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Expanding the World of Critter Cove

"Ahoy Critters!

We wanted to share what’s coming up for those who have recently joined the community, and even brand new information for those who’ve been hanging with us for a while. Consider it an early Christmas present.

New Enchanted Biome Screenshots

In our new enchanted biome, players will be exploring the remains of a research facility from the old world and uncovering the history of the entire archipelago.

We’ve already sprinkled many small stories about the time before around the existing map, but this facility will reveal more than ever about the old world. Plus, set across four large, detailed islands, and a number of underwater POIs, we expect our next update to expand the world space by nearly 50%!



More Than Just Islands

As usual, there’s loads to organically explore in the new biome, but just like in our original Early Access launch, we’re working equally hard to make sure there’s plenty of authored quests and new characters to hang out with.

Each island has its own scenario to work through, as well as new quests from villagers that will send you across the ocean, alongside new content from Meowise. And we'll be adding Steam achievements to the game for the first time, giving you even more reasons to see and experience everything the update has to offer.



Expanding Your Town

Of course the main game won’t be neglected in our big update. We’ll be expanding the town with the addition of the bakery and gym, including new customer and employee interactions.

Woolington is also eager to open a brand new wing of the museum to accommodate all of the new artifacts found in the new biome, and new crops, flowers and treasures to discover and cultivate!

Rather than promise dates, we’ll announce this one when we’re ready in the new year, but with some players finding over 50+ hours of gameplay already, there’s plenty of Critter Cove to explore before the new update, and of course, all saves will continue to carry over in early access!

And finally… if you read this far a little surprise… you’ll be able to grab a piece of special holiday headwear in the game if you log in during the festive season…

See you on the island!"

Bug Fixes

Bug Fixes

Fixed Moth Orchid not growing correctly
Fixed mixed up names for 3 flowers
Fixed bug where seeds for poconuts, drumstick stocks and berries were never being given out.
Fix for crash being caused by map not displaying correctly on occasion
Fixed issue with item put away and swimming dive hotkey conflict
Razortooth Aquarium was not being granted correctly with fishing quests. This issue has been fixed and if you’ve already finished the quest should get the recipe automatically.
Added ladder to robobarges to make it more clear where to board them at
Fixed bug where players could sometimes get the wetsuit quest and rigs lunch quest again even if they’ve completed them
Steamdeck UI font size fixes
Crab Terrarium should now be able to be placed on the floor
Fixed spelling errors with 3 different crab items
Fixed issue with Athletic characters getting into a state where they would not ask for quests
Sea Dog Table now acts as a surface
Added a Holiday Hat that everyone will get for free by logging in
Fixed issue with fish traps sometimes disappearing after they had been placed
Cleaned up some bad terrain stitching
Fix for the Ninja Mask not showing up correctly on critters when gifted

Disappearing Fish Traps.

Fix for fishing traps disappearing after you save and reload. Nasty bug and unfortunately we cannot recover items lost before this fix. Very sorry for this mistake to those that are affected by it but big thank you for taking the time to report it and help us solve the issue so no one else will have this happen to them.

Critter Cove Joins the Steam Autumn Sale!

What’s that you say? It’s kind of more like Winter now? That’s true, but don’t worry, we’ll also be in the winter sale!

If you haven’t yet picked up the game, Critter Cove is the perfect antidote for your classic northern hemisphere winter blues, offering a beautiful island getaway including mostly* sunny weather, mostly* sunny dispositions and mostly* risk free! (* Barring the occasional storm, the attitude of a certain bearded dragon and anyone brave enough to put Trevor in charge of the Cafe.)

And if you missed it, now is the perfect time to jump on board, as we’re not only on sale, we’ve also just released the first of our major content updates since our Early Access launch, the Bots, Boats and Barnacles update which includes loads of new features, such as:

  • Robo helpers that can manage the day-to-day of your salvage operation
  • Brand new fishing questlines and rewards
  • A new gardening job
  • Performance and frame rate improvements
  • Boat upgrades


We’re also busy working on our next update, a huge expansion to our open world that will come with new quests, items and much more early next year.

Fishing Soft Lock Fix

Fix for shot lock while fishing.
Fix for controller default X button will now put away equipped item at any time. Left right dpad will let you select it or another item to equip.
Fix for 3 of the flower seeds that had the wrong names associated with them.
Fix Fiber and Moth Orchid to give the right item. Was giving the player carrots.