- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon is 20% off! - 14 September 2026
To celebrate Steam Party-Based RPG Fest, Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon is now 20% off!Sell your finest weapons—or equip your adventurers with them.Choose your materials, craft equipment, and send a party into the dungeon. Use the materials they bring back to forge even better gear. Discover the satisfying loop of running your own blacksmith shop and outfitting your next expedition.The sale ends September 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM PDT.If you've been thinking about opening your own forge, now is a great time to jump in!Visit the Steam store pageThank you to everyone already playing and supporting the game! Quench Forge
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon Update (EA r170) Patch Notes - 13 August 2026
We're sorry for two disruptions around save data in quick succession. This update fixes both: saving becoming impossible / saves being lost, and the older saves missing from the load list that our own fix caused.First, the important partYour save data has not been deleted. Your older saves are still on your PC — the game simply stopped listing them. Installing r170 and launching the game restores them to the list automatically.FixesFixed older-version saves disappearing from the load list. r169 added a step that clears old history entries when storage runs low. Because previous-version history entries carry the oldest dates, they were always cleared first — and clearing them frees no space at all, so the process kept going and removed them all. Previous-version history is now excluded from that clean-up entirely.The list is repaired automatically. On the first launch of r170, the game r…
- Lightweight Foundation Update Celebration — 20% Off for One Week - 4 August 2026
To celebrate the release of our lightweight update, Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon is 20% off for one week starting today! This update makes the game lighter while keeping its gameplay and content fundamentally unchanged. We have also rebuilt the underlying foundation so fixes and improvements can be delivered more quickly going forward. Appraise materials, forge equipment, hire adventurers, and send them into the dungeons. With 79 jobs, Workshop enhancement and Modifier rerolls, a broad technology tree, debt and recurring costs, public order, and Stampedes, this is a management sim about reading the numbers and building the greatest smithy in town. New players: This is a great week to begin your blacksmith-management journey with a lighter version of the game. Returning players: Your existing save data carries over automatically through Steam Cloud. No manual migration is required. Current…
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon — Lightweight Foundation Update (EA r167) Patch Notes - 4 August 2026
Thank you, as always, for playing Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon. This update makes the game lighter while keeping its gameplay and content fundamentally unchanged. What Changed The game has been made lighter. We reviewed the underlying systems and processing so the game can run more smoothly. The game's foundation has been rebuilt to support faster updates going forward. This will shorten the time needed to deliver fixes and improvements, allowing us to respond to your feedback more quickly than before. Gameplay and Save Data The core gameplay and balance—including forging, shop management, adventurers, dispatch, and the technology tree—remain fundamentally the same. Your existing save data carries over automatically. Progress stored through Steam Cloud will be loaded when the game starts, so no manual migration is required. This update may not look dramatically different, but it is an imp…
- A note from the developer — a major overhaul is underway - 18 July 2026
Hi everyone,First, thank you for the detailed bug reports and feedback over the past weeks. I read every one of them, and the care you put into them genuinely helps.I want to be honest about where the game is right now. I develop Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon on my own, and I'm currently focused on a major overhaul of the game's foundation. The performance hitches (especially at high speed) and the UI bugs some of you have hit are things I can only really fix at the source — so that's what I'm doing.Why this is good news for you:Smoother performance, and far fewer of the stutters and UI glitches you've been running into.I'll be able to ship fixes and updates much faster from here on — the current setup makes every UI fix slow.A rebuilt first-hour experience for new players, which I don't feel does the game justice today. That part is on me.It all arrives as a free update to the game you al…
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon Update (EA r166) Patch Notes - 11 July 2026
New & ImprovedOwned job levels. The job-change screen now lists an adventurer's level in every job they've leveled (current job marked), so you can see which jobs they've held and at what level. The list scrolls, so it stays tidy even with many jobs."Keep cap" input polish. Cleaned up the font size and colors of the per-material keep-cap input field so it fits the rest of the UI.FixesFixed a job-name display bug where "Sage" and "Grand Sage" both showed as "Grand Sage." It now displays correctly across all languages.
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon Update (EA r163) Patch Notes - 9 July 2026
Per-material "keep cap": You can now set a keep cap for each material in the inventory (e.g., Wood=10, Mithril=30). When you claim dispatch rewards, only newly-received amounts above the cap are auto-sold — your existing stock is never sold. This keeps warehouse space free for the materials you actually want, and makes auto-repeat runs easier to leave unattended.Obtained / auto-sold log: Claiming rewards now lists "◆ Obtained" and "◆ Auto-sold (+gold)" materials in the battle log, so you can see exactly what came in and what was sold.
- Update 0 "World Update" is live — now in 9 languages & more stable! - 3 July 2026
Hello, shopkeepers! Today we're releasing UBT's first major update — Update 0 "World Update."🌍 Now in 9 languages … Japanese / English / Simplified Chinese / Korean / German / Russian / French / Polish / Spanish. If the language barrier held you back, you can now run your appraiser-shopkeeper empire in your own language. ⚙️ More stable … we fixed many issues and slowdowns — the game runs noticeably smoother now.This update was shaped directly by your Early Access feedback. Thank you, truly.🔨 Whether you're new or returning, now's a great time to jump in. Share thoughts and bug reports in the Discussions or in-game — we read every one. And if you're enjoying it, a quick Steam review helps a solo dev enormously 🙏(P.S.) Also from Quench Forge: the 3D tower-defense OUTWORKS (Jul 7) and the automation-factory builder FLOWORKS (Jul 10). Wishlist them if they look fun!
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon | Update 0 "World Update" — 9 Languages & Stability - 3 July 2026
🌍 Localization (9 Languages) The game is now playable in 9 languages: Japanese / English / Simplified Chinese / Korean / German / Russian / French / Polish / Spanish Switch anytime in Settings — run your appraiser-shopkeeper empire in your own language.⚙️ Stability & PerformanceGeneral stability improvementsFixed slowdowns/freezes some players hit on certain setups🐛 Bug FixesFixed many issues reported by players🙏 To everyone playing — and sending so much feedback: Update 0 was shaped by your voices. Early Access continues, with more to come. Thank you!
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon Update (EA r142) Patch Notes - 2 July 2026
Thank you so much for playing Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon! This is a big cumulative update since the last public build (EA r93). We've rolled up many new features, quality-of-life improvements, balance changes, and bug fixes. It's organized by category, so feel free to jump to what interests you.🆕 New & notableReworked the forge-completion screen. It now adapts to the situation:Mass crafting (stock cleanup, batch production) shows a light toast that stacks in the bottom-right, with a countdown bar; click to expand the full details (with quick Keep / Scrap buttons).A high-rarity piece still gets the full detail card with proper flair.Under Settings → Gameplay → "Crafting Display", choose the mode (Auto / Toast only / Detail card only) and the rarity threshold for showing the detail card.Added an "Updates" panel to the title screen. See your recent update history and the version you're pl…
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon Update (EA r93) Patch Notes - 28 June 2026
\Added Steam Achievements support. Unlocked achievements are now recorded on your Steam profile and overlay. (Achievement icons are still being prepared.)The in-game achievement list is temporarily unavailable while we consolidate everything into Steam Achievements (please check them on Steam).Added 14 completionist achievements: reach dungeon floor 25 / 75, defeat every monster type, obtain every material type, work every job, raise a job to level 10, max out a weapon mastery, learn 50 skills, forge 500 items, deck one adventurer out in a full Legendary set, earn 10,000,000 / 1,000,000,000 gold in total sales, defeat 100 rare monsters, and beat the boss of every dungeon.\Fixed the "World Explorer" achievement, which could never unlock.Fixed the dispatch reward button sometimes remaining visible on the other tab after a reward was already claimed.The equipment-change screen now shows wh…
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon Update (EA r92) Patch Notes - 28 June 2026
\Fixed rare familiars in the Familiar Contract screen not showing their modifier prefix (e.g. "Searing", "Cursed"), which made them look like duplicates. The enemy-modifier data was not being loaded when the screen was opened right after loading a save.The Forge and Contract buttons in the adventurer detail equipment rows are now reliably left-aligned (they could appear on the right under some conditions).
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon Update (EA r91) Patch Notes - 28 June 2026
\Dispatch auto-loop now stops for that round when a party member is injured. Previously only the injured member returned, rejoined automatically after healing, and the loop never stopped.Fixed tech-tree nodes such as "Understanding of Mana" failing to recognize that you have obtained an attribute (magic) material. Materials looted on dispatches and materials you currently hold are now counted correctly toward the requirement.Fixed the Cancel button label being blank on the item-discard confirmation dialog.Fixed the Forge button appearing in the adventurer detail equipment list before the workshop (enhancement) tech was unlocked.
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon Update (EA r90) Patch Notes - 28 June 2026
\Fixed an issue where starting a New Game would not show the difficulty-select window, making it impossible to begin a new game (a regression introduced with the r89 rendering optimization). Other pop-up windows opened after the game starts (Settings, Save/Load, and various dialogs) that could likewise fail to appear or respond are resolved by the same fix.Fixed auto-equip not unlocking the "equip" achievement.\The material shop now shows your material stock count (current / max) at the top of the screen, on the opposite side from your gold.Fixed an issue where a single familiar (vessel) item could be equipped into more than one slot at the same time.
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon Update (EA r89) Patch Notes - 27 June 2026
PerformanceMajor performance / smoothness improvement Fixed the heaviness and occasional brief freezes some players ran into — especially with many windows open or on lower-spec PCs. We reworked how the UI is drawn so the game only redraws the parts of the screen that actually change, cutting per-frame UI rendering cost by roughly 60% in heavy scenes. No changes to visuals, controls, or gameplay.
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon Update (EA r87) Patch Notes - 27 June 2026
Bug FixesFixed crafting-effect slowdown / freeze On some hardware, the rarity craft VFX (sparks, flash, ring, aura, screen frame, etc.) could become heavy and make the game briefly unresponsive. We changed how the effect is drawn (visuals are unchanged), so it stays smooth even on lower-end PCs.ImprovementsWorkshop: item rarity now updates when you enchant or remove modifiers Adding or removing a trait re-evaluates the item's rarity from its current composition.Added a Forge button on each equipment row in the adventurer detail screen Open that piece of gear directly in the workshop (enhance, enchant, reroll/remove effects).Encyclopedia: the 7 starting jobs are now shown by name from the start The job unlock count now starts at 7/79.MiscInternal cleanup (removed unused assets and dead code).
- New Beginner's Guide is Live! - 27 June 2026
Hi everyone, this is the developer! For everyone wondering "what do I do?" or "how does this system actually work?", we've published a beginner-to-intermediate guide. It covers the spots players most often get stuck on in the first 30 minutes, plus the tips that make everything click. What's inside How crafting works (main material = stats / optional materials = trait rolls / quality score & rarity) Material shop, adventurers, skills, jobs, and dispatch tips How to read CP (Combat Power) — and its pitfalls Vessels (familiars), injury/death & the clinic Running the shop (customers, sales, public order & stampedes) Automation (auto-craft / auto-display / auto-loop) and handy tips ▶ Read the guide: Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon — Beginner's Guide (Core Systems & Tips) Feedback, requests, and bug reports are always welcome — use the in-game bug-report button or the community hub. Have a great…
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon Update (EA r86) Patch Notes - 26 June 2026
Language auto-detectThe game now auto-detects your system language on first launch — non-Japanese systems start in English instead of being stuck in Japanese (some players couldn't find the language option before). You can change the language anytime in Settings.
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon Update (EA r85) Patch Notes - 26 June 2026
Crafting FX OverhaulThe forge-result presentation has been completely reworked. From Common to Artifact, the effects escalate by rarity: sparks, a central flash, an expanding ring, a card shine sweep, rotating light rays, an edge glow, a screen flash, falling glints, screen shake, and an aura. The top-tier Artifact adds a special screen-edge flash.New forging audio. Hammer taps play first, then the result appears with a rarity-based chime. Higher rarities sound thicker and wider.Rapid crafting (for grinders). Pressing craft again during the hammer taps jumps straight to the next craft, so you can mass-produce at speed.Fixes & ImprovementsAfter some option materials run out during back-to-back crafting, you can now keep crafting without pressing "Clear" first.After healing an injury or reviving an adventurer at the clinic, the dispatch screen's idle-adventurer list now updates HP/status…
- Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon Update (EA r83-84) Patch Notes - 25 June 2026
You can now see the full breakdown of how an adventurer's combat stats are calculated. Hover Attack, Defense, etc. in the adventurer detail window to expand the entire calculation that leads to the final value: each equipment slot (base × weapon mastery × adjustment), each modifier's multiplier, job bonus, meal buff, and the encyclopedia-completion bonus, with running subtotals per section. It makes clear exactly why a number ends up where it is (the final value shown is the same value used in combat).Weapon-mastery and modifier-proficiency effects now show on hover. In the "Skill / Proficiency" window, hover a weapon-mastery entry to see "Lv / cap → equipment stat multiplier", and a proficiency entry to see its current level and purpose.Added collection progress (N / M) to the encyclopedia. The Monsters tab shows "Defeated N / M total" and the Jobs tab shows "Unlocked N / M jobs". In a…
