About

What is this site?

Vintage Almanac is a website that seeks to provide comprehensive information on the game Vintage Story. Here you will find information on every block, item, and entity in the game.

Who made this site?

This site is made by Hunter Rowland. I go by showcontroller in-game and in a few other places.

Why did you make this site?

After playing the game for a few weeks, I grew increasingly dissatisfied with the wiki. Often times information was missing or out of date.

One day, I was trying to design a farm that separates different generations of animals. I ended up having to dig into the game’s JSON files to figure out spawn specifics and hitbox sizes.

After doing so, I had the idea of updating the wiki or creating a new site with this data. After much research and deliberation, I decided to make my own site instead of improving the wiki for now.

Where is the data from?

The data is sourced from the game’s JSON files. It then goes through a tool I wrote to make the data easier to deal with. That data is then fed into Hugo which then generates this site.

How did you get the icons?

The game actually provides a helpful clientside command to generate all icons in the game.

.blockitempngexport all 500 game

I generate all icons at 500x500, and then Hugo downscales to smaller resolutions for the thumbnails. Copyright wise, I believe I’m in the clear. Anego Studios also gives permission in the FAQ.

You are also free to use any of our game assets (including music), as long as it is for Vintage Story related content..
— Vintage Story FAQ¹

Is it open source?

I do plan on releasing the code for this site under a BSD 2-Clause license. As of now, it’s not released. Stay tuned.

Where can I report typos, errors, or suggestions?

As of now, nowhere. I will setup a Discord server or something eventually. You can view upcoming features on the roadmap page.