Agriculture vs Gifts of Nature

🌱 First Major Update

Agriculture vs Gifts of Nature Duality

Hello everyone!

The first major update of Medieval StartUp is finally live 🎉
It introduces a key new feature: the first duality in the upgrade tree
👉 Agriculture vs Gifts of Nature

This exclusive choice will have a lasting impact on how you develop your tavern, your village, and your economy.

🔥 New Content

- Agriculture

• Agriculture Workshop, allowing you to craft:

  • Fertilizer Bin

  • Seed Tray

  • Pumpkin Seeds

• Fertilizer Bin
  Turn vegetables and dishes into fertilizer to boost your fields.

• Seed Tray
  Allows your vegetables to go to seed.

• New Job: Farmer

  • Fertilizes fields

  • Automatically plants and harvests crops

- Gifts of Nature

• Nature Workshop, allowing you to craft:

  • Honey Trees

  • Baskets

  • Mushroom, Apple, and Strawberry Baskets

• Honey Trees
  Speed up the regrowth of natural resources around them.

• Wild Strawberries
  Now appear near honey trees.

- Well Upgrade : New level 20 upgrade allowing the well to reach 50 water charges.

⚙️ Balancing & Improvements

• New pathfinding for NPCs and employees

• Player / NPC collisions removed for smoother movement

• Stabilized NavMesh: far fewer blockages

• More reliable NPC behaviors, both indoors and outdoors

• Improved Transporter:

  • Can now place furniture

  • Can install market stands

• Collision and object placement fixes

• Balance adjustments to:

  • Fish traps

  • Item prices

  • Dishes and recipes

• Upgrade tree reworked for more consistent progression

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed an inventory <-> chest transfer bug that could cause items to disappear when drag & dropping onto an existing stack

• Fixed bowls and mugs disappearing overnight

• Fixes to stands and workshops

• General stability improvements

❤️ Your Feedback Matters More Than Ever

This update lays the foundation of the duality system, which will be expanded and refined in future updates.

👉 Your feedback on balance, choice impact, and the new gameplay loops is essential.
I personally read every message on the Steam forums and through the in-game feedback forms.

Thank you all for your support and patience, Medieval StartUp continues to grow thanks to you 🌱

See you soon in the marsh,
Florian / Aspic Games