Immortal Farmer: System’s Mandate news & patch notes

Optimization

• Added notification for unlocking CGs.

• Adjusted Zhichong (Soul Bug) spawn locations: Now appears in Wilderness, Riverside, and Small Groves.

• Adjusted Yuanling Tree density in Groves to resolve excessive spawning.

• Added support for \ to drop anchor; optimized keyboard Spacebar controls for the fishing mini-game.

• Updated tutorial guidance for Soil.

• Updated the kissing animation before Xuezhu's "Dual Cultivation" ending and the "mouth-to-mouth medicine feeding" animation.

• Reach Qi Refining Great Perfection to unlock the purchase of Nourishing Qi Pills

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where some buildings could not be automatically picked up when recycled.

• Fixed a logic bug during Grandpa Niu's boss fight.

• Fixed an issue where clicking the entry icon for Xiaopai's Cave had no response (requiring keyboard input).

• Fixed a VRAM leak/overflow issue caused by stacking the Five Elements Array.

• Fixed a visual glitch where the first frame of Spirit Water resurrection or crop growth would briefly revert to the initial state.

• Fixed an issue where crops might not refresh upon maturity, and wheat appearing green after maturing.

• Fixed an issue where current durability did not increase proportionally with the new max durability limit (e.g., stuck at 20/40).

• Fixed a bug where bait would be consumed while repairing fishing gear.

• Fixed the tilted model of Lightning-Struck Trees and the issue where they snapped upright when chopped.

• Fixed the static animation of Zhichong's back when it flees after defeat.

New Content

• New levels unlocked: Golden Core~Nascent Soul (Early Stage)

• Wisdom Worm, Starlight Butterfly, Fire Phoenix, Thunder Marsh Dragon

• Dream Soul Flower

• Burn, Poison, Confusion

• Thunder Marsh (Entrance located at the bottom right of the swamp, requires Golden Core late stage to enter)

Optimizations

• Optimized layout logic, now clearly presented in storyline order

• Added sell function, allowing players to dispose of excess boxes freely

• Different footsteps sounds when walking on different terrains, enhancing immersion

• Rolling can now pass through monsters, making movement more flexible

• Added fish shadows in desert pools, making the environment more vivid

• Adjusted and optimized bestiary content display

• Youdan Merchant now allows purchasing low-grade spirit stones with mid-grade spirit stones

• Skills and talents are no longer reset in New Game+, instead 【Reshaping Pill】is given, players can choose whether to use it

• New Game+ no longer inherits attribute increases from using items (such as Great Demon Blood) in the previous playthrough, ensuring game balance

• Using signposts no longer consumes stamina

• Added 【Cloud Walk Talisman】to the beginner's chest, reducing early game exploration difficulty

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue of New Game+ items abnormally doubling in the Mystery Box

• Fixed the issue where "Money Opens the Way" and "Farmer's Three Fists" could not attack NPC characters

• Fixed the issue where building recycling did not consume durability

• Fixed the issue where clicking on rooms in the Carpenter's house could not enter

• Fixed the issue where the item "My Tyrant Apprentice Loves Me" could not be sold

• Fixed the issue where certain areas of the Tree Demon could not be attacked

Next Update Preview

• New romanceable character unlocked: Murong Xian (Adopted daughter of the fortune teller)

New Features

• New romanceable character: The “Madam Niu” storyline and interactions are now available

• New item: “Reforge Pill” is officially released. Using it resets all skill points and talents

  (You must learn an active skill before you can purchase it from Xuezhu)

Optimizations

• When demolishing or recycling buildings, dropped items will automatically fly to the character

• Golden Bear Statue, Teleport Stone, and Tent now support recycling

• Durability of Golden Bear Statue and Teleport Stone increased (15 → 20)

• Slightly reduced the damage of the “Demon Wolf Breath” skill

• After consecutive character deaths, dropped items will no longer disappear

Fixes

• Fixed the issue where the “Landlady Caring for the Sick 2” memoir could not be clicked

• Fixed a bug where naming chests/saves triggered the map via the M key

• Fixed display logic issues when switching between the Skill and Attribute pages

• Fixed lingering corpse issue of the Second Young Master

• Fixed issues where Treant and Snow Mountain Lotus could not spawn

• Fixed the Giant kneeling without dealing collision damage

• Fixed the Giant’s magma pillar still dealing damage after disappearing

Next Update Preview:

• New content from Golden Core stage to early Nascent Soul stage

Optimizations

• Added the option to start the next cycle via the Mysterious Magic Box

• Added CGs for the innkeeper’s wine recipe and escort quest to the memoir

• Raised the trigger threshold for the Full status and reduced the frequency of the Full debuff

Fixes

• Fixed getting stuck when rolling inside the Spirit Spring

• Fixed passive skills incorrectly showing an equip button

• Fixed the Mind Damage buff appearing after consuming Qi Nourishing Pills

• Fixed Zhou the Attendant and the Bait Brothers not disappearing after death

• Fixed quests not being turn-inable after NPC death

• Fixed plants in the upper-right of the ruins being uninteractive

• Fixed plant description panels not disappearing after harvesting

New Content

• System: Beginner gift pack, system shop, and gameplay rule tips to help players quickly get familiar with the game

• Realms: Mortal to Golden Core (more realms in development)

• Skills: 5 active skills, 24 passive skills

• Attributes: Defense, Luck, Strength, Endurance, Constitution, Agility

• Monsters: Wind Demon Wolf, Magma Rock Giant, Crimson-Scaled Venom Centipede

• Buildings: Furnace (refines higher-tier ores), Water Guide Sprinkler (automatic irrigation), Formations (Five Elements formations to assist spiritual plant cultivation)

• Ores: Crimson Sun Ore, Cold Iron Ore, Amethyst Ore

• Items: Repair Kits (repair weapons and equipment) and various cultivation items

• Plants: Spirit Gathering Flower, Foundation Vine, Mystic Ice Flower, Crimson Sun Grass, Primordial Spirit Tree

• Save System: Mysterious Magic Box item changed into a save tool

• Added two Linglan Immortal Mansion merchants

• Added equipable headgear and clothing

• Added roll action (Shift key)

Optimizations

• Item Quality: Common (Gray), Excellent (Green), Rare (Blue), Exotic (Purple), Legendary (Red)

• Improved tutorials and guidance

• Optimized certain scenes

• Adjusted escort storyline of the innkeeper lady

• Adjusted marriage ending after Xia Yin is kidnapped

• Shop adjustments

• Blueprints moved to the system shop (unlock purchase after first obtaining the item)

• Monsters now display HP bars

• Returning to title in-game no longer opens the announcement screen

• Fixed spawn values for Snowmelt Herb and added it to the shop

Fixes

• Fixed market courtyard not opening after Xia Yin is kidnapped

• Fixed Liu Cai’s final ending memoir not displaying

• Fixed Demon Blood infinitely increasing maximum HP

• Fixed repeatedly clicking the Fox Demon to gain unlimited Demon Blood

Next Update Preview

• Romance option unlocked: Madam Niu

Optimizations

• Save files created before this update will receive a "Compensation Gift Box" at the ruins home

• Updated the appearance of the Mysterious Merchant

• Adjusted fish selling prices

• Time-limited quests now display a countdown

• Improved CG of the tavern owner's wine recipe

• Improved CG for the rice bowl ending of Liu Cai and her daughter

• Reduced the number of bamboo shoots required to buy the Golden Bear Statue

• Optimized the sorting logic for auto-pickup items

  (Items now stack with existing stacks of the same item first)

Fixes

• Liu Cai’s secret ending not appearing in the memory log

• Main character waking up after death still holding tools

• Cheerful form’s light not turning off during the day

• In fullscreen, item bar not adjusting when overlapping with the player character

• Paper-type items couldn’t be stacked

• Clicking "Chat" repeatedly on the NPC menu may cause the portrait to freeze in zoomed state

Optimizations

• Shortened trigger time for Fox Spirit healing quest (talk to her and don’t attack—event triggers the next day)

• Adjusted selling prices for certain fish

• Added description when checking on injured Xuezhu lying in bed

• If you kill the Fox Spirit and speak honestly to Xiaopai at Xuezhu’s grave, you’ll receive bonus items

• Added dismantling hint when approaching ruins structures

Fixes

• Fixed several crash issues

• Fixed issue preventing exit from Liucai’s room after midnight

• Fixed Xiaopai portrait disappearing when entering the exploded Guanding

• Fixed Fox Spirit's suspicious facial expression glitch

• Fixed fuel not returning when campfire is dismantled

• Fixed plants revived by Spring Water immediately withering

• Fixed minimap not showing cracks after triggering Snow Mountain Boss plot

• Fixed static noise when opening UI near animals

• Restored hand-held item animations after leaving Spring

• Fixed no light effect when building a campfire at night

New Features

• Xiaopai character

  (Appears after completing the Shibo storyline, Xuezhu’s death, and the rooftop explosion)

• Introductory CG scenes expanded

• Added Bamboo House scene in the bamboo forest

  (Appears after completing the Shibo storyline)

• Added post-explosion scene on the rooftop

  (Can be farmed after re-entering and restoring the area)

Optimizations

• Extended healing time after Xuezhu is injured by the fox spirit

• Copper coin amount now displays with rolling animation

• Sound effect updated for using liquid items

• Tutorial content moved to settings interface and now always accessible

• Xiayin’s note and pink hair items can now stack

• Cutting bamboo now has a chance to drop bamboo shoots

• Added water entry and exit sound effects during fishing

Fixes

• Player could move freely during minor cutscenes

• Liucai could walk off the map during the fishing contest

• After removing rocks in the ruins, farming plots were unusable

• Screen flickering during transitions between certain cutscenes

• Lighting was not darkened properly in the snowy mountain boundary area when raining

• Issue where the Luxurious Coin Pouch disappears when grilled over a fire

• Issue of missing items in the item compendium

Next Update Preview:

• Add: Main character will be bound to a "Golden Finger" system, incorporating talent-based cultivation elements (rich in content, update cycle expected to be long)

Optimized resource structure and reduced game package size to fix crashes caused by insufficient runtime memory

New Features

• Campfire barbecue function

• Iron sickle replaced with large sickle (increased harvest range per swing)

• Romance CG scenes added

• Coin pouch item (can store copper coins inside)

• Blackrock Town fortune teller sells "Rain Summoning Sachet" (can trigger rainy weather)

Optimizations

• Tips now appear on the loading screen

• Treasure chests placed in the scene can now be recycled

• Increased slot count for Elegant Chest and Premium Chest

• Removed back-holding animation after fainting

• Added new dialogue from Grandpa Niu after fainting

Fixes

• After Xiayin disappears, she continues to follow the player, and notes and hair still appear in the house

• Overlapping sound effects when picking up items

Next Update Preview:

• New Bamboo Forest Cave character: Xiaopai, expected in early July

New Features

• Fox spirit character (escapes to the desert oasis after battling Xuezhu)

• Death mechanic (when a character dies, their items will drop at the location; if not picked up before the next death, some items will disappear)

• Mysterious merchant added (appears randomly)

• Memoir system

Optimizations

• Adjusted ore respawn quantity (ensure a minimum number of high-grade ores)

• Iron pickaxes and axes are now sharper and more efficient, requiring fewer swings

• Clicking on house doors with the mouse will auto-enter

• Dropped items will disappear if not picked up within 3 in-game days

• Enemy attacks are paused when the game is paused

• When inventory is full, items can’t be auto-picked; they will be picked up once space is available

• Death results in waking up the next morning

• Map progress does not reset between runs

• Crafting progress does not reset between runs

Fixes

• Wheat, Mind-Control Worm, and Gem Crystal Bug in the encyclopedia

• Issue where the “Life or Death” scene with Xiayin auto-selects an option when choosing "try" or "don’t try"

• Some plants not respawning in certain scenes

• Qiantaishui (Thousand-Year Radish) cannot be consumed with double-click

• Tracking icon appears when Xiayin is present

• Some tools cannot be operated using the spacebar

• Volume settings reset after restarting the game

• Ruins' mining sites prevent planting

Next Update Preview:

• Next week’s update will include romance CG additions and a barbecue feature

Following Update Preview:

• A new character will be added to the Bamboo Forest Cave (time TBD)

Optimizations & Fixes

• Game freezes during mining
• Encyclopedia progress not carried over between playthroughs
• Farmland plots not displaying
• Wei Rong's quest cannot be completed
• If you don’t visit the doctor in the first two days of Wei Rong’s illness, talking to Liu Cai won't trigger the follow-up quest

Optimizations & Fixes

• Fixed issue where withered seedlings would revive as chili peppers
• Fixed items dropped in ruined houses appearing in rebuilt houses after repair
• Adjusted satiety values for food items
• Seasonings now available from market merchants

New Content

• Added Xiayin's heartbeat listening minigame
• Added Hunger/Overeating/Drowsiness attributes
• Added new NPC assistance quests for farming and fishing

Optimizations

• Value adjustments (reduced wild plant spawn rate, improved farming yields, shop price adjustments)
• Multiplaythrough encyclopedia inheritance
• Tree chopping/mining now continues until destruction
• "Millennium Ice" now spawns in snow mountains
• Walking won't alert deer (running still will)
• Added confirmation prompt before crate removal

Fixes

• Fixed item use freeze during fainting/death
• Fixed fishing minigame crashes
• Fixed character movement bug when Liu Cai triggers events while landlady is sick
• Fixed tree respawn issue in empty areas

Next Update Preview

• New Romanceable Character: Fox Spirit

Optimizations

• Improved quest item & crafting guidance
• Ruin stones can now be mined
• Adjusted tree density (for new saves)
• All merchants now have selling functionality
• Character affection requires completing related events first
• Small structure removal no longer causes black screen
• Added full-screen toggle shortcut in keybind settings
• Stackable item cap increased to 99
• Added fish information board at Fisherman's Hut

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Second Young Master's death glitch in secret base
• Resolved uncompletable quests: Yun Xuezhu's gift & Liu Cai's recovery
• Fixed preserved meat recipe malfunction
• Fixed WeiRong escort failure not triggering follow-up
• Corrected physician's Tai Sui quest completion criteria
• Fixed incorrect crop name display for hemp peppers
• Fixed Wilderness teleport interrupting Landlady's escort event
• Improved camera behavior when clicking Liu Cai during fishing contest
• Adjusted erroneous potato purchase pricing

Optimizations

• Improved plant spawning in scenes
• Good endings no longer force a New Game+ cycle

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where failing to heal Xue Zhu could cause the soul state to softlock
• Fixed the "Can't take it anymore" option still appearing after triggering the "Deep as the Sea" hot spring event with Xue Zhu
• Fixed a softlock when inspecting Xue Zhu's petrification
• Fixed Liu Cai staying in the room and not leaving
• Fixed killing Hai'er not triggering the follow-up event (Affected players will now see an additional "Complete Escort Quest" option from the WeiRong after updating)
• Fixed daily tasks not appearing and inability to increase affection after completing Xue Zhu's "Deep as the Sea" event
• Fishing hook and casting freeze issues
• Wilderness tombstones not respawning issue

Optimization

• Cloud Snow Bamboo initial purchase function unlocked
• Increase the number of uses for teleportation stones
• Increase fishing hit rate
• Increase NPC daily task favorability
• Increase rewards for completing NPC tasks
• NPC daily tasks continue to refresh after completion
• Add fishing gameplay diagram (appears upon first fishing)
• For crops, the scythe can only harvest mature ones; immature ones require a hoe
• Remove the task to hunt down the tree demon
• Show building names when hovering over them on the map
• You can teleport to the secret base on the map

Bug Fixes

• Fix overlapping click range between desert oasis chest and skeleton
• Fix the issue where keyboard movement can't be interrupted when controlling the character with the mouse

Optimizations

• When hovering the mouse over crops, the crops will display a golden outline
• Added guidance to the ruins of the old house

Fixes

• 4K and ultra-wide screen adaptation
• Clicking the max value button while crafting switches the recipe
• When an item is consumed in the backpack and then reacquired, it cannot be used
• Second playthrough cannot trigger the second-tier ring quest

The Early Access version of the game is live! Originally planned for release last autumn, it has been delayed until now due to unforeseen issues faced by the development team. Old players will likely know what happened. As a result, some originally planned content will no longer be available. This might be some of the content you were most looking forward to. We apologize if this disappoints you. The development team is now starting over from scratch, and we hope you continue to support us. We will do our best to improve the game and deliver a better experience. If you have any feedback or suggestions, feel free to share them in the comments or discussion group!

Here’s a rough overview of the content in the first Early Access version:

• Farming
• Crafting
• Building
• Collecting
• Fishing
• Mining
• Monster Hunting
• 4 Romanceable Characters