Status of the NPC update

[Karl Franz]

Hey there, i haven't played in about 6 months or so, maybe longer, and i was curious what the situation of the NPC update is and when it's coming out? I've looked it up countless times but all i've found was a small article on how they did have NPC's in the game recently but decided to temporarily take them out again because of technical issues. Other than that, i haven't found anything.

Is there an ETA on when NPC's will be re-added to the game?

[philaletheist]

Originally posted by Karl Franz:

Is there an ETA on when NPC's will be re-added to the game?

no

[Silamon]

Build 42 is adding a lot of stuff to help support npcs, like animals and better crafting.

But it won't have npcs. Maybe build 43?

[Grizzly]

hm... you looked it up countles times yet you didnt find the countles posts about it? it will come in build 43. and before you ask "when will that come out" use the search function this time

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Grizzly:

hm... you looked it up countles times yet you didnt find the countles posts about it? it will come in build 43. and before you ask "when will that come out" use the search function this time

He is just trying to deflect the upcoming could have looked it up and searched for yourself. Literaly two things are needed to be checked the release table, meaning which version will have NPC-s and the latest post that was locked, like half a day ago that was about update, abandonment etc.

[Great_Puffer]

we need to pin a post answering these questions so we dont have to

[Silamon]

Originally posted by Great_Puffer:

we need to pin a post answering these questions so we dont have to

You think that would stop people from asking?

[Death]

Originally posted by Great_Puffer:

we need to pin a post answering these questions so we dont have to

Yeah, that doesn't work. It was already tried at one point and we still had these threads popping up once a week at least.

To OP, as others have said, there are no ETAs, but according to the road map, the most basic NPCs (a static version if I remember correctly) will come in either build 43 or 44 and the full versions will be added in either build 44 or 45. These are obviously tentative.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Death:

Originally posted by Great_Puffer:

we need to pin a post answering these questions so we dont have to

Yeah, that doesn't work. It was already tried at one point and we still had these threads popping up once a week at least.

Not just here anywhere. Sticky posts are not read by most folks. Even if it states how to contact the devs for tech issues:P (In another game's disc.)
Also we have the different kinds of Discussions, on the right side, arranged by themes, but it does not work, since General Discussion is the first one you arrive at when you click on discussions again it usually does not work. Most folks migrate towards the thing with the least resistance(aka the least clicks needed:P).
While steam's forum was a simple only general discussion it worked well in its form, but Steam needs to overhaul how its forum "looks and works". Because currently most of the additional features are not really used.

[Heart 🎕]

Originally posted by Silamon:

Originally posted by Great_Puffer:

we need to pin a post answering these questions so we dont have to

You think that would stop people from asking?

[Cryptic]

we need npcs very badly. it would make the game SO MUCH cooler

[clover <3]

Originally posted by Cryptic:

we need npcs very badly. it would make the game SO MUCH cooler

what do you think the devs are doing lmao

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Cryptic:

we need npcs very badly. it would make the game SO MUCH cooler

Soo much coded:P