Xon

Released: May 5, 2023
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 13:47 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

04 Apr 2025Developer post
Minor fix
Parallel resource loading could cause the loading screen to get stuck. Animated loading logo on loading screen.
23 Feb 2025Developer post
Invasions
Invasions will now occur at difficulties 4+ Invasions are Npc Vessels, sent by lesser gods, whom are jealous of your power. Leaf -> Verdant blessing can now only target followers Army of the Dead -> Skeletons pr. kindled sun is now 4, down form 6
19 Jan 2025Developer post
Pixel Gods
Greetings fellow Xon, It's been a while, but today we are happy to release the latest incarnation of Xon. There has been almost too many changes to list, as the game has changed a lot. The major focus has been on making the game more streamlined, while also making it less repetit
Greetings fellow Xon,
It's been a while, but today we are happy to release the latest incarnation of Xon.
There has been almost too many changes to list, as the game has changed a lot.
The major focus has been on making the game more streamlined, while also making it less repetitive.
Powers are no longer picked, interrupting gameplay, but are instead unlocked by completing special land quests, this should make for a more smooth experience and allow for more planning, regarding witch powers the player would like to have, instead of it just being random.
Border Statues now allow migration to neighboring lands without building a Gate, this speeds up early expansion opportunities while still allowing for rush tactics in PvP (and actually making them stronger, since players will now have more lands.)
Resources have been heavily reduced, this also encourages expansion and reduces Shrine spam, since resource harvesting is now much more important.
AI art is gone! It was really fun making AI art with my kid, but in the game, it clashed heavily with the very simply art style and also there was a whole slew of ethics and moral issues with AI art that I had not really not given too much thought. Instead we now more animated gods, we hope you will love it as much as we do!
Changes, in no specific order

Witches have had their target count reduced (again! oink oink)
Minor miracle revamp, all minor miracles are now simpler and the effect is instant.
AI Attack targeting has been revamped, they will now prefer closer targets.
AI Gathering, will now try to spread out more to avoid wasting time.
Coin can no longer build merchants but can turn followers into gold coins.
God selection is now mandatory in all game modes.
Starting powers are now listed on god selection.
All summons have had their cooldowns adjusted slightly.
Soldiers and Archers are now auto produced (cost food).
Housing is now land specific.
Resources are now listed to make land types more easy to understand.
Border Statues now allow invading adjacent lands.
Land quests must be completed to gain new powers.
Riders have been removed and are now a Leaf/Plains soldier upgrade.
Tutorial has been rewritten to reflect the game changes.
Alternative game modes have been disabled (for now)
Leaf/Forest now have Treants, baseline.
Coin/Swamp now have Sunken Treasures, baseline.
Skull/Swamp now have Swamp Things, baseline.
Fixed an issue where passive essence gain was now being applied.
Essence bar now displays tick timer.
Higher difficulties will now make neutrals much more aggressive.
Smite base damage has been increased.
All base building prices have been reduced by 75%.
A rare crash bug has been fixed (Sending Vessels while mouse is outside window)
Fixed a bug where allied units in coop would become hostile.
Fixed a bug where villagers would walk back after being sent by a vessel.
Resource loading is now async and much faster.
Resources loading screen (temporary)
ISSUE: Some progression play perks may have been bugged by minor power changes.
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28 Sep 2024Developer post
Minor fixes
Fix for .net 8 auto install Living lands knockback bug fixed Audio Queue when suns are unlocked Flavor text for start and end of game
Fix for .net 8 auto install
Living lands knockback bug fixed
Audio Queue when suns are unlocked
Flavor text for start and end of game
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20 Jul 2024Developer post
Ascension
Greetings fellow Xon, Today I am finally able to announce that I have completed the first five levels of progression play. By conquering difficulty levels, you can now gain points to be spent on perks, unlocking new play styles. You can also customize your god before the game sta
Greetings fellow Xon,
Today I am finally able to announce that I have completed the first five levels of progression play. By conquering difficulty levels, you can now gain points to be spent on perks, unlocking new play styles. You can also customize your god before the game starts, giving you agency over your progression path.
Each aspect currently has five tiers of perks, with three perks for each tier, with more coming in the future.
The perk lines are as follows
Coin
Greed: Money for power, grants more soldiers and the ability to smite with gold.
Luck: Empowers random mechanics and introduces new ones.
Gold: Accelerates economy production and traders.
Ember
Flame: Smite becomes stronger and cheaper when followers burn to death.
Smoke: Improved industry and a stronger start.
Smolder: Make everything catch fire and gain essence by doin so.
Leaf
Thorns: Every tree an ally, powerful magic creatures.
Glade: Gain point from having unsettled lands.
Verdancy: Food and population abundance.
Moon
Madness: Convert enemies by smiting them and harvest their dreams.
Secrets: Ascension and meditation, followers grants points when ascended.
Dreams: Through sleep everything is gained.
Skull
Bone: Hordes of undead at your beck and call.
Blood: Bleed your followers for profit and power.
Whispers: Human souls are a great resource, and you are all about harvesting.
I have also included co-op play and restricted standard play, making the leaderboard much easier to read since everyone on it has been playing by the same rules.
As always, there are a bunch of bug fixes and interface optimizations as well.

Dreamberries, replaces the Bountiful Growth lesser miracle
Treants, magic creatures summoned by Leaf
Accusers, priest variant that burns followers, Ember
Bog Lords have faster attacks (50%)
Ember smoldering is slightly more dangerous
Calamity activation timers
Army of the Dead has one extra skeleton and one fewer zombie
Traders work slightly faster (10%)
The witch has a slightly longer cooldown on her "Pigs!" ability
Difficulty scales all calamities
Perks! Can be found on the new Deity set up screen
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15 May 2024Developer post
Bony patch
Fixed arrow behavior to take steps on lower framerates, this prevents them from flying through and doing weird zigzag behavior. Sacred trees for Gods of the Leaf. Bone Piles that become Bone Horrors for Gods of the Skull. Easier to read font on resource bowls.
Fixed arrow behavior to take steps on lower framerates, this prevents them from flying through and doing weird zigzag behavior.
Sacred trees for Gods of the Leaf.
Bone Piles that become Bone Horrors for Gods of the Skull.
Easier to read font on resource bowls.
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08 May 2024Developer post
Lesser Miracles
Dear Fellow Xon, I've been working on ways to make events less intrusive and upgrading altars more interesting, and I'm excited about the results! Gaining cards after acquiring primary and secondary essence now comes through clickable bells, so you can choose cards at your leisur
Dear Fellow Xon,
I've been working on ways to make events less intrusive and upgrading altars more interesting, and I'm excited about the results!
Gaining cards after acquiring primary and secondary essence now comes through clickable bells, so you can choose cards at your leisure. Any upgrade to an altar now unlocks a lesser miracle – a single-use miracle granting you a small boon. These lesser miracles are accessed similarly to summons.
Here are a few examples of lesser miracles:
The Great Motivator (Coin)
Instantly complete all construction in one land.
Lord of the Land (Leaf)
Summon a Swamp Lord in any land (sunless).
Burning Gate (Ember)
Summon a temporary gate.
Song of Lethe (Moon)
Make up to ten creatures fall asleep and dream.
Secret Cult (Skull)
Spawn three followers in any land (sunless).
(Sunless miracles are useable in lands where the sun has yet to be lit.)
As you can see, these powerful effects accelerate the pace of the game. Since simply building an altar grants you a lesser miracle to choose from, you'll receive one right from the start.
I've also updated some of the user interface and redesigned a few buttons. Bloom has been added – I really like it, but I understand it might not be for everyone, so it's a toggle option in the menu.
There are twenty different lesser miracles for you to explore. Enjoy!

Fixed a bug where Golden Deer would cost essence.
Fixed a bug where the light would fall off the moon.
Souls now grant +1 essence when harvested.
Knockback effects have been toned down and no longer stack.
Witches are still horrifying! bribe them instead, if you find fighting them is too difficult.
Burning should no longer spread between lands.
Added animated cards pictures.
Particles have been updated in various places.
Dreaming secondary frequency toned down by 7%.
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19 Feb 2024Developer post
Post championship patch
Congratulations to Mathias Havemose, our new reigning world champion! Fixes and features feature: You can now see all players in the game feature: You can now target yourself with vessels F1 tooltip is now always displayed Witches have lost their healing Raider threat levels have
Congratulations to Mathias Havemose, our new reigning world champion!
Fixes and features

feature: You can now see all players in the game
feature: You can now target yourself with vessels
F1 tooltip is now always displayed
Witches have lost their healing
Raider threat levels have been adjusted
Werewolves are now considered magic creatures
Tooltips have been fixed for Temples, Barracks and Farms
Shrines do not accept resources
Aspects are now spawned in the center of lands
Barracks will only train if at least three followers are available
Fixed Swamplord, the toad is back
Gilding stones now correctly target shrines
Post game points should now reflect server scoreboard
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30 Jan 2024Developer post
Yaga's Cauldron
Greetings, fellow Xon! I hope this message finds you well. I've been closely examining matches and brewing, and I was still not entirely satisfied with the implementation of magic creatures and priests. The primary focus of this patch has been to enhance strategic interactions an
Greetings, fellow Xon! I hope this message finds you well.
I've been closely examining matches and brewing, and I was still not entirely satisfied with the implementation of magic creatures and priests. The primary focus of this patch has been to enhance strategic interactions and refine some of the weaker powers. Some powers continue to fall short in terms of engagement, I'm considering converting a greater number of them into passive abilities instead of active ones.
I've also introduced a variety of new hostile NPCs, as I was feeling a bit repetitive with wolves and shades. All NPCs can now be bribed, enabling more peaceful expansion opportunities.
New features

You will now maintain your game Id if you rejoin a game.
Upgrade miracles, a new type of passive miracle that changes a unit (i.e. all priests)
Sunless miracles, a new tag, indicating that the miracles does not need a lit sun to cast.
Bribes, NPCs can now be bribed, this has different outcomes depending on the NPC type.
Streamer friendly, most game keys are now hidden (except join game)
New NPC, the Yaga and her cat, she will turn attacking humans into pigs.
New NPC, the Raiders, slightly stronger than wolves.
Changes, in no particular order...

Priests now build passively with one spawned for each temple.
Tranquility has been reworked. It now heals and cleanses hostile effects.
Convert merchant is now free.
Rekindle Sun has upgraded visual effect.
All priest upgrades are now passive.
Leaf of the Fields base power is now Cornucopia, a miracle that creates food.
Love the Flame cost reduced to 1.
Resource Bowl order is now fixed, preventing weird layouts in rare cases.
Game Mode is now saved in settings.
Better support for lower resolutions.
Pox can no longer infect magic creatures and is now a miracle. (Skull of the Swamp)
Resources can be focused in unlit lands.
Dream passive chance reduce from 10% to 6%.
Gates build 20% faster.
All followers will now hunt.
Fewer trees in forest lands (50%)
All summoning miracle timers have been rebalanced.
All miracle cooldowns are reset on game / world restart.
Build orders sorted by resource required.
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10 Dec 2023Developer post
Domain change
Better miracle and summons tooltip Moved from ravendeer.dk to xon.raendeer.com
Better miracle and summons tooltip
Moved from ravendeer.dk to xon.raendeer.com
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22 Nov 2023Developer post
Miraculous Tidings
Greetings, fellow Xon! I hope you're doing well. We've been experimenting with new ways to handle summons, and we've finally settled on an approach that makes sense. Summons are no longer reliant on the interaction between essence and resources; instead, they operate on separate
Greetings, fellow Xon! I hope you're doing well.
We've been experimenting with new ways to handle summons, and we've finally settled on an approach that makes sense. Summons are no longer reliant on the interaction between essence and resources; instead, they operate on separate cooldowns. These cooldowns can be used on open gates or lands under your control to summon creatures. Additionally, we've introduced Miracles—a temporary type of summon that can only be attacked by Priests or by using Smite.

Reduced general melee knockback and removed additive knockback
Enemy vessels will not target lands where the altar has been destroyed
Steam Id is now tracked, allowing you to see all games played by a specific player
Love The Flame, cost reduction 5 -> 3
All summons are now cooldown based and no longer requires a resource
Summons now have their own buttons
You can now summon directly into an open gate
Miracles are a new kind of entities that has a continuous effect and can only bee attacked by priests or attacked using Smite
Howling Spirits is now a miracle
Slithering Death is now the default Desert/Leaf Miracle, instead of Oasis
Tranquility (Leaf) is a miracle that restores food and trees
Tranquility is now the default the default Plains/Leaf Miracle, instead of Maypole
Conflagration (Ember) is a miracle that sets everything on fire
Deep Quiet (Moon) is a miracle that forces all creature to sleep and dream
Fountain of Kings (coin) is a miracle that spawns fool's gold
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08 Nov 2023Developer post
Minor fixes and better steam integration
Added 'join game' friend list functionality Added victory achievements
14 Sep 2023Developer post
Post championship patch
Greetings fellow Xon, I hope you are doing well! Last week the first Xon champion was crowned, trophy and all. I got quite a lot of feedback during the event and I have managed to implement some of it, please enjoy! Post championship patch features Pasting a game code now instant
Greetings fellow Xon, I hope you are doing well!
Last week the first Xon champion was crowned, trophy and all. I got quite a lot of feedback during the event and I have managed to implement some of it, please enjoy!
Post championship patch features

Pasting a game code now instantly joins that game.
Games will no longer be flagged as inactive if left on pause.
A ring will now indicate when a resource i being dropped on a building.
All building sites have had their radius increased by roughly 30%
Fewer miracles are unlocked in Tutorial mode.
First steps towards Steam integration, I also added a single achievement.
Houses convert food into followers faster.
Top five players are now targetable instead of top six.
Tips and tricks are shown in the menu.
F1 now shows all current miracle cards.
Leaf gods now has growing seeds instead of instantaneous trees and bushes.
Skull gods now release souls from slain humanoids instead of gaining energy automatically.
Moon blooded soldiers no longer resurrect themselves.
I am aware that priests and summons are a bit underused, I am considering revamping summons to be automatic, maybe spawned by temples or just instantly, when picked. I feel like the base mechanics gives you so many things to do as it is and spending essence on summons seems to interrupt the current game flow.
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31 Jul 2023Developer post
Quality fixes
Damage report, you can now see how much damage you have dealt to an enemy player Join button text position fix Update queue, game states are now queued and read sequentially for better stability
Damage report, you can now see how much damage you have dealt to an enemy player
Join button text position fix
Update queue, game states are now queued and read sequentially for better stability
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18 Jul 2023Developer post
Spider moon
Reverted focus mechanics Multiplayer interface moved down a bit Moon has been visually updated Moon has a new miracle that summons the Weaver and her children
Reverted focus mechanics
Multiplayer interface moved down a bit
Moon has been visually updated
Moon has a new miracle that summons the Weaver and her children
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17 Jul 2023Developer post
Small patch
Shrine building added to tutorial Tutorial completed message Tutorial text typo fixes Remove resources from building sound added Tutorial games are no longer shown on scoreboard Shades spawn more rarely Resource focus mechanic changed Followers now take other followers into accou
Shrine building added to tutorial
Tutorial completed message
Tutorial text typo fixes
Remove resources from building sound added
Tutorial games are no longer shown on scoreboard
Shades spawn more rarely
Resource focus mechanic changed
Followers now take other followers into account when picking a harvest target
Pause / Unpause now wait for server response
Gate build cost reduced from 8 to 5 stone
Gates are built 60% faster
Base passive essence income has been slightly increased
Original post
03 Jul 2023Developer post
Ambient and Pause
Game mode added to post game Ambient sound for terrain types Pause more responsive
Game mode added to post game
Ambient sound for terrain types
Pause more responsive
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26 Jun 2023Developer post
Burning Ember 1.2
Greetings fellow Xon, We have been inspired by the hot weather and have come up with a new Aspect: The Burning Ember. The Burning Ember. Ember is the fifth aspect, bringing a more aggressive playstyle to the table. With the ability to burn instead of harvesting, they are faster b
Greetings fellow Xon,
We have been inspired by the hot weather and have come up with a new Aspect: The Burning Ember.
The Burning Ember.
Ember is the fifth aspect, bringing a more aggressive playstyle to the table. With the ability to burn instead of harvesting, they are faster but more wasteful than other aspects. Many of their powers are very strong but carry inherent risks.
The starting miracles of The Ember are:

Desert: Wish-granting Ifrit.
Mountains: Tough, burning, Cherufe.
Swamp: Sculptors Hut, capable of turning follower souls into Claymen, eternal workers.
Forest: Eternal Pyre, which burns wood to generate essence.
Plains: Smokestack, a building that produces gold and sparks from wood.
Priest: Brahmin, can mark houses with The Burning Mark causing them to produce new followers faster.
We have also been looking into some other features of the game. With The Ember, a bunch of other features, fixes, and balance changes will be introduced.
Feature: Game Modes
All games will no longer be played in tutorial mode. Four new game modes are now available:

Standard: A no-frills standard timed game.
Domination: Only affiliated lands give points, and the game ends immediately if a player reaches 12 lands.
Worship: Only followers give points.
Freeplay: Unlimited essence and no calamities. Great for experimenting.
Features, Fixes and Changes
We have made several adjustments and additions to the game alongside The Ember aspect:

AI has now been completely removed as it was never intended to be a feature and would have required too much work to become adequate.
Fixed some of the issues with the new pause system.
Gate Watcher (or Laser Giant, as Wilbur calls it): A new unit for Moon of the plains.
Secondary aspect now only provides a passive effect.
Follower/aspect miracles have been moved to the primary aspect.
Leaf Secondary has been changed. This was boring - Leaf now spontaneously manifests trees and bushes in all lands.
Brighter suns to prevent discoloration of certain actors.
Essence now spawns in the center of its land.
Follower bowl now shows the correct follower aspect.
Added a borderless full-screen button.
Buttons now react on mouse up instead of down to prevent accidental card picks.
Essence gain per 10 seconds is now shown on the essence bar.
Shrines now cost 1 stone and 3 gold.
Manifesting anything now costs 15 essence, up from 5 essence.
Swamp passive has changed and now generates Sparks, which can be claimed to gain 3 essence.
Pox no longer works on magical creatures.
Dreams and Sparks are auto clicked by hovering mouse over them.
Priests have lower threat rating and soldiers have higher threat rating.
Priest damage bonus versus magical creatures has been further increased.
Priest upgrade miracles are now prioritized when gaining new miracles.
Skull priest, Bokor, Turns dead followers into zombies.
Coin priest, Hand of Midas, turns the blood of hostile creatures into gold.
Temples are now built with Tree, Stone, Gold, Gold.
Gilding Stone can now be destroyed manually.
Most miracle effect descriptions are now shown in the tool tip.
Blessing of the Leaf can now target soldiers as well.
Base Essence regen increased from 1 to 3 per 10 seconds.
Sending a Vessel now has a flat cost of 10 Essence.
Golden Calf cost has been reduced from 25 essence to 15 essence.
Awaken Land cost has been reduced from 70 essence to 30 essence.
Bog Lord cost has been reduced from 30 essence to 15 essence.
Moon Blood cost has been reduced from 15 essence to 1 essence.
Golden Legion cost has been reduced from 5 essence to 1 essence.
Dream Lord cost has been reduced from 10 essence to 5 essence.
Druid cost has been reduced from 15 essence to 5 essence.
Zombies last slightly longer (120 seconds up from 100 seconds).
Lantern spirit sleep rate reduced.
Oasis no longer spends precious essence.
Faster graveyards for the Skull aspect.
Original post
19 Jun 2023Developer post
Hotfix + picker
Fixed connection issue! Picking primary essence now has it's own interface.
17 Jun 2023Developer post
The hills are alive
Greetings fellow Xon, Here is a small update, summer is hot and I have been outside with the kiddo, so progress has been suffering a bit, sorry. I was not really happy with how the different terrain types distinguished themselves from each other, so we added horizon backgrounds,

Updates & announcements

The perk lines are as follows

Coin

Ember

Leaf

Moon

Skull