Cattle Country “Beneath and Beyond” update out now, patch notes

A big “Beneath and Beyond” update has just landed in Cattle Country, Playtonic Friends and Castle Pixel’s frontier life sim.

The update includes an expanded mining system, allowing players to delve deeper into the land they call home. Users can unearth rare minerals, uncover hidden mining objects like torches, ladders and dynamite, and maybe even stumble upon a few long-lost bandit treasures. There are also quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes.

Below is the full rundown:

Cattle Country Beneath and Beyond update patch notes

MINING RELATED

• NEW CONTENT – Repeatable Town Project – Fire In The Hole. Causes a reset of mine. Unlocks after Jeb’s third heart cutscene.
• NEW CONTENT – Drill added for faster digging. Unlocks at Mining Level 10. Player will receive a letter about it.
• NEW CONTENT – Scavenger Anvil added. Breaks down items to reclaim some components. Unlocks at Mining Level 6.
• NEW CONTENT – Players have a % chance to encounter Clickable Mine Objects in the mine with loot ranging from mine torches, ladders, platforms, elevators, dynamite to Ores, processed goods, crops, seeds, coins etc.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Mining helmet auto-equips in the mines and swaps back when leaving.

MISCELLANEOUS

• NEW CONTENT – Hay Dropper added. Auto-feeds hay for livestock. Unlocks at Farming Level 8.
• NEW CONTENT – Scratch Post added. Place in a barn or coop to keep animals happy (simulates player petting the animals). Unlocks at Farming Level 9.
• NEW CONTENT – Aquariums added to put your fish in. Small unlocked on Fishing Level 2. Medium unlocked on Fishing Level 5. Large unlocked on Fishing Level 8.
• NEW CONTENT – Play a tune to summon your horse. Unlocks once a player has built a stable and obtained your own horse.
• NEW CONTENT – Added walleye fish to lakes in spring/fall. It was previously uncatchable.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Added letters that inform the player of items they have already unlocked, from this update.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Town Hall shows previews of needed donation items.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Emily now sells seeds out of season. Player must unlock the greenhouse first.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Maggie sends you a letter if items block house upgrades.

 GENERAL FIXES AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS

• CRASH FIX – During Pattie 1 if player finished dialogue while throwing plate on the table the game would require a restart.
• CRASH FIX – The game would crash if you used the mine whistle while climbing a ladder.
• CRASH FIX – Checking the map while Wild Will was inside a building would crash the game, e.g. Pattie 3.
• BUG FIX / NEW CONTENT – Put egg or turkey egg into crock pot to make mayonnaise.
• BUG FIX / NEW CONTENT – Add corn to the mill to make cornmeal.
• BUG FIX / NEW CONTENT – Add beets to the mill to make sugar.
• BUG FIX – Could not complete the boxcar race after year 1.
• BUG FIX – Yams took 8 days instead of 11 days like they said they should, switched to 11 days.
• BUG FIX – Jim 3 cutscene in saloon had duplicate animations / objects.
• BUG FIX – Post office should have been open on Saturdays.
• BUG FIX – Mayor Archibald now says the correct name of your animal at the end of the livestock fair, if you win.
• BUG FIX – Sometimes the Secret Santa would mess up the people and not work.
• BUG FIX – If you gave your Secret Santa a gift before the winter feast, you could not give them a gift during the festival.
• BUG FIX – Player horse colour changing during cutscenes.
• BUG FIX – Ho ho ho, if you quit Winter Feast early, Jim would stay in his Santa costume.
• BUG FIX – Winter graphic overlays didn’t delete when you removed a piece of equipment in the winter.
• BUG FIX – Crafting buff did nothing, now gives you a 10% chance of making 2 items for the cost of 1.
• BUG FIX – Fixed the Winter Feast donation box on controller.
• BUG FIX – Fixed still wearing clothing while riding the horse naked.
• BUG FIX – Added potassium nitrate to the mines. It was previously very difficult to get.
• BUG FIX – Fixed the general store sale items discount transferring to the buy tab.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – You get a letter the day of the Winter Feast informing you of who your Secret Santa is.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Expanded the capacity of the level 3 and 4 water cans.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Empty water barrels sold at general store during the spring.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Mill take 1 in-game hour to make flour/sugar/cornmeal.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Added default recipe for grilled animal meat.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Shipping box and chest graphics show open frame when hovering over them with your mouse
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Bank pays out your earned interest into your account on the 1st of every month.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – All seeds available at the general store restock on Mondays after player has built a greenhouse.

Update Trailer

Cattle Country is now available. Check out more Nintendo Switch coverage here.