Patch notes 2026-04-16 (experimental)

Hello, everyone!

We've got a new bunch of experimental changes for you, including tweaks to the Master Builder achievements, maximum well-being calculations, and how Fill Valves, Dams, and Floodgates work. Enjoy!

Misc.

• On Steam Deck, the game now initializes with increased UI scale to make it more legible.
• Obtaining the Master Builder achievements should now be easier. The game now remembers all built structures, rather than only checking what’s currently on the map.
• Average well-being is now calculated as a true average, rounded to the nearest whole number, instead of floored. Reaching max well-being for your beavers is now a little easier.
• Replaced the Fill Valve’s algorithm with one that is better at reaching the desired level.
• Added some wave dampening to Dams and Floodgates. This should significantly reduce sloshing.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the water pump exploit - hopefully, this time for good.
• Extra Folktails’ kits are no longer born as you load a game with a bunch of sleeping beavers. Breeding Pods are acceptable in this world, but little beavers appearing out of thin air? Nah, that breaks the immersion.
• Building particles shouldn't affect the position of status icons anymore.
• Fixed the Gate’s blurred status icon.
• In Polish, Russian, Thai, and Ukrainian, replaced previous abbreviations for “thousands” and “millions” with “k” and “m”, respectively. Previous ones were too long and broke the UI.
• Changed Vertical Power Shaft’s localization in Polish.