear if either party declines
Updated Player Inspect UI to show player level and class
Fixed an issue with muting that allowed players to relog so they could become unmuted
Added a command in Bank UI to 'Move All'
Added a new button on the player inspect UI for blocking players
Added a new login animation to better indicate startup
Added location to character select screen. Players will now see what region their characters are in from character select
Several updates to player logging systems
Several improvements to backend functionality in preparation for new content features and growing playerbase
Fixed graphical issues with several hats
Fixed graphical issues with several mounts
Fixed a graphical issue with hair #10
Added new Patron rewards for December
New requirement for trading:
Due to Heartwood Online being a free to play game, we've had an increased volume of low level accounts who abused game features to scam and conduct other illegal activity. In response, we've set a small level requirement of 15 character level or 15 crafting level to unlock trade. This small time investment should help slow down the use of throw away accounts that were used for exploits or other crimes.
We'd also like to introduce some new discord and game mods to the team! Thanks for all their amazing help so far.
Discord mods:

CapnYeti
Koi
Maro
Odin

Promotion to in game mods:

Aput
One
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24 Oct 2023Developer post
Patch notes v0.4.1
**v0.4.1** - Added the Pumpkin Festival! - Pumpkin bags now drop from all enemies - Pumpkin gear - Event mount - Event dye - Players can now progress to higher tier trees with woodcutting - Trees only drop their specific type of logs now - Axes renamed to match the metal blade in
04 Oct 2023Developer post
The Bone Mines are out!
**v0.4.0** - New region: Bone Mines - New region: Sheep Fields - In-game leaderboards - 4 new class abilities - New enemies - Two new bosses - New armors - New weapons - New mounts - New legacy marks - New crafting recipes - New ore nodes and tree types - New quest lines for the
30 Aug 2023Developer post
Patch notes v0.3.0
- Improved performance for full map overview - Added the ability to toggle helms on player UI - Updated player inspection to show player gear - Updated player inspection to view stats on player gear - Item stats are now visible on quest UI - Improved damage reduction from armor -
- Improved performance for full map overview
- Added the ability to toggle helms on player UI
- Updated player inspection to show player gear
- Updated player inspection to view stats on player gear
- Item stats are now visible on quest UI
- Improved damage reduction from armor
- Lowered the cooldown of Thousand Knives
- Increased damage for Shuriken Storm
- Increased damage for Freeze
- Increased damage for Hellfire
- Increased detonation radius of Purify
- Increased attack ranges on enemies
- Reduced number of Soft Hides required for Fur Trapper quest
- Drop rates improved for several enemies
- Gems now display properly in inventory
- Reduced the cost of talent point reset to from 1000g to 500g
- Need/Greed roll is now activated for Uncommon items
- Added the option to display player names in settings UI
- Added the option to decline all invites in settings UI
- Added new chat commands for /invite, /kick, /ginvite, /gkick
- Adjusted recipes in preparation for the Bone Mines
- Added a new crafting item: Bone Dust
- New mount: Ancient Hare
- New hat: Ancient Hare Mask
- Updated visuals on several hats
- Fixed a bug that would cause players to login and see a naked player with no NPCs
- Fixed a bug that would cause weapons to display the wrong graphics
- Fixed a bug that would cause shields to display incorrectly while gathering
- Fixed a bug that would cause players arms to detach during certain actions
- Fixed a bug that would cause Purify to not cast at all if cast too quickly
- Fixed an issue that would cause some items to not show on the ground when dropped
- Fixed a visual issue with mount dust animation
- Fixed a bug where party members could get experience when dead
- Fixed an issue where some temporary objects would not get destroyed, leading to a memory leak
- Updated the login screen to check version and prompt for new version download
- Updated profanity filter
Some of these changes have been implemented live. This list serves as an overall update from the previous patch notes
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25 Aug 2023Developer post
The Bone Mines
We can't believe it, we made it a whole week without dying from lack of sleep! Thank you all for sticking with us through these early bug fixes. Things are starting to smooth out rapidly, and we have a lot more optimizations, bug fixes, and quality of life improvements to come. (
25 Aug 2023Developer post
Patch notes v0.2.18
Added Rusty Key for opening Rusty Lockboxes. Increased radius of Mage's Hellfire. Reduced makeover costs substantially. Several optimizations to improve performance on mobile devices. Added an option to set FPS on mobile. Elder Rack item name changed to Stag Rack. Hunter's Broads
Added Rusty Key for opening Rusty Lockboxes.
Increased radius of Mage's Hellfire.
Reduced makeover costs substantially.
Several optimizations to improve performance on mobile devices.
Added an option to set FPS on mobile.
Elder Rack item name changed to Stag Rack.
Hunter's Broadsword rarity updated from Common to Uncommon.
Updated Plush Leather recipe to require 2x Rodent pelt and 1 Soft Hide.
Fixed a visual bug with Mining Helmet and Lost Hunter's Sack.
Added current world to the dashboard.
World name now shows when logging in from character select.
Updated player list to show world name next to player names.
Adjusted party proximity distance.
Various bug fixes for trading.
Fixed several issues with guild UI.
Fixed an issue with Need/Greed UI that were causing them to not display properly.
Fixed an issue for the bank UI where mobile players were not able to stack items within the bank.
Fixed an issue where players could take negative damage, resulting in an max health gain.
Fixed an issue with maces that were causing them to affect game performance.
Fixed an issue with maces not playing SFX properly.
Corrected a typo on 'Resurrect' button.
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22 Aug 2023Developer post
Patch notes for August 21st
Increased stack size per slot in bank substantially. Increased spawn rate for Stags due to player density. Fixed an issue with inventory that wouldn't allow items to continue stacking when inventory was full. Fixed an issue that caused mounts and cosmetics to unequip on logout. F
Increased stack size per slot in bank substantially.
Increased spawn rate for Stags due to player density.
Fixed an issue with inventory that wouldn't allow items to continue stacking when inventory was full.
Fixed an issue that caused mounts and cosmetics to unequip on logout.
Fixed an issue where you could continue mining while dead.
Fixed several issues with crafting.
Updated idle timeouts for Patreon members.
Iron & copper spawns adjusted to match the level zone.

Fixed an issue that would cause a client crash when hovering over certain items on the ground.
Fixed an issue where hats and helmets would not render properly when using AMD graphics. (pink square bug)
Fixed a graphical issue with Mage's Hellfire spell.
Fixed several issues with mount visuals.
Fixed issues with pinging worlds on login.
Fixed an issue with crafting UI that would cause skill levels to display incorrectly.
Fixed an issue with crafting UI where crafted weapons were not showing the correct damage type.
Updated crafting UI to show class requirements on crafted gear.
Added tracking for tailoring, leatherworking, and herbalism to skills page.
Added descriptions for stats on talent page.
Added a minus (-) button for removing talent points before saving.
Added a wait screen for login.
Fixed several issues with collision around certain trees.
Fixed an issue where certain trees would show the wrong tiles after being cut down.
Fixed an issue that was causing the chat window to get stuck in fullscreen mode.
Fixed an issue with chat window not updating position correctly after leaving fullscreen mode.
Faster scrolling in chat window.
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Heartwood Online

Updates & announcements

A message from the Devs

Dev Log #4 – Shadowfang Testing Ahead

Dev Log #3 – Shadowfang, Bots & Next Steps

Quick update time.

Timeline Clarity

What’s Next

Dev Logs Going Forward

Dev Log #2 – Winterforge Is Live, Back to Shadowfang

Back to Shadowfang

Dev Logs Going Forward

❄️ Winterforge is live! ❄️

Dev Log #1 - Communication, Shadowfang and Winterforge

Shadowfang

Shadowfang ETA? Early 2026.

Enchanting(Preview)

Winterforge

Winterforge is here again!

Patch Notes v0.4.9

Patch Notes v0.4.7

Patch notes v0.4.6

Patch notes v0.4.5

Winterforge event(Patch notes for v0.4.4)

Patch notes v0.4.3

Patch notes v0.4.1

The Bone Mines are out!

Patch notes v0.3.0

The Bone Mines

Patch notes v0.2.18

Patch notes for August 21st