We have released Patch 0.5.1 for all players. Please update your game when you see that this update is available to receive the following fixes and changes:

Changes / Tuning

World

• Added additional raw science in Pond depths to help guide the player.

Bug Fixes - All Platforms

• Fixed infrequent crash that could occur when ending a press and hold interaction.
• Fixed crash that could occur from eggs hatching.
• Performance improvements with floating lab props in the pond.
• Slurping and collecting dirty water now requires a hold interact (similar to previous behavior).

We are working to push out updates to enhance your gaming experience continually, and we appreciate your patience and understanding while we continue to move forward together in this Early Access development period.

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The latest update is here for you all! 🙌

🏡 Join Shyla, Obsidian's Social Media Manager, as she goes over some of the many changes made to the Pond and more that you'll notice with today's update. From changes to the Pond Lab, updates and changes made to combat, and even a few adjustments made to some building structures, this update is sure to improve the time you spend in the backyard!

For a full list of everything that went into today's update, you can view the full patch notes below:

Build 0.5.0.2752 New Features

Pond Revamp

• The Pond and Pond Lab have been revamped with additional puzzles, gameplay, and secrets to discover.
• New underwater caves to find and explore.
• New Pond Lab outposts.
• New Resources: Algae, Muscle Sprouts.
• New SCA.Bs to collect.

New Crafting Content

• Fin Flops+
• Diving Lantern+
• All smoothies now have a + v...

Are you ready for another Public Test, because we released a new one today for you to check out if you wish!

This Public Test will introduce a few game changes we want you to test out, and it also includes some important updates to the way that saving and loading the game works in the hopes to improve everyone's experience.

For players connecting to the Public Test through the Xbox Insider Flight, there is something important that you need to be aware of.

When you join the Public Test through the Xbox Flight program, all of your saves will be converted and saved to work only with game versions 0.5 and higher as you will be helping us to test out our new game saving and loading experiences. They will remain locked to the Public Test until the update is pushed out to live service. This means if you decide to leave the Public Test before the update is pushed out to live service, you will not be able to access your game files. and if you do try to a...