EDIT: NOT A BUG -- Pacu in base game do not receive happiness from feeder

This is not a bug but an intended adjustment in the latest patch. Fish feeder no longer provides happiness. Instead, if you want Pacus to be happy you will need to feed them Pacu Treats which can be made in the micro musher or use the aquatic critter fountain to hydrate them with brakene(+5 happiness). The treats gives them a +2 happiness, so with treats + the condo pacus will be 1 happy, however due to the change in reproduction mechanics which now scales with happiness. A 1 happy pacu will produce less eggs. 

Basically they nerf pacus as they should tbh, but they nerf them a lil too hard imo.

8 hours ago, Carib94 said:

This is not a bug but an intended adjustment in the latest patch. Fish feeder no longer provides happiness. Instead, if you want Pacus to be happy you will need to feed them Pacu Treats which can be made in the micro musher or use the aquatic critter fountain to hydrate them with brakene(+5 happiness). The treats gives them a +2 happiness, so with treats + the condo pacus will be 1 happy, however due to the change in reproduction mechanics which now scales with happiness. A 1 happy pacu will produce less eggs. 

Basically they nerf pacus as they should tbh, but they nerf them a lil too hard imo.

Whether or not this nerf was entirely appropriate, I believe they could have communicated this change much better than they did. I don't know why the Microbe Musher would have crossed my mind, and I could not find a changelog.

On 6/13/2026 at 4:20 PM, UlyssesK402 said:

Whether or not this nerf was entirely appropriate, I believe they could have communicated this change much better than they did. I don't know why the Microbe Musher would have crossed my mind, and I could not find a changelog.

I mean If you had read the patch notes it is there, and this change was there since the beginning of the public beta testing, i dont know how else they would communicate the change if its not in patch notes. Most players main issue was taming pacu without APP but they since made the treats to lower wildness. 

Edited Sunday at 10:18 PM by Carib94

On 6/14/2026 at 12:18 PM, Carib94 said:

I mean If you had read the patch notes it is there, and this change was there since the beginning of the public beta testing, i dont know how else they would communicate the change if its not in patch notes. Most players main issue was taming pacu without APP but they since made the treats to lower wildness. 

I didn't know where to find the patch notes, though your point still stands, as I could have looked harder.

But at the same time, there could have been a "The game has changed since this save was last opened!" pop-up akin to when Deodorizers started needing power.