Hi everyone! 👋
Thank you very much for all the support, feedback, reports, and suggestions you have shared with us throughout Cropia’s Early Access journey.
With this update, Cropia is officially leaving Early Access and entering its full release. This is an important milestone for us, and it would not have been possible without the players who explored the game, reported issues, shared suggestions, and helped us improve the experience step by step.
This update also completes the main story of Cropia, while adding new late-game content, deeper progression, and several improvements to support the full release experience.
Here is what is included in this update:
Main Updates
1. Main Story Completion
Cropia’s main story has now been completed.
New story content has been added to help conclude the main progression and connect several late-game activities more clearly. As you continue playing, you will receive new story mails that guide you through the final parts of the journey and introduce new content related to farming, ranching, cooking, crafting, mining, and the town.
This marks the completion of the main story content prepared for Cropia’s full release.
2. Cave Area Access
The Deeper Cave area can now be accessed through the normal unlock flow.
continue into the deeper level of the Cave, players will need to clear the boulder blocking the path. This requires an Intermediate Pickaxe or higher.
Once the path is cleared, you will be able to explore deeper Cave content and continue discovering new mining-related progression.
3. New Cooking and Blacksmith Crafting Content
New late-game items have been added for players to discover through cooking and blacksmith crafting.
These new items are connected to different parts of the game, including ingredients, mining resources, blueprints, and story-related progression. We will not list every new item here, so players can discover them naturally while progressing through the full release content.
Try exploring new recipes, checking crafting opportunities, and following the story mails to find what has been added.
4. Key Person Relationship Expansion
The Key Person Relationship system has been expanded.
The relationship level that can be reached with key persons has increased from Level 3 to Level 5. As your relationship grows, you can discover deeper preferences and additional personal notes from key persons.
This gives more meaning to building relationships and learning what each key person likes or dislikes as you continue your life in Cropia.
Improvements
1. Blacksmith Blueprint Details
Blacksmith blueprint details have been improved.
Blueprint information now displays the required materials more clearly, making it easier to understand what you need before crafting an item.
This should make the blacksmith crafting flow easier to follow, especially when working toward newly added crafted items.
Bug Fixes
1. Cooking Recipe List Fix
Fixed an issue where one of the cooking recipes could fail to appear properly in the cooking recipe list.
The recipe list should now better reflect available cooking content as new recipes are unlocked.
2. Blacksmith Blueprint and Reward Fixes
Fixed several issues related to Blacksmith blueprints and rewards.
This includes cases where blueprint information or related rewards could fail to load correctly. These fixes should help make blueprint unlocking and crafting progression more reliable.
3. Story Mail Data Fix
Fixed an issue related to story mail data that could prevent certain mail content from loading correctly.
This helps ensure that the new story progression can be delivered properly through the mailbox.
4. Farm Resource Amount Adjustment
Increased the amount of Wood and Metal Scrap available around the farm.
This adjustment is intended to make early objectives that require collecting 5 Wood and 5 Metal Scrap smoother to complete, reducing the chance of players running into problems due to limited available resources.
5. Livestock Tool Interaction Fix
Fixed an issue where livestock shearing or milking could be performed while holding any tool.
Shearing should now require the Shearing Tool, and milking should now require the Milking Tool, as intended.
Thank you again for being part of Cropia’s Early Access journey.
Leaving Early Access does not mean we will stop listening. We will continue reviewing feedback, reports, and suggestions shared through the Steam Discussions, and we will keep improving the game where needed.
Some suggestions and improvements may still require additional planning, development, and testing before they can be included. If you do not see a particular issue or suggestion mentioned in this update, it does not necessarily mean it has been overlooked.
If you encounter any issues or unexpected behavior, please let us know through the Steam Discussions so we can investigate further.
We will keep listening, improving, and growing together with you.
Happy playing! 🌱💛