Now in testing - Reap what you Sow

[ScottHansen 6210]

Hey Everybody, 

Today we have a new update coming to the test branch, some new Twitch items and a login bonus item. 

The team has been hard at work on the next major content update "Reap What You Sow". This is a pretty substantial update in terms of impact so we need your feedback on bugs and as well as tuning, so please don't be shy. To be clear, there are a lot of things we need to dial in to get the tuning right for this, so tell us what you think, this is not final.  
There are a number of strings that have not been completed and there are still some items in development, such as the Composting Bin and the Lord of the Fruit Flies so this will be filled out more as we approach release. 

Key Points

• Survivors can now plow fields and sow seeds to grow the crops of their dreams
• Each vegetable has their own unique plant with preferred growing seasons and type of nutrients
• Stay close and tend to your crops and you will be rewarded.
• Neglecting crops won't be the death of them, but you might regret it.
• Be sure to cull weeds before they become a problem
• Use the Gardeneer Hat to research plants and track your progress via the Plant Registry 
• Farm like the Ancients with the Premier Gardeneer Hat and learn your plants’ every desire

Additional patch notes

Spoiler

Bug Fixes

• Players can now combine stacks of objects when the target is floating in the ocean.

Changes

• Disease has been removed from transplanted plants
• The random plant chosen from Seeds is now affected by the season
• Feeding a Bird in the Birdcage a veggie, will return one seed of the same plant.
• Increased the amount of time flowers will stay fresh in the End Table
• The End Table now accepts Forget-Me-Lots and Lune Tree Blossoms
• Adjusted the Bunnyman’s loot table
• Birds in the Birdcage will now eat raw monster meat but not cooked eggs

Wormwood Changes

• Is not affected adversely by the Spiny Bindweed and Firenettles
• Can determine a plant’s needs without the use of technology
• Can still plant seeds anywhere, but some of the plant’s needs will not be met unless in a farm plot

Applied Horticulture Changes

• Affects up to 10 plants
• Transplanted plants, that require fertilizing, will have an extra harvest consumed
• Adjusted the recipe

For more details on joining the beta branch, you can see this post here. 

While we don't have a live update right now, we do have some free stuff for you. 

New streaming drops!

We are adding the Arcane Crystalarium to the Crystalline Collection. For more information on streaming drops and how to get them, check out our post here.

Login Bonus!

For a limited time, Log into DST and get the Straight Razor skin for free!

Simply make sure you have the game updated and log into the game with the update installed to get the items.

Up Next!
We're going to try to get Winter's Feast out for you all in a couple weeks. As with Hallowed Nights, we don't have any real changes to it this year since the team is focused on content updates. But we'll have some more free stuff and some new skins as well. Including, new skins added to the Snowfallen collection! 
Shortly after that we expect the content update to release toward the middle of December and we'll make sure to tidy everything up before we head out on holiday break. 

Till next time, Have fun out there!

[Duxe 207]

This looks incredible guys. Thanks for all the hard work. Super excited!

[Hornete 7441]

LETS GO BABY

[Lbphero 3200]

this is pretty good

[MelodyAmity 18]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO

[ScottHansen 6210]

*The beta will be available in an hour or so

[ForbiddenHat 104]

pog

[Timszzee 0]

Looks pretty cool, wondering how you did this for Wigfrid though?

[Fjedjik 122]

Amazing work! You rock, Klei!

[POOH_LY 90]

YESSSSS!!!

[Whyro 71]

are the twitch and log in bonuses avalible now or are they gonna be avalible when the full update comes out?

[Baguettes 274]

Ah, thank you! Beta available in an hour? Gee, I can wait.

[ZeeDragon 2456]

[Easonade 251]

4 minutes ago, ScottHansen said:

Neglecting crops won't be the death of them, but you might regret it.

Just like your children amirite

[Scrimbles 4051]

Applied Horticulture Changes

• Affects up to 10 plants
• Transplanted plants, that require fertilizing, will have an extra harvest consumed
• Adjusted the recipe

IS WHAT A WICKER NERF I SEE?

HOLY MOLY I THOUGHT THEY WOULD NEVER DO IT!

[ScottHansen 6210]

Just now, Whyro said:

are the twitch and log in bonuses avalible now or are they gonna be avalible when the full update comes out?

They are available now.

[Artaka 0]

No Winter Feast? Sadge, but I love this balance changes (plants disease is no more)

[SuperMeatGoy 109]

yay

[Zeklo 19478]

Big update indeed. Very excited to see how this plays out.

[Dr. Safety 4384]

So is this an entire farming overhaul?

[SolDayClash 102]

Fantastic, time to get on growin' 'em tasty wild crops

[Slagger 1971]

Finally!

[Coolderclim 332]

rip wicker hehe

[PetrosHeimirich 3]

Noice!

[Well-met 5102]

poggers

but how does Disease work now? surely it's not completely wiped off