Island Beekeeper · published · build 26343145
Controller support has arrived in Island Beekeeper! This update also brings a Halloween event, new trader quests and plenty of changes to beekeeping, building and travel.
You can now build a stone house, keep your favorite fish in an aquarium and connect islands with teleporters. Bees have learned to help plants grow and the islands now have changing seasons with seasonal weather.
Let’s take a closer look at what’s new.
You can now play Island Beekeeper with a controller. Grab your gamepad and get comfortable!
It’s time to go pumpkin hunting! Collect pumpkins across the islands, complete the Halloween questline and discover a new bee. Quest rewards include rare Halloween decorations for your home.
For achievement hunters, we’ve also added 5 new Halloween achievements.
Your bees have a new job: they now fly out to pollinate plants, helping them grow faster. There’s even a small chance that a plant will finish growing instantly after being pollinated!
Traders now have new dialogue and questlines. Stop by on your next trip: you can now find new blueprints among their quest rewards.
Added a teleporter blueprint for easier travel between islands. Set up teleporters to get back to the places you need more quickly.
Stone Building
Planning a new home or a major renovation? Stone building is now available! Build a stone house or use the new pieces to expand your existing builds.
Added an aquarium blueprint. You can now build an aquarium at home and move your favorite fish into it.
Improved object snapping while building.
Added an arrow showing the front of the object you’re placing.
Required resources are now displayed while building.
Items can now be placed on different shelf levels.
Rebalanced building costs.
Added a large storage closet.
Doors can now open in different directions.
Fixed an issue that prevented building on Volcanic Island.
Managing your apiary is now more convenient and the journal has new hints for players working on bee breeding.
You can now collect all frames at once by holding the interact button.
Bee entries in the journal now include mutation hints.
Updated the visual effects for bee automation.
Saplings now drop from every tree.
The Medocycle is now a little faster in nitro mode. We’ve also fixed several issues that could get in the way of your travels:
The Medocycle now takes off correctly straight from its station.
Fixed an issue where multiplayer clients could not see buildings while riding.
Fixed an issue where clients could be teleported backward after getting off the Medocycle.
Respawning at Your Bed
You can now set a bed as your respawn point. Just sleep in it and you’ll respawn there after you die.
We’ve also updated sleeping in multiplayer. All players now need to go to bed and everyone recovers health.
Added changing seasons and seasonal weather.
Added a field of view (FOV) setting.
Rebalanced hunger, thirst and food.
Consuming honey now returns an empty jar.
The fishing minigame now uses only four keys.
Improved lighting.
Improved how localized text is displayed in many interface windows.
Multiplayer
Fixed doors not working correctly for multiplayer clients.
Fixed an issue where one player could see lightning from another player’s biome.
Fixed notifications for new unread journal pages for clients.
Fixed issues with island puzzles for clients.
Fixed an issue where bees continued working in the rain.
Fixed the beehive efficiency display.
Fixed frame collisions in beehives and frame storage boxes.
Fixed the tea plant model in garden beds.
Fixed the wooden garden bed material.
Improved collisions for plants in garden beds.
Fixed an exploit that allowed fish to be duplicated on the fish display stand.
Fixed the journal on older saves.
Fixed some achievements not unlocking on older saves.
Fixed a freeze that could occur after closing the map.
Fixed the progress bar in cooking and alchemy.
Thank you to everyone who continues to share feedback and report bugs. Your feedback helps us keep improving the game.
See you on the islands and happy pumpkin hunting! 🎃