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🌱CAMPFIRE UPDATE

🌱CAMPFIRE UPDATESteam post image Hey Explorers! The time has come for the first major update! The Campfire Update brings not only numerous bug fixes, but also several important new features.

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  • UI and audio
  • Performance
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  • Fixes
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added🌱CAMPFIRE UPDATESteam post imageThe time has come for the first major update! The Campfire Update brings not only numerous bug fixes, but also several important new features. Here are some highlights:
added🌱CAMPFIRE UPDATESteam post imageNew language versions
added🌱CAMPFIRE UPDATESteam post imageYou can now build a campfire that restores your CO₂ supply. After all, Xel doesn’t breathe oxygen! The campfire also lights up the surrounding area and causes wild animals to avoid you when you stand near the fire.
added🌱CAMPFIRE UPDATESteam post imageHaving trouble escaping animals? There’s now a new solution. From now on, when you light a torch, animals will be afraid of you.
added🌱CAMPFIRE UPDATESteam post imageYou asked for it, so we added it! You can now expand your field of view and keep an eye on everything around you.
added🌱CAMPFIRE UPDATESteam post imageNew Features:

🌱CAMPFIRE UPDATESteam post image

Hey Explorers!

The time has come for the first major update! The Campfire Update brings not only numerous bug fixes, but also several important new features. Here are some highlights:

New language versions

Astrobotanica is now also available in Polish, German and French.

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Campfire that restores COâ‚‚

You can now build a campfire that restores your CO₂ supply. After all, Xel doesn’t breathe oxygen! The campfire also lights up the surrounding area and causes wild animals to avoid you when you stand near the fire.

Fire now scares animals away

Having trouble escaping animals? There’s now a new solution. From now on, when you light a torch, animals will be afraid of you.

FOV Slider

You asked for it, so we added it! You can now expand your field of view and keep an eye on everything around you.

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Full patch notes below:

New Features:

  • Polish, German and French language versions added

  • Campfire - new structure that restores COâ‚‚, scares animals away and lights up the area

  • Animals are now afraid of fire

  • New tutorial quest related to the campfire

  • Wild plant locations adjusted

  • FOV slider added

Quality of Life:

  • Construction costs rebalanced

  • Save overwrite window can now be closed with ESC

  • Save menus now fully support controllers

  • Tooltips added for all tools

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed aggressive Dodos being too deadly

  • Fixed Kiwis not being able to navigate Upper Orb Ruins

  • Fixed an issue where animals could not be tamed after dying

  • Fixed floating vegetation

  • Fixed the Altar Coin gate on Leviathan Isle

  • Minor bugs fixed

We’re already working on the next major update. :)

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