Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
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| Winter Sale Update: UI and Unit Improvements and Fixes | 2025-12-07 | Greetings fellow Nysians,The Winter Sale Update for Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is here!This update focuses on UI improvements and fixes. It also includes a couple of changes to the functionality of some units. The full patch notes are: UI and GraphicsGraphical improvements to the pause screen overlayImproved rendering quality of micro health barsFixed an issue with territory outliningFixed issues with specific animations not looping correctlyFixed an issue where wall destruction graphics weren’t properly displayed when walls were destroyedFixed an issue where the save game menu would jump to the bottom of the menuUnits and MilitaryNerfed Ad |
| Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is 50% off! | 2025-09-29 | Greetings fellow Nysians,Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is 50% off as part of Steam’s Autumn Sale, ending on October 6th.Whether you’re keen to construct large and sprawling cities, set up industrial-level production lines, or create an army to war against the ever-threatening Wyrmaxa, Thrive has what you’re looking for.Build a single Kingdom solo or together with friends in Co-op. Or dive into multiplayer, where up to four players all rule their own lands and can trade with, ally, and war against whoever they please.Now is also the perfect time to pick up a copy, as we’ve recently released our September update. This patch has a wide range of a |
| September Update: UI Improvements and Additional Custom Settings | 2025-09-25 | Greetings fellow Nysians,The September update for Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is here!This patch features several additions, changes, and fixes, most notably providing more game customization through additional settings and numerous improvements to the UI.Additions:Singleplayer SettingsAdded an option to toggle diseases and natural fires on and off Fires can still be caused by being attacked or from a crystal storage explodingAdded more game customisation options to:The central provinces, choosing whether they are controlled by Wyrmaxa or notStarting wealthRepair costs of buildingsDefault, half, and freeGrimrot camp spawn ratesNumber of Camp |
| Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown - Patch v1.0.0207 - Aqueduct Improvements | 2025-08-11 | Greetings fellow Nysians,The latest patch for Thrive is now live. Its focus is on addressing a common desire of the community, which is ensuring that aqueducts work correctly and are easy to build. This fix specifically provides:Improvements: to the connection of Aqueducts to buildings.to the placement system for Aqueducts.The team greatly appreciates the support and the patience provided by the community. We are continuing to develop the game, focusing on aspects of the game that most affect players. Long may you reign, and long may you Thrive! - Zugalu team |
| Patch v1.0.0206b: Bug Fixes and Quality of Life Changes | 2025-07-21 | Greetings fellow Nysians, Our latest patch 1.0.0206b is now live! Thank you for all of your enthusiasm and continued support since the launch of 1.0, including all your reviews. We’re extremely grateful to everyone for taking the time to leave your perspectives on the game. We’ve read every single one and are committed to implementing your feedback! This update focuses on bug fixes and quality-of-life changes. The full patch notes are here: ChangesAdded a button that zips save files and sends them directly to Zugalu, to best assist in our efforts to identify and fix bugsChange to allow Caravans to build Trading Huts in owned territories, if n |
| 👑 PATCH INCOMING! 👑 | 2025-07-18 | Nysians, mark your calendars! We’ve got a brand new patch landing early next week that brings bug fixes and improvements for your growing kingdom.Stay tuned for full patch notes soon — and as always, thank you for your bug reports and reviews on Steam. |
| Patch v1.0.0205 - Changes and Fixes | 2025-07-02 | Greetings fellow Nysians,We hope you’ve been enjoying Thrive since we launched into 1.0. A new patch is now live, focusing on implementing several changes and bug fixes. This update includes: ChangesBuildings & Resources Change to construction, allowing bridges to be replaced.Added honey storage to the cookhouse.Added line to the quarry building tool tip stating that it cannot be destroyed once placed.Neutral Town gates now stay open. Audio Decreased the volume and frequency of the audio cue that plays while Waelgrim increases Fixes General Fixed ‘Completionist’ achievement logic.Fixes for ‘More Work’ notification causing offset resource cons |
| Full Launch Hotfixes - Ultra Widescreen Support and Bug Fixes | 2025-06-26 | Greetings fellow Nysians,It's been one week since we launched 1.0 and our latest patch 1.0.0204 is now live! Thanks for taking the time to share the details of the bugs you’ve encountered so we can continue to make Thrive even better. This patch focuses on: Fixes:For units getting stuckSolved edgecase for loading saved gamesFeatures:Ultra widescreen supportThank you to everyone for supporting the game and providing feedback. The detailed information being provided by the community is incredibly helpful to us in identifying and resolving these issues and ultimately making Thrive the game we want it to be. We are very much taking note of all co |
| Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown - Full Launch Out Now! | 2025-06-19 | Greetings fair Nysians, Our team at Zugalu, alongside our friends at PlaySide are so incredibly proud to announce that our 1.0 release is here! I want to send a single, heartfelt thank-you to everyone who tested those early builds, offered candid feedback, translated patch notes, shared stunning kingdom screenshots, and kept our spirits high throughout Early Access; your patience, honesty, and generosity have shaped every system, every line of dialogue, and every late-night hotfix. We couldn’t be prouder or more excited to cross this milestone with the community that made it possible. Update your game now to experience our extensive list of b |
| Announcement - Full Launch Release Date! | 2025-06-07 | Greetings fair Nysians, We come bearing wondrous news! Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown will leave Early Access and launch into 1.0 in just a few days’ time on: June 18, 2025! Revealed as part of Future Games Show Live, our full 1.0 release will deliver an extensive number of improvements and quality-of-life upgrades, such as full Steam Achievement support and the community requested option to disable narrative dialogue. Our comprehensive list of patch notes will be available at launch.After multiple updates since our Early Access debut, we’ve delivered a huge visual fidelity overhaul, new militia units, citizen revolts, trade route improvements, |
| May Update - Fixes, Additions and Quality of Life Changes | 2025-05-01 | Greetings fair Nysians, Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown’s May Update is now live! This new patch introduces dozens of quality of life improvements, including memory optimization for faster performance and overall polish to every element of the game. To celebrate, we’re also offering a 25% discount for a limited time only – don’t miss out on expanding your kingdom solo or with friends while it’s on sale! You can check out the full list of improvements below: AddedMemory optimizations to help with performance Added difficulty to save game Adjusted needs for happiness, houses are now filled constantly and fully stocked persists all day Added limit |
| City Builder Fest Announcement | 2025-03-24 | Greetings fair Nysians, Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is participating in the Steam City Builder & Colony Fest! Don’t miss out on a 25% off discount, for a limited time only. If you are into complex city-builders with a rich medieval lore, this is the game for you! Since we launched in Early Access last year, we’ve been hard at work implementing new features and improving gameplay, stability and performance. Some of our exciting quality of life additions include: Visual fidelity overhaul: Textures and lighting in the game now render in 4K, providing stunning enhancements without sacrificing performance. Expanded strategic depth: We’ve introduc |
| February Update - New Influence System, Decorative Buildings and more! | 2025-02-27 | Greetings fair Nysians, We’re excited to share that our next update includes key features that are arriving a full month ahead of schedule (as part of our Early Access roadmap). The Influence System, Decorative Buildings and Improved Wyrmaxa were all completed earlier than anticipated, and rather than holding it back, we want you to experience it as soon as possible. By releasing it early, we’re also ensuring a smoother rollout - our goal is always to deliver the best possible experience and we can’t wait for you to dive into the world of Nysamor and check it out for yourselves. We also want to say a massive thank you to the Thrive Discord co |
| Early Preview - February Update | 2025-02-21 | Greetings fair Nysians, Our February update is almost here! We’re thrilled to announce that our next update is exclusively available right now to our Discord community ahead of public release. If you’re interested in checking out all the new additions and accessing it early, you can get all the details by joining our official Discord server. We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the Thrive community for their invaluable feedback on our update during last month’s early preview weekend, as well as for your incredible support since we launched Early Access. Your time and input are greatly appreciated and a massive help in bringing our game |
| New Update - New Militia, Riots & more! | 2025-02-03 | Greetings fair Nysians, As part of our Early Access roadmap, our latest update is available now! We also wanted to say a special thank you to the Thrive community in our Discord who have taken the time to be a part of our save and load build testing this week, and to everyone for your support throughout Early Access so far. Your time, and feedback has been truly invaluable in helping us bring our vision for the game to life. Now is the perfect time for you and your friends to jump in and defend Nysamor together, and experience the quality of life improvements in Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown! Added: Hired militia units for early-game defense C |
| Steam Winter Sale - 25% Off Now | 2024-12-19 | Greetings rulers - and any travellers passing by that plan to visit the kingdoms of Nysamor! For a limited time only, you can purchase Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown at 25% off in the Steam Winter Sale now until January 2nd 2025. Immerse yourself in the lore behind Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown which is rich and full of mystery. The characters, the provinces and world bring depth into our medieval city builder, where every decision you make defines the rule of your kingdom. There is no wrong path, only your path, your rule. Does a Benevolent leadership of goodwill, hope and prosperity call to you? Or perhaps as a Tyrannical ruler you’ll take ple |
| December Update - Available Now! | 2024-12-18 | Greetings fair Nysians, From our entire team, we wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season! The year isn’t quite over yet - so we’re releasing a update packed with significant quality of life improvements, bug fixes and enhancements to Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown. In your feedback across our Discord and Steam forums, you requested for us to add Edge Scrolling, to span across your provinces with ease. We're excited to confirm this is now available, as well as a complete rework of our vegetation system! Here are the details of everything we’ve released as part of our December update: Added: Edge Scrolling - Found in the setting and off by |
| Launch Roadmap Reveal | 2024-12-10 | Greetings! We’ve loved seeing you all playing and taking over the world of Nysamor throughout our first month of Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown’s Early Access. As we continue to support the game post launch, we’ve crafted a development roadmap to guide you through what lies ahead. Your feedback, suggestions and bug reports have been invaluable since we launched, and have helped us shape our plans on the road to full launch in just a few months’ time! We wanted to begin by expressing how grateful we are for your commitment to ensure your kingdom’s survival. The team has worked tirelessly to deliver the best possible experience in Thrive: Heavy L |
| General Fixes & Trade Route Improvements | 2024-11-27 | Greetings fellow Nysians, Patch 0.1.0181e is here! Thank you for your patience as we continue to work through our list of community reported bugs and issues. Here is all you need to know about our latest patch, available now: Bug Fixes Trade routes no longer lock resource slots when making changes to trade routes. Resolved the potential of the fog of war appearing when loading autosaves Building Texture updated Roads now load correctly after becoming Benevolent or Tyrannical Trade routes no longer disappear Fixes to Caravans sometimes not deploying correctly Adderbeast now despawns correctly Fixed possible tutorial softlock during game saving |
| New Patch To Optimize Save Systems | 2024-11-20 | Greetings fellow Nysians, Patch 0.1.0181 is here! Since we launched two weeks ago, our focus has remained on responding to audience feedback on balance, optimization, performance and most importantly, resolving issues with some players save game files disappearing. We’re continuing our efforts to provide regular patches/hotfixes for the issues you’re reporting and soon, we’ll be sharing our plans for our future roadmap. The team could not be more excited for what’s ahead, and as always thank you for your ongoing support for Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown! Bug Fixes Save Systems Optimization & Fixes Balanced Building Overlap Negative Effects Wel |
| Save File Fix | 2024-11-15 | Greetings, Nysians! We have released a new update today that changes the ways save files are made. The focus is fixing the issues people are having with singleplayer saves, as well as improving multiplayer’s save functionality. When you now start a new game, you will be asked right away to name your save file at the province select screen, resulting in a save file being created as soon as you load into your chosen province. This new method of saving should prevent new save files from disappearing. We have also turned autosaving back on and these will be nested under newly created saves. Thank you so much for your patience while we worked to s |
| Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown - Update on Autosaves | 2024-11-12 | Greetings fellow Nysians, Thanks for your ongoing support to help us diagnose the issues around the autosave bugs experienced by some players. It is greatly appreciated. Today, we’ve rolled out a patch that disables autosaves for all players and another fix to potentially resolve disappearing saves. This is our highest priority and we continue to work on a permanent solution to resolve these issues. We’re expecting to release a patch with a permanent solution in the coming days, and advise players to manually save their progress when they begin playing and before exiting the game in the meantime. For affected players, any detail you can share |
| Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown - Our opening weekend of Early Access | 2024-11-11 | Greetings fellow Nysians, Thank you so much to everyone for taking the time to jump into Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown during our first few days in Early Access. Watching players explore the land of Nysamor over the last few days has been incredible. Seeing our community grow, and those who have been here for a while sharing their journeys has been a truly humbling experience for all of us here on the Thrive team. The feedback from the community has helped us to identify several issues affecting some players. Specifically, over the first few days of Early Access we’ve noticed save files becoming corrupted for some players. This is not somethin |
| Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown - Hotfix #1 | 2024-11-08 | Greetings fellow Nysians, Thank you so much for your support of the Early Access launch for Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown. Though it has only been one day, we have been hard at work reading your feedback and working on bug fixes. Below you can find the patch notes for our very first hotfix, which we have pushed out to all players. Simply jump into Steam to update your game, after which you should notice the build number “0.1.0179” on the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. Please let us know if you have any questions or other feedback! Resolved issues with both disappearing saves and also resuming older saves Path-finding around long obstac |
| Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown - Early Access Starts Today! | 2024-11-06 | Greetings fellow Nysians, Today marks a huge milestone as we prepare to release our first major title, Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown, which has today launched into Early Access on Steam. We’re also offering a 20% discount for players that pick up the game before 10AM 13 November PST/ 7PM 13 Nov CET/ 5AM 14 Nov AEDT, so jump in and start your reign of the Kingdom of Nysamor now. Our hearts are full of gratitude, excitement, and, honestly, a little disbelief. Four years ago, a team of passionate friends came together with a dream to bring Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown to life. We believed in a story and a world that we hoped would mean as much to |
| Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown - Early Access Coming November 6th! | 2024-10-24 | Greetings, fellow Nysians! We’re excited to announce the Early Access release date for Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown! Get ready to jump into the world of Nysamor on November 6th, 2 PM PST / 3 PM MST / November 7th, 9 AM AEDT. First off, a huge thank you to our incredible Thrive community! From the early days of the announcement to the closed betas and Next Fest Demo, it’s been amazing sharing this journey with you. Your feedback and bug reports have helped the Zugalu team build something truly special. Our goal has always been to create a survival city builder that's fun to play with friends, and we’re pumped to have multiplayer co-op and PvP |
| Play Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown during SimFest | 2024-07-26 | Greetings Nysians, We're thrilled to announce our participation in SimFest 2024, a grand celebration of all things simulation! As part of SimFest we're giving existing Thrive fans, and those discovering us for the first time, one more chance to dive into the demo. We know some of you missed out in February, or have recently only discovered Thrive, so this is the perfect opportunity to jump in, or get back into the game ahead of our launch later this year. Our team has been hard at work over the past six months, and have made significant performance and game improvements, alongside major systems and art overhauls. Our latest updates have broug |
| Thrive Dev Blog: Battle for Nysamor | 2024-07-25 | Greetings Fair Nysians, It's been a while since our last dev diary, and we’ve got some pretty epic updates to share on our recent development progress on Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown. Our team has been hard at work over the past few months on a ton of new content that will be coming to the game at launch later this year, and we’re excited to share a sneak preview of what is to come! Our demo earlier this year provided an amazing opportunity to watch you all jump into the world of Nysamor, and allowed us a chance to really observe how players interact and play Thrive: . From your feedback, and your experiences with the demo, we have overhauled |
| Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown - Game Con Canada | 2024-06-14 | Greetings Nysians old and new, We’re happy to share with you great news - Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown will be showcased at Game Con Canada, which is being held June 14-16 in Edmonton, Alberta. We’d like to extend a big thank you to Asus for their support, who have helped us with our booth and setup at GCC. For those unfamiliar with Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown, it is a medieval fantasy city builder with weighted decision-making and RTS-like combat. You and a small group of survivors come to Nysamor hoping to start again, building the foundations of your settlement in this strange land. Make tough choices with the aid of your Curia, establish |
| Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown - Demo Closing Soon! | 2024-03-05 | People of Nysamor, We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of the players that joined us for the journey through Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown during Steam Next Fest and beyond. Your feedback has been incredibly valuable and your support has been greatly appreciated. Your insights shared via Discord and our demo survey have helped shape the future of Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown. “From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for taking the time to play our demo. We know there are countless ways you could spend your time, and the fact that you chose to explore Thrive: HLtC means the world to us. Your support is not just motivating—it's |