Chinese Frontiers news & patch notes

Changelog

Bug Fixes (Player Reports)

• Added an option to obtain quest items for all main quests that unlock workshops. Fixed an issue where the Quest NPC for Stonemasonry II did not provide an option to spawn required items if the player could not find them.

• Fixed a missing marker above the Fisherman NPC on the Desert map.

• Fixed an issue where the “Master of Mud” quest could fail due to a problem with unlocking the farm. This fix also works retroactively for existing saves.

• Fixed an issue where the Machine Kit ghost was not destroyed when the Machine Workshop building was destroyed.

• Fixed a problem where decorations were destroyed when upgrading structures to Level 2.

• Fixed an issue where the player could die after crafting incense at the Blessing Altar.

• Fixed an issue where roof tiles sometimes did not appear in the player’s hand after building.

Village Management

• Fixed an issue where the number of villagers was not displayed correctly. This fix also works retroactively for existing saves.

Quality of Life

• Improved snapping and placement for:

  • Gangplanks

  • Big Stool

  • structures interacting with overhanging scaffolding

UI Improvements

• Compass rework: Fixed an issue where East and West directions were displayed incorrectly.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the contents of the Warehouse storage chest could disappear after player death

• Fixed multiple shader-related crashes

HotFix 2.2.2387

• Fixed a collision duplication issue at Brickyard Station

• Fixed an issue where the Warehouse could disappear after player death

• Fixed incorrect production calculations in Village Management

• Fixed an issue where the River Monument could disappear in certain cases

• Fixed map filters remaining locked after player death

HotFix 2.2.2328

This small hotfix fixes an issue with the ladder at the crafting station in Stonemason 2, as well as a bug that prevented placing decorations inside buildings.

Hey Builders!

Hotfix 2.2.2324 is here!

Thank you for all your reports and feedback !

Changelog:

• Fixed a texture artifact issue on the Bell Tower.

• Fixed an issue where rocks were duplicated due to a foliage saving problem in Sandbox mode.

• Fixed a building upgrade issue that prevented proper progression.

• Fixed a container interaction issue.

• Fixed missing drawings in the Knowledge Menu.

• Fixed a display issue in the Journal when a large number of rewards were present.

• Fixed an issue with hoe durability in Village Management.

• Fixed an issue where the Bell on Tower monument bell was duplicated.

• Fixed an issue where save files could disappear!

• Fixed an issue where the health bar could become locked.

• Fixed an issue where buildings could not be placed using the left mouse button.

• Fixed an issue where the River Bridge cinematic did not play after using the machine.

• Fixed an issue where eggs were glitching and falling through structures.

• Fixed an issue in Sandbox Creative Mode where taking all items would incorrectly clear the caravan.

• Fixed an issue where roof tiles could be incorrectly taken from the caravan inventory.

• Fixed an issue with the Brickyard upgrade where roof tile pile coordinates were incorrect and required elements were missing.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Wishing all our players prosperity, good fortune, and epic victories in the Year of the Horse! 🐎✨

🏗 SANDBOX MODE – Now Available!

We’re excited to introduce a brand-new way to experience Chinese Frontiers. Ever wanted to build the Village of Your Dreams without worrying about survival mechanics or building costs? Now you can! Let your imagination run wild — and don’t forget to share your beautiful creations with us.

• Creative – Unlimited freedom. No limits.

• Survival – An even greater challenge than before.

• Default – The original Chinese Frontiers experience, exactly as designed.

• Custom – Tailor the experience to your liking with 10+ adjustable settings.

• Better managment of memory during level explore

• HLOD’s for long distance enviro elements

• Faster level loading

• Better performance - ready for build many structrures

🧧 Lunar New Year – Special Features!

• Humble Altar

• Elegant Altar

🪔 Incense & Offerings

Place 9 different types of offerings at your Altars to boost your character’s strength, speed, durability, and more. You’ll need a new item: Resin – crafted from Pinecones that fall from trees.

🐎 Festive Decorations

Main Menu Redesign

⭐ Highly Requested New Features!

• Standalone Chest – You can now place chests anywhere — in your Village or beyond. More storage, total freedom. The sky’s the limit.

• You can now assign colored emblems to your chests to stay organized.

• Placeable Travel Points – Explore the vast plains with confidence. Place your own fast-travel points and return anytime with ease.

Additional changes in Patch 2.2

🚀 Optimization

• Added DLLS - For GeForce RTX Cards , also FrameGeneration (2x for 40xx and 4x for 50xx Series)

• Improved building placement and loading (reduced memory usage)

• Reduced FPS drops when placing the Buildings

• Reduced GPU usage and better performance with built buildings

🌾 Farming

• Added Egg Container to prevent resource loss (community suggestion)

✨ Quality of Life Improvements

• Added outlines in Builder Vision for:

  • Chicken Feeder

  • Pig Trough

  • Standalone Chest

• Teleport to Caravan now available on all levels (player suggestion)

• Stamina rebalanced (drains slower)

• Improved gamepad controls in menus

• New loading screen images showcasing landscapes and vistas

• Hunger and thirst are now locked until unlocking the Kitchen

• Easier spawner placement without requiring perfect positioning

🗺 UI Improvements

• Map Filters Added – Toggle specific POI categories on or off to quickly find what you’re looking for

• Building Menu Improvement – New “Last Selected Category” button for smoother building flow

• Autosave frequency now applies instantly

• Added option to rebind the QuickSave key

🏗 Building Improvements

• Campfire

• Lanterns

• Lantern Poles

• Game Table

• Tables

• Benches

👥 Villagers & NPCs

• Fixed an issue where Villagers sometimes didn’t spawn after building the Villager’s Hut

• Fixed Jun’s walk cycle and beard animation

• Fixed NPCs not working when as signed to Chicken Meat & Eggs in Village Management

• Added Lamb to all traders

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Unable to place fences on certain terrain types

• Resources spawning on already built structures

• Rust Armor spawning before quest unlock

• Birds appearing to fly while sitting on the ground

• Text clipping in the Hotbar

• Endless fainting animation

• Crafting continuing after respawn

• Tools locking in the Hotbar

• Visual glitches when breaking tools

• “The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd” NPC spawn issues

• Silk Workshop elements not spawning (also fixed retroactively)

• Stone bases disappearing from player-built structures

• Dying during cutscenes

• Duplicate quest items

• Palm leaves not attached to trees

• Various localization issues

Let us know what you think about the new update!

Stay in touch with us on our Discord server and keep your suggestions coming — just like in this update, many of the changes were made thanks to your feedback!

Celebrate the Chinese New Year with us! 🧧✨

Hey Builders!

HotFix 2.1.2 is here!

This update focuses on most requested quality-of-life improvements, quest fixes, UI clarity, and a large batch of player-reported bug fixes.

Thank you for all your reports and feedback — they directly shaped this update ❤️ More improvements are already in progress!

Changelog

Most Requested Improvements

• Improved item sorting — items now stack to their maximum size, and identical item types are grouped together after sorting.

• All food and consumable items now restore health. Higher-quality consumables restore more health.

• Improved UI presentation of consumable effects.

• Slowed down depletion of:

  • Nourishment

  • Stamina

• Stonemasonry II quest now correctly counts the number of placed statues.

• Fixed all known quest blockers.

• Fixed an issue where additional Warehouse storage (100 extra slots) did not appear for some players.

• Bushes and foliage are now destructible in The Mountain Area of the Great Wall level.

Animals

• Improved animal reaction times when interacting with the player.

• Wild animals now properly flee from characters.

UI Improvements

• Improved clarity of consumable item effects in:

  • Crafting Menu

  • Tooltips

  • Inventory Status Effects

Bug Fixes

Fixed issues including:

• Monuments and quest buildings spawning as already built.

• Duplicate NPC spawns.

• Duplicate POI spawns.

• A crash that could occur when using Quick Save.

• Requirements Tooltip incorrectly showing Machine Parts as “0” in inventory.

• Incorrect localization in the Machine Workshop.

• Wrong materials assigned to Farm building elements.

• An issue where the player could sometimes not faint due to perk interactions.

• Objects from the Building Menu spawning during Auto-Save.

• Warehouse teleport issue that could spawn the player underground.

• Pig Trough tooltip not displaying correctly.

• Water not displaying correctly in The Nine-Arch Bridge cinematic.

• Visual issues with disappearing objects in cinematics after completing monuments.

• Crafting Time Ring occasionally displaying incorrect timing.

• Farm textures not displaying correctly.

• Resolved multiple save converter bugs.

As always, please keep reporting issues — your feedback helps us polish the game faster and better.

More fixes and improvements coming soon! 🚀

Hotfix 2.1.1 is live!

Hey everyone! We’ve just released Hotfix 2.1.1 for Patch 2.1.

More fixes are coming soon! Changelog:

Building

• Fixed an issue with placing overhanging scaffolding.

• Fixed an issue that prevented placing the Caravan Chest on scaffolding.

Perks

• Fixed an issue that made the Perk: The Great Builder impossible to unlock. This fix also applies to players who should have already unlocked it.

Bug Fixes (Player Reported)

• Fixed multiple issues with crafting stations caused by animation errors introduced in Patch 2.1.

• Resolved an issue causing crafting stations to remain suspended after a farm was destroyed.

• Resolved an issue causing machine parts to be incorrectly highlighted in red in the Requirements Tooltip.

BETA Save Converter

• Fixed an issue that could wipe the player’s storage during conversion. There shouldn’t be an issue when you reconvert the old save.

• Resolved a bug resulting in duplicate NPC spawns.

Community Hub – Save Converter Feedback

Patch 2.1 Is Out Now!

Save Converter, New Features & Major Improvements

Thank you all for your patience and support ❤️

After releasing Patch 2.0 and a follow-up hotfix, we’re happy to finally bring you the next big step forward.

Patch 2.1 is officially live!

We’re especially excited to deliver the Save Converter, allowing you to continue your journey using save files from before Patch 2.0. This feature is currently in BETA. Due to major differences between the legacy save system and the new one, not every scenario could be tested by our small team.

On top of that, Patch 2.1 includes:

• New features (including placing the Caravan Chest anywhere!)

• General gameplay improvements

• UX/UI polish

• New animations & VFX

• Optimization and Quality of Life changes

• Numerous bug fixes … and more!

You can find the full changelog below 👇

Save Converter (BETA)

You can now convert legacy save files from before Patch 2.0 and continue your journey in the new and improved Chinese Frontiers experience.

This feature is currently in BETA. Due to major differences between the legacy save system and the new one, not every scenario could be tested by our small team.

If you encounter any issues, please let us know — they will be addressed in upcoming hotfixes.

Important! The converter always creates a copy of your legacy save. If something doesn’t work as expected, your original save is safe and you can convert it again at any time.

We’re extremely proud to finally deliver this feature to players who have been with us from the very beginning 😄

New Features!

• Caravan Chest

  • Can now be placed anywhere — in the Village or in other lands.

  • Build without constantly running back to the Caravan when you run out of materials.

  • Optional for players who prefer a more challenging experience.

• Item Sorting

  • Added the ability to sort items by type (highly requested).

  • Available categories:

    • Building Materials

    • Tools

    • Food

    • Seeds / Plants

Building Improvements

• Scaffolding can now be placed inside buildings, significantly reducing construction restrictions.

• Scaffolding is now easier to place, allowing for more flexible construction.

• You can now build using tools and heavy materials while jumping.

• Building requirement tooltips now show:

  • How many required materials you currently have.

  • Values update in real time as you build.

• Reduced scaffolding hitboxes to make placement easier.

• Added directional arrow indicators to clearly show the front of each structure.

• Fixed building component traces, significantly improving the overall building feel.

• Decorations can now be placed inside buildings.

Warehouse

• Added +100 item slots to improve Village management and storage flexibility.

Resource Gathering

• Wood drops are now based on tree size.

  • Larger trees provide larger rewards (based on player feedback).

Crafting – Time Rebalance!

Crafting times across multiple stations have been reworked to improve pacing and reduce downtime.

Carpenter’s Table

• 5s → 3.5s

Carver’s Table

• 7s → 5s

Dyer’s Table

• 7s → 8s

Stonecarving Station

• 8s → 5s

Anvil

• Iron Parts: 10s → 4s

• Metal Tools: 10s → 6s

Cooking Hearth

• Common dishes: 5s → 4s

• Uncommon dishes: 7s → 6s

• Epic dishes: 10s → 7.5s

Field Kitchen Table

• Cooking time: 5s → 4.5s

UI Improvements

Inventory

• You can now select a specific amount of resources when moving items between inventory and chests.

Chests / Warehouse

• The “Fill” button no longer affects items stored in the Belt.

Quest Map

• Hovering over map markers now displays:

  • NPC roles (trader, quest giver, etc.)

  • Quest names and current objectives

Village Management

• Warning icons now include clear tooltips explaining their meaning.

• Fixed an issue that prevented NPCs from being assigned to crafting stations.

Knowledge Menu

• All special structures are now listed under the Buildings tab.

Animations & Visuals

• Improved building animations for:

  • Hatchet

  • Pickaxe

  • Trowel

  • Hammer

• Added smoother animations for:

  • In-hand crafting

  • Jumping

• Added new VFX to enhance visual feedback.

Increased crafting animation playback speed (seconds)

Crafting Stations (UI-based):

• Carpenter’s Table – 1.5

• Carver’s Table – 1.16

• Dyer’s Table – 1.01

• Stonecarving Station – 1.02

• Anvil – 1.6

• Cooking Hearth – 1.35

• Field Kitchen Table – 1.68

Container Crafting Stations:

• Trestle Table – 1.1

• Rooftile Table – 1.6

• Brick Table – 1.6

• Stonemason’s Workbench – 1.6

• Mortar Kiln – 1.25

Quality of Life

• Added Auto-Save on Quest Completion.

• Rebalanced player stats — stamina now depletes more slowly.

• Fixed long wait times when using fast travel within the same level.

Bug Fixes

Fixed (based on player feedback):

• Player dying during dialogue interactions

• Repeating “Well-Prepared” perk notification after teleporting

• Missing icon in the “Tools in Hotbar” tutorial

• Missing quest resources in “The Guardian Beast” journal

• Multiple controller-related issues

• Tracked quests becoming untracked after teleporting or loading

• “Chicken Meat” incorrectly labeled as “Chicken Pork”

• Floor issues near the Silk Workshop

• Missing sound on the Field Cooking Station when queue exceeded 45s

• Sandstorm wind issues in the desert

• Rusty Armor from “The Ghost of the Fallen” appearing in the air

• The Great Bell Tower now unlocks correctly via “Master of Works”

• Fixed interactive deposits respawning on normal/rice fields

• Floating POI in Mei’s Garden

• POIs not disappearing after quest completion

• Issues with lighting the overlook fire

• Fixed broken lanterns on the “Nine-Arch Bridge” level

• Caravan Chest now displays the correct title when opened

• Reduced visual flickering on certain objects

Optimization

• GPU optimizations

• Added a benchmark that automatically sets scalability presets based on system performance

• Improved grass effects and wind deformation on lower settings

• Optimized texture sizes for Jun and Mei’s clothing

• Improved shadow behavior on the Epic graphics preset

• Disabled unnecessary World Position Offset usage

• Simplified and improved collision boxes for tools

• Implemented cheaper shaders for long-distance (billboard) foliage

Join us for a Chinese Frontiers livestream celebrating the release of Patch 2.0! It’s our first major update in many months, and we want to start by thanking you for your patience and support during this long stretch of silence. Over the past months, we’ve been working behind the scenes on deep structural improvements to ensure Chinese Frontiers can continue to grow in the long term.

Patch 2.0 is a complete technical overhaul focused on performance, stability, and preparing the game for the future. Here’s what you can expect:

• Significant FPS improvements across all biomes and gameplay scenarios

• Major optimization work that reduces stuttering and improves overall fluidity

• A re-engineered core codebase to eliminate bottlenecks and improve scalability

• Numerous stability fixes and systems cleaned up, rewritten, or replaced

• Improved foundation for future content and mechanical updates

Hotfix 2.0.1

We’re rolling out Hotfix 2.0.1 to quickly address priority issues and tighten up the experience across Chinese Frontiers — but not only that! Alongside important fixes, we’re also adding a full set of Steam achievements that didn’t make it into the previous patch. Thank you for all the feedback you’ve shared so far — it’s incredibly helpful and keeps us moving fast.

Changelog:

• Added 39 STEAM achievements.

• Reduced VRAM usage.

• Fixed various physics-related issues.

• Addressed multiple VFX and SFX problems.

• Improved item performance by disabling effects when items are not visible.

• Fixed LOD issues that occurred on medium graphics settings. 

• Fixed an issue where POIs could reappear after being completed.

• Fixed a quest marker that did not disappear after completing the quest.

• Resolved a bug that caused Max Thirst and Hunger to be incorrectly capped at 100.

• HUD survival stats now display and update correctly. 

• Mouse sensitivity settings now save correctly.

• Inverted mouse settings now save correctly.

• Virtual texture buffer size is now determined by the selected graphics preset.

• The Cyclon of Creation perk now properly increases the return of materials when destroying structures.

• Added a Trader icon to the map legend for easier navigation.

• Alternate actions on controllers are now fully functional, including the Hammer Menu.

• Fixed an issue where upgrading basic workshops prevented villagers from being assigned to their original workstations. 

• Fixed boundary poles not displaying correctly when placing fields. 

• Added new biome-specific insect VFX to enhance world variety.

• Added new ambient sounds across all biomes for improved atmosphere. 

• Fixed an issue that caused an invisible wall to appear in the Iron Ore Mine on the River map.

Keep sharing your feedback so we can continue improving Chinese Frontiers together!

Chinese Frontiers – Patch 2.0: Major Optimization Update is Live!

What’s New in Patch 2.0

• Significant FPS improvements across all biomes and gameplay scenarios

• Major optimization work that reduces stuttering and improves overall fluidity

• A re-engineered core codebase to eliminate bottlenecks and improve scalability

• Numerous stability fixes and systems cleaned up, rewritten, or replaced

• Improved foundation for future content and mechanical updates

New Save System

• More stable and reliable

• Much faster in loading and saving

• Compatible with all future updates, preventing save issues going forward

Future Update 2.1 – Save Converter Coming Soon

But what if you… Want to Keep Playing the Patch 1.021 Version?

THANK YOU, BUILDERS!

Full Patch 2.0 Changelog below:

NEW FEATURES AND QUALITY OF LIFE

• TECHNICAL

  • Updated project to Unreal Engine 5.5

  • DirectX 12 is now the default rendering mode (improved GPU performance)

  • Added Frame Limiter, set to 60 FPS by default

• QUALITY OF LIFE

  • Added the ability to check how many materials you still need to finish a building at any point during construction - MOST OF YOU requested this feature, so now tackling the monuments of Chinese Frontiers should be even more fun.

  • Loading a game after Game Over now spawns the player at the nearest Travel Point - no more unnecessary backtracking; you can jump straight back into the action.

  • Improved player controls

  • Traders are now displayed on the Map - find the best deals, trade away, and maybe even haggle like a pro.

  • Refreshed Compass system (with new detection logic for traders and quest givers) - you can now spot them just by wandering around without opening menus. Let yourself be swept into another adventure!

    • Traders and quest givers are now visible on the compass when entering their detection range

• SAVE SYSTEM

  • Complete Save System rework

    • Added Quick Save (F5) - helps you save some time

    • Added save thumbnails (screenshot preview) - now you can spot your save at a glance and avoid that “wait, which one was I at?” moment.

    • Save files now display the game version

    • Fixed loading issues by reading all saves directly from the savegames folder

    • Added Empty Slot placeholder

    • Save names now include: active quest, date, and location

    • Save type now displayed (Autosave, Manual Save, etc.)

    • Saves are now sorted correctly by date (newest first)

• GAMEPLAY/BUILDING

  • Polished building placement system - now you can build more freely and let your imagination run wild (your masterpiece awaits!).

    • Increased maximum distance between player and placed building (can now place structures farther from the camera)

    • Buildings now snap to terrain slope - no more wrestling with the map.

    • Buildings can be placed on steeper inclines

    • Building foundations now display along with the object (ghost effect with fading material)

• POIs - POINTS OF INTEREST

  • POIs located on different map levels are now visible on the Map - no more missing hidden spots, even if they’re on the other side of the continent!

  • POI behavior now properly synchronized with Quests

  • Fixed missing POIs in various quests

  • Improved POIs cosmetics

• PERFORMANCE

  • General graphical optimization – smoother visuals and better performance

    • Greatly reduced overall RAM and VRAM usage for improved performance.

    • Improved perfomance of NPCs logic and rendering

    • Adjusted render distance of objects based on proximity; hidden objects out of player view

    • Optimized grass asset (shadows, rendering distance, density)

    • Optimized rendering for background foliage

    • Implemented RVT for landscape materials on the River level for better performance

    • Improved Level Streaming and zone loading logic

    • Optimized shadow performance

    • Converted some static meshes to instances for better performance

  • Trees inside Jun’s garden can now be cut down - except for the special pink trees of course

• UI

  • Reworked HUD. Reduced visual intensity and improved readability - dive fully into the world without distractions.

  • Improved Journal Notes - now shows resources from both your Inventory and Caravan - so you’ll know exactly if you’re ready to tackle any challenge.

  • Improved default keybinds for switching Tabs in menus

  • Added animated gradient backgrounds to HUD elements

• QUESTS

  • Fixed Quest tracking system (POIs)

  • Rebalanced progression and stability across multiple Quests

• PLAYER

  • Reworked player attribute system (Health, Stamina, Nourishment, Thirst)

  • Fixed incorrect attribute values after fainting and loading the game.

• ASSETS & LEVEL DESIGN

  • Reworked building foundations – updated base visuals

  • Improved LODs for multiple assets

    • Updated scaffoldings

• TUTORIALS

  • Tutorials are now coupled with currently tracked Quest

• QUESTS

  • Fixed issues blocking progression of Main and Side Quests - now you can fully enjoy the adventure without any interruptions or hiccups.

  • Main Quests:

    • The Cornerstone - quest now completes properly

    • Flames by the Hearth - now correctly registers planting at Mei’s farm

  • Side Quests:

    • Mastering the Flame - fixed broken fishing rod preventing progress

    • The Golden Carp - fixed issues with the Fisherman

    • The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd - fixed issues with actors

    • The Silk Weaver - quest can now be completed

    • Ghosts of the Fallen - quest can now be completed

• VILLAGE MANAGEMENT

  • MAJOR CHANGE: Village management and production costs have been fully rebalanced.

    • the production cost system has been reworked - it’s now possible to build and maintain a self-sufficient village without breaking a sweat.

• NPCs

  • Fixed loading/unloading of animals based on distance

  • Improved NPC navigation and movement

  • Invisible NPCs now properly unload from memory

• BUGs

  • Fixed interaction issues with underwater items

  • Fixed animal interaction problems

  • Fixed lantern duplication after loading saves

  • Fixed loading screen crashes caused by missing player actions

  • Fixed bug where an animal model wouldn’t appear after being picked up

  • Fixed incorrect camera movements during NPC dialogues

  • Fixed compass issues after player death

  • Village Chest Container now always contains resources at the start of a new game

  • Fixed UI issues in the Skill Tree

  • Fixed multiple Map and Compass issues

  • Fixed disappearing tooltip when adding materials to crafting stations

  • Fixed farmland showing “missing materials” despite having them

  • Improved tooltip behavior (no flickering or stacking)

  • Fixed PostProcess effects - Hunger and Thirst indicators now display correctly

  • Improved Inventory handling (split function, “select one item”, input optimization, reduced delays)

• SETTINGS

  • Fixed display mode and resolution switching system

• LANDSCAPE

  • Desert Level: fixed holes in the landscape near the canyon

  • River Level: fixed level boundaries causing players to fall out of the map

• GRAPHICS

  • Fixed distance field shadows for vegetation - correct shadow rendering at all distances

Hello, builders!

Build at your own pace, plan like a strategist, and unwind after a long day — now for less during the Steam Autumn Sale. Many of you play in the evenings and on weekends, and Chinese Frontiers is designed for those focused, relaxing sessions where time just slips by.

Why jump in now:

• Plan like a strategist: gather resources, process materials into advanced goods, and build efficiently — smart logistics make long-term planning pay off.

• Create your calm: screenshot-worthy villages, cozy evenings of slow building, and a relaxing pace with no pressure.

• Evening-friendly sessions: perfect for 1–2-hour wind-downs that turn into “just one more…” marathons — sit down for an hour and before you know it, you’re still building. Includes 50+ hours of core playtime, plus extra content for completionists.

• History with heart: a distinctive building system grounded in traditional Chinese architecture — inspired by real pagodas, temples, bridges, and sections of the Great Wall — authentic yet approachable for modern city-builders.

On sale now — stay in the loop

Grab the discount during the Steam Sale. Still deciding? Wishlist & Follow to catch future promos and updates.

Join the community

Share screenshots, layouts, and tips in Steam Discussions and on Discord. Builders love seeing great designs — and we love featuring them.

See you on the frontier — enjoy the discount and happy building!

TL;DR

• We’ve restructured to deliver content faster, and fix bugs more effectively.

• We’re working on Patch 1.022.

• New features coming soon.

What happened?

In recent weeks we rebuilt the team and our production process. In practice, this means:

• smaller, specialized strike teams;

• a new QA pipeline (more regression tests, pre-release checklists);

• cleaned-up branching and code reviews—easier merging of large changes with hotfixes;

• a tidy backlog: priority on critical bugs and must-have quality-of-life.

All of this has one goal: faster, safer releases and a more predictable cadence.

Why did communication suffer?

During the organizational changes we were migrating and rebuilding our tools, which reduced the number of public updates. We didn’t want to throw out dates we couldn’t keep, so we didn’t reply to every message. We apologize for not answering emails and DMs, and for unclear information about patches. From now on, we’re returning to regular updates and prioritizing transparent communication.

Next patch: 1.022

We are currently working hard on a new patch that will fix some of the bugs. We’ll publish full patch notes on release day in #announcements (and in Steam News).

What’s next—new features “later this year”

• for builders and strategists—deeper economy and supply chains, planning options;

• for creators of aesthetic settlements—new building tools and greater freedom in placing objects;

• for fans of slow gaming and narrative—smoother gameplay for greater immersion.

Your role

What helps us most are repro steps (steps to reproduce) + a save + a short recording of the issue. Also share screenshots of your settlements—we’re happy to feature community creations on our socials.

Thank you for sticking with us through the cleanup. This restructuring is here so Chinese Frontiers can develop faster and more stably—so every evening session is a pleasure, not a fight with bugs.

— The Chinese Frontiers Team

Dear Builders,

We want to start by expressing our heartfelt thanks to every single one of you for your amazing support, dedication, and enthusiasm. Your passion is what drives us to keep improving the game every day. A special thank you goes out to everyone who took part in the beta testing of this patch—your feedback has been absolutely invaluable. Thanks to the interest in the beta version, we’re expanding our beta testing platform for future patches. If you’d like to be among the first to test upcoming updates, make sure to follow us on our Discord channel: —we’ll be sharing all testing opportunities and announcements there!

⚖️ Gameplay Balance Improvements

In this patch, we’ve made significant balance adjustments based on your feedback:

• Iron-related crafting balance changes - Iron Parts, Metal Tools and Machines

• Refined Jade - balance cost of crafting

• Balance changes in extracting tools - hatchet and pickaxe damage in primitive and improved version are fixed

• Added some missing requirements building materials in various structures (Nine-arch Bridge, Farm)

🛠️ Core Gameplay Fixes

We’ve also made crucial improvements to game mechanics and addressed several bugs:

• Fixed major bug which blocks village managment menu

• Quest items are now not tradeable

• Machines Kits are now not a Quest item

• Fixed bug which allow to destruct machines and some other obects by hatchet

• Fixed some minor warehouse issues: travel point position change, build collision expansion to cover for travel point, delete old travel points

• Fixed bugs in Heavenly Ladder Monument - Building Progress issue and missing materials in few ghosts

• Fixed bug which occurs when saving while building Nine-arch Bridge (objectives “Destruct wooden scaffolds”)

• Building progress should be shown after placing fundaments

• Fixed some minor farming system bugs

• Further fixes on save system and loading sequences

• Fixed broken snapping Wide and Narrow Scaffold with Ladder

🧭 UI & UX Improvements

We’re continuing to enhance the user interface for a smoother, more intuitive experience:

• Keyshorts durign crafting issues -

  • fixed bug which blocks crafting station/menu when using keyshorts during crafting

  • fixed bug which change handcraft menu with crafting station menu

• Add missing icon for artisian workshop in the village managment menu

• Add missing knowledge menu entry about Iron Bars

• Tutorials in Knowledge Menu are now scalling better

• Requirment resources in journal should now properly count items from Players inventory and caravan

• Fixed some of problems related with mouse cursor loses focus

• Fixed repeatedly appearing “new unlock” pop-up

• Only valid saves will be shown in load save menu

• Add some optional navigation in various menus

• Added version Number in Main Menu and in Pause Menu

🧾 ...And That’s Not All!

These are just some of the most impactful changes introduced in this patch. Here’s the list of the remaining fixes we managed to include in this patch — we hope there’s something in it for everyone! 😊: Collectible Foliage / plants

• Desert Collectible Foliage updated and fixed - Coriander should be easier to find

• Mountain area - more bayleaf to find

• Lotus are now visible with outline

Quests

• Quest givers from later stage of the game wont have tooltip before Player could interact

• The Locust Plague, The Bandit King's Challenge, The Emperor’s Lotus Garden - fixed broken objectives

• Minor fixes in quests: The Decorative Arts, The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, Silk Road Merchant

• Add some missing intrest point markers

• Fixed optional dialogue in Engineering II quest, which could crash the game

NPC

• Fisherman should spawn in correct position (not underground)

• Village workers can now grow dye plants

Dialogue

• Fixed empty dialogue option which crashed game

• Add missing dialogue voiceovers in Metalworking and The Negotiation quests

Audio

• Water audio effects in River area should be less intense (mainly when building nine-arch bridge)

• Added missing audio effects for some decorations - bells and gongs

• Minor fixes: jun footsteps, windmill sound fix on river, added workshop ambiences on level river, npc sounds updates

• Audio level during loading screens should be adjusted according to audio settings

• Music system should now change tracks properly

• Lesser fixes in FMOD banks and VO files

3D Graphic

• Assets at Viewpoints should now not levitate

🚀 What’s Next?

Our journey doesn’t stop here! We’re already working hard on several exciting patches planned over the next two months, packed with new features, improvements, and community-requested changes. Stay tuned and don’t miss out—follow us on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube to keep up with everything that’s coming.

Once again, thank you all for being part of this journey. Together, we’re building something truly special, and we can’t wait to see where we go next—with you right alongside us.

🙌 Special Thanks to Players who joined the closed beta

A massive thank you to the amazing members of our community who helped test this patch and provided us with critical insights and bug reports. We couldn’t have done it without you!

ːsteamthumbsupː We’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas for future patches!

Your feedback truly shapes the direction of the game. While we may not always reply right away, we read every message and deeply appreciate the time you take to share your suggestions. Stay in touch — your voice matters to us!

Hey everyone!

We wanted to share a quick update regarding the upcoming patch. Originally, the release was planned for today, but we’ve decided to push it back by a few more days – it’s now set to arrive next week.

Why the delay? Thanks to the amazing feedback and testing efforts from our awesome Discord community, we’ve identified a few extra fixes and improvements that we’d love to include in this patch. These additions require a bit more development time, but we strongly believe it’ll be worth the short wait for a better, smoother experience.

If you’re not already part of our Discord server, now’s a great time to join! It’s not just a great place to get help from fellow players, but it’s also where you can gain access to closed beta versions of the game, test upcoming features, and actively shape the game’s future with your feedback.

👉 Join the Discord here: Discord

Be sure to keep an eye on this space – we’ll post another announcement next week with more details and the exact release date of the patch. You won’t miss a thing!

Thanks so much for your patience and ongoing support – it truly means the world to us. We can’t wait to share the improved patch with you next week. In the meantime, come hang out with us on Discord and be part of the journey!

— Solid Games Dev Team

Hey Chinese Frontiers players! 🐉🌾

First of all — THANK YOU! We’re incredibly grateful for how active you’ve been — here on Steam, in the comments, in reviews, on Discord, and even under YouTube videos. Thanks to your feedback, we’ve got a clear picture of what needs fixing, and we’re working hard to improve the game. 💪

Even more exciting — after the first patch, our Steam rating has crossed 70%, and we’re now officially “Mostly Positive”! 🎉 This means the world to us — and it’s all thanks to you. Whether you left a positive or negative review, every one of them is valuable to us.

Special thanks go out to those of you who stuck with us despite the bugs, kept playing, and supported us with constructive feedback 🙏 And to those who changed their reviews to positive after the patch — it truly means a lot. We’re a small indie team, this is our first game ever, and your encouragement gives us so much energy to keep going. ❤️

We’re really happy with the response to the first patch released last week, but we’re not done yet — we’re already hard at work on the next patch, and we hope it’ll make the game even better.

We hoped to finish it by the end of this week, but we need a little more time. Chinese Frontiers is a pretty large project, and before we roll things out, we want everything tested and polished.

We’re currently working on fixes and improvements in areas like:

• Quest Progression

• Game Balance

• Village Management

• A few smaller bugs

• Audio Fixes

Once the patch is ready, as always, we’ll share the full changelog with you. We aim to release it by the end of next week at the latest.

In the meantime, we hope you’re having a great time exploring medieval China! 🌄 According to Steam stats, you sure are — average playtime is almost 12 hours (median 5h), and one player has already hit 246h! Droide_stiehler — we see you! 🔥

Thanks again for being such an amazing community. We’ll keep working — and we wish you a fantastic weekend with Chinese Frontiers!

– The Chinese Frontiers Team 🙌

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🌞 Hello Builders,

First of all, we’d like to thank you all for sharing your invaluable feedback. Our goal is to make Chinese Frontiers the best game we possibly can. We’ve just released a new patch for the game with numerous fixes and improvements. You can check out the full changelog HERE. Also, if you have any more tips for us, don’t hesitate to share them in the comments!

While we’re working on more updates, we’d like to take this opportunity to tell you a bit more about the different areas you’ll explore and the monuments you’ll raise throughout the game.

After meeting Jun and Mei and completing the introductory section in the village, your journey will take you to the far corners of China, where you’ll construct increasingly advanced monuments. Not only to progress as a builder, but more importantly, to ensure the safety and prosperity of the people you care about.

The monuments in the game are either based on real-world structures or inspired by similar constructions, and they also vary in complexity.

🏯 The simplest monument consists of 51 stages and requires 479 elements, while the most complex takes a whopping 268 stages and 1 336 elements to complete! 🏯

Based on the descriptions below, can you guess which one is the least and which is the most complex?

The Mountain Area

In this area you’ll raise the Beacon Tower and the Sky Stairs part of the Great Wall.

Beacon Tower

Signal towers along the Great Wall, like those at Badaling, were essential for communication via smoke and fire. Strategically placed, these austere watchtowers offered panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and winding wall segments. This tower is built on the highest point of the map, symbolizing the start of your great construction journey during the Ming Dynasty. Completing this mission unlocks the next chapter in the desert region of Gansu.

Sky Stairs

Based on the steep and dramatic Jiankou section of the Wall, the Sky Stairs climb a near-vertical slope. This mission highlights the intensity and emotion of building in extreme conditions. It is one of three missions in the second act of the main campaign, where adapting your construction to a cliffside becomes the central challenge.

The Desert Area

Here you’ll raise the Frontier Fortress and Desert Outpost.

Frontier Fortress

Inspired by Jiayuguan Fort, the final stronghold of the Great Wall, this massive, symmetrical structure sits atop the main gate and towers above the harsh desert. Its ornate, painted architecture contrasts with the raw surroundings, evoking power and military authority. Completing it sets the stage for your next and most technically challenging task: the Nine Arch Bridge.

Desert Outpost

These signal posts and settlements used basic materials like clay and wood. The patchwork construction includes a tower, warehouse, hut, and living space. Its remote location reflects the mission’s survival focus, set in an unforgiving desert environment. It is the most atmospheric desert setting and one of three missions in the second act of the main campaign.

The River Area

In this area you’ll first construct the Nine Arch Bridge and later on the Bell Tower.

Nine Arch Bridge

Built during the Ming Dynasty, this is the only part of the Wall crossing the Jiujiang River. The bridge’s arches reflect in the water, blending beauty with technical difficulty. You'll need focus and precision to complete the final pylon and install the massive mechanism controlling the bridge’s floodgates. The challenge is high, but so are the rewards.

Bell Tower

Bell and drum towers regulated city life and were part of ancient warning systems. While such towers didn’t exist in Jiumenkou, ours is inspired by the grand Drum and Bell Towers in Beijing. The monumental scale and rich decoration reflect its prestige. It overlooks a fully designed guard city, with narrow alleys inspired by ancient Pingyao. The mission ends with a cinematic that shows the tower in all its glory. This is one of three missions in the second act of the main campaign.

As you can see, the game has a variety of places to explore, and we intend to keep updating it more! Thank you once more for your feedback.

Only until July 3rd, you can get Chinese Frontiers with a 20% launch discount!

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Join our Discord (CLICK HERE) to chat with other players, ask questions, or share your best adventures. We want Chinese Frontiers to keep evolving and your feedback is shaping that future.

Take care, SolidGames Team

Hello, Builders!

Since launch, we’ve been overwhelmed by your support, feedback, and bug reports - thank you for being so active and involved. It means the world to us.

We might be a small team, but we're listening closely and working hard to improve Chinese Frontiers with every patch. Today, we’re rolling out Update 1.02, which brings a wide range of bug fixes, quality-of-life changes, and balance tweaks across farming, gathering, crafting, and quest progression.

Let’s take a look at what’s new!

Polished and Patched

This update addresses some of the more disruptive bugs we’ve seen reported. From syncing issues in cutscenes to rice field snapping, cave resource issues, and visual glitches - many of these problems should now be behind us.

We’ve also made fixes to desert foliage, collision issues, and a few quest blockers that were holding back progress. If you ran into a bug while farming or noticed missing textures in monuments - those should be sorted now.

Farming Reworked

We heard you loud and clear - plant growth was too fast and rewards too random. With Patch 1.02, crop growth times have been rebalanced for a more natural pace, and drop rates have been increased across the board. You’ll also start finding seeds more often when gathering plants – helping you plan ahead.

Village Life Improvements

Your villagers are smarter now, too! They’ll gather more per tool and prioritize the most caloric food when eating. We’ve also made some changes to how fishing rods are used in storage and adjusted how resources stack.

Quest and Journal 

Dozens of quests received updated objectives, fixed VO/texts, or adjusted NPC positions for better visibility. We’ve also added item reset options to several main quests in case important items were lost - helping prevent blockers in progression.

That’s not all - check out the full changelog: 

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where crops would grow instantly if players clicked repeatedly while planting

• Desert map foliage: plants are now correctly visible and harvestable

• River cave: fixed issue preventing iron ore collection

• Fixed missing textures in the Desert map's Outpost Monument

• Fixed the model of Jun appearing in the Mountain area

• Fixed an issue with saving/traveling after death that could corrupt the save file in some cases

• Fixed snapping issues and collision bugs with rice fields

• Cutscene audio, subtitles, and video should be synced

• Improved performance on the Desert map

Settings Fixes:

• Language setting now saves correctly between sessions

• Scalability setting no longer reverts to LOW

• All graphic settings should now save properly

Quest Fixes:

• Objectives and text improvements for:

  • Seeds of Jiumenkou

  • A Dark Omen

  • Recipes of Jiumenkou

  • Desert Drought

  • Mei’s Sanctuary

  • The Coop Keeper

  • Master of the Mud

  • Pillar and Hay

  • Recipes of Badaling

  • Recipes of Jiayu

• Quest changes:

  • The Old Workshop

  • Alchemist

  • Mastering of the Flame

• Missing VO Fix:

  • Hands to the Task

• Main Quest Items Reset:

  • Added option to reacquire lost items for progression in:

    • Engineering I & II

    • Carpentry II

    • Decorative Arts

    • Bricklaying II

• Decorative Arts: fixed issue with lanterns blocking quest progress

• The Humble Harvest: tutorial update

• Mei’s animals should no longer despawn

Additions:

• Knowledge Menu now shows snail entry

• Added source information for Lamb and Fish in Knowledge Menu

• Added HP regeneration when hunger and thirst are above 80%

Changes: Tool Durability

• Primitive tools: 50 → 150

• Improved stone tools: 150 → 350

Gathering:

• Trees yield more wood: 5 → 15 units per log

• Rocks: increased drop rate by 20%

• Rocks respawn time reduced: 900 seconds

• Limestone respawn time reduced: 100 seconds

Crafting Adjustments (Carpenter Station):

• 10 wood → 20 raw planks / raw beams / wedges

• 10 raw plank → 15 planed plank

• 10 raw beam → 15 planed beam

• 20 wedge → 20 brace

• 5 wood block → 20 grid

• 15 raw beam → 15 wooden pole

• 15 planed plank → 15 carved plank

• 15 planed beam → 15 custom beam

• 15 brace → 15 duogong

• 15 grid → 15 lattice

Farming Adjustments:

• Growth times increased:

  • Most crops extended from ~2 min → ~4 min (some to 7–8 min)

• Drop rates increased:

  • Most crops: 1–3 → 1–6 units

  • Rice: 1–4 → 1–6

  • Flax: 2–4 → 2–6

  • All harvestable plants can now yield 1–2 seeds

NPC & Village Management:

• NPCs now gather more resources per tool

• NPCs consume highest-calorie food first

• Fishing rod durability increased: 5 → 25 fish per rod

UI / Mechanics:

• Resources and materials now stack up to 500 units

Interiors:

• Visual improvements to the Stonemason’s Sanctum interior

Looking Forward

And yes, we’re continuing work on even more quest-related improvements - from interest point clarity, to journal usability, and deeper tracking tools for what’s next.

This patch is just the beginning. We’re still hard at work on:

• Additional save system improvements;

• Quest polish and better onboarding for new players;

• Further balance tweaks to food, cooking, farming, and NPC management;

• And of course - even more bug fixes and quality updates based on your reports.

Join our Discord (CLICK HERE) to chat with other players, ask questions, or share your best adventures. We want Chinese Frontiers to keep evolving - and your feedback is shaping that future.

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The Chinese Frontiers Team

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Dear Players,

First of all – huge thanks for all your feedback, Steam reviews, comments, and screenshots on our Discord ❤️ We’re collecting every message, carefully reading all of it, and we’re now working intensively on implementing fixes to the game. Your feedback is incredibly important to us – and we truly appreciate it.

We are a small indie team and this is our first game. Chinese Frontiers is quite a large project – over 50 hours of gameplay, 4 unique maps, and lots of interconnected systems. Unfortunately, in such a large world, some bugs slipped through – and we’re now fully focused on fixing them.

💬 Despite the issues, we’re really happy to see that 64% of reviews are positive, and many of you see potential in the game – your support and motivation keep us going. We're fighting hard to improve this ratio and deliver the experience you deserve.

🎯 We're currently working on:

• Progression fixes

• Game balance improvements

🗓️ We’re aiming to release the first patch by June 27, 2025. We'll share a full changelog when the patch is ready.

Thanks so much for your patience, support and understanding. Also, big thanks to all the streamers, content creators and players who are showcasing our game – your positivity and encouragement truly keep us going!

🧭 We hope you'll give us the chance to prove that the Chinese world we’ve built is worth diving into – and we’re working hard to make that adventure the best it can be!

Best regards, The Chinese Frontiers Dev Team

Hello, pioneers of Chinese Frontiers!

What an exciting day – the release is finally here! 🎉 After over 4 years of hard work, we’re thrilled to share Chinese Frontiers with you. Thank you so much for being with us on this journey – your support and patience mean the world to us!

Your engagement during these first hours after launch has been absolutely amazing. Thanks to your quick feedback, we were able to identify and fix the first issue related to farming mechanics – and we released our first hotfix just a few hours after launch!

This is only the beginning. We’re carefully reading all your comments and suggestions on Discord and other channels. A bigger update and patch are already planned for the end of next week – so please, keep the feedback coming! Your input is helping us make Chinese Frontiers better every day.

We’re fully committed to supporting and growing this game together with you. Join us on DISCORD and let’s shape the future of Chinese Frontiers side by side.

Together, we’ll make this a truly unforgettable adventure through medieval China!

– The Chinese Frontiers Dev Team

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Hello, Builders!

After more than four years of hard work, heart, and plenty of dust, Chinese Frontiers is officially available on Steam!

From laying your first wooden frame to overseeing the construction of the Great Wall, it’s time to roll up your sleeves and shape a world one brick at a time.

What Awaits You?

In Chinese Frontiers, your days won’t just be filled with blueprints and scaffolding. You’ll gather resources, assign workers, expand your village, and bring entire regions to life - from peaceful river valleys to rugged mountain passes.

And it all starts in your home village. Farming rice, feeding livestock, preparing meals, decorating your streets… There’s plenty to keep your hands busy - and your settlement thriving.

Along the way, you’ll be guided by Jun and Mei, who will walk beside you as you take on your greatest challenge: helping build one of the most legendary monuments in human history.

Key Features

▪️ Build the Great Wall and authentic historical landmarks tied to its construction;

▪️ Live the life of a settler in a medieval Chinese village;

▪️ Explore 4 hand-crafted levels, each rich in detail, history, and atmosphere;

▪️ Watch animated cutscenes inspired by classical Chinese art;

▪️ Listen to an original soundtrack rooted in traditional Chinese folk music.

Check out the Launch Trailer

We’ve also released a brand-new trailer to mark the occasion - giving you a closer look at the scale, systems, and spirit of the adventure ahead.

Join the Journey

This is just the beginning. In the weeks to come, we’ll be sharing updates, highlights, and stories from the community. So be sure to follow us on social media, wishlist the game (if you haven’t yet!), and join our growing Discord (CLICK HERE) to share feedback, screenshots, and stories from your own village.

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Let’s get building!

See you at the wall

SolidGames

Hello Builders,

We’re excited to share that an all-new demo for Chinese Frontiers is now available! This is your chance to get an early look at the building, management, and cultural experiences we’ve been crafting over the past four years (wow, time really does fly by).

What’s included in the new demo:

• Building and Construction: Experiment with constructing structures to shape your village.

• Resource Gathering: Collect and manage resources to sustain your growing settlement.

• A Taste of Ancient China: Immerse yourself in the traditions and daily life of the era.

• A Glimpse of the Story: Enjoy two animated cutscenes inspired by traditional Chinese art, introducing you to the game’s story.

• A Relaxing Soundtrack: Listen to excerpts from the original soundtrack, composed and recorded just for the game and inspired by traditional Chinese folk music.

• A Piece of the Full Game: Explore a section of one of the four levels planned for the full release.

This demo gives you a sneak peek ahead of our full release on June 19. We’re looking forward to hearing your feedback so we can keep improving the experience.

If you enjoy the demo, please consider adding the full game to your wishlist to get notified as soon as it launches. Your support helps us build a better game and means a lot to our team.

We’d also love to hear your thoughts, so feel free to join our Discord community to share feedback, connect with other players, and get the latest updates.

Thank you for being part of this journey!

The Chinese Frontiers Team

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Create, Cook, Decorate

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