Fields of Mistria gets its first patch, adding dialogue, gift options, and more

Fields of Mistria has been out in Early Access for less than two weeks, and the devs at NPC Studios have already been hard at work. On August 15, Fields of Mistria received its first patch, addressing pesky bugs and delivering some updates based on community feedback. 

If you’ve ever lost track of time decorating your farmhouse and passed out, only to wake up in the void of black space the next morning, then this patch is going to come as a relief to you—and for those who managed to accidentally put their Worn Tools in a Shipping Bin and have been stuck without tools, you’ll be happy to know that this update also fixes that issue and many more. 

It’s worth noting that this is not an update intended to bring more features to the game, such as those mentioned in the Early Access roadmap. This is a bug fixing patch, although there are some small features thrown in for good measure.

There is a known issue regarding Steam Cloud Saves, which is causing invalid save files. In the patch notes, NPC Studios suggests turning off the Cloud Saves option and playing the game on the original device it was downloaded on to circumvent the issue while they actively seek to fix the root cause.

Everything changed in Fields of Mistria patch v0.11.4

Community feedback updates

• Worn Tools, including all of the following, can now be purchased at the General Store
  • Worn Watering Can
  • Worn Hoe
  • Worn Sword
• The Basic Cape can now be obtained in more colors

New features

• Additional gift options have been added for all NPCs
• New Dialogue options have been added for Balor at the Saturday Market

Gameplay updates

• Heights of various wall-mounted items have been adjusted, including the Rustic Cabin Wall Shelf and Lovely Cottage Wall Flowers
• Animals that are expecting offspring can no longer be sold, transferred to a different building, or put into Daycare at Sweetwater Farm
  • Animals that had previously been moved while expecting will no longer be expecting but can be found in whichever location they were moved to
• Potato is now a liked gift for Holt, rather than being both Liked and Loved
• Crystal Berries are now a loved gift for Darcy, rather than being both Liked and Loved.
  • Her new free Liked slot is replaced by a different, unnamed item
• Black Rabbits are now Tier 2 rather than Tier 3

Bug fixes

• Players will no longer stuck in the void if they pass out at 2am without a bed in their house
• Perks no longer trigger before they have been unlocked
• Weather Particles will no longer appear in cutscenes if the Weather Particle Strength setting is set to ‘None’
• Infused Weapons’ damage numbers will now always round to the nearest number
• Interacting with the Soup Pot in the Sleeping Dragon Inn while holding a consumable item will no longer cause the item to be consumed
• Holding Hasty Armor will no longer increase player movement speed
• The Beach Bridge will now repair properly even if the cutscene is skipped
  • If you encountered this issue previously, the Beach Bridge will now be repaired as it should have been initially
• Dozy and Henrietta no longer say dialogue intended for human NPCs
• Disliked gifts given on birthdays will no longer trigger a placeholder birthday line
• “Request for Emerald” and “Request for Rabbit Wool” now list the intended recipient

Crash fixes

• Getting too close to Dozy at the Spring Festival will no longer crash the game
• Using the Pickaxe at 2am no longer crashes the game
• Fishing will no longer occasionally cause the game to crash
• Trying to put a small animal into a Shipping Bin no longer crashes the game