Dear players!

The Open Beta of PIONER has come to an end and we’re truly grateful to our community of players for participating and providing us with valuable feedback. We’ll carefully review all that you’ve sent us.

As a token of gratitude for your patience and support, all Open Beta participants will receive, in addition to the “Combat Classic” weapon skin, 200 Efritan Crystals (premium currency) after the game’s release.

We want to emphasize that the primary goal of the Open Beta was to identify complex issues under real player load. We are now actively working on fixing the most critical ones:

— Critical progression-saving errors

— Server stability issues

We understand that many players encountered problems during the Open Beta. The test build contained several critical issues, and we acknowledge that more thorough pre-testing would have resulted in a smoother experience. It is undoubtedly our responsibility to ensure player comfort.

We will not promise quick fixes, nor will we announce new content until these fundamental issues are resolved. Our top priority is to use the data gathered during testing to ensure the game runs stably at release.

Work on fixes continues with doubled effort. Thank you for staying with us and helping us make PIONER better!

We will soon announce a new stress test — details will be shared in advance.

Greetings fellow cultivators. Here is another patch of various smaller fixes.

• Total cats purchased wasn't counting as intended, should be fixed and properly displayed now
  
  
• The progression bar for cultivation wasn't working past level 100
  
  
• Fixed bug where herb conversion displayed correct cost but didn't take correct amount of spirit stones in some cases
  
  
• Added fixes to Collection Log filters
  
  
• Fixed some logic in combat (Thanks to Yukihime for spotting and fixing)

こんにちは、氷冠スタジオの紫江凜です。

本日より、発売に向けてキャストコメントを公開いたします。

Hello, this is Shierin from Hyoukan Studio.

Starting today, we will be releasing cast comments in preparation for the release.

※機械翻訳を使用しています。

※Machine translation is being used.

ヴィルヘルム役：林重吾

Cast Comments

Wilhelm role: Jugo Hayashi

異世界・ミステリアス・緊張感・ダークファンタジーとクールな印象を受けました。

ただ覗いてみればそこには気のいい人がいて、いたずら好きの人がいて、いい性格(笑)の人がいて、明るく力強い営みがあるように感じました。

彼らの出自や因縁と一緒に、人との関係性がじっくり描かれているところが本当に魅力的な作品です。

Question 1: What are your impressions of the Knight Case Files series?

I got a cool impression of another world, mystery, tension, and dark fantasy.

Just peeking in, I sensed there were kind-hearted people, pranksters, folks with great personalities (lol), and a bright, vigorous energy.

What makes this work truly captivating is how it meticulously portrays the characters' backgrounds and connections, alongside their relationships with others.

PVからお世話になっていますが・・・ヴィルヘルムが僕でいいんですか！？というのが正直な感想でした。

風凪ひかりさんデザインの今作のキャラクターの中でもかっこかわいい印象でしたが、読み進めるうちにぱっと見では分からない魅力を感じて、他の誰にも渡したくない良い相棒としてのめりこむことが出来ました。

Question 2: Please tell us about your experience before and after portraying your character.

I've been following you since the PV... but honestly, my reaction was, “Wilhelm, is it really okay for me to be the one!?”

Among the characters designed by Kazenagi Hikari for this work, she stood out as both cool and cute. Yet as I read on, I discovered a charm not immediately apparent at first glance, and I became completely hooked on her as a partner I wouldn't want to share with anyone else.

トファーフは最初まったく太刀打ちできないというか、高嶺の花というか、知識や能力的に圧倒的な場所にいる人の様に感じましたが・・・関わっていくうちに凄く幼かったりもろい部分が見えてきて、そこがヴィルとしても非常に共感できた部分なんだと思います。

からかわれたり常識が合わなかったりする部分を見ると、

「あ、あなた、いやうん、あんたはさーーーーなんでさーーーーもーーー！」

と言いたくなったりもします(笑)

Question 3: Please tell us your thoughts on Tofafu, with whom you had particularly frequent interactions.

At first, Topherf felt completely out of my league—like an unattainable ideal, someone standing in a place of overwhelming knowledge and ability... But as I got to know him, I saw how incredibly childlike and fragile he could be, and I think that's what Vil could really relate to.

When I see parts where they tease me or our common sense doesn't align,

I feel like saying, “Ah, you, no, wait, you know what? Why the heck do you—?”

(laugh)

Knight Case Filesに出演出来て本当にうれしく思います！

芯のあるストーリーやキャラクター同士の微妙な距離感が本当に魅力的で、収録中もヴィルと一緒に戸惑い、笑い、怒り・・・。物語の温度や空気をお届けできるように演じました。

ぜひ楽しんでいただければ嬉しいです。

Question 4: Please share a message for those interested in the Knight Case Files series!

I'm truly thrilled to be appearing in Knight Case Files!

The core story and the subtle distance between characters are truly captivating. During recording, I felt confused, laughed, and got angry alongside Vir... I performed to convey the story's warmth and atmosphere.

I hope you enjoy it.

重吾さん、ありがとうございました！

Jugo, thank you very much!

Hello everyone, I want to clarify an issue regarding some Steam keys for the game. A number of keys were recently revoked because they were obtained and resold without my permission by an unauthorized third-party website. These keys were never part of any official sale, bundle, or partnership. I did not receive any money from these unauthorized sales. If you bought a key from a third-party reseller, you can easily request a refund directly from the seller, since they took your payment. They are responsible for compensating you — not Steam and not me as the developer. Only purchases made through the official Steam Store are guaranteed and supported. Thank you for your understanding, and I apologize for any inconvenience caused by this unauthorized key distribution. — Developer

• Optimized the trigger response for moving the viewport by mouse movement to screen edges in the layout panel at different resolutions

• Fixed some collectible acquisition judgment issues caused by community extension calculation methods

• Fixed the community map tile expansion count statistics issue in career statistics

• Added Mod: Immune to villagers getting sick

• Added Mod: Block villagers' daily morning demand request events

■ Update Details

We have worked together with the developer to address the issues reported by players and have released Ver.1.37.
Additionally, to help players easily verify the version, a version indicator has been added to the upper-left corner of the title screen.

■ Fixed Issues

• Incorrect interaction detection on the door when captured by Goblins and placed in the jail

• Frequent issue on Dungeon Floor 4 where skill attacks (S key) could not be activated

• Bug related to the jar-shaped tentacle enemy

• Event CGs that should have been hidden continued to display

• Bug related to the tavern in the slums

• In the fully naked state, breast-interaction scenes caused layered/overlapping character portraits

■ Issues Under Investigation

We are continuing to review additional reports sent by players and will work with the developer to address them as quickly as possible.
If you encounter further issues, please consider providing information through the following methods:

📣 Discord Bug Report Channel (screenshots and save files can be uploaded)
💬 Steam Comment Section (please provide detailed reproduction steps whenever possible)

Discord Link:

https://discord.gg/mangoparty

■ Thank You for Your Support!

We sincerely appreciate your patience and support.
We will continue working hard to deliver a better gaming experience!

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＊Previously Fixed Issues＊

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• Fixed an issue where players could freely save inside the dungeon. Saving on certain floors previously caused save data corruption and game crashes. Saving is now disabled in these areas.

• To prevent similar issues in the future, a “Forced Return to Town” safety mechanism has been added. If an abnormal dungeon save is loaded, the character will automatically be returned to a safe area.
  　→ This is expected to reduce crash occurrences for some players in labyrinth areas.

• Fixed an issue where enemies stopped attacking when MP reached 0 on the 4th dungeon floor, causing players to become stuck in battle.

• Fixed an issue where the character’s status display remained in Japanese when entering the Aroused state in the dungeon while using the English language setting. Several other untranslated elements have also been corrected.

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• Fixed incorrect image file names in the Simplified Chinese version

• Fixed an issue where pressing the S key in the dungeon caused abnormal behavior

• Regarding the issues on the 3rd dungeon floor: a temporary fix has been applied so that dungeon state automatically resets when loading a save. A full official fix will be released once the root cause is confirmed.

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• Reported by English players:
  　Custom key bindings were automatically reset to the default WASD configuration when entering the dungeon.
  　→ This issue has been fixed.

• Reported by Korean players:
  　Settings were reset upon entering the dungeon, causing inconvenience.
  　→ This issue has been fixed.

• Corrected several text elements that were still displayed in Japanese.

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• Fixed an issue where the game mistakenly triggered the “day change system” during dungeon exploration, causing the player to be forcibly returned to the inn after 9 PM and immediately advanced to the next day.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed Sentries shooting themselves

• Fixed dead Enemies dropping weapons on the other side of a wall when dying really close to a wall

• Fixed being unable to blink when at the top of the navigation area

• Fixed up navigation issues in the levels: holes in the navigation area, invisible wall issues and unreachable ground tiles + some general tidy up

• Modding: Fixed a regression where Dawnsbury Days would crash when loading a Cleric sheet that had the Domain Initiate feat if you had DawnniExpanded installed.
  
• Encounters (S5E2): Large creatures no longer see duplicate Consecrate or Win the encounter button.
  
• Encounters (S5E2): Large creatures no longer suffer negative damage multiple times in the shrine.
  
• Encounters (S9E5): Fixed that you lost the encounter if the summoned erinys or infantry devil died.

The professional world of tattooing is always trying to put each artist in a box. And of course, the video game world does that too.

For every traditional-style tattoo, there is a pixel-art video game.

As a tattoo artist, the closest box I can be put in is probably “ignorant style,” and so I think it’s only fitting that I’d call the style of the game ignorant as well.

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What I like the most about art is the sense of style. I don’t really care about technique as much as I care about the recognizability of the artist.

I’ve always loved the moment when I can tell who the artist is through their work. I think that’s what impresses me the most in many different mediums.

Chrono Trigger’s character artist is obviously the same guy who does Dragon Ball - nobody needed to tell me that. Across different forms of media even - you just know it’s Akira Toriyama.

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So instead of technique, what I strive for as an artist is that; recognizability.

It’s not really for acclaim or anything like that, but I think it’s just a fun goal.

So while “ignorant style” is kind of a jab by the old-school studio / trad-dad tattoo artists, I kind of like the ignorance of not caring about technique - because as they say, ignorance is bliss.

I used to strive for technique when growing up and drawing, but perfection is a stressful thing to reach for. And I don’t think art should be stressful.

When I really looked at whether I value technique like that as an adult - when it comes to the video game world, AAA hyper-realistic games don’t excite me anymore. It's that je ne sais quoi.

I’ve seen real life, show me something else now.