UPDATE: GM Thandiwe posted a long list of bug fixes to: Spiders and the Apothecary, the Papermaker, Cobbl-inators, Pet Fixes, the Smelter, Typos, the Living Stage, Preserving Breads shop at EG, Pocketwatch alarms, and a note about the Plague Cowl. Details for all 37 of them:
Text of Discord Post follows:
GM Thandiwe
Some Bug fixes for your Friday morning:
on 16 Oct 2026 at 11:21AM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord
on #gamemaster-endnotes channel
Spidersilk Apothecary & its components
Spider analyzes (House of Spider): ANALYZE on alteration spiders no longer leaves the Wizard FE stuck in bold text.
Paper spiders in a spider house or glass box: their specialty now shows correctly instead of a blank or “glass”.
Metallurgy spiders: no longer change an item’s metal to “Material”.
Tinkerer spider making 25-item bundles: this a feature request, not a bug. That said, it was granted and will create collections of the weaving charms.
House of Spider Shop: there are 24 new spiders this year, I misspoke
Spidersilk Apothecary: won’t alter the smithing apron, message bottles, the pale blue pillow, the golden mood anklet or the crystal abbey bell. Allowing them is up to each item’s owner.
Shadow box spiders vanishing: couldn’t be reproduced. If it happens again, please be specific in the actions taken to cause it.
Zircon trophy charm: can now be worked on with the Spidersilk Apothecary.
Papermaker & its components
Treat-box mechanism: use WHISPER MY MECHANISM GOODIE (the BOX option clashed with other boxes you carry). Fresh treat boxes now accept food, and boxes no longer show up as notes or certificates.
Papermaker: dyed writing and mailing paper keeps its color.
Papermaker award ribbons: can now be worn on the black silk sash once the design is locked.
Paper bag: putting food in it no longer shrinks it to one item. Only bottles do.
TURN shows the right spider design. WHISPER to another spider and back to fix an existing box.
Cobbl-inators
Adornment cabinet: clearer message when it rejects pattern-restricted adornments (gilded chains, vaalin plates).
Cobbler’s press: the rejection message now names the press instead of the item.Appliqued mesh: isn’t an approved fabric for the sewing hamper.Cobbler’s press: PULL PRESS works while it’s at your feet, as long as you have a free hand.
Pet Fixes
Cervidae mount ambient: the mandrake now drops to the ground instead of “to the neck/antlers”.
Mandrake feeding: adding blooms no longer leaves a broken description (“sprouting nightshade .”).
Mandrakes: they still pick up items from the ground (that’s intended), but now:
— they no longer stack those items
— they skip protected items
— dismissing a mandrake drops what it carries instead of destroying it
All pets: can no longer be placed at your feet (that’s what showed “Placed alongside you is .”)
Lamb pet: feeding it no longer shows a stray “EEE” message.
Golem: the refusal message now names the golem. Swapping its furnace for a dynamo is still not supported.
Attuned pet items (e.g. teabowls) can no longer be sold in player shops.
Ferocious eyes mask: removing it no longer wipes your eye color.
Smelter
Smelter chokers: the stray “chunk of” in descriptions is fixed.
Smelter gem settings: no more “tiny tiny”. Existing items aren’t updated automatically. Additionally, “glittering” no longer cuts descriptions short. The noun “ring” was being matched inside it.
Lacquered Ungues: “a oily copper-violet bottle” now reads “an oily copper-violet bottle”.
Puppet crossbar: “ppuppet” typo fixed.
Copper-bodied cicada: the name was cut off as “an opal-streake” and now reads “an opal-inlaid”.
Threads of the Widow: the gown unlock swatches have been nailed down.
Living Stage: recitals no longer show literal $Q instead of quotation marks.
EG Preserving Breads: the off-white bowl voucher now includes the missing individual bowl design.
Pocketwatch alarms: noon times show “12:xx PM”, and midnight times show AM instead of PM.
Plague cowl: your demeanor setting, not the cowl, controls whether others can kiss you. This is not a bug.
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