From Press Release:
BOSTON, Massachusetts – April 9th, 2026 — Today, Crate Entertainment is proud to announce that the journey to the Farthest Frontier begins anew with the global release of patch v1.1! The celebrated medieval citybuilder now receives its first major post-release update, adding a host of new features and content to the base game, including the highly anticipated Gridless build mode for the pioneers who want more freedom as they craft their settlements. In addition, the free update introduces a Guided Journey to ease new players into their frontier adventures, a building management tool for quick management of multiple structures simultaneously, the ability to copy & paste building settings, and much more!
Speaking on last year’s launch and the journey to Update 1.1, CEO & Creative Director Arthur Bruno shared the following:
“Thanks to the tireless work of the Farthest Frontier team, we’re able to share this incredible update with building placement changes I wouldn’t have even thought feasible a year ago,” Bruno says. “The Gridless building system will provide more power than ever for players to customize the look of their towns; while the Guided Journey is our response to new players seeking more direction and goals early on. We’re excited to see how players react and the towns they’re able to craft with this new freedom.”
- Reception since going launching 1.0
- Any particular notable community responses that resulted in changes for the update
- What you’re seeing in the genre these days
- Company’s approach to major updates
Farthest Frontier first released into Early Access in August 2022 and immediately set itself apart in the medieval citybuilder space for its detailed farming and production mechanics, immersive atmosphere, and balanced gameplay for players of all experience levels. After several major updates, the 1.0 release of Farthest Frontier released globally in October 2025, including all previously released content as well as a completely revamped progression system, new customizations, and many more new features. Along the way, Farthest Frontier has accumulated 1.2 million copies sold and 1.6 million wishlists, with community feedback consistently solicited and implemented by the Crate Entertainment team.
The new v1.1 release of Farthest Frontier features:
- Gridless build mode
- A Guided Journey with objectives to follow for newcomers
- Building management tool for quickly managing multiple buildings at once
- The ability to copy & paste building settings
- A new wooden bridge, now available at tier 2
- New decorations, including grass clearing and wild flowers
- The addition of a rebuild all button to the destroyed buildings notification
- The ability to hide widgets during building placement
- Production buildings with overlays (such as mines) now display desirability widgets over shelters during placement
- Added search function in the tech tree
- Bug fixes, QoL improvements, and more!
Key Features
- Build, Enhance & Advance: Construct over 190 different buildings as you grow your town from a fledgling settlement to a bustling city. Your town center and housing will advance through multiple building tiers as the prosperity and desirability of your town increases and advancements are made in a vast 140+ point Tech Tree. Upgrade production buildings to increase efficiency and enable the manufacturing of more advanced items. Construct a temple and customize your people’s faith with discoverable relics.
- The Most Detailed Farming System… Ever: Strategically select from 12 crops with unique growing characteristics and configure crop rotations to maintain soil fertility, avoid heat and frost damage, and prevent the accumulation of diseases. Cultivate your fields over time by removing weeds and rocks, raising fertility, and adjusting soil mixture to achieve maximum crop production to keep your growing population fed.
- Advanced Town Simulation: Villagers actively live out their lives and perform their jobs in real-time. Develop roads, construct transport wagons, and set production and storage limits to reduce spoilage and facilitate the efficient movement of goods throughout your settlement.
- Randomly Generated Maps: No playthrough is ever quite the same with completely randomized terrain generation and resource distribution. Beautiful, unique biomes and map themes increase replayability, with more extreme maps leading to distinct challenges. Controls allow players to specify the amount of water or mountains they desire, even down to which resources can generate on the map.
- Idyllic to Brutal: Fully customizable difficulty options (including a Pacifist mode) allow you to turn off features like invaders, disease, and combat for a more tranquil experience… or to max out the difficulty to truly test your town-builder prowess.
- All Them Old-Timey Diseases: Clean drinking water, proper waste disposal, healthy diets for your villagers, and even proper clothing will help combat the variety of diseases and ailments that plagued the medieval era.
- Fend Off Invaders: Progress from wood palisades to stone walls, build towers, barracks and stables, and recruit and equip soldiers in the defense of your town as your rising prosperity attracts the attention of raiders and foreign armies seeking plunder
- Full Mod Support: Take advantage of free Unity development tools and Steam Workshop integration to transform the game to suit your playstyle.
About Crate Entertainment
Crate Entertainment was founded in 2008 to create the kinds of games and experiences that its founders love to play: those with deep gameplay and compelling worlds. The team’s first game, the action-RPG Grim Dawn, was successfully funded through Kickstarter in 2012 and released in 2016 to critical acclaim. The game sits at a 95% score on Steam, with over 5 million copies sold and 5.2 million copies of DLCs.
Farthest Frontier is Crate’s second game, first releasing in August 2022 and then launching into 1.0 on October 23rd, 2025. Since its debut, it has sold over 1.2 million copies.
