Sun Haven News

Hi everyone!

Can you believe it’s almost Halloween already?! It feels like the first day of summer was only yesterday… In any case, we’ve got another minor update hot off the press to celebrate the spooky season, and we can’t wait to share it with you!

Before we talk about Patch 1.7, we’re sure you’re all antsy for an update on the Nintendo Switch release. Good news, we will have an official FAQ, a sneak peek of Switch gameplay footage, and more news about the Switch port soon, so please stay tuned! We really appreciate your patience throughout this longer-than-expected process, but we are very excited to share more information soon. 👀

Now, onto the update…

Sun Haven Patch 1.7 has new decor items, Halloween festival portraits, optimization improvements, French translation improvements, in-game exclusive DLC packs of all your favorite romanceable characters, and more!

Let’s dive right in! 🎃

Check out some of the adorable new paths, fences, and gates! 😍



[h2]New Decorative Items:[/h2]

• Added 24 new craftable fences and matching gates to the Advanced Furniture Table
• Bamboo Fence
  
• Bamboo Gate
  
• Iron Ridged Fence
  
• Iron Ridged Gate
  
• Red Woven Fence
  
• Red Woven Gate
  
• Brick Fence
  
• Brick Gate
  
• Farmer's Fence
  
• Farmer's Gate
  
• Swashbuckler Fence
  
• Swashbuckler Gate
  
• Ancient Amethyst Fence
  
• Ancient Amethyst Gate
  
• Iron Rod Fence
  
• Iron Rod Gate
  
• Reinforced Fence
  
• Reinforced Gate
  
• Copper Paneled Fence
  
• Copper Paneled Gate
  
• Gilded Steel Fence
  
• Gilded Steel Gate
  
• Frosted Iron Fence
  
• Frosted Iron Gate
  
• Added 34 new craftable tiles to the Tile Maker
• Sand Floor TIle
  
• Rainbow Floor Tile
  
• Seashell Checkered Floor Tile
  
• Beach Sand Floor Tile
  
• Teddy Bear Floor Tile
  
• Golden Moon Floor Tile
  
• Purple Moon Floor Tile
  
• Spooky Floor Tile
  
• Cherry and Strawberry Floor Tile
  
• Blue Skull Floor Tile
  
• Black Skull Floor Tile
  
• Diagonal Dark Oak Floor Tile
  
• Overgrown Pink Brick Floor Tile
  
• Pink Brick Floor Tile
  
• Mottled Brown Stone Floor Tile
  
• Mottled Pink Stone Floor Tile
  
• Brown Tiled Floor Tile
  
• Simple Stones Floor Tile
  
• Light Floral Stone Floor Tile
  
• Chiseled Floral Stone Floor Tile
  
• Grassy Flower Floor Tile
  
• Grassy Stoney Floor Tile
  
• Rounded Stone Floor Tile
  
• Dark Floral Stone Floor Tile
  
• Stepping Stone Floor Tile
  
• Overgrown Wooden Slat Floor Tile
  
• Simple Woven Floor Tile
  
• Rose Stone Floor Tile
  
• Heart Checkered Floor Tile
  
• Wooden Stepping Stone Floor Tile
  
• Stitched Spooky Floor Tile
  
• Orange Gilded Floor Tile
  
• Mismatched Wooden Floor Tile
  
• Steel Plate Floor Tile
  
• Coming Soon: Over 300 new craftable furniture items!

[h2]Halloween Portraits:[/h2]

• Added unique Halloween costume portraits for all romanceable characters during the Halloween event
  

[h2]Major Optimizations:[/h2]

• Adjusted lighting throughout Sun Haven, Nel’Vari, and Withergate
  
• Adjusted particles throughout Sun Haven, Nel’Vari, and Withergate
  
• Added new optimizations to reduce lag and improve performance
  
• Majorly reduced loading time when selecting a New Character
  
• Majorly reduced loading time when selecting Load Character
  

[h2]Community Translations:[/h2]

• Minorly updated French translations based on community-translated text
  

[h2]UI:[/h2]

• Updated mailbox notification pop-up UI
  
• Added an in-game store for purchasing DLC items
  

[h2]Balance Changes:[/h2]

• Increased player movement speed by 2%
  
• Lowered the in-game time required for a seed maker to produce seeds
  
• Seed maker mana costs have been adjusted
  
• Starting max mana has been increased from 10 to 20 mana
  
• Increased hardwood and heavystone drops by 2
  
• Increased the speed of eating food by 30%
  
• Nerfed the spawn rate of seaweed by 25%
  
• Increased the spawn rate of driftwood by 25%
  
• Adjusted the Flower Farm skill tree perk to now deliver seeds on Tuesday and not Friday
  
• Increased the Hidden Gems skill tree perk to now have a 25% chance to obtain a sapphire
  
• Decreased the Hustle skill tree perk movement speed to 2/3.5%/5%
  
• Increased the Self Sustaining skill tree perk to 6/8/10 mana restoration
  
• Increased the mana cost of casting the Bubble Net spell to 65/60/55 mana
  
• Lowered the EXP gained from Nel’Vari mine and Withergate mine rocks
  
• Increased the Top Shelf skill tree perk sell prices to 5/10/15% for animal products
  
• Increased the Happy Animals skill tree perk to 10/20/30% chance to get an extra animal product
  
• Lowered base mana regen from 0.2 to .175
  
• Increased the Delicious Experience skill tree perk to get 20/40/60% more EXP from jams
  

[h2]Bug Fixes:[/h2]

• Attempted a fix on a bug causing character portraits to flash white
  
• Fixed an issue causing some busts to be offset
  
• The seed maker skill now clarifies that you have the chance to obtain 1 extra seed
  

[h2]Features in Development:[/h2]

• Nintendo Switch port
  
• Steam Deck verification
  
• Another new region
  
• New romanceable character dates
  
• Updated romanceable character likes and dislikes
  
• More festivals and events
  
• Multiplayer update with PvP combat and more
  
• Multiplayer player-to-player marriage
  
• Customizable house interior flooring
  
• More house exterior customization
  
• More farm decorations, and furniture items
  

[h2]DLC:[/h2]
We are excited to announce that 25 new DLC packs will be available in the new in-game store with Patch 1.7! All DLCs will be extra, optional, and cosmetic only, and will never contain exclusive story content.

There are now fresh sets of furniture and decor items, clothing items, and pets based on your favorite romanceable characters available via the new in-game store!

THESE PLUSHIES ARE THE CUTEST THINGS EVER.

As mentioned previously, we will continue to release minor patches until after Sun Haven is available on Nintendo Switch. Right now we have a lot of exciting new features in development, and we can’t wait for you to see more soon!

Have a fa-boo-lous Halloween! 👻 🧡

Tavielle, Community Manager
Pixel Sprout Studios

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Hey everyone!

We just released another micropatch that is live now on Steam for Windows, Steam Deck, and Mac! This micropatch includes some updates and bug fixes for:

• Minorly updated community translation for Spanish
• Minorly updated community translation for Traditional Chinese
• Translated RNPC home items that can be examined
  
• Translated the Taxi sign in Sun Haven
  
• Translated the overnight cutscene with Seedil
  
• Fixed an issue with the overnight cutscene where the Delivery Dragon mistakenly says you answered the question incorrectly
  
• Fixed Tidewitch Robe in Load Character menu
  
• Fixed an issue with the 15-minute-days setting not saving properly
  
• Fixed an issue that didn’t allow you to use the Withergate Well to refill your watering can when using a controller
• Added the ability to use Small and Large Mana Tomes from your hotbar when using a controller
  
• Added missing romanceable character records to the Record Store
  
• Updated default controller buttons on the hotbar (now L and R Bumpers)
• Updated default controller buttons for secondary use buttons (now Right Trigger and Left Trigger)
• Improved optimizations throughout Sun Haven to assist with load times
  
• Removed the confirm button on the birthday selection screen in Character Creation
  
• Changing your language while in game now takes you back to the main menu
  

If you would like to help out with more language translations that will continue to be updated in future patches, please join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/sunhaven

Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to the translation efforts so far. We are very, very grateful for your knowledge and the effort that you’re putting into helping us bring Sun Haven to more players worldwide! ❤️

As always, make sure you log out of Steam and log back in so you get the update! If you run into any issues at all, please let us know in the #report-bugs channel in our Discord server and follow the pinned report template so we can help!

Have a wonderful week! 🎃

Tavielle, Community Manager
Pixel Sprout Studios

Hey everyone!

We just released another micropatch that is live now on Steam for Windows, Steam Deck, and Mac! This micropatch includes:

• Minorly updated community translation for Simplified Chinese
• Minorly updated community translation for Traditional Chinese
• Fixed an issue with the iron sword causing players to become stuck

If you would like to help out with the Simplified and Traditional Chinese language translations that will continue to be updated, please join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/sunhaven


Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to the translation efforts so far. We are very, very grateful for your knowledge and the effort that you’re putting into helping us bring Sun Haven to more players worldwide! ❤️

As always, make sure you log out of Steam and log back in so you get the update! If you run into any issues at all, please let us know in the #report-bugs channel in our Discord server and follow the pinned report template so we can help!

Have a great weekend! 🎉

Tavielle, Community Manager
Pixel Sprout Studios

Hey Adventurers!

We just released another micropatch that is live now on Steam for Windows, Steam Deck, and Mac! This micropatch includes updated community translation text for the following 5 languages:

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• Korean[/h2]
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• Brazilian Portuguese[/h2]
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• German[/h2]
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• Japanese[/h2]
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• Russian[/h2]
  

We’re extremely thankful for the help we've received from the community volunteers so far, and we hope to bring even more improvements, fixes, and optimizations to the translation process and supported languages in the future!

Some languages and dialogue in the game could use some more help, too! If you're fluent in any of the following languages, then we could really use your help with translating in-game text so we can continue to make Sun Haven available to players worldwide:

• Korean
• Chinese (Simplified)
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Japanese
• German
• Brazilian Portuguese
• French
• Danish
• Polish
• Swedish
• Italian
• Russian
• Ukrainian
• Turkish
• Spanish
• Dutch
• Norwegian
• Portuguese

If you’re interested in volunteering to help with any of the above Sun Haven translations, please join our Discord and head to the #how-to-translate channel here: https://discord.gg/sunhaven


Thanks again to everyone who has contributed to the translation efforts. Your work is very appreciated, and we truly couldn’t do this without you. Thank you!

Have a grape Monday! 🍇

Tavielle, Community Manager
Pixel Sprout Studios

Hi Adventurers, happy Monday!

We are so excited to announce an important update on our Community Translations project. ALL of Sun Haven's in-game text and dialogue is now available for community assistance in the following languages:

• Korean
  
• Chinese (Simplified)
  
• Chinese (Traditional)
  
• Japanese
  
• German
  
• French
  
• Brazilian Portuguese
  
• Danish
  
• Polish
  
• Swedish
  
• Italian
  
• Russian
  
• Ukrainian
  
• Turkish
  
• Spanish
  
• Dutch
  
• Norwegian
  
• Portuguese
  

If you're fluent in any of the above languages, then we could use your help to do some of the initial translations for the game. Details are in our discord here: https://discord.gg/sunhaven

There will be a translations update soon to implement previously community-translated text into the game! The texts on these newly supported community translated docs will also be added, but before that can happen, we will be vetting the content that gets translated to ensure the text is as accurate as possible. We’re very grateful for the help we've received from the community so far, and we hope to bring even more improvements, fixes, and optimizations to the translation process and supported languages in the future! Thanks for your continued support!

For more information, head to the #how-to-translate channel in our Discord!

Have a great week!

Tavielle, Community Manager
Pixel Sprout Studios