[Developer Comment]
Hello, this is the development team SunnySideUp for *Little Witch in the Woods*.

Ellie can now get closer to the villagers in Wisteria.
Greet them every day and chat with them to build friendships.
Of course, don’t forget to prepare gifts that the villagers like.

Also, Ellie has learned how to craft furniture at the workbench.
Obtain *Crafting Recipes* and try making furniture!

For more details, please check below!

Affection System

• *Gift* feature added
  
  • You can give desired items to villagers.
    
  • You can give gifts once per day, and Affection will increase or decrease depending on the gift.
    
• Affection increases when talking to villagers
  
  • *First conversation of the day*, *Personal Stories*, and *Chit-Chat* can increase Affection.
    
• *Personal Stories* improvements
  
  • All villagers’ *Personal Stories* have been reset to unread.
    
• *Chit-Chat* improvements
  
  • Conversations now generate randomly based on the villager’s current Affection level.
    

• Villager Affection Emoticons added
  
  • When Affection changes, an emoticon will display the villager’s status.
    

• Added feature where villagers send letters
  
• Completing Villager Quests increases Affection
  
• Added content to discover villagers’ favorite gifts
  
• The Affection system unlocks after NPC Kyla’s Welcome Party.
  
  • If you have already completed Kyla’s Welcome Party, you can check the Affection tutorial via the mailbox.
  
  

Crafting System

• Added the *Crafting* feature, which allows you to craft furniture using *Crafting Recipes*.
  
• *Crafting Recipe* items added
  
  • Register them in the workbench crafting list to craft furniture.
    

Ritoring System

• Ritoring appears in Green Forest and Cloud Valley.
  
• Ritoring currency added.
  
• NPC Rex - Added Ritoring currency shop.
  

Bait System

• Added bait items that increase the chance of catching certain types of fish.
  
  • Can be equipped and used from the inventory.
    
• NPC Freddie – Added bait shop.
  

Item Exchange Feature

• Added a system that allows exchanging specific items using various materials.
  
  • Vintz: Dye
    
  • Elvin: Broom Customization Kit
    
  • Aurea: Ordinary collected item (even non-harvestable ordinary collected items can be exchanged.)
    
• Reduced stock quantity of these items that NPCs previously sold.
  

UI

• Villager Notes
  
  • Can be accessed from the existing Notes UI, displaying detailed information about villagers, current affection level, and Ellie's notes after completing villager quests.
    

• Villager Quests Page within the Quest UI
  
  • Can be accessed from the existing Quest UI, displaying progress information for villager quests.
    

• Inventory Overhaul
  
  • Redesigned inventory UI
    
  • Always display item information view
    
  • Equipment function added
    
    • Can equip brooms and bait
      
  • Added auto-sort function
    

New Quests

• Crafting Tutorial Quest Added
  
  • Requirements
    
    • Complete <Repairing Your Broom>, <Repairing the Village Bridge> quests.
      
  
  
• Ritoring Tutorial Quest Added
  
  • Requirements
    
    • NPC ‘Rex’ must have moved in, and at least one Ritoring must have been collected to trigger the Ritoring gathering dialogue.
      
  
  
• Arden’s Villager Quests
  
  • Requirements
    
    • Act 2: Complete <The Person in a Dragon's Memory>, <Everyone's Stage> quests.
      
    • Act 3: Complete Act 2 of Arden’s Villager Quests.
      

New Furniture Themes

• Happy Ritoring
  
• Blanc Aqua
  
• Glutton's Breakfast
  
• Blue Ballerina
  
• A Dream Like a Fairy Tale
  
• A Prosperous Day
  

Save Migration

• Affection increases based on previously completed quests.
  
• Furniture that is no longer sold after the update is removed from NPC shops.
  
• Save files from versions before 3.4.10 (April 2024, before the Cloud Valley patch) will now display a ‘Not Usable’ notification.
  
  • This will be displayed when attempting to ‘Continue’ or ‘Load’ an incompatible save file.