This is the changelog of all updates officially released for Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town. The current most up-to-date version is 1.0.6 for Japan, and 1.0.5 for North America and Europe.
Made explanations by festival organizers easier to understand
Adjust the Egg Festival when the player participates alone
Improved conversations with residents during mealtimes
Changed the way the day ends at 2 am
Adds the ability to change the sounds animals make
Added the ability to change the name of your animals and child
Fixed a bug where the event to receive your child would become unable to complete if multiple events occurred in succession
Fixed a bug that prevented the loading screen from changing when exiting the Coop
Fixed a bug where changing the camera distance while picking up mushrooms in different areas of the Mushroom Hunt festival would cause the player to lose progress
Fixed a bug that caused the game to lose progress when taking care of animals outside right as they were about to enter the barn or coop
Fixed a bug where the game would not load when joycons or a controller were not connected when starting the game
Fixed a bug where holding down the A button while moving in front of a broken facility would prevent the player from using the A button to pick up items
Fixed a bug that prevented the event from progressing when Neil/Felicia was given an item to confess or propose
Other minor bug fixes
Version 1.0.5
JP: May 23, 2021[5] US: June 26, 2021[6] EU: June 23, 2021[7]
Changes the functionality of makers to make them easier to use
Adds the ability to sidestep and lock movement in a straight line
Adds a heart gauge visual during dialogue with marriage candidates
Improves some issues that caused lag
Removes the need to press the A Button when moving from indoors to outdoors
Adjusts some cooking times
Adjusts some of the residents’ existing dialogue and adds new dialogue
Changes characters’ responses when giving a present, confession, or proposing multiple times in one day
Adds new visuals for different meals
Version 1.0.4
JP: April 6, 2021[8] US: April 5, 2021[9] EU: April 6, 2021[10]
Shortens loading times in general
Fixes an animation when making a “Special Prayer” at the shrine
Fixes an issue where save data could become corrupted after animals are born
Fixes an issue where the game could freeze after the child adoption event
Fixes an issue that created infinite items under certain conditions
Adds a language settings menu under “Options” in the game’s title screen
Other minor bug fixes
Version 1.0.3
JP: March 16, 2021 US: EU: March 19, 2021
Improves loading times in certain areas
Fixes an issue where the game would sometimes freeze when internet functionality was turned on
Fixes an issue where leaving your house after waking pets up under certain conditions caused the game to freeze
Fixes an issue where equipping the fishing rod in the mines under certain conditions caused the game to freeze
Other minor bug fixes
Version 1.0.2
JP: February 25, 2021[11] US: EU: February 25, 2021
Fixes an issue where picking mushrooms at or above a certain speed caused the game to freeze
Other minor bug fixes
Version 1.0.1
JP: February 25, 2021 US: February 24, 2021 EU: February 19, 2021