Item icons now come ready-made with each update instead of being drawn on your computer one at a time. Your bank, satchel, shops and crafting lists show every icon the moment they open, and opening a full bank no longer slows the game down.
The loading screen now gets the icons for your satchel, your gear and your bank ready before you arrive, so no slot sits empty and fills in after you're in the world. If it takes a moment, the loading screen tells you it's unpacking your satchel.
The title screen no longer freezes for several seconds after it appears. The world is now prepared in the background, so the button works straight away.
Coming back is much quicker: your browser keeps the world between visits, so after the first visit following an update, getting into the game takes about half as long.
Townsfolk and nearby creatures are ready when the world appears instead of popping in one by one, and herds in the distance no longer make the game stutter as they come into view.
The loading screen says what it's doing at every step, including the longer first load after an update, so it never looks stuck.
Jumping on a mount now goes as high as jumping on foot, and mounts land on the ground instead of sinking into it.
Horses jump like real horses. Their front legs fold up tight on take-off, all four legs tuck in over the top, and the front hooves reach for the ground on the way down.
Horses no longer twist their heads sideways when they look around, and their pictures in the stable and on halters always show them standing square.
The Mirescale Gator now jumps more like a horse, tucking its legs in and reaching out for the landing.
The Dawncaller Rooster flaps up like a real rooster when it jumps, then spreads its wings to slow down and puts its feet out to land.
The Bristleback Boar has been reshaped into a leaner wild boar on proper pig legs, and it trots, gallops and jumps more naturally.
