Today’s Fossil Bound update rebuilds the core expedition-to-museum loop and gives the opening hours a substantial polish pass.
EXCAVATION
- Refined digging interactions and clearer feedback across each tool stage.
- Added a compact excavation-completion display so progress is always easy to read.
- Improved biome-specific presentation so dig areas feel integrated with each location.
- Rebalanced discoveries and early quests around fossils that are actually obtainable at the player’s current site.
MUSEUM & DISCOVERIES
- Reworked fossil storage to make large collections easier to understand and manage.
- Dinosaur exhibits now use individual, scale-aware stands and assemble bone by bone as sets are completed.
- Added cleaner rarity seals for Common, Uncommon, Rare, Ultra-Rare and Mega-Rare discoveries.
- Improved the fossil exchange, donation and research flow so every discovery presents a clearer choice.
PROGRESSION
- Reshaped the first field day with more focused onboarding, attainable goals and clearer next steps.
- Improved tool and vehicle upgrade presentation and strengthened the earn, upgrade and explore loop.
- Rebalanced progression pacing across excavation, selling, donating, research and town development.
CONTROLS, UI & PRESENTATION
- Reduced oversized HUD and menu panels while improving spacing, typography and readability.
- Added clearer nearby-building prompts for entering, reading and interacting around town.
- Polished character movement, digging animation, visual layering, ambience, music and sound feedback.
- Improved controller navigation, prompt handling, pause behaviour and accessibility support.
SAVES & STABILITY
- Upgraded save data to schema version 9 with migration support for existing players.
- Added safer transaction handling for purchases, upgrades and collection changes.
- Completed broad automated regression checks across all 34 game scenes, with additional progression and balance coverage.
Thank you for playing and helping us shape Fossil Bound. We hope this update makes every expedition, discovery and museum milestone feel clearer, smoother and more rewarding.