Bellwright Hotfix [] Patch Notes (23rd June 2026)
A fresh hotfix tackles gamepad consistency, villager pathfinding, and some nasty client-side crashes that were spawning players outside the map.
Bellwright's latest hotfix lands today with a focus on co-op stability and UI polish. The update squashes a nasty bug where clients could spawn outside the map when joining, which is kills a multiplayer session fast.
Gamepad users get some love here too. Navigation on the research screen is now consistent across all recipe items, and the team fixed keybind hints stretching textures and item tooltip buttons that couldn't fit longer localized text. If you've been wrestling with controller navigation menus, this should feel smoother.
On the AI side, villagers won't get stuck disassembling walls anymore, and bandits have stopped spawning uncontrollably while you sleep. The patch also cleans up saves where bandits were already spawned incorrectly, removes a crash on old village saves, and fixes the Halmayan Coat of plates clipping on female characters. Check the full notes for the complete list of fixes.
Full Patch Notes
▲ Buff▼ Nerf✓ Fix◆ Tweak- Made gamepad navigation consistent for all recipe list items in the research screen.
- Made keybind hint background outline expand without stretching the texture.
- Changed item tooltip buttons hint layout so it can fit longer localized words.
- Fixed villagers sometimes getting stuck while disassembling walls.
- Fixed item slot gamepad options menu closing on clients when a container contains spoiling food items.
- Fixed an issue where clients could spawn outside the map when joining the game.
- Fixed Halmayan Coat of plates armor clipping on female characters.
- Fixed a crash on old saves with an outdated village improvement construction site.
- Fixed a radius slider being visible for Pit when it shouldn't be.
- Added navigation hints and improved visibility of scrollable interactions.
- Fixed bandits sometimes spawning uncontrollably while player is asleep.
- Removed bandits on saves where they were already spawned incorrectly.
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