Dark and Light

Released: Jul 20, 2017
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 03:13 GMT

Updates & announcements

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03 Sep 2020Developer post
Permanent 2x Harvest and Exp
Hello Adventurers! We'd like to apologize for the recent server issues. We have decided to permanently activate 2x harvest and exp starting on 9/4 at 12:00 AM Pacific Time. Servers will go down for 2-3 minutes at this time to implement the change. This will become the new standar
28 Mar 2020Developer post
2x Exp and 2x Harvest now until 04/06
Hello Adventurers, 2x Harvest and 2x Experience has been activated for all Official servers and will run until April 6. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these difficult times! Note on Development: Dark and Light is currently undergoing a major coding overhaul.
27 Nov 2019Developer post
Announcement on Server Transfer Loss
Hello Adventurers Due to the abuse of transfer related complications, we will be suspending compensation for transfer losses until further notice. The development team will continue to investigate and troubleshoot transfers, but until we are able to resolve the issues, players ar
14 Nov 2019Developer post
Dark and Light Halloween Patch Ends
Greetings Adventurers, We hope you were enjoying the Halloween content. Unfortunately, it is time for Halloween Skeleton and Mini Elite Dark Wraith to say goodbye to the Graveyard. However, the Halloween Skeleton will still spawn in the Sacred Path, along with their drops at a mu
30 Oct 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun
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26 Oct 2019Developer post
Dark and Light Halloween Patch
Greetings Adventurers, Our Halloween update will be at 1:00 am PDT on October 26th. Remember to keep an eye out for the in-game message for when the servers will be closing for the update! Warning! Meteorites are dropping in the Graveyard (aka Dark Forest ) area on the Sacred Pat
Greetings Adventurers, Our Halloween update will be at 1:00 am PDT on October 26th. Remember to keep an eye out for the in-game message for when the servers will be closing for the update! Warning! Meteorites are dropping in the Graveyard (aka Dark Forest) area on the Sacred Path, and dark creatures are invited to join in on the Halloween Party. Adventurers will be able to find items that are exclusive to these Halloween meteorites! However, obtaining these treats will be no easy feat! You will have to defeat the dark creatures to obtain them! Skeletons dressed up in unusual costumes are also ambushing careless adventurers. Adventurers will encounter knight Skeleton, archer Skeleton, and wizard Skeleton. You may even run into mini Reapers and mini Elite Dark Wraiths. These dark creatures carry all sorts of Halloween candy that will grant you power - if you can take the side effect! Adventurers are advised to hunt them down! New Halloween Candy

BloodBerry Candy: a red Halloween candy containing evil power which buffs damage while slowly poisoning the user
SnakeVine Candy: a yellow Halloween candy containing evil power, which buffs movement speed while slowly poisoning the user.
Ghost Mushroom Candy: a blue Halloween candy containing evil power, which reduces stamina cost and mana cost while slowly poisoning the user.
Vermouth Candy: a green Halloween candy containing evil power, which removes the poisoning effect on you at the cost of your Health Points..
Assorted Candy: a jar of assorted Halloween candy; can be crafted using the other four Halloween Candy and the Pumpkin Candy Jar. Without poisoning you, Assorted Candy grants you all 4 buffs that each of Halloween Candies provides. You can consume the Assorted Candy only up to 5 times, and once you eat it all, the Pumpkin Candy Jar will be returned to you.
**Note: Assorted Candy is also Mini Elite Dark Wraith’s favorite feed. You heard us. Mini Elite Dark Wraith is tameable! In addition to the Halloween candies, we have a few other new Items, the Evil Treasure (pumpkin storage box) and the Pumpkin Candy Jar. As an extension to our regular weekend double harvest rate, all official servers will enjoy both double harvest rate and double taming rate from October 26th to November 4th. Thank you.
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19 Oct 2019Developer post
An ominous wind lurks through Archos
Adventurers of Archos, I bid you beware... A sinister feeling approaches as the darkness encroaches... Oh, into the Dark Forest I shall not dare! Be wary adventurers! Gaia's influence grows stronger around this time of year. Prepare yourselves... Gobboween is on the horizon. Date
01 Oct 2019Developer post
9/30 - Announcing Chaos Shutdown, First Chaos Battle Batch, and 2x Harvest
Greetings Adventurers, We'd like to thank everyone for their input regarding the Chaos Server Revamp. After perusing the feedback over the weekend, we will be moving forward with the changes proposed previously: Originally we had announced that we would be referring to these new
Greetings Adventurers, We'd like to thank everyone for their input regarding the Chaos Server Revamp. After perusing the feedback over the weekend, we will be moving forward with the changes proposed previously: https://steamcommunity.com/games/529180/announcements/detail/1591383946839491631 Originally we had announced that we would be referring to these new servers Chaos Fury - however, we have decided instead to name these new servers Chaos Battle to emphasize the fast-paced PVP nature.
Chaos Server Scheduled Shutdown
Asian Chaos Servers have already been shut down and rebooted to Chaos Battle. EU and NA Chaos servers are scheduled to go down on October 8 at 1:00 AM PDT
First Chaos Battle Batch
The first batch of Chaos Battle servers is scheduled to go live shortly after the Chaos Servers shut down on October 8th at 1:00 AM PDT - three Archos server and one Gaia server, all of which are server-transferrable to other Chaos Battle servers The next two batches will expand upon previous batches and are scheduled to be released after a two week period between each batch.
2x Harvest Extension
In light of the Chaos Server Revamp, we will be extending 2x Harvest across ALL servers until October 8, 1:00 AM PDT.
Chaos Players Compensation

Players from the original Chaos servers can contact a GM at Customer Support to ask for compensation for the lost items in server wipe, Compensation can be received on any server of the player's choice, with the exception of the new Chaos Battle servers.
The deadline to submit a ticket for compensation will be October 8, 1:00 AM PDT.
Players may also contact Customer Support for a saved archive of their Chaos Server. In which case, please be sure to provide the GM your Email, Server, Character Name and SteamID64
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27 Sep 2019Developer post
Attention: Tentative Chaos Server Revamp
Greetings Adventurers The Ice Dragon and Towers Rework patch is still steady on the way! Thanks for your continued patience. For now though, we'd like to begin a discussion on the state of Chaos Servers . For a time now, Chaos servers have seen less activity compared to our other
Greetings Adventurers The Ice Dragon and Towers Rework patch is still steady on the way! Thanks for your continued patience. For now though, we'd like to begin a discussion on the state of Chaos Servers. For a time now, Chaos servers have seen less activity compared to our other servers. This deserved some looking into, and after some consideration, the development team has decided to revamp the Chaos Servers. We are looking to shut down the Chaos Servers to introduce Chaos Fury Servers with new settings and rules. The plan is to have players start anew on the Chaos Fury servers. Of course, we'd like to hear from our Community before we make such changes and are open to suggestions.
9/27 - Edit
To allow the remaining Chaos players to enjoy the last bit of it before we close them down, the team will be enabling server transfer among all Chaos servers on 9/30 1:00 AM PDT. Servers will temporarily go down at this time in order to enable the change.
Chaos Fury Server - Proposed Rules and Settings
Server settings:

5x exp gain
10x harvest rate
3x resource spawning speed
5x taming rate
3x dino damage
War Declaration:

3 hours to prepare for war after a house is declared war upon.
6 hours for war time
Note: Depending on the amount of active players, we are potentially looking into having these be fast-paced servers that are wiped on a monthly basis.
Tentative Schedule
After gathering community feedback and finalizing the Chaos Fury settings, we will make an announcement and begin to roll out the Chaos Fury servers in 3 batches - one batch every 2 weeks. A more detailed schedule will be provided with the final announcement.
I was playing on a Chaos Server, what can be done?

Players from the original Chaos servers can contact GM to ask for compensation on their new server. The deadline for compensation will be announced upon finalization of the Chaos Fury plans as well.
Players can also ask for a saved archive of the Chaos servers
Please let us know your feedback on the proposed changes! We look forward to hearing from the community. :)
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19 Sep 2019Developer post
Dark and Light Patch 9/19
Greetings Adventurers, Our next update will be around 1:00 am PDT on September 19. This patch is to fix an issue with server transfer, and enable log for transferred and transferring characters. Remember to keep an eye out for the in-game message for when the servers will be clos
05 Sep 2019Developer post
09/05 - Character Loss Issues
Hello Adventurers, We are aware of the issue of character loss during server transfer, since our last update on 8/29. While we are working on a hotfix asap, we are urging players not to transfer their character before we fix it. If you have experienced character loss, please subm
28 Aug 2019Developer post
Server Transfer Patch and Announcing 2x Harvest Weekends
Greetings Adventurers, Our next update will be at 1:00 am PDT on August 29. Remember to keep an eye out for the in-game message for when the servers will be closing for the update! Fixes This patch focuses on fixing the issue with data loss during server transfers. The developmen
Greetings Adventurers, Our next update will be at 1:00 am PDT on August 29. Remember to keep an eye out for the in-game message for when the servers will be closing for the update!
Fixes

This patch focuses on fixing the issue with data loss during server transfers.
The development team is still continuing to work on the Ice Dragon and Elemental Tower Reworks. Until that patch is ready, we may push smaller patches such as this one to address certain issues in the meantime. We will release more information regarding the Rework patch as we receive it. Thank you everyone for your patience. :) We're also happy to introduce Double Harvest Weekends! We know a lot of of players have been asking for it. Starting on August 30, we will be hosting our Double Harvest Rate Event every weekend. Double harvest rate will be effective Friday nights through Monday midnight Pacific Time. Thank you and happy adventuring! :)
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15 Aug 2019Developer post
Dark and Light Patch 8/14
Greetings Adventurers, Our next update will be at 1:00 am PDT on August 14. Remember to keep an eye out for the in-game message for when the servers will be closing for the update! Fixes Fixed an issue where fighting in the Fire Cave might cause server lag. Fixed an issue where t
Greetings Adventurers, Our next update will be at 1:00 am PDT on August 14. Remember to keep an eye out for the in-game message for when the servers will be closing for the update! Fixes

Fixed an issue where fighting in the Fire Cave might cause server lag.
Fixed an issue where the decay timer was not show the correct count-down for some facilities/structures.
Double Harvest Rate We will also be hosting our double harvest rate event from 8/15 to 8/22. Thank you.
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01 Aug 2019Developer post
Dark and Light 35% during the Snail Games Publisher Sale Aug 1-4
You take one last look back as you pick up your belongings and embark on your new journey. 🌄 Curious, you hop into the Snail Games Publisher Sale on Steam and happen upon the dangerous but beautiful world of Archos! 🌟 Dark and Light is now 35% off until August 4th! What discove
18 Jul 2019Developer post
2x Drop and Tame Rate ending 7/19 & Community Update
Hello Adventurers! Don't forget - Double rate and double tame rate on Official is ending this Friday 7/19. Get that last minute grinding and farming in now! What's going on? As we mentioned in our last Community Update, the development team's main focus is currently on: Ice Drago
Hello Adventurers! Don't forget - Double rate and double tame rate on Official is ending this Friday 7/19. Get that last minute grinding and farming in now!
What's going on?
As we mentioned in our last Community Update, the development team's main focus is currently on: Ice Dragon Rework, Magic/Elemental Rework, Server Transfers, Code Update. More details will follow when available. In regards to the changes within our community team - we are still waiting for a few more pieces of the puzzle to fall into place. Meanwhile, we've been making internal changes to our workflow and processes. We'd like to apologize again for any lack of engagement during this time. We thank you for your patience as we continue to place a new foundation.
Console?
There have been questions about whether Dark and Light would be released on other platforms. Porting to Consoles is an entire endeavor on its own. Console development is a different process and presents its own unique challenges. If you would like to understand a little more about porting to consoles, please refer to this article here:

What Goes into Porting to Consoles for Non-developers
That being said, the development team would like to focus their efforts on bringing Dark and Light to full release before we consider other platforms
Development Kit
We're happy to see that there is continued interest in the DnL Dev Kit. We loved seeing how our modding community was able to add to the world we created. However, as we are pushing towards full release, it is unlikely that the Dev Kit will be updated before then. Thank you for your understanding!
Decay/Timer bug
Thank you for all of your bug reports! The issue with the decay and timers has been particularly of note. The development team is aware of this issue and are actively working on resolving this bug among others.
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05 Jul 2019Developer post
Double Drop Rate and Double Tame Rate 07/05 - 07/19
Hello Adventurers! Let's get the summer time adventures rolling with double the drop rate and double taming rate on all Official servers starting now July 5th until July 19th! Farm up and make friends with new creatures. Now's the perfect time to grind and strengthen your guild t
04 Jul 2019Developer post
Community Update - 07/03/19
Hello Adventurers! First and foremost, we would like to apologize for our lack of community presence these past months. Thank you to everyone who has been, and everyone who continues to be, a part of Dark and Light's development. We truly appreciate all your support and patience.
Hello Adventurers! First and foremost, we would like to apologize for our lack of community presence these past months. Thank you to everyone who has been, and everyone who continues to be, a part of Dark and Light's development. We truly appreciate all your support and patience.
Development Update
Current Focus

Ice Dragon Rework
Magic/Elemental Tower Rework
Patching Server Transfers
Code Updates
Please note that the above is not a preview of the next patch. We know you guys have been wondering about the current state of development. It is only just a look into some of the Development Team's current focuses. We will make a separate news post when we have more details and information about the next patch. EDIT: Double Rate Event
We will be implementing double drop rate and double taming rate on all official servers from July 5 - July 19.
Snail Games Community Team Update
We are excited to announce a change to our Community Team. Please join us in wishing Calculated good luck in his new endeavor, and welcome a new Snail Games Community Manager - Somi! Hi guys, nice to meet you all! :) Some of you may have already noticed me if you're on our Official Discord. I apologize for the late introduction and thank you for your patience as I continue to settle into the role. The Community Team as a whole will be undergoing a transition and I am very excited to help build up our community. A lot of the changes will be internal for now as we look into improving our community presence. Thank you! :) If you would like to reach out to me directly - for now, you can contact me at the Official Dark and Light Community Discord: https://discord.gg/q2DBsfN -- Somi and the Snail Games Community Team
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11 Jun 2019Developer post
Monument Building Community Event Winners!
Hello Adventurers! We had some amazing submissions from the community with truly creative ideas. We managed to narrow our top three picks for PvE and PvP server submissions, and here they are: PvE Third Place: Christian Second Place: Joe First Place: Janne PvP Third Place: Laura
06 Jun 2019Developer post
Dark and Light Minor Patch 6/6
Greetings Adventurers, We pushed an minor update at 1:00 am PST on June 6 to fix data loss that might have been incurred during server transfer and to update new styles for the Wooden Structures and Stone Structures Double Harvest Rate Event From June 6 to June 14, we are hosting
30 May 2019Developer post
Dark and Light Minor Patch 5/30
Greetings Adventurers, We pushed an minor update at 1:00 am PST on May 30 to fix data loss that might have been incurred during server transfer. We will continue to keep an eye out for any similar issues, and we encourage you to submit a ticket to DnL Support or submit a bug repo

Updates & announcements

Note on Development:

Chaos Server Scheduled Shutdown

First Chaos Battle Batch

2x Harvest Extension

Chaos Players Compensation

9/27 - Edit

Chaos Fury Server - Proposed Rules and Settings

Tentative Schedule

I was playing on a Chaos Server, what can be done?

Fixes

What's going on?

Console?

Development Kit

Decay/Timer bug

Development Update

EDIT: Double Rate Event

Snail Games Community Team Update

PvE

PvP