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Steam News26 March 20263mo ago

Update 2.5 - Excavation Expansion

New 313 new Expansion upgrades, including Excavation XP Multipliers You will be granted free upgrades based on your current progress For example, if you had 10/20 on a fossils upgrade, after the update you'll have 25/50

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addedNew313 new Expansion upgrades, including Excavation XP Multipliers You will be granted free upgrades based on your current progress For example, if you had 10/20 on a fossils upgrade, after the update you'll have 25/50 . If you had 20/20 , you'll have 50/50
addedNewNew excavation levels added - you will be granted free XP to match your current progress
addedNewNew Excavation XP Multiplier bonus stat for crewmates
changedChangedExcavation shop prices were adjusted (mostly reduced) due to the shop expansion
changedChangedYour current fossils currency was adjusted to reflect the updated shop prices
removedChangedFishing Speed bonus from excavation clock rewards can no longer be rainbow, as +100x fishing speed caused serious lag and looked weird

Idle Fishing changes

added313 new Expansion upgrades, including Excavation XP Multipliers You will be granted free upgrades based on your current progress For example, if you had 10/20 on a fossils upgrade, after the update you'll have 25/50 . If you had 20/20 , you'll have 50/50
addedNew excavation levels added - you will be granted free XP to match your current progress
addedNew Excavation XP Multiplier bonus stat for crewmates
changedExcavation shop prices were adjusted (mostly reduced) due to the shop expansion
changedYour current fossils currency was adjusted to reflect the updated shop prices

New

  • 313 new Expansion upgrades, including Excavation XP Multipliers

    • You will be granted free upgrades based on your current progress

    • For example, if you had 10/20 on a fossils upgrade, after the update you'll have 25/50. If you had 20/20, you'll have 50/50

  • New excavation levels added - you will be granted free XP to match your current progress

  • Infinite upgrades for Gold, Silver, and Excavation XP Multiplier in excavation

  • New Excavation XP Multiplier bonus stat for crewmates

Changed

  • Buffed crewmate Silver per Second multiplier bonus - only takes effect for newly hired crewmates

  • Excavation shop prices were adjusted (mostly reduced) due to the shop expansion

  • Your current fossils currency was adjusted to reflect the updated shop prices

  • Fishing Speed bonus from excavation clock rewards can no longer be rainbow, as +100x fishing speed caused serious lag and looked weird

  • Improved display of very large/small numbers

  • Goldfish main ability now gives XP Multiplier instead of more fossils

Fixed

  • Some texts were not translated

  • Auto play in excavation didn't stop when the window was closed

Source

Steam News / 26 March 2026

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