Everything New In Fields Of Mistria's Second Major Update - March 2025
Fields of Mistria's second major update is here, and "major" is definitely the operative word. NPC Studio added more ways to play, places to explore, gifts to give, and ways to decorate your homestead, and that's just the start. There's a suite of quality-of-life improvements, including one that lets you divine a neighbor's favorite gift for free once per day, and the option to adopt a furry friend of your very own.
There's a lot to cover, and we've broken down the major changes in Fields of Mistria's second major update below, with the full set of patch notes further down.
Caldarus appears (in human form)
Caldarus, Mistria's resident dragon guardian, has been part of your farm life since the beginning, when Eiland uncovered an old statue of the semi-divine figure, and now his human--and romanceable--form has descended upon the town. Don't expect to see Caldarus quickly if you're new to the game. His appearance is tied to an event in the mine's deeper levels.
New biomes
The March 2025 update also adds two new biomes – the Deep Woods, always just out of reach on the northern end of the deep road area, and the Lava Caves. Neither of these is accessible for newcomers, though. The Lava Caves are deep in the mines and unlock at level 61, and getting to the Deep Woods requires you to first move the giant stone next to the carpentry workshop. You also need to complete the Fire Seal quest to access both.
Expect plenty of new resources for crafting and items to sell, including insects, armor, fish, and fresh artifacts for the museum.
Adopt a pet
Juniper's not the only one with a fuzzy friend anymore. After updating the game, you'll come across the Pet Dream cutscene and unlock the option to create your own pet. Pets will help gather resources, including wood and forage items, so they're useful to have around. New players have to wait until the end of the first week for the cutscene to play, though, as it won't run until Spring 7.
New Festival
Once Winter 10 rolls around, you and your favorite farm animals can compete in the new Animal Festival. The festival has you enter one large animal and one small animal for judging. The actual criteria that determine a winner are a bit unclear at present, though it seems like critters with higher affection levels have a better chance of winning.
Time adjustment
One of the update's biggest new features is the option to change how time passes in Fields of Mistria. Under the "accessibility" menu in the settings tab, you can toggle day length between standard, which is the default; long, and longest. NPC Studio says that townsfolk schedules are designed for standard-length days, so you might run into some peculiarities if you do adjust the time. There's no word on whether the team plans to adjust schedules so they fit longer days in future updates.
Bigger farms
Finally, you can purchase not just farm buildings from the carpenter, but a full-on farm expansion. You need quite a few advanced materials for it, though--50 hard wood, 50 refined stone--and 40,000 gold.
Gossip for gain
Once per day, you can chat with Elsie and have her tell you one thing that a specific townsperson loves. Elsie only gives you three people to choose from each day, though, so if you're just after knowledge about one person, it might be a while before you get it. This is a service Elsie freely provides, though, so there's nothing to lose by chatting with her every day. Yet more proof Fields of Mistria is more than a Stardew clone.
Time-saving devices
Among the update's many quality-of-life improvements are three that NPC Studio designed to save you some time and effort. The first is the Water Sprite Statue, which is Mistria-speak for a sprinkler. Power it with an essence stone, and it'll water every crop within a two-tile radius, saving you the hassle of doing it yourself. Then there's the Animal Sprite Statue, an item you can place in your barn and other animal spaces. Interacting with it produces a soothing melody all animals in that area can here, and it has the same effect as if you interacted with them individually. This statue also requires an essence stone to function.
Finally is the Teleportation Chalice. This one lets you warp instantly from the mines to your farm, cutting out the long journey back, and you can teleport to the Deep Woods as well.
Stone Refinery
The update adds a new town quest, Stone Refinery, which unlocks the Stone Refinery crafting bench. That simple-sounding item comes with a few excellent benefits, including the option to craft your own essence stones and refined stone, along with a handful of other items.
Miscellaneous updates
There's a host of other, smaller improvements and additions as well. The Lava Caves has its own furniture set. You can craft saplings at the mill, get fishing experience from diving spots, and buy new countertop styles from the Saturday Market. The museum has new sets and rewards for each wing. Characters have new dialogue--but no new relationship milestones, as those are planned for a future update--and NPC Studio added nine new perks under the Tier 4 skill tree
Fields of Mistria 0.13.0 Patch Notes
The update's full patch notes and list of bug fixes are below.
[Highlights]
- Caldarus appears!
- The Lava Caves biome is now available.
- The New Deep Woods area has been added.
- The Animal Festival arrives on Winter 10th. Enter one large and one small animal for a chance to win animal cosmetics and decor.
- Pets are here! Complete the Pet Dream cutscene to create your pet. Pets can be assigned jobs to collect resources (wood, stone, forageables).
Note: For new games, the Pet Dream cutscene first appears on Spring 7th Yr 1.
- The Farm Expansion can now be purchased at the Carpenter’s Shop.
- New Elsie gossip (gift hint) mechanic.
Note: Complete the “Seeking Gossip” questline to unlock it. Quest appears on Summer 1 Yr 1 for new games and will be available immediately for games past that point.
- Water Sprite Statues have been added, which water your crops in a 2-tile radius each day as long as they’re powered by an Essence Stone.
- Animal Sprite Statues have been added, which play music each day for your animals, eliminating the need to pet them individually. Needs to be powered by an Essence Stone.
- The Stone Refinery Town Repair questline has been added. (See [New Features] for more details).
- 9 new Tier 4 Skill Perks have been added.
[New Features]
Gameplay
- The Lava Caves biome (Mine Floors 61-80) is now available.
- The “Breaking the Fire Seal” questline has been added.
- New monsters have been added.
- New forageables, insects, cosmetics, fish, and artifacts can be discovered.
- New Watering Can and Rain Spell Mechanic in the Mines.
- New Cooked Dish, Armor, and Furniture Set.
- Golden tools and armor are now craftable.
- A New unlockable Spell, “Dragon’s Breath,” and an additional Mana Orb have been added.
- The new Deep Woods area has been added and can be unlocked after completing the Fire Seal questline.
- New forageables, insects, fish, and artifacts to be discovered.
- New cooked dishes.
- Teleportation between Player farm and Deep Woods unlocks.
- The “Stone Refinery” Town Repair questline can now be unlocked at lv 55 renown and after the Inn has been repaired, it unlocks:
- Stone Refinery Crafting Bench: Craft Essence Stones, Refined Stone, and additional materials.
- Mines entry storage chest.
- The Teleportation Chalice, which teleports players from the Mines to their farm.
- 2 new Museum Sets were added to each wing (Insect, Archaeology, Fish, and Flora).
- The Renown level cap has been raised to Lv 90 (Diamond Rank).
- 4 New Crown Requests and 24 new Requests added.
- 9 New Tier 4 Skill Perks have been added: 3 Blacksmithing Perks, 3 Mining Perks, and 1 Cooking, Archaeology, and Fishing perk.
QOL
- New in-game time adjustment settings have been added. Players can now adjust their days to be Standard (default), Longer, or Longest. It can be found in the Settings Menu under Accessibility.
Art
- New animal cosmetics are available at the Animal Festival and Chicken Statue.
- New museum sets and rewards have been added for the Insect, Archaeology, Fish, and Flora wings.
- The Lava Caves Furniture Set has been added and can be found in The Lava Caves.
- Basic, Cabin, Cottage, and Cake Countertops have been added and can be found at Merri’s stall at the Saturday Market.
- New Player Cosmetic “Heart Clips” are available at Vera’s stall.
NPCs
- Additional dialogue added.
- Additional schedules added.
- Caldarus’ Shooting Star Festival Cutscene (post-unlock) has been added.
Sound
- New tracks added for the Lava Caves.
- New Deep Woods track added.
[Updates]
Gameplay
- Dive spots now give fishing experience points.
- Oak and Pine Tree Saplings are now craftable at the Mill.
- Essence Stones now have a small chance of appearing in treasure chests in the Mines.
- Dig sites now reset their positions each day.
- Some item prices have been adjusted.
- Default ladders no longer appear on Mines’ levels.
- The Tier 4 Woodcrafting perk “Treemendous” has been replaced with the Tier 4 Woodcrafting perk “LumberJack II”
QOL
- Fishing Skill experience gain has been adjusted to make leveling less difficult.
- The “pull from storage for crafting” toggle button inside chest menus (the locked chest icon) is now explained via a pop-up tutorial when clicked.
- The Big Bell recipe now drops from the Dragon Statue when purchasing “The Bell Tolls” Ranching perk. (Prev. just unlocked in the crafting menu).
- The Blacksmith’s Store now has pages for each tool type.
- A new “Automation” section has been added to the Crafting Menu.
- The Almanac has been reorganized, and additional items have been added.
- New default animal names have been added!
- The congratulatory letter for completing Town Repair content has been updated. It will now be sent after finishing the newest Town Repair quest, Stone Refinery.
- The Sell Animals menu has been updated to organize animals by farm building.
Art
- The Farm map has been updated to display the expanded farm plot.
NPCs
- Caldarus’ and Priestess’ Heart Levels will now increase as intended with key story points.
- Saturday Market vendors are now more likely to sell recipe items.
Sound
- Wheedle’s voice has been adjusted.
- The Stalagmite monster’s damage sound has been updated.
[Bug Fixes]
Gameplay
- Floating items no longer snap to a room’s center when placing a table down.
- Animals will now eat grass even if the player is not present.
- Players can no longer get stuck in the Bathhouse by immediately skipping the Bathhouse Cutscene.
- Riding the Mistmare to the Summit during the Shooting Star Festival before 8 PM no longer triggers the event.
- Players can no longer get stuck in furniture placed near Caldarus’ statue after viewing cutscenes near the statue.
- Players can no longer walk on water after diving into dive spots near rocks.
- Being hit by a monster while throwing an item no longer causes the item to disappear.
- The Blue Essence Bat’s hitbox has been updated to the correct size.
- Clicking out of the game window during a room transition will no longer break NPC pathing.
- The Weather Crystal Ball now predicts blizzard weather accurately.
- Players can no longer perform a jump attack while holding an animal.
- Adjusted Treasure Rooms and Ritual Chambers to appear more consistently throughout the Mines.
- Closing the Journal while inputting a direction no longer causes players to pause briefly.
- While the Mistmare’s “Select An Appearance” popup is active, players can no longer scroll the Animals menu in the background.
QOL
- Shiny Beads will no longer appear out of bounds.
- Animals will no longer eat Stamina Up Potions or Heart Crystals.
- Players can no longer unbind the first input slot in the Control Menu.
Art & Visuals
- Player animation is no longer static when riding a mount.
- You can no longer place furniture directly on top of animals.
- NPCs no longer perform special animations (reading/forging) in incorrect places.
Sound
- Waking up on a rainy day no longer causes outdoor rain sounds to play briefly.
UI
- The HUD no longer disappears if you catch a fish exactly at 2 AM.
- The Blizzard Legendary Fish notification now only appears on blizzard days as intended.
- Players using a controller can now access the Locked Chest icon on Storage Chest UIs. This icon enables/disables using that chest’s contents when crafting.
- Names can no longer spillover in the Ranching UI.
- Item names no longer spillover on the End of Day Summary screen.
- HUD numbers now turn off when deselecting “Show HUD Numbers” in the Gameplay Settings menu.
Crash Fixes
- Carrying a small animal with you to the Shooting Star Festival scene no longer crashes the game.
- Throwing infused items into full storage chests no longer crashes the game.
- Performing a jump attack and changing toolbar slots simultaneously no longer crashes the game.
- Activating the Frenzy Perk in the Mines no longer crashes the game.
- Fixed a rare crash related to building the Small Coop.
- Rapidly opening and closing Inbox letters no longer crashes the game.
- Fixed a rare crash when selecting 'Restocking Mistria’s Food Reserves 2' in the Quest UI.
- Selling an animal you’ve brought into Hayden’s Shop no longer crashes the game.
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