Two years ago, NPC Studio launched its farm life fantasy RPG Fields of Mistria into early access. Today, that preview period has officially ended with the 1.0 release of Fields of Mistria. A number of improvements have been added to the game with that update, including the ability to ride around the town of Mistria on a big chicken mount.https://twitter.com/FieldsofMistria/status/2085045585485185118As part of the transition, previously incomplete quests like The Town Repair and The Museum can now be completed. Two new quests, Saturday Market Plaza and Repair the Bell Tower, have been added to the game, and players' Town Renown Cap has now been raised to 100, while the NPC Heart Level Cap has been raised to 10.Since Fields of Mistria is primarily a game about romantic relationships, the 1.0 update has added 10 Heart Proposal events, wedding events, marriage, and children. For veteran players, the newly arrived Steam Achievements will be awarded retroactively. However, players do have the option of starting fresh without retroactive achievements if they choose to start a new save file. For international players, beta localization has been added for the following seven languages:Chinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)FrenchJapaneseKoreanRussianSpanishAccording to NPC Studios, players will be able access all of the features and content of the 1.0 update regardless of which language they select. However, certain text features may currently be missing or incomplete. The studio notes that further improvements to the beta localizations will be regularly added to the game. In the meantime, some missing text will "temporarily appear in English."Fields of Mistria is one of GameSpot's picks for the best cozy games to cuddle up to in 2026 and the best Steam Deck games to play. You can find the complete patch notes below.Fields of Mistria 1.0 Patch NotesNew FeaturesGameplayUnlocking Stillwell will allow you to access Mission Quests from his Mission Board at the Saturday Market.Unlocking Zorel will allow you to purchase Crystal Resonators and Song Crystals at the Saturday Market. This feature allows customization of the music that plays on your farm and in the rooms of your home.The exterior of your house can now be customized from a selection of styles after it’s been fully upgraded.Note: You will receive a letter from Landen after fully upgrading your house, which will unlock this feature in the Carpenter’s Shop.7 new perks have been added to the game, including:Cooking:Espresso YourselfRanching:PlaytimeEggstraClose Bond IITrue TrustWoodcrafting:Hammer Timing IVDeliberate Debris IIThe “Engagement Ring” item will now become craftable at a Forge after reaching 10 Hearts with an NPC you’re dating.Note: Elsie will deliver the recipe to you the morning after reaching Heart Level 10. Use the recipe scroll to unlock it.“NPC Special Items” received from NPCs 10-Heart (Proposal) Events have been added.Note: It is possible to view all events and collect all the special items before deciding to proceed with a proposal (if desired), as 10-Heart events can be retriggered with the Engagement Ring until you choose to propose and become engaged.Elements of your wedding (such as flower color, cake flavor, and meal served at the reception) can be customized via wedding planning dialogue with your fiance in the days leading up to your wedding.The “Mystical Feather” item will now become available via a cutscene in the weeks following your marriage, allowing you to trigger an optional family planning discussion for players who wish to have a child.Via the Combat Perk “Friend-Shaped,” all monsters now drop Pet Skins that make your pet take on the appearance of that monster.The Big Chicken mount has been added to the game.An additional “Friday Night at the Inn” storyline has been added after finishing the Mines Storyline.New Requests have been added to the Request Board.2 new Museum Sets and associated rewards have been added.Honey SetTerrarium Treasures SetQuality of LifeThe player character can now be rotated in the customization menu.Players can optionally disable the break-up letters and associated follow-up lines that acknowledge the change in status from “Dating” to “Best Friends” that occurs by default after getting engaged (when dating multiple NPCs).Note: this setting will not disable the break-up themselves, and will become available in the gameplay settings menu via the engagement tutorial cutscene.Players can optionally disable the status change from “Dating” to “Best Friends” that occurs by default post-engagement (when dating multiple NPCs).Note: this setting will disable the break-ups entirely, and will become available in the gameplay settings menu via the engagement tutorial cutscene, but must be toggled prior to confirming an engagement in order to take effect.ArtCloud shadows now appear outside on sunny days.NPCsNPC Heart Level Cap has been raised to 10.10 Heart (Proposal) Events have been added.Engagement dialogue has been added.Wedding Events have been added.Events related to having a child have been added.Post-Marriage dialogue and NPC routines have been added.New dialogue has been added to the game.SoundA new winter song has been added.4 existing seasonal songs will now swap to special extended versions after progressing through the game.10 new songs have been added via Song CrystalsUpdatesGameplayYou can now interact with NPCs you are dating, engaged to, or married to, to kiss them.Taking an NPC on a date will now increase their heart level more.Town Rank Quests have been added to better guide existing progression.Museum Wing rooms can now be entered to view your collection.The order of popups when donating items to the museum has been updated such that Museum Set Complete popups now appear directly after seeing their respective donated items popup.Previously inaccessible cooking recipes are now available in-game.Quality of LifeDrop rates on items received from Mines treasure chests have been improved.Ritual Chamber and Treasure room spawn rates have been adjusted to be more common.Your animals will be fed and your crops watered automatically during March’s 8-Heart Event.The speak interaction now takes priority when multiple interactions overlap near NPCs.New Graphics settings have been added to the settings menu, including brightness & saturation sliders and options to better customize the game’s performance on your machine.The Birthday selection screen now has a header that says "Select Your Birthday."ArtRyis’ Hawthorn tree now has an intermediate growth stage.The Bathhouse water wheel now animates.Additional UI indicators have been added, including a directional arrow when placing furniture, an arrow icon over Mines ladders, and a talk icon over Caldarus’ Statue.New furniture items have been added to the game, including:Monster SetOrnate SetBonsai SetDragon SetAnd more!New cosmetics have been added to the game, including:Barrel HatWedding OutfitsBeetle Mandible HornsDragonfly WingsAnd more!Bug FixesSubstantial improvements to performance since the last update.Fixed early errors on startup which prevented the game from launching on certain old PCs.Reduced the game's VRAM usage by over 50%, which should help with performance on older machines.Players can no longer walk on water by moving diagonally into corners.The game no longer crashes due to the Pet being in the wrong location while their job is active.Players can no longer earn second place in the Harvest Festival despite turning in a winning amount of Queen berries.Hayden’s weathervane now correctly reappears on his barn after you return it during the Find the Weathervane quest.Stepping stones on the beach now play stone footstep SFX.Certain popups (e.g. unlocking new hairstyles) have been widened to better fit on the screen.Repeatedly ringing the Bell no longer raises the Ranching Skill level.Placeable forge animations have been restored.Rock Stacks can no longer get stuck in an idle animation.Flame Spirits no longer get stuck idle after attacking.The game no longer encounters a rare crash when scrolling through the museum menu rapidly.Shooting Star Festival-related dialogue can no longer fire past midnight on Summer 27.Players can no longer obtain cosmetics from the Chicken Statue for animals they haven’t unlocked yet.It is no longer possible to equip armor and miss unlocking its associated cosmetic.NPCs eat specific meals where intended during certain cutscenes instead of randomized meals.The camera no longer zooms rapidly when tabbing back into the game window during the End of Day pan.NPC sub-icons on Date Photos have been restored.You can no longer get stuck in certain doorways.The Flying Tome now appears at the appropriate depth relative to its wind attack VFX.HotfixA crash on startup related to the introduction of localized languages has been fixed!