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New Explorable Environments Note for the test: The new areas are still in active development. We encourage players to build in these areas for feedback and testing purposes, but please keep in mind that the terrain and objects in these areas might shift or move before the official 0.11 release. Please do not expect any new bases to work completely when moving over to a non-test build. Thank you! The Crab Sandbox Dig up buried treasure and find ways to survive the sweltering heat of the Sandbox, or wait until night and venture forth in the dark. Either way, you'll have to discover new ways to survive while avoiding your new antlion friends! The Black Ant Hill Introducing a new sprawling anthill in the western yard full of black ants and other secrets. This dungeon allows players to uncover new craftable weapons and armor, and includes a new mini-boss within its depths. The Trash Heap Too precious to throw away, but not precious enough for the Trash Heap! Here, players will be able to uncover some of the trash left in the backyard. From food items in the knocked-over trash can to the AARTZ 3000, it'll be interesting to see what the players designate as treasure of their own. The Picnic Table Something's abuzz over at the Picnic Table! Joining the beehive, players will now find trash from yesterday's lunch, along with the latest and greatest in tabletop RPGs, Minotaurs and Myrmidons vol. II! Although the players will be too tiny to play, they can have fun exploring some of the components. Haze Revamp Although this biome has been in the backyard since the beginning, players will experience a new Haze with this update. Avoid exploding fungi and survive the highly dangerous new friends that roam this battlefield to plunder the lab and its secrets. New Bugs 3 New Infected Bugs Infected Ladybugs, Infected Larvae, and Infected Gnats can now be found in The Haze! They have unique attacks that fit the infected-creature them Creatures here will drop fungal growths as loot in addition to the normal loot 5 New Additional Bugs Black Worker Ants Just as busy and cute as their red ant cousins on the other side of the yard Black Soldier Ants Not as cute as the Black Worker Ants, but just as busy trying to keep you out Sickly Roly Polys Maybe all that time near the trash cans isn't such a good thing for these little guys Antlions There is only one thing in the yard that they hate more than ants, and that's YOU Meaty Gnats What's better than gnats? MEATY GNATS! The meatier the gnat, the bigger the BOOP! 1 New Mini-boss [All information regarding this asset has been WITHDRAWN from the patch documentation per Ominent Management] New Crafting Content Antlion Equipment: Antlion Armor Set Status Effect: Protects the wearer from the sandbox sizzle effect Set Bonus: Faster reload speed in combat with bows and crossbows Antlion Greatsword Sickly Roly Poly Equipment Crusty Roly Poly Armor Set Status Effect: Blocking attacks builds stun gauge on enemies (normally only builds on perfect blocks) Set Bonus: Chance on block to repair currently equipped shield Black Ant Equipment Black Ant Armor Set Status Effect: All attacks build extra stun gauge Set Bonus: Reflect a portion of damage dealt back to the attacker Black Ant Sword Black Ant Shield Black Ant Shovel New Smoothie Base: Gum Nugget Creates "Sticky" Smoothies "Sticky Smoothie?" provides a regeneration buff on top of the default initial heal Sticky recipe smoothies provide status effects that last double the duration of normal smoothies New Features Milk Molars The popular "Yoked Girth Milk Molar" vitamins for growing teens are strewn across the yard for you to find. Harvesting their dense vitamin-infused pulp centers gives players the ability to upgrade personal or party-wide stats at BURG.L. Milk Molar Upgrades (Personal): Every Milk Molar found gives each player 1 Milk Morsel point to spend. Increase personal stats like: Max Health Max Stamina Max Hunger Max Thirst Max Equipped Mutation Slots New players that join the game after Milk Morsels are found will instantly have those points available to spend however they want on their teen. Mega Milk Molar Upgrades (Party Wide): Mega Milk Morsels are a shared party resource to use. Increase max item stack sizes like: Food Resources Ammo Any Mega Milk Morsel upgrade is applied to the whole party, even new friends that join after! Smithing Station Players can now upgrade their tools at the new Smithing Station! Tools and weapons can be upgraded using various upgrade globs Quartzite Shards can be used to upgrade weapons up to +5, increasing damage each time Additional upgrade globs can be unlocked via BURG.L chips and baked at the Oven: Quartzite Globs → +6 and higher Mint Globs → "Fresh" augmented weapons Spicy Globs → "Spicy" augmented weapons Salty Globs → "Salty" augmented weapons Mutations 4 New mutations to discover: Blademaster Spicy Safety Parry Master Truffle Tussle Additional Features New Photo Mode Pose: "Pet" Pets now have a small, accessible inventory You can now "Drop" bombs instead of always having to throw them Changes / Tuning Systems Gas masks no longer take durability damage in the haze. They still take durability damage from stinkbug gas. Maximum durability has been reduced to compensate. Your active pet will now be marked with a HUD marker. When players log out of a server, they take their active pet with them. A text notification is posted when an unhappy pet leaves you. Default stamina regen delay reduced to what it was before Shroom and Doom. Default maximum equipped mutations reduced to 2. Max total after upgrading is now 5 slots via spending Milk Morsels. Creature Damage Resists All creatures in the backyard now have inherent strengths and weaknesses to specific damage types. For example: Ladybug 75% damage taken from Stabbing (arrows and spears) and Chopping (axes and daggers) 100% damage taken from Generic (clubs and misc) 125% damage taken from Smashing (hammers) The current damage types in the game that this system taps into are: Stabbing Chopping Smashing Generic Explosive Fresh Spicy Salty Armor Rework All armors now classified as "Light" "Medium" or "Heavy": "Light Armor" Reduces the stamina regen delay when equipped "Medium Armor" No change to the stamina regen delay when equipped "Heavy Armor" Lengthens the stamina regen delay when equipped All non-set armors received nonuniform Damage Resist buffs For example, Firefly Headlamp is now considered "Heavy Armor", and has the appropriate DR All armors now display if they're "Light", "Medium", or "Heavy" All "Light" and "Medium" armor pieces received a 20% damage resist buff All "Heavy" armor pieces received a 10% damage resist nerf All armors have had their status effects and set bonus looked at, and some have been changed or adjusted: Armor Set Status Effect Set Bonus Grub Unchanged: Max Stamina Increase OLD: Thirst Rate Decreased NEW: Attack Stamina Reduction Bee OLD: Running stamina use down NEW: Arrows build stun gauge on creatures OLD: Arrows build stun gauge on creatures NEW: Arrows have a chance to Cripple (slow) enemies Spider OLD: Movement speed increase NEW: Attack stamina reduction Unchanged: Stamina regen rate increase Ladybug Unchanged: Max Stun/Shield gauge increase OLD: Passive HP regen NEW: Chance to apply temporary regen buff when blocking (normal or perfect) an attack Raw Science Economy Changes Raw Science economy changes: Costs of all purchases have been adjusted: important items now cost much less, while vanity/esoteric items cost much more. Upgraded recipes (+ variants) now all cost 1,500 New recipes and recipe packs now all cost 2,500 Mutations now cost 3,000 Sign packs now cost 4,000 SCA.B radar upgrades now cost 5,000 Removed Alchemist BURG.L quest type Increased science reward from analyzing a resource by 50% Food Rework Food and Hunger have been reworked: All food items are now classified as a Snack or a Meal Snacks Exist exclusively to reduce hunger Common snacks provide very low hunger Rarer snacks provide up to 25% of the hunger bar Can stack in the inventory Default is 5 per slot Never spoil Do not activate passive health regen even when filling your hunger all the way Meals Can provide a "Well Fed" buff on top of hunger Prevents hunger from depleting for 8-20 minutes (real-time) Cannot stack in the inventory Can spoil Activates passive health regen Benefits scale with the tier of the meal Tier Meal Duration Passive Regen Number of Meal Effects 0 8 Minutes Half 0 1 12 Minutes Normal 1 2 16 Minutes x1.5 1 3 20 Minutes Double 2 Meals are obtained via "Cookbook" unlocks on BURG.L chips. Garden Updates Small Mushrooms and Sprigs now have a green thumb chance. New Fertilizer introduced: Rotten Food Increases the green thumb chance of the current plant. Brain Power When you analyze new materials found in the world, you will gain more Brain Power, another avenue to unlock crafting recipes. Materials can be Common, Uncommon, and Rare. Rarer materials award more Brain Power. Picking up materials will no longer award recipes. You will need to analyze the material to unlock the recipes. Some materials awarded too many recipes and were rebalanced. Controls Horizontal and vertical controller and mouse sensitivities can now be set independently. The controller movement stick can now be inverted on either axis in the Controller options. Increased the maximum possible value of both controller and mouse sensitivities. The game will now pause if your controller is disconnected. Some controls that previously displayed long names such as "Left Bracket" will now display short names such as '['. Mutations Fresh Defense has been changed Now a 3 level mutation Gained by eating mint instead of picking it up Level 1 Unlocked by eating 1 mint total 25% gas and burning damage resistance 25% Sizzle rate reduction Level 2 Unlocked by eating 5 mints total 50% gas and burning damage resistance 50% Sizzle rate reduction Level 3 Unlocked by eating 10 mints total 50% gas and burning damage resistance 75% Sizzle rate reduction Grass Master has been updated Now refunds stamina used to attack when harvesting grass in addition to the bonus damage Amount of stamina refunded increases per level of the mutation Meat Shield and Buff Lungs mutations buffed by 50% Class-Based Mutation Rework All "class" mutations have been changed: No longer provide a passive increase to damage Each weapon type has a different on-hit proc effect Chopper provides axes with a chance to Stagger Interrupts the current action of the target Smasher provides hammers with a chance to Daze Slows the attack speed of the target Barbarian provides club users a chance to enter "Rage" when attacking Attack damage bonus while raged Unable to perfect block while raged Assassin provides daggers with a chance to apply a bleed DoT Damage over time that stacks with other sources (poison, gas, etc) Sharpshooter provides bows with a chance to Root Disabled movement for a short time Javelineer provides spears with a chance to Cripple Movement speed slow Blademaster provides swords with a chance to sharpen their blade when attacking Restores durability to the weapon The chance for the proc effects increases as the mutation is leveled up Camera The game window reveals more space horizontally with wider screen aspect ratios. This provides better support for ultra widescreen monitors. Audio Ambient background audio now has its own volume slider. Combat Poison damage is no longer reduced by Damage Reduction (for both players and creatures). Bow and Crossbow damage with all ammunition types increased by about 25%. Creatures will flee much further when fleeing at low health or when evading a player that they cannot reach. The player's glide will now be canceled if they flinch. Mint Mace's power level brought up to tier 3 club power. Interface The Smoothie Station and Oven UIs now show the names of each ingredient required and how many of each the player currently has. Added Graphics option for toggling the Chromatic Aberration effect. Added a text box to the Crafting menu for filtering crafting recipes, when using a keyboard. A mask overlay is displayed on the screen in first-person mode when equipped with the Gas Mask. A UI element showing your Gas Mask durability is displayed on the screen when inside of The Haze with a Gas Mask equipped. Recipes you craft at the Oven now show up in the normal Crafting UI as well (with the Oven requirement displayed). Knocked-out players will display a highlight outline around them if you have the "Highlight Objects" accessibility option set to anything higher than "None". When Read To Me is enabled, interaction prompts will be narrated. The game will now prompt the player to configure accessibility settings on the first launch. The game can now be paused during cutscenes. Item context menus are now available in the Container interface. Player backpacks will no longer automatically transfer items when opened unless all the items can be taken. Building Placement Improved snapping of walls to existing grid buildings during placement. Wall-mounted buildings are less restricted by the target surface angle. Other minor building snapping behavior tweaks. Buildings cannot be relocated into creatures. Zipline Wall Anchors no longer support other wall-mounted buildings. Improved ground alignment of several Storage & Utility buildings. Crafting Repair costs for bows and crossbows are now consistent within a tier. Lure recipes are no longer learned from flower petals. They now require a BURG.L chip purchase. 2 new Sign sets are available to purchase from BURG.L once their chips are discovered. Mint Mace is no longer crafted with raw mint. Now requires processed "Mint Globs". Now also requires mint shards to repair Club of the Mother Demon now requires "Quartzite Globs" to repair. Paint Can BURG.L chip has been removed Recipes have been spread out to other relevant chips Optimization Improved CPU and network performance in multiplayer games with large bases. Improved CPU performance of creatures walking when playing a multiplayer game Multiplayer Latency/Ping has been improved by 20-40%. Additional general CPU performance improvements. Saved game screenshots are smaller in disk size. World/Resources Mint in the anthill is now guaranteed to show up every ~6 days. Mint Chunks renamed to Mint Shards Spoiled Meat now stacks (considered a "food" for stack sizes) Creatures Infected Mite tuning pass HP increased Damage lowered Now prioritizes using a ranged attack Ranged attack applies an explosive damage resistance debuff Infected Weevils no longer apply an armor durability DoT with their explosion attack Infected Weevils can now be attacked/killed to interrupt their explosion attack Bug Fixes Major Fixes Creatures will spawn less frequently in locations they shouldn't (inside of rocks, under the terrain, inside of labs, etc.) Wolf Spiders will no longer be walking around during the day when starting a new game. The Options menu will no longer scroll wildly after rebinding a control with mouse and keyboard. Hot Pouch settings properly restore for clients when rejoining a game. BURG.L Chips on the map display for clients as well. All Sign Sets for Sign Frames are unlocked by default on Creative modes. Ants no longer steal your storage items through walls. Fixed a rare crash relating to physics collisions. Players and bugs should no longer launch into space when randomly stepping on dropped/chopped items. The controlled deadzone options actually work now. Game The Accessibility and Log Out buttons on the main menu can now be narrated when hovered Fixed some cases where hotkeys would stop working in UI windows Selected hotbar and equipment slots will remain selected after tabbing away from and back to the inventory tab Gamepad controls can now be rebound more than once without closing and re-opening the options menu Inspected recipes are properly remembered for clients when rejoining a game (the "!" icon next to recipes) BURG.L Chip locations on the map cannot be hovered over while they are still hidden (prior to helping BURG.L) Unicode newline characters can no longer be pasted into single-line text input boxes World Player backpacks and items in water will no longer sink after loading a saved game The player will not be stuck in place when bumping into objects while gliding BURG.L Explore quest Trail Markers will now be removed when abandoning the quest Buildings cannot be placed in Field Stations Building rotation no longer operates in the opposite direction when a building is snapped as when it is unsnapped Peaked and Straight roofs can no longer be placed floating in the air in certain configurations Grass and Log curved doors will no longer behave strangely while placing them on slopes Frankenline dials can now be used even after a player has died on them The camera will not switch to first-person after pausing on a Frankenline dial Buildings being placed can no longer be relocated by other players Items/Equipment/Resources Pebblets now sink in water Dropped Acorn Shells no longer clip with walls when Demolishing wall-mount heads and signs Basketball hoops can no longer be stacked on each other Basketball hoops can now be repaired Wall-mounted buildings can no longer be placed on fired arrows The hover highlight effect will no longer get stuck active on ladders Items stuck in droplets no longer become frozen in place Droplets with multiple servings now correctly save and restore their size Dew on grass blades now plays the correct effects and audio when hit Dew on grass blades will now fall when directly impacted Dew on grass blades can now be directly consumed Players fall off of ladders when incapacitated. Players cannot revive other players from ladders Players do not lose stamina when holding the sprint control while zipping Bombs will destroy grass and weeds more consistently Creatures Solider Ants no longer count for "Hunter - Worker Ant" quests Burrowed larva now count for "Hunter - Larva" quests Distant flying creatures will no longer fly into the terrain of the upper yard TAYZ.Ts in the Haze lab no longer respawn Pets Naming a pet using the letter 'Q' will not withdraw the pet UI Key prompts will now correctly change when control is rebound Some numbers, such as the player's science available and the total items available in recipe displays, will be displayed as "1.5K" when they are too long The Crafting category buttons in the crafting menu again properly display the "!" icon if you have a recipe in that category that has not been inspected Bug Fixes - Windows 10 Store Platform: Importing newer saves made on Steam should work again. 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0.10.0 Public Test - 3149 to 3153 Changes (Only noticeable across Public Test Builds) Restoring a client that was saved off while dead will no longer crash the game. Restoring a client that has progressed any achievement stats will no longer crash the game. Crossbow does slightly more damage and stun. Respawn Point icon is no longer a blank square on existing saves. Respawn Points will no longer crash the game in the Map screen

New Features UI Your current Respawn Point building will show an icon over it as well as in the Map screen. Bug Fixes - All Platforms Top Community Fixes Moving items back and forth in the Container UI should no longer trigger a crash on games with large bases. 0.10.0 Public Test - 3140 to 3149 Changes (Only noticeable across Public Test Builds) Fixed more intermittent crashes. Crow Feather Roofs multiple levels high will look a bit smoother. Normal Chairs can now be placed on foundations. Improved Aphid and Weevil Pet Audio. Dropping an equipped Mushroom Slurry or Plant Slurry will automatically equip another one if you have more in your backpack. Updates to the Broodmother and Bow attack animations. Charcoal can no longer be planted in the Garden Patch. Combat music for Spiderlings and Orb Weaver Jr's will no longer trigger while the Broodmother boss music is playing. Attempting to rename a pet will no randomly longer crash the game. Health bars are once again not shown for burrowed insects. Fixed certain items not being affected by gravity when dropping them from your inventory. The block count for the "Max Blocks in a Row" achievement will no longer be reset when you are healed. The items growing in a Garden Patch will no longer duplicate after saving and load the game. Smoothie Station defaults to Freestyle mode. Improvements to the Smoothie Station UI. Characters in Photo Mode should no longer flicker heavily in the sunlight. Pets now remember which player they were following when loading a game. The Pet House UI has new art. Additional spiders that spawn during the Broodmother fight deal less damage. Broodmother is more resistant to Gas damage. Fixed random client join crashes when joining worlds with Garden Patches and Grinders with items in them. Fixed random client join crashes dealing with achievement signaling. Fixed random client crash when relocating a building that has a replacement building blueprint in the same spot.

0.10.0 Public Test - 3135 to 3140 Changes (Only noticeable across Public Test Builds) Buildings that were placed on foundations before 0.10 will no longer be randomly rotated and scattered. Saves that were made on a PTS build will not receive the fix. The game will no longer crash intermittently. Your active pet now displays next to you in the Inventory UI. Taming a pet will show a UI notification letting you know you have gained a pet. The Pet House camera correctly swaps between pets when swapping your pet. Reduced hitching when being within interact distance to Base Buildings that are part of a large base. Charcoal Chunks can no longer be ground into Mushroom Slurry. Dew drops that were harvested before a player joined a multiplayer session will no longer be incorrectly visible to that player. Crow feather roofs have better collision for player navigation. The Haze Fog visuals properly match the hazard bounds. Two pet cosmetic pieces will now unlock after analyzing Mushroom Bricks. You can find these at the bottom of the equipment tab in the crafting menu. Icons were added for Charcoal, Pet House, Broodmother Chunk, Broodmother Fang, Broodmother Venom, and Pet Memorials. Charcoal now has an item description.

0.10.0 Public Test - 3134 to 3135 Changes (Only noticeable across Public Test Builds) Photo Mode: Gamma slider works with HDR enabled. Fixed some sliding on the Broodmother emerge. Traps properly trigger VFX again. Sitting in chairs will hide any equipped weapon / tool. Pet cosmetic items show a proper description now. Pressing "Pet" on a dead pet no longer crashes the game. Improved Pet House UI visual feedback and gamepad controls. Oven UI is properly navigable with Gamepad controls. Additional random crashes fixed. (NEEDS VERIFICATION) Clients that are saved sitting in a chair will no longer lose their inventory upon loading back in.

New Features Creatures Boss - The Broodmother Find the new Broodmother Den to encounter the first-ever boss in Grounded! She must be lured out with a craftable treat called the Broodmother BLT. 1 new Armor Piece and 1 new Weapon can be crafted from her parts! ARC.R The latest in the range of modified TAYZ.Ts is an enhanced defense variant called the ARC.R. Outfitted with a capacitor stack and hefty arm cannon, ARC.Rs unleash energized balls of charged static for a greater challenge in lab combat. Pets (Phase 1) Weevils and Aphids can now be tamed as pets! Each requires a specific type of food to tame. Pets can be safely left in the base at a Pet House. Yes, you can craft Pet Houses now! Can be equipped with various cosmetics. You can pet them! Weapons New Weapon Type: Crossbow Higher damage than a normal bow. Slower firing speed and reload time. Uses the same ammo types. Buildings New Structural Pieces for Existing Materials New Grass Buildings: Half Wall Curved Half Wall Crenelated Half Wall Crenelated Curved Half Wall Curved Wall Curved Door New Clover Buildings: Flat Roof Peaked Roof Peaked Dome Roof New Stem Buildings: Half Wall Curved Half Wall Curved Wall Curved Door Curved Palisade Curved Palisade Door New Stuffed Creatures: Ladybug Stinkbug Building Flipping A few buildings can now be flipped horizontally or vertically while placing them. This includes Spiral Stairs, Acorn Stair Railings, and Triangular Walls. Building Wall Replacement System Structure pieces (walls, windows, etc.) can now be replaced by other versions without first demolishing the existing piece. Just place the new piece over the old one and add the ingredients. New Production Buildings Oven Cooks several materials into a new material or item. Build one to discover what you can do with it! Grinder Breaks down materials into new materials. Just like the oven, you'll have to build one to discover what to do with it! Mushroom Garden Update Renamed Mushroom Garden to Garden Patch. Garden Patch now requires items to be planted before producing materials. Result item depends on what's planted: Mushroom → Mushroom Raw Fiber → Raw Fiber Sprig → Sprig Clover Top → Clover Fertilizers can be used to augment growth. Different fertilizers produce different effects. Spoiled meat will be able to help you with this, hooray! New Tier of Base Buildings (Mushroom Brick, Crow Feathers) Mushroom Brick Buildings are now available! Walls: Wall Half Wall Crenelated Half Wall Arch Curved Wall Curved Half Wall Triangle Wall Windowed Wall Curved Windowed Wall Doors: Door Curved Door Crow Feather Roofs are now available: 8 roof pieces total These are unlocked via a new BURG.L Chip in the WIP Haze lab (now accessible)! New Building Type: Pillars Pillars of various types can now be built: Clay Pillar Stem Pillar Pebblet Pillar Mushroom Pillar Sitting in Chairs Yes... you read that correctly. Achievements 20 Achievements have been added to the game (for all platforms). These are an initial set and more will be added as the game continues to grow. We are currently working on the functionality to make them unlock if you have previously completed the task, but there is a chance this may not be possible. Certain achievements for completing tasks such as "kill a wolf spider" or "craft an item" will need to be completed again to unlock. NOTE: Achievements will only be available for testing on the Steam version of the game. All other platforms will receive the achievements when 0.10 releases on June 30th. Photo Mode The Photo Mode UI has been redesigned to group related settings together into tabs. Photo Mode has new features: Rotate teen Hide head armor, equipment, and weapon Gamma Time of day Fog density Sun angle Mutations 2 new mutations to discover: Mom Genes and Mithridatism. Music New track added for the Broodmother boss. UI The Main Menu shows highlights of the latest update. Unacquired BURG.L Chip locations are shown on the Map screen after you rescue BURG.L. Changes / Tuning Systems Players can sprint on ladders. Giant Food Items (Billy Hog Hot Dogs, Archer Cookies, etc.) have been adjusted. Ants can no longer destroy the large food item, and the player harvests a better item than the ants do. Ants spawn normal versions of the food bits. Players harvesting the node are granted "Fresh" versions of the food bits. Combat Infected Weevils now apply a durability DoT to enemies hit by their explosion. Creature scaling in multiplayer has been adjusted: HP of creatures in multiplayer scales at a faster rate. Stun meter and duration scales at a slower rate. More creatures are affected by scaling. Poison now has a unique death message. Interface Silk Rope now appears in the crafting menu. World Large mushrooms throughout the world can now be harvested. Feather harvest nodes now grant 2-6 feathers instead of only 1. The grill has temporarily moved to the retaining wall above the pond. Just below its new location is a patch of dry grass where players can now find bits of Charcoal. This is a temporary resource location until the area of the yard that features Charcoal is released. Buildings Spike traps now take 30% less damage from use. New art for Clay and Pebblet Foundations. Arachnophobia mode support for Spider Head Mounts. Straight roofs can now support each other without additional structures. Ceiling-mounted buildings can now be placed under roofs. Basketball Hoops are no longer indestructible. Slight Lure Trap Rework: Cost half the resources to craft. Now last a specific amount of time (8 minutes). Crafting Lowering the material requirements for the spike trap. Stuffed Creatures are now buildings instead of deployable items. You build them in the building radial instead of at the workbench. Relocatable like normal buildings. Green Machine smoothie recipe changed to require algae instead of raw fiber. Human Food smoothie recipe changed to require fresh variants of apple, cookie sandwich, and hot dogs. Clover Roof and all variants are now unlocked via the Multistory Bases BURG.L chip unlock. Optimization General CPU performance improvements. Other The durability of almost all weapons, tools, and armor has been increased by 25%. Armor Glue and Super Armor Glue can be sent through the grinder for a partial material refund. Bug Fixes - All Platforms Top Community Fixes Grass Planks, Weed Stems, and Clover Leaves are buoyant in water again. Added dither fade to some foliage to reduce objects in the distance visually popping in and out. Player backpacks are buoyant in water again. The game will no longer crash when destroying towers of standalone ladders. World Clients can walk through clovers much more reliably now. Walls can no longer be placed such that they clip into foundations. Structures can no longer be built clipping into the tops of palisades. BURG.L Quest trail markers can no longer be relocated. Ladders being relocated no longer support themselves. Fixed Door buildings not snapping as readily to walls as they should. Ladders will no longer highlight while the player is climbing them. Buildings being relocated will now start at their current rotation. Mysterious Machine can no longer be activated on Creative with Bugs difficulty mode. Improved "Read To Me" narration for many UI windows. The game will no longer rarely crash when "Read To Me" is enabled. Items/Equipment/Resources The game will no longer crash when demolishing a zipline with a full inventory. Fixed a case where wall-mounted torches could not be placed on some walls. Fix a lot of cases where ingredients wouldn't fill in the ghosted building blueprint correctly. Creatures Ants will no longer have the Stealing marker stuck on them after they steal from a chest. Players can no longer walk on the back of the bird. Audio The player will no longer "look ma, no hands!" when equipping a weapon while zipping. Ominent Practical Technologies Due to the latest discovery of [REDACTED], we have found that [CONFIDENTIAL] will be a big [REMOVED] in [OMITTED]. This is a BIG DEAL!

Greetings Watchers, We recently released an update for players on the Epic Game Store with the following fizes: Top Community Issues: Added official support for Epic Achievements. Added missing Game Manual to the installation file root folder. Removed several duplicate game files. Updated in-game version number to show the correct version. Implemented Paradox SDK for telemetry. Previously, unlocked achievements may re-appear as 'newly unlocked' pop-ups upon consecutive game launches. This is a visual error only, and does not affect the achievements you have unlocked, or yet to unlock, in any way. We are working to resolve this issue and will update you when we deploy a fix. Thank you for your continued support and for all of the feedback you have provided, we use your feedback to continue to improve the quality of the game. If you have any issues with the game, please contact us through our support portal to help you on your journey. Our team will be waiting to help assist you. As always, feel free to reach out (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or on our forums) and let us know your comments, your critiques, and what you love about the game. We enjoy reading everything that you share!

Build 0.9.3041 Changes / Tuning World Signs can be placed on walls more reliably. Egg hatching now plays visual and sound effects. Bug Fixes - All Platforms Photo Mode Film grain and chromatic aberration settings in photo mode now work in Low Quality. Photo mode free camera movement now uses remappable keyboard bindings. 0.9.0 Public Test - 3034 to 3041 Changes (Only noticeable across Public Test Builds) Your teen no longer randomly loses their head when playing in third person The "Invite Friends" button in the Player List window works again Bugs no longer react to player noise in "Creative with Bugs" Removed some unfinished recipes that were accessible in the 0.9 Public Test build The changes below from the prior patch notes were not actually included in the previous build and are now included in this build: Save games are significantly smaller on disk. Playthroughs in the Save Game UI are grouped and collapsed together making for easier navigation of playthroughs with lots of saves across multiple playthroughs.

New Features Buildings Ladders Unlocked via the Hedge BURG.L Chip Curved Walls, Floors, and Railings 3 Curved Grass Walls 2 Curved Grass Floors 3 Curved Stem Walls 2 Curved Stem Floors 2 Curved Railings Unlocked via the Pond BURG.L Chip Creative with Bugs New Mode Added: Creative with Bugs All the building and crafting perks of Creative mode but with all of the bugs spawned in the yard which are completely docile to you. Photo Mode Photo Mode Multiplayer Support: All players enter and exit photo mode at the same time; the game pauses. Each player controls their character's pose and visibility. Each player controls their own camera location and settings. Four new poses: Modish Max, Wallowing Willow, Heroic Hoops, and Perilous Pete. UI Playthroughs in the Save Game UI are grouped and collapsed together making for easier navigation of playthroughs with lots of saves across multiple playthroughs. Building Recipes are now sorted by subcategories in the Construction radial and in the Crafting menu. Added a take-all option for processing buildings like the Spinning Wheel. Music New combat music when fighting weaker bugs (Mites, Spiderlings, and Water Fleas). Changes / Tuning Combat Attacks can now be canceled into a block at any point during the animation. Attacks now consume stamina on startup rather than on the hit frame. Stinkbugs have a new attack. Interface Attack interaction display has been updated to match the new interact UI changes from last patch for consistency. World Increased the draw distance of bases for hosts on higher graphics quality. Buildings Lure Traps and Spike Traps will now take damage as enemies use/interact with them. Crafting "Beefy Smoothie?" can now be crafted at the Smoothie Station. Optimization Improved render performance with games with lots of buildings. Improved CPU performance with games with lots of buildings. Improved rendering performance for the Xbox One and Xbox One S. Reduced the delay before opening the main UI window. Reduced the delay before opening the Building radial. Reduced the delay before navigating to the Data page. Bug Fixes - All Platforms Top Community Fixes Save games should now properly display the mode in the multiplayer lobby. Building UI's, such as the Container and Spinning Wheel interfaces, will be closed if the building is relocated too far away while they are open. The Crafting menu will not lag so much when switching between certain items. Foliage such as grass blades that is moved between patches will no longer duplicate itself. Promised Chipsleuth quest science rewards will now be correctly shown to clients. World Underwater-capable buildings can no longer be built on bubbles. Floors can no longer be built entirely under the ground. Structures placed on floors will be invalidly invalid less often. The player can no longer zip off a zipline when zipping up it. Wall-mounted buildings can no longer be attached to dropped items. Structures can not be completed while a character or creature is inside of them. Buildings can now be placed in specific spots inside the Oak Tree where they previously couldn't be. Throwing grass blades or weed stems in third person no longer has most of them thrown to the side. Items/Equipment/Resources Doors can now be built facing other doors. Weapon Wall Mounts and wall-mounted trophies no longer fall through the world when collapsed. Harvested flower petals will no longer spawn inside the flower. Spiral Stairs can no longer be placed underwater or inside blocking objects. Plank and Log Pallets will align to the terrain better during placement. Crow Feathers no longer respawn when harvesting them, walking away, and returning back. Crow Feathers despawn after a while if not harvested. Stuffed Bee now properly swings after save/load. Wall-mounted buildings are easier to place on Stem Walls and Palisades. Axes and Splatburst no longer stick to the free cam when falling. Creatures Ant eggs will now hatch properly while inside inventories. Creatures no longer walk through walls when not looking at them. All types of creatures will now correctly create ripples in water. Photo Mode Depth of Field now applies properly when entering Photo Mode. Photo Mode can now be exited even when the HUD is toggled off. Blocking, aiming, and charged attacks now release upon exiting Photo Mode without firing. Lighting in dark areas is now properly applied in Photo Mode. UI The interaction UI no longer displays when on a zipline. Characters are less likely to appear headless when finishing a conversation with BURG.L or interacting with certain items. Bug Fixes - Xbox Platforms Players with a ton of buildings built and could no longer create new save games will be able to make new saves again. Ominent Practical Technologies [CONFIDENTIAL]

0.8.0 Public Test - 2984 to 2989 Changes (Only noticeable across Public Test Builds) Changes / Tuning Optimization Improved performance on games that have lots of lights built. Bug Fixes Removed a new consistent lag when staring at base walls and floors due to the the "Buildings Supported" HUD element. Increasing the range arrows will be collected when walking near them. The building placement error text will no longer become broken when you die. Increased draw distances for player bases on Epic and High graphics settings. Xbox no longer randomly crashes when taking photos with Photo Mode. Fixed a Load Game issue where certain objects could be placed and scaled incorrectly in the yard. The "Analyze Clover Top" tutorial no longer triggers for players who have already done that. Fixed some control issues with Photo Mode. You can no longer attack through base walls. Door Frame will be centered during placement instead of offset. Firefly Hanging Lantern can no longer be built in caves.

New Crafting Content New building: Door Frame New buildings: Triangular Stem Wall and Inverted Triangular Stem Wall New Features Major Features Photo Mode: Phase 1 Password protecting online games Additional Features When you are placing an invalid building, a short message will describe why it is invalid. When you are holding a Repair Tool, nearby damaged buildings will display an icon. Loose arrows can be collected by walking over them. Structures will now collapse much more dramatically when unsupported. The Armor Dummy UI now has a button that swaps your gear with the dummy's. You can also do this without entering the UI by doing a "hold" interact action on the Armor Dummy. When you are connecting ziplines, the anchor that will be connected is highlighted. Player nameplates in multiplayer will show if a player is knocked out and how much time they have left to be helped. Player nameplates will show a "busy" state above it when said player is navigating a menu. Changes / Tuning Systems Dirty water will now apply a status effect that shows your character is sick. The more dirty water you drink, the worse the effect gets. Resting will make you feel better. Smoothie Station functionality has been reworked: All smoothies now require a "Goop Base" and 3 "Flavor Ingredients." Goop Base determines the effectiveness of the smoothie. Grub Goop creates a normal smoothie. Muscle Sprout creates a "beefy" smoothie that heals for twice the amount. Flavor ingredients can consist of any combination of other items and has same functionality as before. Mutations Reduced the damage reduction of "Dare Devil". Other Combat More intense combat music will play when fighting spiders. Infected weevils now move slightly faster. Ladybugs have a new set of attacks to pick from. Improved the accuracy of aiming with a bow using the third-person camera. Interface Player nameplates will transition into smaller character icons when not in the center of the screen. The Interact HUD has been revamped to support showing multiple interaction types at the same time. World Big sap nodules now take longer to respawn than individual saps. "Base music" now plays during the daytime as well. A new track has been added specifically for night "base music". Buildings Structures will be less likely to be considered obstructed when placed underneath static props like leaves. Walls will now often pivot around corners they are snapped to when rotated. Added the facing helper arrow to the Acorn Storage. Dew Collector recipe and unlock changed: now unlocks with woven web and requires woven web to build. Crafting + Smoothies have been replaced with "Beefy" smoothies. Double the healing power as normal smoothies. Same bonus status effect as normal smoothies. Require the same "flavor" ingredients as normal smoothies. Uses Muscle Sprout as a "base" instead of Grub Goop. Optimization Improved performance of games with large bases. Improved performance of games that have a lot of Storage Baskets or Storage Chests with icons set. A handful of general CPU optimizations added. Creatures Bees now drop pollen into the world in addition to collecting it on their legs when pollinating flowers. Bug Fixes - All Platforms Top Community Fixes Scaffolds will now reliably be considered anchored when they are built down to the ground from above. The amount of dew that spawns on grass each morning now matches the amount of dew that exists when you start a new game (doubled the current dew spawn amount). Big pebbles should now respawn. World Building relocation will be canceled if another player places a building on the item being moved. Grid buildings can no longer be anchored to tables. Stairs are now easier to place on uneven terrain. Hitting "w" while typing in the lobby chat log no longer sends the message. Player nameplates are now positioned properly height-wise when playing as a client. Items/Equipment/Resources The player cannot zip while swimming. Zipline Wall Anchor, Sap Dripper, and Stair Railings can no longer be built underwater. Zipline Wall Anchor, Sap Dripper, Stair Railings, Abomination Totem, Ant Head Totem, and Slime Mold Sconce can no longer be built inside other buildings. Reduced volumetric scatter intensity of Firefly Headlamp light beam. Embedded arrows no longer pop slightly above where they hit. Repair Tool works in "Mild" mode. Splatburst now sticks even to surfaces it impacts at an angle. Creatures Fireflies should no longer get stuck on the surface of the pond. Ominent Practical Technologies While we have been impressed by the [CONFIDENTIAL], we have decided to [REDACTED] to compensate.

0.7.0 Public Test - 2917 to 2923 Changes (Only noticeable across Public Test Builds) Bug Fixes - All Platforms Player characters should no longer be invisible on respawn. You can now hold to eat mushrooms that haven't been picked. The old Armor Glue recipes should be removed from the crafting list. Removed the "Hold" text for the items you can tap to pick up and hold to quick consume.

0.7.0 Public Test - 2915 to 2917 Changes (Only noticeable across Public Test Builds) Bug Fixes - All Platforms Fixed crash interacting with Ant Eggs. Updated SFX and VFX for Shinobi Sneeze.

0.7.0 Public Test - 2911 to 2915 Changes (Only noticeable across Public Test Builds) Changes / Tuning Buildings Wall- and ceiling-mounted buildings can now be placed from further away. All leaves and branches should be "Buildable". Bug Fixes - All Platforms Fixed Building Placement controls not acting reliably on gamepad. The player will no longer teleport if standing on a building when it's relocated. Fixed the recipe unlocks for all flying creature head mount trophies. Fixed the recipe unlock for Acorn Spiral Stairs. Buildings will no longer fail to relocate on clients when relocated off of another building. Sap Catcher no longer overlaps the player during placement. Shinobi Sneeze has updated audio, VFX, animation, and item icon. Fixed burrowed larva creature size being too small. Fixing a tab clicking issue on the Options screen.

New Crafting Content Added Stair Railing: Sprig Railing, Acorn Railing New Stairs Added: Acorn Spiral Stairs New Scaffolding: Bracket Scaffold New Floors Added: Grass Half-Floors and Weed Stem Floors New Item: Firefly Hanging Lantern New Items: Wall-mounted Zipline Anchor New Item: Shinobi Sneeze, a smoke-screen escape item Mounted Head Trophies can now be crafted for all of the flying creatures: Mosquitos, Fireflies, and Bees New Features All platforms You can relocate any non-grid building you have made without destroying and rebuilding it (Lean-to, Storage, Workbench, etc.). When you are crafting, any items in nearby storage will be available as crafting ingredients without requiring you to put them in your backpack. You can place hauling items (Grass Planks, Weed Stems) on Ziplines using the "Drop" action when pointing at the line. Player characters have new and improved stagger animations. Changes / Tuning Systems Hunger and Thirst effects have been reworked: Bonuses now activate at 80% or higher instead of 90% or higher. Hunger Bonus heals you over time. Thirst Bonus increases your stamina regen. Penalties now activate at 20% or lower instead of 0%. Hunger Penalty caps your max stamina at 50%. Thirst Penalty reduces your stamina regen. Repair Recipes have been reworked: Armor Glues have been removed. Armors now take ~20% of their initial ingredients to repair. Weapons now take 1 quartzite + a minimal amount of their initial ingredients to repair. Gas Masks now take durability damage in gas hazards. Other Combat Bandages now heal much more HP, but over a much longer period of time. Mosquito Needle has the life-steal ability slightly decreased. Bees now have two additional attacks. When you are wielding both a shield and a canteen, the Block input will both drink from the canteen and block. Weevil shield durability doubled. Bratburst and Splatburst deal more damage. Pollen Shot now adds slightly more stun damage to bow attacks. Note: This is not a % chance to stun, this allows bows to deal stun damage in addition to normal damage. Interface Lasting (applied by gear or mutations) and temporary status effects appear in the Status UI. Added "Any Weapon" HotPouch slot type and changed the defaults of the first four slots to be "Any Weapon" instead of "Any Melee Weapon". Save games that are older than five update versions will be marked with an "Ancient Save" warning. The block meter is slightly smaller and scooted to the right. Equipped shield durability is shown in the HUD. Equipment rating gauges have been converted visually from a regular bar to a nugget-based bar. More icons are described in the Icon Legend in the OS tab. The 'day' count in the OS tab has been embiggened. More of the map screen is unlocked by default now. Brown and Yellow added to the icon customizer color array. A few additional icons added to the storage and trail marker icon customizers. Adjusted the storage interface for reasons. Adding 'analyzed' status to storage interface. Contrast adjustments to the Ghostmint SCA.B flavor. High Contrast SCA.B flavor applies a dark backing to the HUD SCA.B. Bringing your teen back from the hunger or thirst danger zones will cause SCA.B to play a happy sound. World Interacting with a dropped backpack will now instantly do a loot-all action. If any items are still leftover because your inventory is full, then the dropped back UI will open. Removed the pre-placed zipline anchors from the paint can and the oak tree lamp. Thistle plants have been reworked Thorns are now harvested directly instead of requiring a hit with an axe. Each thistle plant no longer provides an infinite amount of thorns Thorns respawn on the thistle plant after a set amount of time Buildings Building placement is no longer allowed while gliding, zipping, or in combat. Pebblet Foundations now require more pebblets than clay to build. Sap Dripper has been overhauled: A final mesh has been created. The recipe has been changed to match the new mesh. Sap Dripper is now properly considered a wall-mounted building for placement purposes. Placement should be a lot more lenient, allowing easier and more consistent placing. Item will now spawn 1 sap every 5 hours and can hold up to 5 sap in total (previously spawned 1 sap every 24 hours). Crafting Berry Chunks can now be dried into berry leather on the Jerky Rack. Creatures Larva will now explore a larger area of the backyard. Larva can now burrow. Creatures now take much longer to fully regen when out of combat. Gnats should be less interested in spamming the player with boops. Bug Fixes - All Platforms Top Community Issues Fixed Fireflies not flying down to the yard correctly after loading a game. The game will no longer lag when placing or removing buildings on saves with huge numbers of buildings. Grid buildings can no longer be placed entirely under the terrain. Fixed save game screenshots sometimes looking corrupt. Fixed "Toggle Crouch" option sometimes not saving and taking effect. World Land-only buildings can no longer be placed on water in certain situations Buildings such as Fences and Ramps will no longer snap strangely to subsequent buildings The underside of a Buoyant Foundation can no longer support other structures. Palisades will no longer be invalid when placed on some rock surfaces. Diagonal walls at 90-degree angles will now support each other. Walls will no longer randomly lose crenellations when loading a save. Fixed a few cases where snapped structures might be incorrectly detected as invalid. BURG.L Quest UI will load correctly for clients when they are the first player to access it. CPU / Networking performance improvements by the flooded sprinkler area. Multiple overlapping gas hazards no longer stack their damage. Removing the 'O' binding from the inventory screen that opened the deprecated inspection popup. Items/Equipment/Resources Feathers and Hedge Berries will no longer occasionally disappear when loading a save. Ziplines will no longer block flying creatures. Sap Catchers can no longer be placed on Buoyant Foundations. Fixed consumed items not showing up on your character model in the inventory screen. Fin Flops+ now behave properly when dropped from the player's inventory. Creatures Fixed several cases where mosquitos would sleep in incorrect locations. Flying creatures are now much less shy about flying through the grass. Creatures will now wake up when damaged by hazards. Creatures properly fade out at far distances for clients now. TAYZ.T's in the pond lab will be more aware of their surroundings. Fixed sleeping creatures teleporting on clients after they've been woken up (most visible if you wake up a Wolf Spider from sleeping). Reduced the annoyingness of gnats. UI The camera will no longer start in first-person when loading a save in which the player was gliding or zipping. "Inventory Full" will no longer be misleadingly displayed when trying to haul an item while swimming. Fixed some scrolling and display issues in the "Recipes Used In" section on the Crafting screen. Audio 'Theft in progress' SFX played upon opening the UI while in combat has been replaced new SFX. SCA.B crying about hunger and thirst will play a specific sound for each instead of either for both. Bug Fixes - Xbox Platforms Fixed audio issues after suspend / resume. Bug Fixes - Steam Platform Logging into an Xbox Live account that was previously logged into with a different Steam account will no longer fail the login step. Removed HDR tab from the Options screen. Bug Fixes - Windows Store Platform When there is a new update available, the game will properly tell you when trying to access Multiplayer instead of presenting a generic "Multiplayer Error" message. Removed HDR tab from the Options screen. Ominent Practical Technologies Due to the recent discovery of [REMOVED], [WITHHELD] has been updated accordingly.

0.6.0 Public Test Patch Notes for Update Build 0.6.2851: Changes / Tuning Interface Items dropped in the world that uses the temp loot bag model (armors, etc.) will have their item icon displayed on top of them. World Busted Acorns can drop more shells. Bug Fixes - All Platforms Game Fixed issue with depositing items into a full container with a controller. Items/Equipment/Resources Hauled items will correctly be dropped when knocked down in multiplayer. Dropped web will properly display on clients. Fixed issue with depositing items into a full container with a controller. World Mites no longer sometimes animate like they are walking while not moving. UI Fixed issue with pixelated lighting artifacts showing up on weapons when held up to the sunlight. Fixed some rendering issues with player eyes around lights. 0.6.0 Public Test - 2836 to 2851 Changes (Only noticeable across Public Test Builds) Improved the firefly audio. Flying creatures have better fall physics on death. Bees no longer randomly drop pollen. Updated bee hive temp art. Fixed issue with blocking doubling the hit stun values of attacks. Increase the amount of bonus block value the Weevil Shield gives. Fixed Splatbursts not working properly. Fixed an item duplication bug that could happen when throwing two-handed weapons. Fixed an issue with creatures sometimes never dropping aggro after a certain amount of time. Increased range of Mosquito combo attack. Fixed Healbasa sometimes not working when thrown. Implemented a fix to make the Sleep button work on click again. "Fix Creature Locations" will no longer reset the fireflies back into the yard during the day as they aren't supposed to be there during the day.

0.6.0 Public Test Patch Notes for Update Build 0.6.2836: Changes / Tuning Interface Layout revision to the OS Config menu to make viewing the status effect icons and details easier. Weapons and arrows that are embedded in creatures will not display their floating icon until the weapon/arrow becomes dislodged. This cleans up some icon spam when using a bow. Bug Fixes - All Platforms Game Structures that were anchored to certain objects, such as the baseball or flagstones, will no longer be considered unsupported. Fixed issue where kicked players end up having their inventory lost in the save data (does not retroactively restore inventory for players that have been kicked prior to 0.6.0). Items/Equipment/Resources Items floating on the water will now despawn when appropriate. Bratbursts now visually work correctly for clients. World Grubs can no longer be dug up by the Repair Tool or the Mint Mace. Fixed issue where sometimes sleeping creatures were displaying as awake on clients. UI No longer showing the "Health Bar" for creatures that cannot be killed (BURG.L, Koi Fish, etc.) Audio Fixed submerged audio getting stuck on clients after death if they died underwater 0.6.0 Public Test - 2830 to 2836 Changes (Only noticeable across Public Test Builds) Fireflies are now more successful at returning to the yard at night. Bees no longer float while sleeping. Fixed Equipment Bonuses not being removed/updated on unequip. Pollen slows creatures it gets stuck on when thrown. Healbasa should no longer aggro creatures. Updated Healbasa art. Updated flying creature audio. Buffing damage on the Mosquito Needle. Added a small amount of stun value as well. Bees now eat Nectar. You can now equip a Dandelion Puff again when you have a full inventory. You can unequip items by dragging and dropping them onto a backpack slot. Improved the visuals of Fireflies at a distance.

New Creatures Mosquitos Fireflies Bees! New Crafting Content Bee Armor Set (Face Mask, Shoulder Pads, Shin Guards) Firefly Head Lamp Stinger Spear Mosquito Needle Weevil Shield New consumable: Healbasa Two new stuffed friends: Stuffed Bee and Stuffed Firefly New Perks Barbarian Perk: Club damage increased New Features All platforms Equipped items no longer take up Backpack space. Equipped items will stay on the player after death. Each piece of equipment will take a small amount of durability damage after you die. Changes / Tuning Networking Container inventory contents are no longer replicated to clients until needed (an optimization) More reliable networking calls from clients to server Reduced the amount of network data sent between various systems. Other BURG.L Chips now award science when returned regardless of whether the corresponding BURG.L quest is active. Mint Mallet has been renamed "Mint Mace" Rotten bee equipment can now be analyzed to unlock the un-rotten recipes. Combat Bone weapons have slightly less durability. Most unblockable creature attacks are now blockable with shields (still unblockable with weapons). Pollen can now be thrown. Previously-equipped off-hand items that were displaced by a two-handed weapon are restored when re-equipping a one-handed weapon. Interface Point of interest notification has been altered to be more responsive and look better. Notifications now will display what's in the queue to improve feedback with this system. Save game screenshots now work with Logout saves. Rest / Set Respawn UI adjustments. A "New Resource" queue will display on the HUD if you end up picking up new items faster than the HUD can handle displaying the notifications for them. World Nectar now spawns on top of flowers instead of below them. Creatures will fade out / fade in when approaching their despawn distance to prevent visual popping (currently only works on host). Bratburst visual effects better match the ingredients that were used to craft it. Buildings Buildings will be invalid less often when placing them inside structures. Incomplete buildings are more visually apparent. Buoyant Markers can now be built in the lower pond. Creatures Creature Perception: Player noise now has a linear falloff as opposed to all heard player noise having the same value regardless of distance. Increased hearing range of Wolf Spiders from 2500 to 5000 to account for the above change. Bug Fixes - All Platforms Top Community Issues Foundations will no longer be invalid when snapping to other foundations that stick out of the ground too much. Clients can now dump canteens Autosaves no longer cause performance hitching. Fixed issue with clients failing to spawn in games that have huge player bases built. Game Fixed crash with clients joining a saved game where their loot bag was collected by another player. Incomplete doors will no longer have collision after loading. The player can no longer eat or drink items while gliding or zipping. The player will now drop all hauled items when starting zipping. The player can no longer attack while gliding. Air bubbles will no longer spawn in large clumps when first approaching sources of them. Door frames now have collision applied to them. Fixed issue where "Craft and Equip" could cause a random inventory item to get equipped. Characters will no longer fall when loading a save in which they were ziplining (not retroactive) Dew drinking while hauling is disabled to prevent issues where dew disappears without giving you any hydration. Fixed crash with clients joining a saved game where their loot bag was collected by another player. Items/Equipment/Resources Muscle Sprouts will now respawn Dirty droplets no longer act like clean ones when drinking them Buoyant Foundations can no longer be built underneath the water in some situations. Buoyant Marker can no longer be placed on land. Objects without physics will no longer cause the bounce pad to bounce. The previous weapon, for the Equip Previous hotkey, now persists across saves Shovel+ now has a proper faster animation. Fixed some interaction issues with FrankenLine. Soda droplets will more consistently respawn. Punch-O Juice drops properly despawn after 72 hours so new dew can drip out. World Gnats will get happy after boops more consistently. Aphids will now face the correct direction when descending grass blades. Clovers will now save and restore properly. UI The field of view will no longer sometimes oscillate when sprinting sideways. Fixed issue with the "low O2" black vignette not working on clients. Fixed issue with the 3rd person camera being in odd tilts after respawning Ominent Practical Technologies [All information regarding the activities of Ominent Practical Technologies in this update are to remain confidential]

We have released Patch 0.5.1 for all players. Please update your game when you see that this update is available to receive the following fixes and changes: Changes / Tuning World Added additional raw science in Pond depths to help guide the player. Bug Fixes - All Platforms Fixed infrequent crash that could occur when ending a press and hold interaction. Fixed crash that could occur from eggs hatching. Performance improvements with floating lab props in the pond. Slurping and collecting dirty water now requires a hold interact (similar to previous behavior). We are working to push out updates to enhance your gaming experience continually, and we appreciate your patience and understanding while we continue to move forward together in this Early Access development period. To stay current with the commonly reported issues and to follow their status, please visit our Grounded Issue Tracker Trello Board, or you can bookmark our Known Issues List. If you are experiencing an issue that is not listed on either the Trello board or in the Known Issues List, fill out the Contact form located on our Support Site and include the following information: Platform: (Xbox Console, PC Game Pass, PC Microsoft Store, PC Steam). Multiplayer or Single Player Game. (If multiplayer, can you let us know how many players in total in the game, and their platforms if you know this) Description of issue. Last thing you did in the game before the issue occurred, if applicable. Thank you again, and have fun out in the backyard!

New Features Pond Revamp The Pond and Pond Lab have been revamped with additional puzzles, gameplay, and secrets to discover. New underwater caves to find and explore. New Pond Lab outposts. New Resources: Algae, Muscle Sprouts. New SCA.Bs to collect. New Crafting Content Fin Flops+ Diving Lantern+ All smoothies now have a + version to unlock. New Language Translations Russian, Polish, Korean, Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese localization added. Xbox and Windows Store Save System Revamp The save system for Xbox and Windows Store platforms has been refactored to be more robust and lightweight. New saves going forward should be more reliable when it comes to saving player data and properly uploading it to the cloud. The game will no longer need to do long cloud sync each time you boot it. Syncing between consoles should be more reliable. NOTE: This will require a one time save conversion step after logging in to convert any older saves to use the new system. Additional Features All platforms Spear weapons can now be thrown in water. Changes / Tuning Movement The player can jump out of the water at any location instead of just the edges Combat The Koi Fish can eat creatures (and you!). 2 handed weapons now deal slightly more damage. Water Boatmen now flee at a slower speed and have less HP. Tadpoles flee at a slower speed. Adjusting Dazzling Riposte; now reduces enemy defense after perfect block instead of reducing enemy attack. Timing in between creature attacks is now random instead of it always being the same fixed amount of time. Stamina regen is now reduced while you're actively holding block. The blocked damage percentage is now based on weapon type instead of always being 75%. Interface There is now a game option to display the distance over player nameplates to see how far they are. World New caves to explore in the pond. The Koi can now push pond foliage out of its way. Juice Droplets despawn after 3 days, allowing new ones to drop out of the straws in case a spawned drop somehow got lost. Eelgrass now respawns over time. Holiday lights added to the house Improved lighting in the Pond / Pond lab. Additional pond and pond lab set dressing. Buildings Some structures such as Foundations, Scaffolds, and Walls, now align to the ground from their corners instead of their center Some other buildings such as the Jerky Rack, Zipline Anchor, and Dew Catcher, now sit on their legs instead of on their center point only Tweaked the order of some buildings in the radial. The Squared Roof Corner will now block wall crenellations below it. Crafting The recipe for decoy bait has been adjusted. Audio Audio improvements for drowning. Bug Fixes - All Platforms Top Community Issues Grid-snapping non-structural buildings on top of existing structures now work correctly. Underground blueprints can now be canceled, either by looking at them or with Cancel Nearby Blueprints in the Game Preview Debug menu Fixed issue where dying in the depths would place your backpack at the starting spawn ravine. Clients will no longer experience twitchy movement when moving on large structures. Instances of "lame" were replaced or removed. Game Buildings can no longer be briefly placed on canceled buildings. Buildings can't be built on stuffed insects. Buildings can't be built on other players' unplaced buildings. Floating structures will stop bobbing if connected to solid ground The player can no longer jump while gliding Items/Equipment/Resources Spike Strips can now be placed next to each other when snapped to a grid. Hedge berries will now float correctly inside the pond lab, should you somehow manage to get one there. Signs no longer flicker when they are being placed on walls. Signs can now be optionally snapped to the grid. Buoyant markers now float properly on the water's surface. Decoy Bait now properly behaves as a lure for both swimming and non-swimming creatures. Diving Bell Spider Chunks are now properly marked as a tier 2 material. Decoy Bait no longer causes non-swimming creatures to float in wacky ways. Fixed random crashes with Grass Plank Storage and Weed Log Storage buildings. Chair interaction not working for building or recycling has been fixed. World Pond bubbles should pop before poking out of the surface. Koi collision better matches its animations to prevent the player from clipping into the model as much. Ominent Practical Technologies [REDACTED] recipe added. We are working to push out updates to enhance your gaming experience continually, and we appreciate your patience and understanding while we continue to move forward together in this Early Access development period. To stay current with the commonly reported issues and to follow their status, please visit our Grounded Issue Tracker Trello Board, or you can bookmark our Known Issues List. If you are experiencing an issue that is not listed on either the Trello board or in the Known Issues List, fill out the Contact form located on our Support Site and include the following information: Platform: (Xbox Console, PC Game Pass, PC Microsoft Store, PC Steam). Multiplayer or Single Player Game. (If multiplayer, can you let us know how many players in total in the game, and their platforms if you know this) Description of issue. Last thing you did in the game before the issue occurred, if applicable. Thank you again, and have fun out in the backyard!

0.5.0 Public Test Patch Notes for Update Build 0.5.2735 (Only noticeable across Public Test Builds) World Holiday lights added to the house Improved lighting in the Pond / Pond lab. Additional pond and pond lab set dressing. Audio Audio improvements for drowning. Bug Fixes - All Platforms Clients will no longer experience twitchy movement when moving on large structures. Instances of "lame" were replaced or removed. Pond bubbles should pop before poking out of the surface Chair interaction not working for building or recycling has been fixed.

Patch Notes for Public Test 0.5.0 have been posted!

Pond Revamp The Pond and Pond Lab have been revamped with additional puzzles, gameplay, and secrets to discover. New underwater caves to find and explore. New Pond Lab outposts. New Resources: Algae, Muscle Sprouts. New SCA.Bs to collect. New Crafting Content Fin Flops+ Diving Lantern+ All smoothies now have a + version to unlock. New Language Translations Russian, Polish, Korean, Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese localization added. Xbox and Windows Store Save System Revamp The save system for Xbox and Windows Store platforms has been refactored to be more robust and lightweight. New saves going forward should be more reliable when it comes to saving player data and properly uploading it to the cloud. The game will no longer need to do long cloud sync each time you boot it. Syncing between consoles should be more reliable. NOTE: This will require a one time save conversion step after logging in to convert any older saves to use the new system. New Features All platforms Spear weapons can now be thrown in water. Changes / Tuning Movement The player can jump out of the water at any location instead of just the edges Combat The Koi Fish can eat creatures (and you!). 2 handed weapons now deal slightly more damage. Water Boatmen now flee at a slower speed and have less HP. Tadpoles flee at a slower speed. Adjusting Dazzling Riposte; now reduces enemy defense after perfect block instead of reducing enemy attack. Timing in between creature attacks is now random instead of it always being the same fixed amount of time. Stamina regen is now reduced while you're actively holding block. The blocked damage percentage is now based on weapon type instead of always being 75%. Interface There is now a game option to display the distance over player nameplates to see how far they are. World New caves to explore in the pond. The Koi can now push pond foliage out of its way. Juice Droplets despawn after 3 days, allowing new ones to drop out of the straws in case a spawned drop somehow got lost. Eelgrass now respawns over time. Buildings Some structures such as Foundations, Scaffolds, and Walls, now align to the ground from their corners instead of their center Some other buildings such as the Jerky Rack, Zipline Anchor, and Dew Catcher, now sit on their legs instead of on their center point only Tweaked the order of some buildings in the radial. The Squared Roof Corner will now block wall crenellations below it. Crafting The recipe for decoy bait has been adjusted. Bug Fixes - All Platforms Grid-snapping non-structural buildings on top of existing structures now work correctly. Underground blueprints can now be canceled, either by looking at them or with Cancel Nearby Blueprints in the Game Preview Debug menu Buildings can no longer be briefly placed on canceled buildings. Spike Strips can now be placed next to each other when snapped to a grid. Buildings can't be built on stuffed insects. Buildings can't be built on other players' unplaced buildings. Floating structures will stop bobbing if connected to solid ground The player can no longer jump while gliding Hedge berries will now float correctly inside the pond lab, should you somehow manage to get one there. Signs no longer flicker when they are being placed on walls. Signs can now be optionally snapped to the grid. Buoyant markers now float properly on the water's surface. Decoy Bait now properly behaves as a lure for both swimming and non-swimming creatures. Diving Bell Spider Chunks are now properly marked as a tier 2 material. Decoy Bait no longer causes non-swimming creatures to float in wacky ways. Fixed issue where dying in the depths would place your backpack at the starting spawn ravine. Koi collision better matches its animations to prevent the player from clipping into the model as much. Fixed random crashes with Grass Plank Storage and Weed Log Storage buildings. Ominent Practical Technologies [REDACTED] recipe added.

We are in the process of releasing patch 0.4.3 for all players. Please update your game when you see that this update is available to receive the following fixes and changes: FIXES - ALL PLATFORMS Made changes to fix the creatures who were sometimes spawning into the game oddly or not navigating around the yard after loading in. XBOX AND WINDOWS STORE PLAYERS Fix applied to the issue regarding character data reverting to an older save file for hosts or people playing single player. We are working to push out updates to enhance your gaming experience continually, and we appreciate your patience and understanding while we continue to move forward together in this Early Access development period. To stay current with the commonly reported issues and to follow their status, please visit our Grounded Issue Tracker Trello Board, or you can bookmark our Known Issues List. If you are experiencing an issue that is not listed on either the Trello board or in the Known Issues List, fill out the Contact form located on our Support Site and include the following information: Platform: (Xbox Console, PC Game Pass, PC Microsoft Store, PC Steam). Multiplayer or Single Player Game. (If multiplayer, can you let us know how many players in total in the game, and their platforms if you know this) Description of issue. Last thing you did in the game before the issue occurred, if applicable. Thank you again, and have fun out in the backyard!

We are in the process of releasing patch 0.4.3 for all players. Please update your game when you see that this update is available to receive the following fixes and changes: FIXES - ALL PLATFORMS Made changes to fix the creatures who were sometimes spawning into the game oddly or not navigating around the yard after loading in. XBOX AND WINDOWS STORE PLAYERS Fix applied to the issue regarding character data reverting to an older save file for hosts or people playing single player. We are working to push out updates to enhance your gaming experience continually, and we appreciate your patience and understanding while we continue to move forward together in this Early Access development period. To stay current with the commonly reported issues and to follow their status, please visit our Grounded Issue Tracker Trello Board, or you can bookmark our Known Issues List. If you are experiencing an issue that is not listed on either the Trello board or in the Known Issues List, fill out the Contact form located on our Support Site and include the following information: Platform: (Xbox Console, PC Game Pass, PC Microsoft Store, PC Steam). Multiplayer or Single Player Game. (If multiplayer, can you let us know how many players in total in the game, and their platforms if you know this) Description of issue. Last thing you did in the game before the issue occurred, if applicable. Thank you again, and have fun out in the backyard!