// devlog //

⛏ PEAK

v1.12.14 — THE GREAT RETURN

"the sky is back. the sea is fuller. the bats are still broken. some things are constant."

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— — —   the big ones   — — —

✨ Ars Magica: Partially Reformed. Mostly.

The hotfix landed. We updated. Many bugs are fixed, not all of them, but enough that you probably won't notice the ones that remain. We remain committed. Ars Magica stays.

[ bugs: many fixed. all fixed: no. ]

 The Aether: It's Back. Yes Really.

The Aether has returned. We missed it. You missed it. The sky missed itself. Whatever was wrong with it before is either fixed now or quietly hidden behind prettier clouds. Go up there. Touch some holystone. Pet a Moa. It's back and it's good and we're not explaining why it was gone.

[ sky: restored. moas: present. previous absence: classified. ]

— — —   world stuff   — — —

 Beaches and Ocean: Now Actually Has Things In It

Beaches have been improved. The ocean now has more life in it. Fish, things near fish, things that eat fish, possibly things that eat you. The sea is no longer just a large blue rectangle you accidentally drown in. It has character now. It has ambition. Dive carefully.

[ beaches: better. ocean: alive. drowning: still possible. ]

 Spawning & Worldgen: Tweaked (Again)

More balancing. More fixing. Things spawn more correctly now, in more correct places, at more correct rates. Worldgen continues to be an ongoing negotiation between fifteen different mods that all have opinions. We are mediating. Progress is being made. Some of it is real.

[ spawning: adjusted. worldgen: negotiated. mods: opinionated. ]

New Paintings: For Your Walls. Your Beautiful Dirt Walls.

New paintings have been added. They are available. They can be placed on your walls. Some of them are good. All of them are better than a blank wall. We recommend placing them in your dirt hut between the crafting table and the chest you keep your dirt in. Very tasteful.

[ paintings: new. walls: improved. dirt huts: elevated. ]

🔫 TechGuns: Now Slightly Less Weaponised Against Your Ears

Some TechGuns sounds have been muffled. The ones that were hurting your ears specifically. You know the ones. We know the ones. They have been addressed. There are probably other sounds that still hurt. We don't know which ones yet because our ears are also damaged. More fixes pending sensory recovery.

[ loud: less loud. ears: healing. other loud things: probably still there. ]

— — —   still broken (hello again)   — — —

🦇 Open Smash Bats: Still On Strike. No Updates.

The two rogue bats are still there. Still wrong. Still unbothered. The mod swallowing the event has not confessed. 

[ bats: 2 still rogue. investigation: ongoing-ish. eta: eventually. ]

🐟 Fish's Undead Rising: Still Resting. Performance Issue Pending.

There's a small performance issue on top of the glowshroom situation and we are not doubling our problems for the sake of undead fish. They remain horizontal. They remain patient. 

[  glowshrooms: still wrong. patience: required. ]

— — —   clean room update   — — —

🧹 PEAK I — Clean Room: Frozen In Time. Probably Fine.

Clean Room is not receiving this update. It is resting in its clean little snapshot, free of women, full of retro hats, unbothered by the chaos happening in the main pack. It may be updated in the future. It may not. It has found peace. We respect that. If you are a Clean Room person, you are playing a different game now and that is fine.

[ clean room: frozen. hats: still retro. updates: maybe someday. peace: achieved. ]

— — —   closing thoughts   — — —

there are probably other things that changed that we forgot to write down. they are fixed now or slightly broken in a new and interesting way. the aether is back. go look at the aether. also look at the caves from last time. both are good. we are doing great.

— — —   the download   — — —

~ end of log. aether back. bats still broken. sea alive. guns quieter. paintings new. ars magica: fixed enough. ~

⛏   PEAK   ·   v1.12.14 — THE GREAT RETURN   ·   [24.05.2026]   ⛏