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After one year in Early Access, Tavern Legends officially leaves Early Access today and reaches Version 1.0!
The release update introduces new locations, systems, plants, drinks, quests, and numerous improvements.
Approximately once a week, an inspector will visit your tavern and evaluate your business.
Cleanliness, service, dirty dishes, as well as discipline and order affect your final result. At the end of the inspection, you will receive a rating that shows how well your tavern is being managed and positively or negatively affects your Fame!
The higher your Fame becomes, the more difficult it will be to maintain it!
The Fame system has also been adjusted so that your tavern now starts at 0 Fame, making progression more challenging.
The main lighting of each tavern can now be adjusted individually.
Change the brightness and colour temperature to create the perfect atmosphere for each tavern.
From a warm and cosy inn to a brightly illuminated dining room or a magical blue atmosphere!
The general lighting has also been improved to provide an even better visual experience.
A new casino has opened in the town.
Complete a new questline, gain access to the Golden Chicken, and try your luck at roulette.
Take an evening off and earn your gold in a different way... or lose it!
Why create elaborate meals with Moon Mushrooms when you can simply throw them into the juice press?
Process the glowing blue mushrooms into Moon Juice and serve the new drink to your guests.
The effect remains the same: Moon Juice makes guests especially happy and generous with their tips, but it can also make them considerably more aggressive!
You can now unlock a beautiful backyard for your house through a new bank project!
Place planter boxes there and grow your own vegetables. When watered regularly, the plants will grow twice as fast.
Mushrooms can now also be grown directly inside your tavern using special mushroom farms.
Four new reservation types have been added, and weddings can now include significantly more guests. A groom now officially attends wedding reservations as well.
Your tavern now starts at Fame 0 and develops step by step.
New tavern stars display your current Fame status. Tavern Legends can now also be officially completed, but you can, of course, continue managing and expanding your taverns afterward.
The game now offers three preset playstyles at the beginning: "Cozy, Normal, and Crazy." These affect the entire gameplay experience but can also be adjusted individually during the game.
The cleaning system has been reworked: Dirt on tables now disappears progressively while wiping instead of being removed instantly.
A tutorial archive, a setting for the maximum number of active orders, reworked workers, numerous UI improvements, and many other adjustments have also been added.
The appearance of your workers is now permanently saved, so you will no longer have to get used to a new hairstyle every time you load the game.
In addition to the new content, numerous issues involving workers, guests, lighting, inventories, storage, dirt detection, pathfinding, and the user interface have been fixed.
Thank you to all players who supported Tavern Legends throughout Early Access, provided feedback, and reported bugs.
The total amount of beer tapped so far will be reset to zero, giving every player an equal chance to reach the Top 10 of the Beer Leaderboard.
Your save files have not been deleted. Existing taverns and progress remain fully intact and are compatible with the release version.
Due to the new progression system, starting a new game is recommended, but it is not strictly necessary!
Cheers!
CROWFORGE Games
Added written localisation for Italian, Spanish, and French.
Added an inspector who visits and evaluates your tavern once a week.
Improved the cleaning system: Dirt is now removed progressively while wiping instead of disappearing instantly.
Added an option to adjust your tavern's main light intensity and colour temperature.
You can now talk to the marketplace bard and request a specific song.
Your tavern now starts at Fame Level 0 instead of 25.
Added a new quest that becomes available once your combined tavern levels reach 20.
Added a casino and a related quest.
Added a tutorial tab that lists all previously displayed tutorials.
Added tavern stars that display your current Fame Level.
Added signs to taverns for better visibility, especially around corners.
Added new flowers to the decoration options.
Added fixed spawn points for guards, allowing them to appear more frequently.
Added an overview to the player's home showing all visitor classes.
Added a setting for the maximum number of active orders.
Wedding reservations now include a groom.
Added mushroom farms for growing mushrooms.
Added a new bank project that unlocks a garden for the player's house.
Added planter boxes for growing vegetables in your home garden.
Added Moon Juice as a new drink that can be sold to guests.
Moon Juice can be crafted using the juice press.
Worker appearances are now saved instead of being randomly generated again whenever the game is loaded.
Increased the default price of mead and craft beer from 12 to 14 gold.
Increased the price of mugs and water from 2 to 4 gold.
Reduced the chance of guests staying and continuing to drink.
Tavern Legends can now be completed. You can continue playing afterward.
Increased the number of guests attending weddings.
Added four new reservation types.
Changed the appearance of the market stalls.
Snacks no longer become dirty.
Twitch viewers now make a reservation after gifting five subscriptions instead of ten.
Improved workers.
Improved the user interface.
Fixed an issue where the light in the player's house would sometimes turn off.
Fixed an issue where collected items disappeared when no valid tavern was available.
Fixed an issue where peasants no longer commented when the player stared at them.
Fixed workers constantly commenting on an open tavern door.
Fixed an issue where the bard could sometimes become stuck before visiting the tavern.
Fixed thieves whistling endlessly.
Church bells no longer ring while the player is sleeping.
Fixed the displayed tavern size.
Reduced the chance of the large bee appearing when opening a beehive.
Items placed on a tray are now returned to the inventory instead of being removed completely.
Waking guests with a rag or burping at them now counts as preventing bad behaviour in the Discipline and Order system.
Limited the maximum number of tavern level points that can be gained to 10.
Added a position reset if the player falls through the game world.
Guests can now be spoken to again while leaving the tavern.
Workers now leave the tavern after work instead of wandering around nearby.
Improved font readability.
Improved the automatic worker reset.
Improved storage-related texts.
Improved dirt detection.
Fixed many other issues.
Tavern Legends entered Early Access on July 4, 2025. Since then, the game has received new systems, additional content, major reworks, quality-of-life improvements, balancing changes, and countless bug fixes.
Before Tavern Legends leaves Early Access on July 17, 2026, here is a look at the most important features and improvements added during the past year.
The fundamental tavern systems were continuously improved, including workers, storage, reservations, statistics, building placement, opening hours, guest behaviour, and general tavern management.
Players can now talk to different residents of the town, including merchants, craftsmen, neighbours, and other characters. These interactions introduced trading, services, small tasks, and new ways to learn more about the town.
The original building system was extensively redesigned. Exterior walls can be changed, interior walls can be freely placed or removed, and floors and ceilings can be customised.
Grid placement, improved snapping, and additional building tools also make it much easier to design individual taverns.
New walls, beams, railings, curtains, stair variants, furniture, and decorations were added throughout Early Access.
These additions allow players to create more detailed taverns and make better use of multiple floors.
Female characters were added as guests, residents, merchants, and hireable workers, making the population of the town considerably more varied.
A new district was opened, including a larger unlockable tavern.
New reservation types and guest groups were also introduced, adding more variety to daily tavern operations.
Players can purchase meadow plots, place beehives, produce honey, and process it into mead using small distilleries.
Mead was added as a completely new drink that can be produced and sold to guests.
Storage buildings received categories and improved organisation.
Additional transport options, larger delivery capacities, reservation controls, and new doorman settings were added to give players more control over their businesses.
Streamers can allow viewers to appear directly inside their tavern as guests.
Viewers can join through chat commands, participate in votes, and trigger events or rewards through Twitch interactions.
The tavern interface was expanded with clearer information about reservations, occupied seats, workers, stock, and other important business details.
Rebindable controls, additional settings, new Steam achievements, and many smaller usability improvements were also added.
Players can unlock their own brewery cellar and build brewing equipment, fermentation tanks, and pipe connections.
Different ingredients can be used to create beer and custom craft beers with varying alcohol levels, quality, and selling prices.
Guests now react to how well the player maintains order inside the tavern.
Ignoring fights, sleeping guests, vomiting, urinating, or other bad behaviour can cause the situation to escalate. A report after closing time shows how well discipline was maintained.
Workers received many new abilities and improvements.
They can collect tips, gather dirty dishes, refill empty beer barrels, move prepared drinks, organise stored goods, and perform their assigned tasks more reliably.
The town was expanded with new characters, activities, quests, and locations.
A butcher moved into the lower district, pigs were added, and an arena was opened near the castle where players can bet on knight fights.
Weddings and other town events also received additional details.
Buildings, streets, vegetation, furniture, characters, and many smaller objects were redesigned to create a more consistent visual style.
Cleaner shapes, improved readability, and less visual clutter make the town and taverns feel more cohesive.
Dress codes can be configured separately for individual workers.
Service workers can also be assigned to specific floors, giving players better control over larger taverns.
Players can sit on benches, stools, and stairs, order drinks, tell jokes, and raise their mug together with other guests.
This allows players to experience their own tavern from the perspective of a customer.
The bank was expanded with tradeable gold bars whose value can change over time.
Stored wealth is also represented visually inside the bank.
Throughout Early Access, worker AI, pathfinding, reservations, storage, deliveries, save systems, NPC behaviour, multiplayer systems, and performance were continuously improved.
Many smaller features and fixes were implemented directly in response to community feedback.
Tavern Legends has changed significantly during its year in Early Access.
Many of these improvements would not have been possible without your feedback, suggestions, bug reports, reviews, and continued support.
On July 17, 2026, Tavern Legends will officially leave Early Access and launch as Version 1.0.
See you in the tavern!
CROWFORGE Games
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Hello tavern keepers!
Tavern Legends will officially leave Early Access on July 17 and become the full version of the game. Since its Early Access launch, the game has grown with many improvements, new systems, new content, bug fixes and community feedback.
With the upcoming release, Tavern Legends reaches the point where the Early Access phase comes to an end.
With the full release, Tavern Legends becomes a complete medieval tavern game where you build up your tavern, serve guests, manage workers, deal with chaos, earn fame and repay your debt to the king.
The full release focuses on final polishing, bug fixes, balancing and creating a complete experience from start to finish, so the final update to V1.0 will be on July 17.
I want to thank everyone who played Tavern Legends during Early Access, gave feedback, reported bugs, shared ideas or simply enjoyed their own tavern.
As a solo developer, your feedback during development has been very valuable and helped improve Tavern Legends step by step.
See you in the tavern!
CROWFORGE Games
You can now sit down in your tavern and order a drink, tell jokes or make a toast
You can sit down on benches, stairs, and stools
Potatoes can now be grilled in addition to being cooked
increased the visibility of floating particles on dirty taverns
Stew now requires raw meat instead of grilled meat (old menus must be renewed)
Added gold bars to the bank that you can invest in, with their value changing daily
Gold stored in the bank is now visible inside the bank
Drinks you consume now become dirty after they’re empty
Changed some building and item prices
NPC try more to avoid each other while moving
Fixed overlapping material on wooden frames
Fixed some issues with the cooking pot
Fixed a bug on potatoes placed onto a grill
Fixed some optimization issues and increased performance
Fixed an issue were mugs sometimes are floating at the guests
After evaluating different visual directions, the choice was made to move toward a simplified presentation with cleaner geometry, reduced visual noise, and improved readability. The goal was to create a more cohesive and focused look across the entire game while preserving the atmosphere and identity of Tavern Legends.
Visual adjustments have been made throughout the full game, including buildings, props, vegetation, furniture, characters, and environmental detail.
Warning! Unfortunately, all save files had to be deleted due to the major changes!
Main visual improvements include:
cleaner geometry
simplified environmental detail
improved object readability
a more focused overall presentation
This new direction aims to create a sharper and more cohesive visual experience while preserving the atmosphere of Tavern Legends.
The city streets now feature a cleaner architectural presentation with simplified shapes, reduced clutter, and improved visual readability.
The marketplace has been visually refined with a stronger focus on clearer object silhouettes, simplified props, and a more cohesive environmental style.
The tavern interior has also received a full visual pass, resulting in a sharper overall look while maintaining the warm and familiar atmosphere.
And some small other changes was done:
Added some more “trolling” stuff
Added 3 new german bard songs
Changed the default value of preparing drinks to 20
The dress code can now be changed individually for each worker instead of being set for the entire tavern
Added a work area setting that lets you choose whether a worker is assigned serving to the first or second floor
Performance Improvements
Fixed a bug, where you can fall through the world behind the cemetery crypt
Fixes a bug, where not all games was used by the guests
Fixed a bug where closing the skill sheet with Tab or Esc after learning a new skill caused the skill not to be learned while the skill points were still lost
Greetings tavern keepers!
This update expands several parts of the town outside your tavern. New characters, quests, animals and activities have been added across different areas, making the town feel more alive and worth exploring.
You might encounter new people, discover small quests, see new animals wandering around… and witness what happens if a chicken meets a wall ;)
Added a butcher to the lower district area
Fittingly, pigs also come into play, in keeping with the butcher.
Added an arena to the castle district, where you can bet on fights
Last but not least I added a little present for @SunAngel for the hard work with the community guide:
Thank you very much for your time and effort! I hope this is a great honor for you. :)
(Your Name was added at the socket of the statue)
Updates
Added an average rating to the daily report
Added a bride to wedding reservations
Added a new construction project
Added a butcher to the lower quarter area
Added a quest to the butcher
Added a quest to the graveyard
Added pigs to the game
Added a note for the trapdoor, when tavern has no cellar
Added 3 more achievements
Added an arena to the castle area to bet on knight fights
Added a storage for reservation signs
Made the Chalice from the Church grabable
The “cleaning the floor” quest could now be solved from workers too
Chickens can now be killed by throwing them against a wall
Fixes
Fixed issues with the landscape, which wasn’t visible on some graphic cards
Fixed collision issue, when taking items from the tray
Fixed more sheets was added than space available on the event board
Fixed some lag issues when updating the score board
Fixed issue with skilltree widget when opening the tavernmenu
Fixed issue with reservation widget when opening the tavernmenu
Fixed issue when leaving tavern in building mode the wrong building mode was shown in another tavern
Fixed some issues with tavern allocation
Fixed a bug with empty barrels on tavern allocations
Fixed some clunky building menu handlings and added support for Q and E for choosing items
Fixed some issues with the market stall settings
Peasants comment near chicken again
Improved navigation to snack plates
Fixed some issues with snacks
Fixed a bug, where "chicken striker" wasn't used anymore
Some smaller fixes
Some performance improvements
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