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Steam News12 April 20262mo ago

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New Arachnophobia Mode Replaces the model of all spiders with a little cloud. The alternative model may be updated again in the future. Needed to be live asap.

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What changed

0 fixes5 additions14 changes2 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Events
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
addedNew
changedArachnophobia Mode Replaces the model of all spiders with a little cloud. The alternative model may be updated again in the future. Needed to be live asap.
addedQuest Lost Technologies Charlie the Innkeeper now offers a new quest regarding the Lost Technologies from the fall of Fenestra. Search the Crypt to recover the lost book and unlock the essential blueprints for your first Onyx structures. This quest becomes available once you reach a Reputation of 20.
changedPlaylist Feature You can open and close the playlist by clicking the music icon on the player. Tracks can be excluded to customize your background music. You can also preview any track by playing it directly.
changedImprovements
addedCertain enemies can now feign death.

Onyx changes

addedNew
changedArachnophobia Mode Replaces the model of all spiders with a little cloud. The alternative model may be updated again in the future. Needed to be live asap.
addedQuest Lost Technologies Charlie the Innkeeper now offers a new quest regarding the Lost Technologies from the fall of Fenestra. Search the Crypt to recover the lost book and unlock the essential blueprints for your first Onyx structures. This quest becomes available once you reach a Reputation of 20.
changedPlaylist Feature You can open and close the playlist by clicking the music icon on the player. Tracks can be excluded to customize your background music. You can also preview any track by playing it directly.
changedImprovements

New

  • Arachnophobia Mode Replaces the model of all spiders with a little cloud. The alternative model may be updated again in the future. Needed to be live asap.

  • Quest Lost Technologies Charlie the Innkeeper now offers a new quest regarding the Lost Technologies from the fall of Fenestra. Search the Crypt to recover the lost book and unlock the essential blueprints for your first Onyx structures. This quest becomes available once you reach a Reputation of 20.

  • Onyx Structure Wind Turbine Provides power to linked Onyx structures. Easier to build, but produces less energy than a Heat Well.

  • Onyx Structure Cooking Station Life is nothing without comfort.

  • Enemy Herder A dark mage who incessantly summons skeletons.

  • Interaction Icons Many interactable objects are now marked with specific icons to make them easier to identify. If you prefer a more immersive experience, these icons can be toggled off in the settings.

  • Playlist Feature You can open and close the playlist by clicking the music icon on the player. Tracks can be excluded to customize your background music. You can also preview any track by playing it directly.

Improvements

  • Certain enemies can now feign death.

  • Slimes visual overhaul to match current standards.

  • Boosted knockback for all weapons to better support melee playstyles.

  • Digging for dirt is now possible across all regions again.

  • Player displays for Health, Energy, Mana, and XP now feel much more vibrant.

  • Enemy health bars now behave more lively.

  • Special enemies now trigger a dedicated health bar, giving these encounters a more epic feel.

  • The Onyx Generator has been repurposed into a Heat Well that harnesses geothermal heat.

  • Steven the animal vendor now rewards you with a cow for upgrading his house.

  • Improved the visual feedback for successful catches while fishing.

  • Crafting items via the UI should now be more stable.

  • Drastically increased the crafting speed for all arrows. Removed the bulk 10x arrow recipe as it is no longer needed.

  • World tooltips for ores, flowers and mushrooms have been disabled. Re-applied as the change didn't take effect in the last update.

  • Added various new animations for all zombies and skeletons.

  • Improved movement intelligence for all creatures.

  • Improved the visuals of various structures and objects.

  • Improved a large number of old item icons and descriptions.

  • Updated UI in various locations.

Fixes

  • Stray cats in Minestra now react correctly when their health drops to 0. They were actually meant to be caught, but apparently some of you chose violence!

  • Fertilized chicken and goose eggs can now be placed correctly again.

  • The anchor for creatures is now correctly reset after they are picked up and put back down.

  • Fruits should now land correctly at the base of the trunk when a tree is shaken.

  • Various graphical fixes across multiple regions.

Source

Steam News / 12 April 2026

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