Cattle Country (Switch): all the updates (latest: Family Life / Next: Bandits & Bounties)

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Cattle Country – Ver. ??? (Bandits & Bounties)

• Release date: TBA
• Patch notes:

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WANTED: BOUNTY HUNTERS

There’s a new way to earn your keep around these parts.

Keep an eye out for Wanted Posters at the Sheriff’s building. Pick up a bounty and head out into the wilderness to track down the wanted bandit. Find your target, take them down and head back to Sheriff Tom to claim your reward.

But you’d best keep your wits about you out there. Bandit camps can now appear as you explore the overworld, giving you the chance to clean up the West and maybe even claim some plunder for your trouble.

And it seems trouble isn’t staying outside of town… 

STICK ‘EM UP! STORE ROBBERIES 

Bandits have their eyes on the businesses of Cattle Country, and they’re not exactly planning on paying.

Random robberies and shootouts can now break out at the General Store, Butcher, Carpenter and Bank. If you’re around when trouble comes knocking, you might find yourself caught right in the middle of the action.

Together with bounty hunting and bandit camps, these encounters bring a little more danger and a lot more unpredictable outlaw action to everyday life in Cattle Country.

TOOL UP, PARTNER

A good frontiersperson is only as prepared as their pack, so we’ve got some new equipment to make life out West a little easier.

The new Toolbelt lets you craft wherever you are, without having to head back to your crafting table. Pick one up from the store, and you’ll be ready to craft while you’re out roaming the frontier.

And for those whose pack is always overflowing with crops, rocks and who-knows-what-else, the new Extra Large Bag expands your inventory to four rows, giving you even more room for everything you collect along the way.

NEW WAYS TO CRAFT

Back at the homestead, there are three new pieces of equipment to put to work.

The Animal Trap provides another way to gather useful animal resources, while the Rock Tumbler can break down rocks into useful materials, with a chance of uncovering rare gems in the process.

Fashion-minded frontiersfolk can also get their hands on the new Tailoring Table, allowing you to make clothes and hats yourself and really look your sharpest.

Which is mighty handy, because…

DRESS TO IMPRESS

We’re adding new outfits, hats and head accessories, giving you even more ways to make your character your own.

We’ve also heard from the redheads out there. Red hair is joining the character customisation options.

After all, nobody said catching bandits meant you couldn’t look darn good doing it.

GONE FISHIN’

Had enough shootouts for one week? It might be time to hang up your irons and grab your fishing rod.

Head down to the docks on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and you’ll be able to catch a boat to a special fishing spot where you can reel in fish from every season.

We’ve also made fishing a little more forgiving when you have an active fishing buff, making those bonuses feel more meaningful when you’re trying to reel in a catch.

AND THERE’S MORE…

Not everything happening around these parts involves bandits and bullets.

Alongside all of the new content, the update includes a whole heap of smaller improvements and additions across Cattle Country. There’s a ton of under-the-hood stuff too, but here are a few of our favourites:

• We’ve expanded the pool of NPC dialogue to bring more variety to conversations.
• Inventory counts now display beyond 9,999, giving you a more accurate view of just how much you’ve been hoarding.
• And, perhaps most importantly, birds sitting in trees now sway with the branches in the wind.

Life in Cattle Country is getting bigger, busier and just a little more dangerous.

We’ll see you out on the frontier, partner.

BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

We’ve also been busy squashing a few bugs around the frontier. Here’s a quick look at some of the fixes included in the Bandits & Bounties Update, with more details to come:

• Fixed several controller issues when cooking and crafting, including incorrect ingredient costs, missing ingredient indicators and problems locking or unlocking chests for crafting.
• Fixed an issue where your skin colour could display incorrectly when switching between creating a new game and loading an existing save.
• Fixed a crash when playing in French during Dr. Andrew’s ninth heart scene.
• Fixed an issue where butchering too many animals at once could prevent animal resources from being collected the following day.
• Fixed an issue where NPC cutscene invitation mail could be sent during winter when the associated scene wasn’t available.
• Fixed an issue where placing a Shed, Coop or Barn upgrade could incorrectly remove multiple upgrades from your inventory.
• Plus plenty more fixes and improvements across Cattle Country.

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• Additional notes: none
• Source: Playtonic (Bluesky)

Cattle Country – Ver. ??? (Family Life)

• Release date: November 10th/11th 2025
• Patch notes:

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FAMILY-RELATED

• NEW CONTENT – Marriage & Kids: Have a baby. Both spouse and child have fun, unique behaviors.
• Marrying Tom or Maggie automatically moves Sam or Grace into your home.
• Family Interactions: 
  • Speak with your spouse or child to:
    • “Pick Crops!”
      • NPC will pick crops until evening
    • “Help Me Out!”
      • NPCs will fill up to 20 items per day with random items
      • Empty equipment that is complete when they enter a map
    • “Relax”
      • Wander the farm and occasionally go fishing
• When the player leaves the farm the spouse / child will continue to work on the farm while the player is away doing whatever action the player instructed them to do prior to leaving,
• Your spouse makes breakfast every morning, dinner every night, and turns on fireplaces.,
• They can fish, wander, and hang out around the farm.

HALLOWEEN-SPECIFIC

• NEW CONTENT – New Crypt Maze with a reward at the end (combat optional)
• NEW CONTENT – Pumpkin Carving
• NEW CONTENT – Tarot Reading
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – New decorations
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – New cosmetics
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Communal Cauldron (soup)

GENERAL UPDATES

• NEW CONTENT – Starting Farm Layouts: Islands, Hills, River, Mountains
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Sit Anywhere: Players can now sit on chairs and couches.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Smarter Crafting and Cooking: Craft and cook directly from nearby chests placed within 2 tiles from your workbench.
• QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT – Building Upgrades: Coop, barn, and shed expansions increase size, capacity, and feature fresh new looks.

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• Additional notes: none
• Source: Playtonic (Steam)

Cattle Country – Ver. 1.0.6 (Beneath and Beyond)

• Release date: July 28th 2025
• 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.

• Additional notes: none
• Source: Playtonic (Steam)