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27-Jul-2026 - Botanist Bounties

Botanist Bounties are now available. Once you are a milestone 1 Botanist, you can start completing Botanist Bounties, including growing Chameleon plants. Talk to Davis SeedFinger on Timberwell Road to get started.

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addedBotanist Bounties are now available. Once you are a milestone 1 Botanist, you can start completing Botanist Bounties, including growing Chameleon plants.
changedTalk to Davis SeedFinger on Timberwell Road to get started. Davis runs a plant store and he's received some very specific orders which he'd like you to fetch via his bounty board.
addedSome of the orders are for pre-existing botanist plants, but many can only be fulfilled by growing the all new chameleon plants.
addedChameleon plants are versatile and can take many different forms, depending on where they are grown and how you treat them. You can look at the new Chameleon Plant Care Guide for more information on how to grow chameleon plants.
addedThe update includes some new types of fertilizer which can be purchased at the Fertilizer Emporium and are used for creating some of the different chameleon plant forms.
addedQuality of life improvementsIncrease the click area for all fish which swim around. • Add a sound and particle effect when a botanist plant is fully grown. • The amount of coins you get from converting knowledge to coins is now 3 times more generous. • Add a sound when using the ferry to cross the river.

Brighter Shores changes

addedBotanist Bounties are now available. Once you are a milestone 1 Botanist, you can start completing Botanist Bounties, including growing Chameleon plants.
changedTalk to Davis SeedFinger on Timberwell Road to get started. Davis runs a plant store and he's received some very specific orders which he'd like you to fetch via his bounty board.
addedSome of the orders are for pre-existing botanist plants, but many can only be fulfilled by growing the all new chameleon plants.
addedChameleon plants are versatile and can take many different forms, depending on where they are grown and how you treat them. You can look at the new Chameleon Plant Care Guide for more information on how to grow chameleon plants.
addedThe update includes some new types of fertilizer which can be purchased at the Fertilizer Emporium and are used for creating some of the different chameleon plant forms.

Botanist Bounties are now available. Once you are a milestone 1 Botanist, you can start completing Botanist Bounties, including growing Chameleon plants.

Talk to Davis SeedFinger on Timberwell Road to get started. Davis runs a plant store and he's received some very specific orders which he'd like you to fetch via his bounty board.

Some of the orders are for pre-existing botanist plants, but many can only be fulfilled by growing the all new chameleon plants.

Chameleon plants are versatile and can take many different forms, depending on where they are grown and how you treat them. You can look at the new Chameleon Plant Care Guide for more information on how to grow chameleon plants.

The update includes some new types of fertilizer which can be purchased at the Fertilizer Emporium and are used for creating some of the different chameleon plant forms.

Quality of life improvements

  • Increase the click area for all fish which swim around. • Add a sound and particle effect when a botanist plant is fully grown. • The amount of coins you get from converting knowledge to coins is now 3 times more generous. • Add a sound when using the ferry to cross the river.

Bug fixes

  • Fix the XP displayed on the view rewards interface for some passive chef activities. • Fix Bonetron bounties incorrectly awarding too many coins upon completion. • Fix the position and facing of the avatar when giving Shoggy Dimblehead an item. • Fix greenfly sound missing from some botanist plants when infested with greenfly. • Improve audio playback in reality fracture closing cutscene.

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Steam News / 27 July 2026

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