Steam News23 November 20257mo ago

Update 2.4.2

New Expanded the Excavation leveling system Now each Excavation level give you +30% fossil income!

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addedNewExpanded the Excavation leveling system Now each Excavation level give you +30% fossil income! Added levels 10, 11, 12 Reduced XP required to lvl up in levels 1-8, levels 9-12 requires less xp as well, the overall leveling is smoother now You will be automatically credited for the XP reduced per levels for lvls 1-8 For example if you were lvl 8 and logged into the new update, you might be lvl 9/10/11/12 instantly Because of the extra income from excavation leveling, some fossil values were changed a bit to fit the change

changedChangedChanged the 8 star goldfish pet ability to be "Bomb Tool will always hit at least 1 undug tile in Excavation" I did it because with the previous ability bomb was stronger than any method of clearing the stages, now its more balanced, and still strong. The bomb will still be strong, but a smart play with all tools will be more efficient(manually or with the AI)

changedFixedBug where the next step for better fossil income upgrade in the Excavation shop displayed the wrong value(without pets bonus)

changedFixedBug where some UI didn't update sometimes in Excavation.

addedFixedAdded missing characters for the Korean language

Idle Fishing changes

addedExpanded the Excavation leveling system Now each Excavation level give you +30% fossil income! Added levels 10, 11, 12 Reduced XP required to lvl up in levels 1-8, levels 9-12 requires less xp as well, the overall leveling is smoother now You will be automatically credited for the XP reduced per levels for lvls 1-8 For example if you were lvl 8 and logged into the new update, you might be lvl 9/10/11/12 instantly Because of the extra income from excavation leveling, some fossil values were changed a bit to fit the change

changedChanged the 8 star goldfish pet ability to be "Bomb Tool will always hit at least 1 undug tile in Excavation" I did it because with the previous ability bomb was stronger than any method of clearing the stages, now its more balanced, and still strong. The bomb will still be strong, but a smart play with all tools will be more efficient(manually or with the AI)

changedBug where the next step for better fossil income upgrade in the Excavation shop displayed the wrong value(without pets bonus)

changedBug where some UI didn't update sometimes in Excavation.

addedAdded missing characters for the Korean language

New

Expanded the Excavation leveling system
- Now each Excavation level give you +30% fossil income!
- Added levels 10, 11, 12
- Reduced XP required to lvl up in levels 1-8, levels 9-12 requires less xp as well, the overall leveling is smoother now
- You will be automatically credited for the XP reduced per levels for lvls 1-8
  - For example if you were lvl 8 and logged into the new update, you might be lvl 9/10/11/12 instantly
- Because of the extra income from excavation leveling, some fossil values were changed a bit to fit the change
Now you can earn pickaxes inside Chest Hunts

Changed

Changed the 8 star goldfish pet ability to be "Bomb Tool will always hit at least 1 undug tile in Excavation"
- I did it because with the previous ability bomb was stronger than any method of clearing the stages, now its more balanced, and still strong.
- The bomb will still be strong, but a smart play with all tools will be more efficient(manually or with the AI)
Translation changes

Fixed

Bug where the next step for better fossil income upgrade in the Excavation shop displayed the wrong value(without pets bonus)
Bug where some UI didn't update sometimes in Excavation.
Added missing characters for the Korean language

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Steam News / 23 November 2025

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