Sons of the Forest
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Sons of the Forest Hotfix Patch Notes – December 6 2023

1.32GB download for a hotfix?

Despite Endnight Games announcing that the previous major patch was the last patch before the game’s full release, we’ve received a “small” hotfix in the middle of the night. Here are the patch notes for this December 6, 2023 update for Sons of the Forest.

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Endnight Games Comment on the December 6 2023 Sons of the Forest Hotfix

Even though a download of 1.32 GB greeted me when I booted up Steam this morning, in hindsight there’s nothing major added to Sons of the Forest with this hotfix:

Hey everyone,

Here is a small update with some balance tweaks and some fixes.

Endnight Games

If you missed the last major patch notes, feel free to check them out below:

Sons of the Forest December 6, 2023 Hotfix Full Update Notes

  • Updated unity version
  • Rebalanced Hydration, fullness, and Health values for consumable items for regular and hard survival
  • Increased Armor health for all armor types
  • Adjusted some Cooking recipes and values
  • Fixed issues with Seasonal assets sometimes reverting to incorrect materials
  • Fixed some cooking recipes not applying their buffs correctly
  • Fixed Cooked Ramen noodle recipe loading incorrectly in save games
  • Fixed blurry particles on Fire Arrows and Lava Splash effect
  • Fixed some items appearing pink on crafting mat in certain cases

There are quite a few balance changes and bug fixes, and I hope they will make Sons of the Forest more enjoyable for most players. The reason for this patch’s size is probably the Unity version’s update, and I truly hope that this will raise the performance level on older PCs.

In the end, the developers ask for more feedback from the community, as per usual:

As always, please continue to post your bug reports and feedback in the Discussions area of the Community Hub.

Endnight Games

You can learn more about the 1.0 release for Sons of the Forest here, or check out our other tips and tricks through our game tag below.


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Nikola L

Nikola has been a Staff Writer at Prima Games since May 2022. He has been gaming since being able to hold an Amiga 500 joystick on his own, back in the early 90s (when gaming was really good!). Nikola has helped organize dozens of gaming events and tournaments and has been professionally attached to gaming since 2009.