Greetings all Ardent Wilds enjoyers! It was great seeing so many of you try out and play the demo over the weekend! The reception has been incredible! We already got so much feedback and are working hard to address it. Please bear with us as we work through everything, we're a (very) small team! In the meantime, we've also been hard at work at what comes next for Ardent Wilds. Take a look at ou…
Hello, gamers. The wait is over! We are incredibly excited to announce that the official demo for Ardent Wilds is available to play on Steam right now! Whether you've been following our development for a while or are just discovering us today, we can't wait for you to jump in and experience what we've been building. Explore the first two biomes of the Heartlands region, and test your combat ski…
Patch notes for game version 0.5.9 (June 10, 2026) World & Generation · Added pre-generated worlds so new games load faster without live worldgen. · Runtime worldgen has been temporarily disabled as it caused some issues on certain older hardware. (Though it will keep functioning for old worlds.) · Added main menu UI for selecting and loading pre-generated worlds. · Improved floating island gen…
Hi everyone! We’ve rolled out a new patch with additional content and improvements for you to dive into. Just a quick reminder, we’re continuing to invite players to the playtest, so be sure to request access! New Content: · New boss: OR-N4X, The Severed Guardian. · New armor models: Frayed Apprentice set and Krell War set. · New weapon: Aether Coil Rod. · New trinket: Seismic Capacitor. · Rewo…
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when you’ll finally be able to jump into the Midrealms. The wait is almost over! We’re excited to share that the closed alpha is set to begin next week, allowing our community to play through the first half of the Heartlands. This is the best time for you to help us shape Ardent Wilds with your feedback and experience the game before it hits early acc…
Hi everyone! We’ve seen a lot of questions about Ardent Wilds , and we haven’t had a chance to answer them all properly...until now. So here’s our FAQ page, where we’ll cover the most common questions and give you a closer look at the game! What is Ardent Wilds? Ardent Wilds is an open-world sandbox adventure that can be played solo or with friends. You awaken in a vast, untamed land shaped by…
Greetings, gamers. We have some exciting news! Ardent Wilds has been selected to take part in Tiny Teams 2025 , the annual showcase by Yogscast that highlights the most exciting indie games created by small teams of fewer than five developers. From August 7th to August 14th , content creators will be playtesting and streaming the game for the very first time. You’ll be able to watch them discov…
—
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.