KADO HUNTER
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KADO HUNTER

You strand in Vanada and meet the sisters Aya and Chiyo. After learning what is going on, you decide to help them. On your journey as a KADO HUNTER, you collect KADOS, face monsters and quests, and embark on a vast exploration.

DEV: SaltyGamesPUB: SaltyGamesAppID 2981880
UPDATE PULSEevery ~34d·last 22d ago·11 recent on record

Is KADO HUNTER still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Development

Actively supported

Last heard from developers

16 days ago

Usual rhythm

every ~11 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

8

Current silence

within normal range

The developers post roughly every 11 days and were last heard 16 days ago — within their normal range. 8 substantial updates landed in the past six months, 4 of them major.

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Our coverage

1 dispatch written from this game’s announcements

patchSep 15, 2026

KADO HUNTER Update Overhauls Visuals, Animations, and Farming Systems

The world of Vanada has been rebuilt from the ground up visually. Every map in KADO HUNTER — outdoor areas, interiors, and dungeons alike — has received a comprehensive redesign, with more detailed landscapes, buildings, and plants, alongside reworked atmospheric lighting and shadows. Longstanding visual glitches have been addressed: duplicate treetops, visible seams, and errant rectangular snow patches are gone, and snow now covers roofs, characters, and vegetation more reliably.

Water and weather received similar attention. Water surfaces now move more naturally with improved reflections and distortion, waterfalls feature feathered foam lines and softer transitions, and rain sounds no longer bleed into snowfall sequences.

What changed

  • Full visual overhaul of all maps, including dungeons and interiors
  • Reworked water, waterfall, and lava surface animations
  • Fixed weather audio mismatches between rain and snow
  • Extensively reworked Hunter animations: walking, sprinting, unarmed and sword combat, blocking, fishing, chopping, hoeing, and more
  • Clearer dark outlines on the Hunter character for legibility against detailed backgrounds
  • New personal garden system
  • Expanded cooking and farming systems
  • New story content featuring existing residents
  • Numerous control and performance improvements
  • Map transitions and menu returns now display updated visuals reliably

For players already in the world of Vanada, the update amounts to a substantial second impression — the same game rendered with noticeably more care and mechanical depth.

Two years of development

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Recent Transmissions

24 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsSep 19, 2026
Out now: Full HD, refreshed KADO MASTERS and numerous fixes.

Hello everyone! Our latest update is here! Explore KADO HUNTER in Full HD, experience dynamic snowstorms and enjoy a day/night cycle. KADO MASTERS gets a thoroughly refreshed presentation, alongside improvements to combat, menus and many de…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 13, 2026
KADO HUNTER – Major Content, Visual and Quality-of-Life Update

KADO HUNTER – Major Content, Visual and Quality-of-Life Update Vanada shines in a new light! The entire game world has received a visual overhaul, making every map more beautiful, detailed and atmospheric. This update also brings reworked H…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 25, 2026
Kado Hunter: Quest, Fishing & Save Hotfix

Quests & Save FilesThe transition from Mountain Pass to Duskwood Lake is no longer incorrectly blocked when the story has progressed further. Completing the ORIGIN and ALPHA sets now syncs correctly with the quest and Steam achievement—incl…

Community AnnouncementsJul 24, 2026
Kado Hunter: Fishing Update & Fixes

This update focuses primarily on a comprehensive rework of fishing, alongside improvements to combat, the card viewer, world, boats and user interface. It also introduces Kado Tickets and fixes numerous issues.New Kado Ticket SystemWhen fis…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 19, 2026
REDEEM CODE #1

Hello, Kado Hunters! Thank you for playing! As a thank-you to all of you, you can redeem the code "KADOHUNTER" directly in the game and receive 100 KadoGems! You can use these KadoGems to open booster packs!To do this, press the "H" key in …

Community AnnouncementsJul 17, 2026
Kado Hunter – Full Update Overview

Hello, Kado Hunters! Thank you for playing! As a thank-you to all of you, you can redeem the code "KADOHUNTER" directly in the game and receive 100 KadoGems! You can use these KadoGems to open booster packs!To do this, press the "H" key in …

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Community AnnouncementsJul 13, 2026
Combat, Bonds & Kado Circuit Update

Update Highlights Kado Circuit: The deck builder now respects your collection and card quantities, while clearer displays flag invalid decks immediately. Smarter Auto-Deck & AI: Decks are now evaluated as a whole, with better curves, synerg…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 1, 2026
Version 1.0 & KADO Masters Rework

KADO MASTERS: Fully ReworkedKADO Masters has been extensively reworked with a new UI, new features and many more ways to play. The system should feel faster, clearer and more like its own game mode.New game modes and clearer menus for KADO …

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Community AnnouncementsMay 24, 2026
KADO MASTERS Rework Coming Soon

The KADO MASTERS rework is coming soon to KADO HUNTER. Get ready for the new Kado Masters Hub, reworked UI, improved deckbuilding, NPC Fights and PVP Online Fights with KADO MASTERS, STAKE and Friendly modes. The update also introduces KM P…

Community AnnouncementsMay 2, 2026
Fixed issue

game crashed when trying to play the story introduction video. (fixed)If you bought the DLC Supporter Pass, please restart and load your savegame the game after you've created a character.

Community AnnouncementsMay 1, 2026
Rework Update is now Live!

Look up all information in the event patch notes!

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Community AnnouncementsApr 30, 2026
KADO HUNTER Rework Release - Our Biggest Update Yet

# KADO HUNTER Rework Release - Our Biggest Update Yet The Rework Release is one of the biggest updates KADO HUNTER has received so far. We did not just tweak a few things; we rebuilt many core parts of the game: menus, HUD, inventory, quest…

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Community AnnouncementsApr 20, 2026
Last Chance: Become a "Day 1 Supporter" before the F2P Launch!

Hello Kado Hunters!We have exciting news regarding the future of Kado Hunter. To grow our community, we’ve decided: Kado Hunter will soon be Free-to-Play!Before we open the gates to everyone, we want to thank those who have supported us fro…

Community AnnouncementsMar 27, 2026
Kado Hunter: The Great Rework Update

Kado Hunter Rework In recent months, we have invested every free minute into fundamentally overhauling Kado Hunter. Our goal was to massively increase Quality of Life (QoL) and make the gaming experience more modern, accessible, and engagin…

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Community AnnouncementsFeb 22, 2026
A Big Thank You to All Kado-Hunters! ⚔️

Hello, old and new Kado-Hunters!Thanks to the RPG Maker Festival, we’ve noticed so many of you discovering our game! We want to take a moment to say a huge thank you for all your support.We really hope you’re enjoying the current state of t…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 2, 2025
Short Update - Deleted Winter event

- Deleted Winter event

Community AnnouncementsDec 15, 2024
Christmas Event 2024!

Hello Kado Hunter! Christmas is coming to Vanada! The preparations are running - but even the elves have some trouble to get things perfectly done. Visit the event area in the KADO SHOP and feel the glow of this years Christmas! https://i.i…

Community AnnouncementsDec 1, 2024
KADO MASTERS!

Greetings KADO HUNTER! As we mentioned a few days ago, the new Autumn Update is now ready! With that we implemented following changes: -> The Halloween event is now finished and can't be entered anymore. If you are still in the event room, …

Community AnnouncementsNov 23, 2024
Halloween event is coming to an end + card fight minigame!

Hello KADO HUNTER! The Halloween-Event is slowly but surely coming to an end. So if you haven't collected all the limited Halloween KADOS yet, then you should definitely do so. These will be removed from the game on December 1st, 2024! But …

Community AnnouncementsNov 1, 2024
Some bugfixes

- implemented Kado Update for Halloween Kados - minor bugfixes

Community AnnouncementsOct 30, 2024
bugfixes

- had to change a fix where the spawn was wrong

Community AnnouncementsOct 29, 2024
Halloween Update - new Kados!

- Event "Halloween", go to upper floor at the Kado store. - some minor bugfixes

Community AnnouncementsOct 29, 2024
HALLOWEEN UPDATE

!!!IMPORTANT!!! If your Kado album is empty after an update, just visit KADO-TRADER Miko and click on “Update Kado Album”! This will bring your Kado album back to its normal state! Please excuse these circumstances! https://clan.fastly.stea…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 14, 2024
Roadmap 2024 / 2025 for KADO HUNTER

Greetings KADO HUNTER! After releasing the early access we created more ideas and thought about the further way of KADO HUNTER. We want to give you some insights into the updates, we plan to release soon. We pictured a roadmap 2024 - 2025, …