Patch notes page

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

game.py

@@ -4457,6 +4457,23 @@ _assign_glyphs()
 ORDER_RECIPES, ORDER_RAW = _order_sources()
 
 
+# What changed, shown on the Patch notes page. Newest first; every shipped change adds a
+# line here (new / balance / fix), and a new release a new entry on top.
+PATCH_NOTES = [
+    {"date": "2026-10-21", "title": "Beta", "notes": [
+        ("new", "Beta: completely meaningless milestone reached; every class now makes a decent amount of valuable contributions to the guild."),
+        ("new", "Patch notes menu."),
+        ("new", "Firekeeping: tend the fire for your guild members' crafting stations. Builders get a bonus. Use tiers of wood to light "
+                "and maintain a fire, which saves resources on guild members' crafts of the same tier. For every craft completed while "
+                "the fire is lit, the Firekeeper gains 10% of the XP the craft gave the crafter, shared between all players keeping a "
+                "fire of that tier. Each player keeps their own \"pile\", which contributes an equal amount to the fire."),
+        ("new", "Work orders: anyone can provide reagents towards an incomplete work order and gets paid based on the value of the items provided."),
+        ("balance", "Gear: combat requirement adjusted to match the tier of crafting required to make it."),
+        ("balance", "Combat XP reduced to keep it in line with professions. Eating now delays your next swing; eat higher tier food to reduce the impact."),
+        ("balance", "Construction workbench now also affects labour on building sites."),
+    ]},
+]
+
 def content() -> dict:
     """The static tables the client renders from."""
     buildings = {
@@ -4475,4 +4492,5 @@ def content() -> dict:
         "resistant": RESISTANT, "jewel_stats": JEWEL_STATS, "stations": list(STATIONS), "class_style": CLASS_STYLE, "block_chance": BLOCK_CHANCE,
         "regen_per_hour": REGEN_PER_HOUR,
         "fires": FIRES, "flames": FLAMES, "firewood": FIREWOOD, "tend_xp": TEND_XP, "fire_low": FIRE_LOW,
+        "patch_notes": PATCH_NOTES,
     }