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DAVE THE DIVER (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.0.2.651)

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for DAVE THE DIVER on Nintendo Switch (originally released in October 2023 in North America, Europe, and Japan).

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DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.2.651

  • Release date: March 11th 2024 (North America, Europe, Japan)
  • Patch notes:
[System Improvements]

1) New Language

  • New language, Russian, has been added.

2) Sea Exploration

  • Made it so that the game will pause if the controller is disconnected while exploring the ocean.
  • Fixed an issue where certain buttons behaved awkwardly when on pause screen.

3) Smart Phone App

  • [After Chapter 4] Added new mini-game ‘Dream Live’.
    • ‘Dream Live’ let’s you play previous rhythm games.

4) Sushi Restaurant

  • Removed ability to make interior changes during business hours.

5) Other Improvements

  • Added a guide pop-up to check if DLC is installed on first access after installing DLC.
    • Ex) When DREDGE DLC has completed installation
[Bug Fixes]

1) Sea Exploration

  • Fixed an issue where the game would crash in certain situations during one of the Pink Dolphin rescue missions.
  • Fixed an issue that caused some fish to get stuck in walls.
  • [After Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where mission markers would appear on items even though there were no crab-trap related missions.
  • Fixed an issue where weapon fragments appeared small during ocean exploration in the DREDGE DLC.

2) Sea People Village

  • Fixed an issue where in certain situations you could hear BGM overlapping while using the Beluga.
  • Fixed an issue that caused intermittent frame drops when visiting the seaweed farm while overweight.

3) Smart Phone Apps

  • FIxed an issue where Cooksta feed would not post Fried Seahorses.

4) Weapons

  • Fixed some incorrect descriptions of the melee weapon ‘Frozen Cod’.

5) Sushi Restaurant

  • Fixed an issue where the ability to adjust ingredient quantities did not work properly under certain conditions.
  • Additional notes: none
  • Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.1.598

  • Release date: February 2nd 2024 (North America, Europe, Japan)
  • Patch notes:
[New Content]

1) New Languages

  • The Italian language has been added.

2) Sushi Restaurant Interior

  • Now you can replace the lighting in the interior.
    • New lighting options have been added to the lighting category, which previously only had default lighting.
    • The newly added lighting options will be unlocked based on your Cooksta rating.

3) New Mini-Game

  • [After Chapter 5] A new game has been added to the GYAO! Mini-game ‘play’ menu.
[System Improvements]

1) Bosses

  • [After Chapter 7] We have made improvements to Yawie.
    • New patterns have been added, and existing patterns have been improved.
    • Added a mid-battle save point during the first phase of combat to improve the experience, preventing players from having to start over at the beginning.
    • Improved the overall presentation, controller vibration, and background music (BGM) for the boss battle.
    • Improved the game by ensuring that some unnecessary UI elements are not displayed..
  • [Chapter 6] Made improvements to Helicoprion boss.
    • Improved the timing of dialogue output during boss encounter.
    • Addressed certain awkward aspects of boss patterns.

2) Sea-People Village

  • [Chapter 3] While progressing through the ‘Build up Trust with the Sea People,’ mission, we have raised the amount of trust points gained for some missions.

3) Sea Exploration

  • [Chapter 7] You can now catch 1 Anomalocaris with crab traps.
    • The Anomalocaris has been added to MarinCa.
  • [After Chapter 6] After the Lost Baby Manateemission the ability to obtain fish and items in the ‘Ice Hollow’ has been improved.
  • [After Chapter 6] Reduced the health of some species in the Glacial Area.
  • [After Chapter 6] Improved the visibility of certain species and seaweed in the terrain in the Glacial Area.
  • Mini-map has been optimized.
  • Added animations to when Dave is using the escape pod.
  • Improved the display of the Mima dumpling buff effects by showing the buff effects at the bottom of the oxygen gauge.
  • Improvements made to some loading times while diving.
  • Improved the animation of large species and bosses disappearing after dying, for the purpose of smoother transitions.
  • Improved some aspects of UI interactions that were previously awkward.
  • Improved controls when using buttons to “return to boat.”
  • Improved the movement animations for tuna.
  • Upgraded dishes to the maximum level are now displayed as ‘Max’ at the final level.
  • Adjusted the placement of some fish.

4) Sushi Restaurant

  • Added animations related to staff [Recruitment/training/dismissal/dispatch].
  • Added waiting animations for employees when they are in standby mode.
  • When adding items to the menu, default quantity has been changed from 0 to 1.
  • Improved the ability to consecutively train employees without closing the window upon completing training.
  • During VIP cooking battles sounds have been added to certain patterns to enhance immersion.
  • Improved some texts that were displayed awkwardly when hiring employees.
  • Improved the notification display conditions and placement in the staff tab to be more intuitive.
  • Improved the ability to check on gold even when opening the staff/interior window of the branch CCTV.
  • When there is no manager assigned to the branch, a default image has been added to the manager slot.

5) Missions

  • Improved the effects of location changes during mission progress that were previously awkward.
  • Improved the color of speech bubbles during missions with NPC dialogues to make them more easily noticeable.
  • [Chapter 6] Improved the ability to use pause function when following drone during Sea Blue Base  Infiltration Operation.

6) Weapons

  • Improvements made to Ice Gun.
    • Damage output has been increased.
    • Sound has been replaced with something more closely resembling firearms.

7) Farm / Fish Farm

  • Loading screen for entering farm/fish farm has been replaced.
  • Improvements have been made to the farm.
    • [After Chapter 4] Hiring Sammy
      • Improvements have been made to make it easier to extend the employment contract.
      • Improved the visibility of the fertilizer configuration screen to clearly distinguish the current settings.
  • Improved interaction with Sammy/Otto/feeder/vegetables to prevent chickens from being disrupted during interaction.
  • Improved visibility by hiding the move button in the lower item slot when opening storage.
  • Corrected inconsistencies in the position and spacing of text for some buttons.
  • Improved the focus to be maintained at the proper location after selling items at the store.
  • Standardized the gold number display format within the farm/fish farm.
  • Improvements have been made to the fish farm.
    • Improved the ability to adjust quantities with mouse clicks when transferring ingredients between the main restaurant and branch.

 

8) Controls

  • Improved the navigation in some list display screens, making it easier to move back in the opposite direction (up/down/left/right).
  • Improved the game so that sorting settings are maintained and not reset even after exiting and restarting the game.
  • Improved key settings to prevent having the ‘action’ and ‘cancel’ button be set as the same button.

9) Smartphone Apps

  • Improved some apps to allow scrolling with the wheel function.
  • Adjusted the position, size, and color of buttons in some apps to create a more uniform and cohesive experience.
  • Adjusted the scrolling speed in some apps to make scrolling faster.
  • Improved the placement of the ‘NEW’ tag to make it easier to notice the newly added species in Marinca.
  • Added a button to the calendar app that allows you to go back to today.
  • Improved the user-friendliness of the upgrade items in the Cooksta app.
  • [After Chapter 5] The appearance of GYAO! in the memory tab has been changed.

10) Sound

  • Improvements have been made to the volume and sound quality of some sounds.
  • Improved the sound to be heard properly even when the sound of rapid-fire weapons overlaps.

11) Other Changes

  • Added item sorting functionality to the Cobra Shop sales category.
  • Made it so that the game sound does not play when the game screen is minimized or goes out of focus.
  • Increased the diversity of Cobra’s motions when on the boat.
  • Added default images to empty slots in the boat skin menu.
[Bug Fixes]

1) Sea Exploration

  • Fixed the issue where an abnormal number of hits occurred during specific patterns of the Wolf Eel Boss.
  • Fixed the issue where changing the branch manager at a specific point caused an abnormal number of customers to be displayed.
  • Fixed an issue in which items from fishing traps, drones, and cargo box were not obtained upon death.
  • Fixed the issue where under specific conditions, the number of salvage attempts and other factors were being reset upon death.
  • Fixed the issue where underwater cargo crates were being obscured by the terrain in the Glacial Area.
  • Fixed an issue where items appeared to be overlapping during sea exploration.
  • Fixed an issue where the position of the box was moving.
  • Fixed an issue where the ‘new’ tag was being displayed when retrieving items with the salvage drone, that had already been obtained.
  • Fixed an issue where the fish were moving abnormally during the salvage of large species.
  • Fixed an issue where the fleeing speed of some species became abnormally fast in certain attack situations.
  • Fixed an issue where the motions of some species appeared abnormally during the use of the harpoon when they were in sleep status.
  • Fixed an issue where emojis were lingering even after the death of aggressive species.
  • Fixed the issue where, in certain circumstances, the net was abnormally displayed when using a specific weapon with the salvage drone at the same time.
  • Fixed an issue where the size of some identical species was inconsistent.

2) Missions

  • [After Chapter 5] Fixed the issue in Cobra’s Lost Crowbar mission where, under specific circumstances, you couldn’t proceed further after restarting following a death.
  • Fixed the issue where the timing of the dialogue output at the start of the Feed Momo mission was awkward.

3) Sea People Village

  • Fixed the issue where mission related UI was still being displayed even after completing a specific mission
  • Fixed an issue during a specific mission where, when talking to Tenzhin, the displayed dialogue did not match the choices made.
  • Fixed the issue where the mouse disappeared at the start of the Shark Tooth mini-game.
  • Fixed the issue where the descriptions of some products in Duwa’s Blacksmith Shop were not visible.

4) Sushi Restaurant

  • Fixed the issue where the image displayed in the result screen after ending the party expedition did not match the actual results.
  • Fixed an issue where cooking utensils in the background appeared awkwardly during the start of cooking battles.
  • Fixed intermittent freezing of controls during shrimp preparation.
  • Fixed the issue where the popup menu in the staff window appeared abnormally under specific circumstances.
  • Fixed the issue where the El Niño employee had an awkward pouring motion during specific situations.

5) Farm / Fish Farm

  • Fixed an issue where the scroll function was not working for the Diver Box.
  • Fixed the intermittent frame drop issue that occurred upon entering the farm.
  • Fixed an issue where footstep sounds were played when skipping time on the farm.
  • Fixed an issue where some terrain appeared as if Dave could pass through it.

6) Smartphone Apps

  • Fixed the issue where the enhancement notification did not disappear even when there were insufficient materials for firearm enhancement.
  • Fixed an issue in which interacting with the smartphone apps was not possible under certain circumstances.
  • Fixed issue in management app – Branch Staff tab where keyboard scrolling was not working.

7) Other

  • Corrected various translation and typographical errors reported by the community.
[DREDGE DLC]
[Improvements]

1) Mini-games

  • To balance the economy, the gold selling price of the blue diamond has been adjusted from 80,000 gold to 40,000 gold.
    • The selling price of Bei will remain the same as before.

2) Sushi Restaurant

  • Fixed an issue where the VIP guest (Hooded Figure) sound effects were too quiet.
[Bux Fixes]

1) Sea Exploration

  • Fixed an issue where the motion of certain species looked awkward.

2) Smartphone Apps

  • Fixed an issue where the drain gun image appeared white in the weapon shop under specific conditions.

3) Mini-Games

  • Fixed an issue where items obtained through the salvage mini-game appeared as a white image.

4) Sushi Restaurant

  • Fixed an issue where some backgrounds in sushi restaurants could look awkward in foggy weather.
  • Additional notes: none
  • Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.0.548

  • Release date: December 27th 2023 (North America) / December 28th 2023 (Europe, Japan)
  • Patch notes:
[Bug Fix]

1) Missions

  • [Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where frame drops occurred during specific situations in the Glacial Area.
  • Additional notes: none
  • Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.0.537

  • Release date: December 21st 2023 (North America) / December 22nd 2023 (Europe, Japan)
  • Patch notes:
[System Improvement]

1) Sushi Restaurant

  • Dave can now only register 99 of the same menu item.
[Bug Fixes]

1) For players with the DREDGE DLC Downloaded

  • [Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where the ‘Infiltrate the Sea Blue base’ mission could not be progressed when overlapped with the DLC tutorial.
  • Fixed an issue where the bottom sections of the ocean background were being displayed abnormally.
  • Fixed an issue where fish would pass through walls.

2) Underwater Exploration 

  • [Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where equipped melee weapons were invisible in certain parts of the Glacial Area.
  • Fixed an issue where baseballs could not be used as intended.
  • Fixed an issue where the net collecting animation of captured fish was invisible.
  • Fixed an issue where certain terrains were displayed awkwardly.

3) Boss

  • [Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where missiles were not working as intended in the third battle with John Watson.

4) Missions

  • Fixed an issue where character dialogue would be displayed awkwardly in certain situations.
  • [Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where the wrong BGM would play in the Stealth Mission.

5) Sea People Village

  • Fixed an issue where the BGM would overlap when using certain features after calling the Beluga Taxi.
  • Fixed an issue where parts of the mini-map would be displayed in the pause menu.

6) Farm & Fish Farm

  • Fixed an issue where the ‘Usage Conditions’ filter option would not work properly in the Fish Farm.

7) Sushi Restaurant

  • Fixed an issue where the tutorial texts for serving beverages would overlap.
  • Fixed an issue where certain background of the sushi restaurant would be displayed abnormally.
    • Adjusted the timing for the display of certain ingredients during cooking battles so they wouldn’t appear at the wrong time.
  • Fixed an issue where texts in the sales results window would appear abnormally under certain conditions.

8) Other Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where some texts in certain languages would not be displayed.
  • Additional notes: none
  • Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.0.511

  • Release date: December 14th 2023 (North America) / December 15th 2023 (Europe, Japan)
  • Patch notes:
[DREDGE DLC Content]

1) New Weather & Character

  • On a foggy night in the Blue Hole, a new character as known as the ‘Traveling Merchant’ visits Dave.

2) Boat Controls

  • Dave can now drive the boat around the Blue Hole on foggy nights.

3) Dredge System

  • With the new Dredging system, Dave can now dredge at specific locations to obtain various items.

4) Aberrant Fish

  • Dave can now dive in 3 new diving locations during the foggy nights.
  • Different types of aberrant fish will appear in each location.

5) New Weapon – Drain Gun

  • Drain Gun – A new weapon that can be acquired through the DLC has been added.

6) New Customers

  • Hooded Figures will now visit Bancho Sushi to order dishes made with aberrant fish.

PLEASE NOTE:

  • You must download the DLC in order to enjoy the new DREDGE content.
[System Improvements]

1) Beluga Taxi Improvements 

  • Beluga Taxi will now be available until the end of the diving session. 
  • Beluga Taxi will remain at the place where Dave gets off, and will now wait for Dave after he enters/exits a building. 
  • Beluga Taxi will now be marked in the minimap. 

2) Load Time Improvements & Optimization 

  • Loading time after starting the game client has been shortened. (Switch) 
  • Underwater currents at various locations have been optimized for smoother performance. 
  • Loading time when entering Bancho Sushi has been shortened. (Switch) 

3) Sushi Restaurant 

  • Dave can now only register 99 of the same menu. (Steam Only) 
  • Bancho Sushi will now be decorated on special days – Halloween, Christmas, and New Year! 
    • Special in-game fireworks have also been added on these days. Celebrate the holidays with Dave the Diver! 

4) Controller-Related 

  • Adjusted where vibrations of controllers were implemented awkwardly and added missing vibrations. 
  • Adjusted the icon UI of the ‘L stick’ with controllers for better user comprehension. 

5) Underwater Exploration

  • Added more locations for Crab Trap placements. 
    •  More crab traps can be placed in the same region. 
  • Eased up on the difficulty of the fights with Thresher Sharks. 
  • Improved the animation of when Dave is carving fish so that he can cancel it right away in case he needs to react to other aggressive fish. 
  • Loading screens in-between regions will now show a customized display. 
  • Added a motion where Dave looks into the camera after a Photo Spot mission. 

6) Mobile Apps 

  • Added more Cooksta feeds that include characters’ daily lives and more sushi. 
  • Edited the background image for the ‘Crab Trap’ category in the Marinca. 

7) Other Improvements 

  • Size of certain texts has been enlarged for player convenience. 
[Bug Fixes]

1) Sushi Restaurant 

  • Fixed an issue where the price displayed in Jango’s shop differed from the actual purchase price in certain situations. 
  • Fixed an issue where the ‘Not Enough Materials’ notification would remain in display even after sending the materials to the branch. 
  • Fixed an issue where texts in the sales results window would appear abnormally under certain conditions. 
  • Adjusted the timing for the display of certain ingredients during cooking battles to prevent unintended appearances. (Steam Only) 
  • (For Mac) Fixed an issue where the background of the sushi restaurant was displayed abnormally in certain situations. (Steam Only) 

2) Underwater Exploration 

  • Fixed an issue where the animation of the net when collecting the captured fish was invisible. (Steam Only) 
  • Fixed an issue where certain terrains were displayed awkwardly. 
  • Fixed an issue where certain projectiles were unintentionally bounced off the baseball bat. 
  • Corrected the visual anomaly in which the item boxes in the depths seemed to disappear under specific conditions. 
  • Fixed an issue where the indications for aggressive fish species were not displayed. 
  • Fixed an issue where the camera was focused on unintended places during the Helicoprion boss battle. 
  • Fixed an issue where the underwater scooter was kept being used in certain situations. 
  • Fixed an issue where debuff effects on certain fish species were displayed abnormally. 
  • Fixed an issue where shovel and rock attacks affected species with intended immunity. 
  • Fixed an issue where the Sea People’s Necklace would not work as intended in certain situations. 
  • Adjusted the awkward knockback effects on species that were hit with melee attacks. 
    • Jellyfish are now immune to melee knockbacks. 
    • Certain species are no longer immune to melee knockbacks. 

3) Mobile Apps 

  • Fixed an issue where some Cooksta feeds came up at unintended times. 
  • Fixed an issue where UI texts of certain Cooksta feeds were displayed abnormally in certain situations. 
  • Fixed an issue where some buttons in the Calendar app were not visible in certain situations. 

4) Missions 

  • Fixed an issue where character dialogue would be displayed awkwardly in certain situations. 

5) Farm & Fish Farm 

  • Fixed an issue where Otto’s leg would be covered by the terrain in certain situations. 

6) Other Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where UI effects were extended beyond their designated areas. 
  • Addressed the in-game mistranslations and issues where certain texts were not displayed. 
  • Additional notes: none
  • Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.0.467

  • Release date: November 19th 2023 (North America) / November 20th 2023 (Europe, Japan)
  • Patch notes:

[Bug Fix] 

 

1) Promotion Codes

  • Fixed an issue where a certain promotion code could not be used.
  • Additional notes: none
  • Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.0.406

  • Release date: November 7th 2023 (North America, Europe) / November 8th 2023 (Japan)
  • Patch notes:
[Bug Fixes] 

1) Sea People Village

  • [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where Dave could not move under certain situations in the Sea People Village.

2) Sushi Restaurant 

  • [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where certain missions could no longer be progressed if they overlapped with the VIP Cooking Battle.

3) Underwater Exploration 

  • Fixed an issue where the laser pointer was not visible in the ‘Cut the Net’ Dolphin rescue mission.  

4) Bosses

  • Fixed an issue where currents would remain after defeating the Wolf Eel in certain situations.

5) Other Bug Fixes 

  • Fixed incorrect translations and incorrectly displayed texts in certain languages. 
[Improvements] 

1) Controls

  • Reduced the difficulty of actions that require quick left and right movements of the Left stick on the Joy-Con.
  • Additional notes: none
  • Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.0.385

  • Release date: October 31st 2023 (North America, Europe, Japan)
  • Patch notes:
[Improvements] 

1) Bosses 

  • [After Chapter 7] Made balance adjustments on the battle with Lusca. 

2) Missions 

  • Improved gameplay of and goal recognition of the Ice Pick minigame in ‘The Disappearance of Selgio’ mission.

3) Underwater Exploration 

  • Changed the size of certain species.

4) Other Improvements

  • Improved the menu window so that divers can navigate to the bottom of an item list directly from the top using directional keys.
  • Face loading icons of NPCs will now be displayed in underwater loading screens.
  • Addressed issues regarding icon recognition when using the Nintendo Pro controller.
[Bug Fixes] 

1) Bosses

  • [Chapter 7] Fixed an issue where the damage of certain attack patterns of Yawie were not being applied. 
  • [Chapter 7] Fixed an issue where controls would sometimes not work as intended during the battle with Yawie. 

2) Missions 

  • Fixed an issue where certain mission items would sometimes disappear during missions in Sea People Village. 
  • [After Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where the Antarctic Octopus would not be displayed in ‘The Missing Beluga’ mission. 

3) Underwater Exploration 

  • Fixed an issue where some sharks could not be salvaged under certain conditions. 
  • Fixed an issue where recovered crab traps would reactivate under certain conditions. 
  • Fixed an issue where certain species inconsistent with the mission progress would spawn. 
  • Fixed an issue where certain species would get stuck in the terrain. 
  • Fixed an issue where certain sniper trajectories would not be displayed in certain regions of the Glacial Area. 

4) Sea People Village 

  • [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where Dave would not be equipped with his current diving suit when riding the Beluga Taxi. 
  • Fixed an issue where certain button UI would be displayed differently than intended. 

5) Other Bug Fixes 

  • Fixed an issue where incorrect texts were displayed in some conversations. 
  • Fixed an issue where some UI would be displayed incorrectly in the iDiver tutorial. 
  • Additional notes: none
  • Source: NEXON

How to download updates for DAVE THE DIVER for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for DAVE THE DIVER, you have three options:

  • let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

  • try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

OR

  • select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.

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