Keep Your Existing Save
Fields of Mistria reached full release on August 5, 2026. The official 1.0 FAQ says all existing saves carry over and can access the new content regardless of prior progress. Starting a new farm is therefore optional, not a requirement for a safe or complete upgrade.
Returning players should update the game and load the established save before deciding whether to restart. Systems that ended at an Early Access boundary can now present additional objectives around work already completed. Review mail, the quest log, Town Rank, museum collections, relationship progress, and the Mines to see where the release content connects to that save.
Steam achievements are retroactive where the save already contains the required progress. The official notes instruct players to load the save so eligible achievements can be recognized and awarded. This preserves earlier accomplishments without forcing every task to be repeated solely for the platform achievement system.
Finish Town and Museum Progression
Version 1.0 makes the Town Repair storyline completable. Town-wide work is no longer limited to the progression ceiling from Early Access, giving established saves a clear reason to revisit requests and restoration objectives. Follow the new quest text rather than relying on an older guide that stops where the unfinished version once ended.
Town Rank now extends to Rank 100 in the official release. That full-release cap overrides lower maximums recorded by references written during Early Access, although earlier gates such as Stone Rank at level 10 remain relevant to their own unlock sequence. Renown still fits naturally with quests, shipping, museum donations, and other town-supporting play.
The museum can also be completed in 1.0. Returning collectors should review missing sets and new objectives before selling unfamiliar finds, while new players can continue the habit of donating eligible first copies. Exact collection tables should remain versioned separately, but the official headline is clear: completion is now part of the released progression rather than a future promise.
Continue Relationships into Family Life
The 1.0 update raises the relationship heart cap to 10. It adds proposals, weddings, marriage, and children, extending relationship play beyond the courtship ceiling available during Early Access. These systems belong to the full-release update and should not be confused with later patch fixes.
An established relationship save can continue rather than starting over. Load the save, review the current heart level and new objectives, and follow the in-game relationship requirements as they appear. Avoid using old candidate guides as complete instructions when they were written before proposals and married life were implemented.
The release also adds more content around the town and its residents, but this page does not invent dates, gift values, or event thresholds that are not established by the cited official overview. Character-specific guides should cite current schedules and relationship requirements separately. The version page records what changed at the system level and directs detailed searches to evidence-backed pages.
Explore the Expanded Full Release
Official notes describe new endgame progression alongside the completion of existing town systems. The Mistril event is part of that expansion, and the Saturday Market gains the Plaza and Bell Tower as full-release additions. These features show that 1.0 is more than a stability label: it extends places and objectives after the Early Access stopping points.
The Mines and other progression areas should be revisited when loading an older save. A new objective may depend on Town Rank, mail, a prerequisite quest, or a named meeting, so check those visible conditions before assuming that carried-over progress is broken. The same evidence-based troubleshooting used for the early Mines unlock remains useful later in the game.
Players should distinguish a full-release feature from a later repair. Version 1.0.0 introduced the headline systems, while 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 addressed bugs, crashes, quality-of-life issues, translations, and other release follow-up work. Reading the sequence prevents a fix from being misreported as a system that existed unchanged on launch day.
Review Localization and Platform Status
The full release introduced seven beta localizations, and the official FAQ described those translations as still in progress at about three quarters complete at that time. Later patches added further translation work, so language quality can change after the base 1.0 release. Check the current patch notes when a line differs from an older guide or appears incomplete.
Fields of Mistria remains presented on its official Steam store page as a PC game. The official FAQ says the developers are focused on PC and will evaluate ports later, which is not a confirmed release announcement for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, or another console. Platform pages must preserve that distinction and avoid inventing release dates.
The official FAQ also states that the price did not rise with the 1.0 update. This page avoids quoting a store price because regional pricing can change and should be checked directly on Steam. The stable supported point is that the full-release transition itself was not announced as a price increase.
Install Patches After 1.0.0
Patch 1.0.1 followed the full release with fixes documented on the official site. Patch 1.0.2 became the current version covered by this site on August 11, 2026. It includes additional quality-of-life work, bug and crash fixes, new hairstyles, overlay performance improvements, added translations, and a fix for a Shooting Star Festival softlock.
Install the latest available patch before diagnosing a quest or event that appears stuck. A full-release guide explains intended progression, but patch notes are the authoritative place for fixes added after launch. If a problem is not described by the official notes, do not treat a single workaround report as verified instructions for every player.
Use the Updates page for the current patch and direct official links, while keeping this page focused on the 1.0 release boundary. The practical return route is straightforward: update the game, load the existing save, let retroactive achievements register, then review unfinished town, museum, relationship, and exploration goals. A new save remains available for players who want a fresh narrative sequence, not because compatibility requires it.
Recheck the official notes whenever the installed version changes. That keeps release advice tied to the developer’s published record instead of an outdated community summary. It also makes clear which facts describe 1.0.0 and which arrived in the maintenance patches that followed.