Patch #20 - Balancing, fixes, new Floor Tiles & Seeds

Hi Chefs! Patch #20 is live with balancing changes, bug fixes and some new additions.

New additions

• Pumpkin seeds & Bell Pepper seeds have been added and can now be grown in the greenhouse.

• 5 new floor tiles have been added to the furniture shop. Some of these new tiles will glow in the dark.

• Visuals for certain furniture and equipment have been updated to be able to glow in the dark.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed certain restaurant-related quests not progressing when a Celebrity arrives inside the restaurant.

• Fixed not receiving Peony Tickets inside the Teahouse when a Celebrity arrives inside the restaurant.

• Fixed bow target sometimes getting stuck at the bottom of the screen when using a controller.

• Fixed a freeze that can happen after cancelling a Date and immediately Gifting an NPC.

• Fixed not being able to hand-pick Coconut Trees.

• Fixed locked recipes always displaying as Legendary inside research facility progress panel.

• Fixed incorrect skill information when viewing locked skills inside research facility progress panel.

• Fixed Blender Minigame sometimes receiving a lower score when all targets have been correctly hit.

• Fixed duplicate crafting recipe inside Milo’s clothing shop. The duplicate has been replaced with Fedora blueprint.

• Fixed restaurant order tabs sometimes getting stuck in the UI.

• Fixed being able to select empty slots when viewing brewing recipes using a controller.

• Fixed missing footsteps sounds inside Research Facilities.

• Fixed being able to interact with decorative plants inside Vegetarian Research Facility.

• Fixed some hidden winter plants still playing audio.

Balancing (General)

• Chocolate Maker & Soup Vat blueprint has been downgraded from Epic to Rare and will have a higher chance to appear in shops and random rewards. In the future, these may instead be added as quest rewards for new quests.

• Increased chance for Hired Chefs to possess Research Specialties after requirements have been unlocked.

• Staff recruitment Reset will always provide at least one Waiter and one Chef.

• Increased the chance for Legendary Staff to appear in recruitment.

• When starting the game, only Common furniture items will be available in the shop. Rarer items will appear as more Story Quests have been completed.

Balancing (Shops)

• Milk & Wheat store will now sell Dark Chocolate.

• Milk & Wheat store will now sell and deliver Saffron, instead of Mae Lou’s Vegi shop.

• Seeds are now randomly generated in ingredient shops, rather than a fixed set of seeds.

• Removed duplicate clothing inside Milo’s clothing store.

 

Balancing (Supply Chain Skill)

• Legendary ingredients will only be available for delivery after completing the LELSH Silver community project.

• All Legendary ingredients are available to be delivered when requirements have been met.

• Higher rarity ingredients will only appear after achieving higher friendship levels with the NPC. (Except Legendary ingredients, which only require LELSH Silver).

• Removed duplicate delivery ingredients between NPCs. Cheese & Dark Chocolate can now be delivered by Thelio (with required friendship levels).

• Nabiha will now deliver Watermelon instead of Coconut (Coconut can be delivered by Thelio).

• Limits on the amount of ingredients delivered is now based on the rarity of the ingredient. Common ingredients have a limit of 25. Rare ingredients have a limit of 20. Epic ingredients have a limit of 15. Legendary ingredients have a limit of 10.

• The delivery limit of each ingredient is now displayed in the UI.

 

Other changes

• Takashi Farms crops will now cycle over the 4 seasons, and will show plant growth over the span of the season.

• Can no longer harvest the crops at Takashi Farms, even with high friendship with Mae Lou.