Spirittea (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.6.6 – SpecQUACKular Update)

2 April 20242 April 2024 Lite_Agent Cheesemaster Games, No More Robots, Spirittea

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Spirittea on Nintendo Switch (originally released in November 2023 in North America, Europe, and Japan)!

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Spirittea – Ver. 1.6.6 (SpecQUACKular Update)

Release date: April 2nd 2024 (North America, Europe) / April 3rd 2024 (Japan)
Patch notes:

DUCKS! You’ll now be able to have cute, algae eating ducks in your bathhouse!

You’ll find a brand new shop vendor called Ito who will have a few new things to sell! His truck will pass through town here and there, so be sure to keep an eye out!

You’ll notice new seasonal mechanics in the bathhouse! Depending on the season, you’ll find your baths filling up with algae, ice, and even fallen leaves! Keep the baths clean (with the help of the ducks!) to make room for your spirits! Maybe the new bathhouse heaters might help? Perhaps a net might help pick up those pesky leaves outside?

We gave Bruce some new animations!

We added a reticule to fishing, so now it’s even easier to see where the bobber will land and where exactly you’re fishing!

Drinking game changed to sinking cups!

Added naked reaction text for Ito

Fixed error where items could be lost by placing them on shelves and tables

Fixed issues with items disappearing within inventory

Fixed issue where NPC’s would disappear behind the restaurant

Fixed bug where NPC’s would become stuck on a path upon reload

Fixed issue with Quill where on Saturday nights at the food stall he would ask if you want to stop hanging out with him

Issue fixed with NPC’s appearing on the map at a certain location but them actually not being there

Fixed issue where NPC’s couldn’t be found during tutorial quests whilst with Amelia if you had quit to main menu mid game

Fixed multiple issues in Miko’s quest around the mysterious rabbit and cake

Fixed issues with a softlock during Leigh’s quest if you spoke to the spirit behind the canvas

Doubled ugligrass spawn rate

Fixed issue with Clarence’s quest where the statues wouldn’t come back if you left the room

Fixed issues with the boar where they could hit the player when they were passing into another room

Removed requirement to complete Onishi’s quest for algae to start appearing

Fixed collision issue with Ito’s truck

Fixed Ito’s icon appearing where Yumi is on map

Fixed an issue where ducks being full wasn’t reset upon a new day

Fixed bug where player can’t pick something up after leaving bathhouse while attempting to hold duck

Fixed a bug where the green truck’s collision box would be present even if the player was in a different room

Fixed crash when player hits bath monkeys with net

Fixed bug where there appeared to be a stretched sprite drawn below the ducks occasionally

Fixed amount of friendship given to NPC if player wins minigame (was half of amount if NPC wins)

Fixed a bug where Amelia’s and Clarence’s quests were still both triggering on the mountain at the same time

Fixed an issue where food couldn’t be given to spirits when attempting to give it from above spirits (aka spirits sitting in the top row of the bath)

Wonyan can’t be talked to (or get in your way) when the bathhouse is running (unless the tutorial hasn’t been completed yet)

Fixed bug where if recipe from crab (Julian’s quest) spawns in an inaccessible place, re-entering the room will move the recipe to the beach

Gave Fae a sleeping animation

Added sound effects to poobirds

Fish can be offered at the lord spirit offering table, as well as given to spirits while bathing

Allowed player to be able to run the bathhouse on the weekend even when Fae has an upgrade scheduled (because she’s technically not working)

Modified quest code/save data so that the town board will now consider quests completed without needing to talk to NPCs after you’ve helped out the spirit. The NPCs will still have the post quest dialogue and the notebook won’t be marked as completed until you talk to them, but the town board will take down the notice after you’ve helped the spirit

Made it so Yumi’s quest can be triggered if it’s 5 something pm, so long as she’s not still in the school

Added backup code that will teleport Yumi to the correct spot at the end of her quest if her pathfinding fails for 3 seconds

Fixed the selling shrine displaying a -1 for a price

Fixed crash due to bath monkeys not being able to find a spot in the outdoor baths

Fixed the resale value of rice to be equal to the sale value (rather than worth more)

Changed criteria for the quest done stamp in the notebook (marked completed when expected. No post-quest dialogue needed to mark as complete)

Fixed a bug where oil beetle can’t be caught in trap without crash

Fixed a bug (again) where NPC hobbies in notebook were being recorded as “1”

Fixed bug where the shop called seaweed “seaweed soup”

Fixed a bug where getting hit with snowball while biking makes bike disappear

Fixed a bug where biking while getting an item resulted in item floating and unable to be picked up

Edited player collision code to stop them from passing through the bridge on the east side of town

Fixed a bug where player could clip through the bridge on the right side of town

Tentatively fixed bug where game would crash and error report indicated bath monkeys were the cause

Added names to the bottoms of letters

Changed the end of Amelia’s quest so that you can get the post-quest dialogue even if NPC is working the shop

Fixed a bug where Wonyan gave Morinoba’s steam deck dialogue at end of game

Fixed bug where player couldn’t pass through the temple tunnel

Seemed to fix bug where rabbit spirit in Miko’s quest teleports through wall if you place the lure close to the purple door in Miko’s house

Fixed book UI to make sure progress bar can’t surpass the UI space for it

Fixed a bug where you can’t cook fish in bathhouse

Fixed a bug where Amelia’s quest status isn’t reset after quest completion, so her freetime inquiries and dialogue are still quest-related

Fixed coding error with bath spots (hopefully related to why spirits sometimes disappear from tub)

Fixed (again) the mix-up between the two dig spot locations down by the temple area

Fixed some sloppy coding for Sujin’s quest where the spirit might appear unresponsive

Manually set some NPCs to be performing certain actions during the “meet the townsfolk” segment of the intro

Made 2 books in Song’s shop purchasable more than once

Fixed a spelling bug with Eric’s dialogue about remembering to play music

Fixed a bug where button prompt to show details said “welcome to the karaoke minigame”

Bath monkeys won’t be stuck levitating if you release them near a lamp, as well as when you’re hovering over an object you can pick up

Fixed a crash when Yari is destroyed because the season switched to fall when the player slept

Removed NPC destroy event (moved code to clean up event)

Fixed Morinoba’s dialogue when playing on Steam Deck

Removed train carriage destroy event and replaced it with clean up event

Blocked the boiler saw from being accessible until specific parts of the tutorial

Made the bathhouse tutorial entrance invisible blocker persistent during the tutorial so players can’t break the tutorial by accidentally leaving at the wrong time

Added an extra line of clarification to the bathhouse upgrades UI (upon paying for an upgrade) indicating the day the upgrade will be finished, and stating that Fae will finish the upgrade at the end of her work day on that day

Fixed a bug where lord spirit text when moving between rooms would cause time to freeze

Changed some code to help with crashes when entering/exiting the bathhouse

Put a check in to destroy the train if it’s somehow around when it’s not 7am or 9pm

Fixed an issue where if you saved the game after seeing the bathhouse with Wonyan for the first time (exterior) and exited completely, you will now be able to progress the tutorial in the convenience store as intended

Fixed a bug where “blank text” text appears in Yumi’s page of notebook

Fixed a bug where there was seemingly another character page in the notebook to the right of Yumi’s page. Also removed the ability to flip past Yumi’s (the last) page

Fixed a bug where if you were moving an object in storage or the fridge to a new location, and instead of selecting the new location you chose the initial spot, the item would disappear

Jan will now stop 35 pixels from the target NPC when helping the player find everyone, rather than stopping on top of them

Added backup to prevent baby boar from hitting player while player is entering a new room

Additional notes: none
Source: Cheesemaster Games (Steam)

Spirittea – Ver. 1.5.8

Release date: ???
Patch notes:

Inventory stacking!

We know you’ve all been waiting for this, and we’re more than happy to deliver! Now, if you have more than one of the same item in your inventory, it’ll stack instead of taking separate inventory slots! It’ll stack in other places with storage too, like the chest in your house, fridges, etc.

Fixed issues with Morinoba’s dialogue when playing on Steam Deck

Added a sleeping animation for Fae

The poobirds now have sound effects!

The train carriage destroy event has been replaced with a clean up event

The boiler can’t be accessed until specific parts of the tutorial, to avoid unintended behavior

The invisible blocker during the bathhouse tutorial is now more prominent, to stop players from breaking the tutorial and accidentally leaving at the wrong time

Added more clarification to the bathhouse upgrades UI when you pay for an upgrade. It will now be indicated the day the upgrade will be finished and will inform the player that Fae will finish the upgrade at the end of her work day

The player can now run the bathhouse on the weekend, even when Fae has an upgrade scheduled, as she doesn’t work on the weekend

Fixed a crash relating to bath monkeys not being able to find a spot in the outdoor baths

Fixed a bug where Lord Spirit text would cause time to freeze when moving between rooms

Quests on the board and notebook will now complete regardless of whether you’ve spoken to the relevant NPC to tie up the quest

Fixed a bug where the selling shrine would display -1 as a price

Additional notes: none
Source: Cheesemaster Games (Steam)

Spirittea – Ver. 1.5.6

Release date: ???
Patch notes:

Pumpkins will now grow all year round!

New UI elements for the Spirits section of the in-game menu

New UI elements for the Collections section of the in-game menu

New UI elements for the Friendships section of the in-game menu

New button prompts for when an item can be used

The Queen figurine is now easier to get

Fixed a bunch of NPC pathing issues

Fixed some more bathhouse weirdness

The snowmen quest is fixed for those people who were encountering some weirdness

Figurines can now be sold for more Moolags

Fixed Eric’s quest, where he’d stand next to the restaurant for some reason

NPCs will follow you slightly better now

NPCs hobbies no longer show as “1” in the notebook

Seaweed isn’t called “seaweed soup” in the shop anymore

You don’t lose your bike when you get hit by a snowball anymore

You can’t pass through the bridge on the east side of town anymore

Fixed the bath monkeys. Stupid monkeys

Swapped two of the dig sites that were incorrectly interchanged

DEFINITELY fixed Sujin’s quest this time

Fixed NPCs being missing or stuck during Meet the Townsfolk

Made 2 of the books purchaseable more than once in the shop

Loads of other stuff

Additional notes: none
Source: Cheesemaster Games (Steam)

Spirittea – Ver. 1.5.3

Release date: ???
Patch notes:

Fixed a bug where Leigh won’t talk to the player during his quest (when he’s not painting)

Fixed a bug where the home cooking UI doesn’t recognise the new doubled storage and fridge sizes

Added Juso, Flitt, Lunariss and Avanis as spirits which appear around the town if you’ve completed their quest

Fixed a bug where the “Fall is Coming” painting was appearing EVERYWHERE once up on display

Levelling up while sweeping the bathhouse won’t cause bugs with the brooms anymore

The baby boar doesn’t move during a loading screen or if time is paused

Fixed a bug where players couldn’t get into the tunnel by the temple due to an invisible barrier

Removed the ability to eat as a tanuki, which was causing a soft lock

Fixed a bug where Quill’s sand castle wouldn’t appear

Fixed a bug where the pamphlet was showing Jillian & Yari’s friendship as 0 if they were out of town

Your bike will now appear outside of your home when you sleep or become exhausted, so it will never get lost

The repair kit used to fix the shrine for Bruce’s quest will now be destroyed after repairing it 3 times

Added more quest hints for Leigh

Julian’s knife now has a name!

Cooking elixirs at home now produces 3 of them instead of 1

Ensured that plants regrow their fruits

Fixed a bug where Fonuki wasn’t revealed in-game after the reveal sequence

Fixed a visual bug with large text and boxes when looking at recipe ingredients in the bathhouse recipe book

Fixed a bug where the spirit’s countdown timer in Clarence’s quest was displaying too large in other languages

Fixed a bug where NPC hobbies appear as “1” instead of a word

Fixed a bug where berry bushes were growing odd items rather than berries? weird

Additional notes: none
Source: Cheesemaster Games (Steam)

Spirittea – Ver. 1.5.2

Release date: ???
Patch notes:

Separated Miko and Amelia more when they’re preparing kimchi in front of the shop in the mornings (this one was especially tough, never get between a lady and her kimchi!!)

Removed using joystick as an option for karaoke minigame as inputs were too inaccurate and we were failing you for no reason (sorry!)

Removed penalty of losing points if you mistime in the karaoke minigame, making it a lot easier

Ensured one-of-a-kind shrine items cannot be sold (making completing the shrines impossible)

Fixed Sora’s bug-catching text to use the correct player name

Fixed spirit vision teapot blinking and not resetting after sleeping

Fixed issue where if you close the bathhouse, NPC helpers with towels in the main room will not spawn their towels unless you go to another room and come back. Now the towels will appear where/when they should

Fixed the stinker statue being misnamed sun melon(??)

You’re now NOT able to be holding a towel (clean, wet, dirty), open your bag and swap to a different item (resulting in towel ending up in backpack)

The game now checks that there are at least 10 towels (the starting number) available to you in the bathhouse somewhere. If you lose any towels in a shift, they should now reappear!

Added some code for players who collected the bard and prisoner figurine before the bug where they weren’t counted as collected was fixed. Now you can get the achievement!

Fixed a bug where player health was below 0, meaning they couldn’t move

Additional notes: none
Source: Cheesemaster Games (Steam)

Spirittea – Ver. 1.5.0

Release date: ???
Patch notes:

Karaoke is finally easier!! Basically, we removed a bunch of the center drum prompts, and reduced the number of presses needed on the various directions. It’s still tricky! But maybe doable now?

The recipes for Butterfruit Pie and Mixed Veg Pizza can now be found in the shop rotation

The demon pepper spawns *way* more now

Ling’s skeleton! It turns out it was sometimes parking itself *under* the bridge to the right of town. So it was there, but you umm… couldn’t see it. The skeleton will stop nearby now, rather than under the bridge. If you’re still struggling to find it, maybe try hitting the interact button under the bridge!!

Amelia and Clarence’s quests can’t clash anymore

Added a TON more localization to the game

Insects now make a flutter noise! Lovely

Towels won’t get stuck in impossible to reach places anymore. Stupid idiot towels

Generally fixed more issues with spirit bathhouse placement

The final 2 figurines will be recorded now!

Fixed a bunch more various crashes!

Additional notes: none
Source: Cheesemaster Games (Steam)

Spirittea – Ver. 1.4.9

Release date: ???
Patch notes:

Fixed some open cutscenes weirdness

Items given to you via friendship won’t sometimes disappear anymore

Fixed a ton of crashes

If you’re eating when you hit 0 stamina, it won’t explode anymore

If you’re hanging out with an NPC and they have a different activity to do, they’ll keep doing your activity instead

You can catch fireflies and cloud cats in your bug trap safely now!

Spirits shouldn’t randomly disappear when placing them in the bathhouse now

Baby monkeys can’t swim in hard to reach places

NPCs working your bathhouse won’t lose towels anymore

You can now put wet towels on the wet towel table!

You can now put dry towels on the dry towel table!

Fixed a bug with spirit vision getting stuck during the weird popup text box quest

Song now has art asset changes based on her mood

Fixed issue where people were getting a black screen when loading the game (sorry!)

Added missing localization for Spanish, Chinese and Japanese (still a few bits to fix up though!)

Made fishing easier!

Doubled the amount of items you can have in the world at once (for all those extra fish you’re going to be catching!)

Tripled the size of your house and fridge storage (for all you hoarders)

Additional notes: none
Source: Cheesemaster Games (Steam)

Spirittea – Ver. ??? to ???

Release date: ???
Patch notes:

Ver. ???

Changes to the villager pathing. Maybe some of them will stop walking in the wrong directions now!

Villagers who aren’t meant to be on the map at certain times (eg. Ling, Tifa, Sora) shouldn’t show anymore

Sujin’s quest is fixed!

It won’t rain as much anymore, thank god!

Some of the endless fishing issues should be resolved

The cooking minigame should work properly now

Fixed some issues with the drinking minigames

Some other bits and pieces

Ver. ???

Fixed the issue where Fae never finishes her bathhouse work! Just jump to the next day and she should FINALLY finish up

Fixed the issue where you can sometimes get locked in place while fishing!

Fae doesn’t randomly call you Dan anymore! Who the *heck* is Dan anyway?!

The book will say your town name now instead of some other place

Fae can give you her map properly now!

Moby has a soaking animation when he goes in the hotspring now!

Some other bits and pieces

Additional notes: none
Source: Cheesemaster Games (Steam) / Cheesemaster Games (Steam)

How to download updates for Unicorn Overlord for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Unicorn Overlord, 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.