Improvements & Fixes · The Hammer command now appears only when a relic or tile contains an item that can be collected. · Fixed crystallized tiles unintentionally appearing in the background. · Fixed the Dryad moving at the end of Chapter F when Skip Cinematics was enabled. Soundtrack Adjusted volume levels for: · End of the World (Phases 2–3) · Entropic Forest (Peaceful 1) · Entropic Forest (I…
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NewsDryad 3.0.5 Patch Notes———Game update
Game update · published 29 Aug 2026, 05:59:39 UTC
Dryad 3.0.5 Patch Notes
Dryad Version 3.0.5 Version 3.0.5 is now available! This update improves checkpoint behavior, adds more responsive UI animations, polishes several tutorials and cinematics, and updates tracks in both the game and soundtrack. Gameplay · Checkpoints now trigger and the game saves when the island actually begins moving. This allows players to continue collecting resources, changing relics, and exp…
News🎵 The Dryad Original Soundtrack is Now Available!———Release
Release · published 27 Aug 2026, 17:28:22 UTC
🎵 The Dryad Original Soundtrack is Now Available!
I'm excited to announce that the Dryad Original Soundtrack is now available as DLC on Steam! From the peaceful melodies of your sanctuary to the intense music of boss encounters, this collection features the soundtrack that accompanies your adventure across all 10 handcrafted chapters of Dryad. Music has always been an important part of creating the atmosphere and emotion of the game, and I'm h…
Gameplay · Added an option to start Rest Areas with or without the Dryad once the required condition has been met. · Seeds are now automatically watered when planted. Tutorial text has been updated to reflect this change. · Reduced the amount of damage transferred to the boss from collapsing cavern walls. Visual Improvements · Tiles now briefly display cracks when damaged by the Wisp, providing…
Patch Notes Fixes & Improvements · Fixed a crash when skipping the cinematic where you meet the Green Dryad. · Updated the Stage D2 layout. · Optimized unit, projectile, and effect sprites for improved runtime performance. · Fixed a crash when exiting a scene with Lingering Spikes active in Chapter D. · Fixed a crash related to item cleanup when transitioning into the Travel Phase . Thank you f…
This update focuses on improving the new player experience, optimizing performance, refining gameplay balance, and fixing a number of bugs reported by players. A new trailer has been added to the front page on Steam. New Features · Added an option to skip the Prelude and begin when the Wisp meets the Green Dryad. · Updated the Demo to always begin at the Green Dryad to get players into gameplay…
NewsDryad Version 3.0.0 - Full Release———Major update
Major update · published 23 Jul 2026, 01:40:36 UTC
Dryad Version 3.0.0 - Full Release
After seven years of development, Dryad has officially reached Version 3.0.0 ! This marks the complete release of the game, featuring all 10 chapters , approximately 8–12 hours of gameplay, and countless improvements made throughout development and the public playtest. A huge thank you to everyone who wishlisted the game, backed the Kickstarter, participated in the playtest, submitted bug repor…
Version 3.0.0 is the complete release of the game, featuring all 10 chapters with an average playtime of 8–12 hours . It includes countless improvements, polish, balance changes, and bug fixes made throughout development and the public playtest. We're excited to finally share everything we've been building and iterating on over the last seven years. Available at Launch · ✅ Windows · ✅ macOS · ✅…
NewsVersion 2.4.11 - Final Public Update Before Release———In-game event
In-game event · published 17 Jul 2026, 23:47:13 UTC
Version 2.4.11 - Final Public Update Before Release
This patch focuses on polishing gameplay, improving controller feel, expanding audiovisual feedback, optimizing performance, and addressing a large number of bugs reported during the playtest. Thank you to everyone who has shared feedback. It has helped shape the final release. Gameplay Balance · Reduced Immortal Harvest cost from 3 → 2 . · Reduced Overflow cost from 3 → 2 . · Reduced Earth Bon…
Version 2.4.9 This update continues our polish pass ahead of launch, bringing visual improvements, performance optimizations, UI refinements, and several gameplay fixes. Visual Improvements · Added animation to Sunflowers when releasing Solar Energy. · Improved visuals for the Dryad projectiles , enemy projectiles, player projectiles, and several effects. · Updated the Blue Crystal and Nutrient…
Version 2.4.8 Patch Notes This update focuses on bug fixes, polish, and a handful of quality-of-life improvements across the campaign. Gameplay · Crystalcore Vessels now properly applies its effect to Totem Flowers . · Prevented unintended level starts caused by AoE effects striking Light Boxes in Chapter G. · Fixed an edge case where double-bashing the same target could consume an extra, unnec…
This hotfix includes several bug fixes and visual improvements based on player feedback. Visuals · Updated the Nutrient projectile visual. · Added plant animations to the Chapter H ending cinematic. · Fixed the missing Hat animation during the Chapter F Rest Area cinematic. Bug Fixes · Fixed an issue where the Collect 10 Plants task could fail to complete when revisiting A2. · Fixed the Self De…
News2.4.5 Progression and Balance Updates———In-game event
In-game event · published 6 Jul 2026, 22:08:54 UTC
2.4.5 Progression and Balance Updates
🌿 Version 2.4.5 This update contains the majority of the gameplay, progression, balance, and quality-of-life improvements planned for Version 3.0.0 , our full release launching on July 22 . This update will not impact the current Steam Playtest. Existing playtest participants can continue playing without interruption. Note: Older saves will continue to function correctly. However, because prog…
NewsVersion 2.4.0 Update (In Preview 3.0.0)———In-game event
In-game event · published 3 Jul 2026, 23:47:41 UTC
Version 2.4.0 Update (In Preview 3.0.0)
Version 2.4.0 Preview This update serves as a preview of Version 3.0.0 , our full release launching on July 22 . While we're still putting the finishing touches on the game, this patch contains the majority of the gameplay, progression, balance, and quality-of-life improvements planned for release. This update will not impact the current Steam Playtest. Existing playtest participants can contin…
🌿 Dryad Playtest Update 2.3.5 ✨ New Features · Added Dryad's Blessing and Nature's Stand traits. · Added Chapter and Level-specific transition clouds. · Added Forest Ambience. · Added SFX for Geode Farming and Salvager procs. · Added new Prologue intro sound effects. · Added Adamant Spine proc SFX. · Added a visual indicator for the next Terraforming Growth proc. · Replaced the CH E Rest Area…
Gameplay & UX · Added a confirmation timer when moving the Dryad to a different root location. Players must now hold the command for 0.5 seconds before rooting. · Added a seed collection timer and new Wisp animations when uprooting seeds to reduce accidental collections. · Updated Prologue tutorial text to reflect the new hold-to-confirm commands. · Plants are now rendered behind the Wisp and D…
The wait is over! We've granted playtest access to everyone who signed up, and the Dryad Steam Playtest is now available to download and play. This will run up until July 20 before release. This playtest includes the full game experience currently available, featuring handcrafted chapters, island-building, exploration, combat, and plenty of opportunities to discover bugs, balance issues, and un…
We are locked and loaded! the builds are uploaded and we’re excited to kick off the playtest. The Dryad Steam Playtest begins at 10:00 AM PST . If you’re participating, please join our Discord and use the feedback channels to report bugs, share thoughts, and help shape Dryad into the best version it can be this year.
Tomorrow at 10:00 AM PST (06/18), we'll be opening access to the full game through our Steam Playtest, and we're looking for players who want to help shape Dryad's development. We're especially interested in feedback on: · Bugs and technical issues · Balance concerns and broken combinations · Progression pacing · General gameplay feedback If you're interested in participating, sign up now on th…
NewsDryad 2.2.13 Patch Update - Preview for 2.3.0———Game update
Game update · published 12 Jun 2026, 22:29:15 UTC
Dryad 2.2.13 Patch Update - Preview for 2.3.0
This update serves as a preview of the upcoming 2.3.0 release and introduces several major features, balance adjustments, visual improvements, audio enhancements, and bug fixes. Major Additions · Added Chapter Select (additional improvements planned) · Added ending credits and updated main menu credits · Added Relic Favorites to quickly access preferred relics · Added new range indicators for:…
NewsRelease Roadmap and Playtest Sign-ups———Steam news
Steam news · published 6 Jun 2026, 01:37:31 UTC
Release Roadmap and Playtest Sign-ups
Release Roadmap & Playtest Sign-Ups Hello everyone! As we continue our march toward launch on July 22 , we wanted to share our release roadmap and announce an exciting opportunity for players who want to help shape the final version of the game. Release Roadmap 🌱 Now · Internal Playtests wrap-up · Steam Playtest sign-ups open 🧪 June 18 · Playtest access begins 🚀 July 22 · Full game launch St…
🌿 Dryad Update 2.2.11 is now live! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚖️ Balance Changes ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Hide-n-Seek mechanic now has Player's Island moving to produce resources even when Solar is capped, reducing situations where players become unable to escape. • Reduced Weight Flower charge regeneration. • Weight Flower charge durations are now affected by Island Speed. • Reduced the effectiveness of…
🌿 Dryad Update 2.2.9 is now live! Gameplay & Puzzle Updates · Reduced the chances of taking Miasma damage during P5 · Tweaked the B2 Mending Flower puzzle · Adjusted the A1 Mending Fruit puzzle to accommodate additional valid solutions · Updated the H3 puzzle to reduce the possibility of bricked states · Updated the H4 puzzle · Lower-tier Expanders can now be planted in Stone Tiles when Rockbe…
🌿 Dryad Update 2.2.3 is now live on the main build! This update focuses on cinematic polish, gameplay improvements, progression updates, stability fixes, and the first wave of Steam achievements. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎬 Cinematics & Visual Improvements ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Fixed reaction icons from Obelisks appearing prematurely during cinematics • Hid Dryad Summo…
Hotfix Patch This is a small hotfix patch verifying our live release process. We are testing our capabilities as a team to respond to any issues as we near our release date. 🛠️Changes · Updated main menu text · Resolution width and height settings are now disabled when Borderless or Full Screen display modes are selected · Added a Quit to Main Menu option to the pause menu Thank you for your p…
🌿 Dryad Update 2.2.5 This update focuses on UI improvements, gameplay polish, trait balance adjustments, and fixes for issues reported throughout the adventure. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛠️ UI & VISUALS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Made a pass on the Keybinds screen • Made a pass on the Pause screen to better match the UI overhaul • Updated splash graphics for Wisp Bash, Wisp Hammer, Sniper Trait , and Turret Flowe…
🌿 Dryad Update 2.2.4 This update focuses on resolving a blocking issue in the Demo related to introducing Mending Flowers . These fixes and balance updates are now available on both the Demo and Main Build. The Demo version also includes all recent updates from the main branch. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛠️ LEVELS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Fixed Morning Flower not being granted in B2 • Fixed cases where Dryad unr…
🌿 Dryad Update 2.2.2 ⚠️ Note: These changes currently apply to the main build and are not yet available in the demo version. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🧩 GAMEPLAY & BALANCE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Updated most intro levels to have a slower start (Stages with 1 Solar Energy requirement) • Reduced light damage dealt to Wisp for better player response times • Updated puzzles in E2 and E5 to reduce tedium and break…
🌿 Dryad Update 2.2.1 ⚠️ Note: These changes currently apply to the main build and are not yet available in the demo version. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🧩 RELICS & PROGRESSION ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Mass Coverage moved to a more accessible location in CH G • Moved Geode Farmer to G2 • Moved Cleansing Fruit to H1 unlock • Moved Followers Blessing to F3 • Replaced Heavy Hit with Obsidian Affinity in H2 • Placed P…