While the Iron’s Hot update out now, patch notes

While the Iron’s Hot has been given a new update on Switch.

Two patches were previously released on PC, and these have been bundled together for Nintendo’s console. There are some additions, improvements, and fixes related to crafting, exploration, quests, and more.

Here’s the full rundown:

While the Iron’s Hot update patch notes

Hotfix 1

Crafting & Items

• Corrected the stacking mechanic of the Assembly station to better handle large stacks going over the max quantity.
• Corrected the anvil minigame behavior to properly remove blocks of metal that are not connected to the outlined target shape
• Added the possibility to craft the mechanical heart and reduced its price
• Improved the visuals of the Figurehead items

Exploration & Environment

• Added wood logs and iron ores to a chest of the Sorrow Valley to help people stuck in the maze without an axe
• Added the ability to switch directions while climbing a ladder
• Corrected an issue where leaping into a cutscene would sometimes cause the player to slide in the direction of the jump throughout the cutscene
• Corrected the walls of the Lighthouse to avoid the player and the tiny box clipping through them
• Corrected an issue where the lighthouse’s steam effect would be reactivated but remain invisible when removing the valve wheel to complete the second puzzle
• Corrected an issue where giving the Sneaky Note to Sneaky Jeff would later cause the big bat not to attack the player.
• Corrected the boxes clipping through certain raised ground and not being reset when exiting and re-entering the scene
• Corrected an issue where the player could clip through the hole in the bottom floor of the creepy mansion.
• Added a way for the cactuses of the Sorrow Valley’s Maze to regrow.
• Corrected an issue where waking up in the player village would cause the camp to not be reset
• Corrected an issue where camping after the swamp and passing out would return you to the home village without resetting your camp
• Corrected an issue where the camp would disappear when setting it up right in front of the elevator to the snowy area (marked by an arrow)
• Corrected an issue where the Broken Cryptex under the rock pile would not re-appear if left on the ground after destroying the rocks covering it and re-entering the area.

Upgrades & Quests

• Modified the condition to unlock the third level of the mage tower to not create potential blockers with the potions.
• Corrected an issue that prevented Krush (the shipwright missing an arm) from offering his quest.
• Corrected an issue where leaving the wrong item in the Ruined Tower altar would cause the altar to not open when re-entering a scene
• Corrected an issue where repairing the Alembic too early would block the player from progressing the quest

UI, Settings & Localization

• Corrected an issue where button prompts wouldn’t be properly updated when remapping controls with certain controllers
• Corrected the characters’ names displayed in English in the codex and dialogues when playing in Japanese.

Hotfix 2

Crafting & Items

• Corrected an issue where the auto-fill of the pin button would sometimes cause the inventory to be seen as full.
• Corrected an issue with item selection in the grindstone station UI.

Exploration & Environment

• Corrected an issue where the Community Service job would not award you any renown
• Corrected an issue prohibiting the orders delivered through the Sneaky Postal Service from counting towards the achievement tied to the number of orders completed
• Corrected an issue that would prevent Coral from returning to her spot in the maze and giving the player a lift home.
• Removed the bush causing players to forever be stuck in the Sorrow Valley maze.
• Lessened the amount of energy drained by moving in the swamp without the cart.
• Allowed village merchants to buy more items from the player.
• Additionally, certain merchants (currently the hunter, alchemist and shipwrights merchant) will now let you buy quest items in case you were impacted by save issues

Upgrades & Quests

• Corrected an issue preventing the quest “Stop the Drought!” from being triggered
• Corrected an issue preventing the quest “Thumbs-up!” from being triggered
• Corrected issues impacting the completion of the “Entry not Granted” quest.
• For players stuck with the quest prompting them to go talk to Zosimus, the Alchemist merchant will allow you to buy the scroll you’re missing to progress the quest.
• For players stuck with a locked cryptex despite the altar being solved, return to the altar at night to deposit your codex and get the scroll for free
• Corrected an issue causing certain player’s renown to reset to level 1 after reaching max level.
• Corrected an issue where the “Final Stretch” quest would sometimes be triggered too early or too late, blocking some players from fully upgrading the Mage Tower
• For players impacted by this issue, visit Malima – the Snowy miner’s village – to set the quest state to what it should be.
• Corrected an issue where the skills impacting the purchase price of merchant would not be taken into account.

Misc

• Polished certain UI and action sound effects

Known Issues:

• When crafting 2 or more non-stackable items with only 1 slot available, the inventory is not properly seen as full causing the minigame to progress and the player to lose the resources for all but one of the items crafted.
• Items equipped on adventurers is not being properly saved when closing the game.

Nintendo Switch

• Corrected an issue when remapping controls in the settings
• Corrected an issue causing the game to crash at the end of the credits

The new update for While the Iron’s Hot is now available on Switch.

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