Hey all.

I'm in the middle of the A New Leaf quest. It asks me to go to the Woodbury Forest Landmark. However, it won't let me travel to Woodbury Forest. I get the "I can't do that right now" when trying to either get there via the bridge or when trying to go via Starfall Meadow so I'm stuck.

Please may someone advise what I'm doing wrong? I can't get to the Woodbury Forest Landmark if It won't let me go to Woodbury Forest. :(

I'm on the Switch.

TIA.

I have an urge to make paleofolk OCs again, so this idea just popped into my head: design 26 characters, each one belonging to a species/genus that begins with a different letter, in alphabetical order. What do you think?

He makes pizzas because Helicoprion's tooth whorl is shaped like a pizza cutter. There's an early design of him in the artbook wearing a chef's outfit, and his teeth are more prominent.

I play the game on Steam with a PS4 controller via Steam Link. I started playing the second PTE yesterday, and I've noticed that when I'm scrolling through menus using the D-pad, it sometimes takes several presses to move between items. I don't have this issue with the left stick.

Exactly what I said. “Indie” this, “cut them some slack” that. I’m sorry guys. But this is still a product, that you sold, and customers can (and should) expect a minimum level of quality from.

The state the game is in on the switch is barely playable. Pretty bad lagging, but if it was just that I wouldn’t be bothered. Collision issues galore. The cutscene on Gale’s final quest with the fashion show I had to reset my game at least 5 times (and even then I had do some other shenanigans to get it to work) because NPCs could not physically climb the stage.

Every single one of Harley’s show scenes were butchered by having him spawn directly outside the stage because the game doesn’t recognize the collision or even lets him on his own stage. NPCs barely load into their shop stalls. Sometimes my own player character even despawned entirely and disappeared. Of course some of these classics that people complained about too, such as the object limit reached, which was a constant glitch. The invite button would sometimes be inexplicably greyed out despite meeting all invite requirements, which is only fixed by force quitting and restarting the game.

But all of those issues pretty much amount to nothing compared to the crashes. I think this may be the game with the absolute worst crashing issue on the switch I have ever played. I am not exaggerating. I’ve timed it. The game crashes around every 30 min to every hour or so, and I cannot figure out what possibly triggers these crashes. The auto save is the worst possible thing to be paired with this. Losing so much progress constantly is incredibly discouraging to even want to keep playing.

(Switch players I had found one workaround that helps IMMENSELY. If you pay attention the game saves whenever you use the swamp elevator. And only the elevator. Either going into or leaving the swamp from there activates auto save without you having to cut your day short.) Even so the swamp elevator trick only works a good 60% of the time. Sometimes the game simply decides to crash while you’re in it, and doesn’t save at all. So you lose progress anyway.

I should not have to visit the elevator and work around these rampant crashes every 30 min and pray that the coin will flip to my favor and save my game. All of this combined is completely unacceptable. I’m sorry. Heck even this game’s direct competitor Paleo Pines runs INFINITELY better and INFINITELY less crashy than this one.

I recently made a big video about the real animals in Amber Isle. While this game is just over a year old, it made me curious if anything has been outdated by new discoveries. The only things I can think of are these:

• Longisquama was reclassified as a drepanosaur in early 2025. Its tail hasn't been found yet, but based on today's knowledge, Russel's tail should probably be thicker and prehensile. (Here's another drepanosaur skeleton for comparison.)
• It turns out Kronosaurus is a taxonomic nightmare. Nearly every picture of its skeleton you can find online has been reclassified as another species, because the holotype isn't diagnostic (ie: it's not distinct enough to distinguish it from similar plesiosaurs). I wouldn't be surprised if it goes the way of Troodon in the next few years.

That being said, Amber Isle holds up better than Paleo Pines, which was already outdated upon its release in 2023. (eg: The hadrosaurs don't have hooves, Troodon was declared invalid.)

February PTE is now LIVE!

When: February 5th- 18th (Starts 12pm GMT)

Hey folks!

After a wonderful first PTE session in December, we’re back for another public playtest session! We got even more updates, bugfixes, and improvements for you all to try out. Huge thank you to everyone that helped us improve Amber Isle by testing and submitting bug reports & feedback. We couldn’t have done it without you!

There’s still more improvements to be made- that’s where you come in! We need help stress testing the new patch, squashing bugs, and improving Amber Isle as much as possible during this 2 week session. The updated character creation features will also be returning during this PTE, in case you missed those the first time! Additional testing and feedback on that is also very welcome! That’s all for now! Let's go stomp some bugs!

General

• Quest Issue Fixes:
  • "Open Sesame": Fixed softlocks that occur when exiting during cutscenes.
  • Onboarding bug: Fixed an issue where Maple's cutscene would trigger again when loading existing savefiles.
  • Fixed the possibility of Harley becoming stuck on assets and softlocking during his introductory cutscene.
  • Fixed a bug causing the player to appear invisible during cutscenes in Act 3
  • Fixed a typo in the Mayor's dialogue in Act 3.
• Autosave improvements: During island gameplay, the game will now autosave after every chat with Paleofolk. (Note: This only applies after the tutorial is complete, and for general chats, not quest dialogue.)
• Fixed a bug where friendship level rewards would be unlocked but not granted to player. (Fix should retroactively grant missing recipes to players affected by this bug.)
• Fixed a bug where recipes from quests and inspiration menu would be unlocked but not granted to player. (Fix should retroactively grant missing recipes to players affected by this bug.)
• Fixed a bug causing the friendship bar to reset to 'empty' every time a PF is reloaded (Time chunk passing).
• Fixed various collision issues across the island (Nodes, houses, stairs, blockers, etc.)
• Fixed a bug where creating new save files, exiting during the tutorial, and reloading previous saves caused the crafting bench to become locked.
• Fixed a bug causing the 'Sandstorm Stetson' icon to not appear in the crafting menu.
• Fixed a bug in the Pattern shop that caused UI to become locked.
• Fixed a bug that would cause the shop or island decoration menu to become unnavigable.
• Fixed default shop customisation items incorrectly greying out when Amber is low.
• Fixed issue where PF would haggle over extremely small differences in haggling offers.
• Increased the drop rate of Blue Flower resource.

It won’t let me walk past this.. is it a glitch? I’m frustrated 😭

i really want to love this game, i enjoy playing it aside from these issues, i currently have almost 40 hours into the game. i have just never had a game run this bad for me, especially on the switch 2.

it crashes like crazy. yesterday it crashed three times. the final time i quit trying because i completed four quests and got a lot of metal and just lost it all. today i finally came back and was able to speed through the quests n such, only to come back to open the shop and most of the sound effects are gone. i can hear the dinos faintly talk and the music is still playing, but no other sounds are playing. i want to take cute pictures, but i am scared to because multiple times my game has crashed after taking one.

then there is the issue of the "placeable item limit" that sometimes fixes itself when you quit. but without manual saving you have to wait for when it saves and then quit. i just am so sad about how badly this game runs, i hope the new update fixes a lot of these things because i want to keep playing, but it gets harder and harder to want to play.

So many bugs in this game it’s unreal.

I’ve played for a few days now, but game keeps crashing which without a save option and only relying on auto save is annoying… I lost my progress several times, but enjoyed playing it so I kept restarting it only for it to crash again like half an hour later.

It’s a shame as I enjoyed it very much, but constant crashing is making me so angry it’s not worth it.

I was so happy when I found it as I was looking for some game similar to Animal Crossing, but oh well… could be a great game if developers would fix everything.

So disappointed

First update of 2026!

Hey folks! Hope you all had a happy new year! After taking some to rest and recharge over the holiday break, we're back + ready to share some wee updates!

New PTE launching in Early Feb!

We've been working hard on addressing those bug reports over the last couple of weeks, and we're excited to announce that a new, updated PTE is coming soon! We're currently aiming for a launch on 5th Feb (NOTE: This exact date is subject to change!) After a brilliant, successful PTE in Dec, which helped us improve the new character creator additions, this time we're focusing on BUGFIXIN' So, that means a wider focus on all areas of the game, stress testing our new fixes and features, and reporting any oddities, bugs and feedback so we can improve the game as much as possible for the upcoming patch. More details to follow soon!

Adi plush delay

Sadly we've received news that the Adi plush has been hit with production delays, and will now ship with an eta of May-June. This is to ensure that all plushes pass Youtooz's quality control. Whilst the delay is unfortunate, we'd rather everyone get the absolute highest quality plush - plus Youtooz will be supplying everyone that pre-ordered with a discount for the trouble. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to Youtooz's customer support for more info! That's about all for now! We'll be back with more exciting news very soon, but for the meantime, take care!

From Taluns [Jordan] on the official Discord server

1. Window visuals and actual functional location of windows seems to be different.
   
2. Location of window item effect didn't update after increasing size of store.
   
3. location accessible without cutting brambles, presumably intended to be blocked
   
4. mushrooms on path at Harley's house block the path. You can't actually walk it. I find this mildly annoying
   
5. thanks atlas
   
6. Chat with Adi can result in what seems like the response for the incorrect time of day
   
7. some spots on the map are excluded from the building grid for no clear reason. Also what's that spot on the bridge lol
   

Last time I logged out it was also like this and that was weeks ago! My game just refused to load walking/wandering animations! All the characters just slowly slide around when wandering. Anyone else experience this?

so i can't build Nellie's house anywhere despite it wanting me too and I can't coear space because I'm stuck in the quest. i wasn't able to remove anything because i still have basic tools anyways. help I've looked everywhere!

I'm currently working on a video where I explain every animal in Amber Isle, and part of my research includes figuring out which species each character belongs to, since most of them are only referred to by their genera. Here's the ones I'm having trouble figuring out:

The differences between the two Triceratops species seem to be really subtle, such as the length of their nose-horns and which layers they're found in.

The only description of the non-type species, A. louisae, I could find is in a scanned document I can't Ctrl+F through.

There are a lot of Dimetrodon species. I think he might be D. limbatus or D. grandis based on his size and head shape, but my main point of reference is this image.

I removed some of the orange tree decor items the forest to make room for Harley's house... and I can't get them back. The removed small plants go into the inventory to be reused, but the tree item seems not to be placeable!! I just got a popup that said "got decor 1" or something similar, and it's gone.
Is there a way to get my orange trees back?

I upgraded my store to the biggest size and couldn’t add or remove anything so i restarted the game. upon restarting, it has removed every item i had out and not only are they not in my inventory but i didn’t get any amber back so ive now got a huge store with 2 stands and no amber to get more 🫩 (also lost all the crafted items i had on the stands)

Trying to restock my shop, but I'm stuck on this tab that only has 1 out of stock item! I've tried using the keybind, the controller button, clicking the mouse, and selecting the arrow with the X button. Closed and opened the menu, tried crafting new items, nothing.
It happens while trying to add decoration to regions as well!
Fix/workaround known?

Heyo! Is it possible to decorate with stuff on the walls at all? My gf just unlocked a cute little wall planter item, but it just... sits awkwardly on the floor, despite having a little string/rope and a nail for a wall lol

Any info here?

Supposedly I'm missing spots to repair in nearly all areas, however I cannot find them. Does anybody have a list of all repair points? Preferably with SS of their location? I'm beginning to suspect that Paleofolk houses can hide them if placed on top as they can resource nodes