In Next Life
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Feb 2026
| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major update | Tech Tree and Spirit Poles Missions Missions are no longer mandatory. They give rewards that accelerate your tech research, but you don't have to complete missions to advance Some missions have a timer on them now. Stage changes There are now 3 stone age stages instead of 6, 2 bronze instead of 4, 2 iron instead of 4 New Tech Tree System You show/hide the new tech tree by pressing this button: Now each stage has its own… | — | |
| In-game event | Chinese New Year! God of Wealth The God of Wealth is like the Santa of Chinese New Years, he brings good wealth to all who welcome him. And now he will visit players to bring wealth to all tribes. The God of Wealth will only visit your tribe in Stone Age 6 or later, And once he visits it will take 60 minutes before he will be ready to come visit again. When it's time for him to visit, a tribe member must use bur… | — | |
| In-game event | We Shall Be Bound by Oath Oathbound If two non-related adults stand close to each other while putting on matching oath arm rings, they will become bonded for life. The bond gives both players increased survival chances. If you try to wear an arm ring without taking the oath with someone, the ring will not stay on. The two rings also have to be a matching pair, or the oath will not happen. Family relations You can now se… | — | |
| In-game event | The Autumn Forest Autumn Forest There is a newly discovered island adjacent to our main one, allowing easy access by wading. This island features a blend of the recently introduced forest biome and rocky biome enriched with iron ore deposits, although it will have limited food sources and no additional fauna. The island's bountiful resources will greatly support our iron age progression. Shelving Open shelving a… | — | |
| In-game event | Taste of the Sea Ocean Life Life is thriving in the shallow waters at present, potentially making them a viable food source. One can gather a wide array of resources in the shallows of the ocean. Bridges After recognizing the challenges of crossing the river, humans devised a solution to facilitate transportation by constructing bridges. Also for some inexplicable reason, there appears to be a noticeable altera… | — | |
| Major update | Communication and Much More Tribe Chat We now have the "tribe chat", so you can communicate with your tribe members without being in the same frame. Feathers Now we can find a feather sometimes in the Chickarex's nest, but the chance is small. If you were lucky and could get one, it would be nice to decorate your hat with the feather and show it off. Hat Decorations Hopper bandana, Zezelle hat and Howler hat can have a de… | — | |
| In-game event | Mighty Elders and Fluffy Cozelles The Mighty Elders! Base lifespan will be reduced to 50 years, but you can outlive this by maintaining a healthy diet with a variety of foods. Then you will become a healthy elder with many power-ups and longer lifespan. The maximum age is currently 88. Cozelle and Wool We are introducing: Cozelle! They are wooly and fluffy! But they can overheat in that fur so remember to trim regularly. The Wo… | — | |
| In-game event | Cheesy update Iron Age 3 New tools: -Hammer & Nails -Saw -Cheese Grater Bigger Fire! You can now make a larger fire place that will last longer! Build a Hearth for large, long-lasting fires. new type of firewood for large fires New fruity foods and drinks -Banagoo - A delicious goo that you can feed to babies. -Banagoscht -Naipagoo- A delicious goo that you can feed to babies. -Naipagosht -Spike Juice -Ferme… | — | |
| In-game event | Iron Age, Stage 2 New Steel Tools -Steel shovels x2 -Steel Pole-Sickle -Steel Pickaxe -Steel Machete -Steel Carpenter Axe Flour Flower Create new plants! Experiment with combining seeds from two species and adding some evo flakes. Why wait for evolution, when you can speed it up? Oven And Flatbread You can build an oven out of stone and clay, then bake some tasty flatbread in it, using dough from the new plant!… | — | |
| Major update | The Age of Iron Iron Age 1 -Iron Age 1 will follow after Bronze Age 4 has been completed - There is a new biome where one can find rocks that contain magnetite (iron ore) - Magnetite can be extracted using fire setting and pickaxe - You can build a furnace for smelting magnetite into iron bars - You can cast knife blade, spear head and axe head shapes using molten iron - A rock that performs the function of an… | — | |
| In-game event | Quality of Life update We are working on a couple of big features, but since those take time to get finished, we decided to give you a smaller update while you are waiting for the big stuff: Containers are Stackable Many players requested this, so we have now added it in game! New items you can stack in this update: -Leaf Bowls -Clay Bowls -Clay Soup Plates -Clay Pots -Baskets -Soapstones Natural objects stay removed… | — | |
| Major update | Spirit Fragments and more! Tribe Ownership and Invitations 1. We removed the system with resurrection points on tribes. There will no longer be a point where the tribe "dies". It can be resurrected as many times as you like, using personal points that you earn by playing on other tribes. More about this a little further down. 2. The founder of a tribe will now be considered the leader/owner of that tribe. The owner gets… | — | |
| In-game event | Something Sweet Pale-Zelles and milk The white skin of this Zezelling will scare other Zezelles away, because it can put them in danger. You can adopt it, it can produce milk and meat for your tribe. Evo Nut Evo Nut is a mysterious fruit that when consumed it can change the genetic structure in offspring. And when you use the water in it to water plants it may cause genetic changes to the plant. Choko Choko is… | — | |
| In-game event | A Good Haul Added "drag sled" You can transport multiple baskets or single animal body. Improvements to some aspects of the ICB * We will stop using composited images to show the ingredients on a table or work mat. The ingredients are too small to recognize, and the image doesn't show the table/work mat, so people have been confused.Instead we will show a generic image of "Table with Ingredients" or "Workm… | — | |
| In-game event | Live Fast, Die Old Faster passage of time Reaching full age will happen quicker than before. Instead of ageing one year per minute, the characters now age one year every 42 seconds. Heavy Metal! The processes for turning ore into metals, and melting metals for casting have improved, and several new objects added, like metal bars, ingots, scrap metal... Have a nice Break When a bronze tool breaks, it will now turn… | — | |
| In-game event | Game Update: Breaking the Mold What's new: User experience improvements: - Use mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out smoothly (the near/medium/far setting is removed) - New visual effect for highlighting the selected object. A white outline instead of stripes across the object. - You will be notified every time you increase any skill level - You will now see the "fail frustration" speech bubbles of other players too, making… | — | |
| Game update | Update: tutorial Now we have a tutorial instead of beginner islands (plus some other small improvements) | 9303396 | |
| Major update | Tribe System Update In this update we made some big game changing changes. Instead of the play being island based it is now tribe based. You start a new tribe and try to not die out while reaching the technology goals together. If your tribe dies out you can still resurrect it as long as there are any resurrection points left. Beginner tribes work similarly like islands did before: they are not connected to any in… | — | |
| Community | Price increase on July 1st! The target price for In Next Life on PC/Mac is $20 for the official release version. During the Early Access period, we have three price steps: 1. $11 for the really early adopters 2. $15 for the mid-early adopters 3. $20 for those who join shortly before the official release The change from $11 to $15 will happen on July 1st, so in three days from now. If you have considered to buy the game, b… | — | |
| In-game event | Update: Bronze Age, Stage 4 New stone path This stone path will save you stamina when you run on it, making it easy fast travel. Make paths to important locations! They also blend into their environment , making for some really cute garden decor Palisades A sturdy fence to keep those desert tumbleweeds and lurking predators out of the mining outpost! Mining Speaking of mining outpost, we have added a new way to collect or… | — | |
| In-game event | Update: Bronze Age, Stage 3 We have neglected to post notes on our updates on Steam for a while, but we will get back into that habit starting with this update. If you have followed our Discord, you know that there has been a lot of both content, features, and improvements over the last couple of months. This is only a list of the changes in the latest update, but we will try to post a bit of a recap of everything soon to… | 8768853 | |
| In-game event | Game Update: farming, pottery, and better instructions Hi players, Time for a content and ease-of-use update! Farming Take survival to the next level by starting to grow your own foods and materials. Stone age level farming means digging a hole, inserting seeds or pieces of tubers, cover with soil and adding water. Then you wait... Pottery You can now find clay in the jungle. Use it to shape pottery, which you fire in the new fire pit to make it so… | 8139039 | |
| In-game event | Game Update: Animal Attacks! Hi players! If you have read through the information under "Early Access" you know that the development is currently focusing on bringing more challenges to the game play. The first instalment is this update with wild animals that can chase you, harm you, and potentially kill you. Bandages for your wounds will follow in a later update, so survival will get tricky in our world for a while. Don't… | 8021458 |
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