Hotfix: QoL Updates, HUD Improvements & More

Today’s hotfix adds a number of requested quality-of-life features, HUD updates, and system improvements across the game, alongside bug fixes and balance tweaks.

Hotfix Notes

HUD & Interface

• Added mana cost and ammo count display on HUD.

• Added follow state and aggression indicators for party on HUD.

• Character screen now shows an indicator for unspent attribute points.

Gameplay & Systems

• Added game settings templates/difficulties.

• Party member follow state now also toggleable from the Companions menu.

• Holding interact/loot now also extracts resources from nodes.

• Melee attacks now take player pitch into account.

• Harvesting tools now deal an additional random damage.

• Mana potions now describe the amount of mana restored.

• Increased overall building structural support by 20%.

• Added construction plane lock option for easier placement of building parts.

• Added a global notification when a player tries to sleep.

• Ladybugs now drop Chitin.

• Wood stable now requires wood instead of bark.

Animation & AI

• Revised gliding and grappling animations.

• Added slight delay to out-of-stamina gliding behavior.

• Improved flying AI behavior in Incubator events.

• Reworked creature audio vocalizations to repeat less often.

Fixes & Stability

• Fixed honey crumble nodes in the Oak Forest.

• Fixed audio issue in caverns on PS5.

• Fixed issue with transparent surfaces appearing abnormally bright.

• Fixed issue where locally hosted servers would not be name-searchable.

• When spawning in a tree encampment (start or respawn), party members now spawn on the platform and remain until called.

Thanks for all the continued feedback and reports — it helps us polish every corner of Smalland!