The Last Craftsman news & patch notes

Sorry everyone for taking so long to properly deploy these fixes. These were in testing for a few months on the beta branch, but they are now live on the production build.

Patch Notes:

• The Cute Dresser, Cute Nightstand, and Industrial Dresser will no longer transform into different furniture when placed.

• The Flower Bed can now be picked up after being placed.

• The Spore Spreader should properly spawn mushrooms

• Livestock will no longer skip Rank C when breeding

• Fixed a bug that caused controller input to not work on the crafting menu

• Time no longer pauses when opening chests

• Decreased the amount of Nuclear materials needed for Nuclear Card Packs

• Using a set of Blanks to craft a Card Pack will guarantee a holographic card

• Readjusted the price of all mods to be more in line with contract rewards

• Fixed many issues for relationship quests involving Theseus, Star Dragon, Suzy, Ryan, and Rachel

• The Lava Lookout Cave should no longer spawn rocks that block the entrance (existing rocks will still need to be cleared out)

• Thumpers in the Ruins Cave should now show the proper visuals when loading a save

• Fixed challenge achievement for The Tester Tubes

• The correct Cooking Rank should be shown when the cooking menu first opens

• Fragments can now be used to craft card packs

• Aergia 3 mod now works properly

• A new UI Scale option has been added for larger resolutions

• Fixed an issue causing tiled floors to not be picked up properly

Sorry that these fixes are a little later. I'm starting to slow down as I have to turn my attention to other life matters. It seems like the game is relatively stable now aside from a few friendship quests and minor bugs.

Patch Notes

• Fixed friendship event triggers for Paul, Theseus, Ryan, and Thomas (some critical bugs were identified with Star Dragon and Theseus's final events, so those have been disabled until the next update)

• Increased the fuel efficiency of the Fusion Engine by 4x

• Fixed Nuclear Battery charge display

• Fixed an issue causing the Fall Festival achievement to not trigger

• Rufus should now properly sell holiday items at the Fall and Winter festivals

• Suzy no longer shows up twice on the board during the fishing contest

• Obtaining new mod blueprints should correctly decrease Theseus's health

• Fixed various contract typos and incorrect tags

• Reduced/Eliminated the memory cost of several fishing mods

• Lowered the weight of Paper items

• Bushes now properly drop Fungabeans during Winter (were dropping Carnelian Berries instead)

• Fixed an issue that would sometimes give the player an invisible item when using the Minotaur mod

• Halcyon now correctly awards Angler Coins for delivering fish

• The Mercury 3 mod should now properly increase the player's speed

• The game now starts in Windowed mode when launching for the first time to alleviate resolution issues

Here are today's bug/balance fixes!

• Fish Traps and the Squanto Mod should now drop Gadpoles more frequently (which should help with Slimy tags)

• Increased the strength and decreased the volt cost of the Harvest Laser

• Corrected the invalid recipe on the Pressure Chamber

• Quarries now generate Stone and Sand instead of random ores

• Increased the attack speed of enemies in the Ruins

• The boss of Floor 6 now drops the correct item

• Fixed a handful of impossible/difficult late game contracts

• Fixed erroneous stats and description on various items

• Bandersnaps will no longer spawn in the Underground Caves

• Contracts should now be showing up in the Daily Report even when you have notifications disabled

• Fixed a bug where rapidly clicking on another room would cause Theseus to enter two battles at the same time

• Fixed a bug causing Teleporters to disappear when loading a saved game

• Fixed a bug causing Jessica's level 1 friend event to not trigger

I think I might have fixed Mabel too? I'm not really sure what's wrong with that little girl...

Thanks again yadayada bugs.

• Quests that required you to wait a certain amount of time should now be properly saved in your Notes. If you were on a wait quest before this update it will show back up after loading your game.

• Bamachia can now be cooked and delivered to Rufus for his friendship quest

• Fixed a crash that happened as a result of being best friends with Gabby

• Fixed a bug that caused fishing milestone achievements to not work properly (if you should have gotten these before, you will get them after catching one fish)

• Fixed a bug that caused the Lava Fishing quest follow up to not trigger properly

The fixes are very small this time as things are starting to stabilize. Thank you again for bearing with me!

• Fixed an issue that caused pets to not be harvestable when loading a game

• Fixed an issue where the Enrichment Chamber was not able to accept the correct items

• Fixed an issue where the Chest rooms in the dungeon would cause the UI to glitch out

• Fixed a type in one of the Rank 4 Contracts

• Fixed some erroneous descriptions and tags on Jam and Pickles

• Slowed the rate at which Accumulators create Fuel Cells (about half of what it used to be)

Once again, thank you all for your patience as I squash these little buggers

• Theseus now likes "Fantasy" items

• Alloy Furnaces got another fix to correctly smelt alloy ores directly

• The Still now creates 3 Gasoline (down from 10)

• You can no longer see Theseus's head enthusiastically bouncing while in combat

• Fixed an issue where you could not scroll on an Adventure (you can now use WASD to move around the map)

• Added settings to skip Quest, Contract, and Achievement notifications

• Removed the (TEST)Disposals dungeon. (If you were currently in this dungeon you'll be able to leave or finish it without issue)

• Removed the "SOP" signs in the Lava Lookout cave

• Fixed some instances of the Quaker buff not working at the edges of areas (this is a work in progress fix, I need to go through and fix each area individually)

• Fixed an issue that caused the Prometheus mods to not work

• Fixed an issue that caused the Squanto 3 mod to not work

• Fixed an issue where Void Chests were not saving correctly

• Fixed several instances where incorrect button prompts were displayed (ongoing fix for more button prompts)

Another round of fixes and adjustments to improve the game!

BIG CHANGE:

The intro has been condensed. You will now unlock the Request Board and Researchler on Day 2 and the last Craftsman will appear on Day 5. This should get players into the story much more quickly. If you have a saved game before these events then you should just be jumped ahead appropriately.

LITTLE CHANGES:

• The Refrigerator is no longer an endless void capable of storing all matter

• The Atomic Furnace can now properly turn Boltium and Burnium ores into bars

• The Harvest Laser, Planter, and Ranch Hands will all save and use Volts appropriately

• Made the Quest Started/Complete notifications a little less annoying

• Fixed an issue where various relationship displays were showing incorrectly

• Lowered the Paper data cost of Rank 1 and 2 research discoveries

• Added letters that appear in the player's mailbox the day before each holiday to remind them

• The cave in Lava Lookout will now regenerate ores

• Achievements no longer show a notification in game (the Steam notification is good enough)

• Fixed an issue that caused Beck's friendship event to not work

• The Player's speed should now be correctly set when loading a game

• Fixed a possible crash with the Crystal Machine in the caves

The bug fixes just keep rolling in! Another big shoutout to the players finding these bugs, the game is HUGE so it's difficult for me to find everything!

• Fixed a bug that cause the Geothermal Engine on Lava Lookout to generate no Volts

• Stack Overflow will no longer copy other Stack Overflow cards

• Fixed typos and incorrect rewards for the Tree Festival

• Electric Machines now properly animate when loading a game

• The hand crank in the lava cave won't work if the batteries are full

• All chests now work with the Workbench

• Changed the tooltip description of the Deadman Coin mod to reflect it's actual effect

Apologies for any inconvenience caused by the 1.0 bugs. It was a gigantic change in content and it seems like a lot of things slipped by me. I'm committed to fixing them all though!

These fixes include:

• Several Contracts have been changed so they are now possible to complete

• You can now deselect items by clicking on them again in your inventory

• Green Chips can now be purchased when doing the Beck friend event

• Thunder Nuts will now properly plant Thunder Tree Saplings

• Thunder Tree Saplings now appropriately mature into Thunder Trees

• Missing the Tree Festival judgement will no longer freeze your character off screen

• Fixed text that erroneously claimed that Gadpoles could be caught in a river

• Fixed a bug that caused Gadpoles to not be caught in a Vibrant Lure

• Added a letter that appears if you are Rank 3 and have not fixed the Lava Lookout door yet

• Sleeping through the Fishing Contest in Summer will no longer alert you to it ending

Several bugs have been identified and fixed thanks to the lovely players!

• The character creation screen now notifies you when you are about to overwrite a save file

• Beck's Tech will properly count your money when there's sale on

• You can no longer place multiple fences at once

• Adjusted the positioning of the Food Stall

• Tags can now be removed from the Allow/Deny lists on storage

• The Deny Menu now appropriately says "Deny"

• The Keg will now allow Vegetable items

• The Mayo Mixer will now allow Fruit items

• The Recursion card will now do damage to the selected target

• Gabby no longer has missing dialog options

That's right everyone! The Last Craftsman has officially launched as a finished game! You can finally reach Craftsman Rank 10 and put a stop to Gary's evil plans.

BIG UPDATES:

• Story quests for everybody! Each townsperson has 3 different friendship levels and each friendship level has a detailed quest and cutscenes! (There's over 200 cutscenes now eek)

• (You can't get married yet... I'm sorry I thought I was going to have time to finish it up, but marriage is coming soon)

• The final 3 Craftsman Ranks are now added, delve into the dangers of Nuclear Energy and harness the power of the Galaxy!

• Finally finish repairing the Ruins and stop Gary from destroying the town!

• Speaking of the Ruins, you can fix the final two machines and maybe discover some secret bonus dungeons too...

• I'm not done talking about the Ruins. For those with too much to do, you can also unlock the ability to send Theseus on his own automated missions.

• You can climb the summit of Lava Lookout to get a firsthand look at the looming threat over Gear Springs.

• You can also break your way into a chamber of the Ruins and meet a new robot who is only concerned with Fish and the corporate ladder.

MEDIUM UPDATES:

• Shield cards got hard nerfed. They're still really good, but now you can only have a max of 20 shields and your shields are cleared at the start of your next turn.

• Join in on several holidays in Gear Springs, each season has a little sub-activity to do.

• The resources need to unlock new recipes and level up your Craftsman rank have been shrunk. Players should experience a 30-40% reduction in "grind".

• Craftsman of some prestige will be granted access to a trial of the "Area of Effect" mode, allowing for massive harvest without all the heartburn...

LITTLE UPDATES:

• Many MANY bug fixes.

• I probably added a bunch of bugs too... let's be real this is a ramshackle one man operation and I'm doing the best I can

• Casting your fishing line looks fancier and you can now get perfect casts for a jump start on the fish

• A bunch of redesigned machines and improved graphics

Some exciting news! Early Access will end and The Last Craftsman 1.0 will release on September 3 2025!

I'm sorry again for keeping everyone waiting for so long. The new update is absolutely going to be worth it though. Over 100 new quests for all the townspeople, over 200 new cutscenes, town holidays and events, new items, new mods, new fish, new cards, new everything! This update will also conclude the main story, so you'll finally be able to bring the fight to Gary and save Gear Springs!

I want to thank everyone who has followed the game and supported me up to this point, it truly would not have been possible without all of you!

Restore the alarm in the Ruins so Theseus can freely explore the town

Help June grow her magnum opus

Beautify the town with Andres... so he can sell it!?

• Becoming a Prank-Master with Gabby
• Crafting the ultimate bass for Rachel
• Discovering the true purpose of the Ruins with Marcus
• Introducing James to new friends
• Painting a masterpiece with Sharon
• Unveiling Paul's mysterious and dramatic past
• Contending with Ryan in feats of strength and skill
• Conquering Carl's fear of the dark

New Areas

Marriage

Improvements / General

• Added a new machine in town that accepts promo codes
• Added new music for Autumn days
• Lowered the number of items obtained from Savorleaf crops
• Fixed an issue causing cats to hatch from dog eggs
• Fixed an issue causing light objects to appear smaller when first placed
• Fixed an issue causing the night music to continue playing after waking up
• Changed one of Moth's contracts so it no longer psychologically assaults players
• Fixed various typos and missing text

• Changed the Data tab in the Action Menu to show potential discoveries instead of raw data.
• Multiple tutorials added at the start of the game to better inform players.
• Changed the styling of letters so they can give better hints (HINT HINT)
• Added quest markers to the map to show the approximate area of the quest objective.
• Made it possible to quickly add or remove items from containers and machines by holding Shift when interacting with them.
• Fixed issues caused by switching tools and moving while fishing.
• Lowered the ambient sound of heavy rain to be more in line with other weather effects.
• Fixed a missing fish index when using the Vibrant Lure.
• Reduced GPU load of trees and other swaying objects.

• Cooking has been added. At Rank 2 the player will have a few kitchen related furniture items available in the Researchler.
• Added new food buffs for the new dishes
• Added 2 new crops
• 3 types of Meow Ambrios and 3 types of Bark Ambrios are sometimes available for purchase at the Mystery Dealer. These Ambrios can be hatched via a Pet House discovered in the Researchler.
• The player sprite has been updated
• Players can now choose their eye color
• Players can now have facial hair (where applicable)
• Added several new clothing items (including the coveted Theseus head replica)
• All character portraits have been updated (Except Theseus, he was already perfect)
• The scenery of some locations have been updated (This may cause grass to grow in strange places on old save files)
• Beck had a baby ❤️
• The highlight and gathering effects have been updated to match the UI
• Bushes and Grass are more detailed and there are more varieties
• The Last Craftsman's robot garbage is now harvestable for some free starting metals (Only in new games)
• Added more dense vegetation on player's property (Only in new games)
• The Researchler has been updated and now separates new discoveries by rank
• The Researchler now marks "important" items that are necessary to progress the game
• Added a new quest and cutscene after obtaining the Omnitool to demonstrate its power
• Increased the starting weight capacity and maximum energy
• Increased the stamina regeneration of the Hot Spring
• Added tilled soil to planted crops
• Added several new notifications to alert players of new features
• Added new Summer music
• The music now fades out to signal when night falls
• Added new ambient sound effects during seasons and weather events
• Added new footstep sound effects based on what the player is walking on
• Changed the ambient lighting over time so dusk and dawn are visually represented
• Added several new tutorials for different sections of the game
• Improved drop rates of some items (gems in rocks specifically)
• Improved CPU usage when a large amount of foliage exists in a saved game.

Environment Improvements

Player Improvements

Portraits

Cooking

Pets

• Added a tutorial after obtaining the Omnitool.
• Reworked Volt Generation so Engines will generate energy over time instead of once per hour.
• Reworked Volt fuel consumption so the Engine will run longer with higher quality fuel. (Generally this extends the amount of time an Engine will run per item consumed)
• Slightly improved the Volt production of Solar Panels and Windmills.
• Fixed an issue where Coke and Gems could not be placed in the Alloy Furnace.
• Fixed an issue where Machines would fail to create an item unless there was enough remaining Volts to create the next item.
• Fixed an issue where players were not receiving the Short Sword and Energy Bangle mods for completing the quest to unlock mods for Theseus.
• Fixed issue where the Chaos Engine only did extra damage when affected by everything BUT Freeze.
• Fixed an issue where dropping a Volt Chest would actually just drop a broken Alloy Chest instead.

• Updated the Fluffy Nut icon so it doesn't look so much like Copper Ore.
• Added a new drink to Ryan's Monster Foods.
• Added a confirmation dialog when ending a dungeon early.
• Added a cancel button to Contracts in the Notes panel (although the person who put the contract up won't like it)
• Rebalanced Transporters and some other machines to make them more useful.
• Rebalanced the reputation gained from contracts to make Ranks 3-7 less of a brick wall.

• Added Theseus Health Bars to the dungeon navigation and event room screens.
• Lowered the damage dealt by the boss of the 2nd floor dungeon.
• Added a "Loot All" button when completing a dungeon.
• Fixed a bug where unlocking a new Theseus mod always said you unlocked the same one over and over.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Theseus mod unlocking event to happen more frequently than intended.
• Fixed a crash that occurred after unlocking all of the Theseus mods on a floor.

• Readjusted the amount of Ore that spawns in the cave (should be MUCH more now)
• Increased the Ore value of copper, iron, and gold ores.
• Increased the sell cost of almost all crops to make farming profitable at all times.
• Fixed an issue that caused the 2nd part of the Theseus Mods quest not to trigger.
• Fixed an issue where some trees would get stuck before they fully grew.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Carbuncle mods to have 1/100 the intended drop-rate.

• Capture Crates will now properly capture animals when the catch chance is less than 100%.
• The Guild will now send you mail congratulating you on achieving Craftsman Ranks 5, 6, and 7.
• Added Red tag to Strawbeets.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Crafting search bar to constantly lose focus and reset.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Delivery menu to appear as if you could not drop items inside of it (you still COULD though, I'm not THAT bad of a programmer).
• Fixed and issue where the resources spent when crafting were appearing under menus.
• Fixed an issue where cancelling out of the fishing minigame would cause players to get stuck fishing until they actually caught something (Pete put this bug in).
• Fixed an issue where the clothes vending machine was devouring items dropped inside of it.

• Native Controller support has been added (Game should work much better on SteamDeck)
• Livestock have been added to the game. Unlocks by visiting the Forest after achieving Rank 2
• You can now discover, craft, and equip Mods on Theseus. Quest obtained after completing the first dungeon
• Housing upgrades can now be purchased. Andres the Blacksmith shows up in town after the second week of Spring
• Craftsman Ranks 5, 6, and 7 have been unlocked.
• At rank 3 and 6 you will now be able to take on 7 and 9 contracts at a time respectively.
• 2 new levels to the ruins have been added with their associated quests.
• 3 new basic enemies and 2 new bosses have been added.
• 2 new Card packs have been added.
• 10 completely new tool mods have been added as well as new ranks for existing ones.
• Rebalanced the price, energy cost, and rank of some mods (You may find that you can't equip mods after unequipping them because of the energy cost increase)
• New clothing can be purchased via a vending machine in town. There is a known bug where the vending machine sometimes only sells soup.
• Your inventory now highlights usable items.
• Televisions can now be turned on to see what the weather will be like tomorrow.
• Research items now show a silhouette of the item and a hint as to what type of item it is.
• Added a few new hair style options.
• Added animations to the enemies in the ruins.
• Rebalanced many research and crafting recipes to require less materials. (Colors in particular)
• Increased the capacity of chests to make upgraded ones more valuable.
• Some lamps can be turned on and off. (Not all of them... still working on it)
• Added some visual improvements to the town and surrounding areas.
• Trees and rocks have more variation.
• Removed the high tag threshold for the Blast Furnace.
• The Mayor now moves slower than other NPCs.
• Added lightning and thunder to thunderstorms.
• Added better splash screens at the start of the game.
• Fixed a bug that caused Rachel not to show up in your list of friends.
• Fixed a bug that caused some areas and weather conditions to be brighter than intended.
• Fixed a bug that caused two background tracks to play when pausing the game while in a card battle.
• Fixed a bug that allowed players to add random extra items when delivering Contract requirements.
• Fixed a bug that could cause tooltips and popup windows to get cut off by the edges of the screen.

• Purchasing items is about 25% cheaper
• The price of food and drink items have been reduced even further
• The duration of a day has been increased to around 20 minutes
• Players can now choose between 3 different day durations when creating a character (20, 25, 30 min)
• Reduced the Fuel cost to produce Coke, so it will always yield more Fuel than you put in
• A new Paper item can be found in the first level of the Ruins
• A new fish can be caught in the pond on your property, it can also be caught by using one of Pete's Basic Lures
• Optimized the way items are added to the Researchler, which can prevent lock ups when adding lots of items
• Fixed a bug that caused Theseus to get stuck in a wall when loading a saved game

• Taking items from containers by dropping them with the mouse now shows the tag discovery notification
• Theseus now actually obtains items from chest rooms. (Thanks to Karlyan for reporting!)