The Sapling
Steam News 27 December 20254mo ago

Patch v13.33 (beta only)

Resurrected the scenarios Tested and rebalanced all scenarios to work with the new features of the movement update Redesigned the soil statistic button to have a planet icon Added new terrain overlay steepness stats and…

Update log

Full The Sapling update

The complete published notes, normalized for clean reading and source attribution.

Extracted changes

3 fixes5 additions4 changes4 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Events
  • Workshop
  • Maps
  • Fixes
addedResurrected the scenariosTested and rebalanced all scenarios to work with the new features of the movement update
addedResurrected the scenariosAdded new terrain overlay steepness stats and climate zones to all scenarios
addedResurrected the scenariosFor all scenarios, added new limbs to 'anchored body parts' (which don't require mutations to reach) wherever it made sense
addedResurrected the daily challengeLinked the new random terrain generator to the challenge generator
addedResurrected the daily challengeMade the 'ocean floor walker' leg always unlocked, to give players easy access to the new arthropod limbs if they want to
removedResurrected the daily challengeDisabled terrain editing tools

Resurrected the scenarios

  • Tested and rebalanced all scenarios to work with the new features of the movement update

  • Redesigned the soil statistic button to have a planet icon

  • Added new terrain overlay steepness stats and climate zones to all scenarios

  • For all scenarios, added new limbs to 'anchored body parts' (which don't require mutations to reach) wherever it made sense

  • Prevented plants spreading all of their seeds in the beginning of their life (which could happen with large seed surpluses that the disaster scenario requires)

Resurrected the daily challenge

  • Linked the new random terrain generator to the challenge generator

  • Made the 'ocean floor walker' leg always unlocked, to give players easy access to the new arthropod limbs if they want to

  • Disabled terrain editing tools

  • Fixed the upper half of the 'let's go' button not registering clicks

Fixes for small map sizes

  • Drawing stats no longer causes the game to freeze (thanks, Jupiter hater!)

  • Switching to smaller map sizes while in manual stats mode no longer causes the game to freeze (thanks, Jupiter hater!)

  • Meteorites craters now appear on the correct location (thanks, Jupiter hater, azul1462, Col. caboose!)

  • Hovering continents is now (much) more precize

  • Volcano smoke now appears above the volcanoes

  • Highlighting continents now continues to work after editing the terrain

Polishing the walking animation

  • Revised walking animation parameters for the 'hoof', 'webbed', 'sturdy walker', 'very sturdy' limb, 'hangs upside down', 'lightweight webbed foot' and 'sharp talons' limbs

  • Remodeled 'fast two-toed runner' to better work with the walking animation

Fixes for upright animals

  • You can no longer by accident attach the sessile foot to a slot that is not the bottom one

  • Fixed how animation bones are connected for upright animals

Misc

  • Fixed the limb stats in the animal editor showing the max weight for walking where it should show max weight for climbing (thanks UltraNeonGodPet!)

  • Made fade animation more robust to edge cases

  • Made it possible to select continents very far away from the camera mid simulation

I often forget to read comments below release notes, so if you have questions, suggestions or bug reports, feel free to reach out via the Steam forums or thesaplinggame@gmail.com.

Source

Steam News / 27 December 2025

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