Nightwater Patch Notes & Release Updates
This is Nightwater's retained release and historical-news chronology. The latest checked patch is 1.0.13, published September 23. For a patch-by-patch list of changed mechanics and affected guides, use Updates; older demo announcements below remain historical context rather than current bug advice.
- Latest patch checked
- 1.0.13
- Source review
- 2026-09-26
- Evidence
- Official facts + labeled community advice
- Unknown statistics
- Never treated as zero
2026-09-23 · patch
Minor fixes (1.0.13)
Infinity Pipe item transfer corrected. Chili strengthened; Pineapple reduced slightly. Oasis Infinity upgrade gold increased; negative-one multiplier corrected. Craft/building corruption caused by saving after an achievement corrected. Ending entries missing from the cave table corrected. Some boons resetting on load corrected. Data Rush infinity upgrades corrected.
Official announcement feed2026-09-21 · patch
Minor fixes (1.0.12)
Memory Chest and Lumina Chest corrected; exact failure modes were not specified. Dusk Gold moved higher in the mine. Track 4 made easier. Permanent movement-speed wording in the woods minigame corrected.
Official announcement feed2026-09-20 · patch
Minor fixes (1.0.11)
Alloy Forge renamed Simple Metal Smeltery. Leaving Minigame 1 faces its entrance. Minigame 4 fuel quotas reduced and its work-in-progress icon removed. Minigame 5 progression doubled. Altar production interval changed from 1.5 to 4 seconds. Loot Manifester readiness corrected from 3 to 300 seconds. Rune text no longer claims unlimited scaling.
Official announcement feed2026-09-18 · patch
Minor fixes (1.0.10)
Oasis wording and icons corrected. Primary Only upgrade no longer incorrectly supplies Stone. Gauntlet's Data Rush section reworked to be easier.
Official announcement feed2026-09-18 · release
Nightwater is OUT!!!
The developer confirms release. The announcement does not enumerate patch fixes or a numeric hotfix version.
Official announcement feed2026-09-02 · announcement
Release date reveal
Historical launch schedule: Sep 18, 15:00 UTC. This is no longer a countdown.
Official announcement feed2026-05-08 · historical-demo
The Nightwater Demo is Out Now!
Historical first-biome/first-minigame demo scope and second-area preview; not the limits of the released game.
Official announcement feedCurrent patch desk
1.0.13 fixes transport, save-state, boon, ending-display and minigame issues. 1.0.12 changes the Mine and Track 4; 1.0.11 changes building timings and rune wording. Use the individual records for precise scope.
Release announcement versus a changelog
The September 18 launch announcement confirms availability. It is not a list of every change from the demo. Numeric patch records are kept separately so a release headline cannot be mistaken for a specific fix.
Historical demo scope
The May demo announcement describes a limited first-area experience. It remains useful for understanding old screenshots and discussion dates, not for restricting what the released game contains.
Sources & verification
Source review: 2026-09-26. Store/objective facts and the named patch changes checked; editorial play advice is not a measured optimal route. Nightwater Wiki is an independent fan-made reference.