Paizo Announces Lost Omens High Seas Remaster Book for 2026

Pathfinder is going pirating once again. Paizo announced two new Pathfinder books at Paizo Live over the weekend, with Lost Omens: High Seas leading the charge. Paizo will release Pathfinder: Lost Omens - High Seas, a Pathfinder 2E remaster book, into retail on July 1, 2026, exploring the open waters of the Inner Sea.

The new sourcebook is packed with lore and guidelines for anyone looking to deal with the "sea" part of the Inner Sea region of Golarion, covering everything on or below its glittering waters. The product description sets the scope clearly: "Explore the failed utopia of the island of Hermea, the home of deadly Red Mantis assassins on Mediogalti Island, the mysteries of the Mordant Spire grown from the remains of a dead god, the countless pirate-scoured islands of the Shackles, or the dangerous depths of underwater regions. Each entry within this gazetteer includes the history, culture, and current events of the region, as well as a major city to include in a variety of adventures."

That's a lot of ground to cover, and it's ground that's been underserved in the PF2E remaster line so far. Hermea alone, with its history as a failed utopian experiment run by the gold dragon Mengkare, could anchor a full campaign. Mediogalti Island and the Red Mantis are a GM's dream for political intrigue and assassination plotlines. The Mordant Spire, grown from the remains of a dead god, sits in genuinely uncanny territory for adventure hooks.

The book also includes new character options and a fold-out poster map. The fold-out map covers the Inner Sea, and new character options have yet to be fully revealed. That's a meaningful addition for a lore book: the Lost Omens line at its best doesn't just describe places but gives your table something mechanical to anchor to those places.

The store page lists an MSRP of $44.99 for the standard edition. Paizo's product imagery also shows a special edition available: "Set a course for grand adventures with this expansive hardcover guide," and the limited deluxe hardcover is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark, consistent with Paizo's recent special edition format for the Lost Omens line.

The book is written by Logan Bonner, Luis Castro, Carlos Cisco, Amber M. Davies, Alice Grizzle, Laura Lynn Horst, Aaron Lascano, Monte Lin, Stephanie Lundeen, Derry Luttrell, and Jacob W., among others, making it one of the larger collaborative writing teams Paizo has assembled for a Lost Omens gazetteer.

High Seas wasn't the only announcement at Paizo Live. Impossible Magic, the companion release, packs four new classes into the remastered ruleset: the Magus, who wields spell and blade with equal skill; the Necromancer; the Runesmith, who carves runes onto targets; and the Summoner. The book also features more than 240 spells. High Seas arrives early at the head of summer, while Impossible Magic is slated for a Gen Con release.

For GMs who've been waiting for a proper nautical sourcebook in the remaster era, July 1 is the date to mark. The Shackles alone should keep a swashbuckler-heavy party busy for months.