Quality of Life Beta Available Now!

Quality of Life Update

The acronym in parentheses at the end of each change/bug fix refers to which DLCs this change/bug fix is applied to:

• Base: the vanilla game, no DLCs.

• RoG: Reign of Giants.

• SW: Shipwrecked.

• HAM: Hamlet.

• ALL: all of the above.

Additions:

• New item: the Seed of Ruin. It can be obtained by defeating the Ancient Guardian (ALL).

• Existing worlds where the Ancient Guardian is already dead will have a Seed of Ruin appearing somewhere in the ruins.

• The Water Beefalo will now have adorable offspring! (SW).

• New craftable: the Nightmarish Bird Whistle (HAM).

• New Crock Pot recipe: the Meated Nettles, an antihistamine food made with meat! (HAM).

Changes:

Non-gameplay changes (ALL):

• The mouse wheel can now be used to browse the mods in the mods screen.

• Chest and Bundle Wrap UI have better quality now.

• A new integrated backpack layout can now be enabled in settings.

• Scrolling through the world customization screen and mod configuration screen now no longer shows half of the items on the previous page.

• The maximum number of save slots has been increased to 10.

• A "don't show this again" check box has been added to the “mods enabled” warning screen. Check it if you don't want the warning to appear anymore!

• Background images will now be shown on the loading screen.

Gameplay changes:

World (ALL):

• Setting resources to “More” or “Lots” in the world customization no longer spawn them outside the biome they should spawn.

• Hound and Crocodog waves will occur less frequently as the days go by.

• World hopping will not update mob attack wave timers with the time spent outside the world anymore.

• That is, traveling between worlds won't force a wave of hounds/crocodogs/etc to spawn if you're outside the world for a while.

• The caves world generation has been changed to have fewer bridges that lead nowhere.

Utility / Interface (ALL):

• Items can be stacked on the active item.

• Items within a container (chests, etc) can now be used when crafting.

• Now It’s possible to drop items directly from the inventory/container using the "Force Container (mod)" key, left shift by default, and the right click.

• The dusk ambient light is brighter now.

• All trees now have minimap icons for their burned and stump versions.

Tweaks:

• Character-exclusive items crafted by Wigfrid, Wickerbottom and Woodlegs will no longer disappear when switching characters (ALL).

• Decreases the volume of the WX-78's overcharge sound (ALL).

• Worm Holes, Catcoons, Electric Isosceles, End Well, Pew-matic Horn and Navigadget now accept any item (ALL).

• Many structure’s breaking sounds have been adjusted to match their materials (ALL).

• Cactus Spike, Doydoy Feather, Blueprints, Lotus Plant and Stinger are now burnable (ALL).

• Caged birds now accept raw monster meat and refuse cooked eggs (ALL).

• Turfs can be stacked up to 20 now (ALL).

• Increased the number of uses for the Tent and Siesta Lean-to to better reflect their crafting cost (ALL).

• The damage absorbed by armors is no longer limited to its current durability. 1% and 100% durability will absorb the same damage points (ALL).

• Dragoon Egg now has a chance to drop obsidian (SW).

• Rawling is no longer burnable and is now considered an unrecoverable item (SW).

• The Slot Machine now only drains sanity on use (SW).

• The Sea Worther now floats (SW, HAM).

• Sea Chest has a new placement animation (SW, HAM).

• Strong winds will no longer pick up flowers (SW, HAM).

• The Brain of Thought will not be consumed if the player already knows the crafting recipe (SW, HAM).

• When a Worker Pigman dies before fixing the broken structure it was supposed to, a new Worker will spawn after a while and not instantly, as it was (HAM).

• Topiaries and Hedges are now burnable and have a leafs effect when hammered (HAM).

• Hippopotamoose Antlers can now be stacked (HAM).

• Waves now collide with Lily Pads (HAM).

• Claw Palm Sapling is now an item instead of a structure (HAM).

• Vortex Cloak no longer prevents stunlocking when at 0% durability (HAM).

• Mant Mask durability is now consumed by wearing it, like the Mant Suit (HAM).

• Lamp Post will not turn off when placed in caves (HAM).

• The Glommer's Flower can no longer be stored in the Root Trunk (HAM).

New Mechanics:

• The Lazy Forager can now be refilled with Nightmare Fuel (ALL).

• Tree saplings and crops can now be dug up with a shovel (ALL).

• An animation used when setting things on fire with the torch and lighter has been added (ALL).

• Non-Endothermic Campfires and Fire Pits will now drop a charcoal when the fire goes out, if it was fueled to the max stage (ALL).

• Most burnt trees now have a chance to occasionally drop a charcoal, and all burnt trees now have a chance to drop an extra charcoal when chopped down (ALL).

• Krissures can now be removed using coconades explosion (SW).

• Yaarctopus accepts a new recipe and has new common loot (SW).

• The Sea Yard can now repair the boat without the player being in it (SW, HAM).

• The Tar Extractor will pile up the produced tars if the player is away (SW).

• The Tar Lamp can now be refilled with tar (SW, HAM).

• The Living Artifact is now able to break Obsidian Rocks and Dragoon's Dens with its special attack (HAM).

• Cloth's Blueprint and Bamboo have been added to Smashing Pot loot (HAM).

• Particulate Purifier now prevents the Hay Fever (HAM).

• Stone Slabs will regenerate their loot over time (HAM).

• Older worlds will have their Stone Slabs restocked.

• Shears can now be used to efficiently hack bamboo and vines (HAM).

• Trawl Net will collect a different set of items when used in Lily Ponds (HAM).

• Items made from iron can now be smelted in the Smelter (HAM).

• Dark Tatters can now be used to efficiently refuel the Vortex Cloak (HAM).

• Oincs now drop in their higher value versions, when possible (HAM).

• Wilba will now drown when transforming into Werewilba while on a boat (HAM).

New Crock Pot ingredients:

• Batilisk Wing, Raw Birchnut, Leafy Meat and Rainbow Jellyfish.

The following items have had their stats changed:

• Pick/Axe: has more uses, does more damage (ALL).

• Thulecite Club: has more uses (ALL).

• Star Caller's Staff: the Dwarf Star stays longer (ALL).

• Insulated Pack and Sea Sack: has more slots, are no longer burnable (RoG, SW, HAM).

• Tar Suit: lasts longer, can be repaired with tar (SW).

• Windbreaker: increased water resistance (SW).

• Quackering Ram: more uses, less damage, added cooldown (SW, HAM).

• Snakeskin Jacket: increased water resistance (SW, HAM).

• Fancy Helmet and Tin Suit: increased defense, decreased movement penalty (HAM).

• Weevole Mantle: increased defense, added water resistance (HAM).

• Vortex Clock: has more slots, less sanity drain, cheaper repair (HAM).

• Bramble Husk: increased defense, increased durability (HAM).

• Thunderhat: lightning strikes consume less durability (HAM).

Crafting recipes changes:

• Changed the position of the Bundle Wrap crafting recipe to be near the top (ALL).

• Insulated Pack, Bat Bat, Marble Suit, Potted Ferns, Thunderhat and Cat Cap cost less resources now (ALL).

• Rabbit earmuffs no longer need a Science Machine to prototype (ALL).

• Tar Extractor and Sea Yard now require the Alchemy Engine to prototype (SW).

• Boat Torch can be crafted in Hamlet (HAM).

These items/structures now drop items when hammered/deconstructed:

• Spiderhat, Palace's Watch Tower, Swinesbury Academy, Farm House, Quarry Lodgings, Mandrake Hill and Intricate Topiary.

Creatures changes:

• The Ancient Guardian fight has been redesigned (ALL).

• Batilisks now drop Batilisk Wings more frequently (ALL).

• Bees and Killer Bees now need to be closer to their targets to hit them (ALL).

• Tallbirds without a nest will now make a new nest, but only on rocky, dirt or magma turf (ALL).

• Changed the time for Tallbirds to lay a new egg to be more inline with other food sources (ALL).

• Shadow Hands (the campfire stealing hands) no longer trigger spider creep (ALL).

• Deerclops’s attack area more accurately reflects the FX (RoG, SW, HAM).

• Dragoons now drop Dragoon Hearts more frequently (SW).

• Fire Packim Baggims now no longer attacks monster mobs, and instead helps the player by attacking their target (SW).

• Snakes and Flup can now be trapped (SW, HAM).

• Adult and teen Doydoys will now float when dropped over water (SW, HAM).

• Nightmare creatures, Ghosts and companions no longer trigger traps in Hamlet ruins (HAM).

• Rabid Beetles, Vampire Bats and Royal Guards are now susceptible to the Deep Rainforest poisonous gas (HAM).

• City pigmans now walk home during the dusk, preventing them from getting stuck in walls (HAM).

• The Worker pigman will no longer spawn to repair player built structures (HAM).

• Bees and butterflies are now affected by the Bug B'Gone's poison cloud (HAM).

Hamlet's economy changes (HAM):

• Platapine Quills are now tradable with the Collector Pigman.

• Hippopotamoose Antlers are now tradable with the Hunter Pigman.

• The Trawl Net Blueprint can now be purchased in the Tinkerer's Tower.

• Sewing Kits can now be purchased in the Sow's Ear Hat Shop.

• Ice staff, Red staff, Chill amulet, Glow Berry and Down Feather had their price reduced in Hamlet shops. Gears and Halberd had their price increased.

Bug Fixes:

• Art fixes:

• Fixed a misplaced bubble in some Quacken animations (SW).

• Fixed Willow's missing dark eye circle when sailing (SW, HAM).

• Fixed Wimpy Wolfgang face position when sailing (SW, HAM).

• Fixed Abigail not despawning when hit by Wendy (ALL).

• Fixed being able to use the bug net while riding a beefalo (ALL).

• Fixed Beefalos losing aggro too quickly (ALL).

• Fixed Splumonkey Pods shaking while burned (ALL).

• Fixed plants playing the barren animation transition even though they are already playing the barren animation (ALL).

• Fixed some missing world customization texts (ALL).

• Fixed boomerang sometimes stopping in mid-air when dropped (ALL).

• Fixed Water Beefalo walking over water (SW).

• Fixed the Tiger Shark staying invincible in some cases (SW).

• Fixed picking up mussels from the ground using the long animation (SW).

• Fixed Wilbur, while running, showing the hand equipment in his tail when he shouldn't (SW).

• Fixed Quackering Ram not breaking Coral Reefs that had the mineable part mined by it (SW).

• Fixed Sandbag's placement grid when outside Shipwrecked (SW, HAM).

• Fixed being able to place aquatic structures too close to each other (SW, HAM).

• Fixed floating Abigail's Flower animation being frozen (SW, HAM).

• Fixed physical attacks poisoning the player, despite doing damage to the boat (SW, HAM).

• Fixed manure sometimes not visually floating correctly (SW, HAM).

• Fixed traveling between worlds not dropping special items from backpacks (SW, HAM).

• Fixed Werebeaver drowning animation not playing correctly (SW, HAM).

• Fixed the Hay Fever overlay appearing immediately on the first Hay fever (HAM).

• Fixed Webber's inspection lines for Vortex Cloak and Dark Tatters inverted. (HAM).

• Fixed Sandbags and walls blocking passage when broken and in interiors (HAM).

• Fixed Sandbags blocking passage when broken after save-load (HAM).

• Fixed a wrong compatibility text on the mods screen (HAM).

• Fixed the Key to the City crafting tab constantly disappearing when the item was in backpacks (HAM).

• Fixed missing floating animation for "Pig Skin?" (HAM).

• Fixed Gnats making their nest over water (HAM).

• Fixed Vipers losing aggro on water targets (HAM).

• Fixed the player walking awkwardly when trying to enter a door in interiors (HAM).

• Fixed Hippopotamoose’s freeze effect not fitting their model (HAM).

• Fixed an issue with irreplaceable items stored in the Root Trunk before the update dropping at world origin (HAM).

Notes for Modders:

• A new function: RegisterInventoryItemAtlas is now available in the mod environment.