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Brighter Shores

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Game details

  • Description Explore a handcrafted coastal realm, master dozens of professions (fishing, crafting, mining), and progress through episodic story content that rewards discovery, crafting, and long-term progression across hundreds of hours.
  • Genre MMORPG, RPG, Point & Click, Relaxing, Exploration
  • Developer Fen Research Ltd
  • Publisher Fen Research Ltd
  • Release Date Nov 6, 2024
  • Free to Play Yes

Latest updates

13-Aug-2026 - Patch Notes

Quality of Life Improvements

  • Items stored in the Himatik botanist statue can now be used directly on chameleon plants.
  • Add a Himatik botanist statue to the Himatik Ruins, so you can store freshly chopped bamboo stakes directly in it.
  • Add more Himatik botanist statues, so there is one near every chameleon plant patch.
  • Add "Deposit All" to the action menu for Himatik botanist statues. ...

11-Aug-2026 - Himatik Treasure Quest

Spurred on by his success in discovering the Pool of Rainbows, Hamish Truefire is keen to start his next big adventure. However, Hamish believes that a true adventurer should pace themselves, and is therefore seeking a fellow hero to help with a few of the preparations. To start the Himatik Treasure quest, you will first need to complete the Spider's Nest quest, and then speak to Hamish Truefire in the Himatik Ruins. The lead developer for the Himatik Treasure quest was Nathan. Bug Fixes ...

3-Aug-2026 - Delectable Dab Pantry

Ever since the storm rolled into Hopeport, the pantry in the Delectable Dab Kitchen has been bare. The head chef has tried to persuade Kevin to help out but, unsurprisingly, Kevin is very happy with the current situation. Perhaps someone over at Fortunehold Farm on the outskirts of Crenopolis might be willing to stock the pantry?   ...

28-Jul-2026 - Patch notes

  • Add harvest-only Botanist bounties, so you get to keep some of the items you harvest.
  • Add missing Botanist bounties for chestnuts, leeks and apples.
  • Increase the minimum amount of items required for Botanist bounties to 6, so you are encouraged to cultivate some plants to complete a bounty.
  • Delivering a chameleon plant now awards the album card for that plant.

27-Jul-2026 - Botanist Bounties

Botanist Bounties are now available. Once you are a milestone 1 Botanist, you can start completing Botanist Bounties, including growing Chameleon plants. Talk to Davis SeedFinger on Timberwell Road to get started. Davis runs a plant store and he's received some very specific orders which he'd like you to fetch via his bounty board. Some of the orders are for pre-existing botanist plants, but many can only be fulfilled by growing the all new chameleon plants. ...

7-Jul-2026 - Patch notes

Quality Of Life Improvements

  • Reduce the amount of time it takes to divine an investigation bounty clue.
  • Make 'Do first action' behave better on the investigations bounty board to reduce the number of clicks required to divine an investigation bounty clue.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix error when opening the clue divination section of the Bonewright recipe book.
  • Fix the XP displayed on the view rewards interface for dab, bream, herring, wraddock, sturlet and mackibut.