- V1.1.3 Update - 8 October 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better!This is an update that took a lot of time but contains only a few words of content:Optimized the lighting system and replaced it with a new lighting framework to avoid the issue of overexposure. Optimized sound effects by adding different footstep sounds for floors of different materials. Added a screenshot feature, allowing you to quickly take screenshots in \ - \.This update is about refining and improving the fundamentals. No new game content was added, which may disappoint players. But we still hope that everyone can feel our courage to overturn and rebuild, as well as our original intention to make Halcyon Days at Taoyuan better and better!Thank you as always!
- V1.1.2 update and content preview for V1.2 - 18 August 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! It is your feedback and suggestions that have made the game better!We have made a few optimizations over the past few days:If you encounter a cloud save migration failure when switching devices for the first time, you can manually migrate your save files using the following method.Locate the Windows save folder: C:\\Users\\Username\\AppData\\LocalLow\\BotanX\\-X-. Find the folder named jtnxrzlm inside it, and copy all the files inside that folder (note: the files inside the folder, not the entire jtnxrzlm folder itself) to the jtnxrzlm folder inside the Mac save folder com.BotanX.HalcyonDaysatTaoyuan.If you encounter a save migration failure with the Mac test version, you can manually migrate your save files using the following method.In Finder, press Command + Shift + G, and enter ~/Library/Application Support/.Locate th…
- V1.1.1.1 Update - 28 July 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better!Contents of this update:Fixed an issue where controller buttons would become unresponsive in certain states.Pulled out another pesky little weed that was blocking the way.Thank you as always!
- V1.1.1 Update - 24 July 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better!Contents of this update:The floral system has been expanded.A clothing slot dedicated to flowers has been added. You can now wear cultivated flowers as accessories.The farm decoration system has been expanded.The furniture that comes with the Grand House's garden can now be removed.10 types of bamboo that can be planted on the farm have been added.The \ has been added, which can be used to build large landscaping furniture such as fish ponds, pavilions, and rockeries.The \ has been added for making bamboo branches into decorative furniture.9 new types of interior floors have been added.Several new pieces of furniture have been added, including folding screens, fish tanks, etc.Controller compatibility has been improved based on your feedback.The controller's input l…
- Content preview for V1.1.1 - 15 July 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! It is your feedback and suggestions that have made the game better!We have been adding more content to V1.1 over the past few days and plan to release an update at the end of July.Gameplay videoThis update includes mainly three features:1. The function of using flowers as hairpins will be added. A new clothing slot will be added for cultivated flowers.2. More decorative items as well as the function to decorate the garden will be added.You will be able to freely remove furniture in the Grand House's garden.Large landscaping furniture will be added, including fish ponds, pavilions, and rockery stones.Plantable bamboos for your farm and a series of decorative bamboos will be added.3. Controller compatibility will be improved base on your feedback. For example, you will be able to use the D-pad in the in-game menu after this…
- Mac version is now available in the Beta branch! - 22 June 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better! We are pleased to announce that the Beta branch for macOS is available now on Steam. You can access the Beta version and play Halcyon Days at Taoyuan on macOS. How to join the Beta branch? From your Steam Library, right-click on the game icon and open "Properties. " Then, head to the "Games Versions & Betas" tab, and opt into the "mac_test". Finally, launch the game after it is updated! Please note: Controller support is not fully functional in this version, so you could encounter unknown bugs or performance issues. We highly recommend you back up your save files before launching the beta. If you run into any bugs, feel free to report them via the feedback form below. Form Link Thank you as always!
- V1.1.0.9 Update - 17 June 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better!Contents of this update:A teleport shrine has been added to the second farm area.Two small tufts of grass that were slightly out of place have been removed.Thank you as always!
- V1.1.0.8 Update - 16 June 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better! Content of this update: The logic of selecting items is optimized. Now you can select the item you want more precisely when it's close to other items. The gamepad control of Net Fishing is optimized. Now you can use D-pad instead of LS to play this mini game. Certain mistakes in English conversations are fixed. Thank you as always!
- V1.1 Update - 15 June 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better!Version 1.1 is finally here!V1.1 Trailer:https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV196Ju6vEPc/As this is the first major update for Halcyon Days at Taoyuan, we are both excited and nervous.We are excited because we can finally add all the interesting ideas we did not have time to implement in the game, little by little.We are nervous because this update fixes a lot of issues left over from our early inexperience. To fix them, some changes even touch the underlying framework. For example, we have reset the farm map. We worry that some players will love the new changes, while others may find them hard to get used to. But every change stems from our belief that we want Taoyuan Village to go far. To build a solid foundation and ensure stronger scalability for the future, some c…
- Gardening Version (V1.1) Coming Soon - 30 May 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better!We’re thrilled to share a good piece of news - the development of V1.1 is almost finished and we plan to release it in mid-June! This major content update will extend the game in three ways. I. Flowers, ceramics, and trees (including flowering trees, fruit trees, and timber trees you can plant on the farm) are added.II. Incomes from rod fishing, net fishing, husbandry, and liquor brewing are significantly increased.This may lead to superfluous incomes, but given the high-pressure real life, it's better to enjoy a relaxing life in the game.We will continue adding more tasks and items to address this issue. "More flour requires more water; more water requires more flour".(We believe you can get it.)III. The foundational framework is optimized.For example, due to our…
- Crowdfunding Exclusive Pack Returns for a Limited Time - 18 May 2026
Halcyon Days at Taoyuan - Crowdfunding Exclusive Pack is now back on Modian.Click here to viewConsidering the dev team consists of only four people and all the team members need to commit themselves to the content update of this game, the dev team decide not to launch any more similar crowdfunding events after this one ends.Limited by the man power and the export process, all physical products in this crowdfunding event are not available to users outside Mainland China. We are deeply sorry for it.On top of that, V1.1 update is scheduled to be available in mid-June. This update contains much content. One month to go. Stay tuned!Thank you as always!
- Optimized for Steam Deck! English text updated! - 27 April 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better!Content of this update:The game has been optimized for Steam Deck.UI is remade. The minimum font size is increased to make the text easier to read on Steam Deck.An on-screen keyboard is automatically displayed when the user is required to input text.The feature of scaling UI is added.Traditional Chinese localization is added.English localization is tentatively improved.English text is proofread. Certain spelling mistakes are fixed.UI is adjusted to fix the problem that some sentences are too long to fully display.Interactions with NPCs are optimized.Interaction UI is optimized. The unchanging motto is removed.The logic of randomly selecting replies is optimized to avoid the same reply repeatedly appears in a short time.The format of replies is optimized. Long sente…
- V1.0.16.2更新说明 - 2 April 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better!We are halfway through the Steam Deck compatibility and UI optimization work, which was temporarily paused for a few days to release V1.0.16. Before getting back on track, we took the opportunity to make a few small fixes.Content of this update:Fixed an issue where the achievement for defeating Huang under certain conditions would not unlock.If the achievement \ was not unlocked after defeating Huang earlier, please re-enter the game to unlock it.Optimized the drop logic for fragmented pages: now the cave statues will prioritize dropping fragmented pages that have not been obtained before.Fixed a rotation issue when placing the item "Jade Horse Statue (Large)".Thank you as always!
- V.1.0.16Update - 31 March 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better! Content of this update: More than 600 new dialogues regarding receiving gifts are added to romance candidates. Romance candidates now respond differently according to their relationships with you (stranger, acquaintance, soulmate, lover, etc.) after receiving gifts from you. Certain NPCs’ favourite items are corrected. This update marks the first step on the road to enriching the plot. We’ll gradually add more dialogues regarding receiving gifts to other NPCs and add more chitchat dialogues to all NPCs in the next updates to come. We’ll keep enriching the dialogues with romance candidates before and after marriage. Thank you as always!
- V1.0.15 Update - 9 March 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better! Content of this update: The feature of manual saving is added. You can manually save your progress at the journal desk now. The logic of auto saving at the ending is optimized. The number of contribution vouchers you earn from donating items is corrected now. Your progress before challenging Huang will be saved separately as backup now. The area on which you can construct inside Grand House (the parcels of land in front of stairs on both sides) is optimized.The bug that item \ sometimes disappears is fixed. We’ll improve the performance on Steam Deck with the next update, including on-screen keyboard auto-display, font size adjustment, etc. Attention please! If you have any problem with your save file, feel free to contact us via [email protected] Discord, we'l…
- Content Preview for V1.1 & Future Updates - 27 February 2026
We’ve been optimizing functions and fixing bugs in the past month since the release of Halcyon Days at Taoyuan. We were too busy to carefully plan the future of this game.So during the Spring Festival holiday, we chewed over feedback and suggestions from all players, finalized the detailed content of the first major update according to the previous roadmap we posted.The first major update will be available with V1.1:V1.1Add Garden System & Update Farm1. Add flowers you can grow.2. Add ornamental trees.3. Add the feature of making porcelain.4. Add the feature of making potted landscape.5. Remake the farm so the construction area can be arranged more neatly and you can construct on the grassland surrounding your house.6. Add the second farm.7. Remake the garden in Grand House so you can decorate it at your will.8. Enrich the dialogues with villagers, especially the ones with romance candi…
- V1.0.14 Update - 26 February 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better!Content of this update:Tentatively fix the problem that some NPCs’ routes go wrong in 40-min mode.The bug that fish freezes on your head if you faint while fishing is fixed.The bug that alcohol item isn't auto-recorded in \ is fixed.The bug that tofu isn't auto-recorded in \ is fixed.The error that buff info is displayed incorrectly is fixed.The error that wrong items are requested in rumor quests regarding Li Yong is fixed.The error that some NPCs’ routes overlap each other is fixed.The plot now has priority to ensure the plot can be coherent while scene is changed.The plot regarding Tunjie is optimized. A feature of returning specific items is added to fix the problem that you cannot obtain them while there’s no empty slot in your bag.In the few weeks to come, we…
- V.1.0.13 Update - 15 February 2026
Thank you to all the villagers who have entered Taoyuan Village! It is your feedback and suggestions that have made the game better!The following updates have been made:Optimized the relocation logic for animal sheds. When selecting a new location, you can now cover the original spot.Improved Diao Yun’er’s automatic feeding logic. She will now fill the feed trough to half its capacity instead of just the minimum required amount.Adjusted the door settings in homes. All doors inside homes will now be open by default.Enhanced the skill UI, improving the display effect of the skill progress bar.Refined the prompt for turning off lanterns in the Instructions.Optimized the wolf summoning mechanism by limiting the number that can exist simultaneously to prevent game freezes.Fixed the descriptive text for certain items.At this point, most of the small-scale optimizations and fixes we could impl…
- Grab DLC "Galloping Horse Pack" for free in a limited time! - 12 February 2026
As a reward for players who stayed connected with us in the last few weeks, DLC "Galloping Horse Pack" is free from Feb 12, 2026 @ 10 AM to Feb 24, 2026 @ 10 AM (PST). We hope this small gift can bring pleasure to all of you. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4391750/ Soundtrack is available simultaneously. Feel free to purchase it if you love the in-game BGM. Your support is the greatest encouragement for us, which will motivate us to go further and add more content to the game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4399420/ It's our honor to e-meet you. And we truly hope we can accompany you much longer in Taoyuan Village.
- V1.0.12 Update - 12 February 2026
Many thanks to all villagers who have moved into Taoyuan Village! Your feedback and suggestions are making this game better!Content of this update:DLC “Galloping Horse Pack” is added. (Free for a limited time from Feb 12, 2026 @ 10 AM to Feb 24, 2026 @ 10 AM PST.)84 new Rumor Quests are added.9 new styles of bookcase are added. (You can place one and interact with it to store fragmented pages, recipes, and blueprints.)Certain pieces of furniture can be rotated now.The reward for mining is tentatively optimized.The occurrence probability of ore is increased.The acquisition rate of ore is increased.The problem that players might get stuck in bed after waking up from coma is tentatively fixed.The settings of panda, huang cub and other special beasts are optimized.Certain items that cannot be regained are prohibited from being discarded or traded in now.Huang cub will no longer leave you be…
