Dave The Diver 7/18 update has arrived, and the patch notes include some improvements, balance changes, and bug fixes. Developer MintRocket has also suggested that if players continue to face stutters or crashes even after today’s update, they should verify the integrity of game files.
The most notable changes for the game include the addition of a new batch dispatch feature in the Sushi Restaurant and the addition of cutscenes for the last upgrade of each weapon. Without further ado, here is the complete list of patch notes for the 7/18 update for Dave The Diver:
Dave The Diver Update for 7/18 Patch Notes
Improvements
Sushi Restaurant
- Added batch dispatch function.
- Now you can select multiple employees per ingredient and send them all at once.
Sea People Village
[After Chapter 3] [spoiler]Seaweed Farm[/spoiler] Improvements
- A notification will be displayed when there’s a crop ready to be harvested.
- Crops will be listed by the name of the crop, not by the seed name.
Cutscenes
- Special cutscenes have been added for the final upgrade of each weapon.
Balance
Boss Fight
- [Revenge Time!] Adjusted the behavior patterns of the [spoiler]Great White Shark Boss, Klaus[/spoiler].
Underwater Exploration
- [Chapter 3] The Seaweed map will appear more frequently in the Blue Hole.
- Increased the chance of seaweed and sea urchin spawns.
- There will be more seaweed and sea urchins appearing at night than during the day.
Sushi Restaurant
- Whole-Roasted Shark Head’s taste value and price have increased.
Bug Fixes
Sushi Restaurant
- Fixed an issue where recruitment wasn’t possible in certain situations, even if there were available employees to hire, after achieving Diamond rank on Cooksta.
- [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes close during a [spoiler]Cooking Battle[/spoiler] and the mission would not progress.
- If the game is already saved in the middle of the mission, you will be able to replay the [spoiler]Cooking Battle[/spoiler].
- [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where the [spoiler]Cooking Battle[/spoiler] would not progress normally after you upgraded your Cooksta Rank.
- [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where [spoiler]Cooking Battle[/spoiler] mini-games would not work at certain screen resolutions.
Underwater Exploration
- [Chapter 4] Fixed an issue where weapons and items were reset after moving to the [spoiler]Abandoned cave[/spoiler] when progressing through the story.
- [Chapter 5] Fixed an issue where players sometimes couldn’t continue after dying while fleeing from [spoiler]Gadons[/spoiler] in the [spoiler]Glacial area[/spoiler].
- Fixed a bug where the visual effects of weapon crates were displaying incorrectly.
- [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where the dialogue would display incorrectly when retrying certain [spoiler]Fishmon[/spoiler] encounters after a failed attempt.
Sea People Village
- Fixed an issue where Dave couldn’t talk to certain Sea People Villagers after finishing the game.
Other Fixes
- Fixed an issue where sounds from certain fish were missing.
- Fixed an issue where the sound would continue playing repeatedly after defeating certain bosses.
- Fixed various typos in the text reported to us by the community.
- Fixed various mistranslations and text that were cut off in certain languages.
- Improved overall quality of the European language translations (French, Spanish, Portuguese, German)
*Still a work in progress, but will continue to improve the quality of the translations.
For more information on future updates and patch notes, keep a close eye on The Nerd Stash. We also have patch notes for other popular games, like BattleBit Remastered and Counter-Strike 2.
The 7/18 update for Dave The Diver is available on PC.
