This update brings us a few new exciting features - new emotes as well as weekly Riding Club challenges - alongside feature improvements and lots of bug fixes!
Riding Club Challenges: Work together to complete weekly Club Challenges. At the end of the week, for each challenge completed, every riding club member will earn ribbons as a reward.
New Vendor - Valeria’s Riding Club Shop: Valeria is a new shop vendor located inside the Equestrian Center Cafe. Players can exchange ribbons earned from Club Challenges for hoodies, legwraps, and more.
Compendium Improvements: We have improved our Compendium feature to include more useful information.
New Section - Horses: A new area in your Compendium is dedicated to all of your owned horses. This section lets you see their level, stats, and needs.
Updated Section - People: Now you can check which gift is each NPC’s favorite!
New Emotes: We’ve added some new emotes that you can use to express yourself.
Sitting on the Ground: Admire the view throughout the island by sitting directly on the ground!
Horse Pet: Show your appreciation for your lovely horse by petting them while standing!
Sitting on Chairs: Relax on the benches and chairs inside restaurants and by the pier.
New Global Chat Channel: This update introduces our new cross-server Global chat channel which lets players communicate with each other regardless of which server they’re playing on.
Switch Active Channel: You can switch between Global, Server, Group, or Club channels by pressing tab.
Art Polish: We are always improving our art, working on optimization, and incrementally improving performance. Here are some of the larger changes coming in this update…
Set Dressing: Several locations around the island have been improved and spruced up such as the Bakery, Dwight’s Farm, and more.
Animation Polish: We’ve continued adding dialogue animations in several conversations throughout our chapter quests. This means some NPCs will look less wooden while talking to the player.
New Ride Island Icons & Screenshots: We’ve updated the icons and loading screenshots of the Ride Islands; now it is easier to see what each one looks like.
Lighthouse Crown Chase Adjustments: We’ve adjusted the number of crowns to be three total for the Lighthouse Isle Crown Chase event. This change is to make it so that everyone has a fairer chance of capturing the crown across the larger map.
Stamina Recovery in Races: Now when you perform a perfect jump with your horse in a race, you’ll receive a small stamina recovery boost. This change helps Agility become a more useful stat for players.
Fixed an issue that required the player to press a button to complete the loading screen when logging into the game.
As part of our ongoing process of improving performance, we have released further fixes to mitigate server lag for players.
Continued to improve Alderwood Island’s navigation mesh to stop inappropriate jumping and help prevent players from becoming stuck.
Fixed several locations that were not triggering sound effects including Crystal Lake, gates opening, campfires, and more.
Fixed a visual bug that caused specific flowers and reeds to snap abruptly when approached by the player.
Resolved a quest blocker that prevented players from calming the 4th horse at Mike’s Farm.
Adjusted night time light exposure to make it easier to see surroundings, especially when standing under a light at night.
Improved the quest navigation feature to prevent unnecessary detours.