Neolithic Dawn

Moose & Fox Update Out Now!

Neolithic LLC

The Moose & Fox Update has arrived! Hunt the mighty moose, tame the clever fox, and meet the new salamander across the Great Lakes.

New Animals

Moose: massive herbivore in Saugeen Bluffs, Bruce Peninsula, and Lake Manitou Fox: quick, clever predator that's lighter to tame than larger carnivores Salamander: new aquatic friend, fully edible raw or cooked

New Features

Seasonal spawn multipliers: animal populations now shift with the seasons Voice chat upgrade: longer range, louder at distance, mouth animates offline New splash art on the title screen

Balance & Tuning

Mining sources 20% easier to break Night lighting brightened for cave and dungeon navigation Lake Manitou spawn rates tuned "Environmental storytelling" loot areas added to all maps

Multiplayer & Networking Fixes

Fixed animals appearing frozen for remote players after grab or ragdoll Fixed Photon ownership issues with moose and fox Fixed photon server version mismatch blocking some clients Fixed cave weather not syncing between players Fixed seasonal and shelter disrepair states not syncing Fixed backpack items going invisible to clients on scene switch Fixed duplicate spawns in Lake Manitou and Tundra Fixed client crash on new crow tame Fixed half-joined state from server disconnect edge cases

Animals & Physics Fixes

Fixed moose and fox puppet joint, collision, and rigging artifacts Fixed invisible animal puppets after certain state transitions Fixed puppets blinking out when touched after second respawn Fixed carcasses clipping through animal mesh during skinning Fixed hit audio missing on certain stabbable surfaces Fixed broken baby animal joint setups Player respawn now lands on the corpse position instead of last death position

Tutorial, Saves & Generations

Fixed tutorial elements flashing in before save data finished loading Fixed scene not switching back to Saugeen Bluffs on end of generation Fixed generation transitions in the Bruce Peninsula forest section Fixed survival saves not saving location properly Added corrupt save fallback so the session no longer crashes on bad JSON

Inventory, UI & Environment

Fixed quick tool save data duplication Fixed elder gem dialogue and backpack duplication bug Fixed backpack text overflow and refresh issues Fixed orbs and skill orbs getting stuck in the air Fixed Tundra key gate wheel after multiple regressions Rebaked occlusion in BP and SB dungeons Fixed floating logs in Bruce Peninsula Fixed Map Unlock Helper so Survival mode always has all maps unlocked

Performance & Stability

Rebaked occlusion in Bruce Peninsula and Saugeen Bluffs Optimized scene terrains and PC terrain shaders Simplified iceberg collision meshes Fixed multiple NullReferenceExceptions in cosmetics, save loading, and backpack systems

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This announcement was originally published by Neolithic LLC on Steam on Apr 11, 2026.

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