Hotfix - 20.02.2026 Patch Update: Bug Fixes

[p]Hi everyone! We just wanted to send out a huge thank you to all of you who’ve been playing the demo and reporting bugs. We’ve been working around the clock to squash as many issues as possible ahead of Steam Next Fest starting Monday, and we’ve just pushed out a small update addressing several bug fixes from the latest build. Many of these changes are the direct result of community feedback and reports, and they also include improvements to overall performance.[/p][p][/p][p]Your support, feedback, and time mean the world to us. Thank you for helping us make Guardians of the Wild Sky better, we truly appreciate it and can’t wait to keep sharing more with you all!
[/p][p]Check below to see what's been done in this patch:[/p][h3][/h3][h3]Bug Fixes & Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Fixed various spyglass and weakness discovery-related bugs[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where multiple new item popups could overlap[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where affliction screen effects would persist after the effect ended[/p]
• [p]Fixed several issues with the incubator structure, improving Guardian hatching reliability[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where capture crystals would not spawn traps on water[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in tables when standing up from chairs[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue causing the fast travel portal to flicker at a distance[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where blush did not work on male characters[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where demolishing stone structures played wood destruction effects[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where wood and stone stairs had only 100 maximum health[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where crashing an airship into the cloud sea could result in a black screen
  Fixed an issue where player map markers could appear below the ground[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where rock golem sounds were too loud. Creature sounds have a slider and can be turned down as a whole[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where some rebound keybindings displayed as “?” instead of the correct key[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with direct fueling tasks that caused Guardians to fuel targets unreliably[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where placed structures would not end up exactly rotated as expected and had small precision errors leading to tiny angle differences over long stretches[/p]
• [p]Fixed several bugs related to placing the airship wheel[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where the airship wheel could be used to circumvent max airship size[/p]
• [p]Fixed some visual issues with the butcher block UI[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where creatures would not work while the player was away from the base[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where large mounts were unable to interact with objects because their collider was too large and the interaction range too small[/p]
• [p]Several crash fixes, memory and stability improvements[/p]
• [p]Removed an overly loud SFX from the Cultist’s harvesting animation[/p]

[h3]Gameplay Updates[/h3]

• [p]Updated the interaction system to use an area around the player. It prioritizes where the player is looking, but is far more forgiving to player proximity[/p]
• [p]Added hot deposits. A global hot deposit button is available at the Campspire as well as individual hot deposit buttons on the storage screens. For those unfamiliar with the term “hot deposit”, it means that only the item types already in the storage would be transferred. If you have a storage box with wood in it and click the button, wood will be pulled from your inventory into the storage, but nothing else.[/p]
• [p]Updated one-handed weapons to allow movement while attacking[/p]
• [p]Updated unarmed attacks to allow movement while attacking[/p]
• [p]Increased maximum sailing speed:[/p]
  • [p]Small sails: 8.0 m/s[/p]
  • [p]Large sails: 14.0 m/s[/p]
• [p]Added the ability to craft directly from storage within the Campspire radius. Added a game setting to turn this feature off if you wish to only use guardian transporting.[/p]
• [p]Added a max airship size setting, allowing you to build unrestricted on larger airships.[/p]
• [p]Increased maximum blueprint size[/p]

[h3]Content & Visual Updates[/h3]

• [p]Updated icons for Fluff, Vinewing, and Infernalith[/p]
• [p]Updated icons for foliage structures[/p]
• [p]Added foundation structure pieces for both wood and stone sets[/p]
• [p]Added new stone and wood structure pieces for covering the hypotenuse of 45 degree triangles[/p]
• [p]Added a benchmark for default graphics settings. This should prevent the game from always opening on ultra settings for every user[/p]
• [p]Quality improvements to localization. This is still not considered final[/p]
• [p]Added missing language options to the menu[/p]
• [p]Added an HDR toggle[/p]

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[/p][p]As always, thank you for your passion and support for Guardians of the Wild Sky. We’re really grateful for all of your contributions, your feedback will continue to be a big part of this game’s future.[/p][p]
[/p][p]If you enjoy the demo, we’d really appreciate you leaving a Steam review, it helps us more than you might think. Thanks again, and we’ll see you in the skies![/p][p]
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