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Steam News11 April 20262mo ago

Moose & Fox Update Out Now!

The Moose & Fox Update has arrived! Hunt the mighty moose, tame the clever fox, and meet the new salamander across the Great Lakes.

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What changed

27 fixes7 additions8 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Balance
  • Maps
  • Fixes
  • Server
addedThe Moose & Fox Update has arrived! Hunt the mighty moose, tame the clever fox, and meet the new salamander across the Great Lakes.
addedNew Animals
addedSalamander: new aquatic friend, fully edible raw or cooked
addedNew Features
changedSeasonal spawn multipliers: animal populations now shift with the seasons
changedVoice chat upgrade: longer range, louder at distance, mouth animates offline

Neolithic Dawn changes

addedThe Moose & Fox Update has arrived! Hunt the mighty moose, tame the clever fox, and meet the new salamander across the Great Lakes.
addedNew Animals
addedSalamander: new aquatic friend, fully edible raw or cooked
addedNew Features
changedSeasonal spawn multipliers: animal populations now shift with the seasons

The Moose & Fox Update has arrived! Hunt the mighty moose, tame the clever fox, and meet the new salamander across the Great Lakes.

New Animals

  • Moose: massive herbivore in Saugeen Bluffs, Bruce Peninsula, and Lake Manitou

  • Fox: quick, clever predator that's lighter to tame than larger carnivores

  • Salamandernew aquatic friend, fully edible raw or cooked

New Features

  • Seasonal spawn multipliers: animal populations now shift with the seasons

  • Voice chat upgrade: longer range, louder at distance, mouth animates offline

  • New splash art on the title screen

Balance & Tuning

  • Mining sources 20% easier to break

  • Night lighting brightened for cave and dungeon navigation

  • Lake Manitou spawn rates tuned

  • "Environmental storytelling" loot areas added to all maps

Multiplayer & Networking Fixes

  • Fixed animals appearing frozen for remote players after grab or ragdoll

  • Fixed Photon ownership issues with moose and fox

  • Fixed photon server version mismatch blocking some clients

  • Fixed cave weather not syncing between players

  • Fixed seasonal and shelter disrepair states not syncing

  • Fixed backpack items going invisible to clients on scene switch

  • Fixed duplicate spawns in Lake Manitou and Tundra

  • Fixed client crash on new crow tame

  • Fixed half-joined state from server disconnect edge cases

Animals & Physics Fixes

  • Fixed moose and fox puppet joint, collision, and rigging artifacts

  • Fixed invisible animal puppets after certain state transitions

  • Fixed puppets blinking out when touched after second respawn

  • Fixed carcasses clipping through animal mesh during skinning

  • Fixed hit audio missing on certain stabbable surfaces

  • Fixed broken baby animal joint setups

  • Player respawn now lands on the corpse position instead of last death position

Tutorial, Saves & Generations

  • Fixed tutorial elements flashing in before save data finished loading

  • Fixed scene not switching back to Saugeen Bluffs on end of generation

  • Fixed generation transitions in the Bruce Peninsula forest section

  • Fixed survival saves not saving location properly

  • Added corrupt save fallback so the session no longer crashes on bad JSON

Inventory, UI & Environment

  • Fixed quick tool save data duplication

  • Fixed elder gem dialogue and backpack duplication bug

  • Fixed backpack text overflow and refresh issues

  • Fixed orbs and skill orbs getting stuck in the air

  • Fixed Tundra key gate wheel after multiple regressions

  • Rebaked occlusion in BP and SB dungeons

  • Fixed floating logs in Bruce Peninsula

  • Fixed Map Unlock Helper so Survival mode always has all maps unlocked

Performance & Stability

  • Rebaked occlusion in Bruce Peninsula and Saugeen Bluffs

  • Optimized scene terrains and PC terrain shaders

  • Simplified iceberg collision meshes

  • Fixed multiple NullReferenceExceptions in cosmetics, save loading, and backpack systems

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Source

Steam News / 11 April 2026

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