Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better!
Version 1.1 is finally here!
V1.1 Trailer:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV196Ju6vEPc/
As this is the first major update for Halcyon Days at Taoyuan, we are both excited and nervous.
We are excited because we can finally add all the interesting ideas we did not have time to implement in the game, little by little.
We are nervous because this update fixes a lot of issues left over from our early inexperience. To fix them, some changes even touch the underlying framework. For example, we have reset the farm map. We worry that some players will love the new changes, while others may find them hard to get used to. But every change stems from our belief that we want Taoyuan Village to go far. To build a solid foundation and ensure stronger scalability for the future, some changes had to be made. We would appreciate your understanding!
Alright, if we keep talking this will become too long, so we will stop here~
Contents of this update:
32 new types of flowers and related craftable items have been added. Complete the new quest "The Byway of Floriculture" to unlock them.
20 new types of trees that can be planted on the farm and related craftable items have been added.
20 new ceramic vessels and related craftable items have been added. This feature supports over 2,000 free combinations of ceramic vessels and flowers (flowers have different colors, and ceramic vessels have special kiln-transformation variants).
A second farm area has been unlocked. Complete the new quest "More for the Able" to unlock it.
10 types of ordinary wines and 78 types of superior wines, along with related craftable items, have been added. Complete the new quest "The Art of Brewing (Continued)" to unlock them.
A bartering table has been added, allowing you to exchange items at any time, and related quests have been adjusted.
224 pieces of gift-receiving dialogue for non-romanceable villagers have been added.
339 pieces of daily dialogue for non-romanceable villagers have been added.
340 pieces of daily dialogue for romanceable villagers have been added. Currently, only daily dialogue before reaching 8 hearts has been added. Romance and post-marriage dialogue has not been increased. Later, we will improve the post-marriage schedules of romanceable villagers and add more daily dialogue accordingly.
The ability to directly replace low-level chests with high-level chests has been added, and the appearance and UI of color-changing chests have been improved.
The feature of tracking plot is added. Now you can track your progress with the romance candidates on the villager panel.
Farm plots have been reset, grassland construction has been opened up, and irregular edges have been trimmed.
The fishing mini-game has been reset and a piece of new exclusive background music has been added.
The bartering logic has been adjusted: all items will now appear progressively based on the current contribution level.
Fish values have been adjusted: the value of low-level fish has been increased and the value of high-level fish has been moderately decreased.
Fishing logic has been adjusted: it is now still possible to catch low-level fish even when your fishing level is high.
Livestock values have been adjusted and the values of livestock sheds and feed have been reduced.
Wine-brewing profits have been increased, the crafting costs of brewing tools have been reduced, the brewing time for ordinary wines has been shortened, and superior wines have been added.
Recipes for Crispy Pork Strips and Fried Chicken Strips have been fixed: required materials have been added and their values have been increased.
Growth logic for bamboo shoots has been fixed: over-harvesting will now cause slower growth.
10 new achievements have been added.
7 new pieces of music have been added to the soundtrack.
In addition, there are two extra notes:
1. The "free decoration of the Level 3 house courtyard" feature mentioned in the preview will be expanded into an independent mid-sized update (V1.1.X Chinese Garden System). In addition to freely removing furniture from the courtyard of the Level 3 house, we will also add decorative items such as bamboo groves, fish ponds (purely ornamental), rockeries, and pavilions.
2. The "romance and post-marriage dialogues for romanceable characters" mentioned in the preview will be expanded into an independent mid-sized update (V1.1.Y Hearts Entwined). In addition to adding dialogues, we will also optimize post-marriage schedules and add more interactions.
Last but not least, don’t forget to grab the new DLC “Blossoms & Boughs Pack”, which will be free of charge until July 14, 2026, at 10 a.m. (PDT).
Thank you as always!