A new Brighter Shores update released on PC. According to the official Brighter Shores patch notes, the latest update addresses some bugs and crashes.
Since the last patch, players are experiencing problems with the game. Today’s Brighter Shores patch will fix a few of these issues.
Check out more details below.
Brighter Shores Patch Notes – Feb. 23, 2026
Quality of life improvements
• Add ‘Compare Scores’ option to players in the nearby players list and the friends list.
• The level up interface and knowledge interface will no longer open while you have an active enrage potion.
• Add ‘View recipe’ option to bounties.
• Bounties can now be rearranged by dragging them.
• Add tooltip to the knowledge orb and knowledge bar showing knowledge progress more precisely.
• Attempting to queue to attack a passive combat foe will be ignored if you have any other actions queued. This means that in the Crater, for example, clicking on a giant ant will be ignored if you are foraging hogberries or monument pieces.
Balancing
• Adjust the recipes for Bonewright weapon crafting so the bones are used in the same order they appear in Forager.
– Javelins, Clubs and Light Crossbows are now made with Bone Spikes.
– Quarterstaffs, Recurve Bows and Spears are now made with Femur Shards.
– Longbows, Poleaxes and Heavy Crossbows are now made with Rams Horns.
• Increase the reward given by chef bounties. Especially ‘cook only’ bounties.
• Increase the reward given by fishing pufferfish, to account for the time/inconvenience of having to go and get pufferfish boxes.
• Correct the shop markup on forensics potions, and correct the reward interface to show the correct profit values for forensics potions.
Bug fixes
• Fix error when viewing the quest sheet for the last part of the Mine of Mantuban main quest.
• Fix the XP displayed on the view rewards interface for bass, cod, trout and sardines.
• Fix milestone 9 weapon crafting activities to correctly say they can craft weapons up to milestone 50 (instead of 49).
• Fix Blight of Spores quest to require a Basic Oak Pole instead of a Moderate Hickory Pole.
• Fix various incorrect item and activity images.
• Fix various typos.
Download Brighter Shores update on PC.