Prepare your world now without publishing guessed 1.0 stats. This page separates confirmed release information from values that must wait for the final build.
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01 / Existing world checklist
The most important action is preserving unexplored northern territory. Iron Gate says fixed world content only generates properly in areas that have not already been explored, including a surrounding radius.
Make a dated copy before the 1.0 client first opens the save. Keep the untouched backup until you are satisfied with the conversion.
Previously explored terrain may not receive new fixed world content correctly. Avoid sailing close enough to generate northern zones before launch.
Prepare a Longship, portal materials, strong food, resistance meads, repair materials, arrows, backup gear, and an empty cargo plan.
Use a northern-facing port outside the Deep North generation area, with storage and a paired recovery portal.
Note defeated bosses, active powers, station levels, stocked metals, food tiers, and unexplored map borders before updating.
Expect mods to need updates. If achievements matter, review Iron Gate's 1.0 rules before using devcommands, spawned items, or certain world modifiers.
02 / Reaching the biome
The Deep North occupies the far northern region of the world, but the final approach, hazards, landing conditions, and progression gates must be checked in the release build. Stage the expedition south of ungenerated terrain and leave the last leg unmapped.
Review sailing preparationExpedition cache
03 / Release-day queue
Run the 1.0 dump and diff first. Then replace placeholder records in this order while the full database continues processing.
04 / Frozen schema slots
Reserved for resources, keys, materials, trophies, and utility items extracted from the final 1.0 build.
Reserved for exact crafting outputs, station levels, ingredients, and upgrade costs from 1.0.
Reserved for weapon classes, damage channels, crafting requirements, and upgrade values from 1.0.
Reserved for armor sets, slots, movement modifiers, resistances, and set effects from 1.0.
Reserved for enemy names, variants, weaknesses, resistances, and exact drop tables from 1.0.
Reserved for the final boss name, summon method, arena, rewards, power, and strategies after release.
Reserved for exact build pieces, stations, materials, comfort, support, and placement requirements from 1.0.
On September 9, the work becomes replacement and verification instead of a rushed redesign. The same records will feed items, recipes, gear, creatures, building, progression, and search.
