Hawthorn is still in development with no announced release date. Pages state which build they describe · Fact base last reviewed September 13, 2026.
Database
Every place in Windermere Valley that NEARstudios has named or shown, with what is known about each. Coordinates do not exist yet, which is why there is no interactive map.
Last reviewed September 13, 2026
Short answer
What locations are in Hawthorn?
The game is set in Windermere Valley, where you rebuild a lakeside village and the town of Windermere around it. Beyond that, the studio has confirmed ruins on the outskirts of Windermere, homes among the roots of great trees, the surrounding wilderness, and — in the backstory — an abandoned trading post.
No coordinates have been published, so this page has no map pins. See Map status for why.
Windermere Valley is described as a large valley where resources and points of interest change over time. The map itself is still being built: the studio said in Winter 2025/2026 that it was “well into building the actual game map” and that it was already bigger than shown in the proof of concept, with plenty of room to expand exploration.
Summer 2026 then shipped an entirely new area map and an expanded layout for the town of Windermere. Treat the current geography as provisional — the studio has been explicit that it is not ready to show the new map in full.
The valley the game is set in: a large, ever-changing area where resources and points of interest shift over time.
The village you rebuild. Its layout was expanded in the Summer 2026 build, and the game now begins with a proper story introduction here.
The official description places your village on the shore of a lake in Windermere.
Ruins were added on the outskirts of Windermere in the Summer 2026 build.
Open questions
Homes are rebuilt and decorated among the roots of great trees, which anchors the village’s fairytale look.
The wilderness around the village is where you explore for resources and treasure, and where the strange creatures come and go.
Homes were improved so you can see inside from the outside and watch weather from within. Updated homes shipped in the Summer 2026 build.
In the backstory, woodland creatures built a trading post in forgotten Windermere Valley before the village was abandoned.
An entirely new area map shipped in Summer 2026, and the expandable game map has been under construction since the Winter 2025/2026 build.
The official site frames the world with the line “A world bound together by a fragile peace. East and West. Animal and Fey.” That is the only published statement about geography beyond the valley itself, and it implies a political map as well as a physical one.
Nothing else — no named regions beyond Windermere, no settlements other than the town — has been announced.
Map status explains exactly what would need to be true before this wiki publishes an interactive map.