News & Updates
Patch notes, dev blogs, and announcements.
Roadmap Update: What's Next for Mithril & Mud
A look at what's coming — progressive automation unlocks, Dwarven Heroes, interactive raids, Trade Post overhaul, Steam Deck investigation, and more.
Read more →Patch v0.1.8: Balance Tuning & QoL
Tiered depth bonuses, artifact soft cap, cave-in warnings, automation pause toggle, help buttons on 4 panels, and late-game event reward scaling.
Read more →Patch v0.1.7: Expedition Overhaul — Per-Slot Auto Deploy, Worker Reserve & Bug Fixes
Per-slot auto deploy, manual worker reserve, troll timeout, rune shard fixes, expedition tooltips, and prestige reset bug fixes.
Read more →Patch v0.1.6: Persistent Offline Workers, Auto-Redeploy & 28 Bug Fixes
Full-rate offline production, auto-redeploy expeditions, room reordering, trade cooldown timers, welcome-back rework, and 28 bug fixes from an audit.
Read more →Hotfix v0.1.51: Tutorial Rework, Bug Fixes
Broken tutorial arrows replaced with gold pulse highlights. Hint navigation added, clutter moved to Settings, Lithodore capped, and 8 bugs fixed.
Read more →Patch v0.1.5: Automation Profiles, Expedition Danger & Linux Fix
Automation profiles, purchase priority, expedition worker death, knowledge base, feature unlock popups, guided tutorial and a Linux Unicode fix.
Read more →Patch v0.1.4: Balance, Variations & Polish
Ancestral Knowledge soft cap, converter exploit fix, mercenary rebalance, dwarf & warrior visual variations, and UI polish.
Read more →Hotfix v0.1.2 & v0.1.3: Crits, Crown Fixes & Balance
Two rapid hotfixes: critical hits now grant bonus ore, crown forge crashes fixed, Ancestral Knowledge exploit patched, and crit visuals overhauled.
Read more →Hotfix v0.1.1: Bug Fixes & Steam Achievements
First post-launch hotfix: depth bonus display, Deep Knowledge blessing, Mining Expertise after prestige, hire cost display, and Steam achievements enabled.
Read more →Alpha Patch 7: Forge the Crown
The first D20 victory now triggers a three-phase forging mini-game. Permanent crown pedestal, prestige music fix, dig preview and campfire behaviour.
Read more →Alpha Patch 6: Prestige Reward Scaling, Auto-Upgrades & Dev Update
Rewards now scale with prestige and ascension, auto-upgrade automations, an overhauled victory screen, quest rebalance and Lithodore scaling.
Read more →Alpha Patch 5: Tutorial Hints, Runestone Balance & Critical Fixes
11 new tutorial hints for first-encounter systems, an expedition prestige exploit fixed, hiring discount cap UX, and a runestone slot relic fix.
Read more →Alpha Patch 4: Dwarven Tavern, Room Alerts & Dwarf Graveyard
New Dwarven Tavern room at depth 4, flashing alerts when rooms unlock, and a permanent graveyard honoring dwarves lost to dragon raids.
Read more →Alpha Patch 3: Major Rebalance, Original Soundtrack & Prestige Polish
Complete depth scaling rebalance, 17-track original soundtrack, prestige UI overhaul, tutorial hints, and dozens of quality-of-life fixes.
Read more →Steam Store is Live — Achievements, Localization & More
The Steam store page is fully configured with 32 achievements, 13 languages, cloud saves, and our first build is uploaded. We're on track for March 11.
Read more →Alpha Patch 2: Settings Overhaul, Remappable Keybinds & More
Remappable keybindings, tabbed settings UI, auto-save control, save slot renaming and delete safety. Plus dragon raids and ore vein visuals.
Read more →Mithril & Mud — Early Access Coming March 11th
Mithril & Mud launches into Steam Early Access on March 11th, 2026. Here's what to expect on day one and how you can help shape the game.
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