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Thank you so much for your patience as we worked diligently to get this update out to you all. Hotfix 0.5.0.2 is now available. Fixed a bug where pressing the incorrect key twice would lock the PTS system Fixed a crash that would occur on Windows when you have a blocked user in your friends list Fixed a memory leak in our UI relating to Status Effects, causing significant hitching on lower end specs If you come across other issues, please reach out to us from our Issue Tracker.

If you've spent time exploring Brookhollow Park, you've probably found yourself staring at the pond, wondering what was waiting beneath the surface. With Into the Abyss, it's finally time to take the plunge. Our biggest update yet expands the park with an entirely new underwater experience that transforms how you'll explore, build, and survive. From sprawling new locations and underwater base building to dangerous new creatures, expanded progression, and a new amphibious Buggy, this update isn't just about adding more space—it's about introducing a whole new dimension to Grounded 2. Welcome to The AbyssThe pond has always stood out as one of Brookhollow Park's largest landmarks, but what you've seen so far is only the beginning. Beneath the surface lies one of Grounded 2's largest new areas to date. What first appears to be a familiar pond quickly opens into a sprawling environment with surprising verticality, hidden routes, and new points of interest. Beyond the shoreline, you'll also venture into new surrounding areas, including the Bayou and the Mountains, while those willing to take the plunge can descend into the Abyss itself. Every dive rewards curiosity, but it also demands preparation. The deeper you descend, the more you'll rely on upgraded gear, careful planning, and your understanding of the environment to survive what waits below. Every Dive Starts Before You Enter the WaterSurviving beneath the surface means preparing differently than you have before. The new Diving Suit introduces a progression path built around underwater exploration. Discovering Optical Disks unlocks new Diving Suit recipes, allowing you to craft upgraded equipment for longer expeditions and opening access to even deeper parts of the pond. Rather than treating underwater exploration as a short detour, Into the Abyss makes it an entirely new gameplay loop. Each upgrade opens new opportunities to explore deeper, discover hidden resources, and uncover more of what the pond has to offer. Build a Home Below the SurfacePlayers have built incredible creations throughout Brookhollow Park since Early Access began, and we're excited to see what you'll create next. For the first time, you'll be able to establish fully underwater bases, opening entirely new possibilities for where and how you build. New underwater building pieces, including Bubble Floors that create breathable spaces beneath the surface, let you transform the depths into your next home, staging area, or research outpost. Whether you're building for function, creativity, or simply because you've always wanted an underwater base, this update expands your toolbox in exciting new ways. New Ways to Fight. New Reasons to Prepare.Of course, the pond isn't giving up its secrets without a fight. Into the Abyss introduces new underwater combat encounters with both familiar and brand-new creatures. Returning threats like the Diving Bell Spider now share the water with new predators including the Toe Biter, while CNK robots and Pond Jockeys create new dangers throughout the surrounding areas. Every expedition asks you to rethink your gear, builds, and approach before taking the plunge. If you'd rather have a Toe Biter on your side than standing in your way, they can also be tamed and transformed into your newest Buggy. Its amphibious nature lets you seamlessly travel between land and water, opening new routes through the park while making exploration and combat feel more connected than ever. As always, choosing the right gear, mutations, and build before setting out can make all the difference once things go sideways. More Waiting to Be FoundBeyond the pond itself, Into the Abyss expands Brookhollow Park with new collectibles, additional rewards for exploration, and more reasons than ever to wander off the beaten path. Hidden throughout Brookhollow Park are Critter Capz, collectible bug-themed figurines waiting to be discovered. Tucked away in hidden corners and off-the-beaten-path locations, they're a reward for curious explorers and completionists alike, encouraging you to revisit familiar areas and uncover every new path the update has to offer. Your Next Adventure Starts Below the SurfaceOne of our goals with Grounded 2 has always been to make Brookhollow Park feel like a place worth exploring again and again. Into the Abyss takes that philosophy deeper than ever before. It's not just a new destination; it's a new way to experience the park. Every dive presents new choices, new dangers, and new discoveries waiting just below the surface. Whether you're chasing every collectible, building an underwater stronghold, or simply determined to see what lies at the very bottom of the pond, we can't wait to watch your next adventure unfold. Gear up, gather your friends, and take the plunge. We'll see you in Brookhollow Park. Grounded 2 is available in Game Preview for XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, and ROG XBOX Ally handhelds, and in Early Access on Steam and PlayStation 5. Play with Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass, or purchase the game on your platform of choice. Play on both XBOX Series X|S and XBOX on PC at no additional cost with XBOX Play Anywhere. Into the Abyss 0.5.0 Patch NotesIf you come across and issues, please report it to us at our Issue Tracker. New FeaturesSwimming 2.0Updated agile swimming allows players to navigate the pond like a bunch of “Merteens”. “Burst” allows players to dash in any direction while swimming. While underwater, players can lock on to enemies for smoother combat. New Harpoon gun adds ranged combat capabilities in the pond! The Croakwurst Bomb, an underwater mine uses a proximity fuse to detonate and devastate groups of enemies. Flares can now be used underwater to light up the depths. EverChar Flares also warm you up in chilly areas. Omni-ClipperThe Omni-Clipper is a new variant of the Omni-Tool allowing players to harvest underwater resources. Abyss GameplayHunt down the Diving Suit recipe, gather new resources, and craft it to endure the crushing depths of the Abyss. All-new low gravity combat and platforming mixes together on-foot and underwater gameplay. Unravel the mysteries of the deep! New Abyss map in the map menu. Toe Biter BuggyWhether hopping across lily pads, diving deep underwater, or jetting across the water’s surface, this amphibious buggy will take you wherever you need to go in Skunk Pond! Able to carry haulables while swimming on the surface or walking on the ground. Combat isn’t its specialty, but the Toe Biter Buggy can hold its own in a fight with a nasty bite able to chill your enemies both on-land and underwater! New and Updated Buggy MutationsAll Buggies: Buzzin' Buggies Toe Biter: Aqua Jogger Wave Maker Elemental Adept Orb Weaver: Charging Spider Ants: Genuine Gathering Ants Ladybug: Turret Master PTS Fast Travel SystemOminent’s Pneumatic Transit System received a massive expansion - before, each Ranger Outpost PTS unit only connected to one other unit located somewhere in The Park - now, those same units are all connected, allowing you to whoosh freely across its many facilities. Well, maybe not “freely,” to add one of these units to the wider network will require a one-time, low, low cost of Raw Science. Critter CAPZ CollectiblesBegrudgingly named “1992’s hottest new collectible,” Critter CAPZ have found their way to Brookhollow Park at long last. Discover as many of these circular, cardboard-like game pieces as you can to flex on your countless CAPZ-collecting friends (or at least gain a new mutation). Cozy Lo-Fi Music System for Base BuildingNew dynamic music system ensures that the cozy soundtrack playing at your base grows and evolves alongside it. Brainpower Exclusive RewardsLeveling up your Brainpower at the Resource Analyzer now leads to unlocking new recipes found nowhere else! General Brainpower unlocks have been tweaked to better accommodate these new rewards. New CraftablesPupa Bandage Croakwurst Bomb Spider Cider Smoothie Toejambalaya Meal Mosquite Skewers Meal New ContentSkunk Pond QuestAfter completing the Network Center, the player will receive a mysterious request to investigate nearby Skunk Pond. Answer the call to see how far down this whole thing goes. New English Voice LinesThe Teens, Sloane, The Masked Stranger, and more have newly recorded voice lines - both for the new “Into the Abyss” content and previously released areas. New landmarks, caves, labs, and Ranger OutpostsBrookhollow Park grows ever bigger! In addition to Skunk Pond itself, its surrounding area has been packed with new nooks and crannies to explore. New ResourcesCattail Fuzz Horsetail Stem Phantom Quartz Shards Crushed Quartz Fire Brick Gold Foil Hyper Beam Calcined Snail Fragment Returning ResourcesKoi Fish Scale Pond Moss Eel Grass strand Toenail Pupa Hide & Leather Lily Pad Wax Sunken Bone New Creatures & Returning CreaturesToe Biter Family Toe Biter Nymph Toe Biter Toe Biter Leviathan Pond Jockey Swarm Koi Striped Bark Scorpion Family Striped Bark Scorpling Striped Bark Scorpion Jr. Striped Bark Scorpion Robots CHOP.R. SAUC.R. C.K.U. Tiger Mosquito Tick Tadpole Green Shield Bug Diving Bell Spider Water Boatman Water Flea Spiny Water Flea New/Returning Armors & WeaponsToe Biter Tricorn Toe Biter Coat Toe Biter Boots Toe Biter Scythe Diving Helmet Diving Suit Chestplate Diving Boots Striped Slashers Striped Mask Striped Spaulders Striped Greaves Koi Scale Helmet Koi Scale Chestplate Koi Scale Greaves Koi Scale Shield Harpoon Gun Tiger Mosquito Rapier Ticky Maul Fin Flops Gill Tube Crystal Trident Toenail Cutlass Tin Foil Hat “Mysterious Stranger” Weapons & Items: Cut Lass Rime Rend Felfeast The Crown Jewel New BuildingsTrap Door Mushroom Floor kit Quern Kiln Buoyant Trail Marker Buoyant Foundation Buoyant Foundation Ramp Curved Buoyant Foundation Pupa Couch Pupa Ottoman Toe Biter Nest Underwater Marine Workbench Underwater Marine Wall Kit Underwater Diving Bell Bed Underwater Bubble Diffuser O.R.C. beacon Shock Tower Pressure Cooker Gloom Sconce Horsetail Stem Scaffold Kit Koi Chair Koi Shelf New Stuffed & Wall Mount creatures Sign Sets New Glitter Bar and The Forbidden WorkbenchFound only in specific, ransacked Ominent Outposts, use these facilities to: Add some pizazz to your SCA.B 2K and Omni-Tool with the Glitter Bar! Craft additional “Mysterious Stranger” weapons and items after discovering them in The Park New O.R.C. waves Heat SystemThe Mysterious Stranger is watching! With this new system, she will no longer send a wave randomly every 3-5 days. Instead, players will build up “heat” whenever they do something that draws her frustration, like killing O.R.C.s, looting resources from her secret caches, deactivating O.R.C. Transmission Devices, crafting specific gear, and more! You’ll be warned as your heat increases, but once it reaches its 3rd level, the Stranger will send a wave to attack you the following night! You can also decrease the Mysterious Stranger’s attention (“heat”) by completing MIX.R challenges. New O.R.C. Beacon and New Pond MIX.RUse your stash of O.R.C. parts to lure a wave of mind-controlled creatures to an O.R.C. Beacon or take them on the old-fashioned way while overloading a new MIX.R tucked just out of reach of the pond’s watery embrace. New O.G.R.R.s Tiger Mosquito Toe Biter Adult Toe Biter Leviathan Green Shield Bug Striped Bark Adult Player Mutations Merteen Returning Content & FeaturesZiplines and ZIP.R The oft-requested DIY fast travel system is back! Craft your own network of ziplines throughout The Park and hunt down the beloved ZIP.R upgrade that lets you fight gravity and travel both directions on your ziplines. Custom Game 1.0 A collection of new and return custom game settings are now available. These settings will continue to be expanded upon throughout Early Access. Charcoal Canteen Stay hydrated by crafting this upgraded version of the canteen capable of holding more water and making even the nastiest water sources drinkable. Community Requested & QOL FeaturesUnderwater Building! Build your base underwater using an all-new set and existing waterproof favorites. Aquatic variation of stations to help players craft underwater. Build a Bubble Diffuser which acts as a limitless source of air to help you build without worrying about your oxygen running out! Buoyant buildings are back too! Repeatable MIX.Rs Completed, overloaded MIX.Rs can now be repaired, allowing you to replay their defense challenges! Don’t forget why you destroyed that MIX.R in the first place though: repaired MIX.Rs will cause ORC creatures to return to the zone! More ways to acquire Snake Scales Snake Scales can now be found lodged in places the snake passes through (rather than only on the snake itself). Web Bridges Improvements Web bridges won’t slow you down as much as they used to, but will spawn a hostile spider if you attempt to cross them without the proper gear of Orb Weaver Buggy companion. New Recipe menu Recipe menu replaces the existing Crafting menu, allowing the player to research which ingredients and tools they’ll need to craft something, even while they’re on the fly. Quickly reference objective locations in the Quest Menu The location of quest objectives can now be viewed in the Quest Menu. PlaygroundsNew Customizable MIX.Rs Place and configure MIX.R defense events in Playgrounds! New MIX.R Creature Spawner gizmo allows creators to assign specific creatures as well as their starting locations for defense events. Configure how each wave works and progresses with the MIX.R Wave Manager gizmo. Lab Building Set Get up to your own questionable scientific research in Playgrounds using these building pieces: Lab floors Lab Walls Lab Doors Lab Stairs Lab Lights A selection of prefabricated lab pieces (to showcase some of the potential uses of this building set) Buggy Racing Improvements Added new Buggy Racing handling, as default, for buggies during a race. Race handling options now available with the Race Start Added a music option to the Race Start. Updated the flow for how creators set buggies for selection in their race. Improved checkpoint connection spline to show when placing checkpoints Speed boost pad now only activates when approaching the same direction as the arrow. Balanced Buggy Racing for our default player experience. New racing decor items, including the Race Cone, Turn Markers, and Tire Stacks Playgrounds Community Hub New “Made By Devs” tab added, including new example maps: Buggy Burnout: Race across the map to claim first place against friends or challenge yourself to set a new personal best. Showcases the new racing tools, giving players a ready-made starting point to create and customize their own races. Thornroot Arena: Fend off relentless waves of bugs in an action-packed coliseum showdown! Showcases the new MIX.R tools and related customization features. Laboratory Lockdown: Explore an abandoned laboratory, overcome its dangers, and seek a way out! Showcases the new lab building set. New Starting Maps: Sandbox & Blank Slate Object Grouping Located in the design mode radial, this feature lets creators select multiple objects simultaneously, group or ungroup them, and perform bulk edits (such as movement, rotation, duplication, and deletion). Creature Pathing New gizmos added to provide control over how creatures move and behave. Creature Pathing Waypoint: place multiple waypoints to create a route then link a creature to it to make them follow its path! Create paths that loop, paths that go back and forth, and paths that only go one direction. Creature Zone Gizmo: place the zone gizmo in the map and link creatures to it to control their behavior! Creatures can be made to freely roam, idle in place, or patrol between random points within the zone’s boundaries. New Primitive Shapes (with selectable materials) New Props Lab Paper Broken Glass Ominent Analyzer Ominent Capsule Ominent O.R.C. Arm Ominent Floppy Discs Lab Bench Ominent Notebook Sloane’s Desk Other changes New “Favorites” tab added to the design objects menu for players to add their most used objects to. Handy Gnat can now teleport! Creators can now swap to a first person camera while using the Handy Gnat. Added option descriptions and a “cycle between similar gizmos” feature for easier customization. Improved behavior customization UI (shown when customizing a link arrow). New Playgrounds spawn selector added to the Brookhollow Park map. Additional camera views added to object customization options. Removed Attack Listener gizmo temporarily for a rework. Black Soldier Ant Buggy now available. Playgrounds button now featured on the main menu. Bug FixesGeneral Fixes: Optimized Peer-To-Peer Latency to reduce ping across various scenarios Fixed an issue where the Player couldn’t attack when mounted on a Buggy and holding a throwable item at the same time. Fixed an issue where Rusty Robes' description was displaying wrong text. Fixed an issue where when Player saves the game while being on a buggy, then loads that save, they cannot load a game until dismounting a Buggy. Fixed an issue where Pete would create nightmares when his face would appear on back of his head. Fixed an issue where any hauled items above 12 would be dropped from a buggy upon mounting or dismounting, despite having Hauling Hero mutation selected. Fixed an issue where the tutorial for Lean To was missing an icon. Fixed an issue where the player was able to place blueprints on Resource Analyzer pad. Fixed an issue where BURG’s head would become blocked if the player started Garden questline and performed Save/Load. Fixed an issue where access to the King Dozer area was blocked even after repairing the valves. Fixed an invisible collision in Veggie Garden. Fixed an issue where Blueberries and Lingonberries always required three swings to harvest them, regardless of the Omni-Tool upgrade tier. Fixed an issue where some mutations would not work in PVP scenarios. Fixed an issue where Wyrm Slayer Armors Searing Strikes bonus effect dealt decreased damage, instead of increased damage. Fixed an issue where the Buggy Summoning Radial may stop being functional for a player. Fixed a bug where Bardic Inspiration buffs were not granted to Buggies and other Teens, and added more info to mutations description. Fixed an issue where certain trinkets effects were not being applied in pvp scenarios. Fixed an issue where Cricket Armor passive would not apply its passive effect correctly. Fixed an issue where where dual wield weapons has inconsistent dash ranges for clients. Fixed an issue where Bombuckler passive would not be applied in PVP scenarios. Fixed an issue where some weapons would not apply status build-up with throw damage. Fixed an issue where the game became unresponsive after taking damage and starting a race. Fixed interpunction in some of the games menus. Fixed an issue where Dusk Blade perk would add flat damage after breaching Players guard. Fixed a bug where water and hunger depleted for clients before exiting the Onboarding Facility. Fixed an issue where some weapon’s special effects would not work in PVP scenarios. Fixed an issue where the Player was able to see out of world through terrain gap in Garden area. Fixed various floating assets around the Park. Fixed an issue with missing dot in the PEEP.R section in Survival Guide. Fixed an issue with incomplete EverChar Torch description. Fixed an issue where highlighting a player or a placed waypoint on the map would show an empty text box. Fixed the textures on a notebook in the Pumpkin Patch area. Fixed an issue that resulted in crash for the Host caused by the Client rejoins the session after their Buggy is ready to be retrieved from the Buffin' Barrel. Fixed an issue with Chimney Pinecone Roof not unlocking at Coziness level 4. Fixed a bug where texts in the data tab were flickering when the language was set to French. Fixed certain environmental clipping issues. Fixed an issue where incorrect UI would be displayed after exiting Handy Gnat Mode. Fixed an issue regarding the Cricket Part description. Fixed a bug where Greater Draw perk from Black Fang Greatbow stayed on the character. Fixed a bug where recycling a hatchery with a Buggy ready to hatch would return an unusable Buggy egg. Fixed an issue where the render distance of creatures was shorter for clients in a Multiplayer session. Fixed a bug where blocking related visual effects were delayed in First-Person Perspective. Fixed an issue where it was possible for Players to permanently stun flying creatures by standing directly below them. Fixed an issue where missing key bind image in "Advanced Bushcraft" quest. Fixed an issue where Gagging animation would not play. Fixed an issue where Web Bridge was clipping into the ground in certain location. Fixed an issue where ethe player could get stuck in an opening in Croquet Court. Fixed an issue where Players could get stuck by walking into a small space between wooden planks in the Pumpkin Patch area. Fixed an issue where some settings of the Speaker Range had the same properties. Fixed performance drops while hovering over options in radial menus. Decreased magnitude of slow inflicted by web bridges. Fixed bunch of performance issues around Ice Cart area. Fixed various one-sided textures around the Park. Fixed various UI spelling mistakes. Fixed an issue where Mint Shard accelerates Sizzle buildup in Fire Pit area. Fixed an issue that caused the Player Character to be positioned horizontally when dashing while emerging or diving. Fixed an issue where Tangy Eruption fired from Rusty Circlet could deal damage to the Player on Whoa! difficulty. Fixed an issue where games performance would worsen after picking up the Red Soldier Ant Egg. Fixed an issue where Pumpin' Seed would appear on the first slot in the Smoothie Station after unlocking. Fixed a bug where the buff from the Lizard Wall Mount was mentioning Potato Beetle instead of Lizard. Fixed an issue where O.G.R.R. locations would not be visible on the screen in the O.G.R.R. lab after a save load. Fixed an issue where Hosts Tang Buildup SFX could be heard globally by all Clients. Fixed an issue where digging or hitting Potato Eyes would push them a little into potatoes. Fixed an issue where there wasn't enough Milk Molars on the map to max out the stats. Fixed a bug where deleting a save file would move selection to next world instead of next save in current world. Fixed an issue where Buffin' Gland and Pumpkin' Seed were available by default in Resource Finder. Fixed various floating assets around the Park. Fixed an issue where it was not possible to rebind Design Radial. Fixed an issue where after closing the Xbox account login prompt the crossplay button would become broken. Fixed a bug where Hot Deposit option field in Storages displayed OFF while really being ON. Fixed various spots in the Park where the Player could get stuck. Fixed a bug where there were holes in the brick wall textures. Fixed an issue where there would be unnecessary brackets in Moldy Milk Molar tutorial text. Fixed an issue when Donut Chunk after harvesting by a Player did not drop the correct amount of resources. Fixed an issue where Sour Spills would reappear after some time despite being cleaned up by the player. Fixed an issue where there was a white square present on the map. Fixed an issue where clients could not use the Deposit All and Take All options while being on a Buggy. Fixed an issue with an icon and description of the Stankwurst item. Fixed an issue where hanging resources would disappear for a short while after they were knocked out. Fixed an issue with the snake would clip into assets throughout its path. Fixed a bug where ****roach Nymphs and their O.R.C. variants dealt the same amount of damage. Fixed an issue where Roman Candle had an Invalid name and description. Fixed an issue where the Camera Mode Toggle option was overlapping with other UI components in the Pause Menu. Fixed an issue where the player would disappear and lose all movement input after being AFK in Handy Gnat. Fixed an issue where Park World Name would not update when creating a New World with a custom name or renaming any of the existing Worlds. Fixed an issue where the turquoise flower pots in the Veggie Garden and the Greenhouse would emit plastic sound effects. Fixed an issue where the Player could get stuck in specific places near the Teddy Bear. Fixed an issue where the Lab theme was playing inside the plastic tube, near the Ant Cave. Fixed an issue where the OOW hole is present near the entrance to a cave in the Pine Hill biome. Fixed an issue with misplaced sap resources in the Veggie Garden area. Fixed an issue with levitating saps. Fixed an issue where the Player was dismounting from their buggies while navigating nearby Toxic Anthill. Fixed an issue where Ladybug Buggy could deal multiple instances of damage with jump, while sprinting at an enemy. Fixed multiple level art issues near the Fairy Garden House. Removed a one-sided texture in the Veggie Garden wardrobe near the Toppled Flower Pot. Fixed an issue where the player could see through the ground in certain places. Fixed an issue where specific Milkweed was inaccessible to Players. Fixed an issue with the Champion's Banner being damaged by players on difficulties other than Whoa! Fixed an issue with one-sided dirt texture in the Veggie Garden Ranger Outpost. Fixed an issue where a specific Rust resource in the Greenhouse area could only be gathered at a certain angle. Fixed a bug where a player couldn't summon or withdraw any buggy. Fixed an issue with the Concave Grass Curved Floor turning into its stem version upon changing the objects orientation. Fixed an issue where deleting an object could remove the object behind it. Fixed an issue where Pumpkin Pillars Triangle Pumpkin Walls were clipping through floors. Fixed an issue where Key Lime Chunks would have an icon of a full Lime fruit. Fixed an issue with Firefly Heald Lamp flickering while using PEEP.R. Fixed an issue where Basketball bouncing SFX could be heard while moving and preparing a throw. Fixed an issue with Mushroom Windowed walls not allowing Player to shoot through their windows. Fixed an issue where after some boss battles no auto-save was made. Fixed an issue where reviving other Players during the Garden Boss fight 3rd phase was difficult. Fixed a bug where Scorpions were often burrowing and ignoring MIX.R during Ice Sickles event. Fixed an issue where the Garden Boss posed no challenge to the sizzle mage build. Fixed various floating assets around the Park. Fixed a bug where Defense Up effect from Spud Bud perk was not applied after perfect blocking Ladybugs. Fixed an issue where Scorpion attacks could throw objects OOW. Fixed the inconsistent buildings' placement around the Lime Tree in the Garden. Fixed an issue where Science Scanner was pointing to Raw Science placed behind the wall at the edge of Pumpkin Patch biome. Fixed an issue where a Player Characters location was different than a location shown in a save file. Fixed an issue where End on a Sour Note Challenge would not count as completed if the Garden Boss died after the Player due to Damage over Time effect. Fixed an issue where certain Building light luminosity is very low. Fixed an issue where players would not be granted with the Masked Strangers gold card retroactively. Fixed an issue where Feather Arrows stuck in enemies were increasing their attack damage. Fixed an issue where jumping and using PEEP.R in First-Person Perspective could result in the camera clipping into the characters body upon landing. Fixed a bug where Creatures corpses would not vanish if the Player was not standing near them. Fixed an issue where the Swimming animation was overriding the holding animation of certain weapons and tools. Fixed an issue where fog would disappear in a specific spot underground in the Pumpkin Patch area. Fixed missing fog volume in some caves. Fixed an issue where Pete's finger model would be stretched in the first-person view. Fixed an issue where Dew Drops attached to grass blades were not visible in Resource Finder. Fixed an issue where Power Ups gizmo were flickering and disappearing. Fixed an issue with Pumpkin Walls having gaps when placed diagonally. Fixed an issue with the Chocolate Smoochies being desynchronized for the Client. Fixed an issue where the Player was unable to walk onto the wooden deck from a web bridge. Fixed an issue with Statue area where the Player could get stuck between large rocks. Fixed an issue where coziness was displayed for design objects. Fixed an issue where the Title would capture controller inputs even when its window was not active. Fixed an issue with Handy Gnat Ghost and Light toggles triggering simultaneously by both LS and RS on a controller. Fixed an issue where adjusting Handy Gnat movement was affected by holding movement keys. Fixed missing water in submerged cave in Garden area. Fixed an issue with world not loading in a sleeping cutscene if the Player had inventory open. Fixed an issue where the Player was able to throw items out of world in certain spots around the Park. Fixed various performance issues around the Garden area. Fixed some locations, where it was possible to throw items out of players reach. Fixed an issue where Snake Scales would disappear when harvested with full inventory. Removed a placeholder letter from the Veggie Garden Ranger Outpost. Fixed multiple locations at the Greenhouse in which the Player could throw a weapon but could not retrieve them afterwards. Fixed multiple locations at the Pumpkin Patch in which the Player could throw a weapon but could not retrieve them afterwards. Fixed an issue with Networking quest not appearing after destroying MIX.R. Fixed an issue with the Player in Creative Mode having access to recipes that at the time were unobtainable in Survival Mode. Fixed an issue with rust dropping OOB from Snackbar Table nails. Fixed an issue where Omelant description mentioned containing salt despite it not being part of the recipe. Fixed an issue where Gloom Chunk could not be planted in the Garden Patch Fixed an issue where water surface was cut off inside of the caves in the Statue region. Fixed an issue where Pop Caps would never respawn. Fixed an issue where there was an Air Bubble present in an underwater location in Croquet Court. Fixed an issue where the game would crash if the client Alt-Tabbed on the death screen for a while during a long play session. Fixed a bug where the Praying Mantis Nymph Wall Mount was not counting in the Ranger Challenge. Fixed an issue where bounds of the Ice Cream Cart area were not aligned with the Map UI. Fixed an issue where the player would levitate above the Snackbar roof. The Player can now change Difficulty and Object Limit settings in Creative game mode by using option Swap To Custom Game. Fixed the water drop desynchronization for clients in Multiplayer sessions. Fixed the collision of the yellow moss. Fixed various misaligned collisions in environment around the Park. Fixed an issue where deposited Buggies would permanently disappear if Buggy Nest was destroyed. Fixed one-sided texture in Pine Hill. Fixed an issue where Wolf Spider could spawn inside Lectern. Fixed the lack of arrow indicating the facing side of the Pine Wall building. Fixed an issue where Burned Grass had no collision. Fixed an issue where Client's Buggy notifications would appear for Host in co-op session. Fixed one-sided texture in the bottom part of the Ice Cart. Fixed an issue where Player was unable to freely walk up the Corner Stairs. Fixed an issue where there was one additional Milk Molar on the map. Fixed an issue where special weapons would appear in Natural Resources tab after collecting them. Fixed an issue where Player could not use SCA.B2K if they were hosting a shared world where they have been previously knocked down. Fixed an issue where the Player Characters movement was blocked during Construction Mode, if the Walking and Strafing actions were bound to certain keys. Fixed an issue where Player character would appear stretched in photo mode. Fixed an issue where weapons thrown in the Snackbar Front could fall out of world. Fixed an issue where a patch of grass was not properly overlapping tree root in the Entrance area. Fixed an issue where Stuffed Mosquito building was rotating rapidly when the Player was moving around it. Fixed a bug where the Red Soldier Ant and Stuffed Red Soldier Ant models did not match. Fixed a bug where spoon asset near Trash Bin was not touching the ground. Fixed a bug where spoon asset on Picnic Table was not touching the ground. Fixed a bug where splashes overlapped with skin textures. Fixed an issue where the players could repeatedly invite other without delay. Fixed OOW gap in Hatchery Anthill. Fixed an issue where ORC Stinkbug on Garbage Can appears after long delay. Fixed an issue where fence elements around the Park had no collision. Fixed one-sided texture in Picnic Table region. Fixed an issue with the floating clump of dirt in a specific location. Various environmental fixes around the Park. Fixed Slime Mold Stacks' roots looking disconnected. Fixed Webbed Ant model inside the Pine Hill Outpost. Fixed an issue where Dead Orb Weaver head is unnaturally sticking out of the ground. Fixed Dead Body Boot in Snackbar Anthill being above the ground. Fixed a bug where one-sided dirt texture was visible on rocks near Trash Bags Ranger Outpost. Fixed the inconsistency in VFXs of picking up Dry Grass Chunk and Plant Fiber. Fixed an issue where incorrect dirt texture used above doors in the Resource Analyzer Room. Fixed an issue where parts of glass window were offset from the center in Comms Array room in Onboarding Facility. Fixed an issue where O.R.C. Wave would not fail after destroying certain amount of Player’s structures. Fixed an issue where Smoothies were not filling thirst bar. Fixed an issue where the Player could build inside the FTUE dome by attaching the initial blueprint to a branch inside the dome. Fixed an issue where the client could experience an input lag while placing blueprints. Fixed an issue where Pete while wearing Myrmidon Founder pack skin and charging attack with mantis blade, will cause Pete to appear without helmet. Fixed a bug where Slime Mold Stalks would respawn after reloading a save. Fixed an issue when O.R.C. Receiver dropped by the player would float mid-air. Playgrounds Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue where there was no Black Soldier Ant Egg in the Design Menu in Playgrounds. Fixed an issue where the player would be stuck in a gagging animation after switching to Design Mode. Fixed an issue where the creator and download code for Playgrounds available in browser were the same as the first Playground in the current tab. Fixed an issue where Whipper Earwig and Pincher Earwig bug trophies were both named as Earwig in Playgrounds. Fixed a bug where Founders Pack Edition decorations were not available in the Playgrounds. Fixed an issue where Selection hitbox was offset from the reticle, while being in the Handy Gnat mode in Playgrounds. Fixed an issue where the Item Tier customization option had no effect in Playgrounds. Fixed an issue where Woolly Aphid meat was missing from the Design Objects menu in Playgrounds. Fixed an issue where the Initial Clock Time setting was changing after performing the Save & Load cycle, or opening the Playground Settings twice in a row. Fixed an issue where Player could not open Armor Dummy equipment in Play Mode. Fixed an issue where the Community Playgrounds menu would stop displaying playgrounds after changing pages/tabs several times. Fixed an issue where using a controller or arrow keys to navigate the Community Playgrounds menus could prevent scrolling down if there was no map below a current selection. Fixed an issue where the poison customization option was not affecting weapons in any way in Playgrounds. Fixed an issue where 'All Recipes Unlocked' and 'All Recipes Free' would not work correctly in Playgrounds. Fixed placeholder icons and text in Playgrounds. Fixed an issue where a player in a Playgrounds game could crash after joining a survival game via invite. Fixed an issue where Black Soldier Ant buggy was missing from the Buggies category in Playgrounds. Fixed an issue where Wooly Whoppers and Ice Breakers were missing from Design Menu in Playgrounds.

Greetings Commanders! We are releasing hotfix 1.2.0.1 for The Outer Worlds 2. Please update your game when this patch is available to receive the following fixes and changes below: Hold interactions will no longer cause endless, looping audio to play. The door at the end of the sniper fight in Greater Tranquility Station will now reliably unseal Selected language will no longer revert to English after hitting Apply on the Custom Difficulty Settings Menu. Raptidon enemies will now spawn, even if the Bounty Boss is active, to ensure players can complete Cave Cleanup quest. Game difficulty settings will persist correctly to the selected difficulty option, even if Custom Difficulty Settings are changed, but not actually applied. The cursor will no longer disappear from the Save Library menu after deleting a saved game. Applying companion upgrade helmets while companion ‘Show Helmets’ setting is off will show set helmets if setting is changed to show helmets later. If you come across any other issues, please contact us via our Issue Tracker page. As always, we are very appreciative for your continued support and patience. The Earth Directorate thanks you.

Greetings! In preparation for the 0.5 Into the Abyss Update, we are releasing another hotfix patch that should continue to improve stability. Please note that this update will not trigger a resource regrow, but the 0.5 update will. Please let us know if you run into any issues and we'll work with you to investigate them. https://grounded2.obsidian.net/issue-tracker#contact Thanks for your continued support of Grounded 2, and we can't wait to see you all in the Abyss!

Greetings Watchers, Today we are releasing patch 3.9.5.0 for Pillars of Eternity on Steam, GOG, EGS and Xbox PC. Patch Notes:Combat and Mechanics - Global Attack Speed and Reload Speed bonus provided by the One-Eyed Molina's Gold Fingered Spike-Flinger now works similarly to other Attack Speed bonuses granted by weapons. Combat and Mechanics – Turn-Based Mode Specific Increased the minimum initiative of Adragan actions in TBM. Seal type spells no longer disappear immediately when placed in or outside of combat. Trail of fire dropped by Fire Stag now appears and works correctly in the Turn-Based Mode. Cipher's Tactical Meld ability now correctly provides bonus Accuracy when attacking the same enemy as the target. Ancient Memory no longer triggers multiple times in one turn on characters with low Intellect. Spellstamina: Fear Aura enchantment of the Dragon's Maw Shield no longer causes the Fear Aura effect to trigger multiple times in one turn. Encounter by the Sacrificial Pit in the Endless Paths of Od Nua Level 2 can now be progressed properly. Same target accuracy bonus and other similar effects are now applied correctly in Turn-Based Mode. Xaurips during the encounter with the Adra Dragon, now aggro properly towards the Player's party. Visual and Audio AoE preview of the Twin Stones Druid spell now appears properly in the Turn-Based Mode. User Interface and Interaction Resolved an issue leading to excessive engagement message spam in the combat log in Turn-Based Mode. Threatening Presence no longer spams the combat log in Turn-Based Mode. Various “Active effects” have had their displayed values corrected in Turn-Based Mode. Several issues related to interacting with beetle-type enemies and their corpses no longer occur. Description of Veteran's Recovery now mentions the correct amount of Endurance gained per turn. It is now possible to disable the Turn-Based Mode combat start banner by using the ungated console command “ToggleTacticalModeBanner”. Interactive area of End Turn button in Turn-Based Mode now properly matches the button itself. Turn-Based Node can no longer be toggled during interactions and UI states where most of the player input is disabled. Warning now appears when trying to switch between combat modes during an encounter. Ongoing movement commands are now stopped after ending the turn in Turn-Based Mode. No Movement warning is now displayed when targeting the out of reach enemy/area with an attack or ability when out of movement in Turn-Based Mode. If you come across any issues, please contact us at support.obsidian.net Thank you for your continued feedback and support!

Greetings friends! Thank you all for your continued feedback and for taking the time to report the issues you've been experiencing in Grounded 2. We are releasing a new patch today with additional stability fixes that we hope will improve your experience. We also want to remind you that while this update won't trigger a resources regrow, our Into the Abyss 0.5 update will. As always, please don't hesitate to report any issues using the in game report feature or our Grounded 2 Community Issue Tracker. Every report helps us identify and resolve issues more quickly. https://grounded2.obsidian.net/issue-tracker#contact Thanks for your continued support and for helping make Grounded 2 even better!

Attention Halcyon Citizens, The Board is pleased to announce that Patch 2.5.9.0 is now available for PC, XBOX, and PlayStation consoles. If you don’t see the patch right away, please try restarting your PC launcher or console. Here are some of the changes/fixes we’ve been up to in this patch: Bug FixesEnvironments / Levels Fixed some issues with shadows in Byzantium. Fixed an issue with companion movement through the restricted areas On Scylla, fixed an issue with the tug ship displaying piles of crates. Iconoclast guards are now positioned to face the correct direction. Lighting Updated visuals to reduce the yellow fog and improve visibility. This is in Monarch Wilderness, Amber Heights, Fallbrook, and Stellar Bay. Adjusted character lighting to appear less bright. Combat The Purpleberry Launch projectiles now properly bounce. Improved Ellie’s pathing when becoming alert. Fixed an issue where a Corporate Technician will go alert once the player's disguise is degraded. Ash piles no longer float in the air. Enemies that are disintegrated in the air no longer spawn invisible ash piles. Killing an enemy from stealth, then saving and loading will no longer replenish enemy detection meters. Maxwell the Unique Impact Hammer has now been updated with a 2 attack swing combo. Fixed a crash after allowing Dodge penetration perk to end and dodging after it ends Fixed the debuff duration and lack of personality changes for Clive's Boarst Fixed an issue with SAM moving until the player repairs him. Menus / UI Companions do not gain the “Self Governed” perk after leaving the party. SAM’s tab now properly shows after they’re added to the party. Engineering skill beyond 150 will continue to decrease the number of weapon/armor parts a player needs to repair their items. The Resolve buff no longer stacks with itself. The Companion tutorial correctly appears when first gaining SAM. Terminal in Terra 1 has been fixed to show a "[Continue]" option. Added Inspect button prompt to the General and Junk Inventory tabs Restoring settings to default in game does not change the language of the game. Fixed an issue where the player would get a flaw before fully accepting. The controller can now be used to inspect Ammo in Inventory. Inventory sorting settings remain consistent after a Save/Load or changing locations. Quests The doors will now properly open if the player moves while entering the Sublight Freight Storage from the main entrance. The player is now able to return to Dash Whitlock and ask for the passphrase. Fixed an issue where Junlei would come back to life on the Unreliable. Maverick Johnston will open the door if the player speaks to a companion. Fixed an issue with dialogue during The Empty Man. Fixed an issue with C3 turning hostile before saving Berthold. Fixed a beacon for the objective "Defeat the Iconoclasts" Door near Clive's office elevator is fixed Fixed quest dialogue with Junlei We appreciate all of you and want to thank you for your continued support, patience, and understanding while we continue to make The Outer Worlds even better. Please continue to share with us any issues you come across at Obsidian Entertainment Support and we’ll continue to do our best to address them. We hope you continue to have fun out there, exploring the Halcyon Colony!

Hello friends, Patch 0.4.2 for Grounded 2 is now available to all players. Thank you again for your patience; we greatly appreciate the reports everyone has submitted to our support team! We hope this update will address the performance issues you've been experiencing. Performance Optimizations:Reduced the streaming range of the player, so that less things now load at one time. This should cause significantly less hitching around the Park This will cause all resources to re-grow through your bases Performance around player bases and the Park have been optimized to reduce stutters and hitching Omni-Tool Change:Due to the changes listed above, we have changed the Omni-Tool to one-hit all resources that are re-growing only through player-built structures This will occur again in the 0.5 "Into the Abyss" Update on August 11 We expect this to be taken full advantage of, have fun. Crashing/Stability:Fixed various crashes in 0.4.2. 35% of the crashes hit in 0.4.1 should be fixed in 0.4.2 Bug Fixes:Fixed an issue where AXL could be softlocked mid fight and roar infinitely Fixed an issue that was causing Half Int. Corner Stairs to change and rotate into a different position

Greetings Commander! The Earth Directorate is happy to announce the release of Patch 1.2.0.0 to all citizens of Arcadia. This update addresses numerous bug fixes that you brought to our attention and much more! As always, we want to thank you all for your support and reporting these issues to us. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you run into any issues, please reach out to us at via our Issue Tracker and our team will work with you to investigate it.  1.2.0.0 Patch NotesNew Features:Dangerous Enemies FROM BEYOND!A mysterious new type of Rift has reportedly appeared, containing dangerous beasts said to be aggressive, powerful, and immune to many types of attacks. They can be found in Paradise Island, Golden Ridge, Cloister, and Praetor. Visit the newly-built Terminals at the landing pad in each of the four listed regions for more info. Customizable Gameplay OptionsA fifth Difficulty Option is now available, “Custom.” Use these gameplay options to customize your game experience in new and unusual ways. Activate “Companion Permadeath” and try to save them before they perish forever! Try a “zero bits” run where buying and selling are impossible! Force yourself to a “Single Loadout” where you’re limited by what you can wear and hold! Or try to be the “Hero of Earth,” where death means your game is permanently over! Photo ModeYou can now clear the HUD and take photographs of the incredible art in The Outer Worlds 2 via the new Photo Mode option, available from the pause menu. Combine it with the “Wait” menu option to find the perfect time of day to illuminate your Commander, your Companions, or the Arcadian landscape. Appearance EditorA new mirror in the Captain’s Quarters on the Incognito now allows you to update the appearance of your Commander whenever you like. Change your physical appearance including hairstyle, tattoos, piercings and prosthetics, while retaining your character’s actions and choices. M.O.P.The Mode of Outward Presentation allows you to change the look of your character’s currently equipped Armor or Helmet to match any Armor or Helmet in your inventory, without giving up its gameplay benefits. Got a particular look you love? Make it your M.O.P. and stroll around Arcadia with confidence. Companion OutfitsWant to change your upgraded Companion’s outfit back to a previous look? Sliders have been added on the Companion information screen that will allow you to change the visuals for your Companions' Armor and Helmet while still retaining their current upgrades. BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!You’ve already read all about the Rift creature bounties, appearance editor, photo mode, customizable gameplay options, and more in our recent 1.2 update, but there are a few narrative-focused additions and improvements that were included with that patch. New & Improved Companion ConversationsBesides fixing issues where companion banters weren’t playing nearly often enough while the player was exploring or on the ship, we decided to write and record a few dozen more of them. That’s right! If you pair your favorite companion characters, you’ll hear them continue to get to know each other better and their relationships. Improved Audio MixSomewhere along the way, a nasty bug crept in where radio and loudspeakers would remain too loud in the background during conversations. We’re happy to report that this has been fixed and not only are all conversations improved, the ACS Undisputed Claim is not “just obnoxious enough” again. Community Reported Issues: The game now displays an error message when available disk space at the drive root is low to prevent save failures. Players can now turn in “The Case of the Mystery Rations” to Huguenard even if they completed “Fusing Fractured Forces” and did not speak to Huguenard first. Fixed formula for calculating bribery costs in non-crime conversations. Costs should now be higher. The double jump boots and quest schematics are now automatically granted to the player if they leave Spire Grove without looting Jackson Plum's corpse. Inspecting the refugee's corpse during the "Arbitrary Measure" mission now correctly displays localized text in all languages. Companion banters should now continue to trigger properly after saving/loading in a variety of circumstances. Level Up Reminders will now remain hidden if disabled through settings, including after Fast Travel or Load. The Dependent Flaw's bonus damage from Companions now correctly persists after loading a saved game. Cursor is properly and fully disabled when switching between MKB and Gamepad input devices. Added Controller Pitch Multiplier which allows Controller Look Pitch (Y-axis, up/down) to scale relative to Look Turn (X-axis, left/right) for Controller Thumbstick(s). The Vendor Screen will now display if a purchasable Recipe is known and will display the current count of stackable Items (grenades, consumables, resources, etc.) already in the Player's Inventory. Simplified Chinese localization now correctly uses gender-neutral pronouns instead of masculine pronouns. The following section contains spoilers: Major Issues and Crashes: Activating Companion abilities shortly before triggering a forced conversation now allows the triggered conversation to occur. Resolved a crash that occurred in the Rift Lab after extended periods of play due to an audio resource leak. Addressed a crash on PS5 and PS5 Pro by improving memory management, especially when exiting the Companion Upgrade screen or Workbench. The following section contains spoilers: Content & Quests: Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when talking to Factor Metadier after leaving the Zyranium Manufactory. Updated scripting for the “Half-Truths in Advertising” quest to handle a number of edge cases, including the quest telling you to return to Willard but Willard not properly closing out the quest if Crawford was killed at the AC camp after giving the party the briefing Resolved issue where VPs in ACHQ would disappear after capturing Spireton. Ambient NPCs around Westport area will now bark more frequently. Mental Refreshment lecture sequence will continue to play properly even if interrupted by save/load. The following section contains spoilers: Combat & Systems: The "Cave Cleanup" quest now correctly updates after all Raptidons in the cave have been defeated. Hold input audio will no longer infinitely loop when breakdown all junk action is complete The Escape Suit now reliably dispenses a smoke bomb and grants camouflage when your health drops below 30%. Skipping an audio log with the controller now properly stops the hold sound effect when the skip is complete. The game now correctly handles and validates calendar time when loading older save files to prevent potential errors. The Serial Killer perk description has been updated to more clearly explain when hearts are guaranteed to drop Added Breakdown lists for Zyranium Armor and Gary Armor Screen shake and sound effects from rifts no longer play while the rift is in stasis. DLSS can now be updated directly from Nvidia, allowing users to receive the latest improvements without waiting for a game update. Bribe options in certain conversations now always appear and display the correct amount, even if you don't have enough money. Creatures, like the Gorvid or Raptidon, now use correct getup animations Improved trigger volumes in Fairfield and other regions so that they fire more reliably Waylaid Grenades achievement is more consistently progressable when shooting player thrown grenades. Players will maintain ability to interact with objects even if the inhaler is used during Sneak Attack Niles' Spotter Perk now reliably lowers NPC detection rates The food icon in the HUD will be greyed out when the player is at full health. Throwables now cost energy during TTD Companions will now crouch while in elevators when the player is crouched or in stealth. Some overpowered weapons (Bullet Blender, Rattler, Chainspark Cannon, Biggest Fan) have had their effectiveness reduced, to be more in line with other Unique weapons. Cleo’s The Hunt has been made much more effective, to be more in line with other Unique weapons. Animation: Conversations triggered by proximity now reliably position the camera, preventing overly zoomed-in views of characters. UI/UX: Idle Camera Unavailable text will now wrap to present properly in other languages Resolved rare instance where RPG Interactables did not properly give correct XP when the skill check had multiple requirements Reverting graphics settings in the main menu now correctly restores previous values instead of applying changes. Pending graphics settings, like Resolution changes, are now correctly preserved when switching and reverting Window Modes in the settings menu. The blur effect that appeared in the crafting menu after successfully crafting an item has been removed. Setting Descriptions no longer clear on Unhover, allowing manipulation of the Scroll Box for longer descriptions. Hovering the Subcategory headers still clears the Hover state. Caps Lock is no longer usable as a Key binding (excluding the default for Auto Sprint) Default All hold audio/fill will properly deactivate while addressing Key binding modals Settings that must be Applied before updating/saving now indicate their pending state, and the Apply input hotkey is highlighted. Settings with Sliders now respect their overall Step increment when leaving their Minimum/Maximum values Removing unnecessary formatting from failed Conversation Response Nodes (Handheld Only) - Disable pixel snapping to keep the Credits from shaking Reworked how pending Graphic Settings (Window Mode and Resolution) are applied in-menu and when attempting to leave without applying. In-menu Apply no longer prompts the player to Keep/Revert the changes, and the exit prompts offer 3 options: Apply/Keep and Revert (which still exit Settings after applying the selected behavior), and Cancel (returning to the Settings menu with the unconfirmed Settings still pending). Additionally, VSync and other graphics settings apply immediately on any change and no longer Revert if the player rejects Window Mode or Resolution changes later. Inez will show a max of 2 Ability Charges as soon as she acquires the relevant Perk The Player will only be referred to as Commander by default in Character Creation if a valid name isn't committed Radio Station entries in the Wireless screen now show a Stop button while Selected/Active to indicate a click will deselect/disable the associated Station When splitting a stack for Buying/Selling in the Vendor Menu, the Player's current Total Bits will also be displayed Miscellaneous: The version text in the Russian localization no longer displays an erroneous comma. The game version in the top right corner now displays correctly without an unnecessary comma when the language is set to Polish. Updated correct French translation text to some armor items in player inventory screen. The Praetor Lightning Tower terminal now displays the correct exit option instead of placeholder text after recalibration is complete.

Greetings Friends! On your marks, get set, Buggy Racing! Thank you so much for everyone who provided feedback and bug reporting during our PTB period. Playgrounds Mode has been updated and includes a brand-new starting map and Buggy Racing! The 0.4.1 Update also includes Steam Deck Support, and a much-needed fix for our PVP Community. Happy brawling! Grounded 2 Executable Swap:We have officially changed our exe version: WinGRTS → Win64. As of this update, Steam Deck Users can now link a Microsoft account and play online with their friends/use crossplay functionality. Note: With this executable change, all player settings will be reset as a result of this change. This is a one-time reset, and we plan on saving your settings in the future permanently. We do apologize for any inconveniences this may cause you. Playgrounds - Buggy Racing and New Map is now available!New Playground Starting Map - Lakeside Loop New Racing Mode for Playgrounds that allows players to build their own racetracks: 1-4 Players can race each other on buggies in either point-to-point or lap races New Playground objects to allow players to make their own racetracks Race Start - Allows players to begin the race Race Waypoint - A basic checkpoint illuminated by a short column of light Race Waypoint Gate - A rectangular gate illuminated around the edges. Sticky Sap - Something to slow down the racers. Speed Boost Pad - Something to give racers a temporary speed boost Bug Fixes:Fixed a bug where every perfect block was stunning the attacking Character in PvP. Fixed a bug where Handy Gnat did not have unlimited range. Fixed a bug where hanging stuffed creatures would fall after changing the mode. Fixed a bug where incorrect death messages were displayed after death from gizmo. Fixed a bug where knocked over Mallet get back to its previous position after updating the game to the newest version. Fixed a bug where opening the Building Grid or crafting menus would cause a crash on lower end PCs. Fixed a bug where Player on Steam Deck was always joining first Multiplayer lobby listed instead of the selected one. Fixed a bug where Steam players sometimes were unable to see hosted games. Fixed a bug where the sizzle from gizmo would not stop increasing. Fixed a bug where title was freezing when Client was sorting mixed and unstacked Smoothies of different types. Fixed a bug where Web Master mutation could be quickly upgraded by repeatedly using Web Throw ability on a Snail hidden in its shell. Fixed a bug where Wooly Whoppers were not available in Playgrounds. Fixed an issue where Arachnophobia Safe Mode would not affect the O.G.R.R. Wolf Spider Creature Card preview in SCA.B 2K’s Data menu. Fixed an issue where certain resources would not count toward Rock Cracker Mutation progression. Fixed an issue where player could attack their own Black Ant Buggy. Fixed an issue where Player could reach a specific spot in the King Dozers Arena corner which rendered them immune to most of the King Dozers attacks. Fixed an issue where the Player was unable to delete the save file associated with a Playgrounds map that was published multiple times. Fixed an issue where the player would disappear and lose all movement input after being AFK in Handy Gnat. Fixed an issue where the Shared World logout save would be deleted upon renaming a prior save and restarting the title. Fixed an issue where the title would crash after removing/recycling the ladder. Fixed an issue where turning on “Read to Me” and setting subtitles to All would crash a game on Steam Deck. Fixed an issue with a “Customize” Keybind still working after changing or deleting the mapping. Fixed an issue with displaying wrong error message when trying to publish a playground, while being disconnected from the internet. Fixed an issue with Ladybug ram attack dealing multiple hits while sprinting around the King Dozer hitboxes. Fixed an issue with picture overlapping with the text and the main widget in the Playground’s creation screen. Fixed an issue with the Creator and Download Code not updating after the first map was selected. Fixed an issue with the items in the upgraded Buggy’s storage being deleted after the Player’s death. Fixed an issue with the Orb Weaver Buggy taking twice as long to hatch. Fixed an issue with the Steam Deck hard locking in certain menus. Fixed an issue with Xbox Network Login screen remaining on the Main Menu screen on Steam Deck. Bug Fixes From PTB to Live:Fixed Various Stability Issues Thank you so much for your continued support and we look forward to seeing your Buggy racecourses! Please join our Official Discord Server and share your Playgrounds with us, we are very eager to check them out and might do a Playgrounds showcase live on our dev streams. As always, stay safe and stay Grounded.

Attention, citizens of Halcyon! The Board is pleased to announce that Patch 2.5.8.1 for The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is now live. All spacers playing on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation 5 consoles should receive the update the next time they visit the colony. Our changes include economy rebalancing, unique item improvements, bug fixes… and a brand-new feature to the game: grenades. Economy RebalancingAddressed macro economic community concerns in early, mid and late game. Players will find more Bits in the beginning, more consistent Bits to be found in boxes, lockers, and lockboxes, and additional items available to spend your Bits on as you go. Equipment dropped by enemies now reflects appropriate wear and condition, presenting wonderful fixer-upper opportunities for the resourceful Engineer - and less buyer’s remorse on that shiny Pristine Assault Rifle you just bought. Reworked Tinkering to increase Bit costs based on weapon and armor level instead of the number of times a weapon or armor has been previously Tinkered. Addressed both economic and usability concerns with Consumables, standardizing costs and extending buffs. Fixed several Consumable pickups that could not be picked up. Unique Item ImprovementsAll Unique weapons, armor and helmets have had a usability and balance pass. Adjustments were made to stats and abilities of many Unique items. All Unique weapons and armor can also now be fully modded by players, except for a permanent “Unique” mod that gives each item its more readable Unique qualities. All Unique weapons that had just standard damage output have had their base damage increased slightly. Tinkering changes allow early-game Unique items to remain viable throughout the full game. New Thrown Grenade FeatureThe highly requested feature of Thrown Grenades have come back in time from The Outer Worlds 2. Enjoy blowing your foes to bits with the trio of the destructive Explosive Grenade, highly-corrosive Bio-Mass Grenade, and the chilling Frost Grenade. As the hot new items on the market, Grenades are still mid-rollout throughout Halcyon! Visit your friendly weapons vendors or nearly any vending machine to purchase these new devices of destruction. Default control schemes have been slightly reconfigured in the style of The Outer Worlds 2 to include a dedicated Grenade Throw input. The Companion Move, Attack and Follow commands are now combined into one context-sensitive input. For Gamepad, the Emergency Medical Inhaler is now on the D-Pad Down input, as in The Outer Worlds 2. Purchased Grenades will appear on the updated Weapon Radial HUD, allowing a quick swap between the Explosive, Bio-Mass, and Frost Grenades. We’ve written new in-game tutorials regarding Grenades and all related changes for additional information, future reference, and/or the occasional chuckle. Bug FixesEnvironments / Levels Added 300 Bits along the tutorial path to the Unreliable (but we’re not saying where). Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck inside the Geothermal Power Plant, causing them to slowly go insane with Chester Higgins. Players can no longer clip into the landing at the top of the elevator to the Circus Time Freighter on Scylla, causing them to fall through the elevator. Walking outside of the safety barrier on Scylla will now properly kill you. Improved ambient lighting and surface reflectivity on rocks and bushes in the Monarch Wilderness. Removed unintended contrail effects from the UDL Gunship during the Radio Free Monarch mission. Removed visible debug strings from most terminals in the RR&DD Labs. The typo of “RR&DD Labs” is still quite visible. Players can no longer pickpocket NPCs through solid glass no matter how high their Sneak skill is. Players can no longer read Datapads through solid glass no matter how high their Reading skill is. Brought in a mortician to fix the makeup on Hortense Ingalsbee’s corpse in Byzantium to better match her appearance in life. When viewing the Model Needler Gun using the Investigation Board on Eridanos, the Model Needler Gun will actually be there. Fixed up a group of textures across the game that spontaneously inverting their color schemes. Removed some floating junk in the Gorgon Overlands. Fixed issues with shadows in Stellar Bay. Addressed an issue where the player would get stuck at the cave entrance in the tutorial area. Combat Critical Hits with the Prismatic Hammer’s Power Attack no longer deals 0 damage for characters with minimal Intelligence. You can no longer be too dumb to wield a hammer. Fixed an issue with the Flamethrower VFX while in TTD The Medical Drone with MacRedd’s outlaws in the Back Bays has taken its Hippocratic Oath, and now heals (the outlaws) instead of harms (you). Defeating the Alpha Canid will now properly cause all other Canids at the party to get bored and leave. ( When loading an autosave created at the start of the Slug Queen boss battle the player no longer gets softlocked. Turret traps can be destroyed with a flamethrower. Menus / UI The so-called “Competent” Skill Unlocks for Inspiration and Determination are now competently assigned to their correct skills, with Inspiration’s giving the Critical Damage boost and Determination’s granting the Armor bonus. The Paranoid flaw no longer stacks an extra debuff on the Lie skill specifically, and the Extra Paranoid status effect will stop being so “extra” in adding a new stack of its debuff every time you just highlight the Lie skill. Added an entry for the “Resolve” buff in the Buffs page in the Codex. Highlighting a status effect on a Companion’s details screen no longer makes the Journal forget how to highlight everything else. We’ve fixed an issue where the performance drops significantly while scrolling through mods, which would sometimes lead to a crash. The "Resolve" Skill buff is now fully visible when viewing the Status Effects section of the Character Details section in the Ledger. Fixed Adaptive Trigger functions on PS5 triggering outside of gameplay. Consumables show their stacked duration appropriately in the Character tab. Quests The Following Section May Contain Spoilers: Grace Romero no longer conveniently “forgets” about the missing Zoe in A Few Kindred Spirits, even if you talk to her about Adelaide first or convince all the Deserters to go back to Edgewater. Choosing to attack the Hacked Mechanical in the Lord of Blight Quest on Eridanos no longer sometimes enrages the entire spaceport. The ‘Shipping Note' that the player is told will be on Ella Tinsley’s desk in Sublight Freight Storage will now be on Ella Tinsley’s desk in Sublight Freight Storage. Jasper Low’s CHEM Lab audio log now plays automatically after you’ve gone through all the trouble of getting the dang thing from him. With full sincerity, please continue to share with us any issues you come across, and we’ll continue to do our best to address them. If you come across any issues, please contact us at support.obsidian.net The Board thanks you for your continued support, patience, and understanding while we continue to make The Outer Worlds even better. Enjoy your visit in the Halcyon colony!

PTB Update 1 0.4.1.9339Bug FixesFixed a crash happening on Linux devices We don’t officially support Linux outside of Steam Deck, but this should stop the “Crashing on Launch” Fixed a bug where the end flag appeared at the start of the race Fixed a bug where the default stamina in Playgrounds was not set to Infinite Fixed a bug where the “Loaded Games” menu, would not show any saves Fixed a bug where the virtual keyboard caused softlocks in Playgrounds Fixed a bug where Mouse and Keyboard did not work on Steam Deck Fixed a bug where status effects would stop the player from Mounting a Buggy Various Crash FixesFixed an issue on Steam Deck where it would crash when using the “read to me” option

Greetings Watchers, Thank you so much for participating in our Public Beta. Today we are releasing Patch 3.9.4.0 on Steam, GOG, EGS, and Xbox PC. Please check out the latest fixes below: If you come across any issues, please contact us at support.obsidian.net Patch Notes 3.9.4.0Combat and Mechanics – Turn-Based Mode SpecificProne status in TBM will now include an additional 3 initiative delay on the victim. On cast tick for several TBM pulsing AOEs should now apply properly. Spiritshift no longer lasts indefinitely on enemies in TBM. Traps with ticking behavior should now work properly in TBM. Wall of thorns should no longer behave in real time in TBM. Fixed an issue where Grimoire Imprints could sometimes lock combat in TBM. Radiant Sporelings are no longer able to revive multiple times in TBM and lock combat. Xaurips in TBM with Adra dragon should now consistently aggro the player’s party. Xaurip priest in TBM Adra dragon combat can no longer lock combat state by casting Holy Power in fog of war. Visual and AudioSFX for Wall of Thorns should now play at the proper time in TBM. Fixed an issue where firearm reload animation would trigger after using a free action, instead of waiting until end of turn. User Interface and InteractionCombat in TBM will no longer pause when tutorials appear. User cursor will no longer show the movement indicator when quitting out to the main menu. Certain elements of the HUD will no longer briefly remain fully visible when fading out into a transition. Ability tooltips will now display “Action used” in TBM when the user has no action point. Free action abilities will now indicate when the free action has already been used for the turn. Tooltip for toggle TBM button on the HUD now indicates its bound key. Current turn indicator will no longer display on the master when it is their pet’s turn. Arrow for collapsing center HUD element no longer clips with character portraits.

Grounded 2 Executable Swap:We have officially changed our exe version: WinGRTS → Win64. As of this update, Steam Deck Users can now link a Microsoft account and play online with their friends/use crossplay functionality. Note: With this executable change, all player settings will be reset as a result of this change. This is a one-time reset and we plan on saving your settings in the future permanently. Playgrounds - Buggy Racing and New Map is now available!New Playground Starting Map - Lakeside Loop New Racing Mode for Playgrounds that allows players to build their own racetracks: 1-4 Players can race each other on buggies in either point-to-point or lap races New Playground objects to allow players to make their own racetracks Race Start - Allows players to begin the race Race Waypoint - A basic checkpoint illuminated by a short column of light Race Waypoint Gate - A rectangular gate illuminated around the edges. Sticky Sap - Something to slow down the racers. Speed Boost Pad - Something to give racers a temporary speed boost Bug Fixes:Fixed a bug where every perfect block was stunning the attacking Character in PvP. Fixed a bug where Handy Gnat did not have unlimited range. Fixed a bug where hanging stuffed creatures would fall after changing the mode. Fixed a bug where incorrect death messages were displayed after death from gizmo. Fixed a bug where knocked over Mallet get back to its previous position after updating the game to the newest version. Fixed a bug where opening the Building Grid or crafting menus would cause a crash on lower end PCs. Fixed a bug where Player on Steam Deck was always joining first Multiplayer lobby listed instead of the selected one. Fixed a bug where Steam players sometimes were unable to see hosted games. Fixed a bug where the sizzle from gizmo would not stop increasing. Fixed a bug where title was freezing when Client was sorting mixed and unstacked Smoothies of different types. Fixed a bug where Web Master mutation could be quickly upgraded by repeatedly using Web Throw ability on a Snail hidden in its shell. Fixed a bug where Wooly Whoppers were not available in Playgrounds. Fixed an issue where Arachnophobia Safe Mode would not affect the O.G.R.R. Wolf Spider Creature Card preview in SCA.B 2K’s Data menu. Fixed an issue where certain resources would not count toward Rock Cracker Mutation progression. Fixed an issue where player could attack their own Black Ant Buggy. Fixed an issue where Player could reach a specific spot in the King Dozers Arena corner which rendered them immune to most of the King Dozers attacks. Fixed an issue where the Player was unable to delete the save file associated with a Playgrounds map that was published multiple times. Fixed an issue where the player would disappear and lose all movement input after being AFK in Handy Gnat. Fixed an issue where the Shared World logout save would be deleted upon renaming a prior save and restarting the title. Fixed an issue where the title would crash after removing/recycling the ladder. Fixed an issue where turning on “Read to Me” and setting subtitles to All would crash a game on Steam Deck. Fixed an issue with a “Customize” Keybind still working after changing or deleting the mapping. Fixed an issue with displaying wrong error message when trying to publish a playground, while being disconnected from the internet. Fixed an issue with Ladybug ram attack dealing multiple hits while sprinting around the King Dozer hitboxes. Fixed an issue with picture overlapping with the text and the main widget in the Playground’s creation screen. Fixed an issue with the Creator and Download Code not updating after the first map was selected. Fixed an issue with the items in the upgraded Buggy’s storage being deleted after the Player’s death. Fixed an issue with the Orb Weaver Buggy taking twice as long to hatch. Fixed an issue with the Steam Deck hard locking in certain menus. Fixed an issue with Xbox Network Login screen remaining on the Main Menu screen on Steam Deck.

Greetings Watchers, Today we are releasing Patch 1.3.9.4 in the Public Beta on Steam, GOG, and Xbox PC. To check out the latest changes and bug fixes, please make sure you are on the Public Beta Branch. To opt in to this current update, use the Public Beta branch. STEAM: In your Steam Library Right click on Pillars of Eternity, and select "Properties" Select the "Game Versions & Beta" Tab, and click the "public_beta" branch. Close the Window, and you should have a download ready. Attempting to play the game should automatically trigger the download. GOG: Open GOG Galaxy and Locate Pillars of Eternity in your Owned games library. Click on the Options button next to "Play" Hover over "Manage installation" and select "Configure" On Beta Channels, change "Disabled" to "Public Beta' and click OK. Xbox Insider HUB PC: To install the app on a Windows device: Press the Start button , enter “store” in the search bar, and then select Microsoft Store. Select Search, enter "insider" in the box, and then select Xbox Insider Hub. Select Get or Install. You can reinstall this app any time from the Store if you change Windows devices or use more than one. Open the Xbox Insider Hub, and then select Previews. Choose Pillars of Eternity, and then select Join. Read the Terms and Conditions of participating in the preview, and then select Accept. If you come across any issues, please contact us at support.obsidian.net Beta Patch Notes 1.3.9.4Combat and Mechanics – Turn-Based Mode SpecificProne status in TBM will now include an additional 3 initiative delay on the victim. On cast tick for several TBM pulsing AOEs should now apply properly. Spiritshift no longer lasts indefinitely on enemies in TBM. Traps with ticking behavior should now work properly in TBM. Wall of thorns should no longer behave in real time in TBM. Fixed an issue where Grimoire Imprints could sometimes lock combat in TBM. Radiant Sporelings are no longer able to revive multiple times in TBM and lock combat. Xaurips in TBM with Adra dragon should now consistently aggro the player’s party. Xaurip priest in TBM Adra dragon combat can no longer lock combat state by casting Holy Power in fog of war. Visual and AudioSFX for Wall of Thorns should now play at the proper time in TBM. Fixed an issue where firearm reload animation would trigger after using a free action, instead of waiting until end of turn. User Interface and InteractionCombat in TBM will no longer pause when tutorials appear. User cursor will no longer show the movement indicator when quitting out to the main menu. Certain elements of the HUD will no longer briefly remain fully visible when fading out into a transition. Ability tooltips will now display “Action used” in TBM when the user has no action point. Free action abilities will now indicate when the free action has already been used for the turn. Tooltip for toggle TBM button on the HUD now indicates its bound key. Current turn indicator will no longer display on the master when it is their pet’s turn. Arrow for collapsing center HUD element no longer clips with character portraits.

Today we have news to share about an update coming to The Outer Worlds as well as changes being made to the store pages. Starting today we will be pushing a couple of updates to The Outer Worlds through the Spacer’s Choice Edition. Today’s update is to test our release pipeline and fix a few issues that are in the game. The second patch will be larger bringing performance fixes, lighting changes, a host of other quest and gameplay fixes, and bringing in a brand-new feature to the original game: grenades! Along with the second patch, we have big store changes planned. Starting May 27th, the base game edition of The Outer Worlds will be delisted and the Spacer’s Choice Edition will be the single version of the game going forward. For those who already have the original version of the game in your libraries, it won’t be going anywhere. After May 27th, however, the only version of The Outer Worlds that will be available on most store pages will be the Spacer’s Choice Edition. The only platforms not affected by this are Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. But wait, there’s more! If you have at least the base edition of The Outer Worlds in your library before May 27th, you will be receiving the Spacer’s Choice Edition free. That’s right, free! This is for all platforms that the Spacer’s Choice Edition is on (Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG). After May 27th, The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition will be available for $39.99. A few other store changes are coming to those who have Xbox Ones and PlayStation 4s. After May 27th to upgrade to the Spacer’s Choice Edition from the base game on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, you will need to own the base game and both DLCs for The Outer Worlds. That said, we are removing the paid upgrade path and as long as you have everything, the Spacer’s Choice Edition will be yours. The base game and DLCs are also getting pricing adjustments to $24.99 and $14.99 respectively on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. For the full patch notes on today’s update please head to our forums and stay tuned for the larger patch coming at the end of May!

Greetings fellow spacers, The Board is happy to announce that Patch 2.5.7.0 is releasing on PC, Xbox consoles, and PlayStation consoles for The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition. If you do not see this update right away, please know that it may take some time to populate and become available. Changes/fixes that are included in this patch are as follows: GeneralCompanions' status effects are no longer obstructed by their HP bars. Shooting from the Storm Cannon repeatedly at a close target no longer results in severe FPS drops. The heat effect coming out of the Unreliable will no longer stack up each time the player arrives in the ship's proximity. When the Font Scaling setting also scales up the UI icons appropriately. Fixed "artillery cannon" typo. Fixed "Shipping" typo in Fallbrook. Players are now able to sleep in either of the two beds when exploring Ash's old Outpost for 'Little Memento' on Monarch. Players are now able to manually save while under the 'Concuss' status effect throughout the title. Fixed an issue with the Super Scoper 3000 zoom where the zoom would not properly display. Felix’s book “Systems and Serfdoms” now appears in his room when acquiring it in Roseway town. The arrow is now greyed out when there are no more options. Status Bar displays all relevant Status Effect icons. The workbench now displays ownership of items when navigating through the workbench during gameplay. The gate will now load correctly while moving from Rizzo’s Distillation Station to the Bridge. The Item repair tutorial will no longer cause a freeze when switching to the inventory tab. SAM’s weapons can no longer be taken and equipped by players. Environment decorations no longer look the same as items the player can pick up. Players no longer become stuck when falling between two crates at the Spaceport. The sights are now centered after modding the Hunting Rifle Hyper with a Funtimes Barrel and a Gyro Sight. Frey's Bar Cart no longer disappears from Unreliable after revisiting Relay GB-23. Mods have correct VFX when inspecting them in the inventory and then viewing them on the ground. The shadows on the cans no longer appear dark when viewing them in the office in Phineas Lab. A companion's armor displays correctly if players wear a different type and modify it in the Workbench during gameplay. All aptitudes are correctly shown being applied when selecting them and viewing the summary screen. Mods display correctly for tinkered Elite Troop Armor. Players will no longer encounter a stuck spot when jumping/crouching into the 2nd floor of the General Store with insufficient Mag-Picks in Edgewater. Fixed a typo with the quest beacon text. Udom Bedford and Vicar Max will now play correct dialogue when attempting to turn in Phineas for the first time. The hacking and picking locks tutorial now triggers correctly when the user has a high lockpick skill during gameplay. Players can no longer get stuck when jumping in between a crate and pipe by the fence at the Geothermal Plant. Fixed an issue with the state of Anton on the Groundbreaker. A Workbench in the Covert Lab correctly unlocks a 'Point of Interest' icon when moving near it. DesignPlayers will now receive only one +10 from a Bonus Support perk when the companion is in the party. Leveling to multiple of 5 in Player Ship now updates the Companion UI tabs to indicate new Perk point available. Extend-O-Sight properly increases to both Effective and Max Range to 25%. The Paranoid flaw description has been updated to “Repeatedly getting caught by guards has made you jittery, especially when roaming around Restricted Areas or sneaking.” QuestsSanjar and Zora are now only present inside the OSI Temple if the Player triggers a truce between them to happen. Once players agree to get the Radiator parts, regardless of chosen dialog, they can talk to other NPCs about them. Solution Vital now updates after killing Captain Irion on Scylla. Players can give the NVTUR mech the collected phonographs and complete The Electric Fling quest. The 'Weathered Lockbox' is now turned in when completing the 'Little Memento' quest in Amber Heights. The user is able to pick up the phonograph while doing the ‘Electric Fling’ quest. Sophia will no longer give the Player “Signal Point in Space” after the Player acquires the targeting module. The quest objective ‘Speak to Spencer Woolrich’ no longer remains active if the user speaks to Bellhop Owens and retrieves the security footage first. During BOLT with His Name, Huxley will no longer be invisible during the conversation after releasing her from the locked room. PerformanceFPS Performance improvements: When exploring Fallbrook. When in conversation with Percival Platt. Performance has been improved when exploring Roseway, Eridanos, Monarch, Emerald Vale or Gorgon for the first time. Player can no longer fall through the ground while walking from islands to the Grand Colonial Hotel. Performance has been improved in tutorial area, where first Marauder enemies appear. Performance has been improved in Emerald Vale Junkyard POI. Framerate will no longer steadily drop as the player is continuously shooting onto any metal surface. Please contact our support team if you run into any issues. https://support.obsidian.net/contact We appreciate all of you and want to thank you for your continued support, patience, and understanding while we continue to improve the game. Please continue to share with us anything you come across. Thank you all for being amazing, and we hope you continue to have fun out in the Halcyon Colony!

Hello friends, We are releasing patch 0.4.0.2.3661 on all available platforms. Thank you so much for your patience while we get fixes out. If you come across any additional issues, please contact us on our Issue Tracker. General Change: Spider Webs will now de-spawn after 24 hours. This change was made to help players who did not get the spider web fix in 0.4.0.1 This only functions when the player is not near it Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue where Buggies had trouble hitting resources up close it should now be easier to bust resources on the Ladybug Buggy Fixed an issue where a Buggy could permanently become unavailable if it died after the player Fixed a crash when loading your world This is also the same bug where you would lose progress in your world after re-loading your same save Fixed an issue where the Client would not have their Buggy assigned upon relogging in Fixed Various Performance Issues around the park and Various forms of optimization has occurred in 0.4.0.2 This will not fix all hitches, but it should be significantly better. We plan to have more optimization fixes in our next update. Fixed an issue where you were unable to swap camera modes after getting stuck in a spider web Fixed an issue where the Space Bar | or A on controller, had no effect when customizing the SCAB.2k Fixed an issue where “A Strange Warning” quest could not be completed on a specific save

Greetings Friends! Thank you for reporting these issues to us. We are releasing the 0.4.0.1 Hotfix for Grounded 2 on all available platforms. If you don't see the update right away, please try restarting your console or verifying your game files.  If you come across other issues, please contact us at Support. Thank you. Bug Fixes:Fixed a bug where the host would be forced to re-select a teen after a client joining a session Fixed a bug on Steam Deck that forced joystick icons on screen Fixed a bug where spider webs took over The Park causing Performance drops This is retroactive to your save file, but the spider webs are still present by default. We suggest that you remove them Improved Buggy Calling inside the Black Anthill

You asked for something bigger than bugs, and now it’s here. The Beat the Heat update is now live in Grounded 2, bringing a new boss fight, a new buggy progression system, and a wave of content, improvements, and community-requested features across the park. Meet King Dozer During your adventures out in the park you might find King Dozer, a massive horned lizard and one of the most dangerous creatures we’ve added yet. This is a full boss encounter — one you’ll need to prepare for. You’ll summon it, face it head-on, and survive long enough to take it down. If you do, the rewards speak for themselves: New weapons and armor crafted from its scales Unique gear that reflects just how dangerous it is Furniture and trophies to prove you took it down A New Way to Grow Your BuggiesThis update brings a community-requested feature that we are excited to further develop alongside you, our community. Buggy Progression is here and it introduces a full system for upgrading your buggies and making them a core part of your build. Using Moldy Milk Molars, you can invest directly into your buggy’s growth: Increase health, damage, and effectiveness Improve how they gather and support you Bring early buggies into tougher fights You’ll also unlock mutations that reinforce each buggy’s role. Some are always active based on the creature, while others trigger from your actions, giving you more control in the park. The Buffin’ Barrel lets you evolve your buggy to the next tier, increasing its power and what it can gather so it scales with you instead of falling behind. And new additions like the Black Soldier Ant Buggy expand your options even further. The Park Is Expanding There’s more happening across Brookhollow Park than ever before. A new point-of-interest landmark and anthill named the Sinkhole Anthill are appearing, along with new creatures, resources, and gear to chase down. You may also encounter O.G.R.R. creatures in the picnic and garden areas, adding new threats to familiar spaces. Building continues to expand with new sets and parts, plus utility structures like the Buggy Buff Hut and EverChar Roasting Spit, a new cooking device that can handle more food at once while keeping your base well lit. More Ways to Fight and SurviveCombat and survival continue to evolve. You can now block while using a bow, adding more control to ranged fights. O.R.C. creatures have also picked up new abilities, including lasers and healing, making encounters less predictable. We’ve also made improvements across the board: Reworked poison gas and related gear Smoother inventory navigation Clearer bandage healing values in menus Seasonal Content: Easter The Easter update is live alongside Beat the Heat. Easter Eggs can now be found around the park, dropping marshmallows used in new Ranger Station recipes. Craft and eat s’mores for a sugar rush or build a Marshmallow Chair for your base when the recipe releases later this month (so stock up and start saving those marshmallows)! Make the Park Your Own with PlaygroundsPlaygrounds Mode is ready, giving you the tools to shape the park your way. Create arenas, challenges, puzzles, or anything you can imagine, then share your creations with the community. You can also dive into a growing collection of player-built worlds that are already live and waiting to be explored. A New Ominent Training Video has AppearedLead Community Scientist 347 and Field Intern 678 are here with a new mandatory update seminar for you to view as they discuss the new update. _______ Grounded 2 is in Early Access, and we’re continuing to build the game alongside the community. This update brings in some of your requested features, along with new challenges to take on. Jump in, take on King Dozer, and let us know how it feels. Join the Discord and help shape what comes next. 0.4.0 Patch NotesNew FeaturesLizard Boss Fight [Community Request]Offering recipe can be found in the world to summon the boss New mutation New trinket Lizard furniture: Torch, Banner, Fireplace Lizard stuffed and wall mount Lizard weapons: Mace & Shield Lizard Armor set O.G.R.R.sO.G.R.R.s creatures will now be present at night in the park in specific locations only after the player unleashed them with a special interaction in the Scarecrow lab. Black Soldier Ant BuggyThe Black Soldier Ant has been added to the buggy roster Buggies Progression [Community Request]Moldy Milk MolarsNew moldy molars for our buggies! Collect them and spend them to make your buggy stronger, just like regular molars for the teen. This will impact any buggy that follows you, now or in the future. Those moldy molar upgrades are tied to you as a player and are applied to any buggy that you summon, not to a particular buggy. Buggy Max Health - Increases the maximum health of your buggy by an increment of 10%. Buggy Max Stamina - Each upgrade adds a stamina chunk. Healing - Any source of healing other than the natural health regen receives a buff for each upgrade with an increment of 20% Health Pool on Revive - Increase the health pool of your buggy after you help it from the down state Inventory Size - Increase the number of slots in your buggy inventory. MutationsNew Buggy Mutations! Just like the teen, your buggies can become better by performing certain actions. Ant Family: Grass Master: Chopping power with Ant Buggies slightly increased. Recruit Master: Your recruit(s) gain more health. Ladybug Family: Rock Cracker: Busting power with ladybugs increased. Block on Lock: The Ladybug Buggy's block reduces incoming attack damage. Spider Family: Crit Machine: Crit chance slightly increased with a Spider Buggy's 3-hit combo. Web Master: Inflict an amount of venom to creatures hit by your Web. Buggy Buffin'it is now possible to buff your buggies! This will upgrade any of your buggy to the next tier. This way, your Red Ant Soldier buggy will be able to keep up with you in your progression, or any other buggy for that matter. Buffin' a buggy means it has more health, does more damage and is able to gather resources from a higher tier (if able). The cost of upgrade always contains some O.G.R.R. parts, be sure to hunt some to be able to buff your buggies! Blocking with a Bow [Community Request]You are now able to block while having a bow equipped. Misc.Orb Weaver Buggy's "No Fall Damage" ability was removed Orb Weaver Buggy's now have a gliding ability that can be activated with Shift when falling Poison Gas status effect rework. Reworked gear and Gastro Goo smoothies Bandages healing and duration exposed in menus Move between storage grids using Right Stick (RS) O.R.C. transmitters now displayed as completed in the map menu Difficulty selection screen revamp [Community Request] New ContentNew Landmarks, Anthills, Labs, and Ranger OutpostsNew Sinkhole anthill Special Four-leaf clover POI added New ResourcesSmall carrot leaves Tier 4 Jaw breaker candy Black ant eggs New WeaponWoolly Whoppers New BuildingsPumpkin curved wall parts Mushroom curved walls and new building set parts Snake Roof new parts Pine Fence new parts and Spiral Stairs Acorn Fence new parts Sprig Fence new parts Buggy Buff Hut EverChar Roasting Spit O.R.C. New AbilitiesThe army grows, with more trickery on the way. Some O.R.C.s have been updated to receive new abilities. The O.R.C.s waves that contained them previously have been updated to include them with their new abilities. Those updated O.R.C.s are: The Potato Beetle O.R.C. now has a laser cannon on its back that can zap enemies at 360°. Be careful to avoid it; it hurts quite a bit. The Scorpion Junior O.R.C. has also been fitted with the same laser. The Bee O.R.C. is now equipped with a Healing Device that spews healing liquids on damaged friendly O.R.C.s nearby. Make sure to take it down before it heals other O.R.C.s. The Blue Butterfly O.R.C. has also been equipped with the same healing device. The Adult Scorpion O.R.C. has now the ability to scream and boost nearby O.R.C.s, making them faster and more aggressive. This is the same as the Orb Weaver O.R.C. Scream. Misc.Stankwurst bomb Returning Content & FeaturesCoup de Grass mutation Community RequestedHalf Railings (sprig, acorn, pinecone) [Community Request] Fix for railings not working with stairs [Community Request] Interior Square Corners for roofs (Clover, Feather, Pinecone) Hot Deposit Locked Item Multiple Hot Pouches Combat ChangesCandy trinkets now work with bows and mage staves. Fighter armor gives bonus stun with melee finishers. Major threat moved to heavy shields. Holiday UpdatesEaster update Fiber drop has been changed to Dry Grass Marshmallow resource now drops from Easter Eggs There's a new Easter recipe at the Ranger Station Make s'mores you can eat for a sugar rush Build a Marshmallow Chair for your base Bug FixesGeneral Changes:Resources should now no longer pop everywhere when broken Buggies have been reworked to now spawn with Clients on Re-Entry of your world General Fixes:Fixed an issue where the Jerky Rack was not working as intended [Community Report] Fixed a bug where ****roach Nymphs might spawn inside Player base. [Community Report] Fixed an issue where the Ladybug Buggy’s health would scale with nearby player count. Fixed an issue where Rock Cracker mutation was too easy to unlock. Fixed an issue where Player can be soft locked in Character Selection screen after receiving a game invitation. Fixed missing keybind prompts for buggies. Fixed crash on changing game mode on Playground Brookhollow Park map. Fixed an issue with Milkweed resource disappearing at instance in a specific range. Fixed an issue where Mint Candy disappeared at instance instead of fading away. Fixed an issue where Spicy Candy would disappear instantly at a certain distance. Fixed an issue where Sour Candy disappeared at instance instead of fading away. Fixed a bug where Crow Feathers disappeared instead of fading away at a certain distance. Fixed an issue where leaving the server as a client with an assigned buggy would result in having said buggy on the summon wheel upon rejoining despite it not being possible to summon. Fixed an issue with PEEP.R tracking not highlighting certain resources. Fixed an issue where web bridge was not attached to anything on one end. Fixed a bug where certain Shared World saves were crashing on load. Fixed an issue where O.G.R.R. Earwigs would not spawn. Fixed an issue where if both players were climbing a ladder at the same time, the one who interacted with the ladder first could no longer interact after letting go of it. Fixed an issue where player dismounted Buggy after cancelling a blueprint with Xbox controller. Fixed an issue where the Carrot Bits' color would not match the icon’s color. Fixed an issue with all of the Woolly Aphid meat being invisible while consuming. Fixed an issue where items equipped in Strong Hand were briefly seen clipping with consumed food item during the consume animation. Fixed a bug where Broodmother or Mysterious Stranger could disappear from the Archive arena when positioned far away from the player. Fixed an issue with charged attacks of Sour Staffs aimed at creatures looking like normal attacks. Fixed a bug where weapon durability would get reduced by damage over time ticks from status effects it applied. Fixed a bug on Steam Deck where launching the game with an external controller would cause the title to stop reacting to input from the embedded controller. Fixed an issue where the wooden frame of the Greenhouse would be invisible from a long distance. Fixed an issue where almost every asset in the Ice Cart area was not visible from afar. Fixed an issue where items in workbench were covering their descriptions due to not being properly centered. Removed the Hold to Give Up ghost that could either obstruct the counter or disappear. Fixed an issue with violently erupting resources. Fixed an issue where some Lint clumps were inaccessible to the player. Fixed a bug where dismounting during cinematic would cause the character to get stuck in a Buggy. Fixed an issue where Rust Beetles would be immune to the sizzle status effect. Fixed an issue where some named O.R.C. Creatures in the Garden would respawn. Fixed missing description of Hauling Hero and Sour Sensation mutations tiers. Algae has been added to the Playgrounds mode. Fixed an issue where Player could get stuck under a rock near the Greenhouse. Added some objects to Manmade and Natural Props in Playgrounds. Fixed an issue with OOW hole in the Pumpkin Patch area. Fixed an issue where holding down attack button when knocked back would result in throwing action afterwards. Fixed an issue with not being able to purchase or get Grass and Stem Hatches. Fixed a bug with floating roots in Ceremony area. Fixed a bug where opening some text fields was causing Steam Deck inputs to stop working. Fixed an issue where textures of wires in the Statue vents were flickering improperly. Fixed an issue with abruptly changing SFX when Player runs through the arena’s gate. Fixed a bug where lower part of any Easter Egg was not disappearing on its own. Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck under a pipe in the Veggie Garden - Candy Processing Facility. Fixed a bug where Plant Fiber was spawning inside an Easter Egg instead of Dry Grass Chunks. Fixed an issue with Out of World gap in War-Torn Anthill. Fixed a bug where Host was able to hear Clients placing objects. Fixed a bug where double selection highlight was appearing in interfaces after quickly scrolling between categories and tabs. Fixed a bug where various materials were incorrectly localized in Mexican Spanish. Fixed an issue where Out of World gaps were visible in one of the caves in Greenhouse area. Fixed an issue where building names given with Xbox keyboard overlay would be undone after closing the UI. Fixed a bug where Beefy Sandy Blossom was missing Beefy prefix. Fixed various lighting issues around the Park. Fixed an issue where the Player Map would not update when finding or gathering Milk Molars. Fixed a bug where upgrading daggers with elemental damage was changing their base damage type from stabbing to slashing. Fixed an issue where player could walk underwater in the Sour Pool. Fixed a bug where Players were unable to repair the Landing Pad. Fixed an issue where some Ranger Stations Point of Interests could not be unlocked in Sites and Wonders in Player's Data tab. Fixed an issue with inaccessible lint clump at the Scarecrow. Fixed a bug where O.R.C. Butterflies were not flapping their wings. Fixed an issue where gear abilities that are able to heal the Player after killing enemies may be triggered by destroying Spider Webs. Fixed lighting issue in the Ceremony area. Fixed an issue where dodging after depleting the stamina bar with a charged attack with daggers would break the functionality of dodging. Fixed an issue with multiple stuck spots on Garden wall. Fixed an issue where cave volume reached ground level in a specific spot in Picnic region. Fixed an issue where Perfect Quickdraw bonus from Wasp armor would not apply its effect. Fixed a bug where the Champion’s Banner blueprint was being completed after loading a save. Fixed an issue where the player could go out of world behind a brick in a Veggie Garden cave. Fixed an issue where the player could pass through dry Milkweed leaves from one side. Fixed a bug where some items in Data menu had low resolution. Fixed an issue where players wouldn’t drown in any circumstances. Fixed an issue when Fertilizer didn’t show up on the resource finder list. Fixed a bug where Resource Finder was displaying false locations of resources on dead bodies. Fixed an issue where certain chocolate resource nodes would spawn out of bounds. Fixed a bug where Resource Finder was displaying locations of already harvested Pinecones. Fixed a bug where long area names were sticking out of the box in Save/Load menu. Fixed an issue where "Black Ant Sword" did not activate effects from a few specific trinkets. Fixed an issue where Buried Treasures in the Fire Pit would appear to float in the air when dug up. Fixed a bug where some stuffed creatures were disappearing when Player relocated them after Save/Load cycle. Fixed a bug where Players were unable to cook food in Roasting Spit when sitting on any Buggy. Fixed a bug where part of the hedge behind the Statue had no collision. Fixed an issue where Raw Woolly Aphid Meat would have visible roast marks. Fixed an issue where a specific Sturdy Quartzite would not drop all the resources. Fixed a bug with incorrect Death Screen message after being killed by a Potato Beetle. Fixed a duplication glitch with items left on dying buggies on Woah! difficulty. Fixed a bug where Corn Hogs dropped significantly fewer Corn Hog Chunks than Billy Hog Bites. Fixed an issue where Player was unable to climb Mushroom Half stairs. Fixed an issue where destroyed Cactus Flowers would respawn after the player performed a save and load. Fixed a bug where Ladybug was displayed in Ambush guide. Fixed a bug where specific resources could fall through the ground near the edge of Ice Cream Cart area. Fixed a bug where Buggy could die permanently when Player was performing Save/Load cycle far from defeated Buggy. Fixed a typo in Caterpillar Roast’s description. Fixed an issue where candy chunks can land in unreachable spot after breaking them at the Picnic Briefcase. Fixed a bug with missing or duplicating sounds in Ranger Station menus. Fixed an issue where the Player could close an open garden ventilation door resulting in it being permanently closed. Fixed ground textures behind PUNCH-O wrapper. Fixed an issue where red valves had no collisions at early stage of movement. Fixed an issue when Food & Water category building menus did not emit some sounds. Fixed a bug where Player could get stuck in one of the interaction animations. Fixed an issue where Sleep category buildings UI did not emit some sounds. Fixed an issue when Splatburst and Bratburst had their recipe shown twice inside Science Shop offers. Fixed a bug where Players were able to quickly grind Ambush Mutation with Cupid’s Arrows. Fixed an issue where Beefy Mintito was providing less sizzle reduction than other Mintito versions. Fixed a bug where resistances granted by smoothies were displaying the wrong values. Fixed an issue which caused Camera Mode mappings to change upon booting the title. Fixed an issue where hitting Chocolate Smoochies chunks would cause them to disappear or be launched into air. Fixed a bug where Smoochies Chunks had the same preview as Chocolate Chunks. Fixed a bug where buildings from Buggies category didn’t emit some sounds. Fixed a bug where Valentine’s Fortune trinket had no sparkles on its icon. Fixed a bug where Great Cupid’s Arrows had worse statistics than regular Cupid’s Arrows. Fixed a bug where weapons thrown at Butterfly Chrysalis could turn invisible. Fixed a bug where Player was able to walk underwater on Buggy in specific cave. Fixed a bug where Players were not able to download playground maps if they booted the game without internet connection. Passive mutations guide added to the Mutations Survival Guide. Added sounds when using hotkeys in New Game setup menu. Fixed an issue where it would not be possible to fix a Roasting Spit unless it was ignited first. Fixed a bug where game was crashing after opening map menu while holding any blueprint. Fixed a bug where Player was dismounted from the buggy in specific location in Ice Cart area. Fixed an issue where Vase F was using the wrong crafting material. Fixed a bug where Hearty Arrows spawned their VFX way beneath the impact point. Fixed players being able to unlock Candy Processing Facility door from the outside. Fixed an issue where the in-game Swap Teen menu available in multiplayer lacked UI sounds. Fixed an issue with grass clipping through the stone in multiple places around the Statue. Fixed a bug where Player could get stuck in a hole between hedge and the tree in Pine Hill area. Fixed an issue where Clients were not able to see planting point for Super Sour Seed. Fixed an issue where DoT damage would trigger Wolf Spider’s riposte attack. Fixed a bug where knocked over Mallet would get back to its previous position after updating the game to the newest version. Fixed a bug where Discord bow’s textures were stretching unnaturally when shooting. Fixed an issue where Players were able to swim without water in a specific spot in War-Torn Anthill. Fixed an issue where zoom audio continued past min/max zoom in map tab. Fixed an issue with missing sound when Player inspects an item in Data Submenu. Fixed issues with storage-related item interaction sounds. Fixed an issue where Dandelion leaves had bigger collision than visually indicated until they were hit. Fixed sound issues with hovering over options in Game Settings submenu. Fixed multiple audio issues within Load Game submenu. Fixed an issue with multiple audio cues in Options submenu. Fixed an issue where the Ladybug Buggy had incorrect tier assigned. Fixed an issue where Firefly corpses were turning into static Firefly model when Player runs far away from them. Fixed an issue where Small Wasp Hives respawn shortly after attacking them from far distance. Fixed an issue where the Ladybuggy and Orb Weaver buggy had the same stats displayed in the radial menu. Fixed a bug where charging bow with Hearty Arrow would leave infinite charging SFX. Fixed a bug where weapons could fall beneath the map. Fixed a bug where Ladybuggy’s turret would damage structures on lower difficulties. Fixed various OOB/OOW holes around the park. Fixed an issue where player character could get permanently stuck in a specific plant. Fixed an issue where O.R.C Broodmother description contained different information in specific languages. Fixed an issue where bug not immune to Tang would spawn over Tang pools. Fixed an issue where Cricket could disappear when standing on specific assets after the Player moved out of LOD distance. Fixed an issue with a quest called “Apprentice Smith.” Fixed some collision issues on top of the Trash Can in Fire Pit area. Fixed an issue where Trash Can in Fire Pit region was empty inside. Fixed a bug where game could crash when loading huge amounts of save files. Fixed an issue with the non-functional prompt on the ventilation doors to the Greenhouse. Fixed an issue where invisible collision blocked the Player from standing up inside the Fairy Garden House. Fixed an issue where Broodmother trophy was present underneath Growing Pod area. Fixed an issue where one-sided dirt texture was present in the large flower pot. Fixed an issue where General Berserker did not drop Roach Rage trinket. Fixed an issue where Player could climb to the top of one of the rooms in the Candy Processing Lab. Fixed an issue where Players were unable to talk to Sloane about the Archive door outside of the Garden. Fixed an issue where O.G.R.R Creatures had normal or O.R.C cards. Fixed an issue where Stuffed Firefly used texture from previous title. Fixed an issue where OmniTool stayed exposed when picking up a resource at the same time while attempting to harvest at a node. Fixed a typo in the Sharpshooter fighting style description. Fixed an issue where Halloween and Christmas objects were still present on the Map screen. Fixed an issue where mounting Red Soldier Ant close to restricted areas can launch Player with high velocity. Fixed an issue where it was possible to fall through the ground by dying from the Snake. Fixed an issue where the Mitey Muffs Sleek perk had no visible effect. Fixed an issue where some Bombardier Beetle ranged attacks were unaffected by armor and perks. Fixed a bug where mushroom bricks lacked physics. Fixed an issue where Bee model in the Card Collection appeared tarnished. Fixed an issue where Mysterious Stranger fight was missing after specific quest order completion. Fixed an issue where there were multiple out of bounds holes in the wall between statue and scarecrow. Fixed an issue where stamina was not limited by hunger. Fixed an issue where Players couldn't climb the ladder in candy facility without jumping off of it at the end. Fixed an issue where the Orb Weaver Buggy’s charge attack VFX would be misplaced. Fixed an issue where players were unable to unmute Main Menu music. Fixed an issue with certain webs visibly changing model quality in the Hedge. Fixed ground textures near the moisture meter. Fixed a bug where Client could get more globs from buried treasure than Host. Fixed an Out of World issue that can be found at Pumpkin Patch area. Fixed a bug where the Buggy could cut down Husky Weed’s trunk. Fixed an issue where saves made near the edge of particular areas showed other areas displayed. Fixed an issue where Growing Pod and Super Sour Seed disappear for clients after the save/load cycle. Updated weapon perk description to better reflect its in-game behavior. Fixed an issue where switching tabs from and to the mutation menu would sometimes swap between active and passive mutation menus. Fixed an issue with two Out of World gaps in the wooden fence present in the Greenhouse biome. Fixed an issue when UI was flickering for inspecting "Away Message" data in Spanish (Spain) language. Fixed a bug where conversation entries were flickering. Fixed a bug where obtaining Red Soldier Ant Egg before the Egg Hunt quest was not counted towards the quest objectives. Fixed an issue where Cricket missed its jump attack after player would hide between grass blades. Fixed a bug where higher levels of Omni-Tool were not visible in the crafting menu. Fixed a gap at the entrance of O.G.R.R. Lab. Fixed a bug where the Ladybuggy caused impact SFX when charging over various surfaces. Fixed an issue where tiles next to the SCA.B 2K Scanner were clipping into other assets. Added customizable PEEP.R Zoom In/Out bind to Options → Keyboard/Controller. Fixed an issue with Orb Weaver buggy’s eyes not turning red when it gets aggro on a creature. Fixed an issue with stretched texture present near the tree in the Ice Cart region. Fixed a bug where a sitting character would stand up after turning on Photo Mode. Fixed a gap in the pot at Greenhouse. Fixed an issue where there was a one-sided texture. Fixed an issue where Spiders would lose their red eyes after changing Arachnophobia level during a combat encounter. Fixed an issue where lanterns lacked LODs. Fixed a bug where the preview of rugs were displayed from the side. Fixed an issue where many sound effects played at once when closing the Ranger Station’s Science Shop menu. Fixed an issue where O.R.C. Spiderlings in statue would spawn on each other. Fixed an issue where the Player could fall through the Snack Bar’s roof. Fixed an issue where, from client’s perspective, the Omni-Shovel dig icon appeared red when aiming at burrowed creatures, such as Grubs or Larvae, even if the player had the ability to dig up creatures. Fixed an issue with cut-off texture. Fixed an issue where cassette tape recordings would stop playing after the player character died. Fixed a bug where railings were clipping into stairs. Fixed a bug where Flower Petals near the picnic table did not spawn. Fixed an issue where parts of BURG.L body were missing collision allowing player to fall out of boundaries. Fixed an issue where it was possible to build in boss arenas. Fixed an issue where glass cups would have misaligned collision which made it impossible to pick up Raw Science located inside of it. Fixed an issue where the Player Character could get stuck in the bark at a specific place in the Pine Hill area. Fixed an issue where a dirt texture would clip through the wall of a Ranger Outpost. Removed a one-sided gravel texture near the AXL arena entrance in the Pine Hill. Fixed an issue with black background and missing model in inventory view. Fixed an issue with an invisible collision near the trash can in the Entrance area. Fixed an issue with one-sided texture near the top of the Ice Cart. Removed the snow pillar that had a one-sided texture from the Ice Cream Cart. Fixed an issue where a plastic panel on a cassette player would emit a glass impact SFX. Fixed an issue where performing save/load cycle would move client’s camera and haulable on Buggies. Fixed an issue where the Player could get stuck inside a metal bar under Billy Hogs water valve. Fixed an issue where metallic parts of a picnic table’s frame and plastic parts of the cooler would play a wooden impact SFX. Fixed an abrupt lighting change upon exiting certain cave in the Picnic Table region. Fixed an issue with abruptly changing lighting in Toxic Anthill. Fixed an issue where the Player Character could get stuck behind specific Candy Corn if they did not have Omni-Hammer that was upgraded to Tier 2. Fixed an issue where lighting would change abruptly when entering Toxic Anthill: North Entrance. Fixed an issue where Wolf Rug placement didn't align with the outline shape. Fixed a bug where AXL preview in Creatures Cards UI was not affected by arachnophobia mode. Fixed a bug where downed Buggy was teleported to Player after Player’s respawn. Fixed an issue where ****roach Nymphs were trying to eat candy placed inside the suitcase on the Picnic Table. Fixed an issue where opening Photo Mode during zooming with a bow resulted in permanent zoom. Fixed an issue where bees would sometimes spawn inside bases. Fixed an issue where sizzle from Scorching Orb's AOE attack was not dealing any damage to other Players on Whoa difficulty. Fixed an issue where the 'Toggle Sprint' option wasn't working for Buggies. Fixed an issue where Teen could get stuck inside the Soda Can. Fixed an issue where the thistle bulb would have a low resolution texture. Fixed an issue where Omni-Tool’s decoration was placed in opposite direction. Fixed an issue where Deposit and Nab controls would appear active when aiming at haulables on the Orb Weaver Buggy. Fixed an issue where certain lamps produced glow when they were not lit. Fixed an issue where the Resource Finder would not scan certain respawnable items. Fixed an issue where lighting changed to pitch black above the south entrance to the Toxic Anthill. Fixed an issue where the selected Founder's Pack DLC skin would stay enabled after disabling/refunding the DLC. Fixed an issue where drinking from a Water Container would not reduce thirst if the player were to drink while on a Buggy. Fixed an issue where the player character would clip between connected Pebblet Foundations. Fixed an issue where eyes of some O.R.C. spiders were glowing red while arachnophobia mode was set to 4 or higher. Fixed an issue where water was cancelling Chill Status Effect buildup. Fixed an issue where the Dew Drop reflection included placeholder assets. Removed unnecessary key mappings from the controller setup. Fixed an issue with charged attacks on staffs. Fixed an issue where foundations didn't check collisions. Fixed an issue when whistling in a certain place in the pipe results in respawning Buggy out of map. Fixed an issue where enemies could be hit through terrarium walls. Fixed an issue where the player would no longer be able to use hotkeys after clicking outside the Storage UI grid. Fixed an issue where Wolf Spider and O.R.C. Wolf Spider models were visible in Data Tab with Arachnophobia Mode set to 4 or 5. Fixed an issue where staff projectiles were leaving light emitters after being blocked. Fixed an issue where turning off the Hot deposit to all chests option didn't disable it. Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to change the color or shape of icons assigned to chest while mounted on a Buggy. Fixed an issue where Garden Snail and Baby Garden Snail models were deformed in Data Menu. Fixed an issue where it would be difficult to place buildings on top of foundations because of complex geometry. Fixed an issue where keybinding was switching with alternative keybinding. Fixed an issue with graphical artifacts on save thumbnail. Updated key tip for Buggy Whistle in Survival Guide. Fixed an issue where the Player could get stuck in a specific spot next to the Statue. Fixed an issue where backpacks and other materials would not float on the water’s surface. Fixed an issue where repeatedly loading the game would cause the Clients to disconnect. Fixed an issue where Web Sacks were not properly attached to environment. Fixed an issue where Trail Marker displayed incorrect name. Fixed various assets around the Park with placeholder textures. Fixed an issue where placeholder figures could be seen outside of the playable area. Fixed an issue where blueberry attack prompt was inconsistently displayed for Player on Buggy. Fixed an issue where the Spicy Coaltana preview model was entirely orange. Fixed an issue where leaves attached to bushes had no collision in Statue area. Fixed an issue where toxic icon was missing while standing in toxic water puddle. Fixed an issue where the Player was drinking from the water container while repairing it. Fixed an issue where flashes of light would randomly appear while moving around in the Hatchery Anthill. Fixed a bug where some weapon mutations would not progress when the killing blow was dealt by throwing the weapon. Fixed an issue where Headless BURG.L had low texture quality. Fixed an issue where the player character could submerge in the water. Fixed an issue where changing the Arachnophobia level would cause the Wolf Spider to become invisible. Fixed an issue where the Client was able to press a button on a controller to open the Pause Menu in the Multiplayer lobby. Fixed an issue where Teen stays in throwing animation. Fixed an issue where Orb Weaver’s web block would be deformed at certain Arachnophobia levels. Fixed an issue where category names in crafting menu were sometimes missing. Fixed an issue where Gas Mask overlay is visible while riding the Buggy when in first person. Fixed an issue that allowed Player to inspect an undiscovered object in the data tab. Fixed an issue where all of spiders' legs and fangs are visible in the Pause Menu upon setting the Arachnophobia Safe Mode to third level. Fixed an issue where after looting Wolf Spider’s corpse with Arachnophobia safe mode turned on made the spider’s legs and fangs visible. Fixed a bug where Butterflies sometimes went to sleep during daytime. Fixed a bug where buggy healing timer was running with inconsistent frequency. Fixed an issue where the Crimson Buckler perfect block didn't deal damage to other players on Whoa! difficulty. Fixed an issue where open notebooks would have holes in the model. Added an option to back out from the mode and game perspective screen when creating a new world. Fixed an issue where Host could load a save before Client loads into the world. Fixed an issue where turning left and right using keyboard inputs would stop working after changing key binds.

PTB Update 2 0.4.3090Lizard Boss Fight:Scaled down Lizard eye weak points area to make them more challenging to hit. Lizard Eye weak point damage multiplier reduced from 2.0 → 1.5 Weak points now only work with bow projectiles. This now prevents other weapons from hitting it, like fists. Lizard tongue weak point damage and stun was effectively disabled Water Intakes Health is now considerably lower on Mild Difficulty There was a bug where water intakes health pool was significantly higher than intended, causing the intakes to take considerably longer to repair Tang BalancingBosses cap pucker damage multiplier was set to 1.08 Creatures cap pucker damage multiplier was set to 1.15 (Was 1.25) The Whittle Wizard mutation caps extra pucker damage multiplier to 1.1 (Was 1.15) Gear Bug FixesFixed Snake armor applying Devastation stacks to regular staff attacks. This was meant to only apply to charge attacks. Fixed Whittle Wizard not applying a critical hit chance buff to puckered enemies. Bug Fixes:Clients can now Peep and Track items correctly UI Place markers are now fixed Player should no longer spawn as Max Pete OS theme is now no longer present for the other teens Fixed an issue where the 2nd Hotpouch was missing after a Save/Load Web Master Mutation should now progress after upgrading your Orb Weaver Buggy to Tier 3 King Dozer is now no longer able to be damaged until his intro is done Various Performance Improvements have been made around The Park Fixed an issue where clients can see something can cost 99 after a Save/Load Buggies should no longer teleport on top of the player after sleeping Fixed an issue where “Reinstall the detached misting heads” could not be completed on some saves Various Crash Fixes Player should now be able to craft Stankwurst

PTB Update 0.4.2663 General Fixes: Various optimizations have been made in the Lizard Fight. This should significantly help Xbox and PC performance in this fight. Fixed buggy duplication methods. Fixed various text lines that show up as “Invalid Character”. Improved Mysterious Stranger’s Broodmother so that she should no longer unaggro from the player. Players should now be able to navigate Steam Deck touch menus without getting soft locked. Edit: Added last patch notes from last week.

4/2 PTB Update 0.4.2663General Fixes:Various optimizations have been made in the Lizard Fight. This should significantly help Xbox and PC performance in this fight. Fixed buggy duplication methods. Fixed various text lines that show up as “Invalid Character”. Improved Mysterious Stranger’s Broodmother so that she should no longer unaggro from the player. Players should now be able to navigate Steam Deck touch menus without getting soft locked. New FeaturesLizard Boss Fight [Community Request]Offering recipe can be found in the world to summon the boss New mutation New trinket Lizard furniture: Torch, Banner, Fireplace Lizard stuffed and wall mount Lizard weapons: Mace & Shield Lizard Armor set O.G.R.R.sO.G.R.R.s creatures will now be present at night in the park in specific locations only after the player unleashed them with a special interaction in the Scarecrow lab. Black Soldier Ant BuggyThe Black Soldier Ant has been added to the buggy roster Buggies Progression [Community Request]Moldy Milk MolarsNew moldy molars for our buggies! Collect them and spend them to make your buggy stronger, just like regular molars for the teen. This will impact any buggy that follows you, now or in the future. Those moldy molar upgrades are tied to you as a player and are applied to any buggy that you summon, not to a particular buggy. Buggy Max Health - Increases the maximum health of your buggy by an increment of 10%. Buggy Max Stamina - Each upgrade adds a stamina chunk. Healing - Any source of healing other than the natural health regen receives a buff for each upgrade with an increment of 20% Health Pool on Revive - Increase the health pool of your buggy after you help it from the down state Inventory Size - Increase the number of slots in your buggy inventory. MutationsNew Buggy Mutations! Just like the teen, your buggies can become better by performing certain actions. Ant Family: Grass Master: Chopping power with Ant Buggies slightly increased. Recruit Master: Your recruit(s) gain more health. Ladybug Family: Rock Cracker: Busting power with ladybugs increased. Block on Lock: The Ladybug Buggy's block reduces incoming attack damage. Spider Family: Crit Machine: Crit chance slightly increased with a Spider Buggy's 3-hit combo. Web Master: Inflict an amount of venom to creatures hit by your Web. Buggy Buffin'it is now possible to buff your buggies! This will upgrade any of your buggy to the next tier. This way, your Red Ant Soldier buggy will be able to keep up with you in your progression, or any other buggy for that matter. Buffin' a buggy means it has more health, does more damage and is able to gather resources from a higher tier (if able). The cost of upgrade always contains some O.G.R.R. parts, be sure to hunt some to be able to buff your buggies! Blocking with a Bow [Community Request]You are now able to block while having a bow equipped. Misc.Orb Weaver Buggy's gliding web now has an input to activate Poison Gas status effect rework. Reworked gear and Gastro Goo smoothies Bandages healing and duration exposed in menus Move between storage grids using Right Stick (RS) O.R.C. transmitters now displayed as completed in the map menu Difficulty selection screen revamp [Community Request] New ContentNew Landmarks, Anthills, Labs, and Ranger OutpostsNew Sinkhole anthill Special Four-leaf clover POI added New ResourcesSmall carrot leaves Tier 5 Jaw breaker candy Black ant eggs New Creatures, Armors, WeaponsWoolly Whoppers New BuildingsPumpkin curved wall parts Mushroom curved walls and new building set parts Snake Roof new parts Pine Fence new parts and Spiral Stairs Acorn Fence new parts Sprig Fence new parts Buggy Buff Hut EverChar Roasting Spit O.R.C. New AbilitiesThe army grows, with more trickery on the way. Some O.R.C.s have been updated to receive new abilities. The O.R.C.s waves that contained them previously have been updated to include them with their new abilities. Those updated O.R.C.s are: The Potato Beetle O.R.C. now has a laser cannon on its back that can zap enemies at 360°. Be careful to avoid it; it hurts quite a bit. The Scorpion Junior O.R.C. has also been fitted with the same laser. The Bee O.R.C. is now equipped with a Healing Device that spews healing liquids on damaged friendly O.R.C.s nearby. Make sure to take it down before it heals other O.R.C.s. The Blue Butterfly O.R.C. has also been equipped with the same healing device. The Adult Scorpion O.R.C. has now the ability to scream and boost nearby O.R.C.s, making them faster and more aggressive. This is the same as the Orb Weaver O.R.C. Scream. Misc.Stankwurst bomb Returning Content & FeaturesCoup de Grass mutation Community RequestedHalf Railings (sprig, acorn, pinecone) [Community Request] Fix for railings not working with stairs [Community Request] Interior Square Corners for roofs (Clover, Feather, Pinecone) Hot Deposit Locked Item Multiple Hot Pouches Combat ChangesCandy trinkets now work with bows and mage staves. Fighter armor gives bonus stun with melee finishers. Major threat moved to heavy shields. Holiday UpdatesEaster update Fiber drop has been changed to Dry Grass Marshmallow resource now drops from Easter Eggs There's a new Easter recipe at the Ranger Station Make s'mores you can eat for a sugar rush Build a Marshmallow Chair for your base Bug FixesGeneral Changes:Resources should now no longer pop everywhere when broken Buggies have been reworked to now spawn with Clients on Re-Entry of your world General Fixes:Fixed a bug where ****roach Nymphs might spawn inside Player base. [Community Request] Fixed an issue where the Ladybug Buggy’s health would scale with nearby player count. Fixed an issue where Rock Cracker mutation was too easy to unlock. Fixed an issue where Player can be soft locked in Character Selection screen after receiving a game invitation. Fixed missing keybind prompts for buggies. Fixed crash on changing game mode on Playground Brookhollow Park map. Fixed an issue with Milkweed resource disappearing at instance in a specific range. Fixed an issue where Mint Candy disappeared at instance instead of fading away. Fixed an issue where Spicy Candy would disappear instantly at a certain distance. Fixed an issue where Sour Candy disappeared at instance instead of fading away. Fixed a bug where Crow Feathers disappeared instead of fading away at a certain distance. Fixed an issue where leaving the server as a client with an assigned buggy would result in having said buggy on the summon wheel upon rejoining despite it not being possible to summon. Fixed an issue with PEEP.R tracking not highlighting certain resources. Fixed an issue where web bridge was not attached to anything on one end. Fixed a bug where certain Shared World saves were crashing on load. Fixed an issue where O.G.R.R. Earwigs would not spawn. Fixed an issue where if both players were climbing a ladder at the same time, the one who interacted with the ladder first could no longer interact after letting go of it. Fixed an issue where player dismounted Buggy after cancelling a blueprint with Xbox controller. Fixed an issue where the Carrot Bits' color would not match the icon’s color. Fixed an issue with all of the Woolly Aphid meat being invisible while consuming. Fixed an issue where items equipped in Strong Hand were briefly seen clipping with consumed food item during the consume animation. Fixed a bug where Broodmother or Mysterious Stranger could disappear from the Archive arena when positioned far away from the player. Fixed an issue with charged attacks of Sour Staffs aimed at creatures looking like normal attacks. Fixed a bug where weapon durability would get reduced by damage over time ticks from status effects it applied. Fixed a bug on Steam Deck where launching the game with an external controller would cause the title to stop reacting to input from the embedded controller. Fixed an issue where the wooden frame of the Greenhouse would be invisible from a long distance. Fixed an issue where almost every asset in the Ice Cart area was not visible from afar. Fixed an issue where items in workbench were covering their descriptions due to not being properly centered. Removed the Hold to Give Up ghost that could either obstruct the counter or disappear. Fixed an issue with violently erupting resources. Fixed an issue where some Lint clumps were inaccessible to the player. Fixed a bug where dismounting during cinematic would cause the character to get stuck in a Buggy. Fixed an issue where Rust Beetles would be immune to the sizzle status effect. Fixed an issue where some named O.R.C. Creatures in the Garden would respawn. Fixed missing description of Hauling Hero and Sour Sensation mutations tiers. Algae has been added to the Playgrounds mode. Fixed an issue where Player could get stuck under a rock near the Greenhouse. Added some objects to Manmade and Natural Props in Playgrounds. Fixed an issue with OOW hole in the Pumpkin Patch area. Fixed an issue where holding down attack button when knocked back would result in throwing action afterwards. Fixed an issue with not being able to purchase or get Grass and Stem Hatches. Fixed a bug with floating roots in Ceremony area. Fixed a bug where opening some text fields was causing Steam Deck inputs to stop working. Fixed an issue where textures of wires in the Statue vents were flickering improperly. Fixed an issue with abruptly changing SFX when Player runs through the arena’s gate. Fixed a bug where lower part of any Easter Egg was not disappearing on its own. Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck under a pipe in the Veggie Garden - Candy Processing Facility. Fixed a bug where Plant Fiber was spawning inside an Easter Egg instead of Dry Grass Chunks. Fixed an issue with Out of World gap in War-Torn Anthill. Fixed a bug where Host was able to hear Clients placing objects. Fixed a bug where double selection highlight was appearing in interfaces after quickly scrolling between categories and tabs. Fixed a bug where various materials were incorrectly localized in Mexican Spanish. Fixed an issue where Out of World gaps were visible in one of the caves in Greenhouse area. Fixed an issue where building names given with Xbox keyboard overlay would be undone after closing the UI. Fixed a bug where Beefy Sandy Blossom was missing Beefy prefix. Fixed various lighting issues around the Park. Fixed an issue where the Player Map would not update when finding or gathering Milk Molars. Fixed a bug where upgrading daggers with elemental damage was changing their base damage type from stabbing to slashing. Fixed an issue where player could walk underwater in the Sour Pool. Fixed a bug where Players were unable to repair the Landing Pad. Fixed an issue where some Ranger Stations Point of Interests could not be unlocked in Sites and Wonders in Player's Data tab. Fixed an issue with inaccessible lint clump at the Scarecrow. Fixed a bug where O.R.C. Butterflies were not flapping their wings. Fixed an issue where gear abilities that are able to heal the Player after killing enemies may be triggered by destroying Spider Webs. Fixed lighting issue in the Ceremony area. Fixed an issue where dodging after depleting the stamina bar with a charged attack with daggers would break the functionality of dodging. Fixed an issue with multiple stuck spots on Garden wall. Fixed an issue where cave volume reached ground level in a specific spot in Picnic region. Fixed an issue where Perfect Quickdraw bonus from Wasp armor would not apply its effect. Fixed a bug where the Champion’s Banner blueprint was being completed after loading a save. Fixed an issue where the player could go out of world behind a brick in a Veggie Garden cave. Fixed an issue where the player could pass through dry Milkweed leaves from one side. Fixed a bug where some items in Data menu had low resolution. Fixed an issue where players wouldn’t drown in any circumstances. Fixed an issue when Fertilizer didn’t show up on the resource finder list. Fixed a bug where Resource Finder was displaying false locations of resources on dead bodies. Fixed an issue where certain chocolate resource nodes would spawn out of bounds. Fixed a bug where Resource Finder was displaying locations of already harvested Pinecones. Fixed a bug where long area names were sticking out of the box in Save/Load menu. Fixed an issue where "Black Ant Sword" did not activate effects from a few specific trinkets. Fixed an issue where Buried Treasures in the Fire Pit would appear to float in the air when dug up. Fixed a bug where some stuffed creatures were disappearing when Player relocated them after Save/Load cycle. Fixed a bug where Players were unable to cook food in Roasting Spit when sitting on any Buggy. Fixed a bug where part of the hedge behind the Statue had no collision. Fixed an issue where Raw Woolly Aphid Meat would have visible roast marks. Fixed an issue where a specific Sturdy Quartzite would not drop all the resources. Fixed a bug with incorrect Death Screen message after being killed by a Potato Beetle. Fixed a duplication glitch with items left on dying buggies on Woah! difficulty. Fixed a bug where Corn Hogs dropped significantly fewer Corn Hog Chunks than Billy Hog Bites. Fixed an issue where Player was unable to climb Mushroom Half stairs. Fixed an issue where destroyed Cactus Flowers would respawn after the player performed a save and load. Fixed a bug where Ladybug was displayed in Ambush guide. Fixed a bug where specific resources could fall through the ground near the edge of Ice Cream Cart area. Fixed a bug where Buggy could die permanently when Player was performing Save/Load cycle far from defeated Buggy. Fixed a typo in Caterpillar Roast’s description. Fixed an issue where candy chunks can land in unreachable spot after breaking them at the Picnic Briefcase. Fixed a bug with missing or duplicating sounds in Ranger Station menus. Fixed an issue where the Player could close an open garden ventilation door resulting in it being permanently closed. Fixed ground textures behind PUNCH-O wrapper. Fixed an issue where red valves had no collisions at early stage of movement. Fixed an issue when Food & Water category building menus did not emit some sounds. Fixed a bug where Player could get stuck in one of the interaction animations. Fixed an issue where Sleep category buildings UI did not emit some sounds. Fixed an issue when Splatburst and Bratburst had their recipe shown twice inside Science Shop offers. Fixed a bug where Players were able to quickly grind Ambush Mutation with Cupid’s Arrows. Fixed an issue where Beefy Mintito was providing less sizzle reduction than other Mintito versions. Fixed a bug where resistances granted by smoothies were displaying the wrong values. Fixed an issue which caused Camera Mode mappings to change upon booting the title. Fixed an issue where hitting Chocolate Smoochies chunks would cause them to disappear or be launched into air. Fixed a bug where Smoochies Chunks had the same preview as Chocolate Chunks. Fixed a bug where buildings from Buggies category didn’t emit some sounds. Fixed a bug where Valentine’s Fortune trinket had no sparkles on its icon. Fixed a bug where Great Cupid’s Arrows had worse statistics than regular Cupid’s Arrows. Fixed a bug where weapons thrown at Butterfly Chrysalis could turn invisible. Fixed a bug where Player was able to walk underwater on Buggy in specific cave. Fixed a bug where Players were not able to download playground maps if they booted the game without internet connection. Passive mutations guide added to the Mutations Survival Guide. Added sounds when using hotkeys in New Game setup menu. Fixed an issue where it would not be possible to fix a Roasting Spit unless it was ignited first. Fixed a bug where game was crashing after opening map menu while holding any blueprint. Fixed a bug where Player was dismounted from the buggy in specific location in Ice Cart area. Fixed an issue where Vase F was using the wrong crafting material. Fixed a bug where Hearty Arrows spawned their VFX way beneath the impact point. Fixed players being able to unlock Candy Processing Facility door from the outside. Fixed an issue where the in-game Swap Teen menu available in multiplayer lacked UI sounds. Fixed an issue with grass clipping through the stone in multiple places around the Statue. Fixed a bug where Player could get stuck in a hole between hedge and the tree in Pine Hill area. Fixed an issue where Clients were not able to see planting point for Super Sour Seed. Fixed an issue where DoT damage would trigger Wolf Spider’s riposte attack. Fixed a bug where knocked over Mallet would get back to its previous position after updating the game to the newest version. Fixed a bug where Discord bow’s textures were stretching unnaturally when shooting. Fixed an issue where Players were able to swim without water in a specific spot in War-Torn Anthill. Fixed an issue where zoom audio continued past min/max zoom in map tab. Fixed an issue with missing sound when Player inspects an item in Data Submenu. Fixed issues with storage-related item interaction sounds. Fixed an issue where Dandelion leaves had bigger collision than visually indicated until they were hit. Fixed sound issues with hovering over options in Game Settings submenu. Fixed multiple audio issues within Load Game submenu. Fixed an issue with multiple audio cues in Options submenu. Fixed an issue where the Ladybug Buggy had incorrect tier assigned. Fixed an issue where Firefly corpses were turning into static Firefly model when Player runs far away from them. Fixed an issue where Small Wasp Hives respawn shortly after attacking them from far distance. Fixed an issue where the Ladybuggy and Orb Weaver buggy had the same stats displayed in the radial menu. Fixed a bug where charging bow with Hearty Arrow would leave infinite charging SFX. Fixed a bug where weapons could fall beneath the map. Fixed a bug where Ladybuggy’s turret would damage structures on lower difficulties. Fixed various OOB/OOW holes around the park. Fixed an issue where player character could get permanently stuck in a specific plant. Fixed an issue where O.R.C Broodmother description contained different information in specific languages. Fixed an issue where bug not immune to Tang would spawn over Tang pools. Fixed an issue where Cricket could disappear when standing on specific assets after the Player moved out of LOD distance. Fixed an issue with a quest called “Apprentice Smith.” Fixed some collision issues on top of the Trash Can in Fire Pit area. Fixed an issue where Trash Can in Fire Pit region was empty inside. Fixed a bug where game could crash when loading huge amounts of save files. Fixed an issue with the non-functional prompt on the ventilation doors to the Greenhouse. Fixed an issue where invisible collision blocked the Player from standing up inside the Fairy Garden House. Fixed an issue where Broodmother trophy was present underneath Growing Pod area. Fixed an issue where one-sided dirt texture was present in the large flower pot. Fixed an issue where General Berserker did not drop Roach Rage trinket. Fixed an issue where Player could climb to the top of one of the rooms in the Candy Processing Lab. Fixed an issue where Players were unable to talk to Sloane about the Archive door outside of the Garden. Fixed an issue where O.G.R.R Creatures had normal or O.R.C cards. Fixed an issue where Stuffed Firefly used texture from previous title. Fixed an issue where OmniTool stayed exposed when picking up a resource at the same time while attempting to harvest at a node. Fixed a typo in the Sharpshooter fighting style description. Fixed an issue where Halloween and Christmas objects were still present on the Map screen. Fixed an issue where mounting Red Soldier Ant close to restricted areas can launch Player with high velocity. Fixed an issue where it was possible to fall through the ground by dying from the Snake. Fixed an issue where the Mitey Muffs Sleek perk had no visible effect. Fixed an issue where some Bombardier Beetle ranged attacks were unaffected by armor and perks. Fixed a bug where mushroom bricks lacked physics. Fixed an issue where Bee model in the Card Collection appeared tarnished. Fixed an issue where Mysterious Stranger fight was missing after specific quest order completion. Fixed an issue where there were multiple out of bounds holes in the wall between statue and scarecrow. Fixed an issue where stamina was not limited by hunger. Fixed an issue where Players couldn't climb the ladder in candy facility without jumping off of it at the end. Fixed an issue where the Orb Weaver Buggy’s charge attack VFX would be misplaced. Fixed an issue where players were unable to unmute Main Menu music. Fixed an issue with certain webs visibly changing model quality in the Hedge. Fixed ground textures near the moisture meter. Fixed a bug where Client could get more globs from buried treasure than Host. Fixed an Out of World issue that can be found at Pumpkin Patch area. Fixed a bug where the Buggy could cut down Husky Weed’s trunk. Fixed an issue where saves made near the edge of particular areas showed other areas displayed. Fixed an issue where Growing Pod and Super Sour Seed disappear for clients after the save/load cycle. Updated weapon perk description to better reflect its in-game behavior. Fixed an issue where switching tabs from and to the mutation menu would sometimes swap between active and passive mutation menus. Fixed an issue with two Out of World gaps in the wooden fence present in the Greenhouse biome. Fixed an issue when UI was flickering for inspecting "Away Message" data in Spanish (Spain) language. Fixed a bug where conversation entries were flickering. Fixed a bug where obtaining Red Soldier Ant Egg before the Egg Hunt quest was not counted towards the quest objectives. Fixed an issue where Cricket missed its jump attack after player would hide between grass blades. Fixed a bug where higher levels of Omni-Tool were not visible in the crafting menu. Fixed a gap at the entrance of O.G.R.R. Lab. Fixed a bug where the Ladybuggy caused impact SFX when charging over various surfaces. Fixed an issue where tiles next to the SCA.B 2K Scanner were clipping into other assets. Added customizable PEEP.R Zoom In/Out bind to Options → Keyboard/Controller. Fixed an issue with Orb Weaver buggy’s eyes not turning red when it gets aggro on a creature. Fixed an issue with stretched texture present near the tree in the Ice Cart region. Fixed a bug where a sitting character would stand up after turning on Photo Mode. Fixed a gap in the pot at Greenhouse. Fixed an issue where there was a one-sided texture. Fixed an issue where Spiders would lose their red eyes after changing Arachnophobia level during a combat encounter. Fixed an issue where lanterns lacked LODs. Fixed a bug where the preview of rugs were displayed from the side. Fixed an issue where many sound effects played at once when closing the Ranger Station’s Science Shop menu. Fixed an issue where O.R.C. Spiderlings in statue would spawn on each other. Fixed an issue where the Player could fall through the Snack Bar’s roof. Fixed an issue where, from client’s perspective, the Omni-Shovel dig icon appeared red when aiming at burrowed creatures, such as Grubs or Larvae, even if the player had the ability to dig up creatures. Fixed an issue with cut-off texture. Fixed an issue where cassette tape recordings would stop playing after the player character died. Fixed a bug where railings were clipping into stairs. Fixed a bug where Flower Petals near the picnic table did not spawn. Fixed an issue where parts of BURG.L body were missing collision allowing player to fall out of boundaries. Fixed an issue where it was possible to build in boss arenas. Fixed an issue where glass cups would have misaligned collision which made it impossible to pick up Raw Science located inside of it. Fixed an issue where the Player Character could get stuck in the bark at a specific place in the Pine Hill area. Fixed an issue where a dirt texture would clip through the wall of a Ranger Outpost. Removed a one-sided gravel texture near the AXL arena entrance in the Pine Hill. Fixed an issue with black background and missing model in inventory view. Fixed an issue with an invisible collision near the trash can in the Entrance area. Fixed an issue with one-sided texture near the top of the Ice Cart. Removed the snow pillar that had a one-sided texture from the Ice Cream Cart. Fixed an issue where a plastic panel on a cassette player would emit a glass impact SFX. Fixed an issue where performing save/load cycle would move client’s camera and haulable on Buggies. Fixed an issue where the Player could get stuck inside a metal bar under Billy Hogs water valve. Fixed an issue where metallic parts of a picnic table’s frame and plastic parts of the cooler would play a wooden impact SFX. Fixed an abrupt lighting change upon exiting certain cave in the Picnic Table region. Fixed an issue with abruptly changing lighting in Toxic Anthill. Fixed an issue where the Player Character could get stuck behind specific Candy Corn if they did not have Omni-Hammer that was upgraded to Tier 2. Fixed an issue where lighting would change abruptly when entering Toxic Anthill: North Entrance. Fixed an issue where Wolf Rug placement didn't align with the outline shape. Fixed a bug where AXL preview in Creatures Cards UI was not affected by arachnophobia mode. Fixed a bug where downed Buggy was teleported to Player after Player’s respawn. Fixed an issue where ****roach Nymphs were trying to eat candy placed inside the suitcase on the Picnic Table. Fixed an issue where opening Photo Mode during zooming with a bow resulted in permanent zoom. Fixed an issue where bees would sometimes spawn inside bases. Fixed an issue where sizzle from Scorching Orb's AOE attack was not dealing any damage to other Players on Whoa difficulty. Fixed an issue where the 'Toggle Sprint' option wasn't working for Buggies. Fixed an issue where Teen could get stuck inside the Soda Can. Fixed an issue where the thistle bulb would have a low resolution texture. Fixed an issue where Omni-Tool’s decoration was placed in opposite direction. Fixed an issue where Deposit and Nab controls would appear active when aiming at haulables on the Orb Weaver Buggy. Fixed an issue where certain lamps produced glow when they were not lit. Fixed an issue where the Resource Finder would not scan certain respawnable items. Fixed an issue where lighting changed to pitch black above the south entrance to the Toxic Anthill. Fixed an issue where the selected Founder's Pack DLC skin would stay enabled after disabling/refunding the DLC. Fixed an issue where drinking from a Water Container would not reduce thirst if the player were to drink while on a Buggy. Fixed an issue where the player character would clip between connected Pebblet Foundations. Fixed an issue where eyes of some O.R.C. spiders were glowing red while arachnophobia mode was set to 4 or higher. Fixed an issue where water was cancelling Chill Status Effect buildup. Fixed an issue where the Dew Drop reflection included placeholder assets. Removed unnecessary key mappings from the controller setup. Fixed an issue with charged attacks on staffs. Fixed an issue where foundations didn't check collisions. Fixed an issue when whistling in a certain place in the pipe results in respawning Buggy out of map. Fixed an issue where enemies could be hit through terrarium walls. Fixed an issue where the player would no longer be able to use hotkeys after clicking outside the Storage UI grid. Fixed an issue where Wolf Spider and O.R.C. Wolf Spider models were visible in Data Tab with Arachnophobia Mode set to 4 or 5. Fixed an issue where staff projectiles were leaving light emitters after being blocked. Fixed an issue where turning off the Hot deposit to all chests option didn't disable it. Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to change the color or shape of icons assigned to chest while mounted on a Buggy. Fixed an issue where Garden Snail and Baby Garden Snail models were deformed in Data Menu. Fixed an issue where it would be difficult to place buildings on top of foundations because of complex geometry. Fixed an issue where keybinding was switching with alternative keybinding. Fixed an issue with graphical artifacts on save thumbnail. Updated key tip for Buggy Whistle in Survival Guide. Fixed an issue where the Player could get stuck in a specific spot next to the Statue. Fixed an issue where backpacks and other materials would not float on the water’s surface. Fixed an issue where repeatedly loading the game would cause the Clients to disconnect. Fixed an issue where Web Sacks were not properly attached to environment. Fixed an issue where Trail Marker displayed incorrect name. Fixed various assets around the Park with placeholder textures. Fixed an issue where placeholder figures could be seen outside of the playable area. Fixed an issue where blueberry attack prompt was inconsistently displayed for Player on Buggy. Fixed an issue where the Spicy Coaltana preview model was entirely orange. Fixed an issue where leaves attached to bushes had no collision in Statue area. Fixed an issue where toxic icon was missing while standing in toxic water puddle. Fixed an issue where the Player was drinking from the water container while repairing it. Fixed an issue where flashes of light would randomly appear while moving around in the Hatchery Anthill. Fixed a bug where some weapon mutations would not progress when the killing blow was dealt by throwing the weapon. Fixed an issue where Headless BURG.L had low texture quality. Fixed an issue where the player character could submerge in the water. Fixed an issue where changing the Arachnophobia level would cause the Wolf Spider to become invisible. Fixed an issue where the Client was able to press a button on a controller to open the Pause Menu in the Multiplayer lobby. Fixed an issue where Teen stays in throwing animation. Fixed an issue where Orb Weaver’s web block would be deformed at certain Arachnophobia levels. Fixed an issue where category names in crafting menu were sometimes missing. Fixed an issue where Gas Mask overlay is visible while riding the Buggy when in first person. Fixed an issue that allowed Player to inspect an undiscovered object in the data tab. Fixed an issue where all of spiders' legs and fangs are visible in the Pause Menu upon setting the Arachnophobia Safe Mode to third level. Fixed an issue where after looting Wolf Spider’s corpse with Arachnophobia safe mode turned on made the spider’s legs and fangs visible. Fixed a bug where Butterflies sometimes went to sleep during daytime. Fixed a bug where buggy healing timer was running with inconsistent frequency. Fixed an issue where the Crimson Buckler perfect block didn't deal damage to other players on Whoa! difficulty. Fixed an issue where open notebooks would have holes in the model. Added an option to back out from the mode and game perspective screen when creating a new world. Fixed an issue where Host could load a save before Client loads into the world. Fixed an issue where turning left and right using keyboard inputs would stop working after changing key binds.

Greetings Envoys! Today we are releasing Patch 2.1 for Avowed with the latest bug fixes and a community requested feature! Community Requested Feature:In the previous update, we implemented 3 encounters in each region that would respawn enemy units. We’ve added a toggle in the settings menu to disable respawning enemies. Go to Settings > Gameplay > Combat > Check Toggle Bug FixesFixed an issue causing the player to get stuck leaning to the right during third person mode. Fixed a crash when engaging in combat with a Skeleton Barbarian. Fixed a crash when starting Photo Mode near a Xaurip Elder. Fixed an issue where companions would not look at the Envoy during inter-region party camp conversations. Fixed an issue where switching loadouts would remove the cooldown reduction of grimoire abilities when casting from the hot bar. Abilities from the grimoire and hotkey bar now properly separate their cooldown depending on which way they were used. Fixed issue where frame limits were incorrectly disabled when DLSS-FG was enabled. Fixed issue where XeSS Frame Generation did not work properly. Fixed the "Browse Photos" option not being functional in Photo Mode. Fixed an issue where certain decals would fail to display until game was reloaded. Fixed Yatzli's Obsidian Collection outfit not appearing for players who have the Premium Upgrade entitlement Fixed an issue where certain terrain shaders would initially show up incorrectly after clearing shader cache. Removed the “You cannot change character” line during character creation confirmation. Capped the companion ability points to the maximum purchasable amount of 16, to prevent notifications for additional unusable points in New Game+. Fixed issue where rebinding certain buttons would prevent user from closing tutorial pop-ups. Fixed issue where characters would sometimes stretch during ragdoll. Console FixesFixed an issue where color filters on Photo Mode for consoles would appear grainy. Xbox: Improved the presentation of conversation animations in inter-region party camps for XSX Performance mode. PlayStation: Added background music for Avowed on PlayStation 5. Fixed issue where controller settings reset after exiting the game on PlayStation 5. Fixed a crash that could occur during Fast Travel on PlayStation 5. Fixed an issue where game settings were shared between accounts on the same device on PlayStation 5.

Greetings Watchers! We've updated the Public Beta branch for the Pillars of Eternity Turn-based Mode! It is now live on all available platforms. Thank you for your continued support and feedback! Combat and Mechanics Delaying a turn or ending turn without taking an action will now properly progress chanter phrases. (Based on elapsed Initiative) Chanter phrases should now progress correctly when the user has a very high or very low recovery time. Chanter phrase progression will now account for time from the start of combat until their first turn. Chanter's Ancient Memory will no longer cause a brief delay before every turn. Existing chanter summons are now immediately despawned in TBM when new ones are summoned. Fixed an issue that would cause the bonus from the Holy Power spell to sometimes stack and not be removed. Nature's Bounty will no longer make the caster unresponsive in TBM - It has also now been made a free action. Barbarian's Blood Thirst ability should now work correctly in TBM. Delayed Fireball should now properly respect turn time. Ticking effects should now properly applies their final tick upon their expiration. Spells with longer delays before jumping between targets will now respect turn time before jumping in TBM. Fixed an issue with very short duration damage/healing over time effects that were applying much higher than intended values. Very short prone durations (such as those applied by tentacle attacks) should now resolve properly in TBM. Characters performing disengagement attacks in TBM are not permitted to re-engage the victim in the same turn. Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause self-targeted buffs (often free actions) to fail to function properly after being reapplied. Fixed an issue where Push and pull abilities when used on prone/unconscious targets would cause significant issues with visuals and performance. Push and pull mechanics on certain characters in Durgan's Battery will no longer cause AI to not be able to end their turn properly. Fixed a collision issue when defeating certain enemy types with push/pull abilities causing movement commands to be blocked. Stacked Stun/Paralyze/Petrify etc... effects should no longer cause characters to be disabled for longer than intended. Fixed an issue that would cause characters to sometimes run in place in front of their target instead of performing their action. Fixed an issue that would cause characters of differing sizes (large vs. small and vice-versa) to move to incorrect locations when attempting to move into attack position. Fixed an issue where the Charge ability would sometimes cause the user to become stuck. Prevented a case where characters could become stuck if they attempted to perform an action while one was already in progress in TBM. Activating a free action or consumable while a cast action is in progress will no longer immediately resolve the cast action. Loading a game with a currently active cast action should no longer lock the client. Loading a game should no longer sometimes cause teleportation abilities to not function in TBM. Combat should no longer end pre-maturely when the final enemy in combat reloads a weapon. The Helwax mold should now once again be usable. User Interface and Interaction The Enter key is now correctly defaulted to "Pass Turn" in TBM. Colorblind mode now applies to the turn based mode UI. Abilities now display "Not your turn" when highlighted outside of the active character turn. Several unique item effects and abilities now display their effects in turns instead of seconds when playing TBM. Consumables now properly list as free actions in their tooltips. Turn-Order UI should no longer allow resizing outside of the screen bounds on low resolutions. Action Type and Initiative categories are now visible on consumables. Action Type and Initiative categories are now visible on abilities in character creation and level up screens. Initiative in the character and inventory screens now displays decimal value (tenths). Available Action and Available Movement tooltips should now appear correctly. Prevented a case where developer commentary and turn based UI could overlap each other and become uninteractive. Localization Korean localization should now be available and updated in all versions of the game.