Quality of Life Update

• Base: the vanilla game, no DLCs.
• RoG: Reign of Giants.
• SW: Shipwrecked.
• HAM: Hamlet.
• ALL: all of the above.

Additions:

• New item: the Seed of Ruin. It can be obtained by defeating the Ancient Guardian (ALL). [list]
• Existing worlds where the Ancient Guardian is already dead will have a Seed of Ruin appearing somewhere in the ruins.

Changes:

• Non-gameplay changes (ALL):

  [list]
• The mouse wheel can now be used to browse the mods in the mods screen.
• Chest and Bundle Wrap UI have better quality now.
• A new integrated backpack layout can now be enabled in settings.
• Scrolling through the world customization screen and mod configuration screen now no longer shows half of the items on the previous page.
• The maximum number of save slots has been increased to 10.
• A "don't show this again" check box has been added to the “mods enabled” warning screen. Check it if you don't want the warning to appear anymore!
• Background images will now be shown on the loading screen.

Gameplay changes:

• World (ALL):

  [list]
• Setting resources to “More” or “Lots” in the world customization no longer spawn them outside the biome they should spawn.
• Hound and Crocodog waves will occur less frequently as the days go by.
• World hopping will not update mob attack wave timers with the time spent outside the world anymore. [list]
• That is, traveling between worlds won't force a wave of hounds/crocodogs/etc to spawn if you're outside the world for a while.

Utility / Interface (ALL):

• Items can be stacked on the active item.
• Items within a container (chests, etc) can now be used when crafting.
• Now It’s possible to drop items directly from the inventory/container using the "Force Container (mod)" key, left shift by default, and the right click.
• The dusk ambient light is brighter now.
• All trees now have minimap icons for their burned and stump versions.

Tweaks:

• Character-exclusive items crafted by Wigfrid, Wickerbottom and Woodlegs will no longer disappear when switching characters (ALL).
• Decreases the volume of the WX-78's overcharge sound (ALL).
• Worm Holes, Catcoons, Electric Isosceles, End Well, Pew-matic Horn and Navigadget now accept any item (ALL).
• Many structure’s breaking sounds have been adjusted to match their materials (ALL).
• Cactus Spike, Doydoy Feather, Blueprints, Lotus Plant and Stinger are now burnable (ALL).
• Caged birds now accept raw monster meat and refuse cooked eggs (ALL).
• Turfs can be stacked up to 20 now (ALL).
• Increased the number of uses for the Tent and Siesta Lean-to to better reflect their crafting cost (ALL).
• The damage absorbed by armors is no longer limited to its current durability. 1% and 100% durability will absorb the same damage points (ALL).
• Dragoon Egg now has a chance to drop obsidian (SW).
• Rawling is no longer burnable and is now considered an unrecoverable item (SW).
• The Slot Machine now only drains sanity on use (SW).
• The Sea Worther now floats (SW, HAM).
• Sea Chest has a new placement animation (SW, HAM).
• Strong winds will no longer pick up flowers (SW, HAM).
• The Brain of Thought will not be consumed if the player already knows the crafting recipe (SW, HAM).
• When a Worker Pigman dies before fixing the broken structure it was supposed to, a new Worker will spawn after a while and not instantly, as it was (HAM).
• Topiaries and Hedges are now burnable and have a leafs effect when hammered (HAM).
• Hippopotamoose Antlers can now be stacked (HAM).
• Waves now collide with Lily Pads (HAM).
• Claw Palm Sapling is now an item instead of a structure (HAM).
• Vortex Cloak no longer prevents stunlocking when at 0% durability (HAM).
• Mant Mask durability is now consumed by wearing it, like the Mant Suit (HAM).
• Lamp Post will not turn off when placed in caves (HAM).
• The Glommer's Flower can no longer be stored in the Root Trunk (HAM).

New Mechanics:

• The Lazy Forager can now be refilled with Nightmare Fuel (ALL).
• Tree saplings and crops can now be dug up with a shovel (ALL).
• An animation used when setting things on fire with the torch and lighter has been added (ALL).
• Non-Endothermic Campfires and Fire Pits will now drop a charcoal when the fire goes out, if it was fueled to the max stage (ALL).
• Most burnt trees now have a chance to occasionally drop a charcoal, and all burnt trees now have a chance to drop an extra charcoal when chopped down (ALL).
• Krissures can now be removed using coconades explosion (SW).
• Yaarctopus accepts a new recipe and has new common loot (SW).
• The Sea Yard can now repair the boat without the player being in it (SW, HAM).
• The Tar Extractor will pile up the produced tars if the player is away (SW).
• The Tar Lamp can now be refilled with tar (SW, HAM).
• The Living Artifact is now able to break Obsidian Rocks and Dragoon's Dens with its special attack (HAM).
• Cloth's Blueprint and Bamboo have been added to Smashing Pot loot (HAM).
• Particulate Purifier now prevents the Hay Fever (HAM).
• Stone Slabs will regenerate their loot over time (HAM). [list]
• Older worlds will have their Stone Slabs restocked.

New Crock Pot ingredients:

• Batilisk Wing, Raw Birchnut, Leafy Meat and Rainbow Jellyfish.

The following items have had their stats changed:

• Pick/Axe: has more uses, does more damage (ALL).
• Thulecite Club: has more uses (ALL).
• Star Caller's Staff: the Dwarf Star stays longer (ALL).
• Insulated Pack and Sea Sack: has more slots, are no longer burnable (RoG, SW, HAM).
• Tar Suit: lasts longer, can be repaired with tar (SW).
• Windbreaker: increased water resistance (SW).
• Quackering Ram: more uses, less damage, added cooldown (SW, HAM).
• Snakeskin Jacket: increased water resistance (SW, HAM).
• Fancy Helmet and Tin Suit: increased defense, decreased movement penalty (HAM).
• Weevole Mantle: increased defense, added water resistance (HAM).
• Vortex Clock: has more slots, less sanity drain, cheaper repair (HAM).
• Bramble Husk: increased defense, increased durability (HAM).
• Thunderhat: lightning strikes consume less durability (HAM).

Crafting recipes changes:

• Changed the position of the Bundle Wrap crafting recipe to be near the top (ALL).
• Insulated Pack, Bat Bat, Marble Suit, Potted Ferns, Thunderhat and Cat Cap cost less resources now (ALL).
• Rabbit earmuffs no longer need a Science Machine to prototype (ALL).
• Tar Extractor and Sea Yard now require the Alchemy Engine to prototype (SW).
• Boat Torch can be crafted in Hamlet (HAM).

These items/structures now drop items when hammered/deconstructed:

• Spiderhat, Palace's Watch Tower, Swinesbury Academy, Farm House, Quarry Lodgings, Mandrake Hill and Intricate Topiary.

Creatures changes:

• The Ancient Guardian fight has been redesigned (ALL).
• Batilisks now drop Batilisk Wings more frequently (ALL).
• Bees and Killer Bees now need to be closer to their targets to hit them (ALL).
• Tallbirds without a nest will now make a new nest, but only on rocky, dirt or magma turf (ALL).
• Changed the time for Tallbirds to lay a new egg to be more inline with other food sources (ALL).
• Shadow Hands (the campfire stealing hands) no longer trigger spider creep (ALL).
• Deerclops’s attack area more accurately reflects the FX (RoG, SW, HAM).
• Dragoons now drop Dragoon Hearts more frequently (SW).
• Fire Packim Baggims now no longer attacks monster mobs, and instead helps the player by attacking their target (SW).
• Snakes and Flup can now be trapped (SW, HAM).
• Adult and teen Doydoys will now float when dropped over water (SW, HAM).
• Nightmare creatures, Ghosts and companions no longer trigger traps in Hamlet ruins (HAM).
• Rabid Beetles, Vampire Bats and Royal Guards are now susceptible to the Deep Rainforest poisonous gas (HAM).
• City pigmans now walk home during the dusk, preventing them from getting stuck in walls (HAM).
• The Worker pigman will no longer spawn to repair player built structures (HAM).
• Bees and butterflies are now affected by the Bug B'Gone's poison cloud (HAM).

Hamlet's economy changes (HAM):

• Platapine Quills are now tradable with the Collector Pigman.
• Hippopotamoose Antlers are now tradable with the Hunter Pigman.
• The Trawl Net Blueprint can now be purchased in the Tinkerer's Tower.
• Sewing Kits can now be purchased in the Sow's Ear Hat Shop.
• Ice staff, Red staff, Chill amulet, Glow Berry and Down Feather had their price reduced in Hamlet shops. Gears and Halberd had their price increased.

Bug Fixes:

• Art fixes: [list]
• Fixed a misplaced bubble in some Quacken animations (SW).
• Fixed Willow's missing dark eye circle when sailing (SW, HAM).
• Fixed Wimpy Wolfgang face position when sailing (SW, HAM).

Notes for Modders:

• A new function: RegisterInventoryItemAtlas is now available in the mod environment.