Hey friends,
You may have heard, after 15+ years of development, Caves of Qud 1.0 will be released on December 5th 2024! We’re amped up on the juice, near out of our minds, and so ready to let the creature emerge from its cocoon. Check out the release date announcement trailer on Youtube.

Tutorial Out Now

The Caves of Qud tutorial is out on the main branch today. After a lot of helpful feedback during beta, we feel it's ready to release ahead of the 1.0 launch. Try it out, especially if you are new to Qud and want to get a foothold on the basics of the game.

Here are a few patch notes from the last tutorial beta.

Tutorial Patch Notes

• Fixed a bug that allowed you to press hotkeys to bypass required tutorial selections.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed you to edit the tutorial preset.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the daily challenge to occasionally start in the tutorial area.
  
• Fixed a common source of zone build errors.
  
• Added an option to ask flying companions to stop flying.
  

End of the Story

We're now laser focused  on the endgame. This is the capstone update to the hundreds of updates we’ve put out over the years, the much-anticipated final quest in the main questline, with multiple endings. We’re playing this one extremely close to the vest, but just know we’re pouring our hearts and souls in.

In addition to the last quest, 1.0 will have several new music tracks, new sound effects, new items, lots of bugfixes, and other small feature improvements.

Pets of Harvest Dawn & Dromad Deluxe

Alongside 1.0, we’re also putting out the Dromad Deluxe edition which includes Caves of Qud, the newly enhanced soundtrack, and the Pets of Harvest Dawn DLC pack, with in-game companions for your character. Pets of Harvest Dawn includes pets that were exclusive to Patreon supporters while the game was in early access. The pack will also include one never before seen pet.

As we announced here, the base price of the game game increased today to $29.99 USD and the OST to $9.99. These are the final prices heading into 1.0.

Whew… we’re almost there. Thank you to all our water-sibs for supporting us on this journey. As announced previously, we plan to keep working on Caves of Qud after 1.0, and we’ll have more details about those plans in a future update. For now…

Live and drink.