Here are some of the changes in this update:

• Farming plots are now limited by your farming level: 2 at level 1, then 2 more every 10 levels, up to 20 at level 99. Planted plots count too. If you already have more, you keep them, but you can’t plant more until your level allows it.

• Mining a tentacle now gives 30 XP, and you can also hand tentacles in at Teka for 15 XP each.

• Tentacles now drop on 1 in 5 mining swings instead of 1 in 10, but you need mining level 30 to mine them.

• The cooking minigame in Teka’s event is more forgiving. Rocks now fall further apart, and the minigame runs at the same speed and smoothness on any monitor refresh rate.

• You can now hear the rock rain in Rootlass Wilds while the event is running.

• The Teka world event now always shows Teka, JP and Teka's kitchen.

• You can now drag and drop items while moving, and your character no longer gets stuck walking after a drag.

• Drag and drop looks better: the cursor turns into a grabbing hand, the item sits behind it with a shadow, and it puffs smoke when dropped in a new slot.

• Shift + click an item to drop it.

• The cursor is a little larger and sharper, with a new “dragging” state.

• Mining now works by simply clicking near a rock. The pickaxe swings by itself, so no more waving your mouse up and down!

• Rings have been nerfed, because the Rat Lord is suing us after getting killed in 4 seconds and we can't afford a lawyer. The Weak Solar Ring (common) now gives a maximum of 1 damage, the Strong Solar Ring a maximum of 2, and the Legendary Solar Ring a maximum of 3. Existing rings above the new maximum are lowered automatically.

• Items listed on the Marketplace for more gold than you have can now be taken back.

• Items in the Marketplace now show their real stats when inspected, including a ring’s power, a rune’s penalty and a weapon’s damage.

• Froggerson now counts an equipped weapon when you deliver three weapons in the tutorial.

• You now get cozium while fishing together too!

• When you find a purple lake, a button appears so you can tell everyone about it. The first player to press it gets 20 cozium, and everyone sees a message in the chat saying who found the lake and where.

• And much more!

  Enjoy!
  
  With love,
  Polypoode

6 new missions and 5 new cosmetics to collect, all related to birds!

Every 6 hours, Teka and JP appear in Rootlass Wilds for a new world event all about cooking and mining. While mining is still being worked on, this is a great way to level up faster. Here is how it works:

When the event starts, you can mine tentacles on the east side of the map and bring them to the cauldron to cook them. Be careful, though: the tentacle monster is throwing rocks into the air, and they will get in the way while you cook! Each mined tentacle gives 100 XP, and each cooked pair gives 200 XP. The event lasts 30 minutes.

If you are really lucky, you will mine a rotten tentacle instead. It is worth 10,000 XP when mined and another 10,000 when cooked. There is also a chest hiding the Chef Hat, which gives you 1.5x cooking XP anywhere in the world while you wear it.

You need to complete the “JP Dream” quest before you can take part, so make sure you get that done!

Every day, 2 to 4 small lakes will randomly turn purple, as the arcane magic in the soil contaminates their water. A purple lake takes about an hour to get cleansed, and while it is purple, you get 2x XP per fish. Only one lake is contaminated at a time, so keep an eye out for it.

Interact with the board in Farmside Forest to take on a daily contract, with tasks like catching fish, cooking, crafting, gaining XP or defeating bosses. Your progress shows in the quest tracker, and you get 3 corebits when you complete a contract.

The world map is now prettier, with animated oceans and a more stylized outline and shadow. The left panel shows your checkpoints by region, and you can favourite one. Your favourite becomes your spawn point after death.

Cooking and crafting are now much better optimized. Items bounce with an animation, and the progress bars have moving patterns. Ingredients release smoke when smashed or cooked, and the enchanting station releases smoke each time you press a rune.

There is a new icon in the bottom bar which is your Collection Book. It tracks every item you find, including fish, plates, crafted items, bosses and their drops, outfits, souls and world event drops. Open it to see what you are still missing. Achievements for collectors are coming soon!

• All fish types can now go into the fishing backpack.

• Your character now stops walking when you drop an item while holding a movement key.

• And many, many more squashed bugs.

Thank you for playing, and see you in Gravenmoor! :D