📑patch-notes

[pearl trench]

Minor patch just went live to fix a lill issue

[dry knot]

Pushed a fix to those with missing airport textures + possibly some other graphical issues using Vulkan - let us know if this problem persists

also pushed a photon thing that should help some steamdeck users

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minor matchmaking stability fix for joining and reconnecting to some players lobbies! Try it out and let us know if these issues persist in #1371455169098678292

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WHOOPS Just pushed an update to our Steam launch options - it may take a minute to update on everyone's machines but once it's live you should be able to pick between two graphics APIs on startup depending on your hardware"

[pearl trench]

New patch 1.1.a

Critical Stuff:
❗PEAK will now ask you to pick your graphics API on startup. If you have experienced crashes or instability, we recommend switching from DX12 to Vulkan (or vice versa) as your first step to try.
❗Added a framerate cap to the settings menu. This should be your second step to try!

Bug-Fixes:
🐛 Fixed an issue where certain badges would show the wrong cosmetic being unlocked during the endgame screen
🐛 Fixed gamepad-only issue where pressing Sprint while climbing would not perform a lunge
🐛 Removed Warp Compass temporarily as it seems to send people to the void more often than not. Hopefully it comes back better than ever.
🐛 Prevented the Rope Shooter from firing and being wasted on a target that's out of range, like the Chain Shooter does
🐛 Fixed issue where guidebook pages on the ground could turn invisible
🐛 Prevented scouts from walking into the ocean

Balance Changes:
⚖️ Increased the length of Energy Drink's buff, but reduced the amount it increases your speed. ALSO REDUCED THE DROWSY IT INFLICTS BY A LOT, SORRY TO ALL THE SCOUTS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TO THIS ITEM
⚖️ Both Lollipop and Energy Drink now have a "grace period" where they won't start their effect cooldown for a few seconds unless you begin climbing a wall
⚖️ Brought in item rarities slightly so you'll see rarer items a bit more, and the most common ones will be less over-represented
⚖️ Made the bombshrooms in the Tropics even more dangerous
⚖️ Made jellyfish even harder to see
⚖️ Morale Boosts no longer scale with number of nearby scouts
⚖️ Made the Scoutmaster's Bugle even more terrifying
⚖️ Cursed Skull and Scout Effigy will no longer spawn when playing solo
⚖️ Cursed Skull will no longer spawn from Scout Statues (but can still spawn from Ancient Luggage)
⚖️ Increased vine climb speed

Quality of Life:
🌴Added "controls" page to the pause menu, letting you review the game's controls at any time
🌴 Added a message to spectators' UI to give a hint towards how to get revived
🌴 Added a unique reticle for when a projectile item has a valid target
🌴 Added UI for being boosted up from below by another scout
🌴 Guidebooks are now synced across clients, allowing your friends to read over your shoulder
🌴 Made the Scout Statue tower collider more accurate.

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New Patch 1.2.a

Important Stuff:
Added new items that spawn on the island: Shelf Fungus, Remedy Fungus, and Magic Bean.
Added Invert X and Y settings to the options menu.
Added better backend logging to help us continue to diagnose crashes and performance issues.
Reduced the intensity of the Poison screen effect to help photosensitive players.

Bug Fixes:
🐛 Fixed an issue where Cure-All only worked on the third use.
🐛 Fixed issue where backpacks near the campfire could despawn when lighting the campfire.
🐛 Fixed issue where a cooked Egg wouldn't properly count towards the Gourmand badge, making that badge impossible (my apologies to those who found this out!!)
🐛 Cooked items will now show up as cooked in the backpack UI.
🐛 Fixed bug where you could carry many players at once under certain circumstances.
🐛 Fixed issue where push-to-talk could break when travelling to the island from the airport.

Balance Changes:
🐝 The bees' reign of terror is over. Significantly adjusted beehavior:
🐝 Poison damage and bee speed are much more reduced when NOT angry (ie the hive has been stolen/destroyed)
🐝 Bees will no longer continue stinging you when your status is already over 100%
🐝 Bees will tend to leave unconscious players behind and return to the hive instead of guarding their bodies forever.
🐝 Bees will forgive you faster if you drop the hive and leave them alone
🐝 Reduced bee speed and aggro distance by a bit generally.
🐝 Capped the max poison you receive from a Tick at 50%

Quality of Life:
☀️ Boosted mic volumes a bit by default.
☀️ The death timer will now speed up if you are in the fog if you’re unlikely to recover from your current injuries.
☀️ Lowered the Scout Statue in the Caldera temple.
☀️ Added new ambient SFX to the Tropics and the Peak.

[dry knot]

HEY @everyone sorry for ping but just to avoid confusion:

Small patch out 1.3.b

• Changed Steam lobbies to be invite only instead of friends only.

We've changed lobbies to be invite-only to prevent randoms joining after a few reports.

"Join Game" will no longer function so send your friends at the Invite Kiosk or Steam Overlay!

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OK OK @everyone WE'RE ROLLING THE PATCH BACK AND WE'LL FIND A BETTER SOLUTION!!!! SORRY LOL

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PATCH 1.4.a

MAJOR FIXES:
WE FIXED THE TROPICS CRASH on AMD hardware. It was just…the grass. For now, grass will be disabled but maybe in the future we can properly reintroduce it.
Improved low framerate in the Caldera.
The game will now default to a new fullscreen mode: “Fullscreen Windowed”. This will hopefully fix issues where people aren’t seeing the cursor in Fullscreen Exclusive mode as well as issues when alt-tabbing.

MINOR FIXES:
Fixed an issue where new Eye cosmetics unlocked at the end screen would say "New Hat" and feature the wrong shader.
Fixed an issue where the "You are a ghost" message would display when not fully dead.
Fixed an issue where you couldn't interact with your backpack during the endgame countdown.
Fixed some overlapping in the credits.

FEATURES:
There is now a settings option called “Lobby Mode” The default is the same as it is now but you can change it to “Invite Only” which will prevent others from being able to join the game without an invite.
There is now an option to hold a key when passed out to “Give Up”.
It will now prompt you to press the sprint button when almost out of stamina. A lot of you were forgetting you could do this!

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PATCH 1.5.a

Hello Scouts! Small bug fix today, but ideally this will help user reports of random players joining your game - sorry about that!

Through default Steam settings, players can join your game by searching your Steam username and joining if you do not have the correct privacy settings enabled. For extra protection on how to do this:

Go to "View My Profile" > Edit Profile > Privacy Settings > Change to Friends Only (or Private).

We have pushed a fix to hopefully prevent players of bypassing this but please let us know if you still encounter problems!

Lobby joining improvements
Improved running/idle animations on sloped surfaces
Fixed issue causing Bookworm achievement to be unobtainable
Items that clear all statuses will no longer clear the Weight status
Cursed Skull now gives all your friends some bonus stamina, alongside its... other effects

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**This patch has been reverted due to a variety of bug reports that was missed in testing - sorry everyone! We'll bring this back once it's more stable 💀 **

~~PATCH 1.6.a: Better Reconnect + More!

Hey scouts! Another round of fixes for you!!! Most importantly we've improved the stability of the reconnecting to games if you get disconnected. There's some other goodies in here too :)

Oh and new languages should be arriving SOON.

MAJOR FIXES:
Dramatically improved the stability of being able to reconnect to games after disconnecting.

Fixed a bug where spamming the climb button when out of stamina kills you instantly. You now can't spam frequently enough to stay in place. Blame last night's Caseoh stream for getting me to actually fix this.

Added a potential fix for the rare issue where backpacks disappear when dropped. Please reach out if you still experience this after this patch!

Fixed an issue where the Max Framerate setting wouldn't work.

MINOR FIXES:
Fixed an issue where Invert X is displayed as Invert Y in the Settings

Fixed an issue where the Passport wouldn't properly update your cosmetics when returning to the airport after a win.

Fixed bug where switching scenes didn't apply voice volume slider settings correctly

Fixed Bing Bong Badge being referred to as Volcanology on the Accolades menu.

FEATURES:
You now only need a majority of players (instead of all) to hit "Next" at the end screen to continue in lobbies of 3 or more.

The end screen will no longer break hopefully in modded lobbies of greater than 4 players. Hi modders <3

Your character will now point when pinging a location :)~~

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PEAK PATCH v1.6.a (again)

Hey scouts! Thanks to everyone who's helped with the beta branch! We're so back with this new patch. As usual, continue to report any bugs through forums or our Discord <3

Most importantly we've improved the stability of the reconnecting to games if you get disconnected. There's some other goodies in here too :)

Oh and new languages should be arriving SOON.

MAJOR FIXES:
Dramatically improved the stability of being able to reconnect to games after disconnecting.

Fixed a bug where spamming the climb button when out of stamina kills you instantly. You now can't spam frequently enough to stay in place. Blame the Caseoh stream for getting me to actually fix this.

Added a potential fix for the rare issue where backpacks disappear when dropped. Please reach out if you still experience this after this patch!

Fixed an issue where the Max Framerate setting wouldn't work.

MINOR FIXES:
Fixed an issue where Invert X is displayed as Invert Y in the Settings

Fixed an issue where the Passport wouldn't properly update your cosmetics when returning to the airport after a win.

Fixed bug where switching scenes didn't apply voice volume slider settings correctly

Fixed Bing Bong Badge being referred to as Volcanology on the Accolades menu.

Fixed an issue where scrolls wouldn't spawn properly at campsites, preventing players from more easily getting the Bookworm badge.

Fixed visual issues over the network when climbing on vines and chains.

Items can no longer be swapped or dropped while in the process of using them.

Fixed an issue where a variety of effects (such as infinite stamina from the Lollipop) wouldn't trigger if you were carrying an unconscious scout

Fixed Push To Talk disables itself on every loading screen

Removed a weird thin green line in the airport

Fixed an issue where eating a lollipop after using a heat pack would cause a ton of cold damage over time

Fixed an issue where certain items would remain suspended in the air when dropped from your inventory when you passed out.

Fixed an issue where the rope anchor preview would spawn on walls at weird angles

Fixed an issue causing Mentorship badge to sometimes not be awarded.

Fixed an issue where scrolls wouldnt spawn properly at campsites, preventing players from getting the Bookworm badge

FEATURES:
You now only need a majority of players (instead of all) to hit "Next" at the end screen to continue in lobbies of 3 or more.

Select on controller can now be pressed to push-to-talk

The end screen will no longer break hopefully in modded lobbies of greater than 4 players. Hi modders<3

Your character will now point when pinging a location :)

Can now "select" a carried player (on controller only) and then press Interact to drop them

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Patch Notes v1.7

FINALLY. THE LANGUAGES PATCH. You can now play PEAK in WAY MORE LANGUAGES, so now you have no excuse for not learning Rule 0. We’re super thankful that everyone around the world has been playing the game even though it was just in English, but hopefully it's a better experience now. This is our language list for now but it doesn’t rule out the addition of more languages in the future.

Patch notes are below with some other changes as well!

FEATURES:
Translations are in! The game is now available in the following languages:

English
French
Italian
German
Spanish (Spain)
Spanish (LATAM)
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Ukrainian
Chinese (Simplified)
Japanese
Korean

Whole coconuts will now bonk scouts when thrown at them. We were considering making every item bonk but then none of you would ever reach the PEAK again.
Re-added the ability to throw items at fruits and beehives to knock them down. Not sure when that broke but we’re so back.

BALANCE CHANGES:
Bugle of Friendship will no longer show up in Solo Play
Rope Spool now has a weight of 1 instead of 0. Anti-Rope Spool and Anti-Rope Shooter now have a weight of -1
Chain Launchers now cannot be shot above or below a certain angle past the horizon line. This is to remove unintended use cases where a chain launcher shot directly upwards would get you much further than other items – it’s intended to be used for lateral traversal!
Rope Shooters and Anti-Rope Shooters shoot 50% more rope!
Anti-Rope Spool and Anti-Rope Shooter physics will now behave differently if you let go of them…
Made ticks easier to remove in Solo Play

FIXES:
Fixed an issue where backpacks would become non-interactable. This was a tricky one to solve so thanks for your patience on it!!
Fixed an issue where the campfire would not be lightable if a friend reconnected to the game.
We potentially solved the issue where explosive spores crashed the game when triggered. Please try it out and let us know if it works now!
Fixed a bug where an item held in the temporary item slot would not contribute to your weight
Fixed an issue where guidebook SFX was not spatialized.
Players will now fall off pitons when passed out, fixing an issue where, on revival, they don’t experience teleporting back to the piton.
Potentially fixed an issue where Chain Shooters would spawn with nothing in the chamber.
Potentially fixed an issue where players screens would go black.

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Patch Notes v1.8

FEATURES:
🎦 REDUCE CAMERA BOBBING OPTION - You can now go into the settings (ON THE MAIN MENU) to enable this option to reduce camera bobbing...

Please note that since this game is entirely physics-based, we had to do a workaround solution that’s not entirely perfect. Hopefully this is enough to make the game more playable for those with motion sickness, so please try it out and give us your feedback!

** NOTE**: This had bugs when toggled during gameplay in beta, so for now it is only accessible via the main menu.

⏯️ OFFLINE PLAY PAUSE - The game now pauses in Offline Play!
New biome-specific sunset/sunrise music!
Added two new items to the crash site: the "Flying Disc" and Binoculars.
The Flying Disc can bonk like the coconut if you throw it hard enough. The binoculars are binoculars.

BALANCE CHANGES:
Blowgun no longer spawns in Solo Play.
Anti-Rope Cannon now has a weight of 0, has no gravity at all, and the art/icon is updated. We just felt like it.
Guidebook Scrolls now spawn in chronological order, no matter where you are on the mountain. This should make the Bookworm Badge significantly less exhausting to get. Also, they now have a chance to spawn every time you play, instead of being determined by the daily seed. Sorry to everyone who did it the hard way...

MAJOR FIXES:
YOU NO LONGER WIN IF YOU DIE. So, literally the code that checked if players PEAKED just checked for whether or not you were past the PEAK on the forward axis. It did not check for whether you were alive. This will now prevent players from doing the thing where, by throwing themselves off the cliff or glitching into the void, they would mysteriously win the game.
We've improved performance in the Caldera and Kiln. To folks noting the abnormally low framerate in these areas, please let us know if it's still happening. (We don't have access to a big variety of computer specs!)
Total run time is now synced to the host’s time, making sure everyone either does or does not get the Speedrun achievement together.
I saw a reddit post where one player got 1;00;00 and another got 1;00;01 and it made me sad.
Fixed an issue where you could not reconnect properly from the top of the Alpine onwards.
You can no longer get multiple ticks on you at once. See we're not that evil.
The Napberry Plant should function properly again.
Yet another potential fix for rare cases where the campfire was unable to be lit. Hopefully it really works this time.
Further reduced the intensity of the explosive spore visual effect to hopefully fix crashes related to explosions. Please tell us if this still happens.
Fixed an issue where the screen could turn black permanently if revived while swapping spectate targets.
Fixed an issue where the chain launcher would sometimes spawn as a broken version that didn't launch a chain when used.
Fixed an issue where being fed an item by a friend would instead count as them eating it for achievement purposes. (Affected Mycology, Forager, and Gourmand badges)
Fixed an issue where, rarely, achievements might fail to trigger for no apparent reason.
The Gourmand badge now properly requires the items to be cooked first before eating. Be careful!

MINOR FIXES:
Removed access to the cinematic camera we use for recording trailers. Oops.
Fixed an issue where the guidebook wouldn't disappear on your back in first-person if you put it in a backpack.
Fixed an issue where your weight on the stamina bar didn't update after placing a piton while climbing.
Fixed an issue where your controls could get soft-locked if a held Rope Spool was incinerated by lava while you tried to tie it off.
PUSH-TO-TALK has been added to the Controls page so you can know what it is on gamepad.
Weight will now properly update when dropping all your items after passing out.

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Patch v1.10.a

Hey guys! Totally normal update to the game. Nothing to see here. Although I will mention that Polish and Turkish translations are in!!

Issues on our radar
We know some folks are experiencing issues with the game that this patch doesn't solve. Our ability to fix them heavily depends on our ability to reproduce them on our end, so detailed bug reports that include your hardware specs and graphics API are super useful. Your continued patience is appreciated <3

Below are just some of the issues we know about and we're working to solve:

• Ongoing issues with the backpack. We've resolved some of the weird edge cases but seems like we haven't caught them all. For now, try not to stand too close to a wall while dropping it.
• Alt-tabbing crashes the game. For now, default to Windowed Fullscreen instead of Exclusive Fullscreen.
• Microphone issues.
• Disconnect and rejoin issues.
• General performance issues.

Patch Notes

FEATURES:
Added cannibalism.

OPTIONS:
Polish and Turkish translations are in!
New Setting: "Climbing Extra Field Of View". This lets you adjust how the FOV changes while climbing.
New Setting: PUSH TO MUTE. This works the opposite way of "Push To Talk." No more having to listen to your streamer friend talk to chat.
Settings that were previously hidden outside of the Main Menu will now show up but be disabled. Hopefully this reduces some confusion!

BALANCE CHANGES:
Fixed an issue where Trail Mix, Granola Bar, Medicinal Root, and Airline Food would not give extra hunger reduction after cooked.
Fixed an issue where cooking something Well-Done and then stashing it would remove the buffs. For reference, the intended behavior is that Well-Done items give the same bonus as Cooked items. It's your warning before it burns :)
Remedy Fungus now also cures poison in addition to injury, because it seems like it would.

MAJOR FIXES:
We have a temporary solution to the FALL DAMAGE BUG where you would take a signifcant amount of fall damage when falling a short distance, often from spamming the climb and lunge buttons. A more comprehensive improvement will come in a later patch. Let us know if you still see any weird fall damage behavior!

THE NAPBERRY PLANT IS TEMPORARILY DISABLED. Some folks were having issues with lag and crashes due to our implementation of the Napberry Plant. Trust me its a weird one. While we work on a better implementation asap, the Napberry Plant won't show up in the level.

Performance at the PEAK is greatly improved. It was the dang wildflowers.

Fixed an issue where an item would get stuck in your "Hands" Item Slot. This issue happens when the server can't keep up with items that are swapped too rapidly, so a tiny delay has been added after swapping items before you're able to pick up a new item.

MINOR FIXES:
You can no longer get the Bookworm Badge by simply reading the final page without the others.
Fixed an issue where reading the guidebook pages out of order could result in inconsistent stat tracking for the Bookworm Badge.
Removed an un-spatialized sound effect that would play when players landed from a fall.
Fixed an issue where Ticks counted as berries toward the Foraging Badge, lol.
Fixed an issue where an item in the temporary slot would display the wrong amount of Cooked.
Fixed an issue where eating a Scorchberry wouldn't contribute toward the Forager Badge,
Fixed an issue where getting an Anti-Rope Cannon wouldn't get you the Esoterica Badge.
You can no longer obtain progress achievements (such as Beachcomber Badge) while you are a ghost. Reaching a new area while alive should grant you achievements for all the areas completed that run.

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Patch v1.11.a

**Glad you guys are enjoying eating each-other! Admittedly, it's a BIT much so now that you've all had your fun we're introducing some changes to cannibalism to just make it a little less crazy.

There's also a couple nice fixes for performance and crashes, and fall damage adjustments!**

Patch Notes

OPTIONS

Added an option called “ENABLE CANNIBALISM” which is on by default. For folks who don’t want to engage with this mechanic, simply turn it off at the Main Menu. By turning it off, you will no longer see other players become chickens or be able to eat them, and other players will not be allowed to see you as a chicken or eat you.

BALANCE

Improved fall damage calculation while sliding to be more forgiving.
Players will now become cannibals at 70% Hunger instead of 60%.
Players will now take 10% Curse status upon cannibalising, up from 5%.

FIXES

Fixed an issue where players would experience reduced performance ever since the last patch. It’s because the chicken model was always active on your body, just invisible…I'm a bad programmer sometimes ok?
Potential fix to the crashes some players would experience when halfway up the volcano, and improved performance for those who don't crash!

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PATCH NOTES v1.20.a

**FEATURES **
Added a new biome that replaces the Alpine: the MESA. ***The MESA will be present in every run for the next week - after which future maps will rotate randomly between the Mesa and Alpine. ***
10 new badges to collect!
New cosmetics as rewards for badges!
Several new items were added! (And a couple more we won’t tell you about!):

Balloons
Scout Cannon
Parasol
Sunscreen
Aloe Vera
Dynamite
There may be a surprise waiting for you in The Kiln…

**OPTIONS **
There is now a “Bug Phobia Mode” option for players who don’t want to see arachnids and other creepy crawlies because, you guessed it, the Mesa has some of those.
The Settings menu is now navigable via controller. Finally!

BALANCE
The fog rises slightly slower in the Tropics.
The Heat status will now decay faster, but it will take a bit longer to start decaying, and the hot rocks in the Caldera will inflict more Heat on you.

BUGFIXES
Improved performance across the board on the mountain.
Fixed an issue where players could teleport after a rusty piton they were hanging onto breaks.
Fixed players sometimes obtaining the Naturalist Badge despite eating packaged food.
Prevented players from interacting with their backpack while passed out.
Adjusted luggage collision to prevent players from getting their legs stuck in it
Fixed an issue where the Bugle of Friendship would still play its audio and visual effects when out of juice.
Fixed an issue where biome-specific loot could sometimes show up in luggage in the wrong biome.

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PATCH 1.22.a

FIXES

Fixed “Strange Gem” not having the correct name

Fixed issue where dynamite would not explode if placed in a backpack

Fixed issue where dynamite explosion caused performance issues

Fixed issue where if the hosting player was dead, new backpacks would sometimes de-spawn when lighting campfires

Fixed issue where 24 Karat badge would not trigger correctly

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Hey scouts! We’re hearing you loud and clear:

The MESA is really hard.

Part of us says….good. suffer. But it does seem like it’s a bit unfair sometimes, so this patch is to adjust balance and fix bugs that are causing that!

PATCH 1.23.a NOTES:

IMPORTANT:
The lava rising in THE KILN has an issue where it is desynced across players. We've disabled this feature until we find a solution!

We are investigating the issue where some player’s screens turn green-tinted or black. If you have info on this, please let us know!

BALANCE:
Tumbleweed damage and knockback has been made more consistent.
Tumbleweeds now deal Thorns damage instead of Injury.
Dynamite now spawns in luggage slightly less often.
Scorpions will now deal less Poison damage depending on how close you already are to passing out.
Scorpions will now require line-of-sight to aggro you.
Tumbleweed damage and knockback now scales with the size of the tumbleweed.
Weight of [REDACTED] reduced.
Added 3 more seconds of fall damage prevention when shooting from the Scout Cannon.
Dynamite will no longer damage you through walls.
Reduced scorpion aggro radius and movement speed slightly.

MAJOR FIXES:
Performance has been improved in the MESA.
Fixed an issue where MESA-specific items wouldn’t spawn until the end of the MESA.
Fixed an issue where The Fog would continue to rise in the Caldera onwards.
Fixed Scout eye-look not working.
Fixed an issue where 24 Karat badge would not trigger
Fixed an issue where settings dropdown wouldn't show up in Korean
Fixed an issue where if the hosting player was dead, sometimes the new backpack would de-spawn when lighting the campfire.
Fixed an issue where the Ultimate Badge couldn’t be completed.

MINOR FIXES:
Fixed an issue where the fog wall behind you at the top of the TROPICS was misaligned.
Eating a cooked scorpion will now properly restore your hunger.
Fixed an issue where tumbleweeds wouldn’t spawn.
Bug Phobia mode now affects the Antlion’s sounds as well.
Fixed an issue where the fog walls in THE KILN were misaligned.
Fixed an issue where Balloon Bunch prompted "use on #TARGETCHAR"

[pearl trench]

Hotfix 1.23.b is out to solve the green/black screen issue!

[halcyon lake]

Patch 1.24.a out now!

The Alpine has been re-added to the rotation. That's it!

Expect more fixes later this week!

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Hey scouts!!

Back with another bugfix patch, this time to mainly address non-functional achievements.

DECK VERIFIED!!!

Finally.....the game is good on Steam Deck.

Deck players will know it's been good for a while! The Mesa Update added the last of controller support needed and with this patch we've added some text adjustments needed to get the Verified badge.

PATCH NOTES 1.25.a

OPTIONS:
There is now a setting to disable "The Looker."

BALANCE:
The Cure-All now cures some Thorns.

You can no longer put the Beehive or a lit Flare in the Backpack.

The hot rocks in THE KILN now properly deal more damage to you if you’re touching them directly.

You now climb the Magic Beanstalk twice as fast to make it more useful when placed vertically.

MAJOR FIXES:
The Plunderer, Clutch, and First Aid Badges should now work as intended.

The Cool Cucumber Badge should now be more consistently obtainable.

Made fog walls taller so you can't shoot over them to win the game in a minute with the Scout Cannon exploit. A lot of you asked us not to change the Scout Cannon but no promises were made about the map, 🙂

Actually fixed the issue where biome-specific items such as the Dynamite and Heat Pack could show up in the CALDERA onwards.

Fixed an issue with the Scout Cannon’s colliders that would cause players to get stuck.

Optimized performance of the MESA, specifically by culling scorpion behavior and visuals past a certain distance.

MINOR FIXES:
Fixed an issue where a gap would appear sometimes in the MESA floor.

Fixed an issue where “The Looker” would not work properly sometimes, and made it a much more rare occurrence.

Fixed an issue where you could see your own body in the Airport and cosmetics wouldn't work properly if another player was using mods that you weren’t.

Bees now properly display their Bug Phobia Mode texture (I wonder what it could bee….)

Fixed an issue where bee SFX would not be affected by SFX volume.

Fixed an issue where SFX for taking Thorns damage was missing.

Fixed an issue where “use on #targetchar” would appear in the UI when holding a balloon.

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Patch Notes:

The map is forced to MESA until further notice (later this week)

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Greetings scouts

PATCH 1.27.a

OPTIONS

NEW GRAPHICS SETTING: Texture Quality

This is actually huge. You can now lower the texture quality across the game, which is important for players with low VRAM. This can resolve issues with low framerate, missing graphics, and even crashes. Also it doesn’t even look much worse. Check it out!

NEW GRAPHICS API: DX11

The game can now be launched in DX11 in addition to our DX12 and Vulkan options. For players who have had trouble with our previous two options, give this a try. It might be better, it might be worse. We can’t really confirm which exact configurations of graphics cards this will work better with, but if it can improve it for some of you that’s fantastic!

Render Scale options are now more dramatic, you should see higher performance gains if you play on Medium or Low.

NEW ACCESSIBILITY SETTING: ✨ Photosensitive Mode. ✨
This mode changes the following:

Dynamite, Flare, and Scout Cannon lit fuse effects are less flashy
Screenshake is lessened
Bright lights from the dynamite explosion are disabled.
Fullscreen VFX from taking various sources of damage are less intense and more gradual.
Fullscreen VFX from the Energy Drink, Lollipop, and Heat Pack are less intense.

FEATURES
You can now change your sash in the Passport to any you’ve unlocked via ascents.

MAPS
The ALPINE and the MESA will now alternate every other day. When we patch and rotate the maps, you might still see two in a row. Keep in mind that if-and-when we add new replacement biomes, we’ll have to update this with a more sophisticated randomizer.
A secret entrance in the MESA is now open 50% of the time instead of 25%. Feels fair considering the MESA itself is now open 50% of the time as well.
The Lava Rises again in THE KILN. Admittedly, we didn't fix the issue with it--but since we weren't able to reproduce the issue on our end, we figured it would be helpful to put it back up and get more reports in. If the lava becomes desynced for you, please send us a video or logs!

BALANCE
Wait time until the lava rises increased by 1 minute.
The time for the lava to reach the top once it starts is increased by 3 minutes.

MINOR FIXES
Fixed an issue where you could pocket unpocketable items while climbing.
Replaced bees sounds in Bug Phobia Mode.
Fog walls raised in height again because apparently you could still do Cannon exploit if you did it just right.

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Patch 1.28.a

hey sorry about the campfire on the tree yesterday...uhh...wont happen again!

Scouts! We have yet another little update for you. This one adds the much requested Color Blindness Mode as well as some bugfixes and balance.

Meanwhile we're hard at work on the next biome >:) Stay tuned!

NOTE: We are still working on fixing the rare issue where the lava rising gets desynced. We have added better logging to detect this. Logs can be found at C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\LocalLow\LandCrab\PEAK. After a session with this issue, please close the game and send us your log files to [e-mail] or in our bug reports discord!

FEATURES
Color Blindness Mode! This adds patterns to differently-colored berries to further differentiate them.

BALANCE
Reduced the maximum time before the first tornado can spawn.
Slightly increased the minimum time before a tornado can spawn again.
Slightly reduced the commonness of the "Tornado Hell" biome variant,
It is now wayyy less likely that the maze is blocked after entering the TOMB.
Nest Eggs now weigh more to match the weight of the Egg inside.

MAJOR FIXES
Fixed an issue where players would be unable to obtain the Endurance Badge!
Fixed an issue where The Scoutmaster couldn't climb walls. This went unnoticed for a while because he can jump pretty high, but now he should be even scarier.
Fixed an issue where Scrolls and Berrynanas and other objects that change form when used would drop the new item instead of putting it in your hands.
Fixed a potential issue where playing a vanilla game after previously having visual mods installed (or playing with a modded player while not having their same mods installed) could cause a variety of visual and functionality issues. This could include, but was not limited to, players permanently showing up as a default skin in the endgame screen even if not wearing modded cosmetics, as well as the endgame report breaking entirely and preventing certain achievements from being obtained.
Fixed an issue where, rarely, getting caught in a tornado would cause the game to freeze on the loading screen upon failing a run.
We gave the backpack new physics that should prevent more cases where people would lose their backpack.

MINOR FIXES
Fixed an issue where the Magic Bugle and Scoutmaster's Bugle play at a strangely low volume. (its not too loud now I promise)
The Guidebook renders at a higher resolution if you set the Render Scale to low.
Fixed an issue where placing a Scout Cannon atop a jellyfish could cause a softlock.
A missing treetop has been added to a branch on the giant tree.
Removed the annoying flicker on the end game countdown.
Removed Scoutmaster grain effect in Photosensitive Mode.
Rainbow stamina bar is now slower in Photosensitive Mode.
Fixed an issue where it said "Move" instead of "Interact" on a prompt in the Controls page.

whoops forgor <@&1408257609080901752>

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Maintenance Patch 1.29.a

This is just a quick patch to:

A. Regenerate the maps

Since map generation can't be done at runtime, we have to do this every few weeks until the end of time until we come up with a better solution lmao.

and

B. Re-disabled the lava rising.

Thanks to your reports, we've probably got enough logs to fix the situation soon, so for now we're re-disabling it!

New cool stuff is coming soon so keep your eyes peeled! ok bye <@&1408257609080901752>

[pearl trench]

The DILLYDALLY mini-update 1.30.a <@&1408257609080901752>

OPTIONS

The "Controls" page is now "Rebind Controls" and you can rebind your controls there.
FEATURES
Added Chess to the Airport.
Added Basketball to the Airport.
Added a Photobooth to the Airport
Added Ask Bing Bong Feature.
Added a new badge.
Added two new costumes for completing the new badge.

BALANCE

The Tomb maze is now less likely to be blocked off.

FIXES

It's no longer possible for the Capybara oasis to spawn in walls in the MESA.
It's no longer possible for the Campfire to spawn on a tree at the top of the TROPICS.
It now takes less stamina to let go and regrab the wall at the same or lower position.
Fixed an issue where the main menu played SFX when SFX was muted.
Being passed out from Thorns now will not cause the death timer to decay at a faster rate.
Fixed an issue where a large piece of wall would sometimes be visible in the Airport mirror.

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Patch 1.31.a

<@&1408257609080901752> - OK WE'RE SO BACK

Keybinding improvements + Lava's back in a big way.

Hey Scouts! Just a normal little patch today for you guys. In addition to bugfixes we've re-enabled lava rising and made a few improvements to rebindable controls.

Also it's been hilarious seeing all your posts on socials playing the new update!! Keep on dilly dallying!!!

PATCH NOTES

FEATURES:
Re-enabled Lava rising in The Kiln. If it still doesn't work that's really embarrassing for us. But we put it on the beta branch and you guys didn't say it was broken so it'll be embarrassing for you too!!

SETTINGS
Added a "Jump to Grab Wall" option in General Settings that is on by default. Currently when you're midair you can press Jump to grab the wall in addition to the Climb button. Some players expressed not loving it so we're adding an option to disable it.

You can now rebind to the Enter, Caps Lock, and Backspace keys.

The Tab key is now properly bound to Stash Item and can be rebinded (rebound? idk).

LEGENDARY FIXES
The Basketball hoop will now count it as a bucket and play the corresponding effects even if you shoot an item that isn't a basketball.

MAJOR FIXES
The photobooth camera now turns off when you're not near the booth to save on performance.

Additionally, the finished photo will not show up on your screen if you're not in the booth when it develops.

Fixed an issue where the "RESTORE DEFAULTS" button in the Rebind Controls page did not persist controls changes after a game restart.

MINOR FIXES
Fixed an issue where debug code would be displayed instead of the input glyphs to tab in the Settings screen.

Bing Bong in the airport now properly prompts you to Ask.

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SERVER OUTAGE IS FIXED LETS GOOOOOOOOOO <@&1408257609080901752>

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Maintenance Patch 1.33.a

This build resolves the Unity security issue that you may have heard about where Unity recently identified a security vulnerability extending back to games made in Unity 2017 and later.

As of now there have been no known instances of anyone using this vulnerability for nefarious purposes, but we have now patched the game with Unity's fix to this issue, so you can rest easy your game should remain functionally unaffected by this patch!

Also there's newly generated maps.

That's all <@&1408257609080901752> !

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Maintenance Patch 1.34.a

• added new generated maps!

-# also cool stuff coming soon i swear - the biome is looking HYPE

<@&1408257609080901752>

[pearl trench]

ROOTS PATCH NOTES 1.40.a

MAJOR FEATURES

🍄 Added a new biome: the ROOTS.
🍄 11 new badges to earn, each with associated cosmetics to unlock as rewards!

New Roots-specific Items:

Shroomberries - Each color of Shroomberry gives a random effect, which cycles out every day alongside the map. The best way to find out what they do is to try one! (Or feed one to an unsuspecting friend)
Fortified Milk
Cloud Fungus
Bounce Fungus
...And some more we won't tell you about!

New items that can spawn in every biome:

Rescue Claw
🏁 Checkpoint Flag
☠️ Book of Bones (new mystical item!!)

Cooking Overhaul
8 NEW EMOTES!!!

MINOR FEATURES

Players can now join a game or be invited without first having the game open, provided Steam is open.
The divorce court has allowed Bing Bong to visit his kids on weekends. <@&1408257609080901752>

BUG FIXES

Players can no longer point at stuff (ping) while unconscious
Fixed an issue where status over time (hunger, poison, etc) could result in the stamina bar being visually full of status, but the player would not pass out.
Extra stamina will now reset to 0 when a scout is killed.
Fixed an issue where a reconnecting player could spawn with a different player's statuses/inventory.
The game will end properly if all living players disconnect, leaving only dead ones behind.
Fixed an issue causing items with limited uses to spontaneously regain all their uses sometimes.
Improved the interaction highlight on several items where it was missing or partially missing.
Updated a number of badge illustrations lightly for readability.
The Napberry Plant spawns again in the Alpine!

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Quick Hotfix 1.41.a is now live <@&1408257609080901752>

MAJOR FIXES

• Fixed a localization issue that caused text to display improperly on some items. (Guidebook and some others)

MINOR FIXES

• Fixed blush kissing on characters.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Increased the amount of Curse obtained by turning into a skeleton.

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Hotfix 1.42.a (Zombie Nerf)

ALRIGHT, what a day. Hope you've been enjoying the ROOTS! <@&1408257609080901752>

We'll be continuing to balance things during the coming days, but the big immediate thing on our radar is tweaking the zombies' stats. We want them to feel properly terrifying for, well, a zombie, but they're clearly feeling like too much of a constant run-ender in the area and deserve to be nerfed a bit and show up significantly less often.

But to those being mean, yes, we did playtest the zombies. I guess the playtesters were just too good at the game

Balance Changes

• Removed zombies entirely from Tenderfoot difficulty.
• Significantly reduced the number of zombie spawn points on the map.
• Slightly reduced zombie walk and sprint speed.
• Increased the amount of time a zombie will take to recover after a lunge.
• Reduced the radius at which a sleeping zombie will wake up and begin chasing the player.
• Reduced the distance at which a zombie will go from a walk to a sprint.
• BUT, zombies will now attack skeletonized players. Good luck!

Minor Fixes

• Fixed faulty text on the Applied Esoterica Badge.

Thanks for the feedback and bug reports! We'll keep looking into them once we've had some sleep - GOOD LUCK SCOUTS!

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Patch 1.43.a

Hey scouts! <@&1408257609080901752> Another round of small changes and fixes. We're continuing to look at feedback and bug reports for the ROOTS update so keep it coming and have a fantastic, zombie-filled weekend!

BALANCE CHANGES

• If scouts have been infected by enough spores, your death timer still decays when carried. So, they can now turn into zombies while being carried by another scout!! Good luck!!

• Added a tell on the Death Bar for knowing when a player has enough spores to become a zombie,

• Zombies will now recalculate their aggro target and begin chasing the closest player every ~10 seconds.

MAJOR FIXES

• Fixed a bug where throwing a Cursed Skull in the lava would crash the game.

• Fixed missing root collision on redwood stumps.

• Fixed an issue where you would jump unnaturally high on mushrooms if falling with a parasol,

• Player-specific audio sliders will now properly save their settings after a player disconnects and reconnects.

• Fixed an issue where a player's zombie could bite you on the first frame they turned into a zombie.,

• Re-allowed the Scout Cannon Glitch but only with the backpack.

Look, let's talk about this. We removed the glitch and you know why? It was never really a glitch. Cannons are supposed to shoot items with a force of 30. For some reason we typed in 5000 instead. It was literally just shooting them at Mach 10 for no reason. As a game developer it would hurt me not to just fix that. But hey we're reasonable. We know you want to skip the whole level for some reason. Great. This is our compromise. Only the backpack will still shoot with a velocity of 5000. Let's never speak of this again.

MINOR FIXES

• The Cursed Skull and Book of Bones ambient sfx are now muted when in the backpack.

• Fixed a typo in the description of Applied Esoterica Badge.

• Fixed Mandrake scream volume not being affected by the SFX slider,

• Fixed rare cases where the Mandrake wouldn't stop screaming even when far away.

• Fixed an issue where the extra stamina bar wouldn't update if you only had a sliver of extra stamina remaining

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PATCH 1.44.a

Hey Scouts! The Roots weeks are almost over, and soon Tropics will be back in rotation from November 17th pst! In the meantime, we've got a big variety of bugfixes and optimizations for ya:

BALANCE/GAMEPLAY CHANGES

• The death timer now still ticks down even when carried by another scout if you have enough spores to become a zombie. Good luck...
• We're buffing the Scout Cannon!

Scout Cannons can launch zombies now.
Scout Cannon weight reduced 6 -> 4
Scout Cannon forced ragdoll time reduced 2-> 1
Made the Scout Cannon slightly easier to jump out of.

• You will now be able to walk in the Caldera lava if you are invincible.
• Removed the ability to fly if you have the wind walking ability from a Shroomberry and one balloon. You now need at least three balloons.
• Lava will no longer cook items that are being held in your hands. (This was getting a little too crazy now that several more items blow up when cooked)

MAJOR FIXES

• ‼️ Okay, so this is pretty embarrassing. Turns out, gamepad sensitivity has been dependent on user framerate since we originally launched the game. (Remember how this was a game jam...?) That's fixed now, but because of that, If you play on gamepad, there's a good chance your look sensitivity will have changed when you next open the game and you'll need to tweak it a bit.
• Removed the prompts to swap your spectate target if your character is unconscious but not fully dead.
• Fixed visual issues relating to using the Book of Bones with the Third Eye accessory equipped.
  -Fixed visual issues on the player ghost when the Third Eye accessory is equipped.
• The Checkpoint Flag now respawns scouts slightly above the ground to reduce clipping/physics issues upon respawning.
• Fixed an issue where zombie footsteps would play from the wrong position.
• Fixed an issue caused by the cooking update where dynamite would create two explosions.

MINOR FIXES
-Fixed an issue where scouts in a ragdoll state would bounce off mushrooms way too high.

• Fixed an issue where the campfires would no longer burn players.
• Fixed shroomberries spawning on the wrong side of the vine.
• Fixed players not being able to grab a piton while hanging from a vine.
• Fixed an issue where holding the Ancient Idol while having thorns stuck on you could cause erratic stuff to happen to your status bar.
• Fixed an issue where a spawn point could spawn a zombie more than once if an old one died, resulting in some comedic infinite spawns if the spawned zombie ragdolled off a cliff.
• Fixed an issue where a frisbee that landed in the water would still be considered "in flight" for purposes of the Ultimate Badge.
• The Emote wheel can no longer be accessed as a ghost.
• Fixed an issue where you would take increased fall damage if your wind walking from a Shroomberry expired while in midair.
• Dynamite explosions slightly more optimized.
• Added a failsafe to ropes being destroyed while they were being climbed (in rare situations).

OTHER THINGS

• PlayerHandler.OnCharacterRegistered event re-instated (modders will know what this means)

whoops <@&1408257609080901752>

I FORGOR OK

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Patch 1.45.a

The biome you guys love to hate, the TROPICS, is back in the rotation!! <@&1408257609080901752>

Or do we all forgive the TROPICS now that ROOTS is out? lol...

FEATURES

• The Tropics are back in the rotation. We now have a new map rotation algorithm instead of just swapping between MESA and ALPINE every other day:
• The map cannot be the same exact configuration two days in a row.
• You will never see the same biome three days in a row.
• The Roots now has biome variants. You know how sometimes the tropics is freaky and full of more bombs than usual? We did a pass like that to the Roots.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Fortified Milk has gone from an Uncommon to a Rare loot.
• Beetles knock you slightly less far and put you in ragdoll state for less time, making it less likely they stunlock you.

BUGFIXES

• Fixed an issue where players could still become zombies in Tenderfoot, despite zombies not spawning in the world.
• Thickened giant mushroom colliders to make it less likely to get stuck in them when falling from a great height

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grabs gun

Tropics is cursed

ABOVE PATCH IS REVERTED FOR NOW!

We'll fix the tropics clipping issues real quick then put it back up 🫡

[dry knot]

PATCH 1.45.a IS BACK UP! Give it a moment to reach you on Steam

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Patch 1.47.a

Time for the biweekly maintenance patch, updating the game with new maps to climb! Additionally, some small bugfixes.

As per usual please let us know if something's fishy. Patch notes are below! <@&1408257609080901752>

MAJOR FIXES

• Players playing in Offline Mode will now most likely get the same map rotation as they would if they were playing online (based on their local system clock)
• Quitting from the pause menu during end-game credits will no longer break your game.
• Fixed an issue where unpocketable items (Mandrakes, Scorpions, etc) could be pocketed while climbing under certain circumstances.
• Fixed an issue where pressing the Sprint input on controller while sprinting would not end the sprint.

MINOR FIXES

• Fixed an issue where cooking Fortified Milk multiple times without putting it away would continue to stack the amount of invincibility it gave you.
• Fixed an issue where lava pools would not damage you unless you were over halfway submerged in them (careful!)
• Fixed an issue where certain weather conditions (Rain, Snowstorm) could cause the player to regenerate stamina while holding still on a wall.

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HEY <@&1408257609080901752>

Just a routine bugfix patch la-di-da nothing to see here.

PATCH 1.48.a

FIXES:

• Climbing on vines and chains should do less Weird Stuff if the game lags

For a long time we've had an issue where, on rare occasion, a chain launcher could fire a chain that was so buggy that it would crash entire runs. We've dragged our feet on a fix for this because unfortunately neither us nor our QA team have been able to reproduce the issue. This patch introduces a bunch of refactor work to the chains and vines that we THINK will fix the bug, but if it still happens to you, please reach out at [e-mail] or on discord.

This also makes vine/chain climbing framerate-independent, because we realized it wasn't. That means this WHOLE time, the speed at which you climbed chains and vines was dependent on your FPS. This is a cardinal sin for any game developer and very embarrassing for us. points at sign reminding that this whole game was originally a 1 month game jam

You may notice that you go really fast on the vines, we hope to balance it better but just wanted to get this fix out!

• The "rope storage" exploit has been brought back. Real PEAK heads will know what this means. Sorry, sometimes we just see a bug and we fix it, and then only after the fact realize the community wants us to leave it in. In this case, we're happy to! See? We listen!!

• The Statue has been added to the Shore.

OKAY BYE

[pearl trench]

Patch 1.49.a

Added BBNO$ concert to The Shore

<@&1408257609080901752>

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PATCH NOTES 1.50.a

FEATURES

• Winter Map!!! (ok I know this is the most live-service game thing to do ever but I am so serious this is not a live-service game)

HUGE FIXES

• The airport and most of the mountain should no longer disappear when using DirectX12 with an integrated graphics card.

MAJOR FIXES

• Beetles and scorpions will no longer attempt to DDoS non-host players by sending 1 million data over the network.
• Dynamite should be less likely to blow up a player's entire computer when it goes off.
• Fixed a bug where controller players' inventory would sometimes be unresponsive after dropping an item.
• Beetles shouldn't be able to stunlock and juggle a single player any more.
• Players on Geforce NOW should be able to join other Geforce NOW players' games. (probably. please help us confirm this)

MINOR FIXES

• Fixed bug where players were going 1/2 speed on Chain Launcher chains.
• The Ancient Luggage no longer one-shots you if you're a skeleton from the Book of Bones.

<@&1408257609080901752>

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Small Patch 1.51.a

Some small last-second fixes before we sign off for real!

PATCH NOTES

• Removed an exploit that would allow malicious players to force disconnect everyone in a game

• Handled some edge cases where items would get stuck in a player's hands

• Fixed issue where players would sometimes time out when loading the next biome

• Snowballs should be slightly less glitchy

• Blocked scouts from being able to leave Kiln tunnel after the campfire is lit (and getting stuck on the wrong side of an invisible wall)

Whoops <@&1408257609080901752> i am good at my job

[pearl trench]

Patch notes 1.52.a

Removed the holiday event changes (except snow piles which can still be found in Alpine)
Added more maps into the rotation

[pearl trench]

1.53.a Patch Notes

Player Kicking

Hosts will now see a little boot next to each audio slider in the pause menu. Clicking this boot will remove the indicated player from the current game. Kicked players will not be able to re-join a game they have been kicked from. The only way to "un-kick" a player is to start a new game from the main menu. Banlists reset every time a new game session starts

Mid-run Connect/Reconnect Overhaul

If a player connects to a game in a state that would normally cause them to spawn as a ghost, we now check if the scouts already in the game are close to a campfire with a used scout statue. If the scout statue was used to revive other scouts, the connecting player will get revived as well

Scouts should be less likely to spawn/revive with a broken ragdoll.

Reviving players will no longer send a bunch of network spam while respawning

Players connecting at the final campfire should no longer get stuck behind the fog wall

Misc. Fixes

Scorpions will stop stinging you immediately when picked up. You once again have enough time to throw them before they sting

Some players with newer Radeon graphics cards should get slightly better framerates

Players can no longer use rich text tags in their names to annoy their friends

Scouts can once again roll snowballs to make them bigger in Alpine

Fixed a bug which was making it unnecessarily difficult to adjust mic levels in the pause menu with a controller

The game now asks you "Are you sure?" if you hit Leave Game on the pause menu.

Modder Fixes

Restored CharacterAfflictions.RPC_ApplyStatusesFromFloatArray (only the host may send this)

It is no longer possible to set yourself as host from within a mod

<@&1408257609080901752>

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Heya scouts! Here's the biweekly patch adding more maps into rotation (that's why the patch is so big, they're full of maps, so stop asking). We also tightened up the lobby security and fixed the invisible player issue etc!

As we mentioned in our holiday post, it will take a while between bigger updates. The next one we're working on right now focuses on some requested features, but there won't be another biome until later this year

Enjoy <@&1408257609080901752> !

1.54.a Patch Notes

Added:

• More generated maps for the map rotation

Fixes:

• Fixed some broken idle animations
• Tightened up lobby security so players who shouldn't be in there get kicked faster
• Fixed some cases where the scout report does Weird Stuff
• Fixed the issue where the lobby host would sometimes be invisible to players with slow computers
• Modder Notes
• PEAK has been updated to build off of Unity 6.0.62f1

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Hello Scouts, HUGE <@&1408257609080901752> ....

PATCH 1.54.b

• fixed the wizard hat, it's no longer invisible.

[dry knot]

hey scouts!!! tiny patch today but we'll likely have a bug fix patch later this week.

maintenance patch 1.54.c

• added a new batch of maps

BYE

[pearl trench]

Patch Notes 1.60.a

Added:

Custom Runs
Mini Runs
Campfire Autosaves
Chill Campfires
Zombie Phobia Mode

Bugfixes and Balance

Achievements that need to be done in a single run will now maintain their progress if a player disconnects/reconnects (such as Gourmand or Mycology badges)
Fixed a long-standing issue where interacting with a rope shooter's rope immediately after it was fired could cause a division by zero, causing chaotic behaviour, including locking the player's controls or sending them to the void.
Fixed issue where sometimes scouts would not revive when reconnecting in cases where they should have.
Made the endgame scout report work properly after disconnecting and reconnecting to a game.
Audio sliders and kick button will now show up immediately when a new player joins without needing to re-open the menu.
Scouts that were skeletons when they disconnected will still be skeletons when they reconnect.
Fixed a bug where Player 3 and Player 4 would spawn in the same location.
Rescue Hook now doesn't put you in a ragdolled state for as long, making it easier to use.

<@&1408257609080901752>

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1.60.c Patch Notes

Fixed several scenarios where players could end up with mismatched custom run settings (such as joining a run for the first time after the run had already started).

Fixed an issue where the Accolades menu would display the wrong Sash color and Scout Rank

Fixed an issue where the Continue Run button could not be selected on controller

Toned down the brightness of the pre-splash logo sequence.

Expanded Kick functionality...

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Patch 1.60.D (Friendship Restored)

Sorry about that, everyone! I don't know what came over me. I forgot Rule 0 for a moment and thought it was acceptable to kick your friends off a cliff to their death. Let's move it to the Custom Run menu and forget this ever happened.

• Moved the new "Kick" feature to the "Stupid Stuff" section in Custom Runs.

• Added the ability to turn off Scorpions in Custom Runs. Not sure how we missed that one.

• Fixed an issue where the new "chill campfires" would not properly prevent the lava from rising in The Kiln.

• Fixed an issue where the completed Ascent (as well as the player's highest completed Ascent) could display the wrong value and/or sash color.

• Marshmallows will no longer spawn at the start of a Mini Run.

<@&1408257609080901752>

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Hey Scouts! Got some patches that should help with stability and commonly reported bugs.

Patch Notes 1.61.a:

• Campfire saves will now correctly save the state of spawned items around the campfire, such as marshmallows.

NOTE: This refers to items that spawned there naturally! Restoring the state of items that have been dropped on the ground by players is NOT part of this feature! Make sure everything you need is in your pockets before disconnecting!

• Fixed some cases where the scout report would draw off-screen

• Scout report now plays back at constant speed regardless of how long a run took

• Fixed an issue where loading a campfire save could give you certain unearned badges related to previous biomes (such as the Tread Lightly Badge

• Made some performance improvements related to disabling unneeded code when items are inert on the ground

• Fixed bug where Ascent 5+ players loading from save or connecting to an ongoing run would get cold in the Caldera

• We had to make some structural changes to the campfire saves, so your old save is gonna get deleted when you first launch this update. Sorry about that! Ideally this will happen less in the future outside of major updates.

Enjoy! <@&1408257609080901752>

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patch 1.61.b

• Night will once again be cold in Ascent 5+ and on custom runs when the setting is active
• Players that disconnect in Caldera and reconnect in the Kiln will come back dead unless the revive statue was used to revive other scouts
• Guidebook pages will no longer spawn in custom runs
• Progress towards multi-run achievements won't accumulate in Custom Runs (where all achievements are supposed to be disabled)
• Fixed a case where reconnecting players would fail to spawn their scout
• Campfires' lit status will now sync when a player joins after a campfire is lit but before it burnt out
• Fixed a major issue with ropes that was causing the game to hitch if many ropes were placed in the same biome
• Fixed some cases where items were not cooking in lava when they should
• Fixed a case where the Mycoacrobatics Badge would calculate your height wrong after multiple bounces
• Fixed a case where falling but taking 0 damage could still invalidate the Balloon Badge requirements
• Fixed the SHORE title card not showing up when starting a new run

sometimes patches take a moment to reach your steam. Give it a sec!

<@&1408257609080901752>