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• Patch Notes·31 Aug 2026Official

  Update 0.6.40 - Household Expansion

  Ranchers,Update 0.6.40 greatly expands Household progression. Your starting cabin can now be developed through five levels, with every upgrade visibly transforming the building, increasing its capacity, and expanding the space available for your cowboys and their horses.This update also improves custom cattle filter management, makes pastures more sustainable, reduces cowboy upkeep on most gameplay profiles, and fixes several issues involving loaded cattle, returning horses, hover panels, and train settings.Thank you for all your feedback, suggestions, and bug reports. Please keep sending them through Discord or the Steam Community Hub. I read every message.Let’s take a closer look at what Update 0.6.40 brings.Household and Cowboy ImprovementsHousehold capacity now increases by one with every level, from two cowboys at Level I to six cowboys at Level V.Household upgrade costs have been rebalanced to $130, $180, $250, and $350.Upgraded Households now display their current level in the panel title.The “Ranch Without Equal” achievement now requires Household Level V and two fully upgraded Cow Pens.The “No Empty Bunks” achievement now requires six hired cowboys.Improved horse navigation, parking, and recovery when cowboys return from pastures or the Saloon.Cattle Management ImprovementsThe cattle details panel now shows how many custom filters an animal is assigned to.Hovering over the custom filter counter displays the names of all filters assigned to that animal.The cattle filter assignment panel now includes a clearer assignment summary, improved empty states, and more readable instructions.Filter rows now better communicate the three-filter assignment limit and which filters are currently selected.Gameplay and BalanceIncreased pasture capacity by approximately 10%.Reduced base grass consumption by 10%.Reduced additional grass consumption at stable pasture loads and softened the penalty for exceeding pasture capacity.Cowboy daily upkeep on the Normal setting is now 2...
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• Patch Notes·22 Aug 2026Official

  Hotfix 0.6.32

  Fixed severe freezing when opening very large cattle genealogy trees.Family trees now load relatives progressively, with controls for expanding or hiding ancestors and descendants.Improved complex family tree readability with clearer controls and color-coded relationship lines.Increased the chance for calves to inherit multiple perks, while each additional perk remains progressively rarer.
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• Patch Notes·21 Aug 2026Official

  Update 0.6.31 – Cattle Management & Quality of Life

  Ranchers,Update 0.6.31 expands cattle management with a new Cattle Registry, genealogy tree, and custom filters. It also introduces new financial and settlement tools, balance adjustments, and numerous gameplay and UI improvements.Thank you for all your feedback, suggestions, and bug reports. Please continue sharing them through Discord or the Ranchbound Help Center. I read every message. Let’s take a closer look at what Update 0.6.31 brings.New Features• Added the Cattle Registry, accessible by clicking the cattle counter. View all owned cattle in one place and search or sort them by name, location, age, sex, type, and assigned filters.• Added an interactive Cattle Genealogy Tree showing ancestors and descendants. Historical records remain available for cattle that were sold, stolen, or died.• Added custom cattle filters. Create named groups, assign each animal to up to three filters, and use them while moving, selling, or driving cattle. Filter names and assignments are preserved in saves.• Added a standalone Financial Ledger, accessible by clicking the cash display. Review income, expenses, investment profits, bank operations, debt, and cash balance by day, week, or month.• Added an always-available, collapsible shortcut panel at the top of the screen, providing quick access to every settlement on the map. The current settlement stays centered.Cattle Management Improvements• Added a Select All option to cattle selection panels. It respects the combined herding capacity of assigned cowboys and, when selling, prioritizes the oldest eligible cattle.Gameplay & Balance• Bandits previously avoided guarded pastures. Their target selection is now more unpredictable, and any eligible pasture may be attacked.• When a bandit raid begins while the game is running at Fast speed, time is automatically returned to Normal.• Saloon duels can now occur with only 2–3 ordinary visitors, making duels in town more frequent.• Reduced the default train arrival interval from 8 days to 6 ...
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• Patch Notes·17 Aug 2026Official

  Hotfix 0.06.21 + 0.6.22 – UI Scaling Improvements

  Hotfix 0.06.21 + 0.6.22 – UI Scaling ImprovementsThis hotfix improves UI scaling, positioning, and interaction across a wider range of screen resolutions and aspect ratios.Fixes• Improved the Settings panel layout in both the Main Menu and the in-game pause menu.• Fixed incomplete menu and card-game backdrops on 16:10 and narrower displays.• Fixed structure panel borders on 3:2 and 16:10 resolutions.• Fixed misplaced or unclickable Blackjack and Faro controls on some displays.• Adjusted Settings panels on 3:2 displays so they remain within the screen boundaries.• Expanded responsive layout support for QHD, ultrawide, 16:9, 16:10, and 3:2 displays.Thank you for your reports and feedback!
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• Patch Notes·15 Aug 2026Official

  Update 0.6.20: Cattle Breeding and Genetics

  Ranchers,Update 0.6.20 is Ranchbound’s first major content update. Previous updates focused mainly on fixes, stability, and quality-of-life improvements. This time, the update introduces substantial new gameplay systems and new ways to manage, breed, and develop your cattle across generations.Thank you for all the feedback, suggestions, and bug reports you have shared so far. They have a real impact on the direction of the game. Please keep them coming through our Discord server or the Ranchbound Steam Community Hub. I read everything, even when I cannot respond to every message.I am especially interested in your thoughts about cattle breeding, inherited traits, and the balance of the new systems introduced in this update.Now, let’s take a closer look at what Update 0.6.20 brings. CATTLE SEXES AND BREEDINGCattle now have individual sexes, with separate cows, bulls, heifer calves, and bull calves.Breeding now requires both an adult cow and a bull on the same pasture. Bulls approach eligible cows and attempt to impregnate them.Successful breeding begins a pregnancy, after which the cow gives birth to a new calf. Breeding attempts are represented by animated hearts above the animals, while newborn calves receive a short birth marker. INHERITED TRAITS AND BLOODLINESAdded a new system of hereditary cattle traits. Traits can be either positive or negative and may be passed down across multiple generations.Calves can inherit traits from their parents. Grandparents and earlier ancestors may also influence inheritance, but their impact is much smaller.Inheritance is never guaranteed, even when both parents carry the same trait. Each additional inherited trait becomes increasingly unlikely.Some traits have three levels. Matching traits in both parents may improve the chance of inheritance or produce a stronger version in the calf.Hereditary traits can affect fertility, resistance to disease, feed consumption, lifespan, and the chance of twins.One example is the negative hered...
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