Crewmates are here!
Hire new crewmates (to help or cause havoc) - You can hire a crew now. There's a new stall at the base, the Recruiter, right next to the Fisherman. Pay him and a deckhand turns up beside you at the next island, follows you around, and does actual work for the rest of the run. One hire per player, and they're gone when the run ends, so think of it like a buff with legs.
New Fish: Wand and puppet your friends!
The Wand used to be a random reroll and nobody liked it. It's been rebuilt from scratch and it's now our favourite fish. Its now... a wand! You can actually control your friends or the new crewmates. They have no control while you are lifting them. Oh baby!
Creative mode: the Storm Table
Creative gave you every part for free and then nothing ever happened to what you built - it's time to test your power. Raise the water, summon seagulls, see how your ship works in the big rogue wave. It's all there for you.
Rejoin function
This one's been asked for a lot. If your game dies in the middle of a run (crash, wifi, cat on the power button), you can now join straight back into the same attempt. Your money, your bag, your buffs and the gear you bought all come back with you.
QOL/Fixes
Mouse wheel cycles your hotbar. Empty hands, scroll to swap between slots 1 to 4. Hands full, it still tilts the piece you're carrying like before.
Water in creative eases down as smoothly as it eases up.
Despawn of trees during floods to prevent 'catching'