Dear Islanders,

The game’s launch-day performance exceeded our expectations—thank you for the incredible support. With more players and longer playtime, we also identified several issues that did not fully surface during testing. This update focuses on smoother gameplay, improved stability, and a few small balance tweaks.

🛠️ Smoother, More Stable Gameplay

• Lag and stutter fixes: Fixed issues that could cause stuttering, especially when purchasing and moving crops. Performance optimization will continue in future updates.

• Steam Achievements: Fixed an issue where some Steam achievements could not be unlocked properly.

• Production system fixes:

  • Fixed an issue where upgrading Crystal Basket did not affect the grade of produced crystals.

  • Fixed an issue where Mystical Spiralis Pot would not increase crystal grade after absorbing two crystals.

• Achievement progress fixes:

  • Fixed an issue where the “Animal Island Friends Association” achievement could not be triggered.

  • Fixed an exploit where “Legendary Fisher” progress could be increased by saving, exiting, and re-entering the game.

⚖️ Balance & Pacing Adjustments

• Crystal output tuning:

  • Slightly reduced the crystal grade produced by Crystal Basket.

  • Increased the crystal grade produced by Blue Giant Shroom.

• Weather:
  Increased the chance for meteor shower weather to appear.

• Map controls:
  Adjusted map edge limits to allow a larger draggable area.

🐛 Bug Fixes & Small Improvements

• Fixed an issue where Volcano Shroom could display unknown trait entries.

• Fixed an issue where repeatedly clicking fish could trigger effects and gifting multiple times.

• Fixed misalignment when batch-moving Click Succulent.

• Fixed a missing icon for Ice Lotus.

📝 Text & Tutorial Improvements

• Fixed an issue where tutorial text could exceed screen bounds in some languages.

• Corrected an incorrect tutorial video for Love Cherry.

• Improved several Fish Codex descriptions.

• Fixed punctuation and spelling issues in some Chinese and English text.

• Improved Fishpond Grass behavior in the unlock net—it now unlocks without requiring a key.

🔗 Community Update

• Updated an expired Discord link—you can now join the Discord community normally.

⚠️ Important: Kickstarter Reward Skins

Two previously Kickstarter-exclusive skins were mistakenly released as free content after launch due to a configuration error, allowing all players to obtain them. This issue cannot be rolled back technically. After internal discussion, we have decided:

• For players who did not back the Kickstarter: We will create new reward content as compensation, to be delivered within three weeks.

• For the two original skins: They will be officially adjusted as free DLC available to all players.