Patch #3 is live!

Multiplayer

• Resolved an issue preventing players from joining or creating lobbies due to SSL certification failures.
• Players are no longer required to log in with their Epic Games Account.

INVENTORY

• Removed two items from the game: Stick and Rope.
• New players will no longer be able to acquire Stick and Rope. - Any recipe that used them should now require Wood and Fiber. - Rope recipe still exists for older saves, we will remove it in later patches. - For everyone who's already got them, please scrap!
• Recipes that previously used these items now require Wood and Fiber instead.
• Stick harvestables still exist but now yield Wood instead.
• The number of storage boxes you can place has been significantly increased.
• Increased the max stack amount for several categories: - Scrap: 100 999 - Seeds: 30 50 - Cooked Food: 5 15 - Common Crafting Items: 50 99 - Uncommon Crafting Items: 25 50 - Rare Crafting Items: 5 25 - Epic Crafting Items: 1 5

UI

• Minimap rotation has been locked.
• Added "Store All," "Take All," "Quick Stack," and "Quick Refill" functions to the Storage Box.
• Updated harvestable triangle UI to be positioned chest or head-high, making it bigger and more noticeable.
• Removing Farm plots from the Farm Building will give the materials to build another one from the Build Menu.
• Players can now hold 'E' (keyboard) or Square (PS5) to scrap items directly from their inventory.

GAMEPLAY

• Stone Tools durability has been increased by approximately 20%.
• Common Seeds now have a much higher chance of spawning Bushes.
• The Ancient Bridge fill order now requires two (2) Nutritious Salads instead of one (1) Meat Skewer.
• Quick Tool Swap was added to the game. Pressing to harvest should immediately equip the matching tool.
• Increased the respawn time of Withered Blobs inside Amani island.
• The Withered Resistance effect now depletes 150% slower.
• The damage interval from being affected with Withered Poison was increased.
• Withered Blobs can no longer spawn inside Villages.

RECIPES

• Lettuce and Carrot recipes now require more Common Seeds.
• Two new basic cooking recipes were added to the Campfire: - **Cooked Meat**: Using a placeholder icon, unlocked by default. - **Cooked Fish**: Using a placeholder icon, unlocked after acquiring two (2) Fish Meat.
• Adjusted other recipes: - **Nutritious Salad**: Now requires Allei Leaf and Root and is unlocked upon acquiring two (2) Allei Leafs. - **Meat Skewer**: Now unlocked upon acquiring two (2) Mushroom Caps.

HARVESTABLES

• Harvestable foliage size has increased by 30% and now features enhanced harvesting VFX during the daytime.
• Amani now has more Stone Boulders, Sea Grass, and Floating Trees to address the Kelp shortage.
• Bushes received the following updates: - Fiber and Thatch now drop separately instead of together. - Fiber and Common Seeds are guaranteed drops, while Thatch has a decent drop chance. - Respawn time decreased from 30 minutes to 20 minutes.
• Dead Trees are now harvested with two (2) hatchet swings.
• Clay Mound and Cactus Root are now harvested with two (2) shovel uses, reducing damage received from Cactus.
• Spindleroot and Big Cap are now harvested with three (3) shovel uses.

LOOT

• Increased the amount of poop gained from desired feeding.
• Adjusted Bone and Hide drop ratios from 50/50 to 30/70, increasing Hide drops.
• Reduced quantities of some harvestables to prevent quick accumulation of less necessary items (e.g., Allei Fern).
• Increased the chance of Resin dropping from any ecosystem tree.

ECOSYSTEMS & CREATURES

• Increased the Seed plant limit across all tiers.
• Ecosystem fruit now spawns immediately after a Tier upgrade.
• Juvor's spawn chance slightly increased (Temperate/King Tree ecosystems).
• Village Grass radius now matches the actual village radius.
• Increased HP of Withered Grunt to 150.

SHIMUDEX

• Observation gameplay and creature behavior improvements.
• Flying and swimming creatures now move slower, making them easier to observe.
• Ruin Debris no longer lists Limestone as a possible drop in the Shimudex.
• Added a new temperate ecosystem plant: Fresh Bush.

PLAYER MOVEMENT

• Increased player speed while wading through water.
• Improved swimming acceleration and turning responsiveness.
• Decreased stamina and oxygen drain while swimming to enable more underwater exploration.
• Reduced damage from depleted stamina while swimming.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a crash on boot.
• Resolved various UI and usability issues related to the Fill Order tab.
• Fixed a bug where "Enchanted Dung" name was displayed in-world.
• Addressed a crash that occurred when attempting to load a game.
• Fixed an issue where players could lock themselves while dying in water.
• Resolved a bug where players could get stuck in a conversation with the Forest God.
• Fixed incorrect storage interactions.

Thank you to everyone for playing Towers of Aghasba!