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Patch notes

v0.4.1: Build Paths, rivers, and islands that keep growing

A substantial follow-up to v0.4.0 on three fronts: your main island now grows without limit and at a steadier pace, a new river system lets you shape and water your land, and the reworked upgrade path now has real build identity — you choose a Path and grow into it.

  • The island never stops growing. The main island used to reach a fixed maximum partway through the game and stay there; it now keeps gaining land all the way to the top of the curve, reaching roughly 89×89, with no size cap.
  • Gentler expansion pace. Island growth now arrives once every 20 levels instead of every 10, adding a full ring of land on all sides each time, so each expansion is a clear step up rather than a frequent small nudge.
  • Land Deeds grow without limit. The endgame Land Deed and the Plot Extension upgrades now keep enlarging your island indefinitely, making them a genuine endless gold sink.
  • Rivers you can place. A new river tool in the Structures menu lays flowing water that connects itself into straights, bends, junctions, and ponds as you place it. Rivers unlock at level 50 and cost 500 water per tile, fully refunded when you erase one.
  • Rivers water nearby soil. Any tilled tile touching a river stays watered on its own, so crops along a riverbank keep growing without hand-watering.
  • Redrawn wet soil. Watered ground now reads as a natural damp brown with its furrows and texture intact, replacing the older flat, dark tile.
  • Choose your Path. Building on the reworked upgrade path, your blessings now form a build you steer. At your first major branch you commit to a Path — Harvest, Merchant, or Wild — and your upgrades pull toward that identity, so two players can grow very differently.
  • Path bonuses reward commitment. Your Path grants an ongoing bonus — faster growth, higher sell prices, or better rare drops — that strengthens the more blessings you buy along it, so investing deep in one direction beats spreading thin.
  • Branching Keystones. At key milestones you pick one of three Keystones to suit your Path, and the others lock until you change direction. New options include Verdant Surge for faster crops, Wild Intuition and Prospector's Boon for better rare drops, and Bountiful Season for an extra fruit on every harvest.
  • Reflect to rethink your build. Reflecting refunds your Path choices so you can take a different direction without starting over, and the Blessings shop now shows your active Path, its current bonus, and a recommended next purchase.

Bigger farms to grow into, rivers to shape them, and a build path to call your own. Tell me how the new pace feels, what you build with the water, and which Path you take.

— Dee