Changelog/2025/August 5/0

Hello!

This week we have tons of improvements to Foraging, a new Mob Types system, and plenty of bug fixes! Keep reading to learn all of the details!

We've added many of the items from the Foraging update to the Museum.

New Museum Items

We've added 135 new AP through some new Foraging-related achievements. We've also renamed 'The Dragon's Egg' to 'The Golden Dragon's Egg' and it now gives 15 AP instead of 10.

New Achievements

• Added 3 new hidden brackets to Agatha's Contest with even better rewards
  • MYTHIC: 7,500 Points Requirement
  • DIVINE: 10,000 Points Requirement
  • SPECIAL: 12,500 Points Requirement
• Melody Changes
  • You now only need to get 90% perfection on Melody's Songs for the maximum SkyBlock XP and Intelligence bonus
  • By extension, Melody's Hair now also only requires 90% perfection on all non-Personal Harp songs to earn
  • Melody's Harp now physically appears as damaged before you fix it
• New Galatea Sea Creature: Bogged
  • Drops Mangrove Logs and Sea Lumies
  • Unlocked at Fishing V
  • Sea Archer Shard is now the Bogged Shard and is dropped from hunting Bogged
  • Renamed the Attribute from "Monster Bait" to "Creature Fisher"
• New Epic Attribute: Chop
  • Effect: Grants a 10-100% chance to Chop an extra log, on top of the ones you swept.
  • Obtaining: 0.15% drop from Fig Tree Gifts and a 0.25% drop from Mangrove Tree Gifts
• New Legendary Attribute: Bayou Biter
  • Effect: Grants +0.5-5 Double Hook Chance while in the Backwater Bayou.
  • Obtaining: From hunting a Titanoboa
• Kuudra now gives 1/1/1/1.25/1.5 Kraken Shards for tiers 1-5.
  • Instead, the Daemon fusion now outputs 2 shards instead of 1.
• In Master Mode 7, an Apex or Power Dragon Shard is now guaranteed to appear in Emerald Chests and higher.
  • The shards do not affect what other loot you get from the chests, it's purely a bonus reward.
• Improved some fusion recipes:
  • 2× Sun Fish = 5× Shinyfish + 5× Firey Mob (same as firefly)
  • 2× Cropeetle = 5× Termite + 5× Praying Mantis
  • 2× Wartybug = 5× Dragonfly + 5× Lunar Moth
    • 2× Dragonfly = 5× Firefly + 5× Dragon (unchanged)
      • 2× Firefly = 5× Praying Mantis + 5× "fiery mob" (same as firefly)
        • 2× Praying Mantis = 5× Pest + 5× Combat
    • 2× Lunar Moth = 5× Ladybug + 5× Bug Rare+ (unchanged)
      • 2× Ladybug = 5× Termite + 5× Invisibug
        • 2× Termite = 5× Bug + 5× Mining
• Added Emblems for reaching Agatha Level 5, HOTF 5, and HOTF 7
• HOTF EXP rewards are now converted to Forest Whispers once HOTF is maxed.
• Added Flexbones to the Bazaar
• Doubled the Foraging Fortune given by Citrine Gemstones
• Booster Changes
  • All Boosters can now be sold on the Bazaar
  • All Boosters are now stackable
    • NOTE: Old Boosters created before this update will still not stack
  • Sweep and Foraging Wisdom Boosters can now be salvaged for 5 Forest Essence
  • Sweep and Foraging Wisdom Boosters can now be sold to NPCs for 25,000 Coins
• Foraging Armor Progression Changes
  • Reduced Park Armor's rarity to Common
  • Reduced Canopy Armor's rarity to Uncommon
  • Fig Armor now uses Canopy Armor in its crafting recipes
• Abysmal Lasso Changes
  • Can now also be crafted with x5 Sea Lumies now
  • Added to the recipe to Sea Lumies I
  • Vinegrip Lasso now uses the Abysmal Lasso in its crafting recipe
• Kiara will now give you her Abiphone Contact if you give her a Chameleon Shard
  • Having her contact will also allow you to buy an additional Shard each day
• Only Galatea Sea Creatures can now be fished up in Galatea
  • This does not include Event or Hot Spot Sea Creatures
• Scaffolding Changes
  • Now stays up as long as you are within 5 blocks of it
  • Can now be placed next to blocks, in water, and on non-full blocks
  • Can now be placed in Tangleburg
• Added 4 new Rabbit Residents to Galatea
• Added Emperor's Skulls to the crafting recipe of Abyssal Armor
• Stretching Stick Recipe Changes
  • Fig Hew now requires x8 Stretching Sticks
  • Sharpened Huntaxe - Dominus now requires x8 Stretching Sticks
  • Reinforced Huntaxe - Cursus now requires x16 Stretching Sticks
  • Savage Huntaxe - Praedator now requires x32 Stretching Sticks
  • Prime Huntaxe - Nex Titanium now requires x64 Stretching Sticks
  • Mangrove Vine now requires x64 Stretching Sticks
• Sturdy Bones are now used to craft the Medium and Turbo Fishing Nets
• Fig Tree Gift Changes
  • Stretching Sticks: 20% → 10%
  • Sweep Booster: 1% → 0.5%
  • Foraging Wisdom Booster: 0.5% → 0.3%
  • First Impression I: 0.4% → 0.25%
  • Missile I: 0.2% → 0.15%
• Mangrove Tree Gift Changes
  • Sweep Booster: 1.5% → 1%
  • Foraging Wisdom Booster: 0.8% → 0.5%
  • First Impression I: 0.5% → 0.4%
  • Missile I: 0.25% → 0.2%
• Trevor the Trapper now gives Hunting XP for completing hunts
  • Trackable: +50 Hunting XP
  • Untrackable: +100 Hunting XP
  • Undetected: +250 Hunting XP
  • Endangered: +500 Hunting XP
  • Elusive: +3,000 Hunting XP
• You no longer get Hunting XP for lootsharing
• Snorkeling Shoes now come with Depth Strider III when purchased
• Buffed the Hunter's Pressure (Python) attribute, now scales from 5-50%
• The Reborn (Prince) attribute now sends a chat message when it procs
• You can now shift-right click Shards in your Hunting Box to convert all of that Shard into an item
• Axolotl's now "lock on" to the player that alerted them and ignore any other players
  • This change should make their Shards easier to collect without getting accidentally griefed by others
• Phantom Changes
  • They no longer deal any damage
  • When lassoing them they no longer dive super far
  • They now despawn after 60s of not interacting with them
• Salamanders are now fused into by using a Newt Shard + Any Water Shard
• Chameleons now only require 1 Shard to fuse
• Getting multiple Shards via Hunting Fortune now doubles/triples/etc the points you get for Agatha's Contests
• Buffed the amount of Foraging XP and SkyBlock XP earned from Swoop's Milestones
• Shulker bullets now ignore block collisions for the first few seconds after being fired, they also home in slightly now
• Stealth I Books are now x10 as rare from Chillblades/Chillshots
• The Hina's Chapter task that required you to get 100 Shards from Lushlilac Bonbons now only requires 25 Shards
• Added /warp murk and /warp loch as aliases of /warp murkwater
• All Shards now actually have the word "Shard" in their name, rather than just being the name of the mob
  • e.g. "Seagull" → "Seagull Shard"
• You are now able to click on the Attribute Fusion and Transfer chat messages to quickly open your Hunting Box
• Sorting filters are no longer retained when reopening the Attribute Menu to reduce confusion
• Ryan can now detect logs obtained from the Personal Compactor and Bazaar for the Campfire questline
• Added a "Right-click to view recipes!" to the Runeblade Talisman and Ring
• You can no longer place Hunting Toolkit transformed items into the Reforge Anvil
• Tree Gift chat messages are now dark green instead of blue
• Removed the '+' from the description of the Cookie Eater (Bitbug) attribute as it was misleading.
• Removed the Catacombs level requirement for purchasing Forest Essence from the Bazaar

Is an Endermite an Ender mob or an Arthropod? Does it take more damage from Ender Slayer or Bane of Arthopods? We've designed a simple typing system to help players understand what categories mobs fall into and how enchantments interact with them. You can figure out what type a mob is by looking at the symbol next to their name.

Mob Type	Special Behavior
༕ Undead	Takes increased damage from the Smite enchantment.
Skeletal	N/A
⊙ Ender	Takes increased damage from the Ender Slayer enchantment.
Ж Arthropod	Takes increased damage from the Bane of Arthropods enchantment.
✰ Humanoid	N/A
♨ Infernal	Takes increased damage from the Smoldering enchantment.
⚂ Cubic	Takes increased damage from the Cubism enchantment.
❆ Frozen	N/A
☽ Spooky	N/A
✿ Mythological	N/A
☠ Wither	N/A
⸕ Subterranean	N/A
Aquatic	Takes increased damage from the Impaling enchantment.
ൠ Pest	Can only be damaged with Vacuums.
☮ Animal	N/A
♆ Magmatic	N/A
♣ Elusive	N/A
⚙︎ Construct	N/A
♃ Arcane	N/A
⛨ Shielded	Takes only 1 Damage per hit. (e.g. Golden Goblin, Worm)
✈ Airborne	Takes increased damage from the Gravity enchantment.
❆ Glacial	Can only be damaged with Mining Tools.
⸙ Woodland	Takes more damage from the Woodsplitter enchantment. Can only be damaged with Axes.

As part of this update, a new house has been added to the Spider's Den that aims to onboard new players in the art of mob types:

• Michael will introduce players to the concept of mob types
• Ike lists all of the mob types and will reward players for the first time they slay each of them

• The Arcane enchantment now works on all ⸙ Woodland mobs
  • It has also been renamed to 'Woodsplitter'
• The Cubism enchantment now works on all ⚂ Cubic mobs
• The Dragon Hunter enchantment now works on all ✈ Airborne mobs
  • It has also been renamed to 'Gravity'
• The Impaling enchantment now works on all Aquatic mobs
• The Smite enchantment now works on all ༕ Undead mobs
• The Smoldering enchantment now works on all ♨ Infernal mobs
• Replaced Ender Slayer VII drop with "End Stone Idol", which upgrades Ender Slayer VI to VII
• Replaced Smite VII drop with "Severed Hand", which upgrades Smite VI to VII

• The End Sword now deals bonus damage to ⊙ Ender mobs
• The following items now deal bonus damage to ༕ Undead mobs:
  • Undead Bow
  • Super Undead Bow
  • Undead Sword
  • Revenant Falchion
  • Reaper Falchion (also removed damage reduction)
  • Halberd of the Shredded (also removed damage reduction)
• Reaper Armor's "Trolling the Reaper" ability now applies to all ༕ Undead mobs
• The following items now deal bonus damage to Ж Arthropod mobs:
  • Spider Hat
  • Spider Sword
  • Scorpion Foil
  • Recluse Fang
  • Sting
  • Tarantula Ring
• Wither Blades now deal bonus damage to ☠ Wither m0bs

• All Fortune stats are now disabled on Private Islands
• Golden Dragon's Symbiosis perk and Hound's Scavenger perk no longer work on Private Islands
• Diamond the Fish are now Soulbound and are sold in Odger's Lost Rewards Shop for 10m Coins
• Stew the Fish is now x6 more common from drinking Suspicious Stew
• Flake the Fish is now an OUTSTANDING Treasure catch from fishing in Jerry's Workshop
  • It was previously not tied in to the Treasure Fishing system at all, this should make it easier to obtain
• Renamed Thunder Shards to Thunder Fragments
• You can no longer fish in water on the Crimson Isle
• Hid vanilla item attributes for icons in the Stats breakdown menu
• Some large stat bonuses now dynamically recalculate to prevent players obtaining infinite stats.
• Ankylosaurus’ ‘Armored Tank’ perk now has a cap of +1,000 Strength
• Removed the hidden passive from Sponge Armor and Shark Armor that prevented air loss

• Fixed David's Cloak upgrading its rarity at the wrong Attribute Milestone levels
• Fixed the Hellwisp (Matriarch Cubs) Attribute not working
• Fixed your Trap Hunts Milestones incorrectly just showing you Salt Hunts Milestone
• Fixed an issue with Joydives despawning in certain situations when they shouldn't be
• Fixed the "Max out a Foraging Attribute" task in Hina's Chapters not unlocking for some players
• Fixed the Fish the Fish task in Hina's Chapters not completing under certain circumstances
• Fixed Fig and Mangrove Log collections not counting towards the Raider Sword's bonus
• Fixed Ocelot Pet's Tree Essence perk not working on Fig or Mangrove trees
• Fixed being unable to buy the Early Bird HOTF perk when you had Tree Whisperer perk but not the 250 Gifts perk
• Fixed Chameleon Shards not being Syphon-able, not giving XP, and falsely displaying as maxed in the Hunting Box
• Fixed Chameleon Shards saying they required Hunting Level XX when they actually don't
• Fixed the Rain Slime Mana Steal attribute description not being accurate to what it actually does
• Fixed the Woodcutting Crystal recipe not using Enchanted Spruce Logs despite being in the Spruce Log Collection
• Fixed Molbert's quest not sending a chat message when players have collected enough Jungle Logs
• Fixed Yogs being able to bypass the damage cap on Huntaxes
• Fixed Carrot Kings acting weird around Black Holes
• Fixed being able to use a Signal Enhancer even after the Beacon is maxed out
• Fixed Loch Emperor Shards being called Sea Emperor Shards
• Fixed Hideonleaves not using their names in death messages
• Fixed a text inconsistency with Molbert's quest
• Fixed a couple of instances that mentioned needing to be on 1.21.4 to join instead of 1.21.5
• Fixed some weird coloring in the chat message that you get when sending a Shard to your Hunting Box
• Fixed two missing exclamation points in the Beacon tuning menu
• Fixed an issue with the dialogue of the Jade Dragon
• Fixed a minor text issue when obtaining a Bambuleaf Shard
• Fixed a minor grammatical issue with one of Hina's tasks
• Fixed a minor grammatical issue with Molbert's trap
• Fixed Shell Attribute not granting knockback immunity against certain mobs
• Fixed inability to hit Glacite Walkers with Huntaxes
• Fixed an issue with Jacob's Contest brackets not scaling properly when Finnegan's GOATed perk was active
• Fixed teleport abilities not resetting fall damage, leading to taking more damage than expected when landing
• Fixed a misplaced ladder in the Sand Castle Barn Skin (requires pasting the skin again)
• Fixed the Jerry Visitor for the Garden tutorial not showing up
• Fixed players not receiving Experimentation Table rewards if their game ends from the server restarting

We have now completed most of the remaining work for the Moonglade Marsh, the first island of Galatea. While we already have designed the majority of the features for the Torrhus Canyon and Lunarise (the others islands of Galatea), we have not started development just yet. That being said, having these plans ready should make things easier once we do.

Stonking, the use of a ghost pickaxe in the Catacombs to reach secrets faster and increase efficiency, has been part of the game for a long time. Although the game wasn't initially designed with this mechanic in mind, we recognize the skill and mastery players have developed around it. Additionally, we've found that the Catacombs might simply be less enjoyable if players were forced to reach each secret slowly, using only the intended methods.

As we continue introducing more features from newer Minecraft versions into SkyBlock, we're officially implementing a Stonking-like mechanic accessible across all game versions.

If you're interested in seeing our plans in action, we'll be holding multiple testing sessions on Alpha in the coming weeks.

We previously announced we were working on new Slayers, and now feel comfortable sharing the identity of a new fishing-based one. Guardian Slayer takes place on a dedicated instanced island, accessible via the Ship Navigator, where players can fish up that island's exclusive sea creatures and kill them until the boss spawns. Since the boss has an island all to itself and can only be spawned there, it has allowed us to tie some really cool map mechanics into the boss' abilities, which we're excited for you to see soon.

Guardian Slayer will have to release after Lotus Atoll on account of it relying upon some new systems introduced by the Atoll, however both updates are currently deep into development.

That's all for today! :)