Fixed an issue where the settings shortcut [Z] key was unresponsive in the General tab of the Chat menu.

Fixed an issue when the "Equip" button for wearables in equipment would be greyed out when at least one item in the category could be equipped.

Players no longer need to manually select an item even when there is only one to choose from.

Made changes to how mining works in an attempt to fix the reported mining issue.

Fixed a recurring issue with a duplicate “ghost corpse” being summoned instead of the proper party member corpse.

Fixed performance issue when equipping some wieldables in densely built areas.

Patch Notes – Verse 5.1.2 Hotfix 1, Build Version 44.16.8191

 UI Fixed an issue where the settings shortcut [Z] key was unresponsive in the General tab of the Chat menu. Fixed an issue when the "Equip" button fo...

We’ve made a major pass on crafting XP across Blacksmithing, Weaponsmithing, Armorsmithing, Tailoring, and Leatherworking.

Crafting XP is now based on the materials and effort required to make an item, resulting in more consistent XP gains across all recipes within a profession.

Finished items now grant significantly more XP than before.

Component crafting often grants less XP than before.

Failing a recipe now grants up to 4× more XP than before.

Trivial recipes now grant 3× more XP than before.

Armor recipe difficulty has been rebalanced within each Tier to provide meaningful crafting choices for multiple equipment slots throughout progression.

The difficulty gap between Common, Uncommon, and Rare armor pieces now scales more smoothly at higher Tiers. Early Tiers retain larger difficulty differences, while higher Tiers offer closer difficulty between rarities.

Material costs for two-handed weapons (including staves) have been slightly increased, and these items now grant higher XP rewards.

Reduced Charcoal cost for smelting Steel to 150.

Increased material costs for Tier 1 Uncommon (green) armor pieces.

Adjusted stack sizes to fix most cases where crafted outputs took up more inventory space than their ingredients, reducing inventory issues during craft-all actions. See detailed list of stack changes below. 

The Limestone building set is now significantly stronger than wooden counterparts and provides more integrity.

Limestone Pillars and other reinforcement pieces now grant more stability than Limestone Walls.

Fixed several tool and weapon recipes that were using incorrect components, particularly recipes that should require Fine Sword Hilts.

Removed the Steel Anvil Head recipe, which is currently unused.

Linseed Oil requires less materials to craft.

Fixed an issue where Wooden Shield did not grant XP from crafting.

Bronze Bar recipe produces ( 1 ) ⇒ 2 Bars now, same as other metal bar recipes

Most weapons and tools that required a shaft or a hilt (which already included Leather Bands or Coarse Leather bands) also redundantly required additional Coarse Leather Bands in the final combination. The only ones that still do are staves.

Many recipes have been tweaked to improve progression consistency and balance between weapon types. 

A few Examples of recipe adjustments for Weapons & Tools:

Updated default size of many component recipes

These changes were made with the goal of striking a balance where; a) They are meaningful time-savers for active crafters who need to mass produce components b) They do not create friction for newer players and their initial crafting c) They do not accidentally introduce new bottlenecks (for example, being unable to process materials because you cannot meet a new minimum batch size of materials).

We initially tested larger sizes of these on PTS but following your feedback we tuned them back down and hopefully found the right balance point that will satsify most players.

Recipes following the same ratio as BEFORE

By "same ratio" we mean that the cost of the material produced is the same.

If a recipe says 1 ⇒ 2 it means that it now produces 2 components instead of only 1

Sand (from Gneiss or Limestone) 10 ⇒ 20

All Waddings / Paddings / Cores / Felts 1 ⇒ 2

Steel Lames 1 ⇒ 2 (Requires 15 Steel Sheets, down from 16)

Coarse Leather Bands 20 ⇒ 50 (Requires 5 Nubuck Leather, up from 2.5)

Leather Bands 20 ⇒ 50 (Requires 5 Medium Top Grain Leather, up from 2.5)

Coarse Leather String 50 ⇒ 100 (Requires 5 Nubuck Leather, up from 2)

Leather String 50 ⇒ 100 (Requires 5 Medium Top Grain Leather and 5 Boar Sinew, up from 2 and 2)

To reduce inventory friction and improve workshop flow, we’re also increasing stack sizes for:

Introduced Master Crafted items, which feature a distinct icon, display the Item Power bonus, and show the crafter’s name in the item details.

Items that have ‘Item Power’ can now be Master Crafted when a craft rolls 95% success or higher, granting a +50 Item Power bonus on eligible items.

Master Crafting chances scale with your skill level relative to recipe difficulty, with the highest chances on mastered recipes. 

New characters now start with a placeable Storage Chest in their inventory along with basic tools and weapons to get going.

Did some experimental fixes on how NPCs are spawned in the game - we are looking forward to your feedback on the matter.

Fixed an issue where an extensive amount of map markers would affect game stability

Fixed an issue with the Sylvan Staff - Overgrowth; the spell now applies direct healing.

Cultist presence has been bolstered and rearranged in all Rivulet dungeons.

Fixed issues with problematic named spawns.

Fixed an issue where Tombstones got duplicated if Corpse hitboxes collided with mob projectiles.

Fixed an issue with a duplicate “ghost corpse” being summoned instead of the proper party member corpse.

Fixed an issue where the Water Well model had an untextured plane present in the middle of it.

Sand, Clay, Gneiss, and Cotton can now be found in the Global Market when using filters.

Slash commands are back, now with autocompletion.

Type / in chat to display the full list of available commands.

Continue typing to filter the list, or click a command to use it.

Besides being a QoL feature the slash commands also allow you to perform social actions remotely, like forming a party.

Chat commands to change the feed (/zone, /nearby, /party, /clan, /general)

Clan commands (/clanpromote, /clandemote, /clanleave…)

Party commands (/invite, /leave, /disband…)

We’ve updated the Character Menu to improve clarity, consistency, and ease of use.

The Character Menu has been moved to a right-hand side panel, making it consistent with other in-game menus.

Inspecting items and elements now displays their details in a floating tooltip, shown on hover or click.

The Equipment tab no longer takes control of the camera. Your character is now displayed directly in the menu, giving you more freedom to move and adjust your view.

The Equipment tab displays your character’s name and average item power below your character.

Selecting an equipment slot now displays only items that can be equipped in that slot, making gear management faster and clearer.

The Stats view has been moved from a small pop-up to its own dedicated tab.

Several new stats have been added to the Stats overview, along with unique icons for each stat.

The Skills tab has been moved from the Journal into the Character Menu, grouping all character-related information in one place.

We’ve updated the Clan Menu to improve readability and bring it in line with the rest of the interface.

The Clan Menu has been moved to a right-hand side panel, making it consistent with other in-game menus.

Inspecting clan-related elements now shows their details in a floating tooltip, displayed on hover or click.

Players who are not part of a clan will see two tabs: Join Clan and Create Clan.

Players who are already in a clan will see three tabs: News (Clan Announcements), Members, and Applicants.

Clan settings, including heraldry customization and options to leave or disband a clan, are now accessible from the top-right corner of the Clan Menu.

All attributes/Stats shown in the details panel of any item have received unique icons to improve recognition.

Fixed an issue where, when a high number of experience points is gained from the premium status, the text sometimes overlapped with the experience gained from crafting.

Fixed a missing space in Enchantment field when selling enchanted items on the market

Fixed a minor UI spacing issue in mining and chopping interaction menus

Fixed an issue where the "Delete Plot" field would show the wrong input message when opened for the first time

Fixed an issue where the Gold split in party showed notifications with no amount

Fixed an issue where crafter and tool’s names for some languages would not fit in the UI Frame.

Stability Improvements for the Discord connection.

Crafting stations will now auto-scroll past easier recipes when accessed.

When sending a party invite to a player, the "Party invite has been sent" notification now appears only once.

Character Creator colour selections should be more persistent going forward (hair colour, eyebrows, and makeup).

Enchanted items and their enchantment level attributes are now displayed in the market listing.

Extending plot time with grace now is projected correctly and is greyed out when there is more than 1 month of expiration time on the plot.

The Plot extension button is now greyed out when the player has no more tokens or the plot has more than 30 days left, and the player is notified why they cannot extend the plot.

Fixed an issue where the sort setting of the Market Stall list was reset when buying or editing an item.

Fixed an issue where the plot name was reset to “No Plot Name” when Edit was confirmed without any modifications.

Fixed an issue where, when a filter was applied, the “Filters active, showing x of y orders” text always displayed the number of orders on the current page for both values in Heartland Markets.

Texts for different languages in different UI elements are no longer overlapping 

Added missing notification after leaving a clan at an unclaimed Feudal Shrine.

Fixed an issue where triggering certain UI elements would interrupt emote animations.

Fixed typo in Majestic Saint Veridiana’s Breath.

Corrected prefixes for Uncommon and Rare Wrought Iron Greatswords; now properly named Attuned and Warded.

Glue and Fine Glue now have unique icons and models.

Upcycling recipes now have unique names (e.g. Steel Ingots made from Wrought Iron).

Gathering miracles now correctly display the skill bonuses they grant.

We did a broad pass to improve resource readability within the biomes and make the scale more consistent. This included changes like:

Converting small, low-resource clusters to larger clusters. E.g., strawberries, many flowers, and most mushrooms

Made some plants taller or just bigger. E.g., blueberry is now replaced by a blueberry bush

Tweaked colors to make some resources stand out more from the grass

Made a few plants more iconic. E.g Daisy is now the more common white variety

Make the non-interactive grass and small plants more homogeneous and slightly lower

While at it, we also recreated a few plants from scratch to improve the visual quality. E.g. Cotton plant

Tweaked Granite stairs so that the steps don’t clip through a granite wall when snapped together.

Adjusted visual effects on regrowth spell.

Bloodfed Grove VFX no longer lingers after casting a spell.

Fixed an issue where some foliage was appearing in places it was not supposed to.

Removed floating border stones in Avalon, Lyonesse.

Fixed UV on wood fuel on the Pottery Kiln model.

Some new emotes have been added: Insult, Show Respect, Let’s Go!, and Call Out

Moods: The Emotes menu now includes an additional tab that lets you pick a facial expression that reflects your current mood. Pressing C twice is a quick way to access it.

The mood you select persists until you pick another. The top entry is the current neutral expression.

Emotes now have some basic facial animation, but they don’t override your current mood. Emotes can be changed quite a bit by mixing them with various moods.

The Clan invite notifications (N) only appear for a second. 

Messages written on Zone chat will not show above the character's head. 

/clanpromote command system message does not specify that changing the clan's Alderman is blocked only through slash commands 

The character panel is still named "Equipment" in the Controls setting. 

The item details panel can jitter in various crafters.

The open chat settings shortcut (Z key by default) is unresponsive.

The "Help" keybind is still present in the Controls menu, even though the action has been removed.

Invited Clan candidates have an extraneous “Application Message” module in the Applicants section of the Clan menu.

Emotes should not be interrupted when opening menus.

The Shields' block power is not shown in the Equipment menu.

Some stats are not displayed correctly in the Stats menu (e.g., no offensive power when a weapon is equipped).

There is a slight inconsistency between Emotes icon and Blessing icon wheel menu

Clan announcements cannot be edited or deleted

Player gets no feedback when trying to type messages longer than the character limit

The door opening indicator is not displayed in the building UI

Changing mood in the middle of an ongoing emote (such as celebrate) quickly reverts to the original mood selected when the emote began

[F7] "See Role" key won't navigate Player to the role view in the Clan menu  

Characters are unable to strafe when using a one-handed weapon or a staff.

Goats initiate aggression against Players based on proximity.

Inquisition Acolytes may cast the fireball spell with their backs turned to the player. 

There are several issues with NPCs' pathfinding (stairs) and aggro loss.

Items placed in the redeeming queue for expired plots don't show the Province where they can be redeemed.

Clan avatar portraits can sometimes not appear for the player's own avatar.

Audio cues can lag behind gameplay in Dungeons.

Gear fragments should not be equipped after a player is revived in Lyonesse

Appointment crafters' SFX interrupts when other crafting sounds are triggered.

Crafting gets aborted when HP regenerates after consuming any Max HP consumables.

There is an inconsistency in the output from Chamois carcass processing based on the levels

Fog drastically materializes when entering the Corrupted Plains biome and spreads to other biomes until the player leaves the area. 

Performance sometimes drops extensively in densely built areas  

Patch Notes - Verse 5 - Patch 1.2

 Patch Notes Build 167877 Known issues are below the patch notes. Crafting XP We’ve made a major pass on crafting XP across Blacksmithing, Weaponsmith...

Given recent news about the MMO industry, it’s completely understandable that some of you may be wondering what the future holds for Pax Dei. We’ve seen your questions and concerns, and we feel it’s important to address them as directly and transparently as possible, while also sharing where we’re headed.

“Are you going to shut down as other studios have recently?”

No. We still have a small, but very passionate, hard-working team working on Pax Dei, and we intend to continue delivering updates regularly.

Let’s be transparent: yes, we’ve had rough moments. Being an independent studio means we rely on a mix of external investment and, increasingly, revenue from the game itself to pay for the ongoing development of Pax Dei. We’ve had to adjust our team size and limit our scope accordingly. 

Since we left Early Access, we’ve been balancing our long-term vision for the game alongside player feedback, and tackling some genuinely tough problems to make sure the game has a stable foundation, technically, operationally, and in terms of the content we’re able to offer.

We understand that progress can sometimes feel slow from the outside. But as long as we have our players' support, our intention is to keep building Pax Dei and delivering on the features we’ve showcased in the past, even if it sometimes takes longer than we, or many players, would like.

Support comes in many forms, and not all of them involve paying money. You can support by:

Sharing feedback and testing new content on the Public Test Shard

Engaging with our posts and updates on Discord and social media

And ultimately, of course, the most direct way to support us, for those who want and are able to, is by purchasing Memberships (plots, Premium, etc.)

All of these matter, especially for a small studio like ours.

“Well, I like the game, but I’m not ready to pay.”

You don’t need a subscription to enjoy Pax Dei. You can join a Clan, contribute to the community, and enjoy the game without your own plot. If you want your own home and play regularly, you can maintain one plot with Grace, which allows you to enjoy the full experience by purchasing the base game alone. Simply being part of the world and its community already helps more than you might think.

“What about the features we’ve been asking for?”

We know this is a sensitive topic, so let’s address some of these features.

: these features were mentioned before Early Access in interviews and Q&As. Their absence from the game so far is due to two main reasons:

First, both farming and fishing primarily add new content loops to the cooking system, and the current state of cooking is not where we want it to be yet. Introducing new resource loops now would only amplify existing balance issues, which doesn’t make sense at this stage.

Second, both systems require significant development, and we haven’t yet been able to allocate the necessary time to them.

That said, the crafting skills related to cooking and potions are next in line for rebalancing. This means we’re very close to removing the main balancing blocker for these features.

: we shared an early concept for mounts last year, but the feature is still a long way from being ready. While the overall design is now complete and some technical challenges have already been addressed, there is still significant work ahead.

We need to implement the gameplay systems themselves, improve animations, particularly those related to the rider, and ensure mounts persist correctly across zones. As we’ve mentioned before, we want horses to be more than a simple movement-speed bonus. This means dedicating time from several team members to build meaningful content and systems around them, even for the initial version you’ll see in-game.

: last summer, recycling was a high priority. Since then, priorities have shifted to address more urgent needs. We know how important recycling is to many of you, and we agree. However, at the moment, we simply don’t have the bandwidth to actively work on it. 

That said, we are continuing to refine the design and hope to have something ready to ship later in the year. In the meantime, the upcoming crafting balance changes in the next update aims to significantly reduce crafting waste. You’ll no longer need to grind a small, specific set of items to maximize XP gains, which we believe will greatly reduce the need for recycling in the short term. Our next step on that front will be to look into failed crafts and reduce material costs.

With the game and the team we have right now, our priority is clear: it makes far more sense to improve, fix, and strengthen what already exists than to keep expanding outward with new zones, biomes, or professions.

For most of this year, our focus will be on making Pax Dei more meaningful rather than simply making it bigger. That means going deeper into existing systems, addressing long-standing friction points, and delivering quality-of-life improvements that make the game more coherent and enjoyable day-to-day. You can already see this direction with XP rebalancing on the PTS, as well as the work we’ve started on Cooking, Jewelcrafting, and Alchemy (with plans to review Fletching as well).

Rather than spreading the team too thin, we want to strengthen the game's foundations so that future additions are built on solid ground.

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: a major pillar of this effort is building. Player feedback has been very clear: the building system is amazing, but its impact is currently mostly aesthetic. We want construction to matter more, not just as decoration, but as a meaningful part of gameplay and social life in Pax Dei.

Building isn’t only about placing structures. It’s about creating places where communities gather, trade, roleplay, and leave a lasting mark on the world. Our goal is to reinforce the building system as the backbone of villages and cities, so future features feel richer and more connected.

: to support this vision, we’re working on several interconnected systems. Alongside ongoing crafting professions rebalancing, we’re introducing mechanics that tie gameplay benefits directly to well-designed structures: systems like Comfort and Rest with crafting bonuses influenced by roofs and layouts. Together, these changes aim to make where and how you build just as important as what you build.

: at the same time, we’ve been spending a lot of time designing Alliances. Our goal is to make Alliances meaningful for all types of players, not just PvP-focused groups, but also Clans who want to build villages and cities together. To achieve that, Alliances need purpose beyond PvP flagging alone, which means introducing supporting mechanics before Alliances themselves go live.

A key part of making this work is giving players better control over access and trust. That’s why we’re finally revamping the permission system. Clans will support customizable membership tiers, each tied to specific roles and permissions. Plot and item access will be more granular, including the ability to define Trusted Friends with elevated rights. The new system is also designed to be safer and more forgiving, with clearer presets and stricter deletion rules, making it easier to welcome new members without fear of losing property or progress. We’ll go into more detail once this reaches the Public Test Shard.

the image hereunder is a UI mockup and is subject to change. We will talk more about it once it is functional, but we wanted to show you how granular we want it to be. Here you can see the Plot Permissions section with its two tabs: one for the Plot itself (building, destroying), and one for the items on the Plot (crafters, storages, decorations, etc.).

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These are long-term goals, and they are only possible if the underlying systems are strong.

This is the direction we’re committed to: stronger foundations, deeper systems, and a world that becomes more meaningful the more you invest in it.

“This all sounds great. What’s the timeline then?”

As we speak, Verse 5 is growing with new content, including Master Crafting, new emotes, UI updates, and more. This update also includes significant rebalancing of crafting XP across most professions, aimed at making crafting progression much more pleasant overall. This content is currently being tested on the Public Test Shard (Arcadia) and should reach live shards in the coming weeks.

After Verse 5, we’ll be moving to Verse 6 (surprising, right?). Verse 6 will focus on building, the comfort system, and permissions. As part of this planning, we made the difficult decision to move Alliances to later in the year, in Verse 7. This allows us to properly lay the foundations first, rather than introducing Alliances before the supporting systems are ready.

Alongside these major features, we also plan to roll out smaller, nice-to-have features and systems throughout the year. Here’s what’s simmering in our magical cauldron: the much-anticipated duelling system, additional building sets, a cooking and food glow-up, and more improvements for Jewelcrafting and Alchemy, combat improvements and PvE content fixes. We’ll also be adding birds, not just ambient “chirp-chirp” ones, but wildlife that can be hunted and that will be tied directly to fletching. And, of course, a few surprises we’re not ready to reveal just yet.

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