Patch Notes 23-DEC-2024

Server Changelog

  • Bugfix: Reindeer should no longer spawn inside villages
  • Bugfix: Hanging star lamps no longer lose quality when lit, and are fueled using candles (like candelabras)
  • Bugfix: Christmas reindeer will no longer despawn with players nearby, except when retrieved by Santa
  • Bugfix: Possible fix for a rare issue where Santa failed to give a gift after completing the mission

Please note that reindeer spawned for the event aren’t regular animals and will disappear after the event.

Patch Notes 20-DEC-2024

Server Changelog

  • New: Christmas event preparations. Click here for details.
  • New: Title has been added for 100 skill in Long Spear. Congrats Subie!
  • New: Title has been added for 100 skill in Large Axe. Congrats Rocklobster!
  • Change: Traps no longer get destroyed instantly and instead take damage now when their setup action fails.
  • Change: Lava adjustments
    • Lava tiles no longer damage fences or walls.
    • The Erupt and Freeze meditation abilities have had their permission checks fixed and tweaked. Now, they exclusively and consistently check the “Use Meditation Abilities” permission, and always check the village of the tile being changed and not the tile the player is standing on. Additionally, on PVE servers only, these permissions are also checked in the village perimeter.
  • Bugfix: Chandeliers can now only be placed on completed ceilings.
  • Bugfix: Items placed on ceilings should properly drop to the ground when the ceiling (or floor and ceiling) is destroyed.
  • Bugfix: Fixed some decorations erroneously decaying on deed. This includes open fireplaces, chicken coops, and archery towers.
  • Bugfix: Fixed a bug which sometimes caused the server to send large numbers of nonexistent resource nodes for tiles beyond the southern and eastern borders of the map.
  • Bugfix: You can no longer use an epic portal to return to Freedom from an enemy server.
  • Bugfix: Using an epic portal to return to an enemy server from Freedom should now auto-forward you to your kingdoms portal on Elevation instead of not letting you return at all.
  • Bugfix: Fixed several issues with new Harvest action when Wishing Tree is harvested
    • Harvesting from a Wishing Tree now properly requires the holy site to be active instead of inactive.
    • Cleaned up and corrected some text when harvesting from a Wishing Tree holy site.

Client Changelog

  • Bugfix: Fixed rotation of placed items on a ceiling not matching the preview.

Patch Notes 03-DEC-2024

Server Changelog

  • New: New title has been added for 100 skill in Medium Maul. Congrats Emoo!
  • Change: Squared wood ceilings will now take their material from the last shingle added instead of the last beam.
  • Bugfix: Ceiling placed chandeliers should now properly show their metal material colour.
  • Bugfix: Fixed ceiling rotation on stairs not always matching.
  • Bugfix: Fixed an issue with ceiling related actions not showing under roofs at certain locations.
  • Bugfix: Cornucopia should now properly spawn items when placed on other items (tables, etc).

Black Friday Sale

The Black Friday 2024 sale is live NOW!

From November 28th 23:59 CET until December 2nd 18:00 CET, all premium time and silver coin offers on our web shop and Steam shop are 30% off!

Like last year, this time we’ve also worked to add some attractive offers to the in-game silver shop.

From November 28th 23:59 CET until December 9th 6:00 CET, the following is available in the silver shop:

  • A rerun of 15 most popular skins, available for 5 silver coins each
  • Multiple permanent new skin offers will be available, at a discounted price during the sale – including a chandelier skin
  • Various discounts on many other items, including sleep powder
  • Cornucopia – a new item redeemable for free for any player with an active premium account (claimable until December 16th 6:00 CET) 
    • The Cornucopia will randomly generate small food items that you can take out of it

Patch Notes 28-NOV-2024

Server Changelog

  • New: Ceilings have been added to the game and can be attached to built roofs and floors using a hammer or trowel. There are 5 ceiling types:
    • Wood
    • Rendered wood
    • Squared wood
    • Rustic wood
    • Pottery brick
  • New: Chandelier item has been added. It can be hanged from ceilings and can be crafted using the Blacksmithing skill.
  • New: Title has been added for 100 skill in Nature. Congrats Sgtscum!
  • New: Added monthly skin for November 2024 – Hell Horse Rider Statuette.
  • Change: Lights that use candles will now act like other street lamps in regards to fuel usage, refueling from villages, and auto-snuffing/lighting. They still need candles to light up first.
  • Bugfix: Fixed a misspelling in the wagoner management window.
  • Bugfix: Fixed a case where portals via Chaos to other server could set your Chaos kingdom incorrectly.
  • Bugfix: You are no longer able to plant reed seeds on a tile that already has reeds planted
  • Bugfix: Fixed a problem where vehicles and mounted creatures would frequently stop when moving on flat tiles at their exact minimum or maximum water depth. This frequently occurred with horses being ridden on flat tiles at the maximum depth a player can dig with a shovel. Vehicles and mounts should now move more smoothly under these circumstances.
  • Bugfix: Fixed a case where portals via Chaos to other server could set your Chaos kingdom incorrectly.
  • Bugfix: Fixed cave ceilings to open the correct Wurmpedia page
  • Bugfix: Fixed wagoners loading a second, conflicting hair model under certain circumstances.

Client Changelog

  • Change: Shadow rendering on modern renderer has been optimized to use less GPU power and memory
  • Change: Volumetric fog rendering has also been optimized to not use as many resources
  • Change: Shadows are now softer but have more detail in distance
  • Change: Shadow map quality setting now has fewer options, as the optimizations have made some of them redundant
  • Bugfix: Fixed fence gates not casting shadows

Black Friday 2024 and Wurm Development News

We have just announced the Black Friday 2024 sale!

From November 28th 23:59 CET until December 2nd 18:00 CET, all premium time and silver coin offers on our web shop and Steam shop are 30% off!

Like last year, this time we’ve also worked to add some attractive offers to the in-game silver shop.

From November 28th 23:59 CET until December 9th 6:00 CET, the following is available in the silver shop:

  • A rerun of 15 most popular skins, available for 5 silver coins each
  • Multiple permanent new skin offers will be available, at a discounted price during the sale – including a chandelier skin
  • Various discounts on many other items, including sleep powder
  • Cornucopia – a new item redeemable for free for any player with an active premium account (claimable until December 16th 6:00 CET) 
    • The Cornucopia will randomly generate small food items that you can take out of it


We also just posted a development update on the forum, including upcoming features, and general development news. You can read more about it here.

Patch Notes 12-NOV-2024

Client Changelog

  • Bugfix: Fixed brightness setting not always affecting the entire screen when using legacy renderer.
  • Bugfix: Fixed a rare issue where many of the UI windows containing check boxes would have their layout broken.
  • Bugfix: Player list and action queue will no longer be removed from the Event tab on server transfers or reconnecting.
  • Bugfix: Quick bar slots will now save correctly, fixing the issue where slots with items reverted back to buttons.

Server Changelog

  • New: Added mine door permissions to role management settings on deeds.
  • Change: Improvements to messages
    • Drop/Take messages that involve multiple items are now always condensed to single lines in most cases.
    • Cooked foods now use their actual names, fixing problems such as pancakes being called “omelettes” under certain circumstances.
    • Many drop/take messages have been made more clear and now list the items they refer to. For example, dropping dirt or sand to raise the ground now produces a different message than if you drop it to a pile.
    • When placing an item puts it in your inventory first, the standard “You get” message from taking the item is now sent, to make it clear you have picked up the item.
    • Formatting of these messages has had its grammar improved slightly, and has been made much more consistent in general.
  • Bugfix: The “2g” and “5g” volume options for measuring jugs and measuring flasks are now available again.
  • Bugfix: Fixed various issues when making floats from moss. Some messages have been corrected for grammar, the action now aborts if you have no space in your inventory or the moss is too light, and it will now use the correct amount of moss in all cases.
  • Bugfix: Fixed an issue with some items popping out of their containers when leaving Guidance.
  • Bugfix: Fixed an issue causing newly created torch lamps to be called “medium torch lamps” and renamed any offending items.
  • Bugfix: Fixed meditation sometimes considering a position “too wet” when at the exact minimum height required.
  • Bugfix: Fixed being unable to build a wooden parapet under an arched wall.
  • Bugfix: Fixed issues with Halloween 2024 items
    • The new 2024 Halloween items (figurine of Grimbleat, arachnid necklace, and goat head necklace) can now be improved using Jewelry Smithing skill.
    • References to silver have been removed from the descriptions of the figurine of Grimbleat and goat head necklace, since they are sometimes made of other metals.
  • Bugfix: Fixed issues with lockable containers
    • Pavilions no longer show “Open” and “Close” in the right-click menu, since they are not containers.
    • Crude canoes now show lock-related actions in the right-click menu properly.
  • Bugfix: Fixed a rare issue with some characters loading wrong data and getting stuck on portal usage.

October’s Monthly Skin

This skin for the decorative ship is now available in the Marks Shop at any settlement token through October and November.

“Small Corbita – A detailed model of a corbita sits proudly on a polished wooden base.”

Patch Notes 29-OCT-2024

  • New: Added monthly skin for October 2024, the Small Corbita
  • Change: Grimbleat messages will now only show for the target player, to reduce local chat spam.
  • Bugfix: Fixed being able to taunt Grimbleat, which led to further bugs
  • Bugfix: Fixed new event items sometimes not rendering their correct model depending on metal type