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Q&A 174 - February 2nd, 2026
3729 Posts	Link to post - Posted January 5th at 4:19 PM Nickshire (CNE Dev) Greetings Bush Whackers! The next developer forum Q&A begins Monday February 2nd at 1:00 - 1:30 PM Pacific time. Feel free to post your questions in advance if you're unable to attend, and I'll try to answer all the questions during the live session.
89 Posts	Link to post - Posted January 7th at 12:30 PM Nimblecraft Thank you Nick for responding to our comments and questions! I do hope you guys will make events longer this year. One for the festivities, and two for a little more time to complete quests that give us consumables. "Fair point that there may be less people on Amicus to help boost fishing, so giving it a general increase isn't a bad idea. Turning that change into a community quest is a fun idea as well! I've noted this down to consider." \(^o^)/ Yay! Community quests are always fun. It's wonderful to see Bushwhackers cooperating and working towards a common goal. "Congrats on the past event item reward in the Flungeon! It would be a ranch or costume item from any of the event prior items stores, which do typically cost Bush Bucks. Some of these might not show properly as they pop out of the chest, like Capes, which may only have an image on a certain facing of the item. If you think you have all the event items and that this reward actually would have given you nothing, let me know. I can double check some things." Yes please! Double check if I got anything or not. When I opened the chest, nothing popped out but the reward paths loaded like normal. Please consider rewarding us with Bush Bucks or Flux Dust if we obtained all event items/equips. Also still having the same "slots counting as friend helps". Hope you guys can look into that soon. Thanks for reading!
86 Posts	Link to post - Posted January 20th at 10:53 PM mlmcc52 During events we can buy past items for bush bucks. How about being able to use gold or event tokens at an increased rate. For example items for the birthday event cost 25 tokens. How about past items for 50 tokens.
225 Posts	Link to post - Posted January 21st at 5:40 AM irishpat04 The crop helps are still not working as before. Nimblecraft is right that the slots counting as friend helps is part of the problem. I used to be able to help 5 friends with 5 helps-if I use the Angel, displany stand, and slots, I can only do maybe 23 helps. It is better than it was but still not back to what we had before. Thanks, Nick
89 Posts	Link to post - Posted January 21st at 12:40 PM Nimblecraft @irishpat04 I've had to reverse how I help with crops. I take care of you guys first then I claim slots, gem/mana.power/energy pedestal (the pedestals still work fortunately). Sometimes I forget to claim them after using up my Helps lol Nick says he's working on it but "our patience is much appreciated". I second mlmcc52's suggestion! Please consider to option of allowing us to buy past items for tokens at an increased price.
27 Posts	Link to post - Posted January 21st at 10:37 PM Zingman Nick any chance the Farmer's daily quest in the Dredge Mines "Farmers Favorite Fertilizer" could reward fertilizer like Farmer Fred's "Infected Fertilizer" quest in Sanctuary Village? I haven't been able to go back Sanctuary Village in a long time and would love to replenish my fertilizer stock.
86 Posts	Link to post - Posted January 21st at 11:23 PM mlmcc52 How about adding the ability to use power in increments rather than just all. Say increments of 5
803 Posts	Link to post - Posted February 1st at 2:18 PM Russel Denton 1- Friend whacks - can we have it that we can use them in 5 lot increments please, it's tedious doing it one at a time 2- i suggested last year sometime or year before that some new plants to put on our ranch, here they are again: - Banksia species - Banksia spinulosa, Banksia ericfolia or Banksia robur - Grass tree - Xanthorrhoea johnsonii - Wattles - acacia fimbriata (Brisbane's state floral emblem), there is other species too, that one just looks nice - Warratah = New South Wales floral emblem, another pretty flower 3- i think you misundertood one of my suggestions: i will clarify it more, when we run out of luck spheres, we could use gems in place of luck spheres perhaps
3729 Posts	Link to post - Posted February 2nd at 2:23 PM Nickshire (CNE Dev) Hello, Bush Whackers! Let the Q&A begin! I'll be checking this forum thread regularly for questions throughout the next half-hour.
3729 Posts	Link to post - Posted February 2nd at 2:27 PM Nickshire (CNE Dev) Nimblecraft wrote: Thank you Nick for responding to our comments and questions! I do hope you guys will make events longer this year. One for the festivities, and two for a little more time to complete quests that give us consumables. "Fair point that there may be less people on Amicus to help boost fishing, so giving it a general increase isn't a bad idea. Turning that change into a community quest is a fun idea as well! I've noted this down to consider." \(^o^)/ Yay! Community quests are always fun. It's wonderful to see Bushwhackers cooperating and working towards a common goal. "Congrats on the past event item reward in the Flungeon! It would be a ranch or costume item from any of the event prior items stores, which do typically cost Bush Bucks. Some of these might not show properly as they pop out of the chest, like Capes, which may only have an image on a certain facing of the item. If you think you have all the event items and that this reward actually would have given you nothing, let me know. I can double check some things." Yes please! Double check if I got anything or not. When I opened the chest, nothing popped out but the reward paths loaded like normal. Please consider rewarding us with Bush Bucks or Flux Dust if we obtained all event items/equips. Also still having the same "slots counting as friend helps". Hope you guys can look into that soon. Thanks for reading! Thanks for following up, Nimblecraft! These are on my list to look into still. Your patience is appreciated in the meantime!
3729 Posts	Link to post - Posted February 2nd at 2:29 PM Nickshire (CNE Dev) mlmcc52 wrote: During events we can buy past items for bush bucks. How about being able to use gold or event tokens at an increased rate. For example items for the birthday event cost 25 tokens. How about past items for 50 tokens. I totally get the appeal of being able to get these past items for event tokens. The intention with them costing Bush Bucks is to really drive the reward of having gotten the items during the year they were in the main event store. That being said, I'll review this decision and consider your feedback.
3729 Posts	Link to post - Posted February 2nd at 2:32 PM Nickshire (CNE Dev) irishpat04 wrote: The crop helps are still not working as before. Nimblecraft is right that the slots counting as friend helps is part of the problem. I used to be able to help 5 friends with 5 helps-if I use the Angel, displany stand, and slots, I can only do maybe 23 helps. It is better than it was but still not back to what we had before. Thanks, Nick We're aware of this issue. As far as I know, we haven't made any changes in the past year that would affect how ranch helps operate, but sometimes there are unexpected interactions when changes are made to seemingly unrelated systems. I'm hoping to look into it during this upcoming Quality of Life sprint. I appreciate the extra details!
3729 Posts	Link to post - Posted February 2nd at 2:34 PM Nickshire (CNE Dev) Nimblecraft wrote: @irishpat04 I've had to reverse how I help with crops. I take care of you guys first then I claim slots, gem/mana.power/energy pedestal (the pedestals still work fortunately). Sometimes I forget to claim them after using up my Helps lol Nick says he's working on it but "our patience is much appreciated". I second mlmcc52's suggestion! Please consider to option of allowing us to buy past items for tokens at an increased price. Thanks for following up on these two comments. Noted!
3729 Posts	Link to post - Posted February 2nd at 2:37 PM Nickshire (CNE Dev) Zingman wrote: Nick any chance the Farmer's daily quest in the Dredge Mines "Farmers Favorite Fertilizer" could reward fertilizer like Farmer Fred's "Infected Fertilizer" quest in Sanctuary Village? I haven't been able to go back Sanctuary Village in a long time and would love to replenish my fertilizer stock. Earning Fertilizer via the Sanctuary quest is handy! Currently we do like each hub having something unique to offer for continuing to do quests there, and Fertilizer is Sanctuary's. I understand that revisiting an earlier hub while working on completing a newer one can feel disruptive to that goal though, so I'll reconsider this intention.
3729 Posts	Link to post - Posted February 2nd at 2:43 PM Nickshire (CNE Dev) mlmcc52 wrote: How about adding the ability to use power in increments rather than just all. Say increments of 5 This has been suggested before, and I totally see the appeal in instances where you're worried of wasting Power on winning something close to its max, like Mana. The tricky thing with this one is deciding how a player would choose what increment for their Power Whack. If the game supported right-click, my default would be to right-click the Power Whack button to show a sub-menu with different thresholds, like 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%. We also don't want this option to add any more clicks to toggling your Power Whack on and off. So we're a bit stuck at adding a new button to the UI somewhere. Also, implementing this change to Power Whack would be a decent development undertaking, as it touches such an fundamental system of the game. This is why we've avoided this change so far. It's not perfect, but currently the player can instead choose their Max Power bonuses to fit what threshold of Power Whack they want to use.
89 Posts	Link to post - Posted February 2nd at 2:47 PM Nimblecraft Thanks for answering our questions Nick! About the past event item rewards from the Flungeon could you please double check for me what I should have got if anything? When I opened the chest the animation played but nothing popped out and the paths loaded like normal. Again, if you could consider giving us Flux Dust or even Bush Bucks as a reward once we've gotten all past event items that would be wonderful!
3729 Posts	Link to post - Posted February 2nd at 2:54 PM Nickshire (CNE Dev) Russel Denton wrote: 1- Friend whacks - can we have it that we can use them in 5 lot increments please, it's tedious doing it one at a time 2- i suggested last year sometime or year before that some new plants to put on our ranch, here they are again: - Banksia species - Banksia spinulosa, Banksia ericfolia or Banksia robur - Grass tree - Xanthorrhoea johnsonii - Wattles - acacia fimbriata (Brisbane's state floral emblem), there is other species too, that one just looks nice - Warratah = New South Wales floral emblem, another pretty flower 3- i think you misundertood one of my suggestions: i will clarify it more, when we run out of luck spheres, we could use gems in place of luck spheres perhaps 1) I agree that playing through all 100 Friend Whacks can be a bit more timeconsuming than playing through 100 Quick Whacks or Mana Whacks. I typically only do 20 or so a day to make it more bite-sized. This has a similar problem to the above Power Whack thresholds regarding where it will go in the UI. Maybe there could be a neat "click-and-hold" kind of interface for it. Regardless, I've noted it down to consider! 2) Thanks for the plant suggestions! I've made sure they're on our list if they weren't already (I saw all but the Warratah on there). 3) Sorry for the misunderstanding. I've noted/clarified your suggestion on our list.
3729 Posts	Link to post - Posted February 2nd at 2:59 PM Nickshire (CNE Dev) Nimblecraft wrote: Thanks for answering our questions Nick! About the past event item rewards from the Flungeon could you please double check for me what I should have got if anything? When I opened the chest the animation played but nothing popped out and the paths loaded like normal. Again, if you could consider giving us Flux Dust or even Bush Bucks as a reward once we've gotten all past event items that would be wonderful! Unfortunately it's too far past the occurrence to check your history data regarding this. Apologies. If it happens again, please submit a support ticket and I can check again in a more timely manner. I've just checked the code regarding that particular kind of Flungeon reward, and it will only show if you have an un-owned costume or ranch item available in any of the event prior items stores. So if you were able to choose that reward path, you will have gotten something. So I'd guess you got a cape! Apologies for the confusion.
3729 Posts	Link to post - Posted February 2nd at 3:00 PM Nickshire (CNE Dev) Okay folks, this is all I have time for, thus concluding this month's forum Q&A! Thank you for the questions, feedback, and discussion! I hope those reading this afterwards find it informative. I'll catch you in this week's Bush Whacker Weekly livestream on Twitch! Happy whacking!
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