# The Planet Crafter Development Branch update - v1.609

- Product: The Planet Crafter (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-planet-crafter)
- Vendor: Miju Games
- Date: 2025-11-19
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1284190/view/598543807409029176
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-planet-crafter/releases/2025-11-19-development-branch-update-v1.609

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- **removed** — Remove free access of Toxicity DLC on the beta branch
- **changed** — Improve performances
- **changed** — Purification gel unlocks sooner and can be looted easily
- **changed** — Purified water fills the thirst gauge a bit more
- **added** — Add terraformation requirements to construction tooltips UI
- **changed** — Flower pot can be placed on surfaces
- **changed** — Improve toxic HUD chip description
- **added** — Add a warning when selecting a save if the game is detected as modded
- **fixed** — Fix an issue with mushrooms materials not properly destroyed
- **fixed** — Fix an issue with drones potentially bringing too many resources to the same container
- **fixed** — Environment fixes and optimizations

Hello Terraformers!

We've just updated a new version (v1.609) on the **development branch**.
To try it, [see the "How to switch branches?" question in the FAQ](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1284190/discussions/0/5805689546864510028/).

This updates tries to improve performances and crashes issues and adds some polish**. **

Let us know what you like or do not like on those new biomes, how you like the new items and if you have major performances issues.

As usual, restart Steam to get the update, and backup your save before trying the dev branch.  All players must have the same version to play co-op. If you have issues launching the game, remove all your mods before reporting bugs.

**Temporary changelog : **

- Remove free access of Toxicity DLC on the beta branch (Thanks to everyone who playtested it!)

- Improve performances

- Purification gel unlocks sooner and can be looted easily

- Purified water fills the thirst gauge a bit more

- Added terraformation requirements to construction tooltips UI

- Flower pot can be placed on surfaces

- Improved toxic HUD chip description

- Added a warning when selecting a save if the game is detected as modded

- Fixed an issue with mushrooms materials not properly destroyed

- Fixed an issue with drones potentially bringing too many resources to the same container

- Environment fixes and optimizations

##### Stay in the loop

As always, don't miss any informations about Planet Crafter and Miju Games :

- [**Follow us on Steam**](https://store.steampowered.com/developer/MijuGames)

- [**Subscribe to our newsletter**](https://mijugames.com/pages/planetcrafter/subscribe.html)

- [follow us on youtube](https://www.youtube.com/c/MijuGamesStudio) and on  (https://twitter.com/MijuGames)

- [Join the official reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/theplanetcrafter/)

- [Listen to Planet Crafter soundtrack](https://kidkatana.ffm.to/planetcrafter-ost)

**See you soon, and good terraforming! **

Brice for Miju Games