Every update, patch and developer post we have logged for Pax Dei, newest first: the date, the headline, a one-line summary and a link to the original source. We file Pax Dei under Open-World Survival.
| Date | Title | Summary | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-29 | Pax Dei: Anniversary Boost | Pax Dei's Anniversary Boost runs until November 2 at 12 PM UTC, granting +50% Skill XP, +100% Grace, and doubled named NPC spawns, alongside a 50% discount. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-29 | R49 Patch 2 – Version 49.17.8303, Build 178303 | Patch 49.17.8303 adds a +50% skill XP anniversary boost running to November 2, plus fixes for mounts, saddlebags, NPC spawning and travel loading. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-22 | Saddle Up! R49 – Release Notes | R49 adds rideable horses with nine saddle tiers, road-following auto-run, player titles, party following, and ends the 12-month Plot Token expiry. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-22 | R49 Saddle Up! – Patch Notes – Version 49.17.7689, Build 177689 | R49 (build 177689) adds horses with craftable saddles, party follow, road auto-run, and a swimming rework, plus UI and combat fixes. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-16 | Pax Dei turns one! Horses and a special anniversary boost are coming! | Pax Dei marks its first anniversary with R49: Saddle Up, adding horses, due late next week with a temporary XP and Grace boost; Plot Tokens no longer expire. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-28 | R48 Patch 1 – Build 175589 | R48 Patch 1 (build 175589) fixes lost Blessings and Favors after teleporting, several client and server crashes, stuck tree and shop UI issues, and chat… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-16 | R48 is live! – Release Notes | R48 adds the Radiant Hart creature and its antlers, the Blessed Sevenfold flower, new spells and decorations, Cleared Ground grass removal, and 70 Steam… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-16 | R48 – Patch Notes | R48 adds the Radiant Hart creature and antlers, a new flower, Ancient Sylvan Staff spells, 70 Steam achievements, and makes staves lose durability when casting. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-21 | R47 – Patch 1 – Version 47.17.2962 | Patch 47.17.2962 fixes crafter, plot, UI, and achievement bugs, restores Sooty Grouse, raises Chamois horn drops, and renames all crafting stations by tier. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-16 | Pax Dei 7-Day Trial Is Now Live on Steam | Pax Dei's 7-day free trial is live on Steam with full game access and a temporary plot; progress is kept after expiry and plots release 3 days later. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-06 | R47 is Live! – Release Notes | Update R47 adds huntable birds, a revamped fletching and archery system with new recurve bows, archery targets, and nearly 300 account-wide achievements. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-06 | R47 – Patch Notes and Known Issues | Pax Dei's R47 content patch reworks archery with recurve bows and bow strings, adds nearly 300 achievements, and expands hunting, crafting and chat. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-11 | R46 is live! – Release Notes | Pax Dei's R46 update is live on all shards, upgrading to Unreal Engine 5.6, reworking NPC aggro and pathfinding, and adding over 50 decorative building pieces. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-11 | R46 Patch Notes | R46 patch notes fix NPC aggro, bow and spell combat bugs, and crafting queue issues, add a 50-piece garden building set, and rebalance charcoal recipes. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-24 | What we’ve been working on | Pax Dei's dev team has upgraded to Unreal Engine 5.6 from the live build's 5.4, adding DLSS 4 and FSR 4, with aggro and dungeon work due next update. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-02 | Patch Notes – Spring Update Hotfixes [Updated May 11] | A running hotfix log for the Spring Update addresses NPC respawn and accumulation issues, zone server crashes, unintended building decay, slower map loading… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-30 | Spring Content Update is Live | The spring content update is now live on all shards, adding dueling, a new map legend, hide-helmet and sheathable weapons, bow improvements, crafting recovery… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-13 | Spring Update, Release Notes | Pax Dei's Spring update adds consensual duels with a 10-minute cap and no rewards, Quick Stack and Take All container actions, and map legend toggles. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-13 | Patch Notes & Known Issues – Spring Update | Spring Update adds player duelling, more responsive bow combat, container quick-stack and take-all, and a hide-helmet option, plus numerous fixes. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-02-27 | Patch Notes – Verse 5.1.2 Hotfix 1 – Build Version 44.16.8191 | Hotfix 5.1.2 for Pax Dei fixes the chat settings shortcut, greyed-out Equip buttons, duplicate ghost corpses, and an equip-performance issue in dense builds. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-02-20 | Patch Notes – Verse 5 – Patch 1.2 – Feb. 20 | Patch 1.2 overhauls crafting XP across all professions, rebalances armor and weapon recipes within each tier, and strengthens the Limestone building set. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-02-13 | Future of Pax Dei – A Letter From the Team | Pax Dei's studio says it will not shut down, confirms a reduced team and scope, and explains why farming, fishing, mounts and recycling are still delayed. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-02-02 | Upcoming Crafting XP changes – AMA from Discord | Dev Q&A explains Pax Dei's Verse 5.1.2 crafting XP rebalance: XP now tracks total recipe material cost, with no retroactive grants. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-01-30 | Upcoming Master Crafting – AMA from Discord | Pax Dei's AMA explains Master Crafting: a 95%+ craft roll grants +50 Item Power and shows the crafter's name; jewelry support comes later. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-01-26 | Small Update with a Big Impact | Pax Dei's next update adds Master Crafting, rebalances crafting XP for five professions, and adds slash commands, emotes, and a character menu rework; PTS soon. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-01-20 | Play Pax Dei for Free with the Steam Free Week (Jan 19–26) | Pax Dei is free to play on Steam live worlds from Jan 19 to Jan 26 with a plot token, Premium Status, and Grace; characters and materials are kept after the… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-01-14 | Patch Notes – Verse 5 – Hotfix | Verse 5 hotfix fixes Mournel tree spawning in US East, adds a logout delay, hardens NPC handling, re-enables NPC recycling, and ends the Yule event. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-01-14 | New Year Statement from Pax Dei Dev Team | Mainframe postponed the valley-wide markets feature after community feedback, listed pending fixes, and made clan rank permissions a priority for the next… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-12-19 | Patch Notes – Verse 5 Patch 1.1 – Dec.19 | Verse 5 patch 1.1 spreads Mournel spawns across 4:30-11:30 PM in all four Lyonesse areas and cuts wood yield to 16/50/160 per tree. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-12-19 | Gallia’s Newsletter – Community Highlights – Dec 18 edition | The Dec 18 community newsletter features clan recruitment, public dungeon runs, a clan life showcase, a new-player support initiative, and a market-tracking… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-12-17 | Celebrate Yule in Pax Dei | The Yule event is live until January 13, 2026, adding a craftable Yule Charm that unlocks seasonal resources and recipes for a goat, mask, crown and flame. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-12-12 | Verse 5 – Patch Notes | Verse 5's Battle for Lyonesse update adds Mournwood, 12 claimable Feudal Shrines with upkeep, and PvP changes including a 60-second logout timer. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-12-05 | Celebrate Yule in-game | Pax Dei's month-long Yule event starts mid-December with three new recipes, seasonal resources gathered via a craftable Yule Charm, and tradeable decorations. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-12-04 | Gallia’s Community Newsletter – Dec 4 edition | The first Pax Dei community newsletter lists a weekly Sunday market on US East Sif, three recruiting clans, a newcomer welcoming ceremony, and a player-run… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-12-02 | Feudal Sovereignty(Verse 5) | Verse 5 adds Mournwood harvested from rare Mournel trees in Lyonesse and 12 claimable Feudal Shrines costing 5,000 Gold and 200 Mournwood to hold clan land. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-11-21 | Verse 5 – Battle for Lyonesse – First look in pictures | Verse 5 is named 'Battle for Lyonesse' and is slated for the Public Test Shard in coming weeks; the post shares screenshots and teases Feudal Sovereignty props. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-11-21 | Patch Notes – Hotfix 21/11/25 – Build 42.16.3110 | Hotfix build 42.16.3110 fixes NPC replication that could cause teleporting NPCs and a loading screen that got stuck when backend connection failed. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-11-14 | Verse 5 is on its way! | Verse 5, Feudal Sovereignty, lets clans claim land in Lyonesse by restoring Feudal Shrines with upkeep, plus plot permissions and winter decorations. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-11-13 | Patch Notes – Verse 4 Patch 4 – Nov. 13, Build 42.16.4036 | Verse 4 Patch 4 lets players claim one plot for 400 Grace, adds round-robin party gold, and reworks NPC and animal loot tables. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-11-07 | Work in Progress, upcoming small features and fixes | Pax Dei's next update adds party compass markers, revised weapon cooldowns, chat slash commands, reworked loot tables, and new building pieces before year-end. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-11-07 | Patch Notes – Verse 4 Patch 3 – Build 42.16.3419 – Nov. 5 | Patch 3 makes crafting success rates consistent with skill difficulty, adds XP for roleplay clothes, rebalances skinning tiers, and fixes a server memory leak. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-11-05 | Plot Management Changes | Pax Dei outlines plot management changes: 400 Grace for a one-month plot per region, no auto-renew, individual Plot Tokens planned at $4.99, and build access… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-10-31 | Patch Notes – Oct. 31 | Patch opens the EU world Fenrir, retunes population indicator brackets, makes adult beech trees choppable with the Bronze Axe, and fixes boar relics, VFX… | store.steampowered.com |