Research Story v0.11 Patch Notes

[h2]Key Features and Content[/h2]
[h3]Farming: Greenhouse, Trowel, New Crops[/h3]
- New Farm Building: Greenhouse
- Grow crops all year round in the Greenhouse.
- Only previously researched crops can be planted in the Greenhouse.
- Greenhouse can be built from Theo's Shop.
- Multiple Greenhouses can be built, moved, and demolished.

- New Tool: Trowel
- Trowel can be upgraded 4 times.
- Move crops with the Trowel
- View crop details with the Copper Trowel.
- Dig spots marked with 'X' (found in the mines) with the Iron Trowel.

- 3 New Crops to research and grow! They are found in the Mines and can grow all year round.
- Lettice, Desert Coral, and Dancer's Heels

[h3]NPC and life sim: Orange Hearts[/h3]
- Orange Hearts unlocked! Players can now reach Orange Hearts with all NPCs.
- 10 Heart Event cutscenes added.
- 11 Heart Event Mail added.
- Improved dialogue system: NPCs may now sometimes comment on current events.
- Added dialogue that are related to current events (Shimmers, Puzzles etc.)
- Added more NPC routines.
- ~3,500 words added in NPC dialogue (Total: ~50,000 words in NPC dialogue)

[h3]House Upgrades[/h3]
- House Upgrade 1 now adds another room (Washroom). Players that already have an upgraded house will get the new room instantly.
- Added House Upgrade 2 that can be unlocked from the Mason, which adds a Bedroom with Washroom and 2 additional empty rooms.

[h3]Shimmering Creatures[/h3]
- Shimmers: A rare colour variant of the usual creatures!
- All 29 creatures has a chance to show up as a Shimmer after being observed.
- Shimmers generate 2x the usual produce.
- NPCs may comment on Shimmer followers.

[h3]Porter Chest[/h3]
- Added Porter Chests, that can be obtained in mid-late game.
- Items in a Porter Chest can be accessed via another Porter Chest anywhere.
- Porter Chests can be used in the Mines.

[h3]New Items[/h3]
8 New Decor Sets
- Floral Set: Floral Large Rug, Floral Lamp, Floral Table, Floral Wardrobe
- Leafy Set: Leafy Large Rug, Leafy Lamp, Leafy Table, Leafy Wardrobe
- Desert Set: Dune Large Rug, Desert Lamp, Desert Table, Desert Wardrobe
- Sand Set: Sand Large Rug, Cactus Lamp, Sand Table, Sand Wardrobe
- Icy Set: Ice Crystal Large Rug, Icy Lamp, Icy Table, Icy Wardrobe
- Blue Set: Blue Round Large Rug, Odd Blue Lamp, Odd Blue Table, Odd Blue Wardrobe
- Warm Depths Set: Volcanic Large Rug, Lava Lamp, Lava Table, Depths Wardrobe
- Dark Set: Deep Dark Large Rug, Dark Lamp, Dark Table, Dark Wardrobe
New decor
- Washroom Decor: Standing Sink, Stone Privy, Stone Bathtub
- Double Bed (Chestnut, Maple, Cherry, Fir)
- Display Case
- Flower Basket (Dancer's Heels)

Decor Gifts from NPCs
- Gu Lin Rug
- Gu Lin Large Rug
- Flower Vase
- Dragon Stone Statue
- Gold Oven
- Gold Book Statue
- Fish Wall Mount
- Kipp's Dreamcatcher
- Bonsai
- Peach Candle
- Day Night Clock

Equipment
- Mana Capsule: Use Teleporters and Elevators freely.

Crafting Recipes
- Glass
- Display Case
- Sun Lamp, Gold Sun Lamp, Chroma Sun Lamp

Items
- Cave Worm

[h3]Other Added Content and Changes[/h3]
- Added Glass, which can be smelted from Sand in the Stone Forge.
- Added new routine for Suo'e on Tuesday night after the Summit is unlocked.
- Added new routine for Vallee on Saturday morning from Year 2 onwards.
- Adjusted Zuri's Mon-Wed routine (Writing starts from 2pm instead of 4pm).
- New portrait expression: Suo'e (Worried)
- New portrait expression: Zuri (Excited)
- New Mine Floor layout: Gems, with higher spawn rates for gemstones.
- Added Tutorials: Farm Buildings, Dormancy Barn.
- Caravan Owner sells decor that can be found in the Mines as part of his cycling stock.
- Added Steam Achievement: It's a Shimmer!
- [Localisation] CN Localisation Updated.

[h3]QOL improvements[/h3]
- Change Active Hotbar using Space or Z/C on keyboard, or LS/RS on controller.
- The default KBM control for Hotbar: Eat has been adjusted to only the RMB (Space no longer works as an alternative), due to the above change.
- Improved grid selection when using the Hoe and Watering Can. The upgraded tools can now be used diagonally.
- Added Shop Categories to Theo's Wood Station, Alfie's Awesome Automations, and Mugs & Darts.
- Improved texts when buying/upgrading certain tools.
- Improved stutter when opening Journal for the first time after launching game.
- Improved glyphs that prompt controls to increase clarity (e.g. instead of a small white text above the hotbar, the control prompt shows up as a glyph on the bottom right of the screen).
- Item notifications now show alongside control glyphs.
- Added Activity Tracker for Story Hangout Events.
- Updated Mail UI sprite.
- Added description icons for Insects

[h3]Balancing Changes[/h3]
- Increased magnetism for dropped items slightly.
- Increased magnetism for dropped items while player has a speed buff.
- Birch Leaves can now be used for composting.
- Added Birch Leaves, Birch Sapling, and Treehopper to universal dislikes.
- Tapper Produce time for Maple and Birch trees reduced from 10 to 7 days.
- Ores now stack to 99.
- Increased drop chance of Ground Beetles.
- Darkwood Log can now be used as fuel for smelting or the fireplace.
- Fishing Net now drops every 2-3 days instead of 3-5 days.
- Increased drop rates of fish for Fishing Nets.
- Fishing Nets can now be placed in the Caves and sometimes catch common cavern fish.
- Increased shipping price of some furniture and Sun Lamps.

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]
- Fixed certain NPC dialogues not triggering.
- Fixed incorrect opening hours stated on Map for Tinkerer's Shop.
- Fixed a bug where Vallee would show a quest bubble above her head when not supposed to during the 'Unidentified Fish Part' Quest.
- Fixed rare bug where animals overlap with the player and follow them after removing from a Dormancy Barn.
- Fixed first creature of new page in Creature Compendium not showing.
- Fixed a bug where Salamanders with molted tails show the wrong sprite (with tail) when first entering an area.
- Fixed a bug where the player could harvest a crop while accessing the Auto-Feeder.
- Fixed a bug where player could interact with the Sawhorse and Chest simultaneously.
- Fixed a bug where the game freezes if the player talks to Kyr after skipping her introduction cutscene.
- Fixed a bug where music volume does not increase in a loaded save, if the option was previously saved at 0.
- Suo'e's Yellow Heart Event now triggers after Autumn 11 instead of Summer 11 of Y1.
- Fixed minor visual bugs.
- Optimisation improvements.