Updates
Patch notes
Everything that changed in the game, note by note. These are the same notes you read in the News panel of the F12 menu.
Patch notes are written in English only — the same text the game shows in every language.
Update 1.65.0
You must update your client to log in. Close the game and the launcher, then reopen the launcher and press PLAY. On Steam the update is automatic.
Read the note →Update 1.64.0
You must update your client to log in. Close the game and the launcher, then reopen the launcher and press PLAY. On Steam the update is automatic.
Read the note →Update 1.63.0
You must update your client to log in. Close the game and the launcher, then reopen the launcher and press PLAY. On Steam the update is automatic.
Read the note →Update 1.62.0
You must update your client to log in. Close the game and the launcher, then reopen the launcher and press PLAY. On Steam the update is automatic.
Read the note →Update 1.61.0
**You must update your client to log in.** Close the game and the launcher, then reopen the launcher and press PLAY. On Steam the update is automatic.
Read the note →Update 1.60.0
**You must update your client to log in.** Close the game and the launcher, then reopen the launcher and press PLAY. On Steam the update is automatic. This one is a big download: most of the world ha…
Read the note →Update 1.59.0
**You must update your client to log in.** Close the game and the launcher, then reopen the launcher and press PLAY. On Steam the update is automatic.
Read the note →Update 1.55.0
Recall got its patience back, and the back door got a lock. The stand-still rule is down to three seconds and comes with a bar above your head, so nobody has to guess. Leaving a fight by closing the…
Read the note →Update 1.54.0
Half the talent trees went back to the forge and came out with sharper edges, Middleland finally pays its hunters, and the Coin Shop got a proper shop window. It is a big one. Read the Changed list b…
Read the note →Update 1.53.2
The hard end of the bestiary has been keeping its pockets shut. From this update the toughest monsters hand over loot far more often, and in exchange the properties on that loot roll in lower bands.…
Read the note →Update 1.53.1
A one-line hotfix for a problem that showed up with the new dash: the world stays on screen where it belongs.
Read the note →Update 1.53.0
A dash is a promise to arrive, and from today it keeps it: you end right beside your target, ready for the next swing. Your storage learns to count, too, and anyone feeding on the same unlucky enemy…
Read the note →Update 1.52.0
Swinging steel is honest work, and from today it pays like it: warriors earn triple experience from monsters. Every character also finds two free talent resets waiting in the warehouse, and eight mor…
Read the note →Update 1.51.0
Players here type in six languages, and from today none of them is a wall: one click turns a Shout, a whisper or a guild line into yours. Your character also went back to posture school, and now stan…
Read the note →Update 1.50.0
Barnaby has learned patience. An item can now sit on his board for up to three days, so a good piece no longer has to find its buyer before you log back in. The four elemental talent spells have also…
Read the note →Update 1.49.0
The pickaxe has earned a raise. Every find at an ore vein now pays real experience, and what you dig up can skip the floor and land in your bag. Good timing, too: Tom has gone over his price list, an…
Read the note →Update 1.48.0
Tom has been busy. The blacksmith who used to look at nothing but melee weapons now takes bows and metal chest armor too, and his list of properties has grown from five to twenty-three. The Auction H…
Read the note →Update 1.47.0
Forty unique weapons stop pretending to be ordinary in this update: each one now carries an aura you can see in your hand, in your bag and on the ground. The game also learned to choose its own road…
Read the note →Update 1.46.1
A short one, and mostly good news for anyone grinding levels or hunting people who would rather not be seen. The Experience Slate is worth twice what it was, and a Detect Invisibility Scroll now buys…
Read the note →Update 1.46.0
Three familiar faces come back from the workshop moving like they mean it, and your Shared Bank finally has room for the potion habit you swore you didn't have. Meanwhile, the mage who froze your tar…
Read the note →Update 1.45.1
Crafters get panels that show the whole recipe book and take as many clicks as you care to throw at them, wands can finally roll Mana Siphoning, and Promiseland has a new hunt on the board. Monster e…
Read the note →Update 1.45.0
Raiding the other city just lost its safest hiding spot: enemy buildings and the enemy farm no longer open for you. Closer to home, guild members can now walk out without waiting for their Guildmaste…
Read the note →Update 1.44.1
A small patch with two things worth knowing before your next fight: Paralyze now cares about what you are wearing and nothing else, and every level-up sends you back in at full strength. The rest is…
Read the note →Update 1.44.0
The official server is open and the world already has its first grudges. This patch gives them somewhere to go: summoners can now point their creatures at a name, the website keeps score where everyo…
Read the note →Update 1.43.1
The Beta did its job: you broke things, we fixed them, and the world is ready. This is its last patch. Tomorrow the test server closes and the official one opens with a clean slate — same Helbreath,…
Read the note →Update 1.43.0
The Dark Elf has a new look and the same bad intentions, and she brought the Gargoyle with her. Back in town, the Blacksmith finally stocks an anvil, which makes Manufacturing an actual trade, and it…
Read the note →Update 1.42.0
Two old hands in town have taken on new work. Tom will make your weapon better, if you can leave it with him for a day, and Gandalf will teach the spells you already know a second trick. The auction…
Read the note →Update 1.41.0
Loot now comes to you. What you care about drops straight into your bag, gold splits itself between everyone who fought for it, and the chat tells the whole party who walked off with what. Whispers g…
Read the note →Update 1.40.0
The water was always there. Now it is worth your time: the more dangerous the place you cast, the better what bites — and somewhere in the war zones swims a ring that no monster will ever drop. Crops…
Read the note →Update 1.39.0
Your character now gets dressed before it ever leaves the creation screen — and once it is out in the world, it can finally show what it is carrying. Pick the outfit you start in and the bonuses it b…
Read the note →Update 1.38.0
Everything you send to the server is now encrypted. Until today your password travelled across the network as plain readable text, both when logging in and when entering the world, and anyone sharing…
Read the note →Update 1.37.0
The three heaviest monsters in the game have been rebuilt in 3D. The Ettin, the Mountain Giant and the Demon were still the sprites of 1998, animated in a handful of frames and facing eight direction…
Read the note →Update 1.36.0
The feedback you send from inside the game stops being a black hole. It is now a support ticket with a thread: a GM replies, you read the reply in the game and answer back without leaving it. The cit…
Read the note →Update 1.35.0
The 2v2 Arena stops being a hidden feature. It now has a public ladder, seasons that roll over on their own, titles handed out when each season closes, and a hub on F5 where you can see your rating,…
Read the note →Update 1.34.0
Eleven monsters just got the same treatment your character got in the 3D remaster. Scorpion, Amphis, Cat, Claw Turtle, Clay Golem, Cannibal Plant, Battle Golem, Beholder, Bunny, Centaur and Skeleton…
Read the note →Update 1.30.0
New Chinese is here — the game's sixth language. The entire interface, the wiki, the website, the emails and the NPC voices are now fully translated to Simplified Chinese, joining English, Spanish, P…
Read the note →Update 1.29.0
The biggest visual change since we opened. Every character body, every piece of armour, every cloak, shield and weapon you wear has been rebuilt in 3D and re-rendered at four times the old resolution…
Read the note →Update 1.27.1
An Archery rebalance, a follow-up to last patch's item-pickup fixes, and a few bugs closed out — including one that let a Blacksmith recharge a Zemstone of Sacrifice's protection charges as if it wer…
Read the note →Update 1.27.0
The world reacts to more than your clicks now. Spells cast real light at night, object shadows fall with volume as the sun moves across the sky, and every sound in the game — footsteps, spell impacts…
Read the note →Update 1.17.0
Everything that moves in HB Evolution now moves in half-steps. A step is 16 pixels instead of 32 — for your character, for monsters, and for where a spell lands. Walking and running speed have not ch…
Read the note →Update 1.16.0
HB Evolution now speaks Korean. The whole game — interface, items, spells, maps, quests and NPC dialogue — plus the entire website and the emails we send you, are available in a fifth language. Pick…
Read the note →Update 1.14.0
This is the largest visual update HB Evolution has ever shipped: the entire game has been redrawn in high definition. The download is big — the launcher replaces most of the art in your install — so…
Read the note →Update 1.13.0
New **The Orc Mage and the Gargoyle have been rebuilt from scratch.** Both were among the oldest creatures still running on their original art: four drawn poses each, one blur of a walk, and a body t…
Read the note →Update 1.12.0
New **Monsters walk continuously now.** Until today every monster moved in stutters: one step, a pause, another step, another pause. Their legs ran on a clock of their own, so the animation finished…
Read the note →Version 1.7.0 - The Goblin Warlock walks Middleland, and Dark weapons that turn with you
Something new is out there. The Goblin Warlock is walking Middleland, and we are not going to spoil it for you - go and meet the beast yourself. Beyond that, the Dark Knight set is finished and final…
Read the note →Version 1.6.0 - The game now speaks your language, 2v2 Arenas and a rebuilt wiki
The biggest update so far. The whole client is now translated into four languages, 2v2 Arenas are live with their own ladder, and the wiki has been rebuilt from scratch so you can finally look up wha…
Read the note →Version 1.2.0 - Poison clouds, team callouts and smarter monsters
Poison clouds stopped being a damage spell and became a poison spell, no persistent field interrupts you any more, and monsters finally fight back the way they should. Read the Changed section before…
Read the note →Version 1.0.0 - Meditation, Alchemy and roof fades
HB Evolution now carries a version number. You can read it in the bottom left corner while you play, and from now on every note tells you which version it belongs to, so you always know whether the p…
Read the note →System Menu redesign and this News panel
The General tab of the System Menu (F12) was almost empty. It is now the one place where you set up your game, and it is where you are reading this from.
Read the note →Auction House and in-game Mailbox
The City Hall now hosts a global market and a personal mailbox. You can trade with players who are not online, and receive items and coins while you are away.
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