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Haze: Saltborne — Year in Review

Haze V3: 2025 in Review

Marking 4 years of Haze V3 running continuously.
22 December 2024 – 21 December 2025

We've had an incredible year in V3, marking 4 years that V3 has been running continuously.

453
Unique Players
−9% vs 2024
1,223,937
XP Earned
+15% vs 2024
160,882
Items Crafted
+19% vs 2024
8,222
Quests Completed
+304% vs 2024
The year's pulse players online each day

Busiest day was June 16 with 80 players.

Where the XP came from
Players year on year 2025 highlighted
Who walked the world 13 races
Human 610
Halfling 127
Elf 115
Half Orc 108
Dwarf 100
Half Elf 75
Gnome 43
Planetouched 19
Other 6
Earth Genasi 2
Tiefling 1
Air Genasi 1
Water Genasi 1

Characters active during the year.

Paths they followed 14 combinations
Fighter 207
Multiclass 196
Wizard 156
Rogue 127
Barbarian 118
Monk 76
Sorcerer 76
Ranger 68
Bard 59
Commoner 41
Paladin 26
Cleric 25
Druid 18
Warlock 15

Characters active during the year.

Player Achievements

  • 453 unique players entered the world of Haze
  • 267 characters met a bloody end
  • 354 retired or chose a different path
  • 33,407 eminence points were earned

World Interactions

  • 17,675 plants were planted
  • 75,416 plants were harvested
  • 9,554 trees were felled
  • 25,490 resource nodes were mined (ore, salt, sand, limestone, etc.)
  • 84,420 creatures were harvested for resources
  • 13,723 fish were caught
  • 175,666 items were placed in persistent storage
  • 8,222 quests were completed for NPCs

Economy

  • 138,584 copper pieces were spent at Player Shops
  • 68,175 copper pieces were spent at Resource Depots
  • 148,296 build points were applied to Build Requests

Crafting & Research

  • 6,107 blueprints were sketched
  • 160,882 items were crafted
  • 384,816 crafting XP was gained

Experience Gains

  • 1,223,937 XP was earned
  • 544,441 XP from monsters
  • 317,620 XP from timed rewards
  • 191,270 XP from XP cookies
  • 46,772 XP from dungeon masters
  • 23,817 XP from exploration
  • 35,525 XP from quests
  • 64,492 XP from other sources

Player Moments

  • 70,640 spells were cast
  • 14,946 medical kits were used
  • 2,027 throwable consumables were used
  • 80 unique players in 1 day
  • 104 unique players in 1 week
  • 145 unique players in 1 month

Of the year

Creature of the year
Draconic, Felldrake
19 kills
Craft of the year
Fruit Salad
9,598 crafted
Spell of the year
Cure Minor Wounds
6,843 casts
Catch of the year
Fish - Sardine
2,392 caught
Most dangerous place
South - Hills and Valleys: Impact Crater
22 deaths
Gift of the year
Mink Fur
110 given

Ten of the best

Deadliest creatures characters they laid low

1 Draconic, Felldrake 19 kills
2 Wolf, Mistwolf 16 kills
3 Wasp, Giant 10 kills
4 Wolf, Timber 8 kills
5 Beetle, Stink 8 kills
6 Gibberling, Gray 7 kills
7 Assassin Vines, Ground 7 kills
8 Lynx 6 kills
9 Giant Ant, Fire Ant, Large 5 kills
10 Gelatinous Cube 5 kills

Deadliest places where characters fell

1 South - Hills and Valleys: Impact Crater 22 deaths
2 Center - Southern Pass: Southern March 11 deaths
3 Center - Washers Cliffs: Underground: Washers Rise 9 deaths
4 Center - Underground: South East 8 deaths
5 Center - Easterly Timberlands: Northerly Road: Underground: Under The Falls 8 deaths
6 Center - Orctooth Pass: Underground: Caverns 7 deaths
7 West - Hollow Woods: Shaded Brook 7 deaths
8 Center - Eastern Waterways: Abandoned Quarry 6 deaths
9 Deep - Center: South 6 deaths
10 West - Western Vale: North West 6 deaths

Best XP sources total XP yielded

1 Wolf, Mistwolf 35,160 XP
2 Draconic, Felldrake 19,269 XP
3 Undead, Ghast 13,329 XP
4 Wolf, Timber, Pack Leader 12,077 XP
5 Cave Ogre 11,472 XP
6 Draconic, Felldrake, Corrupted 11,449 XP
7 Lynx 11,333 XP
8 Dread Moth 11,172 XP
9 Hill Goblin 10,728 XP
10 Giant Ant, Fire Ant 10,308 XP

Most popular locations for XP all XP earned there

1 Coffinswode 96,720 XP
2 Coffinswode - Keep 46,653 XP
3 South - Hills and Valleys: Impact Crater 27,750 XP
4 Center - Southern Pass: Southern March 22,306 XP
5 Center - Eastern Waterways: Abandoned Quarry: Underground: Crystal Caves 17,180 XP
6 West - Hollow Woods: Shaded Brook 15,021 XP
7 West - Hollow Woods: Border Fort 14,118 XP
8 West - Western Vale: North West 12,420 XP
9 Center - Orctooth Pass: Underground: Caverns 11,765 XP
10 Center - Eastern Waterways: Lower Canyon 11,334 XP

Most crafted items

1 Fruit Salad 9,598 crafted
2 Flour 6,351 crafted
3 Corn Starch 4,239 crafted
4 Copper Ingot 3,655 crafted
5 Thread, Cotton 3,306 crafted
6 Sumac Paste 3,191 crafted
7 Fructose 2,989 crafted
8 Bait, Fruit Paste 2,967 crafted
9 Bait, Chum 2,827 crafted
10 Sugar 2,604 crafted

Most practised crafts crafting XP earned in each

1 Alchemy 86,120 XP
2 Blacksmithing 78,529 XP
3 Leatherworking 71,763 XP
4 Woodcrafting 59,519 XP
5 Tinkering 50,649 XP
6 Cooking 38,236 XP

Most caught fish pulled from the water

1 Fish - Sardine 2,392 caught
2 Fish - Silverling 1,591 caught
3 Fish - Quipper 1,293 caught
4 Fish - Sunfish 975 caught
5 Fish - Glass Anchovy 922 caught
6 Fish - Silver Sprat 857 caught
7 Fish - Lout 735 caught
8 Fish - Lionfish 632 caught
9 Fish - Honeygill Perch 473 caught
10 Fish - Hogfish 414 caught

Most gathered resources mined, felled, picked and flayed

1 Ear, Goblin 13,005 gathered
2 Copper Ore 12,899 gathered
3 Apple (Delicious Red) [VERY FRESH] 12,351 gathered
4 Wheat 10,832 gathered
5 Clump of Fur, Gibberling 9,632 gathered
6 Tooth, Gibberling 8,967 gathered
7 Flax Flower and Stem 8,516 gathered
8 Cotton 6,491 gathered
9 Pine Branch 5,621 gathered
10 Corn [VERY FRESH] 4,692 gathered

Busiest quest givers quests handed out

1 Wind 3,963 quests
2 Caelum Solstarn 2,359 quests
3 Berakis 642 quests
4 Sylsica Leafbranch 532 quests
5 Thrain Stoneforge 184 quests
6 Sabel Goldenstone 148 quests
7 Tox 107 quests
8 Hardur Snowmantle 89 quests
9 Glav Fremdulo 62 quests
10 Aurellia Starpetal 62 quests

Most cast spells slots spent

1 Cure Minor Wounds 6,843 casts
2 Mage Armor 5,491 casts
3 Magic Weapon 4,535 casts
4 Bull's Strength 3,590 casts
5 Cure Light Wounds 3,540 casts
6 Endure Elements 3,247 casts
7 Light 2,918 casts
8 Summon Creature I 2,087 casts
9 Electric Jolt 1,494 casts
10 Endurance 1,347 casts

Best sellers bought at player shops

1 Blank Sheet of Parchment 2,695 sold
2 Blank Sheet of Paper 1,140 sold
3 Blank Sheet of Scrap Paper 1,090 sold
4 Medical Kit, Small 1,090 sold
5 Copper Ingot 887 sold
6 Sterile Bandage, Cloth 382 sold
7 Copper Vial 375 sold
8 Copper Needle 298 sold
9 Sedative 275 sold
10 Vial of Oil 269 sold

Favourite gifts given to NPCs

1 Mink Fur 110 given
2 Wizard Scribed Spell Scroll 59 given
3 Winter Rice Cake 48 given
4 Flower, Purple Rose 31 given
5 Nettle 29 given
6 Bitter Black 28 given
7 Flower, Red Rose 21 given
8 Quill 18 given
9 Sumac Flower 18 given
10 Flower, Blue Rose 17 given

Most hoarded items put into storage

1 Fruit Salad 5,224 stored
2 Wheat 4,368 stored
3 Blank Blueprints Notebook 2,787 stored
4 Bronze Ingot 2,365 stored
5 Lump of Charcoal 2,223 stored
6 Corn Bread 2,092 stored
7 Blueprints 1,986 stored
8 Bluecap Mushroom 1,934 stored
9 Ground Seafood 1,913 stored
10 Ginger Apple Crumble 1,848 stored

Most chosen backgrounds characters who began this way

1 Novice Alchemist 698 chosen
2 Novice Blacksmith 664 chosen
3 Novice Tinkerer 572 chosen
4 Novice Clothier 570 chosen
5 Novice Cook 530 chosen
6 Novice Woodworker 499 chosen
7 Actor 463 chosen
8 Angler 295 chosen
9 Porter 257 chosen
10 Bagman 174 chosen

Favourite familiars times called to their master

1 Frog 936 summons
2 Owl, Brown 671 summons
3 Monstrous Spider, Tiny 624 summons
4 Mouse 605 summons
5 Crawling Hand 605 summons
6 Black Cat 582 summons
7 Ferret 566 summons
8 Crow 543 summons
9 Bat, Fruit 512 summons
10 Skeleton, Rat 449 summons

Thank You!

The Dungeon Masters and the Development Team would like to thank you all, for making 2025 an amazing year!

Read the original 2025 announcement on Discord · Final figures for 2025.
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