Spilt Milk Studios is launching Trash Goblin’s first premium DLC, The Artist of Brimhaven, on 7 May. On the very same day, the base game will be free to claim for a full week on the Epic Games Store.
A New District With Time to Breathe
DLC The Artist of Brimhaven is designed for players who’ve already seen the main story through and wondered what happened next. This time you’re heading somewhere new.
Brimhaven is a forgotten district tucked away in a ravine, the kind of place where buildings lean a little too much and the streets feel paused rather than dead. The focus here is less on rushing and more on repair. Helping a community rebuild. Spending time. Making small choices that slowly brighten the place.
It looks like the sort of expansion that trusts the game’s existing pace. You’re not suddenly fighting timers or juggling half a dozen systems. You’re still doing what you always did. Restoring, combining, selling. The difference is in how those actions ripple outward. Brimhaven is about visible change, watching a once abandoned space slowly refill with warmth and colour over the course of five or so hours of new story content.
Returning characters play a big part in that. Familiar faces drift back into your day, conversations pick up where they left off, and the whole thing feels like opening a letter from an old friend rather than starting a sequel.
A Free PC Update That Reshapes Your Workshop
Alongside the DLC, a substantial free update is landing on PC. The headline addition is a new tool, affectionately named Hugh.
Hugh introduces a trinket mini game that lets you swap materials and colours across the game’s hundreds of items. It sounds modest on paper, but in practice it feels like the sort of change that quietly rewires how you play. A copper piece becomes silver. Wood turns into stone. Your workshop starts to reflect your personal taste much more clearly.
This update also brings new trinkets, free cosmetics, quality of life improvements and Hungarian localisation.
Never Played Trash Goblin? This is the Moment
From 7 May, the base game will be free to claim on the Epic Games Store for one full week. This isn’t a timed demo. It’s the complete game. Plenty of space to settle into its gentle daily rhythm, meet its wonderfully odd customers and reach the end of the main story in time to decide whether Brimhaven is next on your list.
Our take at LadiesGamers
We reviewed Trash Goblin back in 2025 here at LadiesGamers. Kalina came away clearly charmed by the game’s calm structure and thoughtful design, awarding it a warm Two Thumbs Up verdict. She highlighted how its relaxed pace and likeable characters made it easy to fall into the groove without pressure.
From what’s been shown so far, The Artist of Brimhaven feels like a natural extension of those strengths. More story, more personalisation, and a broader view of the world you’ve already been quietly improving, one trinket at a time.
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