The Garden Path (Switch): all the updates (latest: Co-Op Update / Next: Ver. 1.2 – Anniversary Update)

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for The Garden Path on Nintendo Switch.

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The Garden Path – Ver. 1.2 (Anniversary Update)

• Release date: TBA
• Patch notes:

Features

• Allotments: you can now plot out a personal space for garden residents who you have grown friendly with. Decorate their allotment to their liking and they will begin to grow their own plants and produce.
• Fulfil orders: Travelling merchants will now put in orders each day. Fulfil the orders yourself or assign them to residents with allotments. Orders can be big or small, but fulfilling them will guarantee a visit to the garden.
• The Pigeon Holes at the Community Centre have been repurposed to help manage allotments and orders, allowing you to assign orders to certain resident allotments.
• Fatigue: Residents assigned work on orders or projects can become fatigued, and will need a cup of tea to recover.
• A new scenario for Augustus can be unlocked: Go on a camping trip with Augustus to help him earn his nights away badge, and learn more about being a Park Scout Ranger.
• Dyeable clothing: some clothing pieces now have up to three slots which you can customize with dyes made with Caoimhe. Speak to Caoimhe to see if they have clothes with dye slots available to trade.
• Saplings can now be bought from Thom and obtained from allotments.
• New icons and colour coding for plant stage growth to better visualize progress for unlocking mandrakes.
• New residents to unlock: Maurice the cauliflower, Erick the beet, and Mattie the fig.
• Range of new furnishings available to decorate the Garden.

Tweaks

• The circle progress visual no longer appears around wandering mandrakes who have their requirements met (distinguished instead by order and colour).
• New clearer artwork for the oak sapling.
• Clearer UI element when moving or combining items in your inventory.
• Adjusted rarity scaling on some fish.
• New icon for maverick fish.
• Skirts now visually map to your garb, rather than behaving like trousers (looked odd on some items).
• Soil icons now have different colours depending on how rich or how aromatic.

Under the hood

• Engine has been upgraded for faster loading and smoother gameplay on some systems.

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

The Garden Path – Ver. ??? (Co-Op Update)

• Release date: February 18th/19th 2025
• Patch notes:

New features:

• Players can now hold hands in multiplayer by selecting the emote in the emote selector.
• Players can now give items to one another if they are stood near one another.
• New love emote available in the emote selector.
• New furnishing type that allows flowers to be arranged (currently the Glass Vase and Garden Arch).
• Player sleeves now match equipped garb.
• Items can now be rearranged in storage.
• Saves can now be selected from the Main Menu by cycling through them at the top of the screen (PC Only)

New fixes:

• Fixed issues with Chrysanths
• Isolated bodies of water now labelled as Ponds.
• Second player can now select their appearance if they missed the creation screen.
• Fixed Herb requirements only being met for fully grown Nightlights.
• Addressed some mouse issues when selection actions with a mouse.

New items:

• Garb – Flannel and flannel tucked.
• Props – Feather pillow, kettle grill, fountain, arch, glass vase, chess table, wine bottle, and wine bottle candle.
• Fences – Picket fence, stone row, and brick wall.

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

The Garden Path – Ver. ??? (Autumn Update)

• Release date: ???
• Patch notes:

Features

• New sequence with Larto, introducing the player to tones.
• Conkers with three or more wins can now be given a name.
• Residents will now sometimes refer to the player by their name if they have been given one.

Tweaks

• Control prompt when viewing stars will read ‘Untrack’ if the star is tracked.
• Conkers no longer stack.

Under the hood

• Inventory data now cached, significantly improving saving times for saves with many inventories.

Fixes

• Added socks to ‘Ankle Swingers’.
• Corrected Hay-scented fern and Scots Pine family names.
• Fixed holly berries not planting seedlings.
• Fixed a bug allowing popstick plants to grow without being fulfilled, leading to some project progress issues.
• Fixed some plants being shown as popsticks on focus.
• Fixed bug causing conker games to win more often than intended.
• Fixed bug allowing non-harvestables to be swapped into the collection.
• Fixed safe boxes sometimes returning nothing if all journal pages are found.
• Fixed glitch where water would appear over some objects.
• Fixed plants sharing the same flip value on first session.

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

The Garden Path – Ver. ???

• Release date: October 24th 2024 (North America, Europe) / October 25th 2024 (Japan)
• Patch notes:

Features

• Caoimhe can now help concoct dyes from different harvestables.
• Player can now dye their hair with two dye slots for base colour and highlights.
• New autumnal themed items available from trade and rewards.
• New sequence with Larto, introducing the player to tones.
• Conkers with three or more wins can now be given a name.
• Residents will now sometimes refer to the player by their name if they have been given one.

Tweaks

• Control prompt when viewing stars will read ‘Untrack’ if the star is tracked.
• Conkers no longer stack.

Under the hood

• Inventory data now cached, significantly improving saving times for saves with many inventories.

Fixes

• Added socks to ‘Ankle Swingers’.
• Corrected Hay-scented fern and Scots Pine family names.
• Fixed holly berries not planting seedlings.
• Fixed a bug allowing popstick plants to grow without being fulfilled, leading to some project progress issues.
• Fixed some plants being shown as popsticks on focus.
• Fixed bug causing conker games to win more often than intended.
• Fixed bug allowing non-harvestables to be swapped into the collection.
• Fixed safe boxes sometimes returning nothing if all journal pages are found.
• Fixed glitch where water would appear over some objects.
• Fixed plants sharing the same flip value on first session.

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

How to download updates for The Garden Path on Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for The Garden Path, 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.