Originally Posted by Taon

Eab1990, some time ago, linked the patch history that the Nutaku version has been mostly following (https://pastebin.com/vYS3icFe). Going by that, we shouldn't expect to see bond crystals until the update following the next set of whale missions which should be one or two updates away. Blooming won't be for a few updates after that when Scotch Broom makes her appearance.

So in short you want to say that we still have a good month or so in front of us. Got it !