Changelog/2025/December 12

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[December 12] Garden Alpha Change

Updated: December 12, 2025

Hello,

We have updated the Alpha Network with the following changes:

  • Reduced costs of Composter Upgrades
  • Changed cost of the Rose Dragon pet, now also requiring Condensed Helianthus and various Mutations
  • Reduced drops for base crops in the Greenhouse
  • Added npc sell prices to various items
  • Greenhouses will now paste with the dirt automatically tilled
    • This also means that unlocking slots with Ethereal Vines will automatically till the dirt.
  • Fixed an issue where Dustgrain wouldn't mutate onto a dirt block in the Greenhouse tutorial
  • Fixed Cocoa Beans not being breakable with Replenish
  • Fixed Cultivating not increasing on Wild Rose and Sunflower
  • Adjusted growth cycle speeds in the Greenhouse:
    • The base time per growth cycle: 3 -> 4 hours
    • Garden Levels are a quarter as effective in reducing time per growth cycle
    • The unique crop bonus is half as effective in reducing time per growth cycle

Design Note: The previous values were overtuned, not giving players enough time to step away from the game for an extended period of time without crops dying of thirst. Upgrades should still feel signifcant and max around 1h50m~ per cycle, which should give people plenty of time to take a breather.

  • Mutations no longer count towards the unique bonus
  • Wild Rose and Sunflower outside of the Greenhouse now grows half as fast
  • Moved Sam closer to the Greenhouse watering source when doing the Greenhouse tutorial
  • Fixed decorative plants detecting as custom crops when pasting, leading to unusual builds.
  • Fixed Wild Rose and Sunflower crops not spawning Pests
  • Increased Warty drop chance through the Wart Eater attribute: 0.01-0.05% → 0.02-0.1%
    • Warty is now counted as a rare crop and is affected by Rarefinder and Rose Dragon pet
  • Made a text change to Helianthus and Condensed Helianthus
  • Fixed Crop Bug attribute to also work on Helianthus
  • Fixed various typos
  • Fixed Wild Rose, Sunflower and Moonflower not giving Farming XP
  • Fixed certain pest drops not being affected by Farming Fortune
  • Rebalanced Farming XP, Tool XP and Sowdust gain when harvesting in the Greenhouse
  • Removed duplicate items from the Pesthunters shop
  • Added Tool Exp Capsule to the Hex
  • Fixed a soft lock in Jeff's quest
  • Fixed Hypercharge Chip working on more Farming Fortune sources than intended
  • Fixed Evergreen Chip not working properly
  • Added recipes for the Eclipse and Wild Rose hoe
  • Added a more descriptive message when trying to place a Greenhouse crop on the wrong soil type
  • Fixed being able to use the InfiniDirt Wand inside the Greenhouse
  • Added mutation-specific information to the Diagnostics Tool
  • Fixed All-in Aloe hologram and growth stage not lining up
  • Modified the Farming Armors to also have chances to drop Cropie/Squash/Fermento/Helianthus for crops harvested within the Greenhouse
  • Added total growth stages tooltip to crops and mutations in the Greenhouse through the Carpenter
  • Changed the Hedgehog Pets perk from Nocturnal to Hunter's Insight which gives Farming Fortune based on your Bestiary Pest Tier
  • Added Fermento and Helianthus to the Agronomy Sack
  • Reduced NPC sell price of Helianthus from 300k to 275k and Condensed Helianthus to 2,4m
  • Modified Mutations Sack to hide Mutations that haven't been discovered yet
  • Fixed Chloronite behaviour when harvested with Silk Touch
  • Fixed guests not being able to right-click to view players profiles on the Garden
  • Reworked the Sundial to set a player's Speed Cap based on the last crop broken instead of the plot they're standing in. Once a player has given the Sundial to Sam, the menu is accessible through the Desk
  • Added a command to set the crop-specific speed cap, /setcropspeed <speedCap> <crop>
  • The Ultimate Harvester Helmet Swappable skin now has 9 skins for each of the 3 new collections. This is available retroactively to anyone that has the skin applied.

Additional non-garden related changes:

  • Added Sulphur to Mining Sacks
  • Formatted leaderboard values with commas in Museum entries
  • Fixed being able to pick up arrows shot from traps in Crystal Hollows & Dungeons
  • Fixed being able to claim the Fallen Star Tracker from Silnar multiple times
    • You can now purchase the tracker from Rusty
  • Fixed HOTM/HOTF perks with reset timers resetting at 12am UTC instead of EST
  • Fixed Training Weights and a couple other items having the Brewing Ingredient label