Steam news7 Sep 2026Arcaneering is out now!Automate the arcane! Arcaneering: Beyond Automation is an isometric factory game where spells are part of the production line. Mana powers your machines, auras change what a building can do, and the recipes you find in the world are as important as the ones you research. Build the factory, then use it to take ground. Ancient fortifications sit on top of the resources you need, and the siege wea…
Patch Notes v0.10.4 Potion Cauldrons - Cauldrons now level up with use, each level granting +4% brewing speed - Some Cauldron recipes are now level-gated - Golden vegetation can now be used in place of regular vegetation to gild potions for triple the recipe amount Building & Placement - Drag placement now supports gaps, letting you drag through already-placed Splitters and similar - Assisted p…
Patch Notes v0.10.3 Production planning & recipes - Planned builds can be pinned on screen; clicking a pinned item opens placement mode with the recommended recipe preselected - Resource icons in the resource tree's production tab now also open the production chain view - Production planner gained an "Auto" option for alternate recipe choice, returning to the auto-best default - Level-locked re…
Patch Notes v0.10.2 Building & Placement - Wall drag-placement now auto-curves and auto-places wall curves - Drag-building a Wall through an existing Wall auto-places a Wall Tower at the intersection (if unlocked) - Improved curve detection and rotation in crowded building environments - Smoother mass deletion selection - Auto-placed Elevator Bridges during drag-placement now can also span inte…
Patch Notes v0.10.1 Building - Drag placement now auto-curves when ending adjacent to an eligible connection - Drag placement can now be dragged so that the final tile is an unextended curve - Selection during blueprint creation is smoother - Building right-click context menu gained a Delete option Camera & Navigation - Transition between top-down and regular camera view is now animated instead…
Patch Notes v0.10.0 Architect Skill Tree & Cosmetics - The world now contains 52 collectable Architect Caches that award XP when found - Every 10 caches found unlocks a node in the new Architect branch of the skill tree, dedicated to cosmetic features. Rewards include an optional night mode and more! Trader Token Shop - Token shop can now very rarely offer alternative recipes otherwise obtainab…
Patch Notes v0.9.1 New - Added limited modding support for buildings (updated modding kit at - New graphics option in the main menu to switch the rendering driver between D3D12 and Vulkan (Windows only, requires restart) Graphics - Windows rendering driver default switched from Vulkan to D3D12 (which should be better compatible with common GPU drivers) - Opening building UIs is now a bit smooth…
Patch Notes v0.9.0 New Features - Added a Statistics tab to the resource tree UI to track production of specific resources over time - Production tab now shows both theoretical and actual production/consumption - Copied building settings can now be mass-pasted with Ctrl+Shift+V Improvements & UI - Buildings now give visual feedback when hovering over them - Refined connection finding and assist…
Patch Notes v0.8.7 Bug Fixes - Fixed blueprint connections involving Elevator Bridges - Fixed belts not auto-flipping when failing to connect to a Miner - Fixed various smaller placement bugs and quirks - Made Mana regeneration recalculation more robust UI/Tooltips - Resource tooltips now display which building contains each listed recipe - Recipes in resource tooltips are now grouped by produc…
Patch Notes v0.8.6 - Added new Arcane Automation skill that unlocks a slot to automate spellcasting - Removed Build Menu grabbing search line focus upon typing - Fixed issue in which UI buttons of Splitter/Super Splitter were not always disconnecting from their respective signals
Patch Notes v0.8.5 UI & Polish - Added resource icons to the Warehouse label selection dialog - Added resource icons to the Bank purchase dialog - Conveyor Belts can now also be in-place replaced with Elevator Splitter and Elevator Merger Fixes - Fixed rare crash when placing buildings - Fixed Splitters stalling when Throughput Control is enabled
Patch Notes v0.8.4 Performance & Responsiveness - More responsive building placement and UI, with reduced initial lag - Building Info UI is now snappier on load - Fixed lag on first opening the Spell Book UI and Skill Tree UI - Minor performance improvements in general UI - Decreased the default size of Objective UI and Build Menu Gameplay - Whale catching objective is now properly gated to the…
Patch Notes v0.8.3 - New objectives to catch specific critters and rare critters after obtaining the general 100-Critter objective - Each additional Mana Converter enhancing the same attribute now raises the Mana consumption of all such Mana Converters by 10% (incentivizing diversification) - The cursor now creates ripples when hovering over water
Patch Notes v0.8.2 Bug Fixes - Fixed edge case of Miners losing resource info on load - Fixed resource nodes shifting position on load - Fixed total blueprints created count not saving correctly - Fixed Chrono Boost not applying to Mana Forges that have no power consumption Misc - Mana regeneration calculation is now more robust and more efficient
Patch Notes v0.8.1 New - Added a new alternate recipe for Gold Ingots, to be found in Iron Chests Quality of Life - Recipe selection UI now highlights and sorts to the top any recipes for which the building already has at least one input resource in storage - Support overriding auto-selected best-recipes in the Arcaneering Calculator ( Performance - Improved performance of offscreen belts Bug F…
Patch Notes v0.8.0 New Features - Press G to toggle Production View, showing produced resources on all production buildings permanently - Added "Pin recipes" to the right-click context menu of resource icons - Resource tooltips now also list byproducts for shown recipes - Oil Lakes and Mystic Wellsprings are now visually distinct on the map UI - Pressing Ctrl+S now triggers an auto-save Product…
Patch Notes v0.7.4 Performance - Minor speed-ups in world generation - Further performance improvements with Conveyor Belts & Hydro Generators Gameplay - New objective for brewing 250 potions - Fulfilling the second objective that unlocks the Bank now awards an additional skill point - Brewing dyes now produces 2 dyes per brew - Dyes now only cost 1 Trader Token in the token shop - Power Potion…
Patch Notes v0.7.3 Area effect buildings - Area effect buildings now can also level up, increasing their efficacy - Ascension spell (with Advanced Spellcasting talent) can now also raise the level of area effect buildings - Area effect buildings can be leveled up via potions, in addition to the Ascension spell UI / UX - Resources in the building info panel can now be reordered by drag-and-drop;…
Patch Notes v0.7.2 Performance - Major factory performance improvements, especially for large factories - Optimized all background assets for improved performance baseline - Minimized power system performance spikes/dips Gameplay & Balancing - Trades with Traveling Merchants now additionally award Trader Tokens, redeemable for a rotating selection of special vegetation and potions in the Academ…
Patch Notes v0.7.1 UI & Quality of Life - Added Modifiers tab to the Resource Tree UI to monitor global modifiers - Resource Tree UI is more performant and no longer cycles tabs with WASD - Added Notepad (default toggle with C) to keep track of in-game to-do lists - Building connections can now be inspected and edited via the new Control & Settings menu (gear icon, top right of UI); added loadi…
Patch Notes v0.7.0 Weather System - New weather system featuring overcast, rain, and arcane storm conditions - Arcane storm increases Mana regeneration by 30% while active - Hydro Generators produce 10% more power during rain - Rain ambience added - Tutorial added for first arcane storm Drag Placement & Placement UX - Drag placement now supported for all building types - Blueprint drag placemen…
Patch Notes v0.6.5 Quality of Life - Keybinds standardized: Undo/Redo is now Ctrl+Z / Shift+Ctrl+Z, copy/paste building settings is Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V, search within buildings is Ctrl+F - Settings copy/paste (Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V) now also works for chosen upgrades on power/hydro generators and similar buildings - Left-click drag now supported for navigating the Research Tree - Objectives can now also…
Patch Notes v0.6.4 Critters - New critter: the Crow, which lands on a conveyor belt and slows it until clicked away (or it flies away), awarding XP on click - Rare white crow variant can award Ancient Wisdom - Reworked Dragon critter meshes Recipe Tooltips - Recipe tooltips now display items/minute for every input and output - Byproduct amount per minute now shown in recipe tooltips Misc - Reso…
Patch Notes v0.6.3 Objectives & Research · Added new objectives for finding 3 and 10 secret recipes · Some Production research now requires resources (with lowered Credit costs accordingly) Bug Fixes · Fixed corrupted vegetation after loading a save · Fixed unexplorable areas on the world map
Patch Notes v0.6.2 New Features - Blueprint placement on top of already-placed buildings that are part of the blueprint now skips those buildings instead of blocking placement entirely ("blueprint extension") - A preliminary Redo system added via Shift+Control ("undo the undo") - New Journal tab added to the resource tree, displaying general world and production stats UI - Changed resource icon…
Patch Notes v0.6.1 Blueprint Sharing & Improvements - Very easy blueprint sharing via hash codes (copy-pasteable) and in-game import - Placing large blueprints causes less lag - Improved blueprint auto-connect - Fixed Elevator Bridge height in generated blueprint icons Building Placement & Undo - Auto-rotate buildings in placement preview to match neighboring buildings (if assisted placement en…
Patch Notes v0.6.0 New Features - Academy Workshop: Can spawn on the world map and exchanges siege items and Ancient Wisdom for exclusive unlocks - Ancient Obelisks: Permanent structures in the world that provide local/global buffs upon fulfilling high-volume production orders - Mana Spire: New building that reduces Mana consumption of nearby buildings with Pure Essence, unlocked via Academy Wo…
Patch Notes v0.5.1 New features - Added new Chrono Boost spell to traveling merchant spell pool to temporarily boost building processing speed - Added new objectives for catching critters - Added blueprint delete mode by shift-clicking on placed blueprints, with updated delete preview and context hint during delete mode - Undo action (CTRL) can now also undo whole blueprint placement - Level-up…
Patch Notes v0.5.0 New Features - Added Mana Converter building to convert excess Mana into global production bonuses - Production buildings can now be underclocked via a slider in the building info UI top-right - Blueprints can now be mirrored during placement preview using Shift+E/R - Added search bar (Shift+F) to highlight all buildings storing or processing a given resource - Right-click an…
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