Hey everyone!
It has been a long time coming but I'm pleased to announce that Folklore Hunter 1.0 is finally here! Lemon and I have worked extremely hard to bring you the best possible experience, adding new content, bug fixes and of course an all new hunt Operation: BLACKWING.
Early access has been quite a journey and I want to thank each and every one of you for supporting our small team and the game over the years, we wouldn’t be where we are today without the amazing suggestions, bug reports, and feedback from the community.
I hope you like what Folklore Hunter has to offer, and am incredibly excited for you all to try out the new Blackwing hunt.
There have been 367 commits since the last update in September which has been a huge achievement! I've list some of the highlights below.
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Changelog:
Added new story hunt - Operation: Blackwing
Added new contract hunt - Mothman
Improved controller support.
Improved performance in various story hunts.
Ladder climbing
Inventory now shows your player character.
Added missing crouch animations.
New sound effect for hunt circle countdown.
Increased texture streaming performance.
Jerry cans can now blast open the cave entrances in the Bloodfang contract.
Custom settings and performance tweaks for steam deck.
Auto detect default settings if no save
Fix for frame hitching in some maps.
Crossbow bolts now spawn in crates in the bloodfang story hunt
Made wendigo vocalzations muffled when underground
Steam Achievements
Changed interaction textblock justification from "left" to "center", fixing weird alignment bug when starting a highlight interaction.
Added new metal footstep sounds
Fixed main menu intro animation to have the correct timings on buttons appearing.
Fixed main menuintro animation skip functionality.
Intro text in story hunts now fade out.
Hunter senses no longer causes a pitch change.
Added a warning when your flashlight battery is low.
Fixed settings not saving correctly.
Fixed softlocks in Bloodfang + Bloodfang contracts:
Fixed being able to get stuck behind the "mausoleum".
Fixed collision when trying to place items.
Footstep sounds now trigger when the player lands from a jump.
Added explicit usage explanations to most items.
Updated name tag display.
Decreased footstep audio volume.
Fixed wendigo getting stuck in Night of the Wendigo.
Fixed strigoi stuck in bloodfang contract.
Fixed startup splash sometimes getting cutoff midway through.
Fixed items occasionally getting deleted when storing or retrieving them from the Lobby storage.
Fixed weapons sometimes having infinite ammo as a client.
Fixed weapons not being able to switch ammo types properly as a client.
Added journal keybind to settings menu
Fix for client loaded ammo prediction bug. (Crossbow reload bug on clients)
Press Release
Track and Trick Legendary Creatures Today in Folklore Hunter, Co-Op Hunting Survival
Bullets can only do so much — think outside the box to outwit mythic creatures
NEW ZEALAND — Jan. 30, 2026 — Keep your head on a swivel crawling through skull-filled caves in Folklore Hunter, the co-op urban legend hunting survival game developed by Liquid Donkey Games, as it fully launches out of Early Access today with its full 1.0 release.
Surviving an encounter with the beastly, horned Wendigo is one thing, but a vampire? Few return from that hunt. Gear up and trek out into dark forests, cavernous dens, abandoned military complexes, and more to track down mythical beasts of legends before they catch onto your scent. Once they sense you, even the best hunters succumb to their otherworldly presence.
Venture out on three major Story Hunts solo or with a group of supernatural stalkers to brave the Wendigo’s lair, investigate the vacant village now home to the vampiric Strigoi, and meet the Mothman eye-to-eye to face off in a battle of telepathic fortitude. Discover hidden secrets that lead to ancient practices meant to detain arcane monsters, and do what must be done to seal them away for the greater good…or free them forever. The choice is yours (so you think)!
Join the collective of hunters all suiting up for the chance to take on Mothman after years of training in Early Access with the full 1.0 launch now fully available. Customize personal loadouts with crucifixes, cameras, explosives, bear traps, batteries, and more to prepare for chaotic Contract Hunts where every pursuit presents randomized puzzle-filled environments to search.
“The Wendigo and Strigoi encounters have grown in scope and mechanics since we launched in Early Access in 2020,” said Jayde Cohen, Founder and sole developer at Liquid Donkey Games. “The community’s requested this hunt for years now. I can’t wait for everyone to take down the Mothman in 1.0, or at least try to — it’s particularly devious compared to the first two hunts, and choosing to free it instead can lead to some unpredictable outcomes I hope you find amusing.”
Folklore Hunter tracks down distant rumblings of surreal monstrosities today on PC via Steam for $17.99 as it launches into 1.0 out of Early Access with full Steam Workshop support for the community to create and share their own custom content and mods. For more information, follow developer Liquid Donkey Games on Twitter and join fellow survivors huddled around the fire over on Discord.
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Folklore Hunter Launch Trailer
About Liquid Donkey Games
Liquid Donkey Games is an independent game development studio based out of New Zealand, founded and operated by solo developer Jayde Cohen. Creativity and fun fuel Jayde’s creations, and when combined with his passion for the suspenseful and foreboding bring about survival horror experiences like Folklore Hunter supported by the chaotic camaraderie of co-op. Jayde’s storytelling techniques embed themselves into the very worlds he creates, and offer a unique perspective of humanity told through interactive, emergent scenarios.
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