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ECOSYSTEMS

• Feeding creatures at the edges of ecosystems will now count towards Colossal Tree upgrade requirements.
• Underwater ecosystems will gradually have more fish as the player regrows Groves

COMBAT

• Reduced small Withered spider HP
• Increased the spawn time and reset time on all withered nests
• Fishes appear closer to the surface to make fishing easier
• Tools DO NOT LOSE DURABILITY when used in combat.
• Made Hatchet, Pickaxe, & Shovel have a 2 hit combo

RECIPES

• The Campfire now unlocks along with basic tools recipes (Hatchet, Pickaxe, etc), so that players can craft food to heal sooner
• The Spear recipe now unlocks along with basic tools, so that players can defend themselves sooner.

AUDIO

• Text typing audio during dialogue was turned down -4 db Decreased the volume on destroying Withered Blobs, as it was much too loud UI
• Replaced fill order icons for Farm Village, Mining Village, &Midhaven to make them more fancy
• Re-enabled Input remapping settings &fixed issue that caused remapping to not work properly in PS5 + more remap options.

VFX

• Adjustments to VFX on building construction smoke

BUGS AND CRASHES

• Replaced the video at Main Menu with a static background image that should fix the AMD GPU crash.
• Fixed a bug with the Bridge quest that would result in a progression blocker
• Fixed a crash when attempting to convert, if the crafting station is placed slightly outside the village radius
• Fixed collisions and visuals on certain rocks.
• Fixed a bug where Storage would eat a player's deposit when full
• Fixed a crash with the Radial Wheel
• Fix a crash with the Quick Link that could happen continuously in multiplayer.
• Fixed a crash related to loading saves on low end hardware.
• Fixed a crash that would occur when player exits to main menu.

Following patches after this will include:

• Hold to harvest
• Quick-swap tools based on what you're harvesting
• Increased limits on planting within the ecosystem.
• More bug, stability, and crash fixes.
• Balancing the spawn rates of Resin- MushroomCap - Flint - Fiber
• Increased foliage amount (Bush, Clay, Kelp, etc)
• Screen freeze after player falls down to water from climbing stamina depletion
• Increased tool durability
• Fixing insta dying with swimming after stamina is depleted
• Streamlining starting island experience.