Hey everyone! Patch 6 is here, bringing a host of exciting updates including improvements to tool durability, enhanced gameplay mechanics, new accessibility features, and a massive wave of bug fixes! Dive in to explore the full details and see what's new!

Tool Durability

• Iron tools now last ~100% longer.
• Steel tools now last ~35% longer.

• Iron: ~25% increased durability.
• Steel: ~10% increased durability.

Converting Stations

• New Queue Limit: Some stations now limit the number of conversions that can be queued.

New Functionalities

• Added Patch Notes to Main Menu.

• Use 1~8 keys or mouse wheel (PC) and D-Pad (PS5).
• Non-equipable items (e.g., Seeds) only usable with number keys.
• A hotbar interface is planned for future updates.

• Customize difficulty via the Options menu under the difficulty section.

• Enabled inside the Options menu, under the Accessibility section.
• Changes all spider models into crab-equivalent versions.
• If activated while in-game, return back to the Main Menu for it to take full effect.
• For now, inside a multiplayer session, the hosting player option will be replicated to all players.

• Hold input for interactions instead of repeated manual inputs.
• This feature is still being refined, and wed love to hear your feedback to help improve it!

Gameplay

• Fishes and Flyers no longer get stuck in the player's body if they use the Tethered Bow while their inventory is full. Instead, their resources will now drop as a loot bag nearby.
• Improved climbing responsiveness.
• Added mid-air control for jumps/falls.
• Carnivores will now prioritize eating nearby food over being aggressive, provided they're hungry.
• Increased repeatable treasure chest spawns across all regions.
• Adjusted the spawning points of Withered enemies to be further away from Anja Rise's main path.
• The placement mode received increased input granularity to enhance building placement.
• Adjusted the positioning of Flyers nearby Jabari in the Ancient Bridge.
• The Clear Sky shrub no longer has collision.

Combat

• Harelopes now kick back harder.
• Dead enemy corpses no longer have collision.
• Hitting dead enemies no longer consumes weapon durability.
• Increased melee aim assist threshold for smoother combat.

Loot

• Limestone drops increased.
• Wood yield scales with tree size.
• Better loot from Withered enemies.

Harvestables

• Added additional Clear Sky shrubs to better guide players inside the Aztembo, Zamku and Anja Rise regions.
• Added additional Stone, Limestone, Iron and Crystal boulders in the Main Island.
• Added additional Clay Mounds around lakes, rivers and the ocean.
• Coal Mounds are now Coal Boulders, require a pickaxe and no longer consume Amity.
• The amount of harvestables spawned by the Sacred Forests was reduced to enhance mobility.
• The amount of interactions (tool swings) required by Rare and Epic harvestables was greatly reduced.
• Using an Iron tool as reference, it went from overall 6 and 10 to 4 and 6.
• The amount of interactions required by Trees is now proportional to their sizes, decreasing with tool rarity.

Recipes and Fill Orders

• The following recipes/fill orders had their requirements adjusted:
  • [Fill Order] Ishaya Sacred Forest: Allei Leaf: 3 0.
  • [Fill Order] Citadel T1: Hide: 4 3.
  • [Personal Craft] Construction Table: Wood: 5 8. Tree Bark: 1 0.
  • [Alchemy] Withered Antidote: Withered Tar: 3 2.
  • [Lumbermill] Wood Plank: Wood: 10 15. Resin: 3 5.
  • [Lumbermill] Sustain Pillar: Resin: 5 6.
  • [Blacksmith] Rod: Iron: 1 3. Wood: 6 9.
  • [Blacksmith] Iron Hatchet: Iron: 2 3.
  • [Blacksmith] Steel Ingot: Iron: 3 4.
  • [Hearth] Charcoal: Wood: 5 7. Resin: 1 2.
  • [Kiln] Steel Ingot: Iron: 5 6.
• The following affects new saves only:
• Added a Binder recipe for the Hearth. It unlocks upon reaching Mining Village T2
• we are working on unlocking this for everybody retroactively, in the near future.

Art

• Dung now oozes charisma with a brand new VFX to be visible.
• Collision around the Shipwreck area was improved.
• All Huts should now properly rise from the ground.
• Amity now has a new icon when requested by Fill Orders.
• Over (27) incorrect torch placements were fixed.
• Desert Glass, Opal, Ruby and Diamond had their model sizes increased to enhance visibility.
• Increased the culling distance range of Colossal Trees, Grand Trees and production buildings.
• The foundation checker, placement preview, interaction range and secondary action input were improved for over three hundred (300) buildings.

Audio

• Added a new SFX to all tool attack inputs.
• Added a new SFX to fully rebuilding shrines.
• Added new combat and tropical biome music.
• Balanced reverbs, conversion stations, creatures' locomotion, Withered and UI sounds.

User Interface

• Credits roles are now localized.
• The Quest information in the HUD was visually improved.
• [ESC] can now be used to close the radial wheel on mouse and keyboard.
• Fixed misleading input prompts for climbing. Prompts now correctly display "Jump" for the jump input and "Drop" for the crouch input.
• Several input prompts were modified for the Inventory and Storage controls.
• Observing creatures with the Shimuscope now displays whether a creature is hungry or not.
• A hosting player can now see their Lobby ID while inside a multiplayer session. This is visible inside the Options menu, under the Multiplayer section.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where harvesting could continue with an invisible tool after its durability was depleted, allowing for a durability exploit.
• Game instances (such as foliage, buildings, and NPCs) now load correctly when players spawn nearby them.
• Important places like Grove Sprites and Quest NPCs can no longer be covered with buildings.
• Fixed an issue where the next quest was sometimes not properly accepted after completing the quests "Establish our first village" and "Bridge to the Mainland"
• Pre-requisites in the Fill Order menu are no longer obscured by previous Fill Order information.
• Emperor Vine and Phoenix Bark can now be harvested correctly from their Colossal Trees.
• The "Original" hairstyle at the Barber no longer causes players to become hard-locked.
• Looting Resin before planting the first ecosystem no longer locks progression.
• The Kiln and Deli stations can no longer be accidentally removed, ensuring they remain functional.
• The game no longer attempts to save during cinematics, preventing potential player locks.
• Nutritious Salad is now learned properly when the first ecosystem is placed.
• Observing injured creatures now unlocks the correct entries in the Shimudex.
• Double stamina bars no longer appear under specific conditions.
• Quick Craft can now be used repeatedly without requiring an inventory restart.
• Mount stamina regenerates properly after dismounting mid-air.
• Workers no longer float near the Garden ruin, behaving as intended.
• Withered Blobs no longer cause game crashes due to save inconsistencies.
• Spikejaw performs its happy and eating animations correctly.
• Friend mounts are now visible in multiplayer sessions.
• Villagers no longer incorrectly request Sticks.
• Jubanga and Kubwa are now observable with the Shimuscope.
• Fuzzyfin and Kurikama now eat Kelp as expected.
• Foliage physics no longer cause rare game crashes.
• Gorilumo properly poops after being fed.
• Fixed an issue where player movement affected the dangly physics of other characters' quivers.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur on clients when joining a host island.
• Fixed clients being unable to see creatures' diet and treat information during observation.
• Fixed lingering player name tags persisting across world travel.