Build Your Own Stone Age Utopia in Roots of Pacha on Xbox

Fancy a bit of farming action, and some life simulation mechanics, but need to do it in the Stone Age? Roots of Pacha expands to the Xbox world. 

Previously available across PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC, Roots of Pacha from Soda Den is a cooperative farmer crossed with life sim, that plays out across a Stone Age land. It lands in Version 1.2, with a debut on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. 

Priced at £20.99, in Roots of Pacha you’ll find yourself becoming a vital cog in a Stone Age community, left to discover new life ideas, as you grow crops, tend to – and befriend – animals and more. Ultimately, it’s the growth of your little community which should be at the fore of your mind throughout Roots of Pacha, no matter whether you do that alone, or with others. This is set up with online workings, and full feature parity across all formats. If you’re done with Farm Together, this could well be your next addiction.

Now on Xbox

if you have played the game elsewhere previously, then you should know that the launch onto Xbox, and the arrival of Version 1.2, sees a number of new features hit home. Version 1.2 dramatically increases the number of options for children for instance, introducing school-age as part of their development alongside the newborn and toddler phases. You’ll also get to enroll the young ones into School where they will bond with others, develop their personalities, and discover the professions they want to pursue. Each child’s combination of parentage, personality, and profession leads to distinct dialog and gifts to earn.

Further to that come new romance options, expanded with new dialogue, new Union reception options, and the ability to smooch beloved partners in the Union ceremony. Toggle the new “Available to date” setting to disable dating advances from other people.

And then you can also customize Pachans with new skin tones and hair colors, or ride mammoths, spiders, cave lions, and wolves as new mount options. As friendship progresses with pets, they can begin to fetch items from different areas to obtain items like herbs or meat. Utilize the olla, a new watering Idea that can help save time, especially in the early and middle of the game. 

A new update!

This major update also implements a variety of quality-of-life improvements. Utilize intermediate saves by going to the bed and choosing “Save at current time.” Put multiple items in processors at once by holding the action button, take UI-free screenshots, utilize new sorting methods, and much more.

“Beyond rebalancing many in-game features, Version 1.2 dramatically expands and improves the game for everyone from our long-time players to our new audience on Xbox,” said Timothy Dadone Nasello, Co-Founder of Soda Den.

Key features

• Discover, gather, and farm vegetables and herbs. Explore the surrounding wilderness to find animals to befriend and domesticate; fish the shallow and deep waters to see what lies in their depths; and mine the darkest caves filled with mysteries and secret powers.
• Begin your journey of discovery as you develop the tools and ideas that reshaped the primitive world. Learn to process and preserve food, begin metalworking, create beautiful pottery and art, unlock your clan’s spirituality, and invent new buildings to expand your village any way you want.
• A tight-knit community of people will ensure your village thrives, each with their own fears and dreams. Develop friendships and overcome hardships together. Participate in festivals and rituals. And when the time comes, find your true love.
• Customize your character’s appearance with the best cosmetics the stone age has to offer. Create the most amazing farm around. Design, place, and decorate your own unique home to return to after a hard day’s work.
• The game was developed with multiplayer support in mind. Live together with friends and share your talents and resources to help the clan flourish. Ride your favorite animals together. Compete in fishing, have fun at festivals, and participate in milestone multiplayer cutscenes.

Buy now!

Roots of Pacha is complete with crossplay cooperative support, meaning those of us on Xbox platforms can jump in with upwards of 200,000 other builders on other formats. If that tempts you in, hit up the Xbox Store, pay the £20.99 asking price and start working through the Stone Age life. 

Keep an eye out for our review soon too. 

Of course, you can also play Roots of Pacha on PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC. 

Roots of Pacha Description

Be a part of a thriving stone age community. Discover “ideas,” domesticate crops, befriend animals, and contribute to the growth of your village. Play with friends in co-op or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.