Nominate Slime Rancher 2 for the "Sit Back and Relax" Steam Award!
There's nothing more relaxing than wiling away the hours in the breezy, prismatic fields of Rainbow Island, while watching Cotton Slimes bounce through the air and land softly in a patch of delicious water lettuce.
If you agree, consider nominating us for the “Sit Back and Relax” Steam Award for 2022!
Thank you again for all your support, and may all your holidays be restful and refreshing.
All the Days Ahead
Since the Early Access launch of Slime Rancher 2, the development team here at Monomi Park has been hard at work combing through your feedback and reviews, fixing bugs, and developing content updates. We’d like to take a moment to talk about the future of Slime Rancher 2 as well as set expectations for the content and pace of those updates.
Monomi Park is a relatively small studio that prioritizes team health above all else. This means that we will take all the time we need to deliver high-quality updates so that our team can remain happy and healthy, and ready to deliver the updates that follow. This approach allows us to support Slime Rancher 2 long-term, just as we did with the original.
Because of this, our approach to content updates is to make larger updates that have a clear reason for players to revisit the game. So while you’re welcome to wait for updates to ‘build up,’ our objective is that each major content update to Slime Rancher 2 is an update worth returning to Rainbow Island and continuing your experience for a while.
And once you do find yourself running out of steam with the latest update, take a break! We believe it’s healthy for our players and their long-term enjoyment of Slime Rancher 2 to know when it’s time to leave Rainbow Island for a while until the next major update comes along. If you follow Monomi Park or Slime Rancher on social media, subscribe to our newsletter, or watch for news posts on your preferred platform, then you’ll know right away when updates arrive and when it’s time once more to tighten your boots and ready your Vacpack.
So what does the future hold for Beatrix’s new adventure in Slime Rancher 2? Our first major content update will be available in early 2023 and will have Beatrix discovering a mysterious, glacial island off the coast of Ember Valley known as Powderfall Bluffs. As if it were a giant, icy time capsule, Beatrix will discover a thriving community of prehistoric Saber Slimes and Thundercluck chickens within, as well as a treasure trove of new resources for crafting and strange, auroral anomalies scattered about the zone. And keep your head low, because slimes love a good snowball fight!
Following the release of Powderfall Bluffs, the team will be deep into development of new features that build upon a lot of the core activities in Slime Rancher, enriching the experience you know and love. Our plan is to bundle many of these together into the second major content update, allowing players to return to Slime Rancher 2 and experience many parts of the game in new ways. This second major content update will take time to develop, but we feel it will pay huge dividends on the overall experience with Slime Rancher 2 for all updates to come.
Further out, Beatrix’s adventure will finally take her into the massive and mysterious Grey Labyrinth that blocks her progress across the furthest reaches of the island. And though its purpose and history remain unknown, it's clear that the key to unlocking the secrets of Rainbow Island lie beyond its walls.
We hope you’re as excited for the future of Slime Rancher as we all are here at Monomi Park. It has been a pleasure to see you enjoy this world we built and now share with you. We immensely appreciate your feedback, support, and patience as we develop Slime Rancher 2 in a way that is healthy and sustainable for our team, and that produces fun, inspiring, and beautiful updates (with at least a few very silly things in it) for all of you.
Thank you again, and we look forward to seeing you out there on Rainbow Island; now, or in all the days ahead.
Slime Rancher 2 - Patch 0.1.2 Notes
Slime Rancher 2 Patch 0.1.2 includes bugfixes, and some balance and quality of life changes. It is not a major content patch. We will be providing an update to the Slime Rancher community in the near future that covers what to expect with Slime Rancher 2’s future content updates. Stay tuned!
Slime Rancher 2 - Patch 0.1.2
Changes:
New options are available in the Display Settings to adjust gamma and brightness.
Mouse sensitivity range has been increased.
Slowed down reproduction rates of chickens outside of coops, preventing the chicken uprising.
Reduced the animal cull limit in the Conservatory to remove chickens where the uprising has already happened.
Made some adjustments to Cotton Slime hopping that will reduce their tendency to hop out of corrals, especially with food nearby. We’ll be keeping an eye on this one and would appreciate your feedback.
Many deco gadget costs have been adjusted, increasing in Plort cost but reducing in Slime Science material costs.
Adjusted the cost of the Water Tank to allow for it to be crafted earlier in the experience.
Bugfixes:
Various typos have been corrected, others have been left in intentionally. That’s just how BOb talks, ok?
Names in the Credits have been adjusted and corrected. (sorry!)
Fixed an issue where Beatrix would sometimes fall through the ground.
Fixed an issue where players could not increase the rank of certain vac upgrades despite having the necessary upgrade components.
Fixed an issue where certain resources could not be collected after a prolonged game session.
Fixed a bug causing Tarr to be more dangerous than intended.
Thank you again for your support in making Slime Rancher 2 a huge success. We are very grateful to our community and excited for the adventure ahead that we will share with you.
Stay wiggly!
Slime Rancher 2 Now Available in Early Access
In the distance, there was an island with colors that danced and moved like a dream…
Slime Rancher 2 is now available in Early Access!
Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys to Rainbow Island, a mysterious land brimming with ancient technology, unknown natural resources, and an avalanche of wiggling, jiggling, new slimes to discover in the sequel to the award-winning, smash-hit original that has been enjoyed by over 15 million fans worldwide.
Features:
Explore a Vibrant New World: Continue the slime ranching adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys to a mysterious rainbow-hued island.
Discover Wiggly New Slimes: Collect slimes never seen before on the Far, Far Range, like the bouncy Cotton Slime or the aquatic Angler Slime.
Build a Conservatory on Rainbow Island: Earn Newbucks from Slime Plorts and collect resources on Rainbow Island to upgrade your Vacpack, build new gadgets, and expand your conservatory.
Lots of Free Updates on the Way: The world of Slime Rancher 2 is always growing. Expect lots of free content updates as Rainbow Island expands with new worlds to explore, reveals more wiggly, new slimes to wrangle, and exciting, new features are added to change the way you play.
For information on what to expect during Slime Rancher 2’s Early Access development, check out our Official FAQ.
Rainbow Island is a place of mystery and wonder, and the home to future adventures in Slime Rancher for years to come. We hope that it brings you joy, a host of wiggly, new friends, or just a soft patch of prismatic grass to sit in and idle away the afternoon. So tighten your boots, ready your Vacpack, and always keep your eye on the horizon, because we’re just getting started.
Stay wiggly, Monomi Park
Slime Rancher 2 Launches September 22!
Slime Rancher 2 will be available in Early Access on September 22, 2022! Wishlist on Steam today to be the first to set sail for Rainbow Island!
The Early Access release of Slime Rancher 2 is the beginning of an incredible journey for us that we're delighted to share with you. For more information on what to expect, please check this In-Depth Early Access FAQ.
We here at Monomi Park are thrilled to finally announce Slime Rancher 2, a true, next-gen sequel to the original and the start of a whole new adventure in the Slime Rancher universe!!!
We have been reading all of your emails, tweets, posts and messages asking us a big question: What’s next for Slime Rancher? And today, we’re finally able to share a glimpse of what we’ve been cooking up.
Slime Rancher 2 returns to the Far, Far Range and finds Beatrix LeBeau on unfamiliar shores across the Slime Sea on the mysterious Rainbow Island. The landscape of this island is painted in a prismatic array of ever-shifting colors, and its great expanses will put her adventurous spirit to the test, reuniting her with old friends along the way. With her faithful vacpack, plenty of grit, and a thirst for the unknown, Beatrix will establish a new refuge on Rainbow Island, uncover its mysteries, and advance slime science to new heights.
This announcement is a surreal moment for the entire Monomi Park team. Last year was incredibly difficult and sad in so many ways for all of us, and working on this project allowed us to focus on the future. Now that it's here, we can only hope that it brings you as much joy and excitement as it has for us. We want to thank everyone who has shared your brilliant fanart, words of encouragement, and enthusiastic questions because it told us to keep pushing through. There are simply no words for the gratitude we feel, and we are so happy to finally share this moment with you. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
You can expect to see Slime Rancher 2 available in early access in 2022 on Steam PC.
[previewyoutube="ehh3m59vbA0;full"] Watch the announcement trailer HERE