Summer weddings are back in, babes. I am not waiting a day longer than necessary for my nuptials, so you’ll find me at the altar on August 5 when Fields of Mistria launches its 1.0 update. The full launch will finally bring marriage and babies and a whole lot of other awaited changes to the magical girl farm sim. Who’s going to be standing beside me saying “I do?” I don’t know yet. I’m still deciding.
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Mistria delivered its save the date in a new trailer at the Wholesome Direct showcase today, with a cheeky little peek at some of the parts that are going to have me kicking my feet giggling. There’s a marriage ceremony with the blacksmith March (you’re taking his breath away) and domestic life with Juniper (your baby’s name is rune). I still really enjoy the special details Mistria packs in for its characters like seasonal outfits, including wedding outfit portraits now, and an alternate sprite for Juniper holding your baby, which I assume other spouses will have too.
In its announcement post NPC Studio broke down lots of what’s coming in this 1.0 update. Of course there’s the 10 heart friendship events with villagers, marriage, and children, as mentioned. There are new Saturday Market vendors, one of which you can spot in the trailer named Stillwell. You’ll also be able to raise your town renown level to 100 and complete the town repair quest line, which is likely related to the cutscene featuring Adeline and Eiland’s mother Baroness Linnet there’s a little teaser for at the end. Oh, and a giant, rideable chicken?
For a farm sim lover, my 50 hours in Mistria so far are actually pretty pitiful, but I took a break after the early access launch to wait for more character heart events and town quests. Knowing 1.0 was planned for sometime this year, I booted it back up this spring to start advancing through the friendship stories that have been added but got nowhere near finished. I’ve got a deadline now—time to hit eight hearts with everyone by August so I can drop into relationship endgame on the 5th.
My only question now is: with who? I lamented right at launch two years ago that I couldn’t decide who to date because all of Mistria’s residents are so charming and all the writing is so well done. I still haven’t decided, so I’ve got my work cut out for me there too, oops.
Getting notice about the full release now is actually quite nice. The yearly Steam Summer Sale is coming up this month, so it’s worth watching to see if Mistria goes on discount at all. Its current $14 price is extremely cheap compared to other farmlife sims, though, and NPC Studio confirmed to me this week that it will not be raising the price for the full launch.
The Fields of Mistria 1.0 update launches on August 5 and NPC Studio has said that “early access is just the beginning” so it’s clearly preparing for more updates even after the main game story is complete.
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