Thank you all for your patience and support ❤️

After releasing Patch 2.0 and a follow-up hotfix, we’re happy to finally bring you the next big step forward.

We’re especially excited to deliver the Save Converter, allowing you to continue your journey using save files from before Patch 2.0. This feature is currently in BETA. Due to major differences between the legacy save system and the new one, not every scenario could be tested by our small team.

On top of that, Patch 2.1 includes:

• New features (including placing the Caravan Chest anywhere!)

• General gameplay improvements

• UX/UI polish

• New animations & VFX

• Optimization and Quality of Life changes

• Numerous bug fixes
  … and more!

You can now convert legacy save files from before Patch 2.0 and continue your journey in the new and improved Chinese Frontiers experience.

This feature is currently in BETA. Due to major differences between the legacy save system and the new one, not every scenario could be tested by our small team.

If you encounter any issues, please let us know — they will be addressed in upcoming hotfixes.

Important!
The converter always creates a copy of your legacy save.If something doesn’t work as expected, your original save is safe and you can convert it again at any time.

We’re extremely proud to finally deliver this feature to players who have been with us from the very beginning 😄

• Caravan Chest

  • Can now be placed anywhere — in the Village or in other lands.

  • Build without constantly running back to the Caravan when you run out of materials.

  • Optional for players who prefer a more challenging experience.

  

• Item Sorting

  • Added the ability to sort items by type (highly requested).

  • Available categories:

    • Building Materials

    • Tools

    • Food

    • Seeds / Plants

Building Improvements

• Scaffolding can now be placed inside buildings, significantly reducing construction restrictions.

• Scaffolding is now easier to place, allowing for more flexible construction.

• You can now build using tools and heavy materials while jumping.

• Building requirement tooltips now show:

  • How many required materials you currently have.

  • Values update in real time as you build.

• Reduced scaffolding hitboxes to make placement easier.

• Added directional arrow indicators to clearly show the front of each structure.

• Fixed building component traces, significantly improving the overall building feel.

• Decorations can now be placed inside buildings.

Warehouse

• Added +100 item slots to improve Village management and storage flexibility.

Resource Gathering

• Wood drops are now based on tree size.

  • Larger trees provide larger rewards (based on player feedback).

Crafting – Time Rebalance!

Crafting times across multiple stations have been reworked to improve pacing and reduce downtime.

Carpenter’s Table

• 5s → 3.5s

Carver’s Table

• 7s → 5s

Dyer’s Table

• 7s → 8s

Stonecarving Station

• 8s → 5s

Anvil

• Iron Parts: 10s → 4s

• Metal Tools: 10s → 6s

Cooking Hearth

• Common dishes: 5s → 4s

• Uncommon dishes: 7s → 6s

• Epic dishes: 10s → 7.5s

Field Kitchen Table

• Cooking time: 5s → 4.5s

UI Improvements

Inventory

• You can now select a specific amount of resources when moving items between inventory and chests.

Chests / Warehouse

• The “Fill” button no longer affects items stored in the Belt.

Quest Map

• Hovering over map markers now displays:

  • NPC roles (trader, quest giver, etc.)

  • Quest names and current objectives

Village Management

• Warning icons now include clear tooltips explaining their meaning.

• Fixed an issue that prevented NPCs from being assigned to crafting stations.

Knowledge Menu

• All special structures are now listed under the Buildings tab.

Animations & Visuals

• Improved building animations for:

  • Hatchet

  • Pickaxe

  • Trowel

  • Hammer

• Added smoother animations for:

  • In-hand crafting

  • Jumping

• Added new VFX to enhance visual feedback.

Crafting Stations (UI-based):

• Carpenter’s Table – 1.5

• Carver’s Table – 1.16

• Dyer’s Table – 1.01

• Stonecarving Station – 1.02

• Anvil – 1.6

• Cooking Hearth – 1.35

• Field Kitchen Table – 1.68

Container Crafting Stations:

• Trestle Table – 1.1

• Rooftile Table – 1.6

• Brick Table – 1.6

• Stonemason’s Workbench – 1.6

• Mortar Kiln – 1.25

• Added Auto-Save on Quest Completion.

• Rebalanced player stats — stamina now depletes more slowly.

• Fixed long wait times when using fast travel within the same level.

Fixed (based on player feedback):

• Player dying during dialogue interactions

• Repeating “Well-Prepared” perk notification after teleporting

• Missing icon in the “Tools in Hotbar” tutorial

• Missing quest resources in “The Guardian Beast” journal

• Multiple controller-related issues

• Tracked quests becoming untracked after teleporting or loading

• “Chicken Meat” incorrectly labeled as “Chicken Pork”

• Floor issues near the Silk Workshop

• Missing sound on the Field Cooking Station when queue exceeded 45s

• Sandstorm wind issues in the desert

• Rusty Armor from “The Ghost of the Fallen” appearing in the air

• The Great Bell Tower now unlocks correctly via “Master of Works”

• Fixed interactive deposits respawning on normal/rice fields

• Floating POI in Mei’s Garden

• POIs not disappearing after quest completion

• Issues with lighting the overlook fire

• Fixed broken lanterns on the “Nine-Arch Bridge” level

• Caravan Chest now displays the correct title when opened

• Reduced visual flickering on certain objects

• GPU optimizations

• Added a benchmark that automatically sets scalability presets based on system performance

• Improved grass effects and wind deformation on lower settings

• Optimized texture sizes for Jun and Mei’s clothing

• Improved shadow behavior on the Epic graphics preset

• Disabled unnecessary World Position Offset usage

• Simplified and improved collision boxes for tools

• Implemented cheaper shaders for long-distance (billboard) foliage

Join us for a Chinese Frontiers livestream celebrating the release of Patch 2.0!
It’s our first major update in many months, and we want to start by thanking you for your patience and support during this long stretch of silence. Over the past months, we’ve been working behind the scenes on deep structural improvements to ensure Chinese Frontiers can continue to grow in the long term.

This update has been one of the most technically demanding milestones in the project’s history, and we’re proud to finally share it with you.

Patch 2.0 is a complete technical overhaul focused on performance, stability, and preparing the game for the future. Here’s what you can expect:

• Significant FPS improvements across all biomes and gameplay scenarios

• Major optimization work that reduces stuttering and improves overall fluidity

• A re-engineered core codebase to eliminate bottlenecks and improve scalability

• Numerous stability fixes and systems cleaned up, rewritten, or replaced

• Improved foundation for future content and mechanical updates

This patch isn’t just an update — it’s a rebuild of the game’s internal structure to support every update that comes next.