Blacksmith Master — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Save 50% on Blacksmith Master | 2026-10-09 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 50% on Blacksmith Master. Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. |
| Save 50% on Blacksmith Master | 2026-10-01 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 50% on Blacksmith Master right now during the Hooded Horse Autumn Publisher Sale. Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. Hooded Horse Autumn Publisher Sale |
| Blacksmith Master 1.0 Releases November 19, 2026 | 2026-09-21 | Hello everyone! We're excited to announce that Blacksmith Master will leave Early Access and launch into 1.0 on November 19th, 2026.Check out the release day announcement trailer below. What's New in 1.0Master Workers - you can only hire one of each type, and they unlock special featuresMaster Blacksmith unlocks siege machinesMaster Assistant unlocks tier 3 smeltersMaster Scholar unlocks the 5th upgrade level for all blueprintsMaster Miner can find gems while miningMaster Lumberjack unlocks larger wood pile storage (80 and 150 capacity)Master Cashier never lets customers lose patience while waiting at the cash registerSiege Machines - You get |
| Blacksmith Master News Roundup at the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale | 2026-08-28 | The Blacksmith Master dev team has had a busy couple of months, with two new updates released recently. These updates focus on balance, player control over the shop, and a staff menu overhaul. If you have missed any recent Blacksmith Master news, check out the full roundup below. Blacksmith Master is discounted during the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale at 50% off. Check it out, and check out the other games on sale during the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale. Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale Blacksmith Master News RecapUpdate #14 focused heavily on rebalancing, bug fixing, and giving players more control of their shop. Mid- and late-g |
| Save 50% on Blacksmith Master | 2026-08-22 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 50% on Blacksmith Master right now during the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale. Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale |
| Update #15: Staff menu overhaul | 2026-08-12 | Hello everyone! Here is another monthly update for Blacksmith Master which I hope you'll love :) It's one of the highest requested features - improved staff menu which enables list view and multi-edit.When you activate list view, you're able to see much more detailed info regarding your workers including their traits, salary and most importantly, specific settings for their duty. For blacksmiths that is crafting preference, for assistants it's resource to focus on, and best thing is that you can edit that setting without opening staff info popup.Besides editing info for individual workers, you are also able to select multiple workers using a |
| Update #14: Back from parental leave :) | 2026-07-23 | Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know that I’m alive but still surviving on 4 hours asleep per night for 4 months already since our twins were born :) Raising two babies at once turned out to be much harder than I expected. I’m finally able to work at least a bit every day so I'm bringing you a new update. You can read the changelog below :) I already have big plans going towards v1.0 down the line but I’ll write more on that laterHere is the excuse for lack of updates :DChangelog: - Added ability to close the shop manually in order to restock itAdded ability to close the shop manually in order to restock itRebalanced mid and late game pr |
| Save 50% on Blacksmith Master | 2026-07-09 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 50% on Blacksmith Master right now during the Hooded Horse July Publisher Sale. Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. Hooded Horse July Publisher Sale |
| Save 50% on Blacksmith Master | 2026-06-25 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 50% on Blacksmith Master right now during the Hooded Horse Summer Sale. Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. Hooded Horse Summer Sale |
| Save 50% on Blacksmith Master | 2026-05-26 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 50% on Blacksmith Master right now during the Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale. Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale |
| Save 50% on Blacksmith Master | 2026-04-12 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 50% on Blacksmith Master during the Hooded Horse April Sale. Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. Hooded Horse April Sale |
| Save 50% on Blacksmith Master | 2026-03-19 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 50% on Blacksmith Master during the Hooded Horse Spring Sale. Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. Hooded Horse Spring Sale |
| Hotfix - 5th March 2026 | 2026-03-05 | Fixed an issue where some workers wouldn't use amenities on concurrent days |
| Hotfix - 1st March 2026 | 2026-03-01 | This update includes the fix for sandbox mode not working for some users |
| Save 50% on Blacksmith Master | 2026-02-28 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 50% on Blacksmith Master during the Hooded Horse Publisher Sale. Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. Hooded Horse Publisher Sale |
| Update #13: Staff Management Improvements | 2026-02-23 | Hello everyone! I have finally finished a new update that I wanted to do for a long time :) Before I get into details, I just wanted to write again here that I will be taking a small break next month because my wife and me are expecting twins, so I will have my hands full outside of game development :) I am moving very steadily towards v1.0 but there are a couple of more big updates I want to do to address your feedback and suggestions! Happiness systemThe first thing I want to talk about is the new happiness system which brings deeper staff management. Depending on 5 different factors, your staff will either be angry with you as a manager or |
| Save 50% on Blacksmith Master | 2026-01-08 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 50% on Blacksmith Master during the Hooded Horse January Publisher Sale. Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. Hooded Horse January Publisher Sale |
| Save 50% on Blacksmith Master | 2025-12-18 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 50% on Blacksmith Master during the Hooded Horse Winter Publisher Sale. Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. Hooded Horse Winter Publisher Sale |
| Update #12: Performance Improvements | 2025-12-08 | Hello everyone! Over the past two weeks, I’ve been doing intensive performance optimizations, and I’m happy to say I've roughly doubled the game's FPS, reduced build size 2 times (from 2Gb to 1.1Gb) and reduced VRAM usage by roughly 50% (from 3.75Gb to 1.9Gb). In some late-game scenes with complex workshops, performance went from about 25–30 FPS to around 50–60 FPS. In one of my test shots, FPS went from 22 to 37. These numbers depend on the scene and settings of course, but the gains have been consistent. I’ve been experimenting with lighting and shadows a lot, which is why you may notice some small visual differences if you look very closel |
| Save 30% on Blacksmith Master | 2025-11-30 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 30% on Blacksmith Master during the Hooded Horse November Publisher Sale. Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. Hooded Horse November Publisher Sale |
| Nominate Blacksmith Master for the Steam Awards! | 2025-11-24 | Hello everyone, The 2025 Steam Awards have begun! Nominations are open, and I’m hoping you’ll consider nominating Blacksmith Master in the Sit Back and Relax category. The competition this year is incredible, and there are so many great games that deserve recognition in this category. But your nomination can help spread the word about Blacksmith Master and introduce new players to an experience that’s truly relaxing and satisfying to play. The Workshop as a Place to Settle In Blacksmith Master is, at its core, the quiet pleasure of a process unfolding. A medieval smithy that begins as four walls and a furnace, gradually becoming a small ecosy |
| Hotfix - 19th November 2025 | 2025-11-19 | Fixed an exception that happened sometimes when opening merchants popup |
| Update #11 - Game difficulty and custom prices | 2025-11-18 | Hello everyone! Another update for Blacksmith Master is ready for you to try :)Since the past few updates focused on new content, I've decided to take a step back and see how I can improve core gameplay, especially in the early game. One of the main complaints is that the economy is way too chaotic, some things take way too much time, and some are way too easy. Most players have too much money that they can't spend. Steam Reviews: Your Feedback MattersIf you like this update or feel the game is heading in a good direction, I’d really appreciate a review on Steam. It helps the game a lot, and I really do read all of them. Your feedback is what |
| Hotfix - Mastery Tree Progress Fixed | 2025-10-07 | Fixed a small bug for existing players where they couldn't progress in the mastery tree |
| Blacksmith Master Update: Mint Your Own Ducats + 30% Off Midweek Deal! | 2025-10-06 | Blacksmith Master Update + Midweek Deal: Mint Your Own DucatsThe new update for Blacksmith Master introduces a royal new way to make money — literally. The Coin Minting feature lets you forge copper, silver, and gold Ducats, which can be used to upgrade trade routes, boost mine and forest outputs, and lower operating costs.Each of the five minting machines refines ingots into higher-value ducats, adding another layer to your production loop. Mines and forests have also been reworked to allow more workers, improving resource output.Alongside the new content, this update also includes performance improvements and fixes for UI issues, movement b |
| Update #10 - Ducat Minting | 2025-10-05 | Hello everyone! Today, I will write about the new update that I've been working on for roughly the past month. :) I'll start by saying that this is a content update, but I've decided to take a step back and figure out how I can improve the core loop before I do more content updates. As a result, the next one will focus more on existing systems instead of adding new ones. A while ago, I published a roadmap, and one of the features on it was Coin Minting. Since I was afraid coins would be confused with other coins used as currency for buying stuff, I decided to make it so that you mint royal coins called Ducats. There are five minting machines, |
| Save 30% on Blacksmith Master | 2025-10-01 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 30% on Blacksmith Master during the Hooded Horse Autumn Publisher Sale.Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. Hooded Horse Autumn Publisher Sale |
| Save 25% on Blacksmith Master | 2025-08-31 | Build your forge, manage your blacksmith shop, and save 25% on Blacksmith Master during the Hooded Horse August Sale.Manage your own medieval smithy and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master. HOODED HORSE AUGUST SALE |
| Blacksmith Master News Roundup at the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale | 2025-08-23 | Blacksmith Master is part of the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale at 25% off on Steam. Check it and other games out in the sale. Below is a roundup of recent development news, including flexible mastery, a rework of the scholars and design table, and a set of fixes and tuning. Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale 2025 Blacksmith Master News RoundupLuka has been hard at work on the next patch based on all of your feedback that you've shared in Steam reviews. Whether it's balance, features, suggestions, or any other feedback, we are reading your reviews. Less than a week ago, Update #9 came out, and it's a major one. Update #9 turns the Mastery |
| Update #9 - More Flexible Tree Mastery | 2025-08-19 | Hello everyone, welcome to the blog post for Blacksmith Master Update #9! In this update, I bring you one really big change, and it's related to the Mastery Tree. Why the previous change wasn’t enoughAs you might remember, two updates ago, I changed the mastery tree to be much less linear (Update #7: Master Tree Rework) It introduced many more paths that could be taken for progression, but it was not good enough. Since each mastery still had a fixed price, it was pretty much already predetermined what was possible to unlock and what wasn't. It was pretty obvious that you need to unlock something costing 30 shields before you can unlock someth |