Hey everyone! I wanted to get your thoughts on something I've been considering for the 1.0 release. With more and more major gameplay changes going into 1.0, it's becoming increasingly apparent that Quest Master is turning into a bit of a versioned mess . We're talking about pretty fundamental changes: 3D physics , players being able to exist in different rooms and floors at the same time, seei…
Halloween has come to Aetheria! From now through November 3rd , Castle Town has transformed into a spooky seasonal celebration, complete with Halloween decorations to help set the mood before your next adventure. Whether you're hunting for treasure or crafting your next masterpiece, there's never been a better time to jump into Quest Master. Castle Town Gets Spooky For a limited time, the Castl…
NewsVersion 0.11.21.11: Sticky Blade Trap/Elemental Movement Fix———24462685
Game update · published 30 Jul 2026, 00:40:40 UTC
Version 0.11.21.11: Sticky Blade Trap/Elemental Movement Fix
Physics This is kind of like a small patch, however I had fixed this issue today in the development branch of the game, and figured to backport this fix for the public version, since it has been a major annoyance for many people! Blade Traps and Elementals now reliably follow at the walls. Game Updates And yes, the game is still not dead ! We're getting closer to completing 1.0 by the day. Stay…
In-game event · published 5 Apr 2026, 19:54:43 UTC
0.11.21 Hides In Early Access
Flopsy is back in town! The annual easter event is here, Flopsy is back in town! He is located in the north-east of Castle Town! Can you find all his eggs ? They can be anywhere in the town! Place Easter Eggs In Dungeon Maker You can now place easter eggs in your own dungeon! Ten variants! Make your own easter egg hunt! Date Range Selection A highly requested feature! You can now granularize th…
Hey everyone! We've recently gotten a review claiming the game is dead. This is NOT the case. We are actively pursuing completing the 1.0 release of Quest Master ! That's why content updates have slowed down considerably. We have great news to share on that very soon, AND we're also releasing a small new content update in the coming days , I'm sure some of you could imagine what that's about. I…
In-game event · published 26 Jan 2026, 20:42:16 UTC
0.11.20 Ticks Onto Early Access
Duration Property We've added a new hugely impactful property, duration ! You can select from a large amount of different durations. You can add the duration property to many different objects, here's a few examples: The duration property of moving platforms determines how long they will pause when hitting an obstacle. By setting it to 0, you can make them immediately continue moving! Torches w…
In-game event · published 9 Jan 2026, 21:41:03 UTC
0.11.19 Replaces Early Access
It's modding update time! You can now override base game assets officially using an override mod. This can be used for total conversion mods , like changing out all base game art and audio for those from another game. You could even use it to experiment with custom themes , although it might be better to wait for proper theme modding. You can replace textures, audio files, and languages! This w…
NewsVersion 0.11.18 Snaps Onto Early Access———21399953
In-game event · published 6 Jan 2026, 18:39:19 UTC
Version 0.11.18 Snaps Onto Early Access
Pixel Perfection I'm sure many of you have noticed both weird gaps and seams appearing sometimes between tiles , and also possibly shimmering on certain resolutions when the camera moves. This all stemmed from hardware inaccuracies when working with floating point numbers. This is finally fixed now! This means no more ugly lines. In addition, you can change the "Pixel Snap" mode to your desired…
News0.11.17 Rides Onto Early Access———In-game event
In-game event · published 24 Dec 2025, 22:28:46 UTC
0.11.17 Rides Onto Early Access
Papa Claus is back in town! Take your chance to get two event-exclusive pets! Memory Reduction and Mod Load Speed Optimizations We've implemented significant memory optimizations into the game, which basically boil down to loading required assets asynchronously on demand. This has brought down memory usage in some cases over 50% , and mods that utilize a lot of music and sounds will basically l…
News0.11.16 - Winter Sale + Language Modding———21245704
In-game event · published 18 Dec 2025, 18:29:03 UTC
0.11.16 - Winter Sale + Language Modding
25% Off For The Winter Sale! During Steam's Winter Sale, Quest Master is 25% off ! Grab it now if you haven't had the chance to before. Recapping the latest update! Language Modding At long last, languages are moddable now! This means you can translate the entire game and share your translations on the Steam Workshop , just like any other mods. The game ships with an example language mod which…
Hey y'all! Sorry for the long duration of the rollback. There were some significant technical issues I had to fix, but it's finally completed now. In that time I also added a few new quality of life changes, so let's get into them! Shadows Can Now Use The Bow Quite the challenge! The Maker Mode Cursor Waves Through Grass Just a little game feel. Duplex Bow Pattern Changed To Bursts The duplex b…
NewsQuick Temporary Rollback of 0.11.15: Game Crash Due to Mods———Community
Community · published 10 Dec 2025, 18:04:24 UTC
Quick Temporary Rollback of 0.11.15: Game Crash Due to Mods
We're rolling back the newest content update really quickly to figure out a major issue of people's game crashing on startup when they have too many mods installed. We didn't find this in QA, apologies for that. The patch will be rolled out ASAP. Thanks guys, Julian
In-game event · published 21 Nov 2025, 06:35:40 UTC
0.11.14.29 - Happy Birthday, Danielle!
A surprise update - with kind regards to Danielle, a beloved member of our community and Discord moderator! Happy Birthday Danielle from the QM team and especially myself, Julian! As a small gift, we implemented your Auto-Coffin suggestion! The Auto-Coffin automatically revives a player upon death! It does not need external attacks to do so. The default coffin got a makeover! Enjoy your birthda…
NewsPlayer Defense Reduction + New Focus Type———20328556
Game update · published 10 Oct 2025, 00:10:57 UTC
Player Defense Reduction + New Focus Type
Player Defense Reduction Previously, the player had a base defense of 0.5 which halved all incoming damage. We've been getting increasing feedback that the game is too forgiving in terms of damage which results in people spamming their dungeons with enemies and traps . As of version 0.11.14.20 , that base defense has been removed . The change is versioned, meaning old dungeons are unaffected. P…
You can now use the Tornado Rod while in the air - this should allow for some cool new tricks and puzzles! You can still only use one at a time and cannot cheese the system.
✨ Quest Master’s Path to 1.0 ✨ At gamescom, we revealed the first look at Quest Master’s handcrafted single-player campaign , built entirely with the same Dungeon Maker tools you use. This story-rich adventure will arrive at Quest Master’s 1.0 launch . Since launching in Early Access, you’ve created over 5,000 community-crafted dungeons across 7 elemental themes. That creativity has blown us aw…
A Handcrafted Campaign Built with the Dungeon Maker At gamescom 2025, Apogee Entertainment revealed the first look at Quest Master’s brand-new single-player story campaign . This fully playable, handcrafted adventure is built entirely with the same tools available to you in the Dungeon Make, and it arrives when Quest Master exits Early Access later this year. Since launch, players have created…
A refactor of the tips now allows them to be modded! Create your own custom tips for your modded items and parts, flesh out the base game's tip collection, or reference memes! The sky is the limit. They will appear in addition to the base game's tips on loading screens at random . For reference, you can view all base game's tips in the Quest Master mod reference directory under Tips . Keep out…
Dojo Minigame Difficulty We've gotten a new negative review stating that the third difficulty of the dojo mini game is still too unapproachable and difficult . I just did another rebalancing of it, reducing difficulty and spacing out the timing of all the spawned logs. New Update When? I know everyone of you is eagerly looking forward to new content . We've made the conscious decision to focus…
NewsForged by Many Hands – The Road to 1.0———Community
Community · published 27 Jun 2025, 13:55:11 UTC
Forged by Many Hands – The Road to 1.0
When Quest Master launched into Early Access, it introduced players to three core dungeon themes. Today, we’re celebrating one of them: Dewdrop Roots , our lush and mysterious forest biome, with a new spotlight trailer that shows just how far the game has come. Since then, our world has grown, and so has the community. We now have over 7 unique dungeon themes and a staggering 5,000+ community-m…
NewsVersion 0.11.13 Addressing Criticism Of Locked Parts———18692554
Game update · published 1 Jun 2025, 14:02:32 UTC
Version 0.11.13 Addressing Criticism Of Locked Parts
Yesterday's update introduced some locked dungeon parts. The predominant voice however is that you generally dislike this, even with how low the barrier of entry is, and we get that. We even got two new negative reviews because of the this change alone, which is just unacceptable. Making the game as accessible as possible is the most important thing, and ultimately you guys play the game, so we…
NewsVersion 0.11.12 Slashes Onto Early Access———18688349
In-game event · published 31 May 2025, 21:08:31 UTC
Version 0.11.12 Slashes Onto Early Access
Advanced Woodcutting Challenge Difficulty The third difficulty of the woodcutting challenge in the Dojo has been unlocked! Can you face off successfully against.. Lucky himself?! Logs Are Available In Maker Mode Finally, as long awaited, the logs from the woodcutting challenge are now available in the dungeon maker. They also are the first dungeon parts that are locked by default, requiring you…
NewsVersion 0.11.11 Zooms Onto Early Access———18574533
In-game event · published 23 May 2025, 01:02:29 UTC
Version 0.11.11 Zooms Onto Early Access
Explaining the Update Drought I am very sorry for not having content updates the last few weeks! I was super busy upgrading the game from using Unity's Built In Render Pipeline to their Universal Render Pipeline , which involved learning the new technology stack, rewriting all shaders and working around new limitations that the new pipeline enforces. There's still a few visual quirks being work…
NewsVersion 0.11.9 Flops Onto Early Access———18169704
In-game event · published 20 Apr 2025, 20:06:19 UTC
Version 0.11.9 Flops Onto Early Access
Happy Easter everyone! Flopsy Has Appeared In Castle Town Flopsy is here to play Egg Hunt ! Can you find all 15 eggs? This lovely new fella is new in town! Where else could those eggs be hidden? Flopsy will leave Castle Town next weekend , so be on your toes if you want to find all the eggs!
In-game event · published 19 Apr 2025, 00:30:25 UTC
Version 0.11.8 Fills Early Access
Peg & Hole The new Peg and Hole parts have arrived! The peg is pushable and you can put objects on top of it. While on top, the carried object cannot be interacted with. However, if you push the peg into a hole , it fills the hole and acts as a bridge . Whatever was placed on top of the peg is now intractable! Renames To go along with the new Peg and Hole parts, the previous "Hole" tile has bee…
NewsVersion 0.11.7 Darkens Early Access———18086386
In-game event · published 12 Apr 2025, 23:06:29 UTC
Version 0.11.7 Darkens Early Access
Darkness & Shade The new Darkness dungeon part can be used to cover sections of your dungeon in complete darkness without having to resort to using light sources like braziers. Darkness even covers rooms on the map , allowing you to hide rooms truly. Sunlight/Darkness can be placed slightly outside rooms to allow fully covering them! Out of sight, out of mind. Shade is just like Darkness, howev…
NewsVersion 0.11.4.7: New Modding Additions———17917089
Game update · published 30 Mar 2025, 18:38:07 UTC
Version 0.11.4.7: New Modding Additions
Consumable Duration Custom consumable items can now be given a duration to apply their attributes as a buff , instead of being permanent. Custom Item Animations Items can now receive an animation they display ingame, instead of relying solely on the icon provided. Just like how the heart is animated! Variant Sorting You can now specify the index of your variants explicitly to customize how they…
NewsVersion 0.11.4 Drops Onto Early Access———17903966
In-game event · published 28 Mar 2025, 20:58:12 UTC
Version 0.11.4 Drops Onto Early Access
Modding Items Modding of items has commenced! You can now create custom Consumables (like hearts or food)! Over the coming days I will complete the list and gradually release it and soon, all items will be moddable. The game currently ships with one new example mod which adds a Double Heart item to the game. To find out how to create the other types, check out the Quest Master mod dump in the M…
NewsVersion 0.11.3 Shines Onto Early Access———17873241
In-game event · published 26 Mar 2025, 21:18:43 UTC
Version 0.11.3 Shines Onto Early Access
Golden + Fire Status Both Golden and Fire have been turned into status buffs that you can add to any enemy or boss in the context menu. Goldmec goes brr Modding Variants You can now create variants for your modded dungeon parts. This will help clean up the part book and prevent it from getting cluttered. The example tree mod includes all three tree types from Castle Town now, and shows you how…
🏹 Bow & Arrow Update + Holiday Castle Town! Today, we’re releasing one of the community’s most requested tools : The Bow & Arrow! 🏹 Plus… Castle Town is now fully decorated for the season. WHAT'S NEW? Location Title The new location titles give some visual flair to entering new areas! Common for many games, including Zelda, and it was missing from Quest Master for sure. It gives a lot of poli…
In-game event · published 12 Apr 2025, 00:24:52 UTC
Version 0.11.6 Shines Onto Early Access
Spectral Light The new Sunlight variant, the Spectral Light , allows you to shine revealing light on an area! The new freeform placement of both Sunlight and Spectral Light allows placing it anywhere! The light reveals the path forward! Custom Shadow Skins You can customize the skin of shadows to modded ones! Skins now include both Icon and Gizmo properties, so please update your skin mods acco…