Sources, updates and coverage.
Current edition
Released on Steam September 29, 2026 · Update #8 (November 6) · official sources checked November 6, 2026 UTC · gameplay and recovery untested. 15 guides and 22 connected entries. Research checked 6 Nov 2026; article edit dates are recorded separately.
What still needs work
- Launch source review; Kingy has not played or benchmarked Nivalis Nights.
- Development counts and screenshots may differ from the release build.
- Exact in-game prices, ingredient quantities, quest rewards, romance routes and location coordinates are not yet verified.
- Housing sources use both rental and purchase language; transaction rules need launch verification.
How updates are reviewed
Sources are linked to the guides that depend on them in Kingy’s review pipeline. A source change requests an editorial review; it does not automatically rewrite the guide or advance its edit date. Automated source checks are separate from a substantive guide review.
Source ledger
Nivalis Nights - Update #8 ↗Current official patch notes: stuck-quest fixes with save repair, new UI Scale, Bloom, Chromatic Aberration and transit-marker settings, staff and AI-venue fixes, 50% less boat fuel, gamepad drift fixes, aspect-ratio UI fixes. Publisher statements, not a Kingy gameplay test.Official · checked · published 6 Nov 2026
Nivalis Nights - Update #7 ↗Current official patch notes; publisher statements, not a Kingy gameplay test.Official · checked · published 29 Oct 2026
Nivalis Nights - Update 6 ↗Update 6 official notes (October 22); publisher statements, not a Kingy gameplay test.Official · checked · published 22 Oct 2026
Nivalis Nights on Steam ↗Current release target, PC requirements, single-player features and official screenshots. Store specifications are not Kingy benchmarks.Official · checked
Official Nivalis Nights announcement feed ↗Official announcement feed fetched October 18: Update #5 (October 15), followed by the October 16 venue-balancing patch. Earlier notes remain separately dated; no retail gameplay test.Official · checked
PC System Requirements & Price ↗Announced September 29 15:00 UTC unlock, launch prices and discount, plus updated PC system requirements; not evidence that the game is already purchasable or benchmarked.Official · checked · published 24 Sep 2026
Nivalis Nights – Your Tourist Map ↗Official visitor brochure; an overview, not a measured navigation map.Official · checked · published 11 Sep 2026
A Day in the Life of Nivalis Nights ↗Starting apartment and freedom to choose how to spend the day.Official · checked · published 4 Sep 2026
The wait is over: Big News, a New Name, and a Release Date! ↗June 30 rename from Nivalis to Nivalis Nights and September 29 release target. Supersedes earlier release expectations.Official · checked · published 30 Jun 2026
May 2026 Development Update: Optimization ↗Pre-release content totals, simulated fishing and NPC schedules. Counts are development figures, not a verified launch catalogue.Official · checked · published 30 May 2026
COMMUNITY Q&A ↗March community Q&A: management, story, inventories, transport, housing and relationships. Its release-announcement forecast is superseded by the June announcement.Official · checked · published 31 Mar 2026
NOVEMBER 2025 COMMUNITY BLOG ↗Seaside Boardwalk and its rail connection, from the November 2025 development blog.Official · checked · published 27 Nov 2025
SEPTEMBER 2025 COMMUNITY BLOG ↗Skyhigh Gardens, flying taxis and the Metro Hub. The September blog was published October 1, 2025.Official · checked · published 1 Oct 2025
AUGUST 2025 COMMUNITY BLOG ↗August 2025 description of rentals, furnishings and paid decorating jobs. Later Q&A uses purchase language; launch transactions need verification.Official · checked · published 28 Aug 2025
DECEMBER 2024 COMMUNITY BLOG ↗December 2024 recap introducing Thaddeus Carmunis and Banor; not a romance eligibility list.Official · checked · published 27 Dec 2024
How do you travel around Nivalis Nights? — Q&A Video #3 ↗Official pre-release travel overview: nearby-district HOVA taxis, city-wide metro hubs and a player-piloted boat. Native-player frames and transcript reviewed; no build number, fares or verified boat-unlock route.Official · checked · published 7 Aug 2026
Nivalis Nights is out now! ↗September 29 Steam launch announcement. Confirms Steam release, a limited 10% launch discount, GeForce NOW availability and no full Steam Deck support at launch. No Kingy purchase, performance benchmark or gameplay test.Official · checked · published 29 Sep 2026
Nivalis Nights Update #2: staff priorities and known issue ↗Patch-note task order, storage changes, seat-capacity warning and developer workaround for unresolved stuck staff. No Kingy retail reproduction or confirmed fix.Official · checked · published 2 Oct 2026
Nivalis Nights - Update #3 ↗October 5 Update #3 notes: manager restocking and delivery changes, specific staff, storage and quest fixes, district achievement rebalance, and a Banor caveat for existing saves. The notes supply no numeric build identifier. Kingy has not reproduced the fixes or benchmarked performance; a universal stuck-staff fix is not claimed. Continued checks use the existing official announcement feed.Official · checked · published 5 Oct 2026
Nivalis Nights - Update #4 ↗October 9 Update #4, published at 07:25 PDT (14:25 UTC): per-venue restock targets and daily budgets, zero-stock objectives, delivery cleanup, returned ingredients from cancelled orders, menu diagnostics and a save-loading display issue whose fix is prepared for the next patch. Saved venue parameters remain in effect according to the developer. Official event and announcement API fetched; Kingy has not tested the update in game.Official · checked · published 9 Oct 2026
Nivalis Nights Steam achievements ↗Global achievement list fetched October 10: 120 achievements, including one “Find and catch” achievement for each of 24 fish species. Names only; no locations or conditions.Official · checked
Nivalis Nights fishing guide ↗Independent guide, search-indexed October 10 (direct fetch blocked): free Rusty Fishing Rod from Boardwalk Ady at the Docks, equip via Inventory (I) and the hand icon, left-click to cast and reel on amber, face-icon colours, bites depend on district, weather and time. Not tested by Kingy.Reported · checked
All fish in Nivalis Nights and how to catch them ↗Independent guide (author’s own play), fetched October 10: rod from Boardwalk Ady, controls and face colours, 11 fish with district, weather and time, rods sold at the Docks Fishmonger, and an October 1 rename of the free rod. Several tiers still marked in progress.Reported · checked · published 29 Sep 2026
Nivalis Nights fishing guide ↗Independent guide fetched October 10: free rod from Boardwalk Ady, the Underground Fish Market quest after a first catch, all 24 fish names, and fish value depending on day, buyer and freshness.Reported · checked · published 30 Sep 2026
Fishing directory: spawns, tiers and locations ↗Guide site fetched October 10 listing district, time and weather for all 24 fish. SteamAH publishes an identical table, so the two are treated as one source. Grind’n’Strat (October 8) independently matches all 21 rows it lists.Reported · checked · published 7 Oct 2026
Nivalis Nights fishing guide: all fish, rods and locations ↗Independent guide with its own rod-stats table; lists 21 fish (not the three catch-anywhere fish) with district, weather and time, every row matching the Prodigy Gamers/SteamAH table. Says Salmon bites day and night when sunny. Not tested by Kingy.Reported · checked · published 8 Oct 2026
Nivalis Nights guide ↗Guide site fetched October 10: the starting Chicken Noodle Soup at Ramen Noir in Meridian Market, more recipes from nearby restaurant owners, purchased food placed in restaurant storage, free rod from Boardwalk Ady and the Putter from Salt Pete.Reported · checked · published 8 Oct 2026
Noodle profit guide ↗Guide fetched October 10: Noodle Soup as the starting dish, made from Chicken, Onions and Ramen in equal amounts, bought from the Butcher and Greengrocer. One source for the ingredients.Reported · checked · published 2 Oct 2026
Nivalis Nights - Update #1 ↗October 1 Update #1, fetched through the official Steam news API on October 10: staff ordering fixes, business and barter skill levelling, and added quest-objective details for decorating Ramen Noir.Official · checked · published 1 Oct 2026
Noodle Bar Introduction: recipe tips and starter ingredients ↗Indexed walkthrough fetched October 10: Nola Berg teaches Beer, Dagmar Fitz teaches Onion Rings and Marius Mitchell teaches Tonkotsu Ramen; ingredient lists and vendor types for those three dishes. Dialogue outcomes are reported, not Kingy-tested. No guaranteed retry or recipe quantities established.Reported · checked
Soup recipes: Chicken Noodle Soup and Tonkotsu Ramen ↗Indexed reference fetched October 10: Chicken Noodle Soup starts unlocked and uses Ramen Noodles, Chicken and Onions; Tonkotsu Ramen uses Ramen Noodles, Pork Belly, Egg and Bok Choy. Cooker listed for both; Food Processor assembles soups. No Kingy retail test.Reported · checked
Community recipe catalogue ↗Catalogue fetched October 10, showing 193 records. Chicken Noodle Soup ingredient record agrees with Neoseeker and Treyex; linked Noodle Bar Introduction lists Beer, Onion Rings and Tonkotsu Ramen as possible rewards. Its cost/profit figures are modeled estimates, not measured venue profit; no dataset copied.Reported · checked
How to Fish in Nivalis Nights (Ultimate Guide) ↗Native-player frames checked October 11. At 0:13 Boardwalk Ady on the Docks offers her spare rusty rod and ITEM ADDED: Rusty Fishing Rod appears; 0:19–0:26 shows the inventory search for rod and the hand icon; 0:40–0:50 shows the face icon at the crosshair switching between blue and yellow in the Industrial District; 0:53–1:01 shows the fish journal (inventory, fish tab) with Discovery Progress, Rarity Tier 1 and 2 cards (Burbot, Pike: any weather, everywhere, any time; Rudd: sunny, rain, storm, Industrial District, night; Crucian: rain, storm, clouds, Seaside Boardwalk, day) and the line that catching all fish from a tier unlocks the next tier’s details. The creator’s burned-in captions are not used as page text.Walkthrough · checked · published 6 Oct 2026
Sarcasual Gaming: How to get to the Docks and unlock the boat ↗Native-player frames checked October 11. At 0:58 Karel Crabface Jones in the Docks says the Putter is without a captain and the reply I can take the boat? is offered; at 1:10 the tracker reads Seafaring: Meet with Salt Pete at the Docks; at 1:25 Take the Wheel is done and Discover a new area with your boat is active while piloting; at 2:20 the location reads Sewers and Ava greets the player; at 2:30 the objective is Return to Salt Pete. One recording, launch week; prices and any prerequisite quest are not shown.Walkthrough · checked · published 30 Sep 2026
FazyGaming: Nivalis Nights walkthrough part 1 (Noodle Bar Introduction) ↗Native-player frames checked October 11. At 15:00 Noodle Bar Introduction lists Get Recipe Tips from Nola Berg, Dagmar Fitz and Marius Mitchell. At 16:39 Recipe Discovered: Tonkotsu Ramen follows Marius's reply. At 17:31 Dagmar refuses after the player says they have taken over the Noodle Bar; her objective is ticked and no Recipe Discovered notice appears (17:34–17:38). At 18:47 Recipe Discovered: Beer follows Nola's conversation. One recording, launch week.Walkthrough · checked · published 30 Sep 2026
DeLindsay Gaming: Apartment Tour Meridian Rim (Meridian Market) ↗Native-player frames checked October 13. From 0:15 to 0:28 the Meridian Rim, Level 42, Unit 2 window shows a Pricing panel with Current equipment value and Daily rent price, a grid of included furnishings and a Start Renting button. One recording, uploaded before Update #3 (October 5); amounts are not quoted.Walkthrough · checked · published 4 Oct 2026
BAGUETTEBOY: How to Farm in Nivalis Nights (Ultimate Guide) ↗Native-player frames checked October 13. From 0:01 the Green Thumb quest card asks you to rent a greenhouse near the docks, with objectives including Plant and Harvest Onions; 0:07 shows a Greenhouse 30 Pricing window with Daily rent price and Start Renting; 0:14 the Seeds Peddler shop; 0:19 farming modules at a Hardware Vendor; 0:28–0:40 a planting wheel (Grow Cherries, Grow Apple; Apple requires Apple). One recording, uploaded after Update #4; amounts are not quoted.Walkthrough · checked · published 12 Oct 2026
BAGUETTEBOY: How To Steal From Other Restaurants in Nivalis Nights ↗Native-player frames checked October 13. From 0:14 the player is in another restaurant's kitchen; at 0:20 and 0:24 they carry equipment while the Security Awareness meter shows +10% and then a higher value next to Security Level, with Not Enough Space and Not Valid Property prompts. One recording, uploaded before Update #2; penalties are not shown.Walkthrough · checked · published 30 Sep 2026
Nivalis Nights - Update #5 ↗Greenhouse automation, venue ranking, restocking, saves and specific quest fixes. Developer statements; no Kingy gameplay test.Official · checked · published 15 Oct 2026
Small Patch - Additional Venue Balancing & Fixes ↗NPC hunger timing, display, quest and dialogue fixes. No numeric build or universal save-recovery guarantee.Official · checked · published 16 Oct 2026