Version 2.1.112 January 2024Various game performance improvements, optimizations and bug fixes..
Version 2.0.005 October 2023Embark on a unique journey!
EXPERIENCE NEW CHARACTER TRAITS
• Unveil a collection of thirteen brand-new Traits that can dramatically change your characters - whether by bolstering their strengths or challenging them with new complexities.
• Experiment with them, and discover intriguing combinations that enhance your gameplay!
• Each character in your party has the potential to acquire an additional third Trait on their adventures. Keep an eye out for these new opportunities and the advantages they bring.
EVOLVE YOUR TRAITS MID-JOURNEY
• Your character's beliefs can evolve in response to life-changing situations, evolving their Traits as they travel.
• These changes can either uplift your character, bringing about positive growth, or present challenges that cast a negative shadow - it all depends on their experiences.
DYNAMIC WEATHER
• Each day brings the possibility of experiencing a variety of weather events. Witness the beauty of the Oregon Trail through rainy days, gentle snows, and dust storms. If bad weather catches your party by surprise... prepare for the consequences!
WAGON DAMAGE REWORK
• Items stored in Exposed Wagon Slots will no longer be depleted during bad weather. Rain, snow, or dust will damage all Exposed Slots.
• After repairing a Damaged Slot, it will remain Exposed. Be sure to keep your wagon in good condition at all times! AND MUCH MORE!
• The properties of all Repair Items have been updated. Now you can stack up to 6 Toolboxes.
• Most events require more Repair Items - but reward more of them, too.
• The Prologue Journey has been adjusted to take the Wagon Damage rework into account.
• New Achievements..
Version 1.9.004 July 2023Relive the Journeys anew with the updated Contracts!
UNLOCKABLE CONTRACTS
• Don't miss the opportunity to unlock your favorite Contracts that previously appeared only on a daily cycle!
• Combine all your scores for the unlocked Contracts on a new Leaderboard, and compete with friends and other players from around the world!
• Don't worry: You can still complete Daily Contracts to receive Tokens.
ELITE CONTRACTS
• Put your skills to the test with new Elite Contracts!
• A total of four new Contracts with unique modifiers will prove a challenge even for the most experienced players.
BOUNTY
• Complete a variety of tasks while playing an unlocked Contract, and be rewarded with Tokens!
• For each task you complete, one star will be added to your total rating.
• Gain three stars on an unlocked Contract to receive a reward of Tokens!
AND MUCH MORE!
• Restart and Play Again buttons have been added for Contracts.
• NEW Achievements
• Miscellaneous bug fixes.
Version 1.8.115 December 2022Pack up your chuck wagon - it's time for a cattle drive on the Chisholm Trail!
THE CHISHOLM TRAIL
• The year is 1867, the Civil War has ended and the cities up north are willing to pay good coin for livestock.
• Join a trio of cowboys as they drive their longhorn cattle along the Chisholm Trail, with the guidance of Jesse Chisholm and an old friend.
• Traverse all-new locations from the Spanish architecture of San Antonio to the river-dense trail in Oklahoma, to the prairies of Kansas.
COOKING FOR COWBOYS
• Expand your palate on the trail and cook up a storm in America's first food truck, the "chuck wagon."
• Feed a variety of hearty meals to the cattle-herding cowboys to keep them in peak condition.
• Learn about three real-life cowboys, such as the "Cattle Queen of Texas" Lizzie Johnson, Jesse Chisholm's adopted son Vicente Chisholm, and trail driver George Glenn.
• Say farewell to hardtack and hello to cornbread and grits - as well as many more delicacies the Chisholm Trail has to offer.
• Hunt, gather, and fish for all-new ingredients to create your gastronomic specialties.
NEW CHARACTER CLASS: COOK
• Cooks, also known as "cookies," are arguably one of the most important roles on the trail, or at least the heart of the party.
• Equipped with the Spice Set as a starting item, every cookie is ready to spice up their next dish.
• Successfully complete the Chisholm Trail to unlock enlisting Cooks on other journeys.
AND LOTS MORE!
• 8 NEW Achievements.
• "Walk The Trail" daily Dilemma improvements.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes..
Version 1.7.029 September 2022The Oregon Trail wasn’t all just snakebites and dysentery. Sit around a campfire and share stories
about some truly fearsome critters that have been encountered on the trail.
Do you dare to investigate what lurks ahead?
MYTHS, CRITTERS & LEGENDS, OH MY!
• Visit storytelling campsites and listen to tales of fearsome critters from folklore.
• Learn about 16 creepy critters, such as the venomous Hoop Snake and the fierce Hodag.
• Sit by the fire with Sarah Winnemucca as she shares stories from her own writings.
FORLORN HOPE
• A new path to California has been forged, getting emigrants there faster than ever before!
• But is it really the way of the future, or will it lead to one unfortunate party's demise?
• Follow the Donner-Reed Party's journey and maybe even help them along the way!
HORSE CREEK TREATY
• Help the Lenape family get to Horse Creek in time for Black Beaver to carry out his role as interpreter during the proceedings.
• Defuse a tense encounter between Thomas Fitzpatrick and Mato Oyuhi before they meet for the final treaty signing.
WALK THE TRAIL—DILEMMAS
• Just when you thought you could walk the trail in real life without incident.
• Receive Dilemmas in Walk the Trail that could impact the condition of your emigrant, wagon, or oxen.
• Achieve walking goals to restore any status conditions caused by the event.
AND LOTS MORE!
• New contracts appear daily instead of weekly.
• Minor fixes to reset functionality for the Walk the Trail feature.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes..
Version 1.6.007 July 2022Walk the Oregon Trail™—IN REAL LIFE!
NO OXEN? NO PROBLEM!
• Transform your daily walks and runs (including wheelchair support) into a westward journey!
• Never lose your journey — all progress data is saved in the Apple Health app.
• True to the original — traverse 64 real-world locations.
• The "Walk the Trail" feature requires the Apple Health app on iPhone.
• Got an Apple Watch? Download The Oregon Trail: StepTracker Apple Watch app.
WHO ARE YOU CALLING GREENHORN?
• Travel Screen: Observe the trail as you walk, and watch the environment change as you progress along the trail.
• Progress Screen: View your progress on the full journey map.
• Stats Screen: Features journey statistics, including daily steps, days traveled, locations visited, and comparisons to the previous week.
• Trivia Screen: Learn about various real-world milestones and their significance on the Oregon Trail in the 1800s.
The average greenhorn walking 10,000 steps per day can make it to Oregon in just over a year.
Want to reach Oregon before the harsh winter sets in? Don’t walk, RUN!.
Version 1.5.007 April 2022Play your way - in the newest update for The Oregon Trail, featuring beautiful new Visual Filters, helpful Accessibility options, and so much more!
FROM GREENHORN TO GUIDE!
• Greatly improved and updated prologue.
• Know how to play? Easily skip the prologue and embark on your journey.
• Sick of packing your wagon? Buy a new Shop Kit with the essentials and roll out on the trail!
• Get presented with Journeys and stories you have not explored and what events are about to start.
ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS!
• Increase accessibility by customizing your gameplay experience.
• High contrast mode to improve the readability of text.
• Ability to disable event timers and screen shake.
• Never miss another raccoon when you enable the ability to automatically collect animals!
• Event text is audible using Text-to-Speech.
DOGS, COYOTES, BROKEN WAGONS...
• Discover 13 new events on the trail!
• See if you can avoid getting cholera from the Spring of Life.
• Can you find the dog and pet him?
…AND MUCH, MUCH, MORE
• NEW Visual Filters added to the Gallery. See the game in a whole new way.
• Direct link to the amazing soundtrack - The Oregon Trail: Music from the Gameloft Game.
• Use the new Music Shuffle to randomize the tracks you have unlocked.
• Bug fixes and improvements..
Version 1.4.016 December 2021All aboard the railroads in the newest update for The Oregon Trail, featuring a brand-new way to play together—Community Goals!
COMMUNITY GOALS!
• Cooperate with your team to construct more of the first transcontinental railroad than the opposition!
• Choose your side and complete different tasks, such as donating toolboxes or scouting the railroad, to assist in its construction.
• Complete Individual Goals and Community Goals each week to claim victory, earn Gallery Tokens, and more!
TRANQUIL TRAIL
• Experience the trail like never before in this meditative version of The Oregon Trail.
• Embark on a peaceful experience that presents the trail without any gameplay or UI, allowing you to simply enjoy the relaxing sounds and beauty of the trail as your party travels unhindered.
• Useful for studying, as a screensaver, or just as a calming way to experience the Trail!
CONTRACTS EXPANDED
• Weekly Contracts have been expanded and now include hunting and rafting challenges!
• Try out new Contracts, such as Riding Shotgun, where you must use the momentum of your gunfire to turn your hunter into the ultimate projectile.
• ... Or Great and Small, where you need to navigate the Columbia River under extreme duress in this chaotic remix of the rafting mini-game.
NEW GALLERY!
• The Gallery now has categories and a new unlock system that uses Gallery Tokens! Earn Gallery Tokens by participating in weekly Community Goals and by completing Contracts.
• New Art—This update includes tons of new Artworks to unlock!
• Music Unlocks—Choose your main menu music from the huge range of beautiful tracks in the game.
• 3D Character Prints—Bring your characters to life by downloading and 3D-printing them at home!
... AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!
• Pony Express—Learn more about the history of the Oregon Trail with new events presenting tales of the Pony Express!
• Global Stats—Have you ever wondered just how many people have died of dysentery while playing The Oregon Trail? In this update, you can see stats like this and many more in the main menu!
• Sticker Pack—Give your friends dysentery! The Oregon Trail Sticker Pack has just been released for free on the App Store!
• California Trail Improvements—General balance updates to the California Trail, particularly the Meteorite Quest, and the Burns status!.
Version 1.3.007 October 2021Eureka! Seek fame and fortune in the newest update for the Oregon Trail, featuring the brand-new California Trail gold rush Journey!
NEW FULL-LENGTH JOURNEY: THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL!
• Explore entirely new regions on the California Trail! What riches will you find on your travels as you follow the trail southeast from Fort Hall?
• This Journey is full of new content, with new events, items, achievements, a new class, and much, much more!
• Gold—Dig for gold at waypoints along the Trail to use in trade and events, and to boost your score.
• Nitroglycerin!—Balance risk and reward. Nitro makes it easy to mine gold or clear obstacles, but if you don't look after it... BOOM!
• Gold Fever—Collect gold to receive a positive status effect, imbuing the party with a sense of optimism!
• Prospector—Completing the California Trail unlocks the Prospector, a new class equipped with Nitroglycerin as a starting item.
• Fishing—New fish varieties have been added to collect along the California Trail!
• Beautiful New Environments—Explore areas including American Falls, Devils Gate, the City of Rocks and many more.
NEW FEATURES AND CONTENT!
• New Quest: Wish Upon a Star—Doctor John Evans has discovered something incredible! Or has he? Do you believe Evans's wild stories of a huge meteorite in the Sierra Nevada?
• Contracts—The new Contracts feature offers unique twists on mechanics to master and new challenges to complete, such as "Chronic Conditions"—where you begin with a powerful party, but status effects can't be removed and your skills decrease with each use!
• Gallery—Unlock artworks in the Gallery by completing the Contracts.
BALANCE UPDATES AND IMPROVEMENTS
• Morale System Improvements—A new status effect has been added to help manage your party's Morale. Now, when your Morale is low, you will acquire the Forlorn status effect—so make sure you keep your party happy, healthy, and hygienic!
• Wagon Breakdown Improvements—Breakdowns really bring the game to a HALT! Now, when you find yourself broken down on the Trail, there are plenty of things to do to occupy the time while waiting for rescue. You can search for food, attempt to repair the wagon, send for help, inspect the area, and make camp.
• Party Drafting Improvements—Party drafting has been updated to be more intelligent. Duplicate classes and traits will be less likely, and a more balanced set of positive and negative traits will be presented while drafting your party.
• River Crossing Balance—We've completely overhauled the river crossing feature to make it easier to understand and improve your chance of success.
• New region and map variations have been added to Fishing!.
Version 1.2.130 August 2021There's plenty of fish in the sea, rivers AND lakes in the second update of The Oregon Trail! Featuring an exciting fishing mini-game, new Quests, and a new Journey!
YOU ASKED FOR IT AND WE DELIVERED—FISHING!
• New Game Mode: Available both as a standalone mini-game and in all the main Journeys, it's time to get fishing!
• Collectibles: Find, collect, and sell 60+ species of fish found on the trail. With a huge variety of collectible fish found in different regions, exciting discoveries await you all along the Oregon Trail!
• Two Camps: Learn about the early history of fishing along the Oregon Trail by visiting waypoints. Complete challenges to unlock the new Angler class!
• Gone Fishin': Use boosted spawn rates to your advantage to collect the Fish of the Day and rare trophy fish, visit different regions weekly, and join in special events such as "Hop to It" and "Feeding Frenzy" in the standalone mini-game Gone Fishin'.
NEW JOURNEY AND QUESTS!
• Lost Hollow: Stephen Meek and his party are trapped and lost in the desert! Can you manage their dwindling supplies long enough for them to be rescued?
• Peppard's Folly: Samuel Peppard and William Thomas are racing to create the first Wind Wagon! Who will you support on their quest?
• Frail Monument: Your party meets a traveling family with an adorable young child. Get to know them during your trip to Oregon.
BALANCE UPDATES AND IMPROVEMENTS
• Fish and Animal Collection: The Collection system in this Journal expansion will provide an exclusive new place for you to see all the animals and fish you've collected!
• UI Improvements: A completely reworked main menu makes it easier to find new content and help finish objectives on the trail! We've also added updates to improve the UI in various areas, including game stats and party drafting, so it's easier to see your character choices, and know what classes, traits and special items do.
• River Crossing Improvements: Crossings have been completely rebalanced to improve your ability to traverse rivers safely. The new River Crossing outcome screen will help you understand what went wrong, what went well, and tell you about any items you lost and injuries you may have acquired along the way!
• Wagon Grease Improvements: New effects and timers have been added to wagon grease so you'll always know how long you have left on your wagon grease bonus!
BUG FIXES AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS, including:
• Added more context to the tutorial
• Localization updates and fixes to remove erroneous tags, fix text overflows, and amend syntax issues, etc.
• Various performance improvements for issues that caused the game to crash
• Quest and Journey updates to balance and text!
• (1.2.1) Fix for fish that could not be caught
• (1.2.1) Fix for touch controls in hunting.
Version 1.1.003 June 2021Hit the trail again in our first update, with new quests and achievements, an improved tutorial, balance updates, and a wagonload of performance and bug fixes!
EXCITING NEW QUESTS to play along the Oregon Trail! These Quests can be played in "The Oregon Trail", "The Nature Trail", and "Oregon or Bust" Journeys! You can also now track Quests in the Guidebook.
• The Ballad of Lewis Southworth: Lewis is on a mission - he wants to perform with his fiddle, but first needs your help to put together a band.
• Hold Your Piece: A mysterious, wandering sharpshooter with a thirst for revenge challenges you to tests of marksmanship and gunplay. Can you change his fate?
• The Peoria Party: The "Oregon Dragoons" from Peoria have split up; reunite the 10 missing Dragoons and send them on their way to Oregon!
BALANCE UPDATES AND IMPROVEMENTS to various areas of the game, including:
• Tutorial Update: Many changes to the tutorial to help support new players and to remove roadblocks from seasoned players who want to get straight into the game. Changes have been made to the text, a skip-tutorial option has been added, and easier game modes have been showcased for players earlier.
• New Achievements: 12 new achievements to obtain!
• Guidebook Extension: The Guidebook has been expanded to accommodate the new features and content that has been added to the game.
• Game Balancing: Event spawning, river crossings, events, items and unlocks have all received balancing passes.
• New Events: To further improve replayability, we are creating new events to keep the experience on the trail fun and engaging for longer sessions.
MANY (200+!!!) BUG FIXES and quality-of-life improvements, including:
• Performance improvements (texture loading, asset loading, FPS improvements, controller performance)
• Localization updates and fixes (concatenated strings, grammar updates, better translations)
• Resolved various issues that could cause the game to crash
• Preventing certain events from repeating too frequently (e.g. In the Nick of Time).
Version 1.0.002 April 2021.
