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Alpha, eighteen and over. Anyone can download and install Thornswood. Playing is locked until you apply in the Discord and are given the role. Apply →

Every release

What changed, newest first. The same list the launcher shows.

Launcher 1.2.9 is current.

10-27-2026 3:14 PM

The Thornswood icon now matches everywhere, and a round of fixes

  • The launcher's shortcut and taskbar icon and the website's tab show the same Thornswood badge. At small sizes, where the full name can't be read, the badge shows TW.
  • Thornswood's own game files now come from the signed release over a secure connection.
  • Pictures and recordings you share in the gallery no longer carry where and when they were made.
  • What you say in chat near others is no longer written into your game's log file.
  • The launcher's music shows in the Windows Volume Mixer as the Thornswood launcher.
  • Steam's update setting stays the way you chose it.
  • Meals count the food you actually ate, and sleeping in a bed keeps you drunk rather than hung over.
  • Rent and debts carry over when a deed changes hands, and a steward can mark rent paid.
10-27-2026 3:28 AM

A clearer Play screen, Cheat Death and empty containers

Everything tested on the dev build over the last week and a half now reaches everybody.

  • The Ready card on Play says what is wrong in a few words, and its Open Steam button notices Steam start or close by itself
  • Cheat Death leaves you standing at one health instead of letting you die
  • Containers in the world start empty, and a crafting bench opens only for somebody who can make something there
  • Item menus and the HUD no longer show gold values
  • A cook comes out burnt, plain or fine by your rank, and tea can be brewed at a cooking pot
  • Hair is redrawn at once when its colour changes, so a hair dye shows straight away
  • Launcher text is easier to read in every theme
  • Removing the launcher takes its pinned taskbar shortcut with it
  • The launcher checks each release's signed list of files and notes the result in its log
  • Every download of the game client carries the licence texts of the libraries inside it, and the launcher offers their source

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