Root — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Root 2.1.2 Patch Notes | 2025-12-12 | We have another small patch update, with an adjustment to the Duchy and a bug fix for a known issue. Thank you for your feedback, Woodland warriors!Bug FixesThe Duchy must now move at least one warrior out of the Burrow with Dig if able, to align with upcoming Law of Root clarification. Spring Uprising warriors should now be able to be placed in the Lost City clearing during setup regardless of clearing selection order. |
| Root Digital 2.1.1 Patch notes | 2025-12-10 | Today's hotfix addresses a few bugs following the release of the 2.1 update. Thank you as always for your reports, Woodland warriors!Bug FixesWarriors removed by an Ambush and returned with Feline Physicians should now contribute hits in battle.Rabbit Scouts should now correctly give you the higher die in battle. Modified the position of an ability description highlight in the Clockwork tutorial. |
| Root Digital Patch Notes - 2.1.0 | 2025-12-02 | A new patch update comes to Root Digital, bringing new changes to the leaderboards and a variety of bug fixes! The new leaderboards will reset every month and only account for online games, allowing for each and every Woodland warrior out there to have a chance to shine! May you be victorious in the many battles to come, and thank you as always for your feedback that helps us to make Root Digital the best version of itself it can be! FeaturesLeaderboards will now reset each month, only take online games into account, and award points based on your score at the end of the game. Resigning or being replaced by the AI will result in 0 points. Thi |
| Root Digital 2.0.14 Patch Notes | 2025-11-10 | Today's hotfix brings improvement to the Woodland with fixes for various bugs. Thank you, as always, for your reports, which help us to identify these issues and resolve them as soon as possible!Bug Fixes Marquise, Eyrie, and Keepers warriors once again display their weapons during combat animations.Fixed an issue where undoing the crafting of Coffin Makers could cause a softlock.The Hundreds can no longer use League of Adventurous Mice, as they do not have a crafted items box.Resuming a game should now function correctly for Keepers when returning to a match that was left during a battle and delve action in an empty clearing.Resolved an issu |
| Root Digital 2.0.12 Patch Notes | 2025-11-07 | We’ve been hard at work making improvements to Root Digital since the release of Hirelings & Landmarks! Since our last public patch update, we’ve deployed several hotfixes (including a new one today, 2.0.12) addressing various bugs and issues. In today’s notes, you’ll find a list of the many changes we’ve made in these incremental updates, with improvements to undo behavior, streamlining of several corner-case rules, some UI tidying, and a variety of general fixes. Thank you, Woodland warriors, for your valuable feedback that helps us to continually improve the Root Digital experience!General Fixes & ImprovementsAdvanced Setup now correctly d |
| Root Digital 2.0.3 Patch Notes | 2025-10-23 | We've released a hotfix addressing various bugs following the release of Hirelings & Landmarks. A huge thanks to the players who have reported these issues so we can continue to make Root Digital the best it can be!Bug FixesFixed a number of compatibility issues when moving from the pre-Hirelings version and the post-Hirelings version, particularly around saving and resuming in-progress matches.Fixed an issue where, moving from the pre-Hirelings version into the post-Hirelings version, players may be unable to place Corvid Plot tokens in online multiplayer games.Resolved a case where players on the pre-Hirelings version could not explore the |
| Root Digital 2.0 Patch Notes - Hirelings & Landmarks! | 2025-10-21 | The Woodland is getting wilder! Hirelings & Landmarks arrives with new ways to shape the map, and fresh faces to sway the balance of power!Alongside the new expansion, we’ve shipped a broad round of polish based on your feedback. You’ll notice tighter rules fidelity with the tabletop game, steadier performance, and smarter opponents — all aimed at improving the overall experience.Jump in, explore new combos, and tell us what you uncover — your reports have been instrumental in making Root Digital the best it can be!General Improvements By popular demand, the Marquise Field Hospital timing now matches tabletop in all modes except online async |
| Woodland Wonders - A Look at Landmarks in Root Digital | 2025-10-17 | The Woodland is an old and storied place, and many secrets lay hidden within the thick underbrush of the woods… until now! A Lost City, an Elder Treetop, a Legendary Forge, and even a buzzing Black Market have all come to light. Learn more about these new wonders of the forest in our newest preview article for Hirelings & Landmarks!Read More: Woodland Wonders - A Look at Landmarks in Root DigitalHirelings & Landmarks is coming to Steam on October 20th, with mobile platforms and Nintendo Switch to follow thereafter! The forest roars to life in this new expansion for Root Digital, bringing mischievous mercenaries and new wonders to the Woodland |
| Meet the Hirelings! | 2025-10-13 | With all 13 Hirelings from the tabletop game coming to Root Digital, in the new Hirelings & Landmarks expansion, some introductions are in order! Let’s take a look at some of the Hirelings making their way to the forest, and how their unique skills and abilities will transform your games of woodland warfare!Read the full preview on our website! |
| An Introduction to Hirelings | 2025-10-08 | Hirelings & Landmarks is coming soon to Root Digital on October 20th (with mobile platforms and Nintendo Switch to follow), bringing a whole new layer of cunning, chaos, and cutthroat alliances to the Woodland!We’ve talked before about how Hirelings are neutral mini-factions — think bands of wandering mercenaries — that aren’t controlled by any single player at the start. Instead, they’re up for grabs, ready to be hired by the craftiest commanders in the Woodland. But be warned: Hirelings are fickle in nature, and you’ll only command their loyalty for so long before they offer their services to someone else!Bringing New Life into the Woodland |
| The Hirelings & Landmarks Expansion is Coming to Root Digital! | 2025-09-25 | Critters of the Woodland, gather ‘round: the Hirelings & Landmarks expansion is coming soon to Root Digital!Hirelings bring a whole new layer of cunning alliances and shifting loyalties to your digital battles. These opportunistic critters — feisty Forest Patrols, raucous Rabbit Scouts, conniving Corvid Spies, and more — join the fray as hirable allies! Additionally, Landmarks make their way to Root Digital, adding new points of interest to the Woodland!Hired Help In any game where Hirelings are included, exactly three of them will join your game. They can be added to games of any player count, in either Promoted or Demoted form. Promoted Hir |
| Root Digital Patch 1.34.3 | 2025-04-21 | Today’s small patch fixes some display issues, in particular for players using ultrawide monitors or newer mobile devices. Bugs Fixed black bars appearing at the top of the display for certain mobile devices, in particular newer iOS devices. Fixed handling of safe areas on iOS devices. Fixed the battle scene along with a few other scenes to properly extend left and right on ultrawide display. Fixed pillarboxing on 16:10 displays. Fixed clearing selections so that players can easily place warriors, buildings and other tokens without triggering tooltips. Known Issues The AI timer buffer is given to players who do not have an AI between them and |
| Root Patch 1.34.0 | 2025-04-08 | Denizens of the Woodlands, thank you as always for your reports and suggestions! This patch includes several improvements and fixes that flow from community feedback. For improvements, players can now select a card suit to spend when crafting a card with a wild cost. We are examining other tabletop fidelity improvements too, so stay tuned! Next, we improved display handling to support more aspect ratios and display sizes for both desktop and mobile players. If you spot any irregularities, please send Feedback via game settings or drop us a line at Support@DireWolfDigital.com. We also added a warning and action log entry for Lord of the Hundre |
| Into the Woodlands – Hot Fix 1.33.1 | 2025-02-13 | Today’s hotfix addresses a handful of issues discovered by the community. Bugs Fixed a case where Marquise could avoid spending wood to construct buildings. Fixed a rare case where game results could display incorrectly if a player's app crashes. Fixed a case where a network error popup could appear after a live match. Fixed a case preventing construction of gardens on a subset of spaces on the Winter Map. Please let us know through the in-game feedback or on our Discord Server if you experience any unusual disconnects or other instability! Known Issues The following issues are known to the dev team and will be addressed in future patches. UI |
| Root Patch 1.33 – To the Woodlands We Go! | 2025-02-11 | You can almost see the green under that melting snow! In this patch, we have included a number of balance updates for Challenges, bug fixes, and various polish improvements. Thank you for playing Root Digital! Improvements Balance updates for Challenges, including new rules and restrictions for Hundreds’ heroic challenges. Marquise Wood Picker added to the Marquise building mode: The Marquise build selection prompt should now include a ‘Choose wood to spend’ toggle. When enabled, the Marquise can select which clearings to spend wood from. Play to your strengths! Woodland Alliance may now choose which supporters to spend by selecting them in t |
| Root Patch 1.32.4—A Winter Hotfix! | 2025-01-30 | Another hotfix coming your way with multiple bug fixes and more! In addition to these fixes, Retinue Picker has been added to Mobile. Thanks for playing Root: Digital! Retinue Picker is now on mobile! We are still working on gamepad functionality. Suit Sorting has been added for Eyrie Decree and Keepers in Iron Retinue!In the Eyrie Decree and the new Retinue Picker, suits should now be sorted from left to right as follows: Rabbit, Fox, Mouse, Bird. Bugs Art Lord of the Hundreds Warriors should now match the size of the other faction Warriors in Strategic View. Fixed an issue where the cancel button appeared as a continue button when using the |
| The Marauder Expansion Patch 1.32.3 | 2025-01-27 | We have a feisty little patch for you all today, including bug fixes and new UX that allows Keepers players to pick their retinue! (Thanks to Nitrorev for the good suggestion, and keep an eye out for this approach being used for other token selections.) Please be sure to give us your feedback in our Discord channel, in-game or via the Steam forums! We’re eager to hear your thoughts. Bug Fixes Gameplay During setup, Keepers automatic relic placement will now place relics in forest as close as legally allowed to their starting Warriors. Fixed an issue where Keepers could get into an invalid state during Advanced Setup. Players should now be abl |
| Marauder Expansion Hotfix 2 and Known Issues | 2025-01-17 | We’ve got another Hotfix headed your way to address bugs reported since The Marauder Expansion Release! A big thank you to all of the players who took the time to report and for playing Root Digital! Bugs UI Mob Icon should now have a vertical line to the left of the token in the Hundreds Tutorial. Placeholder accounts no longer appear at the bottom of the leaderboard The Devout Knights ability banner will now be positioned correctly during combat when using the Quick Battle setting. During the Marquise tutorial, Rule Flag tip should now be easier to read. In Quick Battle, the Corvid Embedded Agents banner should now appear entirely on-screen |
| Day One Hotfix | 2025-01-16 | Here’s our Day One hotfix for the Marauder Expansion Steam release. We appreciate all of the feedback, and hope you’re enjoying the new expansion! Bugs Gamepad Pressing R3 and L3 concurrently will no longer disable camera controls. Controllers should remain usable in games where chat is disabled. Additionally, closing chat will now reenable camera movement. Pass & Play Games should no longer be freezing during Pass & Play mode. Gameplay Spread Sympathy Icon should now appear during Revolt. Lord of the Hundreds should now be prompted to choose which pieces to lose when taking hits during a clearing with both mobs and strongholds. Vagabond Abil |