Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure Early Access 0.2 Patch Notes

[h2]Creatures[/h2]

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  There’s now support for multiple active companions. Bring your whole squad with you! 
  
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  Companions can now be commanded to perform their actions. Bonding is no longer required, but still possible
  
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  Interacting with a companion moves the camera closer to the player
  
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  Creatures now have a “mood meter” which indicates how happy they are
  
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  Companions can now be nicknamed! Nicknames will appear over their heads
  
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  Creatures can now be fed, washed, and played with to increase their mood and experience bar
  
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  Improved locomotion animations for all companions (Stormdog, Otterlot, Longhorn, Axepecker and Bibi)
  
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  Improved creature summoning and dismissing
  
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  Improved Hogbunny dismiss animation
  
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  Extended animations for playing with creature
  
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  Improved idle animation for Stormdog
  

[h2]Player Housing[/h2]

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  New player houses added!
  
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    Cave
    
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    Tree House
    

[h2]Farming[/h2]

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  Tilling
  
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    Easier to design farms as tilling preview should now feel more fluid and intuitive
    
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    Angled tilling allows for more intricately designed farms.
    
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    Tilled ground visual indicates plant water amount with darkened texture
    
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  Pollinating/Farming Time
  
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    Pollinating plants using the Bibi and Pollen Bag yield crops immediately
    
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  Seed Pods
  
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    Monsters now drop Seed Pods instead of Seeds, based on what region they’re in
    
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    These Seed Pods can be used to craft the different seeds that the enemies no longer drop
    
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    Petal refined in the Cutter now make Pollen Bags directly, no longer creating Pollen
    
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  Plant Definitions
  
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    Uprooting a plant now gives the relevant Seed Pod back
    

[h2]Quality of Life Improvements[/h2]

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  Improved flow in the beginning of the game
  
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  Better player economy (balancing pass)
  
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  Improved farming abilities (easier to tile, target, and otherwise tend to farm)
  
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  “Add All” items action when interacting with construction alters and refineries 
  
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  Added “Drop Items” action from inventory
  
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  Added tracking of work orders
  
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  Sleeping in a bed enabled during daytime
  
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  Workbench prompts and map markers disabled until the first shrine is fixed
  

[h2]Visuals[/h2]

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  Improvements to various particle systems
  
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  Creatures have VFX to indicate their mood change
  
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  Made path towards longhorn more pronounced
  

[h2]Combat[/h2]

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  Monsters
  
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    Removed multiple monster spawners in the beginning of the game
    
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    All monsters have had their health reduced
    
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  Weapons
  
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    Club area of effect damage has been increased
    
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    All weapons have had their damage increased
    

[h2]NPCs[/h2]

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  Added an alternative speaking animation for the octi pilot, Milas Morgenshell
  

[h2]Inventory[/h2]

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  Increased max inventory size from 56 to 70
  
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  Increased starting inventory slots from 16 to 20
  
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  Updated inventory menu, chest menu and sell chest menu to be 10 slots wide
  
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  Moved health bar and currency counter in the inventory menu to fill empty space
  
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  Reduced max slots in Duffel Bag from 24 to 20
  
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  Increased max slots in Tall Bag from 56 to 60
  
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  Increased starting slots in Sell Chest from 24 to 30
  
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  Increased amount of slots InventoryUpgrade pickup adds from 8 to 10
  
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  Added 2 slots to the equipment bar
  
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  Added keyboard mapping buttons for selecting slot 9 and 10 to the remapping menu
  

[h2]Resource Gathering[/h2]

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  Wild Flowers
  
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    Uprooting Flowers now always give Petals
    
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    Uprooting Leaf Bush now always gives Leaves
    
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  Amri Machines
  
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    Amri Machines now drop more loot, as well as Amri
    

[h2]Tools[/h2]

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  New tool - Fishing Rod has been added!
  
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  New tool - Shovel has been added!
  
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  Watering Can
  
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    Watering ability has had its radius reduced
    
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    Activate animation on water pump when refilling the Watering Can
    
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  Fishing Nodes
  
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    Added more fishing nodes in multiple areas
    

[h2]Decorations[/h2]

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  Added 11 more decorations to the various shops with “Outdoor” theme
  
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  Added animations for the 11 new decorations
  

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  Tutorials added
  
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    Basics
    
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    Pirate Camps
    
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    Combat
    
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    Farming
    
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    Housing
    
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    Crafting
    
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    Resources
    
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    Creatures
    
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  Added patch notes button to main menu screen
  
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  Added new icons for emotes, tools and placeables
  
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  Seeds now have their own category in the crafting menu
  
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  Updated visuals keyboard input icons
  
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  Scaled down map icons slightly
  
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  Added “thank you” message when submitting feedback
  
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  Clicking outside an opened submenu in the main menu now closes the opened menu
  
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  Added dropdown menu to audio settings
  
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  Mouse sensitivity slider added
  
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  Page indicator for equipment bar added
  

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  Space Bar no longer opens inventory
  
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  Picking Up items moved to X on Controller, Right Mouse Button/F on Keyboard
  
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  Tools, Weapon, and Combo moved to the Left Mouse Button.
  
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  Players can now talk to statues and pick up items while having tool or weapon equipped
  
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  Pollinate and Watering moved to the Left Mouse Button
  
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  Tools and weapon usage moved to the Left Mouse Button
  
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  Creature abilities moved to the Left Mouse Button
  
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  Stomp Tile moved to Right Mouse Button / X
  
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  Otterlot Fishing ability moved to Left Mouse Button / A
  
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  Pick Up moved to Right Mouse Button / X
  
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  "Cancel" moved to Spacebar
  

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  Optimized music system with more dynamics, and changes between regions
  
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  New Audio Silence system on the menu that lets players choose if the music will play constantly or with pauses in between while exploring
  
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  New Explore Music for areas where the Shrines have yet to be repaired
  
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  New Combat Music for areas where the Shrines have yet to be repaired
  
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  New Misophonic Slider - Players can tone down snores, eating and other foley sounds
  
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  New sounds for all new placeable objects
  
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  New creature sounds
  
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  Navigating menu sounds updated
  

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  Player can now rotate the character in the inventory menu with the right stick
  
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  General improvements to AI and pathfinding (Enemies & Companions)
  

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  Fixed multiple areas where players could get stuck
  
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  Fixed issue causing the player to be unable to craft the Pebbleput Pants
  
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  Fixed typo in dialogue relating to the first Pirate Camp
  
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  Plants will no longer block the ability to till ground
  
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  Various texture bug fixes
  
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  Players can no longer spam-feed companions
  
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  The knockback effect when attacking a resource node was only triggered sometimes
  
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  Players can no longer be defeated while fast traveling
  
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  Companions will no longer sometimes evolve when at max level
  
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  Time can no longer be frozen after fixing the first shrine and then saving and loading
  
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  House workbench markers no longer reappear on the map after being completed
  
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  Hold to activate actions now properly update the hold progress circle when being activated
  
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  The preview of the item being added to workbench no longer get stuck when cycling through many items
  
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  Audio settings are now being saved
  
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  Chest menu now says character name when trading with another player character
  
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  Quests are now clickable with mouse in the quest menu
  
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  All buttons in settings menu are now clickable with mouse
  
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  Clicking an item in the shop no longer purchases without displaying the description first