{"id":1041563,"date":"2026-01-17T04:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=483227"},"modified":"2026-01-17T04:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:49:38","slug":"fields-of-mistrias-days-are-still-short-but-its-first-major-update-helps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fields-of-mistrias-days-are-still-short-but-its-first-major-update-helps\/","title":{"rendered":"Fields of Mistria\u2019s days are still short, but its first major update helps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fields of Mistria<\/em><\/a>\u2019s one big problem is that its day cycle is really quick \u2014 time moves fast, and before you know it, it\u2019s 2 a.m. and you\u2019ve passed out in the mines. The big new update released on Nov. 18<\/a> doesn\u2019t adjust the cycle at all, but it has one new feature that I\u2019ve found pretty helpful: animal mounts. If you\u2019ve met certain requirements, you\u2019ll be able to unlock a purple horse called Mistmare.<\/p>\n

After a windstorm, Hayden will ask for help in finding his weathervane, and while you look for it, you\u2019ll stumble on a new statue. That\u2019s where you\u2019ll unlock Mistmare for 100 essence. There are customization options that\u2019ll come later, but the benefits of Mistmare are immediate. She\u2019s a horse, and horses are faster than humans. You can ride her anywhere outside, which is wildly helpful for getting around Fields of Mistria<\/em>\u2019s big map more quickly. Again, it doesn\u2019t solve the game\u2019s problem with short days, but I\u2019ve found myself passing out much<\/em>, much less when I stay too late in the mines; I just jump on Mistmare and rush back to the comforts of my own bed instead of crawling through Mistria at a walking speed that feels like a glacier\u2019s pace when you\u2019re racing the clock.<\/p>\n

According to the Fields of Mistria<\/em> wiki, the length of an in-game day is 12 minutes and 30 seconds of real-world time. It goes by especially fast when you\u2019ve got a lot of animals to tend to; it\u2019s very easy to spend half of the day going from barn to barn collecting eggs or milk, petting the animals, then feeding them. Put that on top of a relatively slow walk speed and you may find little time to do other chores, like watering and harvesting crops, fighting monsters in the mines, or growing relationships with the other Mistrian residents. Mistmare can\u2019t help in a lot of those areas, save decreasing the time it takes to get around the town, but she is helpful for harvesting crops, too: After unlocking Mistmare, you can unlock other abilities by giving essence to the horse statue. Two hundred essence increases your mount\u2019s movement speed by 10%, while 190 essence will give your mount the ability to harvest crops and dig spots simply by running over them. No extra clicks! (Unrelatedly, 205 essence lets you ride any large animal that you\u2019ve got more than five hearts with.)<\/p>\n

Overall, Mistmare is a small part of the big update, but one that\u2019s been a perfect quality-of-life improvement that\u2019s made the already exceptional early access game even better. Alongside this adjustment, the big addition is romance: You can now earn up to six hearts with single residents, plus there\u2019s a new, romantic Shooting Star Festival in summer. I\u2019m in spring in my game, so I\u2019ve yet to try out the festival, but I\u2019m also working on romancing March, Celine, and Juniper to invite one of them to join me on the mountain peak. I\u2019ve yet to trigger any new romance quests \u2014 I\u2019m stuck at five hearts with all three \u2014 but I\u2019ve enjoyed seeing new dialogue while working my way through the seasons.<\/p>\n

Fields of Mistria<\/em> is still in early access, and NPC Studio expects the game to stay there for at least a year. Beyond the big content updates, the studio issues smaller ones that fix bugs and such.<\/p>\n

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Fields of Mistria\u2019s one big problem is that its day cycle is really quick \u2014 time moves fast, and before you know it, it\u2019s 2 a.m. and you\u2019ve passed out in the mines. The big new update released on Nov. 18 doesn\u2019t adjust the cycle at all, but it has one new feature that I\u2019ve found pretty helpful: animal mounts. If you\u2019ve met certain requirements, you\u2019ll be able to unlock a purple horse called Mistmare. After a windstorm, Hayden will ask for help in finding his weathervane, and while you look for it, you\u2019ll stumble on a new statue. That\u2019s where you\u2019ll unlock Mistmare for 100 essence. There are customization options that\u2019ll come later, but the benefits of Mistmare are immediate. She\u2019s a horse, and…<\/p>\n

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