Bellwright Hotfix [] Patch Notes (3rd July 2026)

Bellwright's latest hotfix landed on 3rd July and focuses on stability and quality-of-life fixes rather than new features. The standout change here is a fix for players losing their character during co-op reconnection, which has clearly been a friction point for multiplayer sessions.

Beyond that, the patch addresses several smaller but persistent annoyances. Health bars no longer appear on neutral NPCs when they shouldn't, NPC work details display correctly on inspect screens, and pet animals now respond properly after waking from sleep. The merchant screen also gained missing tooltips for pet animals, and character names that exceed the UI limit now display without breaking the layout.

There's also a fix for occasional crashes during group travel between maps and a rare crash tied to NPCs opening gates while they close. NPCs will now show their nicknames rather than full names in screens that previously used nicknames only, restoring consistency. It's a solid round of housekeeping that should smooth out some of the rougher edges in both single and multiplayer play. The full list, including every NPC display adjustment, is below.

Fixed health bars displaying on neutral NPCs when they turn hostile.
Fixed occasional crashes during group travel to a different map.
Fixed animal interactions after they wake up from sleep.
Fixed wrong work details sometimes displaying on the NPC inspect screen or when hovering over an NPC map icon.
Fixed crashes on clients when hovering over a pet in a trader list.
Fixed missing tooltips for pet animals at the animal merchant.
Adjusted character names when they exceed the UI limit.
Fixed players sometimes losing their character in co-op when reconnecting.
Fixed a rare crash related to NPCs trying to open gates while they are closing.
Made NPCs display their nicknames rather than full names in screen that previously used nicknames only.