Nefrarya replied to final release August 9, 2022 @ 1:22:16 am PDT
There are still 3 unfinished biomes left at least. IG has given estimates that it should take them about 6 - 9 months per biome. So even with Mistlands slated for 2022, the final release will probably at least still be another year.
But you don't have to start a new world every time. Undiscovered parts of your old maps will receive the new content for their biomes (not a 100% guaranteed, as no entirely new biome has been added yet; but based on previous updates). And you can treat new worlds simply as raiding expeditions; a character's inventory and unlocked recipes travel over to the old world with them. So you can keep all your old bases, and still play the new content.
But you don't have to start a new world every time. Undiscovered parts of your old maps will receive the new content for their biomes (not a 100% guaranteed, as no entirely new biome has been added yet; but based on previous updates). And you can treat new worlds simply as raiding expeditions; a character's inventory and unlocked recipes travel over to the old world with them. So you can keep all your old bases, and still play the new content.
11:13 am, August 9, 2022