Brighter Shores Adds Woodcutter Bounties and Tweaks Shipwreck Balance

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Fen Research has rolled out a new Brighter Shores update focused on Woodcutter bounties, Shipwreck balance changes, and a handful of quality-of-life fixes. The main addition is a new bounty board in Gwen’s Lumber, where players who have reached milestone 3 in Woodcutter can pick up jobs tied to the mess of felled trees around Hopeforest.

Woodcutter bounties come in three types: chopping only, chopping and delivering to Gwen, and clearing already-felled trees.

The update also makes several changes to Shipwreck, mostly aimed at smoothing out progression and making tools there more worthwhile:

  • Shark spear pickups now give 3 spears instead of 1, which should help players who don’t have a spear gun.
  • Webbing ladder spots have been adjusted, with new ones added across tiers.
  • The seascope near the midship entrance has been moved onto its sandbank so it’s easier to use.
  • Opportunities found with a seascope or telescope now pay a bonus.
  • The sea chart has been moved to the bottom of the stern to make it easier to find.

Outside Shipwreck, spotting thieves now gives more XP, and thieves should no longer spawn so close together that one gets away while you’re catching another. Goblins in the goblin camp will also stop chasing if you run far enough away, making the nearby obelisk less annoying to use. Chef deliveries to the town walls now go to the town gates instead, so players won’t be interrupted by combat while dropping off food.

The October 22 patch cleaned up a few issues from the update, including an error when viewing a Woodcutter bounty outside Hopeforest, missing trees in Narrow Path, incorrect boss defeat animations, and vampire fog problems in Vacant Pier and West Waterfront.

Fen Research also confirmed that the Halloween 2026 event ends with the game update on Monday, November 2, 2026. After that, players won’t be able to fight vampires or claim the event rewards, and the studio says those rewards won’t return later.

Further reading: Official Brighter Shores Woodcutter Bounties update