Spry Fox Making Happiness

Hello wanderers!

We hope you all had a lovely holiday season and a happy new year.

Just because the holidays are over shouldn’t mean we stop giving each other gifts, though..

We’re jumping right into 2026 with the 14.6 update for Spirit Crossing!

14.6 Patch Notes

• The Gift of Giving 🎁: You can now gift presents to the villagers!
  • Visit Marj to obtain Sugar and Salt in her Gifting Shop everyday
  • Use them as ingredients to craft gifts for villagers – you’ll notice each villager has a favorite gift you can give them 💕
  • You can gift no more than one gift to a villager per day
  • Gift crafting recipes will be automatically added to nearby crafting spots
• Sprite’d away: Sprites were renamed and are now called Blots!
  • We changed the name to make it easier to differentiate Sprites from Spirits, which was causing some initial confusion for new players. 
  • Sprite Charms were also renamed to Blot Bells!
  • We added new rarities and new movement types to make catching Blots more dynamic! Keep an eye out and don’t miss the catch on some Mystery Blots, Bouncing Blots and Roaming Blots!
  • Oh lawd he comin: there was a complete revamp of the Giant Blot Den, which is now back in-game! Legendary giant blots will spawn around the wilderness and move every 15 minutes. Get the band together to catch them!
  • Blots now have an Angst rating which affects how much ink they give and ranks them in Blot catching tournaments.
  • Did anyone say tournament? (Us, we said it). For those looking for some healthy competition, there are two brand new Blot catching tournaments!
• And speaking of tournaments… We didn’t forget about you fishing fans! 🎣
  Feel like Lunkers are just NOT biting today?
  
  Good news: catch the smallest fish to win the Smallest Fish Tournament!

Waystation and Village Improvements 🏘️ 

• Village Center Redesign 🛠️
  • The Village Center received a makeover! See if you can spot the differences and let us know what you think!
• Waystation Changes
  • Waystation Overview added
  • Storm Damage was added as a filter on the Map so you can quickly check what needs fixing!
  • Beacon Keys also got a makeover! They are now called Beacon Sparks and they received brand new art and icons to match ✨ 
• Comments on signs and bulletin boards are now hidden until they are liked by at least 1 friend

Quests Changes & Improvements 📜

• Maya Friendship Progression – we increased the XP needed to level up with Maya past lvl 1
  • If you were already at a higher level with Maya, don’t worry: your Friendship Level with her should stay the same, but it might take longer to level up with her again as you’ll need to make  up the difference to reach the next level.
• New Decor Score Quests! 
  • It’s your time to show off your decor skills! On the 15th of every month, Roomie will offer you a new quest to change things around and improve your decor score in your home🪴
• New Storm-Plagued Lanterns & Quests!
  • Storm-Plagued Lanterns will now show up in the Wilderness. Contribute Beacon Sparks to them to earn rewards! Talk to Eudora to learn more about them 👀
• Quest Changes: if a quest changes significantly between versions, players with that quest in progress will get reset to the beginning of the quest

ART & UI Changes 🎨

• Added a new “Beacon Energy earned” animation
• Added brand new dialog animations for Villagers!
• Zoom was added to character screens
• New Mushroom Art and Types

QoL Improvements 🌱

• Camera Mode updates:
  • We made some improvements to the Camera, including a new interface and an introductory quest!
• Made turning faster while gliding
• Build Mode and Dye Stations now mark which dyes are available to craft
• We have lowered the default proposal contribution amounts to 3 for resources and 100 for coins
• Improvements to Speedy Spirit Delivery event 
• We have added local notifications
• Settings improvements
  • We have added a settings toggle to turn off auto-climb
  • More options for gameplay volume control are now available in User Settings. Advanced Sound Settings now has a control for “Gameplay” that controls all of the bonus signals, activity timers and alerts related to gameplay activities such as harvesting, activities and quest interactions.
• Added QR code option for inviting friends
• Crafting Workbench Signs are now available in the Gizmo crafting workbench
• Updates to Luna’s Shop: Lunar Clothing is now also craftable

Bug Fixes 🐛

• We fixed a bug where Mordant Bases were not showing an icon in Paint Mode
• We fixed a bug where Mordant Bases were not being refunded using Undo in Paint Mode
• We also fixed a bug where players could build in the Festival Area of the Waystation – items that were placed there have been moved to Waystation Storage
• We fixed an issue with that caused the blocked player to see the player who blocked them as if they were still friends
• Blocked players will no longer see chat messages and chat expressions from the players they have blocked

As always, thank you all for helping us test and improve the game! Let us know what you think in the #general-feedback channel, and please report any bugs you may find in #bug-reports.

14.6 Known Issues

Please keep in mind that this is still an Alpha, so many icons, quest objectives, animations, and other art may be temporary or placeholder.

• There are some visibility issues with the progress widget on Executive Overlord

As always, thanks so much for supporting this project of ours! We’re so glad we get to keep working on it for you, and your feedback means the world to us.

You can play now in open Alpha on mobile via Google Play (Android) and Testflight (iOs),
OR you can wishlist Spirit Crossing on Steam!

See you in the Crosslands,
Spry Fox