diff --git a/frontend/app/components/updates/EarlierArchive.tsx b/frontend/app/components/updates/EarlierArchive.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 90037b2..0000000
--- a/frontend/app/components/updates/EarlierArchive.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-"use client";
-
-import { useState } from "react";
-
-import { loadPublishedNotes } from "@/lib/patchnotes/api";
-import type { WeekNotes } from "@/lib/patchnotes/notes";
-
-import { WeekArticle } from "./WeekArchiveList";
-
-const PAGE_SIZE = 8;
-
-export default function EarlierArchive({ before }: { before: string }) {
-  const [weeks, setWeeks] = useState<WeekNotes[]>([]);
-  const [cursor, setCursor] = useState(before);
-  const [hasMore, setHasMore] = useState(true);
-  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState(false);
-
-  async function load(from: string) {
-    setLoading(true);
-    setError(false);
-    const notes = await loadPublishedNotes({ limit: PAGE_SIZE, before: from });
-    setLoading(false);
-    if (!notes.ok) {
-      setError(true);
-      return;
-    }
-    setWeeks((current) => [...current, ...notes.weeks]);
-    setHasMore(notes.hasMore);
-    const oldest = notes.weeks.at(-1);
-    if (oldest) setCursor(oldest.week);
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <div className="mt-12">
-      {weeks.map((notes) => (
-        <WeekArticle key={notes.week} notes={notes} />
-      ))}
-      {loading ? <p className="mt-8 text-sm text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">Loading…</p> : null}
-      {error ? <p className="mt-8 text-sm text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">Older weeks are unavailable right now.</p> : null}
-      {hasMore && !loading ? (
-        <button
-          type="button"
-          className="mt-8 text-sm text-[var(--tfmc-mist)] underline-offset-2 hover:text-[var(--tfmc-cream)] hover:underline"
-          onClick={() => void load(cursor)}
-        >
-          Show older
-        </button>
-      ) : null}
-    </div>
-  );
-}
diff --git a/frontend/app/components/updates/UpdatesPageView.tsx b/frontend/app/components/updates/UpdatesPageView.tsx
index 283f3f4..c4ccb5f 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/updates/UpdatesPageView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/components/updates/UpdatesPageView.tsx
@@ -1,38 +1,35 @@
 import Link from "next/link";
 
-import EarlierArchive from "@/app/components/updates/EarlierArchive";
 import StaffTestPreview from "@/app/components/updates/StaffTestPreview";
-import { WeekArticle, WeekSections } from "@/app/components/updates/WeekArchiveList";
+import { WeekSections } from "@/app/components/updates/WeekArchiveList";
 import type { WeekNotes } from "@/lib/patchnotes/notes";
 
+const weekButtonClass =
+  "inline-flex w-full items-center justify-start rounded-sm border border-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-cream)_35%,transparent)] bg-transparent px-6 py-4 text-left text-sm font-semibold tracking-wide text-[var(--tfmc-cream)] transition-colors hover:border-[var(--tfmc-cream)] hover:bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-cream)_8%,transparent)] focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-[var(--tfmc-cream)]";
+
 export default function UpdatesPageView({
   weeks,
   unavailable = false,
-  hasMore = false,
 }: {
-  weeks: readonly WeekNotes[];
+  weeks: readonly { week: string; label: string }[];
   unavailable?: boolean;
-  hasMore?: boolean;
 }) {
-  const oldest = weeks.at(-1)?.week;
-
   return (
     <main className="mx-auto min-h-[calc(100dvh-var(--tfmc-header-h))] max-w-3xl px-6 py-16">
       <h1 className="font-[family-name:var(--font-fraunces)] text-4xl text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">Updates</h1>
-      <p className="mt-2 text-[var(--tfmc-mist)]">
-        Scroll through the weeks. Each week also has its own page. Technical notes stay folded.
-      </p>
+      <p className="mt-2 text-[var(--tfmc-mist)]">Each week that has notes has its own page.</p>
       <StaffTestPreview />
 
       {unavailable ? (
         <p className="mt-10 text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">Patch notes are unavailable right now.</p>
       ) : weeks.length > 0 ? (
-        <div className="mt-10 [&>article:first-child]:mt-0 [&>article:first-child]:border-t-0 [&>article:first-child]:pt-0">
+        <nav className="mt-10 flex flex-col gap-3" aria-label="Patch notes by week">
           {weeks.map((notes) => (
-            <WeekArticle key={notes.week} notes={notes} />
+            <Link key={notes.week} href={`/updates/${notes.week}`} className={weekButtonClass}>
+              {notes.label}
+            </Link>
           ))}
-          {hasMore && oldest ? <EarlierArchive key={oldest} before={oldest} /> : null}
-        </div>
+        </nav>
       ) : (
         <p className="mt-10 text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">Nothing has been published yet.</p>
       )}
@@ -49,14 +46,14 @@ export function WeekPageView({
 }) {
   return (
     <main className="mx-auto min-h-[calc(100dvh-var(--tfmc-header-h))] max-w-3xl px-6 py-16">
-      <Link href="/updates" className="text-sm text-[var(--tfmc-mist)] underline-offset-2 hover:text-[var(--tfmc-cream)] hover:underline">
+      <Link href="/updates" className={weekButtonClass}>
         All updates
       </Link>
       {unavailable ? (
         <p className="mt-10 text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">Patch notes are unavailable right now.</p>
       ) : notes ? (
         <>
-          <h1 className="mt-6 font-[family-name:var(--font-fraunces)] text-4xl text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">{notes.label}</h1>
+          <h1 className="mt-8 font-[family-name:var(--font-fraunces)] text-4xl text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">{notes.label}</h1>
           <WeekSections bullets={notes.bullets} />
         </>
       ) : null}
diff --git a/frontend/app/components/updates/WeekArchiveList.tsx b/frontend/app/components/updates/WeekArchiveList.tsx
index 5438c04..c119862 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/updates/WeekArchiveList.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/components/updates/WeekArchiveList.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import Link from "next/link";
-
-import { arrangeNote, SECTION_LABELS, type PublicBullet, type WeekNotes } from "@/lib/patchnotes/notes";
+import { arrangeNote, SECTION_LABELS, type PublicBullet } from "@/lib/patchnotes/notes";
 
 const detailsClass =
   "rounded-md border border-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-cream)_14%,transparent)] bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-forest-deep)_35%,transparent)]";
@@ -52,16 +50,3 @@ export function WeekSections({ bullets }: { bullets: readonly PublicBullet[] })
     </>
   );
 }
-
-export function WeekArticle({ notes }: { notes: WeekNotes }) {
-  return (
-    <article className="mt-12 border-t border-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-cream)_12%,transparent)] pt-10">
-      <h2 className="font-[family-name:var(--font-fraunces)] text-2xl text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">
-        <Link href={`/updates/${notes.week}`} className="hover:underline">
-          {notes.label}
-        </Link>
-      </h2>
-      <WeekSections bullets={notes.bullets} />
-    </article>
-  );
-}
diff --git a/frontend/app/updates/page.test.tsx b/frontend/app/updates/page.test.tsx
index 818762c..8a3b7a9 100644
--- a/frontend/app/updates/page.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/updates/page.test.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,17 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import UpdatesPageView, { WeekPageView } from "../components/updates/UpdatesPageView";
 import type { WeekNotes } from "@/lib/patchnotes/notes";
 
-const current: WeekNotes = {
+const current = {
+  week: "2026-W39",
+  label: "Week of 21 September 2026",
+};
+
+const earlier = {
+  week: "2026-W38",
+  label: "Week of 14 September 2026",
+};
+
+const notes: WeekNotes = {
   week: "2026-W39",
   label: "Week of 21 September 2026",
   bullets: [
@@ -18,20 +28,41 @@ const current: WeekNotes = {
   ],
 };
 
-const earlier: WeekNotes = {
-  week: "2026-W38",
-  label: "Week of 14 September 2026",
-  bullets: [{ id: "old-1", section: "fixed", body: "Fixed a chest" }],
-};
-
-function markup(weeks: WeekNotes[], unavailable = false): string {
+function markup(weeks: { week: string; label: string }[], unavailable = false): string {
   return renderToStaticMarkup(<UpdatesPageView weeks={weeks} unavailable={unavailable} />);
 }
 
 describe("Updates page", () => {
-  it("shows the latest week open and folds technical notes", () => {
-    const html = markup([current]);
+  it("lists each week as a button and leaves the notes off the index", () => {
+    const html = markup([current, earlier]);
     expect(html).toContain('href="/updates/2026-W39"');
+    expect(html).toContain('href="/updates/2026-W38"');
+    expect(html).toContain("Week of 21 September 2026");
+    expect(html).toContain("Week of 14 September 2026");
+    expect(html).toContain("rounded-sm border");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("Added a station");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("Fixed a chest");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("hover:underline");
+    expect(html.indexOf("2026-W39")).toBeLessThan(html.indexOf("2026-W38"));
+  });
+
+  it("says when nothing is published", () => {
+    expect(markup([])).toContain("Nothing has been published yet.");
+  });
+
+  it("says when the notes cannot be loaded", () => {
+    const html = markup([current], true);
+    expect(html).toContain("Patch notes are unavailable right now.");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("Week of 21 September 2026");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Week page", () => {
+  it("shows that week and folds technical notes", () => {
+    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<WeekPageView notes={notes} />);
+    expect(html).toContain('href="/updates"');
+    expect(html).toContain("All updates");
+    expect(html).toContain("rounded-sm border");
     expect(html).toContain("Week of 21 September 2026");
     expect(html).toContain("Highlights");
     expect(html).toContain("Crafting");
@@ -52,44 +83,8 @@ describe("Updates page", () => {
   });
 
   it("renders bullet text instead of HTML", () => {
-    const html = markup([current]);
+    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<WeekPageView notes={notes} />);
     expect(html).not.toContain("<script>");
     expect(html).toContain("&lt;script&gt;alert(1)&lt;/script&gt;");
   });
-
-  it("scrolls through older weeks and links each one", () => {
-    const html = markup([current, earlier]);
-    expect(html).toContain('href="/updates/2026-W39"');
-    expect(html).toContain('href="/updates/2026-W38"');
-    expect(html).toContain("Week of 14 September 2026");
-    expect(html).toContain("Fixed a chest");
-    expect(html.indexOf("Added a station")).toBeLessThan(html.indexOf("Fixed a chest"));
-    expect(html).not.toContain("Show older");
-  });
-
-  it("offers older weeks without including them in the first response", () => {
-    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<UpdatesPageView weeks={[current]} hasMore />);
-    expect(html).toContain("Show older");
-    expect(html).toContain("Added a station");
-    expect(html).not.toContain("Fixed a chest");
-  });
-
-  it("shows one week on its own page", () => {
-    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<WeekPageView notes={earlier} />);
-    expect(html).toContain('href="/updates"');
-    expect(html).toContain("Week of 14 September 2026");
-    expect(html).toContain("Fixed a chest");
-    expect(html).not.toContain("Added a station");
-    expect(html).not.toContain('href="/updates/2026-W38"');
-  });
-
-  it("says when nothing is published", () => {
-    expect(markup([])).toContain("Nothing has been published yet.");
-  });
-
-  it("says when the notes cannot be loaded", () => {
-    const html = markup([current], true);
-    expect(html).toContain("Patch notes are unavailable right now.");
-    expect(html).not.toContain("Added a station");
-  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/app/updates/page.tsx b/frontend/app/updates/page.tsx
index 1bc7c7e..b9dcd27 100644
--- a/frontend/app/updates/page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/updates/page.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Metadata } from "next";
 
 import UpdatesPageView from "@/app/components/updates/UpdatesPageView";
-import { loadPublishedNotes } from "@/lib/patchnotes/api";
+import { loadPublishedWeekIndex } from "@/lib/patchnotes/api";
 
 export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ export const metadata: Metadata = {
 };
 
 export default async function UpdatesPage() {
-  const notes = await loadPublishedNotes({ limit: 8 });
+  const notes = await loadPublishedWeekIndex();
   if (!notes.ok) {
     return <UpdatesPageView weeks={[]} unavailable />;
   }
-  return <UpdatesPageView weeks={notes.weeks} hasMore={notes.hasMore} />;
+  return <UpdatesPageView weeks={notes.weeks} />;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/lib/patchnotes/api.test.ts b/frontend/lib/patchnotes/api.test.ts
index ed74507..6f5c303 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/patchnotes/api.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/lib/patchnotes/api.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
-import { loadPublishedNotes, loadPublishedWeek } from "./api";
+import { loadPublishedNotes, loadPublishedWeek, loadPublishedWeekIndex } from "./api";
 
 afterEach(() => {
   vi.unstubAllEnvs();
@@ -97,4 +97,34 @@ describe("loadPublishedWeek", () => {
     vi.stubGlobal("fetch", vi.fn(async () => new Response("nope", { status: 502 })));
     expect(await loadPublishedWeek("2026-W39")).toEqual({ ok: false, missing: false });
   });
+});
+
+describe("loadPublishedWeekIndex", () => {
+  it("lists published weeks without their lines", async () => {
+    vi.stubEnv("NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL", "http://api.test");
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () =>
+      new Response(JSON.stringify({ weeks: ["2026-W39", "2026-W38"] }), { status: 200 }),
+    );
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    const notes = await loadPublishedWeekIndex();
+
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "http://api.test/patchnotes/weeks",
+      expect.objectContaining({ cache: "no-store", signal: expect.any(AbortSignal) }),
+    );
+    expect(notes).toEqual({
+      ok: true,
+      weeks: [
+        { week: "2026-W39", label: "Week of 21 September 2026" },
+        { week: "2026-W38", label: "Week of 14 September 2026" },
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("reports the page unavailable when the API fails", async () => {
+    vi.stubEnv("NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL", "http://api.test");
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", vi.fn(async () => new Response("nope", { status: 502 })));
+    expect(await loadPublishedWeekIndex()).toEqual({ ok: false });
+  });
 });
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diff --git a/frontend/lib/patchnotes/api.ts b/frontend/lib/patchnotes/api.ts
index a780855..e32de71 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/patchnotes/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/lib/patchnotes/api.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,35 @@ export type PublishedWeek =
   | { ok: true; week: WeekNotes }
   | { ok: false; missing: boolean };
 
+export type PublishedWeekIndex =
+  | { ok: true; weeks: { week: string; label: string }[] }
+  | { ok: false };
+
+/** Weeks that have published notes, newest first. The index does not need the lines. */
+export async function loadPublishedWeekIndex(): Promise<PublishedWeekIndex> {
+  const base = apiBase();
+  if (!base) return { ok: false };
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch(`${base}/patchnotes/weeks`, {
+      cache: "no-store",
+      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS),
+    });
+    if (!res.ok) return { ok: false };
+    const body: unknown = await res.json();
+    if (!body || typeof body !== "object" || !Array.isArray((body as { weeks?: unknown }).weeks)) {
+      return { ok: false };
+    }
+    const weeks: { week: string; label: string }[] = [];
+    for (const entry of (body as { weeks: unknown[] }).weeks) {
+      if (typeof entry !== "string" || !isWeekKey(entry)) return { ok: false };
+      weeks.push({ week: entry, label: weekLabel(entry) });
+    }
+    return { ok: true, weeks };
+  } catch {
+    return { ok: false };
+  }
+}
+
 /** Approved weeks, newest first. One bounded request. Any failure becomes an unavailable page. */
 export async function loadPublishedNotes(options?: {
   limit?: number;