❗ SERVER WIPE ❗

Q. What items do wipes affect?
A.: Wipes affect your stash, trader reputation, character level, and regular cosmetic items. Unique cosmetic items (e.g., maximum trader REP skins, wipe skins, and Open Beta rewards) are unaffected. If you own the Supporter Pack, you get the items included once per wipe.

Q. When will the next wipe happen?
A.: The next server wipe will be commenced on July 3rd.

❗ SERVER WIPE ❗

Q. What items do wipes affect?
A.: Wipes affect your stash, trader reputation, character level, and regular cosmetic items. Unique cosmetic items (e.g., maximum trader REP skins, wipe skins, and Open Beta rewards) are unaffected. If you own the Supporter Pack, you get the items included once per wipe.

Q. When will the next wipe happen?
A.: The next server wipe will be commenced on May 1st.

❗ SERVER WIPE ❗

Q. What items do wipes affect?
A.: Wipes affect your stash, trader reputation, character level, and regular cosmetic items. Unique cosmetic items (e.g., maximum trader REP skins, wipe skins, and Open Beta rewards) are unaffected. If you own the Supporter Pack, you get the items included once per wipe.

Q. When will the next wipe happen?
A.: The next server wipe will be commenced on May 1st.

❗ SERVER WIPE ❗

Q. What items do wipes affect?
A.: Wipes affect your stash, trader reputation, character level, and regular cosmetic items. Unique cosmetic items (e.g., maximum trader REP skins, wipe skins, and Open Beta rewards) are unaffected. If you own the Supporter Pack, you get the items included once per wipe.

Q. When will the next wipe happen?
A.: The next server wipe will be commenced on April 3rd.

Hello, Mercs & Aliens,

A SHORT Q&A

Q.: Will there be more updates and patches?—Unfortunately, LZ:E has underperformed compared to our expectations. It's no longer feasible for our relatively small teams to sustain the game from a financial standpoint. Therefore, it's a hard but necessary decision to gradually wrap up the support.

Q.: Will the servers remain online?—Definitely, the servers are staying online.

Q.: What about the features listed in the development roadmap?—We rolled out the final, concluding update for Level Zero: Extraction on January 30th, 2025.

Q.: Will there be wipes in the future?—Yes, wipes will happen on a Thursday of every first week of the month.

Q.: Will you organize weekend REP events?—There will be no weekend events in the future.

Q.: What's next for the development team?—Doghowl have plans to develop a new multiplayer title. This time, it's planned to be a co-op experience. To support the studio, join the Discord server of Doghowl's new project and follow the team's accounts on X (Twitter) and YouTube for future news. We really hope that the invaluable experience gained with Level Zero: Extraction will help our emerging studio in future efforts.

We're extracting.

• Adjusted the entry cost description for the Space Station map.
  
• Fixed sound collisions on the Space Station map.
  
• Solo mode has been turned off due to numerous requests from players.
  
• Increased the reward for playing in Alien mode to 100%.
  
• Reworked barter trades for Alien skulls, making them much more profitable.
  
• Warehouse doors on the Caves of Turion map no longer require a keycard to open.
  
• Improved loot quality in the Warehouse on the Caves of Turion map.
  
• Reduced weapon sway at low stamina.
  

What's new in v1.0

🌌 New map: Space Station

⛰️ Revamped the Caves of Turion map as a "battle royale-like" experience

1. The main elevator can only extract three Mercs; as the session approaches its end, the elevator can't be called;
   
2. Two additional solo exits that are one-time only;
   
3. Better loot;
   
4. A ring of erosion starts moving toward the central elevator 10 minutes into the session;
   
5. Aliens are immune to ring of erosion damage.
   

💼 A "Mercs Only" mode

OTHER CHANGES:

• Final screen UI rework:
  
  
  
  
  1. Causes of death;
     
  2. Names of all the people in the lobby with more details about what happened to them during the session;
     
  3. An ability to add friends.
     
  
  
• New skin attribution system: Skins are now obtainable through achievement-style goals and are never reset after completion.
  
• New Alien Monster feature: Cocoons. When playing as an Alien, wrap a dead Merc in a cocoon; if it stays intact until the end of the session, you get a share of the loot that the Merc was carrying.
  
• New weapon: Sniper rifle ↓
  
  
  
• New grenades: Gas, UV Flashbang ↓
  
  
  
  
• Revised economy with faster progression
  
• Steam Friends through in-game UI. You can add other players as friends during a session—a pop-up will appear above them.
  
• Matchmaking update: Locked regions. If you choose a region, you will only look for games in that region.
  
• Various UI & UX Improvements
  

❗ SERVER WIPE ❗

• Added matchmaking lock for the 1.0 release to provide better latency, matching players in specific regions without expanding matchmaking to other regions.
  

• Increased the amount and chance of weapon spawns in the warehouse and airdrops.
  

• The central elevator is no longer called but instead arrives on a timer and leaves 2 minutes after arriving. Max capacity: 3 mercs;
  
• The bore exit can only extract 1 merc per match;
  
• The Grappling Hook exit can only extract 1 merc per match;
  
• The solo elevator can only extract 1 merc per match;
  
• The loot quality on Caves of Turion has been increased.
  

• Reduced prices for items and weapons;
  
• Headshot multiplier has been reduced from x3 to x2 against mercs;
  
• Rebalanced damage for all weapons according to the new headshot multiplier;
  
• Added a distinct sound for headshots;
  
• The starter kit weapon changed to FoxFive;
  
• Increased recoil for most of the weapons by 20-30% (reverted recoil changes);
  
• Reduced the amount of stamina it takes for a melee attack for both one-handed and two-handed melee weapons;
  
• Reduced the damage of marksmanship rifles;
  
• Removed icons of card printers from the holo map when they’re active;
  
• New item: Gas Grenade, working as a perfect mix between smoke grenade and alien’s acid cloud ability;
  
• New item: UV Flashbang. It doesn't blind mercs, but it will do heavy damage to aliens close to the explosion.
  

Introducing Mutations 🧬

Design Philosophy Behind Mutations

How Does the Mutations System Work?

1. Collecting eggs
   
2. Observing Mercenaries in medium proximity
   
3. Successfully using skills
   
4. Knocking out and killing Mercenaries
   

The Power of Mutations

• Modify Existing Skills: Tailor abilities to fit different playstyles or scenarios.
  
• Add Passive Effects: Gain new advantages to complement their strategies.
  

Mutation Effects & Levels

• Mutation Level 2: Slime Spit improvements (see the screenshot above ⬆️), such as increased damage, faster slime spit, slow effect, or healing reduction for victims of a slime spit for a limited time.
  
  
• Mutation Level 3: Egg Trap improvements (see the screenshot above ⬆️), such as an armored egg, an egg that deals more damage, an egg that replaces baby alien with an explosion that slows enemies around the egg, or an egg that senses nearby mercs, revealing their position to the alien player.
  
• Mutation Level 4: Passive effects, such as reduced incoming damage, increased movement speed, or increased damage traded for vulnerabilities.
  
• Mutation Level 5: EMP improvements, such as increased range, damage output, temporary shield, or healing from disabling devices around you.
  
• Mutation Level 6: Scream Wave improvements, such as reduced cooldown, increased resistances against targets of a scream wave, or slow down effect.
  

The Future of Mutations

General Changes

• Increased footstep and shot sound slightly and reduced the effect of sound occlusion on them.
  

Merc Changes

• Increased UN-56 damage against aliens from 4 to 5;
  
• Reduced the bonus XP points from the Extraction value by 50%.
  

Alien Changes

• Increased starting/respawn cooldown of Acid Cloud from 115 to 138 seconds;
  
• Increased cooldown of Acid Cloud from 44 to 50 seconds;
  
• Increased starting/respawn cooldown of EMP from 138 to 165 seconds;
  
• Increased starting/respawn cooldown of Scream Wave from 138 to 165 seconds;
  
• Increased starting/respawn cooldown of Slime Spit from 40 to 48 seconds;
  
• Increased starting/respawn cooldown of Egg Trap from 50 to 60 seconds;
  
• Attacking from invisibility will now trigger invisibility end animation before the attack.
  

Research Facility Map Changes

• Moved first card printer from Armory Sector B to room in Generator section in Sector C;
  
• Moved second cart printer from room above Generator section in Sector C to Lab room in Sector B;
  
• The room above the Generator Section is now back as a locked room requiring an access card;
  
• Increased radiation room mutants gunfire and melee resistance and quantity;
  
• When active, card printers will now be displayed on everyone’s holomaps;
  
• When active, the Radiation alarm crate will now be displayed on everyone’s holomaps.
  

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