After 3 years of game development, growing as company, bug fixes and community suggestions and engagement, Longvinter has now been released with the 1.0 Update. I am personally out of words to describe how great it feels to have finished the game of this scale and even though it is still rough around the edges, it's definitely ready and feature complete. Now let's go over what has changed and what will be next for Longvinter!

As this episode of Longvinter's phase comes to an end, naturally a new one begins, and I know you will have quite a lot of new content to dig through this time. We will be focusing on making the game work great on Steam Deck with refined controller support on all the menus and also fixing bugs that come up with the new update. We also want to keep the performance at its best from here on out.

For our next big feature update, we already teased this but it is now confirmed that we will have Longvinter Farming coming as "1.1" version of the game. We have also planned a big overhaul to new player experience and introducing renting apartments and shared communities. More info on these coming later so as always stay tuned for more!

I am also excited to announce that the game will be releasing on PlayStation next year! The game will provide cross-play options so we don't have two separate player bases limiting player numbers.

Naturally when we didn't include any new catalog and tackle box last Christmas, it's now time to introduce a new set of winter clothing in style of the game's name. This is our biggest one yet, and we have some unique features like changing ski colors on backpacks and unique decals on mouth pieces. While this time there are no new effects, these items can drop with all of your favorite effects from the past!

We wanted the 1.0 update to change something major in the game to really make it feel different for those who have played during Early Access. For that, we implemented new Points of Interest - Oil Rigs, which are large structures with significant verticality, quite challenging to design with our top-down game approach. Since this is our 1.0 update, we wanted to improve every aspect of the game, and we're really happy with how this update turned out. We have almost 100 new items with various mechanics. Let's start with the biggest change - the Oil Reworks.

If you visit Sgt. Lake now, you may notice that fuel prices have increased quite significantly since your last visit. That's because the LRI have set up oil rigs around the Longvinter archipelago and are now controlling prices everywhere. You must take destiny into your own hands and process and steal your own fuel while under attack from LRI mercenaries. These new locations are super fun for both PVP and PVE players, and we're excited to see what you like most about them! With the addition of fuel refining, we've added Crude Oil as a new item that needs to be refined before turning into fuel. We've also added a new upgrade tree to the mining rig building - instead of crushing rocks, you can now pump oil yourself and use refineries to bring your own product to the economy.

Keeping in style of adding new interesting events, we have now added a heli crash to the map that lets you access new tactical gear that LRI use to try and hunt you down. We also have a new arena that invites all players every hour to fight to the last man in order to access the best loot right below Sgt. Lake base camp.

Our map now has much greater variety in animals with the introduction of Lynx, Wolf, Wolverine, Fox, Moose and Goats now wandering in Longvinter Island. All of the new animals are also obtainable as mounts, and we have made the saddles unequippable so you can style your mounts as you like it best.

New small birds have now been included in all parts of the map that bring the island alive with their amusing looks and ability to always escape you no matter how hard you try to catch them. With this amazing new atmospheric addition, we have also added new roads to help starting players travel around first outposts more easily. Vendor catalogs have been upgraded with many new items, and we've improved many other things visually and brought more animations to everything to make the world feel more alive and immersive.

We've added several new equipment options to enhance your gameplay:

• 4 new buff hats:
  
  • Permanent movement speed
    
  • Better item prices
    
  • Cheaper travel costs
    
  • Chance for double loot
• Combat vests with special abilities:
  
  • Hotkey eating from inventory
    
  • Quick reload
    
  • Weapon switching without inventory
• Heavy sniper rifle (20 base damage)
  
• Hunters Amulet
  
• New explosives (C-4, Dynamite)
  
• Craftable sulfur and gunpowder
  
• New meals for cooking compendium

We wanted to give placeable health more thought since it was previously a bit of an afterthought. Now we're really happy with new mechanics we have in place. You can see every placeable's health when hovering over them in inventory and while they're placed down. When you first place an item on the ground, they initially start with 31 HP and start gaining their health slowly. If a placeable takes damage, it will stop regenerating HP. If the placeable is damaged recently, it cannot be picked up, and if destroyed by shooting while not at full health, it will not drop an item. These changes will make using normal fences in combat less practical and encourage usage of sandbags that are catered for combat situations.

• 10 New Paintings to level up your house decorations
  
• Boat house to store your boats on water bases
  
• New Marksman Defender turret with longer range and damage
  
• New Machine Gun Defender that you can control for devastating fire power
  
• Electricity Pole to distribute electricity between your neighborhood easily
  
• New Firework with smiley face
  
• Oil refinery to turn crude oil into fuel
  
• Refrigerator and microwave to decorate your home with functional items
  
• New Metallic box building blocks
  
• New Rugs to decorate your home
  
• Home Harmony placeable set with lamps, plants, tables and cabinets
  
• New ramp to easily access water bases if you fall off your boat

• Made house upgrade transitions smoother
  
• Added ability to undo item additions to vendors instead of dismantling the entire vendor
  
• Cabin roofs can now be painted
  
• Added option to disable pickup notifications
  
• Added UI indicator for house area locations to help players navigate between houses and avoid turret fire
  
• Added new good weapon chest to bunkers and mines
  
• Grid size adjustable with mouse wheel while placing
  
• Equipment now goes inside backpack on death instead of dropping on ground
  
• Players limited to 1 house in safe zone building areas
  
• Electrical placeables now drop if there's nothing below them
  
• Optimized server start time
  
• Most placeables now drop items instead of being destroyed
  
• Fuel can now be stolen from generators
  
• Custom map markers can be added and shared with other players
  
• Added more travel points
  
• First spawn location randomized instead of tied to Steam ID
  
• Shop shelves can't be stacked and require spacing between them
  
• Added slight delay before safe zone effect applies to prevent safe zone abuse
  
• Houses built on water have larger building area
  
• Auto-run speed now matches normal running speed
  
• Optimized cooking and crafting book opening times
  
• Improved Vintershop purchase reliability
  
• Players can now exit shops from any location inside
  
• Shops require clear pathways without placeables
  
• Turrets now have 30-second charging period after placement
  
• Added stacks to new items
  
• Snow health drain reduced by 50%
  
• Placeables that take over 30 damage in 10 seconds can't be picked up for 120 seconds
  
• Added placeable health display in inventory and on hover
  
• Added AFK indicator (Zzz bubble)
  
• Day cycle duration doubled
  
• Cosmetic toggle now includes custom backpacks
  
• Air drops now have plane sound effects and map markers
  
• Post-travel immortality period added to prevent spawn camping
  
• Items can't be placed in front of tents to prevent abuse
  
• Increased bunker loot
  
• Rain provides fishing buff to all players
  
• Fishing possible in any water, with spots still providing best results
  
• Improved AI shooting behaviour

• Chainsaw: Fire rate 200 → 190
  
• Electric pickaxe: Fire rate 300 → 275, movement speed matched to chainsaw
  
• Auto Shotgun: Ammo/shot 12 → 6, scatter 4 → 3.5, fire rate 150 → 175
  
• Semi Auto Pistol: Damage 7 → 8
  
• Full Auto Pistol: Fire rate 260 → 320
  
• Submachine Gun: Fire rate 300 → 350
  
• Machine Gun: Fire rate 450 → 475
  
• Shotgun: Scatter 4.5 → 3
  
• Sawed Off Shotgun: Scatter 7 → 6
  
• Grenade: Damage 30 → 50
  
• Machete: Damage 4 → 5

We're approaching a significant milestone as this will be our last devlog while the game is in Early Access. We want to express our deepest gratitude to all our players who have helped shape Longvinter into what it has become.

We're excited to announce that 1.0 will be releasing next Friday, February 21st, at 9AM UTC. All official servers will undergo a wipe immediately after the update goes live. We recommend unofficial servers to also perform a wipe if they experience any issues post-update.

We've finalized our wipe policy for official servers, implementing a 6-month wipe cycle (excluding monthly wipe servers). We believe this strikes the best balance between players who enjoy fresh starts and those who prefer persistent gameplay. To improve transparency, we've added a next wipe date display in the main menu while playing. This feature aims to prevent any unexpected surprises and keep our players informed about upcoming wipes. We want to remind everyone that hosting your own server allows you to maintain control over your saves and wipe schedule.

The new update has been thoroughly tested in our experimental branch, where our community has been instrumental in reporting issues. We've already addressed over 100 reported problems and are working to resolve all remaining issues before next Friday's release. From experience, we understand that some bugs may slip through to the stable version despite extensive testing, but we'll be working throughout the launch weekend to ensure the smoothest experience possible.

We're pleased to announce that with the 1.0 update, Longvinter will be fully playable on Steam Deck running the latest software version, with no workarounds required. We've verified this functionality on our own Steam Deck.

We've received numerous inquiries about prestige retention after the 1.0 update. While we're aware that some players have achieved prestige levels through exploits, we've decided to preserve all prestige progress out of respect for those who earned it legitimately. We believe prestige represents a significant achievement for honest players, and we don't want to diminish their accomplishments. However, we want to remind everyone that the upcoming wipe will clear all Mk currency, so if you're planning to purchase prestige, we recommend doing so before next week's update.

After pushing our server capabilities to their limits, we've determined that a 100-player cap provides the optimal balance between performance and gameplay experience. This decision allows us to maintain server stability while still delivering an engaging multiplayer environment.

We want to assure our community that reaching 1.0 is not the end of Longvinter's journey. Our development will continue, and we're excited to announce our future plans soon!

New animals, new locations, new guns! Check full patch notes in Discord!

KR and EU region servers are now live! Check discord for a guide how to change the game to the experimental version and join the servers!

Click the image to join our Discord!

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Happy New Year and welcome to this year's first devlog!

We're more excited than ever as the experimental version of the 1.0 update is nearly ready for public testing, and we can't wait to share what we've been developing over the past 6 months. Experimental patch notes and discussions will take place in our Discord server, so be sure to join and get yourself an "experimental-tester" role to be notified when the update is ready for testing. While experimental patch notes will be shared in Discord, the final notes will be available here when the game launches with wipe and the update goes live on all servers on February 21, 2025.

Click Channels & Roles to select your roles

We've moved the release date three days earlier to Friday (instead of Monday) to give everyone time to play during the weekend. The 1.0 update will remain in an experimental state for almost a month, giving us enough time to polish it into what we're proud to call a fully released game.

Let's go over some of the changes we've been working on:

We wanted to make raiding during active gameplay a more viable option. Since placeable health has been somewhat of an afterthought, we've now given it the polish required to enable fun raiding gameplay. Changes primarily affect building under fire - in 1.0, placed items will start with only 30 HP and slowly regenerate to full health after placement. Additionally, recently damaged items cannot be picked up and replaced, and items that haven't fully regenerated their health won't drop as bags when destroyed, preventing players from repeatedly using the same items as cover.

We've addressed an ongoing issue where bullets visible on your screen weren't hitting their displayed locations. This "lag" occurred because bullets began their journey before reaching the server, which was intended to provide instant feedback. Without delving too deeply into technical details, we've implemented server-side lag compensation, resulting in much more responsive shooting mechanics. We've recorded comparison videos showing this issue in the current beta 1.14 build versus the new lag-compensated bullets in the 1.0 build. While other players' bullets may occasionally appear to spawn slightly after their gun barrel, we believe this trade-off is worthwhile for improved accuracy when leading shots.

On a lighter note, we're excited to showcase a new dance animation that will be available in the release tackle box!

Greetings everyone, and a warm welcome to new players who have just picked up the game in the autumn sale!

It's a great time to start exploring Longvinter island, and we've been hard at work as always on the big 1.0 update that is coming next year in February, which will improve and touch on nearly every aspect of the game.


We experimented with 200 player servers, and KR 1 saw a whopping 170 players at its maximum peak, which is really huge for us to see, as we never imagined a server with that many players. However, we've decided to reduce its capacity to 110 to maintain a better tickrate. Players on this server should now have a much smoother experience after this change.


We've noticed some issues with the VPN checker making false positive kicks on private servers. We'll be providing an update next week to resolve this issue. In the meantime, if you can't connect to your own hosted server and it says you're using a VPN, please bear with us.


We've separated mounts and their saddles into different items. You can now attach a saddle to any mount you like best. Saddles increase the mount's movement speed, making them a valuable addition!

To make the world feel more alive, we've added small birds that can be seen flying in different places or just chilling on rocks and bushes in the 1.0 update!


Until we find a more permanent solution for the Steam Deck issue, the community has found a workaround you can use to play Longvinter again today.

Longvinter on Steam Deck, for compatibility reasons, works only with OS version 3.5.19 and not the latest one. If you wish to play Longvinter on Steam Deck, please downgrade your OS to 3.5.19. There are guides on the web that teach you how to do this.

Thank you for your continued support and patience. We're excited to bring you these updates and improvements!

The poll results for server wipes are finally in, and we have some important information to share with you all.


Based on the poll results, all regions except Asia have expressed a desire to wipe their servers. However, we've made some additional decisions to ensure the best gameplay experience for all:

• PVP Servers: All PVP servers will be wiped as requested by the majority of players.
  
• PVE Servers: We've decided not to wipe most PVE servers, as base building is more enjoyable with abundant resources.
  
• Asia Servers: Despite the poll results, we will be wiping some Asia servers due to stability issues caused by the high volume of placed objects.

We didn't initially distinguish between PVP and PVE servers in our poll, but we've made an educated decision based on player feedback and gameplay patterns. PVP players generally seem more eager for a fresh start.

For Asia servers, the sheer amount of placed objects is causing instability issues with the Unreal Engine. We've selected specific servers that are unlikely to run stably until the global wipe in February.

12PM - 1PM UTC TIME
12PM - 1PM UTC TIME

Here's the full list of servers that will be wiped:

• [KR] Uuvana 4 [Monthly Wipe]
  
• [KR] Uuvana 1
  
• [KR] Uuvana #PVE 3

• [US-WEST] Uuvana 1
  
• [US-EAST] Uuvana 2 [Monthly Wipe]

• [South America] Uuvana 1

• [EU-WEST] Uuvana 1

• [AU] Uuvana 1

If your server is on this list, prepare for a fresh start on November 27th. If not, your progress will be preserved until the global wipe in February.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we work to provide the best possible experience for all. Thank you for your continued support!

The wipe date will be November 27th.

If your region has been voted to have a wipe, it will happen on the 27th.

We know players' next question will be, "What time will it be?" We will provide the exact time along with the Wipe Results (which will be announced later). We are also aware of the time zone differences between regions.

We hope to see you guys live on the wipe day!

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL THE MONTLHY WIPE SERVERS WILL BE WIPED ON THE 27TH REGARDLESS HOW THE VOTE GOES.

• Re-implemented solution for the placeable overlapping exploit
  
• Updated admin logs

Until we find a more permanent solution for the Steam Deck issue, the community has found a workaround you can use to play Longvinter again today.

Longvinter on Steam Deck, for compatibility reasons, works only with OS version 3.5.19 and not the latest one. If you wish to play Longvinter on Steam Deck, please downgrade your OS to 3.5.19. There are guides on the web that teach you how to do this.

Thank you for your patience and continued support!

Hey all!

As previously mentioned. Now its the time to start voting for a Server Reset!


All the data will be removed from the server, all houses, items, compendium progress will be lost. Every player on the server will start fresh.

Choose which Region do you play on, if you wish this region to have a server reset vote YES . If not vote NO. We will announce about the results later. You'll have 2 weeks time to vote. Every vote counts so please make sure to vote.

Click the image below to vote.

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• Fixed placeable duplication exploit when disconnecting and placing at the same time
  
• Fixed exploit where items not being removed from gear tab causing multiple buffs
  
• Added some new logs to the admin panel
  
• Game now checks from server for the combat status in case of mismatch. This was a likely cause of the player's inventory being missing after logging back in

There was an issue with placeables destroying after an update so we have recovered the backups and reverted the change that caused this issue.