Wild West Pioneers’ latest hotfix removes Iron Ore from every canned-food recipe in the Canning Facility. Traders will also repeatedly restock 10% of their maximum resources, giving settlements a renewable supply through commerce.
Together, the changes reduce canned food’s direct reliance on iron while making traders a more dependable part of the resource loop. That fits the game’s earlier design for this area, which centred on trading and blasting rocks.
The developers had previously planned to expand the iron production chain in future updates, but player feedback prompted a rethink of the wider iron-related gameplay loop. The team is now looking for better ways to handle iron, making this hotfix an immediate adjustment rather than the last word on the resource.
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