For 3 nights this weekend (Fri, Sat, & Sun), we’ll be holding a one-off 2-hour event separately on the US and Europe servers. The event will happen a total of 6 times, once each evening at 6-8pm CET time on a Europe-based server, and once each evening at 6-8pm PST on a North America-based server.
This will be an exciting sprint to see who can get the most kills in 2 hours. You’ll be starting each evening with the following items:
Starting Inventory:
Crafting Bench
Building Core
bandages x 50
light ammo x 500
AR TAR-1A
Stone x 300
Bolts x 300
Once you’ve built a basic shelter, you’ll want to head to the Alpha region to pick up your own proto-juggernaut(like in the Delta Plant) that we’ve spawned near a couple of the Alpha-Region hyena and orbis bases.
Or!
You can search the map for one of the 10 special chests we’ve prepared. Getting one of these chests will definitely help you get a few more kills.
In each chest is the following:
1 Legendary Gun
2 Legendary pieces of armor
1 Legendary protocol
You’ll be ready to raid bases sooner than you’d expect! We’ve adjusted the following settings to make gathering and looting faster:
Gathering Rate: 7x Housing Damage: 10x
When is it? 🕒
April 15 - April 17 (3 days: Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
America Server 6 pm - 8 pm Pacific Time (9 pm - 11 pm Eastern Time)
Europe Server 6 pm - 8 pm CET
Rewards 🏆
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BLITZ EVENT Friday Streaming
We’re opening a one-off event server!
For 3 nights this weekend (Fri, Sat, & Sun), we’ll be holding a one-off 2-hour event separately on the US and Europe servers. The event will happen a total of 6 times, once each evening at 6-8pm CET time on a Europe-based server, and once each evening at 6-8pm PST on a North America-based server.
This will be an exciting sprint to see who can get the most kills in 2 hours. You’ll be starting each evening with the following items:
Starting Inventory:
Crafting Bench
Building Core
bandages x 50
light ammo x 500
AR TAR-1A
Stone x 300
Bolts x 300
Once you’ve built a basic shelter, you’ll want to head to the Alpha region to pick up your own proto-juggernaut(like in the Delta Plant) that we’ve spawned near a couple of the Alpha-Region hyena and orbis bases.
Or!
You can search the map for one of the 10 special chests we’ve prepared. Getting one of these chests will definitely help you get a few more kills.
In each chest is the following:
1 Legendary Gun
2 Legendary pieces of armor
1 Legendary protocol
You’ll be ready to raid bases sooner than you’d expect! We’ve adjusted the following settings to make gathering and looting faster:
Gathering Rate: 7x Housing Damage: 10x
When is it? 🕒
April 15 - April 17 (3 days: Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
America Server 6 pm - 8 pm Pacific Time (9 pm - 11 pm Eastern Time)
Europe Server 6 pm - 8 pm CET
Rewards 🏆
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Patch 0.3.1
Greetings from Orbis!
We’re back this week with our 0.3.1 patch! A lot of this patch is trying to fix the bugs you all found over the weekend. 🙏 We’re also adding bits of code to prepare for this weekend’s special server event! Blitz Mode is going to be an exciting time for everyone involved, so be sure to follow the link in the Blitz Mode section below to learn all about it.
This will be a fast-paced, 2-hour race to see who can rank the highest! We’ll be placing proto-juggernauts around the map, and hiding special chests with legendary loot. We’re also changing the game rules to make looting much faster so people aren’t caught hoarding items. Don’t miss this chance to enjoy Dysterra in a new and exciting way.
For 3 nights this weekend (Fri, Sat, & Sun), we’ll be holding a one-off 2-hour event separately on the US and Europe servers. The event will happen a total of 6 times, once each evening at 6-8pm CET time on a Europe-based server, and once each evening at 6-8pm PST on a North America-based server.
For those of you participating in the Blitz Mode event, there will be 10 Camo Storage Bags hidden around the map with legendary loot inside..
Each bag will have the following inside:
⚡️ 1 legendary gun
⚡️ 2 legendary pieces of armor
⚡️ 1 legendary protocol
Mining Changes ⛏️
The goal of miners was to reduce your time mining, but it seems we set their initial energy consumption rates too high to make them worth the effort. We halved the rates from 500 to 250, so hopefully they’ll be a much more valuable asset for players.
Added New Mailbox Mail Types 📧
📢 Added Events-type mail to the game code.
📢 Added Patch Rewards-type mail to the game code
Bug Fixes
🐞 Issue fixed where players were falling through the roof when escaping from the underground bunker via the portal.
🐞 Increased the drop rate of bolts from the toolbox and red toolbox.
🔹 Regular toolbox: guaranteed 4 or 8 bolts
🔹 Big red toolbox: guaranteed 8 or 14 bolts
🐞 Fixed intermittent issue where NPCs were not taking damage.
🐞 Issue fixed where the Hyena spot event was not triggering properly.
🐞 Fixed issue where the Hyena Dropship door was not synchronized and appeared closed.
🐞 Fixed bug where players were able to acquire more than three building core permissions.
🐞 Several issues with vaulting were fixed:
🔹 Fixed camera distortion while vaulting.
🔹 Fixed animation issues with the character holding a gun while vaulting.
🔹 Fixed issue where player was unable to exit glide mode if player vaulted while gliding.
🐞 Fixed bug where metal pieces remained in the air when mobs died from an explosion.
🐞 Adjusted Hyena Dropship event:
🔹 Fixed issue where mobs remained alive after the event ended.
🐞 Improved resource spawning to decrease lag.
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BLITZ MODE
We’re opening a one-off event server!
For 3 nights this weekend (Fri, Sat, & Sun), we’ll be holding a one-off 2-hour event separately on the US and Europe servers. The event will happen a total of 6 times, once each evening at 6-8pm CET time on a Europe-based server, and once each evening at 6-8pm PST on a North America-based server.
This will be an exciting sprint to see who can get the most kills in 2 hours. You’ll be starting each evening with the following items:
Starting Inventory:
Crafting Bench
Building Core
bandages x 50
light ammo x 500
AR TAR-1A
Stone x 300
Bolts x 300
Once you’ve built a basic shelter, you’ll want to head to the Alpha region to pick up your own proto-juggernaut(like in the Delta Plant) that we’ve spawned near a couple of the Alpha-Region hyena and orbis bases.
Or!
You can search the map for one of the 10 special chests we’ve prepared. Getting one of these chests will definitely help you get a few more kills.
In each chest is the following:
1 Legendary Gun
2 Legendary pieces of armor
1 Legendary protocol
You’ll be ready to raid bases sooner than you’d expect! We’ve adjusted the following settings to make gathering and looting faster:
Gathering Rate: 7x Housing Damage: 10x
When is it? 🕒
April 15 - April 17 (3 days: Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
America Server 6 pm - 8 pm Pacific Time (9 pm - 11 pm Eastern Time)
Europe Server 6 pm - 8 pm CET
Rewards 🏆
BLITZ MODE EVENT
We’re opening a one-off event server!
For 3 nights this weekend (Fri, Sat, & Sun), we’ll be holding a one-off 2-hour event separately on the US and Europe servers. The event will happen a total of 6 times, once each evening at 6-8pm CET time on a Europe-based server, and once each evening at 6-8pm PST on a North America-based server.
This will be an exciting sprint to see who can get the most kills in 2 hours. You’ll be starting each evening with the following items:
Starting Inventory:
Crafting Bench
Building Core
bandages x 50
light ammo x 500
AR TAR-1A
Stone x 300
Bolts x 300
Once you’ve built a basic shelter, you’ll want to head to the Alpha region to pick up your own proto-juggernaut(like in the Delta Plant) that we’ve spawned near a couple of the Alpha-Region hyena and orbis bases.
Or!
You can search the map for one of the 10 special chests we’ve prepared. Getting one of these chests will definitely help you get a few more kills.
In each chest is the following:
1 Legendary Gun
2 Legendary pieces of armor
1 Legendary protocol
You’ll be ready to raid bases sooner than you’d expect! We’ve adjusted the following settings to make gathering and looting faster:
Gathering Rate: 7x Housing Damage: 10x
When is it? 🕒
April 15 - April 17 (3 days: Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
America Server 6 pm - 8 pm Pacific Time (9 pm - 11 pm Eastern Time)
Europe Server 6 pm - 8 pm CET
Rewards 🏆
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Patch 0.3.0: Forgotten Heritage
Greetings from Orbis!
The Orbis update is finally almost here! We’ve been sweating at the brow to make some great new content for you all.
Our February update was all about the Hyenas, and this one is all about Orbis. You’ll get a new boss, new NPCs, new base parts, and of course some new guns. We’ve also improved radiation recovery speeds to make the game more accessible to new players.
Down below, I’ll talk about what’s going in, and what’s different, but I’m sure you’ll have some questions. Our team is active on Discord, and we’ll be happy to answer any questions you all have about the new content!
So to start:
Not a New Season 📈
I want to make sure everyone is on the same page:
This is not a new season. Rankings will not be reset. This is not a new season. Rankings will not be reset. This is not a new season. Rankings will not be reset.
The Heritage 🛸
It should be obvious to anyone on the servers that there’s a new presence on Ararat Island. This ship is the Heritage. It’s the mothership of a fleet of Orbis supply ships that ferry materials between islands. You can fight your way to the portal that leads inside, and get some nifty new items and materials for upgrading your base, armor, or weapons.
Finding the entrance/portal is up to you. Good luck!
New Orbis Enemies 🤖
The Orbis Heavy Gunner is the key to unlocking a whole new set of recipes! Aim for his weak spots and steal his “core” to craft one the new legendary weapons featured below. He’s waiting for you!
You’ll also find a new type of Orbis robot as well as some Advanced Hacking Crates.
Secure Area: Maintenance Bays 🔒
We’re adding some new secure areas to the game. You can think of them like a toned-down loot room where you can find exclusive items for recipes. There are a few of these secure areas, each with slightly different loot inside, so keep an eye out for maintenance bay keys!
2 New Weapons! 🔫
We’ve got two new great guns in this update: our non-legendary tier rocket launcher (Blue Tier), and a legendary assault rifle that uses a new type of ammo to give blast damage that should render most shields useless.
FFM-202
This is our first non-legendary (blue-tier) rocket launcher. The FFM-202, also referred to as the Flashfire, is an entry launcher for survivors that are looking to loot with style, but don’t want the expense and hassle that comes with maintaining a legendary-tier weapon.
The FFM-202 uses Rocket Ammo instead of Rocket Cartridges. This means you won’t have to craft high level ammo for a lower level weapon.
Damage Type: Explosion (= full damage to Hyena & Orbis) Damage: 80 dmg Building Dmg: 125% Piercing: 4% Full dmg up to: 65 meters
Rocket Ammo Recipe (2 rockets): 💥 Fine Metal x 1 💥 Fine Blasting Agent x 1
TFT-K7
A legendary (yellow-tier) assault rifle. The TFT-K7(referred to in-house as the Painstaker) is our first gun to use explosive ammo. While it may shoot a bit slower than other rifles, it gives blast damage, allowing it to damage enemies through shields. With the new
Exploding Ammo is what makes the TFT-K7 so unique and powerful.
Damage Type: Explosion (= full damage to Hyena & Orbis) Damage: 31 dmg Building Dmg: 10% Full dmg up to: 55 meters
Explosive Ammo Recipe (20 cartridges)
💥 Fine Metal x 2 💥 Fine Blasting Agent x 2
Automatic Mining! ⛰️
Are you tired of spending your time gathering basic materials when you could be out there fighting baddies and farming high level parts for your next raid? Well now you can get your terrasite, stone, and minerals mined automatically for you. You’ll need to explore the new secure areas (Maintenance Bays) in order to find their parts, but it’s definitely worth the trouble for anyone who’s looking to save time.
There are 3 types of miner, and each is upgradable to level 2. Level 1 miners will give you only the basic element at a slow rate, but level 2 miners will give you the element at a faster rate, with the occasional high level material included in the output.
Automatic Cultivators 🌱
While you're automatically farming your terrasite, stone, and minerals, you can also be growing your own food inside your base. We’ve got three separate cultivators with multiple upgradable tiers that you can use to grow most of your basic dietary necessities: protein, vegetables, and fungi.
You’ll get spores from mushrooms, serum from animals, and seeds from plants. You can place these in the cultivators to grow them into the full versions. There’s a chance to get more spores, serums, and seeds, so you’ll often end up with a little more than you expect.
You’ll still need to go hunting for food and mushrooms, but these cultivators will help you to get more food in less time. The level 2 versions have better rates, so upgrading will save you more time, but not completely eliminate the need to go foraging.
Trophies 🏆
Show your friends, or unwelcome looters, just how tough you are! Cyclops and Juggernauts are the scariest non-bosses in the game. Starting in this update, you’ll often find a “Cyclops Shape Data” item or a “Juggernaut Shape Data” Item when you kill the respective mob. You can combine 10 of these to form a silver figurine, and then combine 5 silver figurines to craft a golden figurine.
New Building Layouts 🏠🏢🏣🏡🏘️
For all of you farmers out there, we’ve updated the layouts of several building types on the outskirts of the island, and we’ve replaced a large number of buildings with brand new buildings to add variety to your time out in the field gathering supplies.
Level 3 Orbis Container 💎
We’re also releasing a level 3 Orbis Container. This container’s different because it’s our first “grab-bag” style container. You’ll have a chance to get new higher level skins, but there will always be a chance of getting a skin that’s also in one of the lower level containers. Don’t worry, though. If you already have a skin, you’ll receive a portion of the TP you spent on the container.
Stronger Bunker Mobs 🕸️
We’ve added some high-value loot to the bunker, so we decided to increase the HP and attack power of bunker mobs across the board.
🔹 Increased amount of terrasite received from Fine Terrasite Nodes from (20-22) to (25-27)
🔹 Added new items to the journal
🔹 Eating raw broccoli reduces your HP by 3 pts. (was 10 pts)
🔹 New base-parts give players skill XP.
🔹 New base-parts contribute to rankings.
🔹 Faster Recovery from Radiation: 3 points/sec. (was 1 point/sec)
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Major Update Next Week: Forgotten Heritage
Greetings from Orbis!
Our big update is coming out in a week!!! I hope you’re all as excited as I am! This update is a chance for us to expand the Orbis presence on the island by introducing a floating ship, named the “Heritage.” There will also be new weapons, new places to explore, and new base parts that automatically farm basic necessities for you.
What’s that in the sky? 🛸
Ararat Island has visitors! If you can find the entrance, you’ll be able to take on a new boss and gain access to some brand new base parts including automatic mining machines and automatic (food) cultivators.
New Orbis Enemies! 🤖
It’s the Orbis Heavy Gunner! Test your mettle against an all new boss with its own unique attack styles. You’ll have to find your way up to his ship first, so gear up and get going!
Automatic Mining! ⛰️
Are you tired of spending your time gathering basic materials when you could be out there fighting baddies and farming high level parts for your next raid? Well now you can get your terrasite, stone, and minerals mined automatically for you. You’ll need to explore the new areas
Automatic Cultivators 🌱
While you're automatically farming your terrasite, stone, and minerals, you can also be growing your own food inside your base. We’ve got three separate cultivators with multiple upgradable tiers that you can use to grow all of your basic dietary necessities: protein, vegetables, and fungi.
And more!!! (to be shared next week) 🎉
Remember, this is just a small portion of what’ll be in next week’s update. I’ll be back next week with more specifics about what you can expect.
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Game Note: Shorter Turret Barrels
Greetings from Orbis!
With our big update coming your way next week, this week's patch may seem small in comparison. We’ve been hard at work on a number of fantastic new features, and we want to make sure that when you wake up to the new content, it's like unwrapping presents on Christmas morning. So stay tuned and get ready to be wowed!
Expected Update Start Time
PST: Mar 28th, 21:00 CET: Mar 29th, 06:00 KST: Mar 29th, 14:00
In the meantime, here’s what’s changing in this week’s patch:
🔫 Shorter Turret Barrels
We noticed that some of the turret barrels were peeking through walls. So to help you all keep those turrets a secret, we went ahead and shortened the barrels enough so that if you see a turret, you should probably be ducking or running.
📒 Bears shouldn’t fly anymore
There were occasions where bears would somehow pop up into the air upon death. We’ve fixed that.
🐞 Journal & UI fixes
We also edited some things in the journal, as well as fixing some errors in the lobby.
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Price Reduction!
🎉 Price Reduction!
Good news, survivors! We’re thrilled to announce that we’re making the Dysterra Dyscount permanent! The game is now available for the new lower price of $14.99. We hope this will encourage more players to join our servers and make our community even more vibrant. If you see any new people on the Discord server, please extend a warm welcome and offer them any help you can.
📢 Founder’s Pack
To show our appreciation to all Dysterra players who bought the game before March 24th, we're excited to offer a special "Founder's Pack". You should get a notice that you’ve received the pack when you log-in. We'll distribute them sometime before 7:00 pm PST (16:00 CET).
The pack includes:
🎁 6 furniture recipes 🗿 12 sculptures 💰 3000 terrapoints (yes, we love you 3000!)
The 3000 terrapoints can be used to purchase new items in the game lobby’s Terra Shop. We’re thankful that you’ve taken a chance on our game, and especially grateful for everyone who’s taken the time to give feedback on Discord.
While most of the furniture is decorational, the bed has a respawn cooldown of 30 seconds, making it perfect if someone’s raiding your base and you need to get right back into the action.
Also, be sure to save some of those terrapoints because we'll be introducing a new Orbis Container soon.
-Director K
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Server Maintenance(Patch)
We've finished the maintenance! Feel free to jump back in and pick up where you left off!
