Moonstone Island News

Alchemists!

Go go! Grab your potions and start your Holo Hunting now until Nov 1 at 9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/17:00 CET.

Just a reminder on where you can find your 3 free potions:



Happy Hunting!

~ Studio Supersoft

Eeeeeevening, Alchemists!

This is just a reminder that the Holo-ween Hunt starts tomorrow! Get your hands on 3 free Holo-Hunting potions, dropped very handily in the middle of the Town Square to snap up!



Potion specifics:

Holo-Hunter Potion - Drinking this potion increases the chances of Holographic Spirits spawning to 10%. Remains active until your day ends or until you tame a holographic spirit, whichever comes first. Does not stack.

You can grab your potions from October 30 at 9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/17:00 CET - Nov 1 at 9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/17:00 CET. Happy Holo-ween Hunting, Moonstoners!

~ Studio Supersoft

Welcome, Alchemists!

The Eerie Items DLC is out today! That means that you can now buy some extra Halloweeny items, including a new pumpkin house, candle decor, and a big gross tongue-shaped rug, PLUS everyone will also discover a few new (FREE) spooky decor items added to their game, but guess what?

THAT'S NOT EVEN EVERYTHING WE'VE ADDED TO THE GAME. You love patch notes, right? Get ready for the best patch notes yet...

• We solved deforestation, you guys. Ofelia and Gaiana will now sell replantable trees
  
• We solved... de...rock...estation? Yeah, they also sell rocks
  
• Also grass. You can buy grass. No, not that kind of grass, you miscreants, the normal kind
  
• Decorative trees will now have a planter at their base so you don't get em mixed up with real trees
  
• You can now give an NPC a gift on their birthday, even if you've given them two gifts that week, because everyone likes birthday presents. Relatedly, it's my birthday tomorrow
  
• No such thing as a free... hand? Not any more. Spectral Hand+ now costs 0 to play
  
• Zed is sorry that his Spirit Taming quest was too hard. You can now tame a Spirit of any level to complete this quest, instead of level 5 or higher
  
• If you're the kind of person who steals all the chests from dungeons, good news: Boss chests now stay looking fancy
  
• Stone walls will no longer interfere with your garden! You should now be able to dig and plant next to them, no problems
  
• Accessibility win: there's a "reduce flicker" setting which will turn off flashing objects such as being struck by lightning and resources being hit by tools!
  
• (One) Peace of mind: Treasure maps now clear properly, and are marked as complete properly too
  
• Rowan no longer wants the impossible gift of "Balloon". You can't have that, Rowan! You don't have the permits and you would almost definitely die
  
• Oh, you thought the greenhouse was already big enough? TOUGH LUCK, IT'S GONNA GET EVEN BIGGER. Gaiana and Ofelia will now let you buy an inadvisably large greenhouse for all your plant-growing desires
  
• Also, Paolo apparently wasn't selling, like, most of the furniture we made. Rude. We had a word, and now Paolo will sell LOADS of new furniture in their shop
  
• Don't worry, we'll all scroll on alright: The scrollbar now works properly!
  
• If your achievements weren't working, that should be fixed now too!
  
• We learned to count (it took a while) so now Lightning+ says that it hits 3 times instead of 4 times
  
• Spirits that were previously only found in mines will now hatch from eggs. I guess that means they're now yours. Instead of mines. Ha ha ha ha ha
  
• Tired of having a gigantic, unsafe, unsightly pit in front of your house? GUESS WHAT!!!! You can now close mines!!!!! Say goodbye to that OSHA violation forever!!!!!!!
  
• Actually let's not alert OSHA just yet, because we made the Furnace easier to start on controllers. Just press the Start button to begin the smelting process! Safety is less important than efficiency, duh
  
• Say a thank you prayer to the god of inventory management, because stacks can now be transferred in one click
  
• Time, mystical time: You can now adjust the day length in the gameplay settings. All those memes about "having the same number of hours as Beyonce" can finally be true
  
• Once you've unlocked a Spirit and let it go, it will start appearing in the wild. This means that egg-only Spirits can be released into the world to repopulate and spread and... is this a bad idea? Are we disrupting the ecosystem? Hmm. Don't worry about it
  
• Earth, Water, and Poison islands can now be found on the outermost ring of islands, which means BEEFY BOIS can be found that aren't just Dark and Fire type
  
• Did you make a bad choice? It's okay, we've all been there. You can't change mistakes in real life, but you can change them in Moonstone Island with our new handy-dandy Skill Reset Potion! (disclaimer: do not try Skill Reset Potion in real life)
  
  

One more thing: As a thank you (a spooooky thank you) to all of you, we've added a new home exterior for free, available to all players. It's called the Haunted House, and you can find it in the Moonstone Enchanter!

NO WAIT ONE MORE THING

NEW

SPIRITS



I'm going to keep their names secret for now, so you can enjoy the surprise when you find them in game, but I love them. I love them all so much.

This is our biggest patch yet – maybe not in terms of the number of changes, but definitely in terms of quality-of-life additions. We really, really hope it makes the game even better for you, and that you love all the new Spirits as much as we do.

Thank you again, and always, for your support, and HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEEN!

~ Kate, Community Manager, and by the way it's my birthday this weekend 🥳

Hello hello, my little lambs!

It's almost Halloween (and our dear Community Ambassador's birthday, which is on Saturday, don't forget) so I'm going ALL OUT CREEPY for this newsletter. I'm not good at creepy, so don't set your expectations too high.

BOO!



Ahahaha I got you. I got you so good. I tricked you. I'm actually very good at creepy >:)

Let's get into this week's news, starting with the biggest:

MOONSTONE ISLAND WILL BE 20% OFF FOR ONE WEEK TO CELEBRATE OUR MEGA HALLOWEEN UPDATE!!! What is our Halloween Update? I'm so glad you asked...

MEGA HALLOWEEN UPDATE

Let's go into a little bit more detail about what the gigantic update tomorrow will include! Some of it is new content, and some is bug fixes and quality-of-life updates, making this our BIGGEST UPDATE YET. All of this is free for all players

• New things
  
• THREEEE new Spirits!
  
• A new Haunted House exterior
  
• Spooky graveyard-themed decor (Bones! Skulls! Graves!!!)
  
• Ofelia and Gaiana now sell saplings that grow into full trees
  
• Rocks and grass can also be purchased and placed anywhere
  
• Paolo will sell you an even bigger greenhouse
  
• A Skill Reset Potion
  
• Updated things
  
• Paolo has more furniture to sell
  
• Close mine-holes
  
• Move whole stacks in one click
  
• Day length options
  
• Egg Spirits in the wild
  
• Beefier wild Earth, Water, and Poison Spirits

DLC

Our second batch of DLC is also out tomorrow! If you've been paying attention to our socials you probably already know all about this, but here's the brief:

• It's $3.99/3.99 EUR/£3.49 (with a 10% discount for the first week)
  
• Includes a Carved Pumpkin house exterior
  
• A new eyeball rug
  
• Candles!!!!!
  
• Lots of different cobwebs
  
• Two Jack-o'-Lanterns
  

Events

We're also running TWO EVENTS!



Holo-ween Hunt
From October 30 (9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/18:00 CEST) to Nov 1 at (9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/18:00 CEST), hop into the game to pick up three LIMITED-TIME Holo-Hunter Potions, which increases your chances of finding Holo Spirits from 0.2% to a whopping 10%. It lasts until the end of the day, or until you find a Holo. Happy hunting, peeps!

Haikuween
It's a competition! We're giving away Steam codes for the Eerie Items DLC as a prize, and all you need to do is submit a short poem or haiku about Moonstone Island (make it spooky)! You can do that through our Discord, our Twitter, or in the comments on this post and we'll enter you into the draw. The competition ends on November 1st. Haikuweeeeen!!!




Just in time for the spookiest of seasons, @ClicketyCrow brings in this eerie offering!



We think @IndiV might have a type. I mean, where Ferra is involved, us too!





Meowmeowmeowmeowmowmowmow meowmeow mow mowmow meow meow meow. MEOW

Translation: If you bought a Fishbo plushie during our MakeShip campaign, they'll be shipping out in January!

Wow, Mr Morris. You're so insightful and wise. Thank you.

See you tomorrow for patch notes, lovely Moonstoners!

~ Studio Supersoft

Happy weekend, Alchemists!

You may have thought that our recent DLC announcement meant that we were done with patch notes. Au contraire! (That's French for "nuhuh"). In fact, the DLC will launch with our biggest patch yet, which will include fixes and suggestions that we've been working on since launch.

Here's a little sneak peek of what's to come:

• Greenhouse expansion
  
• Closing old mine-holes
  
• Inventory management improvements
  
• Adjustable day length
  

...and that's just to start! We have way more exciting stuff in the pipeline, but you'll have to wait until next Friday (27th October) to find out!

If you have more suggestions, make sure to drop them in our Discord suggestions channel, or head over to the Steam forums to let us know:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1658150/discussions/2/

~ Kate, Community Manager and Bug Fix Enthusiast