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0.4.0, subtitled "For Your Convenience (Part 2)" was a major update to Fruit Juice Tycoon: Refreshed. Its main focus was on making several quality of life improvements and overhauling the inventory and the Shop.

0.4.0 released February 14th, 2026

Changes

UI & Menus

Overhauled the Shop:
- (+) Tools and Placeables are no longer on random rotation
- (-) Tools and Placeables now require the player to get certain Achievements to unlock
- (-) Raised the price of most items
- (-) The Umbrella and Personal Teleporter are now located in the Shop
- (+) Shop now has 8 slots for Consumables
- (+) Consumables have a chance to be sold in bulk for a discount
Overhauled the Inventory:
- Item Cards have replaced the item info sidebar, similar to other menus (i.e. Shop and Placeables menu)
- Item Cards now offer more information on their effects
- Added dividing lines to item cards to separate groups of text info (i.e. title, description)
- Added the option to use Consumables while viewing their item card
- Added the option for Consumables to be automatically used when their buff expires
Stats menu now tracks non-Consumable, Tycoon-wide buffs, such as the Mutagen and Enchanted Oak Tree

Gameplay

(+) Plants can now be affected by multiple boosters of the same type at once
(-) Enchanted Oak Tree now increases the multiplier of all dropped fruits to be Shiny by 1, rather than multiplying it.
(+) Increased the maximum n00bfr00t trees held from 3 to 9
(+) Shininess now multiplies the amount of fruit when collected instead of randomly adding 1-3
(~) Haunted fruit now triple the amount of fruit when collected instead of randomly adding 5-10
(+) Raised the Tokens cap from 2,500 to 3,000
(+) Raised the Speed Boost granted by Bloxy Cola from +4 to +6
Rebalanced Quests:
- Special Quests' requirements and rewards have been increased
- The "Find or purchase items" quest has been removed
- Added the "Use consumable items" quest
(+) Shaking Plants can now yield Magic Fertilizer and Four-Leaf Clovers
Adjusted Balloons' drops:
- (+) Increased chance for Green Balloons to drop items
- (-) Decreased chance for Green Balloon and Red Balloon to drop
- (-) Decreased Money granted from both types
Tweaked Consumables:
- (-) Reduced the duration of Bloxiade's effect from 2m to 1m 30s
- (-) Reduced the duration of the Midas Gauntlet's effect from 2m 30s to 2m
- (-) Reduced the duration of the Toxic Waste Barrel's effect from 2m 30s to 2m
- (-) Reduced the duration of Bloxiade's effect by 30 seconds down to 1m 30s
- (-) Turbo Batteries no longer automatically activate Sprinklers for their maximum run time, instead adding 30 seconds to its timer on use, capped at 5 minutes.
- Renamed Sparkling Water to Sparkling Juice
- (-) Sparkling Juice has a lower drop rate

Visual Changes

Remodeled the Crown Jewel
Added particle effects to the Mutagen
Sprinklers cause affected plants to flash when activated
Trees now flash when ready to be shaken again

Bug Fixes

Items equipped that have empty inventory slots between them will no longer be unequipped when leaving and rejoining

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-'''[[0.4.0]]''', subtitled "''For Your Convenience (Part 2)''" is an upcoming major update to Fruit Juice Tycoon: Refreshed. Its main focus will be on making several quality of life improvements and possibly finishing off the For Your Convenience series of updates, started by [[0.3.0]].
+'''[[0.4.0]]''', subtitled "''For Your Convenience (Part 2)''" was a major update to Fruit Juice Tycoon: Refreshed. Its main focus was on making several quality of life improvements and overhauling the inventory and the [[Shop]].
-.4.0 is slated to release in January, 2026.
+.4.0 released February 14th, 2026
 ==Changes==
 ===UI & Menus===
 *Overhauled the [[Shop]]:
-**(+) [[Tools]] and [[Placeables]] are no longer on random rotation, now permanently available
+**(+) [[Tools]] and [[Placeables]] are no longer on random rotation
-**(-) [[Tools]] and [[Placeables]] now require certain [[Achievements]] to unlock
+**(-) [[Tools]] and [[Placeables]] now require the player to get certain [[Achievements]] to unlock
 **(-) Raised the price of most items
 **(-) The [[Umbrella]] and [[Personal Teleporter]] are now located in the [[Shop]]
 **(+) Shop now has 8 slots for Consumables
-**(+) Consumables can now be sold in bulk for a discount
+**(+) Consumables have a chance to be sold in bulk for a discount
 *Overhauled the Inventory:
 **Item Cards have replaced the item info sidebar, similar to other menus (i.e. Shop and Placeables menu)
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 ===Gameplay===
-*(+) Plants can now be affected by multiple [[Placeables|boosters]] of the same type
+*(+) Plants can now be affected by multiple [[Placeables|boosters]] of the same type at once
-*(-) [[Enchanted Oak Tree]] now increases the chance of all dropped fruits to be [[Modifiers|Shiny]] by 1%, rather than multiplying
+*(-) [[Enchanted Oak Tree]] now increases the multiplier of all dropped fruits to be [[Modifiers|Shiny]] by 1, rather than multiplying it.
 *(+) Increased the maximum [[n00bfr00t|n00bfr00t trees]] held from 3 to 9
 *(+) Shininess now multiplies the amount of fruit when collected instead of randomly adding 1-3
-*(-/+) [[Roots of Evil|Haunted]] fruit now triple the amount of fruit when collected instead of randomly adding 5-10
+*(~) [[Roots of Evil|Haunted]] fruit now triple the amount of fruit when collected instead of randomly adding 5-10
+*(+) Raised the [[Tokens]] cap from 2,500 to 3,000
+*(+) Raised the [[Player Speed|Speed Boost]] granted by [[Tools|Bloxy Cola]] from +4 to +6
+*Rebalanced [[Quests]]:
+**Special Quests' requirements and rewards have been increased
+**The "Find or purchase items" quest has been removed
+**Added the "Use consumable items" quest
+*(+) Shaking [[Plants]] can now yield [[Consumables|Magic Fertilizer]] and [[Consumables|Four-Leaf Clovers]]
+*Adjusted [[Balloons]]' drops:
+**(+) Increased chance for Green Balloons to drop items
+**(-) Decreased chance for [[Tools|Green Balloon]] and [[Tools|Red Balloon]] to drop
+**(-) Decreased [[Money]] granted from both types
+*Tweaked [[Consumables]]:
+**(-) Reduced the duration of Bloxiade's effect from 2m to 1m 30s
+**(-) Reduced the duration of the Midas Gauntlet's effect from 2m 30s to 2m
+**(-) Reduced the duration of the Toxic Waste Barrel's effect from 2m 30s to 2m
+**(-) Reduced the duration of Bloxiade's effect by 30 seconds down to 1m 30s
+**(-) Turbo Batteries no longer automatically activate [[Placeables|Sprinklers]] for their maximum run time, instead adding 30 seconds to its timer on use, capped at 5 minutes.
+**Renamed Sparkling Water to Sparkling Juice
+**(-) Sparkling Juice has a lower drop rate
+===Visual Changes===
+*Remodeled the [[Placeables|Crown Jewel]]
+*Added particle effects to the [[Placeables|Mutagen]]
+*Sprinklers cause affected plants to flash when activated
+*Trees now flash when ready to be shaken again
 ===Bug Fixes===
 *Items equipped that have empty inventory slots between them will no longer be unequipped when leaving and rejoining