Garden Witch Life (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.0.19)

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Garden Witch Life on Nintendo Switch (originally released in September 2024 in North America, Europe, and Japan)!

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Garden Witch Life – Ver. 1.0.19

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

Major Fixes

• Fixed empty chests. Loot chests will now re-spawn once if looted before to fix the error. If you already opened them you will have the chance to open them again once.
• Fixed character passing out while already starting to sleep which lead to losing progress
• Fixed item tooltips not showing up when using controller.
• Fixed map points not being navigable on Switch
• Fixed Manoir not opening
• Fixed Summerfest ending when going into the houses in town
• Fixed Mountain Battery quest soft locking when doing steps before being told to do them
• Fixed camera staying at original water surface height when water level is lowering, making navigating the mine almost impossible
• Fixed stack splitting not working on secondary monitors
• Fixed stack splitting UI going out of screen on 4K monitors
• Fixed the possibility to have two pass outs on top of each other leading to a progress reset
• Fixed Rudal not appearing at Summerfest
• Fixed Melon race getting stuck after winning
• Fixed two missing portal door destinations
• Fixed community box not selling single item stacks
• Fixed Whisk not working on Switch / Steam Deck
• Fixed graphics settings changing language on Switch when opening tab for the first time
• Fixed PC button prompts appearing on Switch when using touch screen

Minor Fixes

• Fixed whisk not being shown as crafting station in recipe menu
• Fixed mail text not being scrollable with controller
• Fixed overriding save game garbling save name
• Fixed cooking process consuming ingredients when aborted
• Fixed seed info staying up when scrolling over tool
• Fixed apiary not always producing honey (does every day now, except winter)
• Fixed being able to destroy bench while sitting on it
• Fixed floor disappearing near mine entrance
• Fixed Lily selling candle lower than sell price
• Fixed banana juice being crafted at workbench
• Fixed chest under waterfall
• Fixed Bee Migration spring dialogue appearing in Autumn
• Fixed recipe menu not showing recipe amounts
• Fixed wallpaper items duplicating in house
• Fixed all spice having empty stages
• Fixed jelly turnip stages
• Fixed Velvet Leaf grow cycle
• Fixed Maple recipes using crimson leaf
• Fixed sitting log in town being harvestable
• Fixed crash when trying to put split stack on other item
• Fixed Animal happiness not going up
• Fixed Thyme seeds drop

Major Changes

• Removed / Disabled fatigue
• Added more nettles to garden map (swamp entry and ledge near fairy forest entry)
• Library is now unlocked from the start
• Currently held item now shows info in HUD where input help is
• Onions now grow in Summer and Autumn too and seeds can be bought during this time too.
• Grater no longer needs key press to grate
• Increased MagiBuy Price Modifier 25% -> 50%
• Increased Community Box Price Modifier 100% – 200% -> 150% -> 300%
• Sleep now restores 5 health
• Brambles now only do 1 damage
• Animal houses for Snail, Frog and Dog now unlock at earlier friendship levels with Lily
• Added tooltips to Whisk, Grater and Frying Pan mini games
• Compost now works longer and improves soil quality more
• Giving a gift that is hated now only reduces by -1 instead of -10
• Cauldron heat now changes differently leading to less clicking
• Added cabbage seeds to Aurel’ shop

Minor Changes

• New plant radius colors
• Moved tutorial popup closer to center
• Loading screen now fades smoothly in and out
• Save games now show in-game date once they have been re-saved
• Reduced sell price of Rose Perfume
• Mint and Lavender leaves are now respawn harvests
• Tomato, Apple, Carrot, Orange, Strawberry and Cucumber now restore 1 health.
• Decreased tool prices at Tin and Aurel
• Chickens now eats Oats
• Made chicken food recipe produce more (5 -> 10)
• Aurel now loves all yarn balls
• Added more food options for animals
• Updated companion plant and stamina tutorials
• Since Fatigue is gone the achievement “Enforced Nap” now gets unlocked by health becoming 0
• Adjusted vendor pricing
• Rebalanced health regen so food regenerating health makes sense
• Rebalanced food effects
• Improved wallpaper and floor item icons
• Improved workbench ui to have longer ingredient list so it doesn’t overflow
• Added first oven unlock to pine pitch
• Added leveling up progress bar
• Rebalanced extra drops based on cooking and mining level
• Made it so that player stats page fits without scrolling
• Made chamomile leaf a respawn pick
• Moved sprinkles unlock from sugar to rice flour
• Reduced sold tomato seed count to 1
• Improved vendor filter icons

• Additional notes: none
• Source: FreetimeStudio

Garden Witch Life – Ver. 1.0.16

• Release date: September 12th 2024 (North America, Europe)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:

• various bug fixes

• Additional notes: this is the Day One Update for the game.
• Source: SOEDESCO (Twitter)

Garden Witch Life – Ver. 1.0.13

• Release date: September 13th 2024 (North America, Europe)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available.

• Additional notes: this is the base version of the game.
• Source: game

How to download updates for Garden Witch Life for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Garden Witch Life, 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.