DAVE THE DIVER (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.0.3.957)

12 November 2024 Lite_Agent Dave the Diver, Mintrocket, Nexon

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

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DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.3.957

Release date: November 12th 2024
Patch notes:

DAVE THE DIVER – Godzilla Content Pack Related Fixes

[Bug fixes]

Fixed a display issue with the sushi restaurant interior that occurred in certain situations

DAVE THE DIVER – Main Game

[Bug fixes]

1) Missions

Fixed an issue where certain tutorials in the Sea People Village would not complete properly, affecting game performance

[Chapter 5] Fixed an issue where Dave would unintentionally relocate to a different area during the Lost Baby Manatee mission

2) Sea Exploration

[Chapter 5] Fixed an issue where the Mjolnir could be found again even if already obtained

Fixed an issue with camera focus during certain boss fights

3) Mini-games

Fixed an issue where Jimbo’s Game could not be started properly

Deleted the description for Hands in Jimbo’s Game to comply with game rating guidelines

4) Other

Improved some text errors

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.3.938

Release date: October 31st 2024
Patch notes:

1) Missions

Fixed an issue where some newly added missions would cause graphical errors with the game background

Fixed an issue where completing some newly added missions would cause an infinite black loading screen

2) Other

Improved some text errors

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.3.931

Release date: October 28th 2024 (North America, Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

1) Sea Exploration

Fixed an issue where game progression was blocked when interacting with the Sea People’s Mirror during the Salvage Drone tutorial

Fixed in issue where certain FishMon would sometimes take damage to areas they should not be hit

2) Missions

Fixed an issue where returning to the boat was possible during the mxmtoon mission

[Chapter 4] Fixed an issue where Dave could die in situations where he shouldn’t during the Find Glacial Passage Key mission

Fixed an issue where the UI was not displayed when retrying certain missions

3) Items

Fixed an issue where the Eco Poison Resist Bracelet’s poison debuff effect was not applied properly

4) Other

Fixed a UI display issue when retrying a certain boss fight after failing the QTE

Improved a UI display issue in certain tutorial pop-ups

Fixed an issue where some effects were not displayed during certain missions

Improved some text errors

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.3.924 (Dave & Friends)

Release date: October 23rd 2024 (North America) / October 24th 2024 (Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

◈ Update Content

Collaboration content

New content & features

Improvements

Bug Fixes

[Collaboration Content]

1) mxmtoon

Popular singer-songwriter mxmtoon visits Bancho Sushi! Dive together, serve a special dish, and enjoy mxmtoon’s special concert!

2) Balatro

It all started when Junak found a rule book for ‘Jimbo’s Game’. This game has swept through the Sea People Village!

Play against the Sea People and earn a special Charm as a reward!

3) Potion Craft

Characters from the alchemist simulator game, Potion Craft, visit Bancho Sushi.

Help the Fellow Alchemist find his Magic Cauldron and earn a new crafting item! Use it to make potions with buffs and bait for the crab trap.

Purchase new ingredients and recipes from the Mushroomer.

4) Collaboration Phone Charms

How to claim: Smartphone – Call – Operator – Claim Reward – Enter Code

Collaboration Promotion Code

mxmtoon MAIAANDDAVE

Balatro JIMBOISWILD

Potion Craft MUSHROOMER

[New Content & Features]

1) New Mini-game

A new mini-game, ‘Bouncy Dumbo’ has been added to the Smartphone.Purchase costumes for Dumbo with the coins earned from playing Bouncy Dumbo!

The Mini-game App will be open from the start of the game.

2) New Features

TrackingA tracker to easily track materials for certain recipes or weapons while diving has been added.

This feature unlocks after a certain point in the game.

Smartphone charms can be swapped out for different designs.

[Improvements]

1) Sea Exploration

New locations for the Sea People’s Mirror have been added.Sea People Record Chamber

[Post Chapter 4 Entry] Glacial Passge

Improved the crescent shaped QTE prompt for Tiger Shark counterattacks and similar actions to make it more intuitive.

Added a ‘Discard Melee Weapon’ guide pop-up.

2) Sushi Restaurant

Improved loading speed when transitioning to Bancho Sushi.

Added features to easily find and sort items.Favorites feature: Pin recipes to the top of the menu list

Menu sorting options:Enhancement: Sorts recipes that can be enhanced to the top

Party Menu: Sorts Party recipes to the top

(For DREDGE DLC players) ON/OFF option to display Aberrant Menu has been added.

3) Smartphone App

An interior item has been added as the final Ecowatcher reward.Even if the final level has already been reached, the reward will be available after the update.

Improved clarity when more contacts are added to the Contact list.

4) Sea People Village

Improved the gameplay flow for some gathering quests.

5) Farm

Added more animations for Sammy.

6) Other

Added controller vibration to the opening cutscene.

[Bug Fixes]

1) Sea Exploration

Fixed an issue where the Opah Photo Spot was not triggered in certain situations

Improved some awkward fish movements and fixed issues where certain fish would get stuck in the terrain

Fixed an issue where the indicator for some aggressive fish were not displayed

Fixed an issue where the net from net guns would not disappear

Fixed a display issue with certain coral on the terrain that occurred during certain missions

Fixed an issue where seahorses could be caught even with none around

Fixed frame drop issue caused by a certain FishMon

Added some fishes to the Loading tips screen

Fixed an issue where some fish would not react as they should when Lure Capsules or Doll Decoys were used

2) Missions

[Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where Dave could not be controlled in certain cases during the Third control room switch mission.

[Chapter 4] Improved Dave’s animations during the John Watson boss fight

Fixed an issue where certain FishMon missions would mark as failed when it could still be retried

Fixed an issue where Dave could be controlled during certain transition scenes

Fixed an issue where incorrect character images would be displayed during certain tutorial dialogues

3) Sushi Restaurant

Fixed an issue where the Branch summary screen and actual operation did not match

Fixed an issue where Maki and Sammy would sit in the same seat if missions were overlapped

Fixed an issue where ‘Empty’ text would be displayed incorrectly

Fixed an issue when interacting with NPCs or customers in a certain spot

Fixed an issue where multiple background audio would overlap in certain situations

Fixed an issue where the ‘New’ icon would not disappear for new interior items in certain situations

Fixed an issue where the interior item names would sometimes not be displayed at the Branch

4) Weapons/Items

[Post Chapter 6 Entry] Fish caught by Mjolnir’s lightning effect will be counted towards the ‘Predator of the Blue Hole’ achievement

Adjusted the NICE timing for Golf Club

Fixed a display issue where the Superalloy Harpoon Gun’s harpoon tip and muzzle were not aligned

5) Bosses

[Chapter 6] Fixed a display issue with Kronosaurus when retrying the boss fight

[Chapter 7] Updated to prevent the Divine Tree Fruit from falling to inaccessible places during the Anomalocaris boss fight

6) Smartphone App

Fixed an issue where the pause feature during Evil Factory would not work properly

Fixed an issue where GYAO! Memories would be duplicated in certain circumstances

7) Other

Fixed an issue where some sounds were not played

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.2.894

Release date: September 19th 2024 (North America) / September 20th 2024 (Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

[Bug Fixes]

1) Sushi Restaurant

Fixed an issue where not all staff were displayed in the Waiting Room when there were too many hires

2) Sea Exploration

Improved unnatural camera angle of certain scenes

Fixed an issue where using the Sea People’s Mirror would cause the game to stop in certain circumstances

3) Other

Fixed an issue where the guide pop-up displayed no text when the same promotion code was typed in twice (or more)

Improved some text and dialog

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.2.882

Release date: September 3rd 2024 (North America) / September 4th 2024 (Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

[Improvements]

1) Sea Exploration

Adjusted placement to prevent mined minerals from scattering in different directions

2) Mini-game

[Post-Chapter 4 entry] Adjusted unlocking conditions for ‘GYAO!’

Removed requirements related to main mission progress

Will be unlocked the day after clearing ‘Stormy Night 2’ mission

3) Sushi Restaurant

[Post-Chapter 6 entry] Improved Branch menu order display

When ‘Provide party menu to party guests only’ is turned off, the menu will now be shown in the order based on the selected Operation Policy, regardless of party or regular menu items.

4) Other

Improved the message displayed when entering a promotion code for content from DLC that is not installed

[Bug Fixes]

1) Sea Exploration

Fixed an issue where tuna species would get stuck in a certain spot in certain circumstances

Fixed an issue where certain hostile fish could detect Dave despite terrain obstacles

Fixed an issue where items did not drop when harvesting minerals and seaweed with Mjolnir Charged Attack

Fixed an issue where some conditions during photo missions were marked as unmet despite the photos being correctly captured

Fixed an issue where the camera zoom would change when retrying after failing certain boss fights

Fixed an issue where, in certain circumstances, sound effects were still audible even when the sound was set to 0

Fixed an issue where some fishes would move unnaturally in certain situations when using the Lure Capsule

Fixed a display issue that occurred in certain situations with the Steel Net Gun’s net

2) Sushi Restaurant

Fixed an issue where gold amount did not update immediately when dismissing staff

Fixed an issue where the animation of cats would occasionally freeze after feeding

Fixed an issue with unnatural placement of some interior items

3) Mini-game

Fixed an issue where the EVIL FACTORY mini-game would not pause during dialog when started in the sushi restaurant

[Post-Chapter 4 entry] Fixed an issue that caused duplicate Favorites of GYAO! to be registered in certain situations

Fixed an issue where the NEW notification icon was not displayed when certain mini-games were unlocked

4) Sea People Village

Fixed an issue where the Beluga Taxi would get stuck in walls under certain conditions

5) Other

Fixed some translations and typos reported by the community

Fixed an issue where excessive or unusual input during gameplay could cause the game to freeze

Fixed an issue where excessive or unusual input during dialog would cause NPCs to appear faded

Fixed an issue where a lock icon would briefly appear during NPC conversations

Fixed an issue where the Smartphone music app would continue to play music even when paused

Fixed display issue of UI overlapping in certain circumstances

[DLC Related Fixes]

[Improvements]

1) GODZILLA DLC

Some improvements have been made to adjust the difficulty of the Ebirah boss fight.

The attack range of the submarine bullets has been increased.

An option to deal “double damage” has been added in case of multiple retries.

Improved the display of deactivated UI buttons in certain battle situations.

2) DREDGE DLC

Improved spawn locations and movement patterns of aberrant fish

[Bug Fixes]

1) ALL DLC

Fixed an issue where Kaiju Figurines from Godzilla DLC could be found in the DREDGE ocean

2) DREDGE DLC

Fixed a display issue with Translucent Sturgeon that occurred in certain situations

3) GODZILLA DLC

Fixed an issue where the BGM played incorrectly during the Ebirah battle

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Demo update

Release date: August 15th 2024 (North America, Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

The overall load speed has been improved

Languages previously unavailable in the Demo have been added to match that of the main game.

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.2.843

Release date: July 11th 2024 (North America) / July 12th 2024 (Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

[Bug Fixes]

1) Missions

Fixed an issue where Dave could sometimes not be controlled when hiding behind the rock during the “Take Pictures of Manta Ray” mission

[Chapter 6] Fixed an issue in the ‘Lost Baby Manatee’ mission where clearing the entrance before the objective ‘Find a way to break the ice’ would block progression to the next area

2) Sushi Restaurant

Fixed an issue where some texts were not shown in the pop-up when sending ingredients to the Branch

3) Sea Exploration

Improved awkward movements of some sharks in certain areas of the Blue Hole

Fixed an issue where some characters could pass through the map terrain

Fixed an issue where the transition effect would not display correctly when diving into the water

4) Other Improvements

Fixed display issue of UI overlapping in certain circumstances

Improved line break of some in-game Smartphone app names

Fixed some typos

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.2.828

Release date: July 3rd 2024 (North America) / July 4th 2024 (Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

[Bug Fixes]

1) Sea Exploration

[Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where dying while farming boss materials after the Kronosaurus fight could cause “Save” to fail

[Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where retrying the Kronosaurus fight after choosing “Give up and return” would cause items to spawn in overlapping positions

Fixed an issue where, under certain circumstances, using the Escape Pod while encumbered would cause the game to get stuck on a guide pop-up screen

Fixed an issue where the Shortfin Mako would get stuck in certain areas

2) Sea People Village

Fixed an issue where NPCs would occasionally disappear during certain scenes

3) Sushi Restaurant

Fixed an issue that caused every tab (window) in the sushi restaurant to overlap each other at once

Fixed an issue where it was not possible to serve beer to Dr. Bacon when he visited during business hours

4) EVIL FACTORY Mini-game

Fixed an issue where the game could not be paused during tutorials in certain situations

Fixed an issue where retrying tutorials could result in being attacked even during dialogues

Fixed an issue where visiting the Home screen while playing would cause Blue Hole sound effects to overlap with EVIL FACTORY sound effects

Fixed an issue where Leo would move outside the elevator during the “Stage Clear” screen

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.2.812

Release date: June 30th 2024 (North America, Europe) / July 1st 2024 (Japan)
Patch notes:

[Bug Fixes]

1) Missions

Fixed an issue where equipping the “Leo Keychain” charm prevented retrying certain boss fights after failing

[Chapter 5] Fixed an issue where, during the Giant Gadon chase, certain ice pillars would inflict damage without contact

[Chapter 5] Fixed an issue where the next area could be accessed without completing the ‘Go to the Bottom of the Glacial Passage’ mission.

[Chapter 5] Fixed an issue where even after hitting the Divine Tree fruit during the “Find the Glacial Passage Exit” mission, the next stage was not triggered

2) EVIL FACTORY Mini-game

Fixed an issue where buttons would stop working when switching to another menu while purchasing a weapon

Fixed an issue where, during the boss fight in Chapter 4, the boss’ landing position would sometimes not be displayed

Improved awkard display of boss names

Fixed an issue where the background would look unnatural while using the SHOP

Fixed an issue that caused the background music to start over when pausing and resuming the minigame

Fixed an issue where some sound effects would play even when on mute

3) Smartphone

Fixed an issue where the game would become unresponsive when pausing and performing certain actions simultaneously

4) Sea People Village

Fixed an issue where certain characters were hidden behind background items

5) Other

Fixed an issue where the where the ‘New Content!’ pop-up for the phone charm (accessory) would appear in awkward moments

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.2.792 (First Anniversary)

Release date: June 26th 2024 (North America, Europe) / June 27th 2024 (Japan)
Patch notes:

[ANNIVERSARY CONTENT]

1) New Mini-Game

A demo of EVIL FACTORY was added as a smartphone app.

Unlock the mini-game with the promotion code: DAVEANNIVERSARY

* Open Smartphone – Call – Operator – Claim Reward – Enter promotion code

A new “Leo Keychain” charm can be obtained after clearing the demo.

2) Phone Charm

A mini version of Dave can be attached to your in-game smartphone.

[System Improvements]

Optimization

Improved load speed of scene transitions

[Bug Fixes]

1) Sea Exploration

Fixed an issue where Dave would become unresponsive when hit while charging Mjolnir

Fixed an issue where Dave could not pass through sleeping rays

Fixed an issue where some objects were awkwardly floating in certain areas

2) Missions

[Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where Dave could not be controlled during the ‘Ancient Stone Slab’ mission when encumbered
Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, the mission would be marked as failed even after successfully taking the Manta Ray’s picture

3) Bosses

Fixed an issue that could cause the Clione Queen to become immobilized when attacked with a Shock Harpoon Tip in certain situations

4) Sea People Village

Fixed a display issue with the Beluga Taxi cutscene that occurred in certain areas

Fixed an issue where certain characters were hidden behind background items

5) Sushi Restaurant

Fixed an issue where Dave was hidden behind the sushi bar in certain scenes

Fixed an issue where in-game time would continue to pass even when the device was in sleep mode, if the sushi restaurant was open

6) Mini-game

Fixed an issue where the floor blocked jumping in the mini-game ‘Leahs RUN!’

7) Other

Fixed an intermittent issue where the “Retake” button in the Picture Album App would not appear

Fixed an issue where the Mini-game app was available before the content was unlocked

Fixed an issue where certain texts were displayed unnaturally

[DLC Related Fixes]

1) DREDGE DLC

Fixed an issue where the game would freeze when opening the pause menu in certain circumstances

2) GODZILLA DLC

⁠Fixed an issue where the screen would flash intermittently while repairing the submarine

Fixed an issue where Godzilla interior items were hidden behind other items

Fixed an issue where Ebirah’s front claw would be displayed unnaturally in certain situations

3) ALL DLC

⁠Fixed a display issue with the “Godzilla (1995) Head” boat skin in DREDGE EXPLORE mode

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.2.747

Release date: June 4th 2024 (North America, Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

GODZILLA DLC

[Bug Fixes]

Fixed an issue where cooldowns for certain functions were not resetting in specific situations

Fixed an issue that caused Ebirah to move erratically in certain situations

DAVE THE DIVER – Main Game

[Bug Fixes]

1) Fish Farm

Fixed an issue where the Fish Farm’s breeding rates were not working as intended

2) Display

[Post Chapter 7] Fixed an issue that caused an error in the transition scene when travelling to a certain area after defeating Yawie

If this issue has occurred, please update the game to progress properly.

3) Sea Exploration

Fixed an issue where the game would become unresponsive when pausing and performing certain actions simultaneously

4) Missions

[Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where the “Lost Baby Manatee” mission could not be completed in certain situations

5) Sea People Village

Fixed an issue that warped the camera perspective when riding the beluga in a specific zone

6) Other

Fixed an issue where the game would not continue properly when opening the smartphone in certain situations

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.2.736

Release date: May 30th 2024 (North America, Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

DREDGE DLC

[Bug Fixes]

Fixed an intermittent issue where the boat headlight would face different directions after travelling back to the boat

GODZILLA DLC

[Bug Fixes]

1) Missions

Fixed an issue where the mission would fail even if the mines still remain

Fixed an issue where the game did not progress properly in certain situations during some missions

Fixed an issue where the Godzilla missions would start at awkward timings in certain situations

Fixed an issue where dialogue would not display properly in certain situations

Fixed an issue where cooldowns for certain functions were not resetting in specific situations

2) Bosses

Fixed an issue that blocked progression during the Ebirah boss fight in certain situations

Resolved an intermittent issue where specific attack patterns of the Ebirah boss did not deal damage

3) Other

Improved some frame rate issues occurring in certain situations

Improved audio of some sections

DAVE THE DIVER – Main Game

[Bug Fixes]

1) Missions

Fixed an issue where, in specific situations, the task did not move on to ‘Ask Bancho to Cook a Dish’ during the “Treat Ramo” mission

Fixed an issue with progressing through some missions during chapter 7

Fixed an issue where the game would not save or progress properly when selecting “Return to Boat” during specific missions

Fixed an issue where certain missions would ‘FAIL’ even though they could still be completed

2) Sea Exploration

Fixed an issue where some weapons and items spawned on the map would disappear after visiting a different area

Improved unnatural movements of some fish in specific situations

Fixed an issue where the pause button would become available when travelling through mirrors to certain areas

3) Other

Fixed an issue where controller vibration would persist in certain situations

Fixed an issue where the game wouldn’t progress when returning to the boat

Fixed an issue where controls would become unresponsive after manual saving

Fixed an issue where the smartphone could not be interacted with

Improved display of some text overflowing designated areas

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

DAVE THE DIVER – Ver. 1.0.2.699

Release date: May 21st 2024 (North America, Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

[Godzilla DLC Free Download Distribution Period]

May 23, 2024 (00:00) (PDT) – November 23, 2024 (11:59PM) (PST)

Download will no longer be available after the distribution period.

If already downloaded, the DLC can be played even after the distribution period ends.

If downloaded during the distribution period, the DLC can still be deleted and reinstalled after the period ends.

[GODZILLA DLC CONTENT]

New missions

3 new Godzilla DLC-exclusive missions have been added that will be available after the end of Chapter 5

New dishes

Discover new dishes inspired by Godzilla and Ebirah

Sea Exploration

Collect Godzilla figures scattered through the ocean

[System Improvements]

Display

Updated the version number display to only be shown on the title and settings screen instead of being displayed constantly

Controls

Controller vibration was added to some cutscenes

Sushi restaurant

Improved the icon design for staff currently “Dispatching” to be more intuitive

Other improvements

Corrected the display of stars showing up in the dark part of the crescent moon

Improved the design of some DLC icons displayed in the “Load” screen

[Bug fixes]

Bosses

⁠Fixed an issue where the game would not load properly after choosing “Give up and return” during the battle against the Wolf Eel

[Chapter 4] Fixed an issue with John Watson (2nd round) where Dave’s headlight would turn off during battle

Missions

Fixed an issue with progressing through some missions during chapter 7

Fixed an issue where progression was unavailable if the Tuna Tutorial and the task ‘Call Duff’ from the ‘Duff’s Pink Delivery’ mission were overlapped

[Chapter 4] Fixed an issue that occurred in certain circumstances during the puzzle mission in the Abandoned Cave

Sea exploration

Fixed an issue where the quantity of roes obtained from a dive and the quantity of roes in the Fish Farm were displayed differently

Fixed the issue where the Moray Eel’s tail would be visible in unnatural situations

Fixed an issue where fish would sometimes spawn in awkward spots

Improved the animation of opened weapon/oxygen chests disappearing

Sushi Restaurant

Fixed an issue where Seahorse Skewers were unavailable at the Branch

Fixed an issue where Branch Managers weren’t working efficiently in certain situations

Fixed an issue that prevented interaction with Otto at the Sushi Restaurant if certain missions were overlapped

Fixed an issue where speech bubbles were displayed incorrectly after customers left in certain circumstances

Fixed an issue where the dispatch result popup would appear during tutorials

Smartphone Apps

Fixed an issue with the Management App where the ingredients stock was displayed incorrectly in certain circumstances

Other

Improved typos and awkward translations for some languages

Additional notes: none
Source: NEXON

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;

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.