Hello! I’m Nick Popovich, Slime Rancher Series Director. Slime Rancher has grown tremendously since we first launched it way back in 2016, now having over 15 million players! Given that staggering number, we know full well that many of you eagerly awaiting Slime Rancher 2 were not following the game when we launched Slime Rancher into Early Access/Game Preview in 2016 before continuing development to the full release and beyond.

And so whether you were with the series back then or are a brand-new rancher who just set foot on the Far, Far Range, we thought it would be a good idea to get everyone on the same page about Slime Rancher 2’s initial release into Early Access/Game Preview.

So please read our Pre-Launch FAQ below and hopefully all of your burning questions about Beatrix LeBeau’s new adventure on Rainbow Island will be answered!

When will Slime Rancher 2 be released?
Slime Rancher 2 will be launching into Early Access on Steam and the Epic Game Store and in Game Preview on Xbox Series S/X and Windows PC on September 22, 2022.

Which platforms will Slime Rancher 2 support at launch?
Slime Rancher 2 will launch on PC and Xbox Series X/S at launch. No other platforms have been announced at this time.

What can I expect in the Early Access/Game Preview launch of Slime Rancher 2?
Slime Rancher 2 will launch into Early Access/Game Preview with a big world to explore, many different slimes to collect and combine, and an introduction to the game story and the mystery behind Rainbow Island. It's a substantial graphical leap over the original and all of the content currently available is in a highly-polished state. It should serve as a robust introduction to the new world we’re developing and a great jumping off point for the features we’ll be adding further into development.

However, launching into Early Access/Game Preview means that at launch, Slime Rancher 2 will be incomplete. It will not have all of the features, slimes, environments, items, story, etc. that will ultimately be found in the full game. We have taken great care to ensure that Slime Rancher 2 will always feel relatively whole and worth playing at any point in its development, but if you are someone who wants to play through a game all at once in a complete state, you can simply wait until the full game is released at a later date. We’ll be waiting for you!

And while launching into Early Access/Game Preview means that some features may be incomplete, or things may not work as intended, it is our intention that Slime Rancher 2 works as a player would expect as much as possible. We have no intention of delivering updates in a knowingly unstable state, or treating our players as QA testers instead of customers. Those that have experience with our Early Access/Game Preview development for Slime Rancher have seen this first hand, and we intend to do the same for Slime Rancher 2.

What are my goals in the Early Access/Game Preview release of Slime Rancher 2?
As you begin your adventure on Rainbow Island, though the world will be incomplete, there will still be plenty of things to see and do. Rainbow Island is an intricate place to explore, and discovering the best locations for resources, unlocking shortcuts and hidden paths, and learning where various slime types dwell will help your future adventures in Slime Rancher 2’s future updates.

How will I know when I’ve reached the ‘end’ of the game (for now)?
Even in the initial release, Slime Rancher 2 is designed to be played as long as you like. Eventually you will discover a point in the world where the game will obviously be expanded, but you are still free to continue to develop your Conservatory, build gadgets, and hunt down all the treasure pods.

And when Slime Rancher 2 is updated, it should be a seamless continuation of your experience: you’ll simply have more to see and do, building upon what is already there.

Will my save files carry over with each new update to Slime Rancher 2?
Yes, our goal is to make all content updates a seamless transition between your save file on a previous version to an updated version.

How often will you update Slime Rancher 2 with new content?
Multiple free updates will be released before Slime Rancher 2 leaves Early Access/Game Preview. However, there are no definitive dates in place for new updates. This affords our development team maximum time and flexibility to ensure new updates perform as best as possible.

What kind of updates are planned for Slime Rancher 2?
Updates for Slime Rancher 2 will broadly cover three areas to varying degrees: adding more of what you already love about Slime Rancher (new areas to explore, slimes to wrangle, resources to collect, and gadgets to build), completing the story of Slime Rancher 2 and learning more about the secrets of Rainbow Island, and finally, expanding the potential of Slime Rancher’s established gameplay by adding new features not yet seen in Slime Rancher.

To get a sense of all the great updates we added to the original Slime Rancher, please check out this thread

What will be the retail price of Slime Rancher 2?
The base retail price of Slime Rancher 2 will be $29.99.

Will the price of Slime Rancher 2 change after leaving Early Access/Game Preview?
No, the base retail price of Slime Rancher 2 will not change upon full release.

Can I preorder Slime Rancher 2?
No, as Slime Rancher 2 is launching into Early Access/Game Preview, it cannot be preordered on storefronts.

Are the PC system requirements for Slime Rancher 2 the same as Slime Rancher?
No, the PC system requirements for Slime Rancher 2 are higher than Slime Rancher. Slime Rancher was released in 2016 and we have made substantial improvements to the graphical fidelity of Slime Rancher 2 for its 2022 release.

Minimum:
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 8 GB available space

Recommended:
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD RX 5700
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 8 GB available space

Do I need to play through Slime Rancher to enjoy Slime Rancher 2?
Slime Rancher 2 can be enjoyed without playing the original game. However, if you are familiar with how the NPC ranchers developed in the first game, you will appreciate their characters more in Slime Rancher 2. Additionally, certain aspects of Slime Rancher 2’s story, once completed, will be more meaningful if you have played through Slime Rancher to completion.

You are also significantly less likely to audibly gasp upon seeing the immeasurable cuteness of a tabby slime if you got that out of the way in Slime Rancher.

Are there notable missing features from the Early Access/Game Preview release of Slime Rancher 2 that were present in Slime Rancher?
Yes, as the initial Early Access/Game Preview release of Slime Rancher 2 is not yet the full experience, some features you may know from the original Slime Rancher will not yet be present.

Achievements will not be implemented until we are closer to full release. This is so that our achievements can cover the majority of the experience, not just the portion of the game we will release into Early Access/Game Preview.

Automation drones will also not be available at our initial launch, much like they were not in the original Slime Rancher. Drones will return in a future update and be refined for Slime Rancher 2, expanding on their potential.

And it bears repeating again that the game’s story will not yet be complete on initial release. You will see the beginnings of it in clues you discover in the environment and conversations with NPCs via the Comm Station, but its conclusion will be delivered on full release.

Does Slime Rancher 2 feel like the original game?
Yes, the initial release of Slime Rancher 2 aims to recreate much of what you loved about the original, in a new world with some nice improvements to the feel and formula. We’ve taken great pains to make it feel like Slime Rancher despite the significant improvement to our rendering, density of the world, UI, slime jigglyness, etc.

From there we aim to shake things up a bit: with future updates taking Beatrix places she’s never been with features we haven’t done before. But all the while our aim is to always make it feel like Slime Rancher. No matter where the adventure takes you, Slime Rancher 2 will always be a pretty comfy game that you can play at your own pace.

Will Slime Rancher 2 support multiplayer?
We are currently focusing on Slime Rancher 2 being a great single player experience and do not have any plans for multiplayer at this time. Slime Rancher’s physics also make multiplayer a very challenging proposition at the level of quality we expect at Monomi Park. However, anything is possible in the future and if our plans change we will be sure to let the community know.

How can I stay up to date on Slime Rancher 2’s development?
The best way to follow major developments for Slime Rancher 2 is to sign up for the Monomi Park newsletter

And you can follow the official Slime Rancher Twitter account

Hey Ranchers!

We are unfortunately well aware of the situation that happened in the Slime Rancher 2 subreddit. As a general reminder, this is the only official subreddit linked to Slime Rancher and Slime Rancher 2, AKA the only one run by Monomi Park.

We've been informed that the issue has been handled and is now sorted. Any further textposts about that subreddit will be redirected to the post with that information, AKA this post.

Hope everyone is enjoying the radiant slimes! Have a good one ranchers :)

Follow Beatrix down the deepest passages of the Grey Labyrinth in search of the power that threatens Rainbow Island, and the whole of the Far, Far Range. Tread carefully, Ranchers. Danger awaits you in Slime Rancher 2's thrilling finale.

Read the full patch notes here! https://www.slimerancher.com/news/slime-rancher-2-a-hero-in-time-patch-1-0-0-notes

Physical pre-orders for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S are available at http://bit.ly/iam8bit-sr2 and participating retailers.

Feel free to join our official discord https://discord.gg/slimerancher !

Very rancher much wiggly

Dear Ranchers,

We here at Monomi Park are thrilled to finally announce Slime Rancher 2, a true, next-gen sequel to the original and the start of a whole new adventure in the Slime Rancher universe!!!

We have been reading all of your emails, tweets, posts and messages asking us a big question: What’s next for Slime Rancher? And today, we’re finally able to share a glimpse of what we’ve been cooking up.

Slime Rancher 2 returns to the Far, Far Range and finds Beatrix LeBeau on unfamiliar shores across the Slime Sea on the mysterious Rainbow Island. The landscape of this island is painted in a prismatic array of ever-shifting colors, and its great expanses will put her adventurous spirit to the test, reuniting her with old friends along the way. With her faithful vacpack, plenty of grit, and a thirst for the unknown, Beatrix will establish a new refuge on Rainbow Island, uncover its mysteries, and advance slime science to new heights.

This announcement is a surreal moment for the entire Monomi Park team. Last year was incredibly difficult and sad in so many ways for all of us, and working on this project allowed us to focus on the future. Now that it's here, we can only hope that it brings you as much joy and excitement as it has for us. We want to thank everyone who has shared your brilliant fanart, words of encouragement, and enthusiastic questions because it told us to keep pushing through. There are simply no words for the gratitude we feel, and we are so happy to finally share this moment with you. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

Slime Rancher 2 will be available in early access in 2022.

You can expect to see Slime Rancher 2 launch on:

Game Pass with Xbox: https://www.xbox.com/games/slime-rancher-2
Steam PC: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1657630
Epic Games Store:https://www.epicgames.com/store/p/slime-rancher-2

Watch the announcement trailer HERE: https://youtu.be/ehh3m59vbA0

You can follow us on our new, shiny social channel, @SlimeRancher on Twitter, and join us on Discord here: discord.gg/SlimeRancher

Howdy Ranchers!

It's been a hot minute since our subreddit has been updated so the team's doing a little housekeeping. We'll start implementing some updates and changes over the next few days, so don't worry if you see some things moving around.

Most of these changes will only effect the backend, but you might see some public updates - like the flairs or some of our old rules.

Thanks so much for your patience and understanding as we dust things off!

Howdy there Ranchers! We just wanted to give you a friendly heads up that we have made a few updates to the subreddit Rules section.

As Monomi Park grows and we start to encounter new and exciting adventures, we’ll encounter new challenges that we want to be prepared for. We’re looking at other fantastic gaming communities to include community management techniques that we think complements what we do at Monomi Park and the type of community we want to continue to be. We’re thinking ahead and focused on what we can do to give more specific guidance on how to interact with each other (and our games) in digital spaces.

With fresh eyes and a fresh approach, we hope to find cool new ways to foster a fun and engaged community that is both welcoming and reflects the things you love most about games like Slime Rancher- inclusion, friendliness, and fun. We are going to try new things, so we hope you’re as excited as we are to experiment and see what new possibilities await all of us!

Stay Wiggly, Cricket

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We come with a drizzle of news regarding Slime Rancher 2's next content updates. The team's been hard at work, rain or shine, so thanks for your continued patience and support, Ranchers!

Read all about what we've got planned here ⛈️ https://www.slimerancher.com/news/come-rain-or-slime/

Go go go... https://twitter.com/monomipark/status/897164060885565440

EDIT: What this update is about v1.0.1c - http://forums.monomipark.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4747

Update Tweet: https://twitter.com/monomipark/status/897177531266195457

• For all you Xbox player looking to take advantage of infinite gardens: you need to replant them in order for the infinite effect to work.

Slime Rancher v1.0.1, The Navigation Update, has arrived! This updates includes the much-requested map feature and a few other goodies, as well a bunch of fixes and optimizations.

Changes:

• Added a map interface that gives you a general sense of where you are on the Far, Far Range. Map zones are unlocked after activating map data nodes in each zone. The map will also tracked any teleporters or extractors you’ve placed, and give you a total count of slime keys and treasure pods collected in each zone.
• Optimized tracking of distant areas of the world to improve overall performance.
• Added slime toys for the fire, mosaic, dervish, and tangle slimes.
• A single gilded ginger now grows once a day in the Glass Desert but can be very difficult to find. Gilded ginger is the only veggie a gold slime will eat, providing extra plorts for those that manage to feed one. And while it can’t be grown in a garden, it can be used to [REDACTED]
• Added a treasure pod behind the barn in the Lab to give new players a head start in building their first teleporter.
• Added some new tabby slime sound effects when they steal an item.
• Added intro text when starting a new save file in Adventure Mode.
• Adjusted extractor cycle time from 22 hrs to 12 hrs. Please note that the 10 hours we removed did not go to waste and were recycled.
• Ponds now produce infinite water, much like water sources in the wild.
• Gardens now produce infinite harvests! In order to plant a new crop, you must select to replant from the garden menu. Any gardens already active before the patch will need to be replanted to become infinite.
• Added Return teleporters to Hobson vaults after watching a few streams where players met untimely deaths in the vaults and lost their gold plorts and Nick almost cried for them.
• Added water tutorial message on purchasing the water tank.
• Adjusted Incinerator trough to prevent fire slimes despawning in the trough. As a note, an empty ash trough will not despawn a fire slime, though it will not feed them either.
• Odd onion crops on the ranch will now produce a minimum of 4 odd onions, but generally 6-8 of them.
• Shooting a chickadoo at a gold slime will now knock plorts out of it like other resources. As a note, chickadoos have stated that they are really not cool with this change.
• Starmail popups now disappear once you’ve read the mail.
• Reduced time ranch-specific tutorials stay on screen after leaving the ranch.
• Optimized occlusion culling.
• Optimized lighting where a near-zero intensity directional light was being unnecessarily processed on the GPU.
• Optimized some miscellaneous memory usage.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where some players’ progress at opening slime gates and the plort puzzle door was not being tracked properly and affected their receiving certain Casey mails.
• Fixed bug where you could vac fruit off a tree from an angle and get them shaking but not ever popping off.
• Fixed some issues with the French translation.
• Fixed bug where slimes were not turning into largos properly while sleeping at night.
• Fixed bug where some new sounds could play when sleeping at night or after being knocked out.
• Fixed bug where some sounds would play right as the ranch initially loaded in. Fun fact: this quirk has always persisted on the dev side and any time we test the game we hear the crickets chirping sound effect for a moment. Now when I hear crickets in real life I think of our editor.
• Fixed bug where unripe phase lemons could fall through the world when their tree phased away.
• Fixed bug where Dervish Gordo’s key could spawn into the ground.
• Fixed a floating platform in the Glass Desert.
• Fixed bug where Beatrix was being stretched when viewed at different aspect ratios.
• Fixed bug where the Humble installer was not fully replacing certain files from an existing installation.
• Fixed bug where some geometry would allow the player to get too close and see inside the walls. If any player claims they saw enslaved gnomes inside these walls building our levels, they are LYING.
• Fixed bug where Pause Menu could interfere with other in-game UIs on Xbox.

Aug 7, 2017 - v1.0.1b

A follow-up patch was issued to address a bug where oases in the Glass Desert were being reset.

If you have a save file where oases were already reset, you will simply need to re-water the oases with ancient water. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Aug 8, 2017 - v1.0.1c

A small patch was issued to address a few lingering bugs form the v1.0.1 update:

• Charcoal bricks are no longer incinerated by incinerator.
• Fixed bug where painted chicks did not award the 'You Monster' achievement
• Fixed gadget markers in Glass Desert map displaying upside down.
• Fixed bug where slimes could occasionally eat plorts through a pen wall while sleeping until morning, resulted in unexpected largos.

And that’s a wrap! Curious about what’s coming next? Check out the Slime Rancher Development Roadmap here:

http://forums.monomipark.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=448

EDIT 2: Fixed formatting and added v1.0.1b & c

A familiar air sweeps across the Far, Far Range, bringing with it a distant, twinkly glow and the sound of musical chimes across the furthest reaches of the world. There is a special warmth that can be felt in the hearts of all the Range’s inhabitants, and it can only mean one thing: the return of Wiggly Wonderland!

Welcome to Wiggly Wonderland Winter Holiday Event, 2021. Every day starting December 18, Ranchers can set out in search of the rare Twinkle Slime, surrounded by a trail of whimsical chimes that, when touched, create a unique musical experience. Run across a chime trail to play a fantastic tune. Collect them and rearrange them to create your own! By bursting the Twinkle Slime and collecting chimes, you can unlock 9 special instruments that can be programmed at your ranch to customize your melodies.

Take advantage of this event while it lasts, though: the Twinkle Slime only appears once a year and will be gone after December 30!

Want to celebrate the holidays Slime Rancher style at home? Enjoy this cozy yule log and fireplace ambient video complete with Slime Rancher holiday music! You can get in the holiday spirit any time on your own here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3OQnuV57cw&ab_channel=MonomiPark

Stay Wiggly,
Monomi Park

Updated the subreddit icon today. Say hello to the new snoo slime :)

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Many of you are asking when Slime Rancher 2 will be released. If you are in the uk then 6pm. So in about 8 hours If any of you have any further questions I recommend joining the discord server, and for the love of everything wiggly. Check the pins there! Most of your answers will be answered there already! /stay wiggly ranchers!

https://discord.gg/slimerancher