Hey Beekeepers! 

Well here we are gang, the 3.0 update, aka “What Lies Beeneath”, is finally here! 

It’s been a long time planned and lot’s of things got in the way but here it is! As I’ve mentioned before, while the 1.0 is a finished game in it’s own right there was lots of things I still wanted to do with APICO - one of them was focus on the “empty” ocean areas, as well as play with the idea of “underwater” bees! “What Lies Beeneath” is the second of the three (free) content updates, and covers a whole host of stuff including:

• New NPCs! Skipper’s Dad, who loves to fish, and Director Bumblemore himself from MPCO arrive!
• Fishing! Make your own fishing flies and fish for 15 different species across the islands!
• Coral Reefs! New coral reef areas with their own bees and butterflies that need to be restored!
• Coral Restoration! Restore the coral through the power of bees and get some awesome rewards from Bumblemore!
• Deep-sea Diving! Head down to the sea-floor to discover a whole host of underwater friends
• Ocean Clean-up! Help Bumblemore clear the seabeds, and discover some forgotten areas in the process…
• Butterfly Upgrades! New butterfly related machines so you can hoard to your hearts content!
• More Friends! 11 new social bees, 5 new solitary bees, 10 new butterflies, 15 fish to
• QoL Stuff! Quick store, trash slot, a tool that lets you gather honeycomb/frames without opening menus???
• More Music! The wonderful SEA-sides by Mothense have been added <3
• More decoration! Lots more decoration items, tiles, walls and more!
• More achievements! 15 more achievements to ruin your 100% achievement score!
• Even more freakin’ bugs because there’s just one developer!!! (me) :D

That’s just the high-level stuff, strap in for the changelog below as there’s a LOT to cover… I can’t wait for you to all experience the new content and I hope you enjoy playing as much as I did making it <3

There is a SALE planned from 28th September where the game will be 45% off! I messed up the event start date and now I can't change it, but just for anyone who's waiting for a discount, it'll be live in a few days!

N.B.: Same as 2.0, you do NOT need to make a new world to experience all the new content! (Unless you want to!) The new areas and NPCs will be added to existing worlds automagically 

~ Ell

https://wiki.apico.buzz/wiki/Patch_Notes#3.0.0