Hey ranchers! Hope everyone is doing well and taking care of themselves. I wanted to share a quick update on what we've been up to and to point you towards some great community resources that can help you connect with other ranchers. A few weeks ago, our studio transitioned to working remotely in order to ensure the safety of our team and our families. While video calls are not our preferred way to collaborate with each other, we are still working hard on building new adventures for you to experience in addition to the next Slime Rancher update.

What's Next

Slime Rancher update v1.4.2 will bring some new bits of content, but is primarily focused on improving performance, adding a few community-requested features, and some additional back-end tweaking. We will be sharing more information on this update in the coming weeks.

Slime Rancher Fan Forge

Last month, we partnered with For Fans By Fans to launch a Slime Rancher Fan Forge! Weve already seen a ton of amazing community designs come through, but we would love to see you submit your artwork and vote on all of your favorite designs. Here are just a few of our favorites, which is yours?
Keep an eye out for another announcement showcasing merchandise from all of the top community designs in just a few weeks! While the opening round of submissions is all wrapped up, you can still submit and vote on artwork in the Fan Forge. For Fans By Fans will continue to choose top community designs to be printed as official Slime Rancher merchandise! Learn how to vote & submit here!

Plushies, Mugs, & More!

Speaking of For Fans By Fans, have you seen all the Slime Rancher stuff they've released recently?

• Drone, Tiger Tabby, and Party Pink Plushies
• Pink, Honey, and Tarr Mugs
• Slimepedia Bag + Lenticular Pins

I'm honestly running out of room on my shelves. They were literally overflowing with slime plushies already and then they had to go and make not one, not two, but three perfect little plushies. How dare they do this to me!? And the list is about to get longer with all the new community designs coming out later this April... slimescared

Staying Connected

We're hard at work on lots of new stuff at Monomi Park and we can't wait to share what we have planned with you. Remember to sign up for our newsletter and follow us on Twitter if you want to stay up-to-date on any Slime Rancher or Monomi Park news. (Trust me, youll want to be the first to know about what we have planned next) You should also check out the community-run Slime Rancher Discord. It's a great spot to hang out with and chat with other ranchers!
Join the Slime Rancher Community Discord We'd also love to see what you've been up to on your ranch. If you recently redecorated, snapped a cute photo of your pet tabby slime, or created some adorable Slime Rancher art... share it with us! Either in the Steam Community Hub or on your favorite social media channels. Twitter - www.twitter.com/MonomiPark (@MonomiPark) Instagram - www.instagram.com/Monomi_Park (@Monomi_Park) Facebook - www.facebook.com/SlimeRancherGame (@Slime Rancher) You can tag us directly using one of the @'s above or use #slimerancher on your posts. We're always ready to like, favorite, and share your colorful creations. Thank you for being such an amazing community. Until next time... Stay safe and stay wiggly! slimehappy

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What is Slime Rancher?
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes. With a can-do attitude, plenty of grit, and her trusty vacpack, Beatrix attempts to stake a claim, amass a fortune, and avoid the continual peril that looms from the rolling, jiggling avalanche of slimes around every corner.

Sounds great! Give me more details!
Slime Rancher is a first-person, sandbox experience where players will solve problems and survive through mastery of their vacpack: a vacuum/cannon/backpack that can vacuum up and blast out anything that isn’t nailed to the ground.

Each day will present new challenges to players as they attempt to amass a great fortune in the business of slime ranching. While players are free to approach these challenges however they wish, a typical day might look like this:

• You wake at the crack of dawn and get to watering the crops at the ranch. Some slimes are vegetarian, after all. Then it’s time to gather up the plumpest hens from the chicken coop. Some slimes are totally not vegetarian, after all.
  
  
• Next, you’re off to feed slimes their breakfast over at the slime corrals so they don’t get too out of hand during the day. Hungry slimes get jumpy. Jumpy slimes can’t be contained.
  
  
• With your ranch set for the day, it’s time to begin exploring the untamed wilds of the Far, Far Range. Along the way, you’ll encounter slimes you’ve never seen before, discover a new type of veggie to cultivate back at the ranch, and narrowly avoid certain doom in a valley of burly, feral slimes.
  
  
• With the sun setting, it’s time to head back to the ranch, rustle up some dinner for your slimes, and try and figure out just how the heck you’ll keep these new slimes that seem to, well, explode all the time.
  
  
• But you can do this. You had the courage to travel a thousand light years away from home to make a living as a slime rancher. Slimes that go boom? No problem. Slimes that burn with a radioactive aura? Bring it on. Slimes that wiggle their butts? Wait, do slimes even have butts?

Let’s get ranching.