The Wind and Wilting Blossom

Released: Dec 11, 2020
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Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 13:28 GMT

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23 Jul 2021Developer post
Update 1.2.02
Fixed an issue where the game would hang at the loading screen if the save file was corrupted or from the wrong version Updated the Jubokko yokai's ability and description to be more clear across all difficulties Fixed the Bestiary to show the correct enemy stats depending on the
Fixed an issue where the game would hang at the loading screen if the save file was corrupted or from the wrong version
Updated the Jubokko yokai's ability and description to be more clear across all difficulties
Fixed the Bestiary to show the correct enemy stats depending on the difficulty of the run
Removed Wado drops from Takiyasha's summoned yokai
Fixed an issue where sometimes Frog Takiyasha's image would not appear in the Bestiary
Fixed an issue where the Impenetrable Charm could appear before being unlocked
Fixed an issue where the charm Mirror Image would not reflect burn from Clan Archer enemies
Updated the Mirror Image charm to make it more clear it does not reflect Knockback
Fixed an issue where some rescue NPCs would play the wrong sound effect
Fixed an issue where the Funayurei yokai would show up as desaturated when it had not taken a turn
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27 Jun 2021Developer post
Update 1.2.01b
Fixed a bug that would result in a crash if the player attempted to take an action with a party member in a Gashadokuro battle while Gashadokuro was attacking
Fixed a bug that would result in a crash if the player attempted to take an action with a party member in a Gashadokuro battle while Gashadokuro was attacking
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23 Jun 2021Developer post
Update 1.2.01a
Fixed a rare bug where a Quest location node could overwrite a Story node
Fixed a rare bug where a Quest location node could overwrite a Story node
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13 Jun 2021Developer post
Update 1.2.01
Update 1.2.01 is now live! Added the Ninja Ally as recruitable for completing the "Ta Da!" Achievement Rebalanced almost every Tier 2 and 3 Weapons, lowering Ki/Ammo and Wado Costs and tweaking some Damage values Improved the Poet Ally's level-up schema Improved the Pharmacist Al
Update 1.2.01 is now live!

Added the Ninja Ally as recruitable for completing the "Ta Da!" Achievement
Rebalanced almost every Tier 2 and 3 Weapons, lowering Ki/Ammo and Wado Costs and tweaking some Damage values
Improved the Poet Ally's level-up schema
Improved the Pharmacist Ally's level-up schema
Improved the Shinto Priest Ally's level-up schema
Improved the Life Giver charm
Reduced the Court Musician's Level 5 Absorb to 2
Replaced the Soldier with a Lieutenant for Kiyomori 3 layout
Reduced the Ki and Ammo requirements of the "Applied Force" and "Bombardment" Achievements to 250
Reduced the maximum amount of resources possible from a battle Chest
Tweaked some layout starting Ki & Ammo amounts in light of the weapon rebalance
Added 2 new music tracks
Fixes

Fixed an issue where Tomoe Gozen's Patch Up charm was also applying to the other layouts
Fixed an issue where enemies that received Bleed from the Sharp Nails Charm did not show a Bleed icon
Fixed an issue where pressing escape while viewing a Status Effect tooltip in battles caused the tooltip to become stuck to the cursor
Fixed an issue where some deprecated Achievements were still showing up in-game
Fixed an issue where the "Ranged Assault" Achievement description was still showing a full party requirement when the requirement was previously reduced to 3
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27 May 2021Developer post
Hotfix 1.2.0b
Fixed a crash when the Onikuma is killed by Mitsukuni using a Status Effect Weapon with Layout 2 Fixed an issue where some achievements would complete without the requirements being met
Fixed a crash when the Onikuma is killed by Mitsukuni using a Status Effect Weapon with Layout 2
Fixed an issue where some achievements would complete without the requirements being met
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25 May 2021Developer post
Update 1.2
Update 1.2 is now live! Added a new Leader, Tomoe Gozen with accompanying Achievements Added a new Ally, the Lieutenant, with accompanying Achievement Added a new Ally, the Court Musician, with accompanying Achievement Added a new yokai enemy, the Nekomata Added the Gashadokuro t
Update 1.2 is now live!

Added a new Leader, Tomoe Gozen with accompanying Achievements
Added a new Ally, the Lieutenant, with accompanying Achievement
Added a new Ally, the Court Musician, with accompanying Achievement
Added a new yokai enemy, the Nekomata
Added the Gashadokuro to the "darkness" battles
Changed a number of references to the "darkness" or "wave of darkness" to Gashadokuro's Army
Removed the auto-defeat if the "darkness" would consume a region's Exit
Added over 30 new random world Events
Added a new Charm to Mitsukuni 2
Added 4 new class specific Charms with accompanying Achievements
Added Victory Count by Leader, Layout, and Difficulty to the Leader Select Menu
Improved the "Ammo Reserves" Charm to +2 Damage with Ammo weapons
Improved the "Eye for an Eye" Charm to +2 Damage
Improved the "Impetuous" Charm to deal +1 Damage
Removed the following Charms (and their Achievements) from the game: "Blessed by Raijin", "Blessed by Fujin", "Unshakeable", "Sure Footed", Stalwart", "Impervious", "Iron Will"
Added 2 new Charms for consolidated Weather and Status Effect immunity, the latter with accompanying Achievement
Added a Merchant to the Hidesato 1 & 2 layouts
Added a Pharmacist and Merchant to the Kagetoki 3 layout
Added a new Achievement for the "Sharp Nails" Charm
Lowered the Merchant Ally's level-up costs
Reduced the number of ranged units required for the "Ranged Assault" Achievement to 3
Updated the final story Event to reflect the Gashadokuro's presence
Added a loading screen when returning to the main menu from gameplay
Implemented various SFX
Fixes

Fixed an issue where world Weather would occur in "darkness" battles
Fixed an issue where the Seto Taisho yokai would not reincarnate when dying due to bleed or burn
Fixed an issue where pressing the party hotkey while renaming an Ally would close the Party window
Fixed an issue where upper-case characters were not recognized as the first character when renaming Allies
Fixed an issue where some melee weapons were affected by Hawk Eye Charm
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25 Apr 2021Developer post
Update 1.2 Teaser
We've been quiet for a while, but only because we've been heads-down on the next major content update. It's huge! Just a quick taste of what to expect in the 1.2 release: A new Leader Two new Allies A new enemy Major updates to Darkness battles New Charms More than 30 new events
We've been quiet for a while, but only because we've been heads-down on the next major content update. It's huge!
Just a quick taste of what to expect in the 1.2 release:

A new Leader
Two new Allies
A new enemy
Major updates to Darkness battles
New Charms
More than 30 new events
Follow our progress on Twitter @picklefeetgames to catch more teasers and previews.
Thanks,
The Picklefeet Games team
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06 Mar 2021Developer post
Update 1.1.1
Update 1.1.1 is now live! Added a new Tier 2 Ally, the Spearman and accompanying Achievement Added a new Tier 3 Ally, the Pharmacist and accompanying Achievement Added a new Tier 2 Weapon, the Chigiriki and accompanying Achievement Added a new UI element to battles to make Weathe
Update 1.1.1 is now live!

Added a new Tier 2 Ally, the Spearman and accompanying Achievement
Added a new Tier 3 Ally, the Pharmacist and accompanying Achievement
Added a new Tier 2 Weapon, the Chigiriki and accompanying Achievement
Added a new UI element to battles to make Weather, and when it occurs, more clear
Added an option to the final castle shop with the hitotsume-kozu to trade Food for Wado, Ki, or Ammo
Added a Victory or Defeat indicator to all High Scores
Added new art for the level 1 Bandit Trap to differentiate it from the level 3
Replaced the small Weapon and Charm icons granted from Events with a larger size
Improved the Kajiwara 1 layout to +3 Damage from Invisible
Improved the Kajiwara 3 layout to +2 Damage from Invisible
Improved the Benkei 1 layout to contain a Tanto in addition to the Naginata
Improved the Benkei 3 layout Heal to +5 HP
Rebalanced Weapon prices slightly, increasing some but lowering many
Rebalanced Charm prices to be lower overall
Lowered the requirement to achieve the Fact Finder Achievement to 20
Lowered the requirement to achieve the Ringleader Achievement to 20
Lowered the requirement to achieve the Precarious Achievement to 20
Lowered the requirement to achieve the Ruthless Achievement to 100
Lowered the requirement to achieve the Consequences Achievement to 200
Lowered the requirement to achieve the Chain Reaction Achievement to 20
Lowered the requirement to achieve the Repairs Achievement to 25
Lowered the requirement to achieve the Projectile Patron Achievement to 20
Fixes

FIxed an issue where Bandit traps would not benefit from enemies affected by Vulnerable
Fixed an issue where a Bleed applied during an Ambush turn would not tick after the Ambush turn ended
Fixed an issue where Frog Takiyasha wasn't playing any sounds
Fixed a few Weapon borders in the Achievement menu that indicate the Weapons use Ki, but in reality, require none
Fixed an issue where the Status Effect tutorial would trigger with the Invisible effect
Fixed an issue where the text from treasure chests would display out of frame for ones looted in the top row of hexes
Fixed various event typos
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05 Feb 2021Developer post
Update 1.1.0
Update 1.1.0 is now live! Added a new yokai enemy, the Chirizuka kaiō Added a new yokai enemy, the Sunamura no onryō Added a new yokai enemy, the Azukihakari Added a new yokai enemy, the Ippon-datara Added a new yokai enemy, the Fukuro Mujina Added a Bestiary to the in-game Optio
Update 1.1.0 is now live!

Added a new yokai enemy, the Chirizuka kaiō
Added a new yokai enemy, the Sunamura no onryō
Added a new yokai enemy, the Azukihakari
Added a new yokai enemy, the Ippon-datara
Added a new yokai enemy, the Fukuro Mujina
Added a Bestiary to the in-game Options menu to view enemy stats, abilities, and lore
Added a new Help button in battles that includes a legend for Status Effects and Weather
Added unique starting Story events for each Leader
Added a new Story event with a battle to the first node in Kyushu to serve as a battle tutorial
Added new option in the Options menu to change party member Movement to right-click
Added some text to the Difficulty Tooltips in the Leader Select menu to clarify the difficulties for new players
Added numerous load screen tips when starting a New Game
Added a new Tutorial pop-up the first time a Status Effect is encountered
Added alternate Rescue maps to all Rescue battles for more variation
Added a new animation for the Funayurei enemy's melee attack
Added text to the Funayurei & Jobokko enemies to indicate that they will Cure Status Effects when they Heal
Increased the chance for Uncommon and Rare Weapons, Charms, and Allies to appear in certain Shops & Events
Changed the Merchant Ally's level-up abilities slightly
Changed the Poet Ally's level-up abilities slightly
Colored the buttons on the prompt to accept Allies, Weapons, and Charms when the party/inventory are full to green and red
Updated the Burn and Burn Immunity Icons
Extended the timers for all Rescue battles
Updated the majority of the main Story event texts
Changed the Cold Weather in Ezogashima to occur every other turn instead of every turn
Changed some Charm rarities & tiers
Updated the battle confirmation menu Victory and Defeat animations
Increased the Yari, Ono, & Jingama Weapon Damage
Lowered the Nodachi & Fusetake-Yumi Weapon Damage
Increased the range of the Stones & Manriki-kusari Weapons
Fixes

Fixed an issue where party member Armor values were colored white instead of gold to indicate the maximum in the party menu
Fixed Frog Takiyasha's ability text to correctly show 5 damage instead of 2 on 'spit'
Fixed an issue where sometimes Cloud Saves would not transfer reliably between multiple computers
Fixed an issue where certain Charm bonuses were not visually showing on party members on ambushes despite them being active
Fixed dozens of event typos and spacing issues
Removed a few hidden hexes behind the taller hill obstacles on a few combat maps
Fixed the events that require bows to work with any Bow Weapon
Fixed an issue where the Immobilize icon would sometimes not display on an enemy
Fixed an issue where the Clan Archer enemies did not display that they applied the Burn status Effect
Fixed an issue where DoTs would count towards the "Hexed In" Achievement
Removed the superfluous Charm buff icons from party members on the battlefield
Removed the "Does Not Move" text from the Jubokko enemy's ability text
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13 Jan 2021Wargamer.com
The Wind and the Wilting Blossom Review
The Wind and the Wilting Blossom is a bit of a strange one for wargamers, but getting past its roguelike overworld and RPG elements one finds an intriguing tactical game where planning around enemy moves is as important as positioning and the correct application of force. Set in
03 Jan 2021Developer post
Update 1.0.04
Update 1.0.04 is now live! Added a new unique Charm for the Mitsukuni 2 layout Added a new unique Charm for the Mitsukuni 3 layout Added a new Ammo Weapon, the Maruki-yumi Added a new Ammo Weapon, the Fusetake-yumi Tweaked the Mitsukuni 2, Mitsukuni 3, and Fujiwara 3 layouts Over
Update 1.0.04 is now live!

Added a new unique Charm for the Mitsukuni 2 layout
Added a new unique Charm for the Mitsukuni 3 layout
Added a new Ammo Weapon, the Maruki-yumi
Added a new Ammo Weapon, the Fusetake-yumi
Tweaked the Mitsukuni 2, Mitsukuni 3, and Fujiwara 3 layouts
Overhauled numerous Charm Tier and Rarity values
Improved the Farmer Ally level-up schema and made them 50% cheaper to level
Nerfed the Merchant Ally mitigation, tweaked their level-up schema, and increased their Wado cost
Improved the Sohei Ally's mitigation level-up schema
Added a new guaranteed City location to the Ezo region
Changed the Bleed and Burn Status Effects to trigger at the beginning of the Player and Enemy Turns instead of at the end
Increased the challenge of the Hard Difficulty setting
Added the ability for the Jubokko yokai to move but lowered its mitigation
Lowered the Projectile Patron Achievement requirement to 25 from 30
Lowered the Renovate and Refurbish Achievement requirement to 100 from 150
Changed the Chain Reaction Achievement to be increment from any party member applying a Status Effect and lowered the total to 30
Changed the Hotfoot Achievement to complete based on Battle Victories instead of Flees
Tweaked a few enemy Immunities
Renamed the unequipped "Charms" section of the Party Window to "Charm Inventory"
Added text to Charm descriptions to clarify that they do not stack
Fixes

Fixed an issue where the Knockback Status Effect wasn't counting towards Achievements that track Status Effects
Fixed an issue where Ammo/Ki Cost savings from Charms were still being tabulated towards Achievements that required spending Ki or Ammo
Fixed the Dirty Dealer Achievement to unlock correctly and to no longer unlock on any Status Effect being applied during the battle
Fixed an issue where Quest Locations would appear on previously visited Nodes and would not be accessible
Fixed the Takiyasha summons to respect Difficulty settings
Fixed the Daikyu Weapon Wado and Ammo cost
Fixed the Impervious Achievement to unlock correctly
Fixed a text overlap in the Achievement window for the Chain Reaction Achievement
Fixed an issue where Achievements granted mid-battle could have their item tooltips sometimes get stuck to the cursor
Cleaned up the Bashin Weapon art to look less blurry
Fixed various event logic bugs and typos
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22 Dec 2020Developer post
Update 1.0.03a
Tweaked Ki/Ammo Battle Reward gains by region slightly Fixed an issue where Takiyasha would appear in random Darkness battles Fixed an issue where enemies and Allies would receive the same Charm benefit as Hidesato Layout 3 Fixed an issue where the Hunter Achievement would pop th
Tweaked Ki/Ammo Battle Reward gains by region slightly
Fixed an issue where Takiyasha would appear in random Darkness battles
Fixed an issue where enemies and Allies would receive the same Charm benefit as Hidesato Layout 3
Fixed an issue where the Hunter Achievement would pop the Achievement each time the requirements were met
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21 Dec 2020Developer post
Update 1.0.03
Update 1.0.03 is now live! Moved Concubine Ally to Tier 2 Changed Concubine Ally to Uncommon Increased Concubine Damage level-up growth Moved Poet Ally to Tier 3 Adjusted Threat and Wado costs for Tier 2 and 3 Allies Nerfed Gambler Armor by 1 from 5 to 4 Removed Burn and Bleed Im
Update 1.0.03 is now live!

Moved Concubine Ally to Tier 2
Changed Concubine Ally to Uncommon
Increased Concubine Damage level-up growth
Moved Poet Ally to Tier 3
Adjusted Threat and Wado costs for Tier 2 and 3 Allies
Nerfed Gambler Armor by 1 from 5 to 4
Removed Burn and Bleed Immunities from Frog Takiyasha and Takiyasha
Hid the 5th portrait in the party member window for Murasaki Layout 3
Reduced the duration of the Battle Wrap-Up menu if the Confirmation option is not enabled
Fixes

Fixed a crash caused by the player attempting to place a trap on top of Frog Takiyasha
Fixed an issue where the Burning Status Effect icon was missing on the Shinto Priest skill buttons and the Shaku Weapon
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20 Dec 2020Developer post
Update 1.0.02b
Fixed a crash related to Minamoto Layout 2 in the Kanto Story battle
Fixed a crash related to Minamoto Layout 2 in the Kanto Story battle
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19 Dec 2020Developer post
Update 1.0.02a
Added the Stones Weapon to the game Fixed an issue where Story battles were able to be repeated
Added the Stones Weapon to the game
Fixed an issue where Story battles were able to be repeated
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18 Dec 2020Developer post
Update 1.0.02
Fixed an issue where Takiyasha would appear in random Darkness battles.
Fixed an issue where Takiyasha would appear in random Darkness battles.
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18 Dec 2020Developer post
Update 1.0.01
Update 1.0.01 is now live! Added a melee attack to the Funayurei yokai if they are unable to heal on their turn Added rewards to the boss fights in Kansai and Kanto Updated the Ally rename UI to be more clear Added a pencil icon in Ally nameplates to indicate that Ally names are
Update 1.0.01 is now live!

Added a melee attack to the Funayurei yokai if they are unable to heal on their turn
Added rewards to the boss fights in Kansai and Kanto
Updated the Ally rename UI to be more clear
Added a pencil icon in Ally nameplates to indicate that Ally names are able to be edited
Lowered the Ringleader Achievement requirement to 25 Allies and set it to be Tier 2 or higher
Lowered the Fact Finder Achievement requirement to 30 Allies
Lowered the Delicate Corruption Achievement requirement to 100 Status Effects
Lowered the Cleave Achievement requirement to 50 times
Changed the Latecomer Achievement to be completed on Completion instead of Failure
Changed the rarity of the Full Tilt Charm from Uncommon to Common
Lowered the Damage of the Nodachi Weapon by 2 to 6 but reduced it's Wado and Ki cost
Removed Snare Immunity from Takiyasha
Tweaked the Bountiful Harvest and Urban Dweller Charms to be cheaper and more useful
Updated the Ikura POI in Chugoku to not reference 'armor'
Updated the main storyline quests to close the Kusanagi plot hole
Recolored the Weather Location Node icons to be more noticeable
Updated a couple event rewards
Updated some assets in the Hills battle biome
Updated some assets in the Mountain battle biome
Fixes

Fixed an issue where users in 16:10 resolution could not click through the Boss UI in the bottom right of battles
Fixed an issue where the Unwell Achievement was not required to unlock the Shinto Priest
Fixed an issue where buffs were stacking and not ending correctly if the AI did not attack on the first turn of combat
Fixed an issue where the Fact Finder Achievement was tracking without the player having the appropriate leader unlocked
Fixed an issue where the Greedy Gobbler Achievement was tracked by total Wado pickups and not exclusively the Merchant
Fixed an issue where the music in the final region would not restart after a battle
Fixed a typo in the Latecomer Achievement
Fixed an issue where, if there was only one available node for a Quest marker it wouldn't populate
Fixed a rare issue where a Treasure Chest rolled a reward but no reward was granted and no text feedback was provided to the player
Fixed an issue where a level 5 Hunter's mouseover tooltip would exceed the bounds of the tooltip in the Leader Select menu
Fixed a an issue where if a unit had moved and attacked it was not selectable to view Threat
Fixed a an issue where if a Quest event populated an already visited node it would not trigger when the node was entered
Fixed a few minor event typos
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14 Dec 2020Developer post
Release Devblog
When we started working 4ish years ago on a little game about Japanese mythology and a period in Japanese history that's often unexplored, we had no idea what to expect in terms of players, support, and response. As of this writing, we’ve tracked nearly 2000 runs in 1.0! Through
11 Dec 2020Developer post
The Wind and Wilting Blossom is available NOW
We get it - you probably want to play the game rather than read our blather, but we'd be fools not to make a quick launch announcement. We launched to Early Access at the end of April, and projected about six months to get out of EA. It (clearly) took us a little bit longer than
We get it - you probably want to play the game rather than read our blather, but we'd be fools not to make a quick launch announcement.
We launched to Early Access at the end of April, and projected about six months to get out of EA. It (clearly) took us a little bit longer than we'd planned, but we believe the extra time and love was worth it. The game feels worlds more polished than the EA launch, and we've added so much new content that we're really excited about.
We'd be remiss not to briefly mention the folks and organizations that have advocated for us during (and often before!) EA:

All of our EA purchasers and players (particularly those of you that playtested even earlier)
Our Discord and Twitter communities
The streamers and journalists willing to cover an EA game from a tiny studio no one's ever heard of
Seattle Indies Expo for being the only convention that gave us any time or floor space
Now go get back to the game! If you're enjoying it, it would mean the world to us if you'd take a few minutes to write a positive Steam review, tell your friends about it, and join us on Twitter or Discord. There's more stuff to come (we're particularly enamored with an annoying enemy who will steal your wado), so stay tuned.
- Picklefeet Games
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11 Dec 2020Developer post
Update 1.00.0
Update 1.00.0 is now live! Saves from previous versions are no longer compatible. Activated Steam Achievements! Added a number of new sound effects Added a new battle music for the final boss fight Updated all music tracks in the game Edited and tweaked numerous text elements thr
Update 1.00.0 is now live!
Saves from previous versions are no longer compatible.

Activated Steam Achievements!
Added a number of new sound effects
Added a new battle music for the final boss fight
Updated all music tracks in the game
Edited and tweaked numerous text elements throughout the game
Nerfed the Kyushu POI rewards for Sakurajima and Nagasaki but made rewards guaranteed
Disabled World Weather in Story/Boss battles
Nerfed the Retinue Charm slightly
Tweaked Mitsukuni level-up schema and Mitsukuni 3 Layout
Nerfed the Onikuma slightly
Changed the Ranged Assault Achievement to be more achievable
Improved Murasaki 2 Layout
Improved the Shinto Priest and Bandit mitigation slightly
Tweaked nearly every Ally's hire cost
Reduced later region difficulty on all Difficulties
Improved the Ambush Tactics Charm
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