PATRON0.99.20 · October 24, 2026 — More stable on iPhone
- 📱 The game uses much less memory on phones and tablets: shop signs and billboards are drawn at a resolution that suits the screen. Crashes with a "problem occurred" message on iPhone and Safari should be much rarer.
- 🔄 Fixed the "New version ready" bar coming back again after refreshing: the refresh now loads the latest version directly.
0.99.19 · October 23, 2026 — Hot dog stand and bigger invite rewards
- 🌭 The pickle stall is now a Hot dog stand: a new cart with a grill and new customer lines. If you owned the pickle stall, it has turned into a hot dog stand automatically.
- 🤝 Invite rewards doubled: a friend who joins with your code gets ₺10,000 right away; when they reach level 3 you earn ₺20,000 and they earn ₺10,000. Referral share is now 10%, up to ₺100,000 per friend.
- 🔗 ₺2,500 for every new visitor from the link you share, up to 25 visitors a day.
- ⚡ Invite speed: each invited friend who reaches level 3 makes your stall jobs and facility production 2% shorter for 90 days (up to 10 invites, 20%). Your invited friend also plays 15% faster for their first 7 days. Earnings and XP stay the same.
0.99.18 · October 23, 2026 — Game guide and FAQ on the website
- 📘 New pages on patrongame.com: How to play, FAQ, About the game and Updates. In 10 languages, at the top of the left menu.
0.99.16 · October 23, 2026 — Password reset fixed
- 🔑 The password reset link in the e-mail now opens the new-password screen directly; players who forgot their password no longer land on the sign-up screen.
0.99.13 · October 23, 2026 — XP now shown when collecting in bulk
- ⭐ When you use "Collect all" or "Collect and restart" at your facilities, the XP you earn now appears in the result and the XP bar updates right away (XP was always awarded, it just wasn't shown).
0.99.12 · October 23, 2026 — 16 stalls: flowers, pickles, chickpea rice, fish sandwiches
- 🛒 Stalls went from 12 to 16, with 8 on each side of the street facing each other.
- 💐 New stalls: Flower seller (level 2), Pickle seller (3), Chickpea rice seller (4) and Fish sandwich seller (6). Each has its own season, customer lines and look; fish sandwiches sell more in coastal provinces.
- 🔨 Auction: if the market rises after a lot opens, the minimum bid follows the current value.
0.99.11 · October 23, 2026 — Hidden chest, auction withdrawal and facility profits
- 🎁 Today's hidden chest: every day a small chest is hidden in front of a shop in your neighbourhood. Everyone who finds and taps it gets a reward once a day.
- 🔨 Auctions: you can withdraw from a lot you're leading for a 5% fee (not in the last 10 minutes); the lot reopens to everyone.
- 🐔 Facility profits fixed: the widening buy/sell gap of the system market is now deducted from production costs. Broilers no longer lose money; poultry, taxis and other facilities are profitable again.
- 🚐 Shuttle and bus companies now show office costs and real daily profit, plus how many vehicles the office needs.
- 🚚 When moving, you choose each shop's new empty spot (street, number, m²).
- 🚀 New trader boost: for your first 14 days and up to level 20, the XP you earn counts 1.5×.
- 🧩 Fixes: convoy vehicles no longer split up at corners; abroad, the convoy is that country's president; service shop shelves no longer look empty.
0.99.10 · October 23, 2026 — 🏦 Guild treasury is here!
- Guild members can donate to a shared treasury. The sheikh spends it on upgrades: the member limit grows up to 40 and the weekly goal reward up to 30% higher.
0.99.9 · October 23, 2026 — 🏬 Malls are here!
- From level 20 you can build a mall in your district: rent its shop spaces to other players and collect the rent from the cash box. You set the rent rate (50–200%).
0.99.8 · October 23, 2026 — Card tiers & traffic
- 💎 Credit-card tiers: as your limit grows, your card goes Standard → Gold → Platinum → Black. On Gold and above, Chip Money of 0.3% / 0.6% / 1% of your period spending is deducted when the statement is issued.
- 🚗 Cars stuck motionless at junctions now clear themselves from the road, so city traffic no longer locks up.
0.99.7 · October 23, 2026 — Waiting period & new sectors
- ⏳ The opening tax is gone: opening a new shop now takes time, not money. Each new shop has a waiting period that grows with its order (Tradesman Card shortens it). Licence approval also takes longer with more shops.
- 🥊🏊 Two new sectors: combat sports gym and swimming pool.
- 🧾 After level 20, inspections are rarer and a tax inspector occasionally visits. No debt: a thank-you note; unpaid tax debt: an audit penalty.
- 🚆 Train and high-speed rail stations now carry the TCDD name.
0.99.6 · October 23, 2026 — Shelf expansion
- 📦 Expand your shelves: from the shop panel, shelves grow 25% per level (up to 4 levels, 2× total). The price depends on shop size; bigger shops hold more goods.
0.99.5 · October 23, 2026 — Reward and inspection balance
- 🎁 The daily login reward grows with your level: at level 50 and above rewards are tripled.
- 🧾 Municipal inspections are rarer: fewer visits after level 10 and far fewer after level 20.
0.99.4 · October 23, 2026 — Partnerships, rankings and fixes
- 🤝 In facility partnerships the profit is now split by share after costs. A partner can leave at any time, and the facility owner can end the partnership.
- 🔁 Tradesman Card: collect from all your facilities and restart production with one tap.
- 💬 Tapping a profile photo in messages now opens that player’s profile; the same works in group member lists.
- 📊 The ranking now shows the correct total number of players next to your rank, and the cash ranking shows your own cash correctly.
- 🧮 Starting production now shows the estimated input cost, selling from the warehouse shows the estimated income including price impact, and opening a shop shows the estimated stock cost.
- 🏛️ After a trade chamber election ends, candidates who lost can move again; tapping a locked branch row now tells you why.
- 🗺️ The map now shows the number of players per district, the auction shows the time left until a bid slot frees up, and the Account page has a Store shortcut.
- 📜 Story tasks show your real shop, branch and facility counts even before a chapter starts, and the branch goal in level tasks never exceeds what your company type allows.
0.99.0 · October 23, 2026 — The game has a new name: PATRON
- 👑 Çırak is now PATRON! The game’s name and logo have changed; our slogan stays the same: "From apprentice to boss". Your account, shops and everything else stay exactly as they were.
- 🌐 Our new address is www.patrongame.com. The old address redirects automatically; remember to update your bookmarks. You may need to log in once at the new address.
- 🎂 Age declaration is simpler: before buying with real money you pick "under 18 / 18 and over". Players under 18 are no longer asked for their birth year, and it isn’t stored.
0.98.0 · October 23, 2026 — New intro film, trade chamber loan and auctions
- 🎬 A brand-new intro film: a 50-second journey at golden hour over the city, down to the stalls, the shops, the square and the floodlit stadium. "From apprentice to business owner".
- 🏛️ Trade chamber loan: chamber members can take a lower-interest loan backed by the chamber, repaid over 6–24 game months. The limit grows with your shops’ turnover; find it under Chambers and Bank › Loan.
- 📅 Loan instalments and credit card cycles now follow the game calendar: 1 game month = 30 game days. Bank limits are unchanged.
- 🔨 Auctions: the daily lot limit is gone, you can lead on up to 3 lots at once and 8 lots stay open. If you are outbid, your deposit comes straight back minus a 1% auction fee. Opening prices now start at the goods’ real value.
- 🏪 Branches with the same name are now told apart by their location (e.g. "Simitçi Ali · Kadıköy"); the sign still shows only the shop name.
- 🧩 Fixes: the neighbourhood mystery task in chapter 3, level 4 now counts correctly; the verification check is no longer asked again and again and never appears on the support form; the "View" button in Regulars works; the accountant row in Notifications is easier to read with new boxes; empty boxes in menus are filled and a "Decorate the shop" shortcut was added.
0.97.0 · October 18, 2026 — Cross-border trade and a smoother game
- 🌍 Logistics and customs on cross-border trades: 4% logistics to a neighbouring country, 6–9% to distant ones, and a 5% import duty on the goods (paid to the buyer’s country). You see the breakdown before buying; owning a shipping company halves logistics.
- 🧾 Shop taxes are now paid to the country where the shop is. For players using a local currency, prices on the stock market and share screens are no longer converted twice.
- ⚡ Smoother: the loading screen no longer freezes, bird’s-eye view draws a third less, low quality prepares fewer graphics programs, and the shop notification check is lighter on the server. Phones with a notch get proper side margins in landscape.
0.96.0 · October 18, 2026 — Rank leagues and the road to level 99
- 🎖️ Rank league in Rankings: weekly prizes are now split into five leagues (Apprentice, Journeyman, Master, Boss, Ahi Elder). You compete only with players of your rank; the top 10 of each league win prizes.
- 🌱 New tabs: Rising stars (players who joined in the last 30 days) and Growth (who grew their wealth most this week). In every list you now see the players around you (5 above, 5 below), whatever your rank.
- 🧭 The level path now goes to level 99: 6 new ranks and ceremonies (from Guild Steward to In Ahi Evran’s Footsteps), and from level 41 on, every level brings a new title, cover or permanent perk (tax, interest, login reward, experience).
- 🎁 Level surprises: a surprise box every time you level up — big every 5 levels, huge every 10, and legendary at 25, 50, 75 and 99. Level tasks after level 20 now vary too.
- 📖 28 new moments in the Story: surprises, small decisions and new encounters between the chapters of every act from The Lost Apron to Legacy. You can read the moments of acts you’ve already passed under “moments you missed”.
- ⚡ Smoother game: the long freeze while loading is shorter, the hitch right after the game opens is gone, the neighbourhood uses less CPU per frame, and rankings, street and map responses are faster.
0.95.9 · October 17, 2026 — Regulars update
- 🙋 Regulars’ favourites and requests now suit them: women no longer ask a barber for a beard trim and men no longer ask a hairdresser for a blow-dry. A barber’s regulars are mostly men, a hairdresser’s mostly women. Old favourites that didn’t fit were renewed automatically.
0.95.7 · October 17, 2026 — Map fix
- 🗺️ Fixed the street info and the Türkiye box overlapping the top-left buttons on the map.
All release notes can also be found in the game, in the What’s New section.