Survival: Fountain of Youth News

Greetings, Fountain Seekers!

We would like to wish you all a happy Lunar New Year, which, by the way, is the year of the Dragon. Let the Dragon's traits — primarily, confidence and strength — give all of us the energy to achieve goals in the coming year. As for us, it will be an important year — the full release of Survival: Fountain of Youth is scheduled for Q2 2024.

To celebrate this great event, we added Moon Lantern as an in-game craftable object. It's a decorative lantern for illuminating surroundings. The blueprint is available for all players, it unlocks after studying Lamp Oil. Looks cool, isn’t it?


Let this Moon Lantern bring you luck and lighten your days!

The Survival: Fountain of Youth Team

Welcome to 2024! The new year brings new challenges, new opportunities, and, of course, new updates!

Today’s patch contains some useful and nice items for your houses, as well as a bunch of improvements and bug fixes.


[h3]NEW ITEMS[/h3]

• New storage options! Copper and Iron chests can accommodate up to 400 and 600 weight units respectively, while also quintupling food preservation time. Last but not least, these chests just look super cool with all those metal elements (yeah, you’ll need some ingots for those).
  
• Some of you have asked about our recent change to skill books (they don’t disappear after you read them anymore), and here’s why it was implemented. A bookshelf. Can contain up to 12 books, which makes your house look more comfortable and also lets you physically observe all the knowledge you possess.
  
• The newly added Moon Lantern will illuminate and help you admire all those chests and bookshelves you’ll place in your house. It’s a special decorative item to commemorate the Lunar New Year for everyone who celebrates it and to improve the interior of their houses for everyone who wants it.

[h3]IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES[/h3]

• Dead bosses’ carcasses no longer spoil and turn into skeletons, so if you weren’t fast enough to loot a defeated boss — don’t worry! It’s still there, with all the goodies inside.
  
• Fixed the issue with tier 1 campfire being affected by wind inside a house.
  
• The harvest page does not open for an object with no available resources anymore.
  
• Switch to the global map button is now highlighted.
  
• Fixed the Living Water placement on the Copper Island. It does not fall under terrain now.
  
• Fixed the issue with the Great Serpent when its body could rot and it became impossible to retrieve the key.
  
• Fixed the bug with the Great Serpent not appearing on the arena if a player entered it.
  
• Fixed the issue with some hints displayed even after toggling “Hide hints” and skipping the tutorial.
  
• Fixed the bug with dead animals' carcasses spinning.
  
• Fixed the bug with the log disappearing when taking it from a cart while having Heatstroke IV status.
  
• Fixed the bug with the farm disappearing and not being able to interact with plants after the foundation under the farm was disassembled.
  
• Fixed the issue with the yellow marker appearing in the Crafting menu when building a Stormbreaker and not disappearing afterward.
  
• Fixed the Hydrilla positions in the Bird, Buffalo, and Snake regions. All hydrillas do not float in water anymore.
  
• Fixed a flying object over the Engineer’s camp on Silver Island.
  
• Fixed the labyrinth path after the puzzle was solved. A piece of rock does not block the bridge anymore.
  
• Improved animals’ behavior.
  
• Breathing bubble resources fix.
  
• Fixed the number of holes in which players could get stuck.
  
• Textures fixes on the Iron Island.
  
• Multiple visual fixes.

[h3]WHAT’S NEXT[/h3]
Given it's already 2024 and the full release date is coming closer and closer, we'd like to give you some heads up on what we are doing and where the development is going right now. We're fully focused on finishing the game and developing the final story chapter for the full release coming in Q2 2024. But before that, we're also planning to release an update with some important improvements: save system rework, better game tutorial sequence, new decorations for houses, and more.

And, of course, we never stop fixing bugs and improving the in-game experience for you, so if you have something to report, suggest, or discuss, feel free to contact us in Steam Discussions, at [email protected], and on our official Discord server!

The Survival: Fountain of Youth Team

Hello, Fountain Seekers!

We released a small hotfix to address the issues reported since the update release.


[h3]Here's the list of changes:[/h3]

• Added the possibility to upgrade a farm without removing plants from it first.
  
• Fixed the bug with items from ship chests not returned if the ship is dismantled
  
• Fixed the resource recovery timer in plants that increased when using fertilizers
  
• Fixed the chest on the Snake Region boss arena that could float in the air
  
• Fixed the seed bag placement on the Snake Region boss arena
  
• Fixed animal attack glow and poison glow conflicts
  
• Localization implementation and fixes
  
• Several visual fixes

Huge thanks for your reports! As always, you can share them in the comments, at [email protected], and on our official Discord server!

The Survival: Fountain of Youth Team

Greetings, Fountain Seekers!

The last days before Christmas are super exciting for everyone and it's the best time for surprises. And this is our surprise for you: we're super pleased to announce that Survival: Fountain of Youth Supporter Pack is OUT NOW and available for purchase!

[h3]WHAT'S INCLUDED?[/h3]
*sounds of wrapping paper tearing*

1. The in-game recipe for Amigo, an ancient leather ball and an eternal source of psychological support for a shipwreck survivor. It bounces off surfaces, glows in the dark, keeps insects away when placed on the ground nearby, and gives a 5% bonus to sleep comfort.

You can also craft several Amigos! They won’t substitute your missing ship crew though.
The recipe will become available for everyone in the Crafting tab ("Other items" category) after purchasing the pack and restarting the game. Amigo is crafted with a liana and two narrow leaves, so you can easily craft another one if you lose it or many of them if you want to populate the whole Island of Hope with Amigos.

2. As if Amigo wasn't awesome enough, we've also got eleven 16th-century ambient tunes from the game for you to enjoy. Listen to them directly on Steam or download the whole soundtrack and embark on an atmospheric journey in search of eternal youth - wherever you are

Not pressing or anything, but our Supporter Pack is available with a 20% discount right now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2722240/Survival_Fountain_of_Youth_Supporter_Pack/


We've had a fantastic 2023 and we're really grateful for the support of our amazing community since we launched the game in April. We’d like to express our gratitude to everyone who decides to purchase our Supporter Pack and hope you'll truly enjoy its contents!

Have yourselves a wonderful time over the next couple of weeks! We'll be back with more news in 2024, so stay tuned!

The Survival: Fountain of Youth Team

Hello, Fountain Seekers!

Hope you are enjoying your adventures in the Snake region! In the meantime, we’re bringing even more content to keep you there during these long winter evenings. Without further ado, here’s the list of new features and bug fixes coming with patch 1486!


[h3]NEW BOSS[/h3]

The Snake region boss is finally in the game! Yes, one more boss to test your combat skills. Do we want to tell you what it is? Well, this should already be clear from the region naming. So, bring your best equipment and head to the highest point of Silver Island. And yes, there is a special prize for the victory!

[h3]NEW FEATURES[/h3]

• You can now disassemble ships — time to get rid of all that wreckage!
  
• We left a farming skill book in the Buffalo region for all of you hardworking farmers over there. Go searching for it if you want plants on a farm to require less water to grow.
  
• Are you into alchemy? We introduced the 5th-level Alchemy perk: it unlocks the Hemotoxic poison recipe that can be used to craft poisoned weapons. Just in case: those also poison their meat, so keep it in mind.
  
• If you have items with low durability, you’ll now get a special HUD warning in the right part of the screen. Your belt is about to break? Repair it just in time!
  
• We added new ambient music in several places in the Snake region. More immersion is always nice, isn’t it?
  
• New stumps. Even the smallest things matter!
  
• Various 3D content optimization. May the Survival: Fountain of Youth world look even nicer!

[h3]BUG FIXES[/h3]

• Fixed the bug with ships jumping in shallow waters
  
• Fixed some garbage objects that couldn’t be interacted with
  
• Fixed the house column layout that could be placed in the other machines' layouts
  
• Fixed the raft layout that could be placed under the canoe layout
  
• Fixed the canopy layout placed very high if the Tipi Hut layout is installed in the center
  
• Fixed furniture layouts that could be placed in other furniture layouts and house elements
  
• Fixed dark water in sulfur lakes
  
• Fixed that issue with Macuahuitl having a throw range description
  
• Fixed confusing farm UI text when cutting down eucalyptus
  
• Fixed several places where players could get stuck
  
• Fixed the placing of some machines in the mangrove jungle
  
• Fixed the bug with not getting proper resources when disassembling different tiers of farms
  
• Fixed confusing UI text when cutting down a small palm tree
  
• Fixed the bug with some objects displayed too dark in view
  
• Fixed the bug with not being able to interact with machines and objects in a house
  
• Fixed the bug with Improved Smelter on Stormbreaker having only one slot for ingots (it has 2 slots now).
  
• Fixed the invisible constraint on Copper Island
  
• Fixed the issues with the UI of the trap breaking if you place an animal carcass in it
  
• Paralyzed animals fix
  
• Fixed the bug with the need to retake resources from chests to unlock recipes
  
• Fixed the description when harvesting poisoned animals
  
• Fixed the issue with disabling building area layers in machines
  
• Fixed farming skill icon
  
• Fixed the pit on Silver Island
  
• Journal: now showing progress for survival tasks
  
• Multiple visual fixes
  
• Several localization issues

The Survival: Fountain of Youth Team