🐄 HUGE UPDATE: Animal Care, Quests, + More!
A massive Animal Care update is here with new species, offspring incubation, and big updates to drops, crafting, and quests.
🐾 Welcome to Animal Care!
Animal Care just got a major upgrade featuring revamped animals, brand-new species, and a whole new Offspring and Incubation system! This update turns animals into a full loop you can actively engage with, from adding animals to your farm or finding a farm with animals, to feeding, hatching, and raising an Offspring.
🐄 Getting Started: Legacy Animals
Start by finding yourself a Legacy Animal! Legacy Animals include the ones that existed in the game before this update, along with some new ones. They are permanent - they won’t run away!
If you’re lucky, you can get your hands on one right now at the Seaside Stash Store, though quantities are very limited. More releases are planned in the future!
Legacy Animals are important! They now sit at the start of the new Animal Care flow. More on that below ⬇️
All legacy animals will have a maximum supply of 300 in Pixels, with a few exceptions:
Apiaries are capped at 100
Sluggeries are craftable
Coops respect the NFT trait
Existing Animals: Cow, Turkey, Sheep, Slug, Chicken, and Bee!
New Animal Types: Pig, Goat, Duck, and Dragon!
🧺 Next! Time to Feed and Gather
Once you find a Legacy Animal, the first step is easy: feed them!
It’s simple:
Hover over the Animal to find out what to feed it. There are two versions of Animal food:
Normal food: craft the animal-specific food at the newly rebranded Recycler (formerly the Composter) in Terra Villa Central.
Sheep and Pigs require Choco Sauce. You can craft a Bottle via Cooking and then find a Chocolate Fountain to fill it!
Chocolate Fountains can only be used once every 12 hours. You’ll need to find one that hasn’t been recently used.
Feed the Animal, then wait for the drop! You’ll need to pick up a Gathering Satchel from the Pet Store to collect the resources. The first one costs coins, with subsequent satchels costing Buoy Bucks.
If you’re lucky, they’ll drop an Offspring 👀 More on that next ⬇️
The Public Animals do not drop Offspring! Only Adult/Legacy Animals on Lands!
🐣 Offspring & Incubation: Hatch a Baby Animal!
Got an Offspring? Let’s get started!
Swing by the Pet Store and pick up an Incubator. Place it on your land, then pop the Offspring inside.
You’ll also need to craft 5 Incuvite Potions to begin the hatching process, which you can do right in the Pet Store.
Incuvite Potions progress through four tiers: Basic → Prism → Aurora → Beast. The type and strength of potion you craft will influence what kind of companion shows up in that incubator!
Once hatched, feed your Baby Animal to get resources. Baby Animals can differ in lifespan and drop quality, and they will eventually reach maturity and move on to their forever homes.
Note: Baby animals can be placed on NFT Lands or Specks, with NFT Lands offering higher placement limits. ALL animals are single-use.
🧪 Potion Table Updates
The Potion Table has been updated to support new crafting:
New Incuvite Potions: Start your craft with Salt
Pet Potions: Start your craft with a Pet Treat (note: old recipes have updated)
⚒️ New Industry! Alchemic Forge
Alchemic Forge introduces a brand new table used to create high-tier tools and specialized potions for various industries.
This industry is an optional side-hustle for upgraded tools and speed/yield potions.
There are 4 tiers, craftable at Metalworking stations!
What can you craft at the Alchemic Forge?
Speed and Yield Potions
Upgraded Pickaxe: Reduces the timer on Mines by 20%
Upgraded Axe: Reduced Hits needed on Trees
Upgraded Shears: Cuts multiple crops at a time
Upgraded Fishing Rod: 10% chance to double harvest
Brand-New Quests, Recipes, + More
🗺️ New Quests!
New Quest: A Wild Approach (Beginners, Animal Care Level under 5, talk to Coop)
New Quest: Offspring Incubation (Intermediate, Animal Care Level 15+, talk to Coop)
Updated Quests: Patience Meets Pancakes and Textilemaking 1st Time have been adjusted
📜 New Recipes & Economy
With new drops comes a massive expansion of the crafting system:
155 New Recipes spanning multiple industries (with more on the way 👀)
94 Updated Recipes adjusted to include this update
📈 NFT Land Benefits Update
Production Surplus: Increased to 30-45% (was 8-12%)
Crafting Surplus: Now 2-3% (was 8-12%)
Discoverability Boosts: Increased to 3-18% (was 1-6%)
Surplus is not given when the user using the industry owns the land
⚙ Other Changes
Tiki Overhaul: Current Coop, Slug, and Apiary Tikis are now ineffective
Owners must remove their current Tikis to get the updated Animal Care Tiki, which works for all animal types
Land Limits: Adjusted to ensure proper care balance for Adult animals and Offspring
Coops don’t affect land limits
Deprecation: The current Wood Beam recipe/item is being replaced
Store Changes: LO Flowers have been removed from the Buoy Bucks Store
Taskboard: Some items have been updated, while others remain legacy for a few weeks to allow players to transition to the new system
Neon Zone: Milestone rewards are being permanently sunset, they will be replaced with Stacked Tasks & Offers
Players can sell back any hens, slugs, or bees at the Pet Store for around 75% back until January 31st. Make sure to sell any while you still have the chance!
Fishing energy has been rebalanced (0.4 per click to 0.8 per click)
Woodworking chests updated. Reduced size of normal chests, but there are now upgraded chests in each tier that gives more space.
💖 NEW VIP BENEFIT!
That’s right - VIPs can now access the taskboard straight from the HUD! No more long back-and-forths to your house - open up the taskboard wherever you are.
Accessing the taskboard from the HUD costs energy per task submitted:
T1: 5 Energy
T2: 3 Energy
T3: 2 Energy
T4: 1 Energy
Want to learn about more VIP benefits? Check out this article!
How to craft a potion for incubation? What are the ingredients?
eh... why no implement all the new items a week or 2 after the update of the animals? all is blocked, merchants ship even taskboard