New creatures: weather and seasons

Twenty new creatures have arrived, and each one only shows up in its own weather or season. Each has a Radiant coat, an evolution and a special move of its own, and the Creaturepedia tells you when to look.

Weather creatures

• Rain: Drizzlet, a little frog under a leaf umbrella, and Iridsnail with its rainbow shell (daytime only)
• Storms: Thundercub in the meadows, and Galegull over the water
• Fog: Mistmoth
• Cloudy days: Breezeling
• Desert: Whirlkit in a dust haze, Duneshark in a sandstorm, Shimmerfly in a heat shimmer
• The north: Squallhare in blizzards, Driftling in frost fog
• Ashlands: Emberwhirl in ember storms
• The Blight: Gravemist, which rises with the grave mist

When the weather clears, its creatures drift away with it, so catch them while you can!

Seasonal creatures

• Spring: Bloomlamb and Puffseed
• Summer: Lumibug glowing on summer nights, and Cicadin singing in the trees
• Autumn: Mapleaf and Gourdmouse
• Winter: Hollyhog

🛡️ Team of three

• Pick up to two team-mates in the Creatures window (P).
• If your companion faints in battle, the next team-mate jumps in and carries on the fight. The wild creature doesn't get a breather in between.
• Your team sits at the top of the window, with everyone's health shown.
• Creatures resting in your den now heal over time and recover from fainting.

📋 Sorting your creatures

• Sort your den by Newest, Level, Element, Name or Stats.
• Star your favorites. They stay at the top, can be shown on their own, and can't be released by accident.
• The buttons for each creature now sit right under its name.

⚔️ Fairer boss fights

• Dungeon bosses no longer flatten a same-level companion in two hits. Their fights are now long and tough, but you can win them.
• Your companion card now shows when its special move is ready: the bar turns gold and the Q key lights up.

🔨 Tools wear out

• Pickaxes, axes, hoes, the Builder's Hammer and fishing rods now have durability. Watering cans don't.
• A small bar under each tool goes from green to yellow to red as it wears down. When it runs out, the tool breaks.
• Better tools last much longer.

🏃 Other changes

• You can always outrun creatures that chase you. They run a little slower than you do.
• Big creatures and legendaries can now be clicked anywhere on their body, not only at their feet.
• Windows open smoothly without flickering.
• All in-game text has been tidied up and is clearer to read.
• The riding saddle is put away for now, but saddlebags still work. Saddles you already have keep working.