Greetings, Adventurers!

Update 35.0 is launching today on Android, Huawei, iOS, PlayStation, Switch, and Steam!
For a preview of what’s coming to Sky, be sure to check out This Month in Sky and the 35.0 Update Video. 

New Features & Improvements

Arles Nest

In 35.0 we’re introducing the new Arles Nest, located in the Dear Van Gogh area: Arles. 

• A new portal appears in the Aviary Village Nesting area. Will unlock for players that have a second nest unlocked.

• The  Arles Nest will be available for unlock to players who have completed Season of Nesting Q2 and Dear Van Gogh Q3.

3 ways to access the nest unlock

• Entering Arles via the Starry Night’s Mantle teleport

• Repeating Dear Van Gogh 3rd Quest

• Joining a friend who is currently in the Arles Nest via the Visit a Friend’s Nest menu

Shared Memories: Duets

Ever wanted to jump into someone else's Shared Memory?

With Shared Memory Duets, you can now record your reaction to an original Shared Memory as a brand-new collaborative Shared Memory. You and the original creators, together in the same moment.

• Access this new feature by pressing the new Duets button in the Shared Memory viewing menu. 

Dye cost change

• The cost required to forge a dye has been decreased.

Achievements on GooglePlay

• Added 23 achievements on GooglePlay. 

• These are the same achievements that are on other platforms.

Friendship System

• Visual adjustments of the UI 

• Progress preview polish 

• The Player Friendship menu will show a red dot on recently unlocked level 1 emotes.

Presence

New animations

Players in Presence now have animations for emotes from the following Spirits:

• Bowing Medalist

• Nodding Muralist

• Confetti Cousin

• Indifferent Alchemist

• Festival Spin Dancer

• Troupe Greeter

• Leaping Dancer

• Twirling Champion

• Carnival Athletic Dancer

Other improvements

• The performance of the game while using Presence has significantly improved, especially for low-end devices.

  • Festival Tech also receives these optimizations.

• Improved Recommendations: Presence will now give you better recommendations for who to play with. Joining a recommended player (golden with a star in the middle of their chest) is still optional.

• Presence has been expanded to: 

  • Hidden Forest

  • Golden Wasteland

  • Vault of Knowledge.

• Areas that automatically enable Presence no longer keep it enabled when you exit them.

• If you have manually enabled Presence, it will stay enabled when going to different areas.

  • Areas where Presence is not allowed still disable it automatically.

Bug fixes

Items in Bold are representing a fix for something players reported to us.
Please keep reporting bugs, it helps us improve the quality of the game!

Art

• Fixed odd arm placement when offering a white candle.

• Fixed an issue where players could fall out of the map in the Valley of Triumph.

• Fixed incorrect arm positioning when holding props while sitting.

• Fixed the Sleeping Merchant returning to its sleeping animation immediately after being interacted with.

Gameplay 

• Fixed a frequent crash on Switch occurring in Orbit that could leave players stuck in Eden.

• Fixed an issue where the Introduce Oddball Outcast to a big surprise daily could not be completed if a player had Skip Cutscenes enabled during multiplayer gameplay.

• Fixed an issue causing inconsistent Daily Quest status information.

• Fixed an issue where players could become stuck after picking up a Winged Light in Isle of Dawn.

• Fixed an exploit allowing players to avoid Dark Dragon attacks using mannequin props as bait. 

• Fixed reflections flickering when the camera moved around on paintings in the Starry Gallery.

• Fixed an issue causing a brief loss of camera control when a player is progressing spirit quests away from you.

• Fixed a rare crash related to creating content in Daylight Prairie.

• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when returning to the Coliseum during the Aurora concert.

Localization

• Fixed an incorrect German translation for the Meditate by the Forest Boneyard Daily Quest.

• Fixed a text error in a Star Pin dialogue hint.

• Fixed Creator Awards trophies showing incorrect text when picked up by another player.

Outfits & Props

• Fixed plushies placed underwater floating up into the sky.

• Fixed the Starry Mantle effect not working correctly during quests 1, 4 and 5.

• Fixed clipping issues when sitting on the Moonlight Lotus Cushion. 

• Fixed clipping between the Nature hair and Ocean Wave Veil t cosmetics.

Seasons & Spirits

• [DEAR VAN GOGH] Fixed brush strokes disappearing when the camera moved away during a quest 4 cutscene.

• [DEAR VAN GOGH] Fixed cape cosmetics on some spirits not displaying correctly in sketch during quest 1.

Services

• Fixed an issue preventing players from reporting chat messages from the chat log when using Presence.

• Fixed an issue where players using Oreo transformation spells would flip upside down when jumping in water.

• Fixed a visual glitch that appeared during the Artbook video.

User Interface

• Fixed the Closet menu remaining open after leaving the Closet area.

• Fixed a typo in the date for the ‘Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat’ Van Gogh painting.

• Fixed the New Quest hint appearing throughout Aviary Village instead of when approaching the Season Guide.

For Known Issues associated with this update, please see our Known Issues page.

As always, we look forward to hearing your feedback, and encourage you to join the community discussion on our official Discord server at discord.gg/thatskygame!