Finnish Cottage Simulator news & patch notes

MIDI setting has been disabled as it was causing issues for some players.

- Added a setting to enable/disable console usage

- Added a setting to toggle walking

- Added curtains to player's cottage

- Added alcohol to Juha's cup

- Seppo will now crouch automatically when going upstairs in the cottage

- Backpack can no longer be dropped when sitting

- Backpack and crafting menu can now be closed with esc

- Beer cases will now display their bottle count in backpack

- Boat should no longer be slowed down by items on it

- Grocery bags will now display their item count in backpack

- Fixed Yrjö's TV and back door

- Fixed being able to give Juha meats when he's walking to the store

- Fixed ash holder not attaching to the sauna stove sometimes

- Fixed players able to push boat while sitting on it

- Fixed equipped items causing player to teleport inside walls when exiting benches

- Fixed cigarette not behaving properly on client

- Fixed items despawning when they fall out of the map

- Fixed various crashes

- Network and memory optimizations

- Revamped Juha's shop area - Fixed some chair issues - Fixed some journal texts not being in the correct language - Fixed some interaction text issues - Memory optimizations TV has been temporarily disabled as it was causing crashing for joining clients. * Boat saving issue has been fixed

7.6.2026:

An issue related to some data saving has been fixed.

If you saved after yesterday's update: if you did any quests, you may need to do them again.

If you lost any items such as phone, map or journal, you can get them back by entering the following commands into the console:

/gpi phone

/gpi journal

/gpi map

Apologies for the inconvenience.

- Backpacks can now be bought from the store when the initial quest has been completed

- Berrypickers can now be bought from the store

- Plastic tables can now be bought from the store

- Ammoboxes should now be easier to put in backpack

- Food and other small items now stay on plates if the plate is picked up

- Fishes can now be put in buckets

- Fixed some controller issues

- Fixed issues with the backpack

- Fixed moonshine pan outputting wrong amounts of moonshine in savegames

The next content update is still going to take time, but here's a sneak peek.

29.05.2026:

• Fixed kilju issues

• Fixed player able to put backpacks in backpack

• Fixed weird camera rotation in Pekka's car

• Plastic table can now be recolored

Lately we've been working on the PS5 port of the game, we've also hired new programmers to work on the game, which means you should see more frequent content in the future.

• Added Japanese language setting

• Added Simplified Chinese language setting

• Re-added Polish language setting

• Items should now be more stable on the boat

• Bucket and other similar containers can now be used to carry items

• Items can now be used when using wheelbarrow/mower/moped

• Freecam (/fc command) now has some camera settings for taking nice pictures

• Fixed backpack close button not working sometimes

• Fixed NPC taking the equipped item if a similar item is given from pickup

• Other fixes

• Optimizations

Currently a crash may be caused for clients when joining a game where the moonshine pan's pump is plugged in.

A second small patch has been applied

• Boat no longer detaches items from the backpack

• Fixed some dialogue crashes

- Added a new achievement - Fixed issues with bucket and pump - Fixed some reel fishing rod animations - Fixed settings camera effects not applying sometimes - Fixed settings input page scrolling to top when a keybind is changed - Fixed a crash related to beercases

- Added a new tutorial - Added an icon to the pocket UI to indicate whether backpack is equipped - Beer cases can now be stacked easier - Journal, money and pocket items now update instantly if they're open - Reeling sound should no longer continue playing on clients when a fish has been caught - Fixed reel fishing rod bait glitching when rod is attached to backpack - Fixed journal causing a lagspike when switching pages while lumen is enabled - Fixed some benches causing issues with cards - Fixed some floating foliage - Fixed Seppo blacking out too easily from drinking - Fixed bar quest causing a crash if Juha is dead - Fixed Juha not accepting berry buckets sometimes - Fixed worm fishing rod animations - Fixed some controller issues

18.3.

- Fixed Pekka hunting bug

- Fixed cards being uninteractable on clients sometimes

- Fixed a tutorial crash

Testing another fix on berry spilling related crash

Moonshine pan's bucket currently has issues, will be fixed asap

- Journal kilju page now mentions berries - Berries will now regrow - Backpack should no longer get stuck in an inaccessible state - Fixed backpack causing issues with swimming - Fixed some issues with reading glasses on controller - Fixed controller requiring keyboard/mouse input once for some actions - Fixed players not visible in the car in the start sequence - Fixed Jari - Fixed crashes Testing fixes for - Fluid container spilling causing crashes - Players sometimes being invisible when joining a game We can see if the spilling crashes continues from crash reports, but we'd like to know from you if the players being invisible issue has been fixed, since we couldn't get this to happen in our tests.

27.2.2026

- Jari should no longer accept moonshine infinitely

- Testing another fix for fluid container crashing

- Fixed item dropping not working while 'scroll' interaction method is active

- Fixed bugs with cigarette lighting

- Fixed some floating blueberries

- Fixed attachment issues with various items

- Fixed grill not grilling food

- Fixed some pocket items unable to be taken from pocket

- Fixed bear ragdolling after being shot but still being alive, invisible

- Fixed animation issues with various items

- Fixed a crash related to boat exit

- Fixed a crash related to subtitles

- Fixed a crash related to interacting with Juha

Thank you for the bug reports!

The berry update is here. It ended up being a relatively small update, and mostly for current early-mid game, so we decided to improve on some other small issues in the game along with this update. - Berries can be now be picked - Marjatta has a new quest - The player can now make wine from berries - Berries can be sold to Juha - Players now spawn near the host in multiplayer - Updated road signs and added new ones - Added new props inside buildings - Added ability to dual wield certain items. Currently only shopping bags, buckets and berrypickers are supported. We'll be adding this to other one-handed items in the future as well - Added a setting to disable mosquito audio - Lowered mosquito audio volume a bit - Fixed Juha pointing the calculator towards the table - Fixed axe and other small items unable to be taken from the boat sometimes - Fixed binoculars zoom getting stuck sometimes - Fixed flashlight blocking shotgun bullets - Clients should no longer see others as without clothes when joining. This may still happen rarely - Audio adjustments - Pekka should no longer call about the bar after the quest has been completed - Glasses can now be used while using the moped - Boat should now be easier to drive off the river's boat pole - Loading in to a save should now be smoother - Other fixes and small changes We'll be focusing on bugs, multiplayer issues, quality-of-life, optimizing FPS and memory usage for a short while. So if you have run into any frequent annoyances, bugs, etc. you can help us by posting about them on our Steam discussions, discord server, or even email us at [email protected] if you want to.

• Animal skinning and map crashing has been fixed.

• Fixed issues with pockets and equipped items

• Fixed issues with backpack and equipped items

• Fixed Jari not accepting metal sheets

• Trash can now accepts glögi cartons

Constant crashing issues should now be fixed. Apologies to anyone affected.

Journal issue is also fixed.

- Celebratory items have been removed from the shop. Existing ones in saves will stay - Knife can now be put in pocket - Improved item physics on surfaces, meaning, they won't slide unrealistically far anymore when thrown - Improved moped handling and made it a bit faster - (maybe) fixed Haukijärvi being invisible for some - Fixed incorrect instructions on the cola bottle - Fixed various crashes - Other fixes - Memory usage optimizations

Due to some changes to saves, players will wake up at the cottage once, even if the game wasn’t saved there.

- Added visual changes to cooked fishes

- Fixed dart going through player if player has died earlier

- Fixed dart doesn't attach on clients

- Fixed getting stuck on sleep when multiple players skip time at the same time

- Fixed crash when answering tutorial call