Scavengers

Rise of Rin

Winter’s Fury

• Winter’s Fury Battle Pass: 1,150 Chips
  
• Winter’s Fury Battle Pass + 20 Tier Skips: 2,150 Chips
  

More to Come

• Fixed: Some titles showing with the incorrect color
  
• Fixed: Using the Report function while Respawning could cause a player to get stuck on the Reporting window
  
• Fixed: All in-progress Research displayed the Heartseeker icon, instead of the item being Researched
  
• Fixed: Textures of players respawned with the Resurrection Kit were not always correct when viewed in Spectator mode
  
• Fixed: Players incorrectly respawning and teleporting to the Resurrection Kit after already respawning via the Backup Clone item
  

Developer Focus

• Weekly Challenges: We’re constantly striving to improve Challenges, by fixing any issues that pop up, adding new Challenge types to increase diversity, or designing new features. Weekly Challenges will be joining the Daily and Career Challenges in a future update.
  
• Fog of War: An upcoming adjustment to the map and mini-map will be Fog of War. This new change will up the challenge ante by limiting visible objectives. We’ll have more information on how Fog of War works when we get closer to releasing this feature.
  
• Mid-week Hotfix: We have a hotfix dropping mid-week to address a few minor issues.
  
• RASP Rocket: Another upcoming feature is the addition of the RASP in Expedition Mode. The RASP is an alternative extraction method for those who wish to leave before the Dropship arrives. More info to come in the future on RASP.
  

Top Community Feedback

• Rebinding Controller Keys: We’ve read your feedback around the recent controller changes. Offering preset controller bindings, giving you more flexibility on how the controller keys are mapped are all planned for a bit further down the line.
  
• Previewing Cosmetics: You’ve just obtained a brand new emote and you have no way to see what it does until using it in a match. Don’t worry! We’re working on a system that will allow you to preview it before joining a match.
  

• Controller Sensitivity: Our Rush & Attack Update adjusted the controller sensitivity. We’ve heard from many of you that the sensitivity feels worse after this update. We don’t have any plans to revert this change; however, we are discussing internally what can be done to make the sensitivity feel more satisfying.
  
• Unlocking Cosmetic Items: Right now, there is no easy way to know how to obtain the different titles, emblems or banners. Will they be available in the Shop, through in-game progression, or even as an event reward? The only way to know right now is to wait for it to be awarded, or to talk to others who have already unlocked it. While we don’t have any immediate changes planned, adding more clarity is something we are interested in.
  

Blogs & Events

Stamina System Tuning

• Light attacks are now far less costly on stamina, while dodge and heavy attacks use more
  
• Running no longer zaps stamina and the exhausted run has been removed from the game
  
• All melee weapons have had a tuning pass for the new system
  
• There is now a periodic hunger drain
  
• Hunger drain on abilities has been decreased
  
• Talents that affect stamina have been tuned
  
• The stamina HUD will change colors based on your ability to do a dodge/heavy attack
  
• Camera shake while using a melee weapon has been reduced
  

PvE Horde Mode

• We’ve introduced a new flow for extraction. Explorers will now extract after the 10th wave
  
• Data uploading grants match rewards, such as extra life, extra Data Uplink health, and better chests
  
• The R.A.S.P can be destroyed
  
• New Veteran difficulty mode and difficulty mode selector. Veteran mode can be unlocked and played after winning a match in Normal difficulty
  
• Better support for 1 and 3 players
  
• Various improvements and bugs, based on player feedback and data
  
• New Salvage types to acquire for Research in Horde Mode, such as a Heavy Outlander
  

Controller Improvements

• The dodge roll and crouch buttons have been swapped in the default controller layout
  
• The default controller sensitivity has been slightly lowered
  

UI Improvements

• EXP boosts now show their remaining duration in the lobby menus
  
• We’ve improved the Battle Pass page to better inform players on how to gain Season Points, and advance through the Battle Pass tiers
  

Rewards & Challenges

• We have done a pass on the number of Season Points awarded for completing Daily Challenges. Overall, the amount of Season Points earned will increase
  
• Adjusted the difficulty of some Challenges based on player feedback
  
• The initial player level up rewards and challenges have been adjusted to introduce the loadout to new players more quickly
  

General Gameplay

• New Resurrection Kit item that allows you to resurrect fallen teammates. Resurrection Kits have a chance of dropping from supply camps
  
• When there is only one team launched into a match, the session will no longer move into the Dropship phase after a few minutes. Now, players can experience a portion of the complete session before the Dropship will come down
  
• Shotguns now have tracers and smoke trails for better visibility
  
• Ammo crates now drop explosive ammo
  
• Executions can now be interrupted if you attack the executor
  

Backend Improvements

• We’ve improved our backend to create a more responsive and faster friend-finding system
  
• Ongoing improvements to performance
  
• We’ve done a pass on characters, character skins, and backpacks to improve the visual quality
  

Audio Improvements

• Voice chat activity is now shown in the draft and other screens outside of the match
  
• Improvements to Outlander and Scourge sound effects
  
• Improved bear sound effects
  
• Weapon audio updates
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Multiple client crashes
  
• Fixed: The UI still shows +1 life for uploading at Data Uplinks
  
• Fixed: Cazador Cheetah was not properly zapping stamina from targets
  
• Fixed: Multiple issues with the environment including floating assets, clipping, and items placed partially under the ground
  
• Fixed: Time Survived includes spectating time when dead
  
• Fixed: Minor typos in the Explorer subtitles
  
• Fixed: Players can sometimes reload while dodging
  
• Fixed: Players can preserve slide momentum by continuously jumping and sliding
  
• Fixed: The flashlight doesn’t always turn on in dark interior environments
  
• Fixed: Player cannot interact with several berry bushes on the map
  
• Fixed: Jumping while sliding causing jitter
  
• Fixed: Aiming down sights gets cancelled while taking continuous damage, like bleed
  
• Fixed: Players are sometimes unable to revive their teammates
  
• Fixed: Players can receive Career & Daily challenges that they cannot finish
  
• Fixed: Unfinished challenges cannot always be refreshed at the time challenges roll over.
  
• Fixed: Several buildings do not provide shelter from storms
  
• Fixed: The Retch’s vomit projectile sometimes does not show until it lands
  
• Fixed: Game Mode selector shows “Play 3 PVE Matches to Unlock”, regardless of how many PVE matches you’ve played
  
• Fixed: Text chat sometimes stays on screen after leaving a match
  
• Fixed: Teammate respawn time does not always show on the HUD
  
• Fixed: Daily challenge rollover time is not properly displaying
  
• Fixed: The Bloatbile leaves collision in its place for a short while after exploding
  
• Fixed: Some environment assets are entirely white with snow
  
• Fixed: Letty’s Rosie Packrat drops too much scrap from elite enemies and Warlords
  
• Fixed: Some words were not being caught by the profanity filter in chat
  
• Fixed: AI aren’t dropping their grenades when you interrupt their throw
  
• Fixed: Shield bars show as partially full as you begin to level them up, despite being entirely full
  
• Fixed: The scrap indicator on the HUD shows 0 when you die and respawn
  
• Fixed: Enemies getting stuck in Horde mode
  
• Fixed: The controller vibrates while spectating a player who is shooting
  
• Fixed: Some Explorers’ eyes look off on low-end machines
  
• Fixed: Vehicle sound effects sometimes continue looping endlessly
  
• Fixed: Teammates do not animate while interacting with a chest or item
  
• Fixed: Spectated players sometimes show the wrong firing state while using a weapon, e.g., showing as reloading when they are shooting
  
• Fixed: Several bugs with localization across all supported languages
  
• Fixed: If items are used while changing weapons, the use item animation never plays
  
• Fixed: Ravagebears sometimes ignore rock collision
  
• Fixed: Firing a weapon sometimes breaks dodging such that the upper and lower body do not match
  
• Fixed: Mother incorrectly prompts players to use the Data Uplink together for faster uploading
  
• Fixed: Research stations do not always show as unlocked after acquiring a new one.
  
• Fixed: Some buildings prevent tall characters from moving through due to their height
  
• Fixed: The cold meter continues to flash red after using a Thermal Boost.
  
• Fixed: Kali invisibility issues while spectating her
  
• Fixed: No whizzbys (sound of a bullet whizzing by your head) for Outlander weapons.
  

Developer Focus

• August Update: We’re finishing up the final touches for our upcoming update, focusing on addressing the remaining bugs and issues. The update is planned for later this week, so keep an eye out for the Patch Notes for full details.
  
• Season Points: Currently, Season Points are tied to the Challenge system. We recently added Season Points to the Career Challenges, and we’re planning to continue making adjustments. We’re completing a balance pass on the Daily Challenges, to make many of them a bit easier to complete. Hopefully, this will help you complete the Daily Challenges to earn the Season Points. In addition, we’re planning to introduce Weekly Challenges as an additional method of obtaining Season points.
  
• Daily Challenge Bug: We’ve been investigating a bug that causes some players to not receive new Daily Challenges during the reset. We’ve been investigating this issue and have determined the root cause. We’re looking to push out a fix for the Daily Challenge bug this week.
  
• New Player Experience: We acknowledge that improvements are still needed to improve the experience for our new players. This continues to be a big focus for us and one of the features we’ve been working on is the new matchmaking system, which we’ve mentioned previously. We’re getting close to finishing this system and are excited to introduce it once it’s finished.
  

Top Community Feedback

• Selling Research Materials: Sometimes, you need to Disassemble Research Material to obtain the required Nanites. We’ve heard your feedback that it’s frustrating to not know how many Nanites you’ll receive before you disassemble your Materials. We agree that this information should be shown and are interested in improving the UI.
  
• Explorer Abilities: Another frustration you’re sharing with us, is being unable to see what the Explorer abilities actually do in-game. While most players know that Halden’s Curative Aura will heal allies, there is nothing explaining that it will also revive downed teammates. Providing greater clarity around what the abilities do is something that we would like to improve in the future.
  

• Communication: The goal of the Weekly Focus blogs is to help improve communication around our immediate focus as well as provide our thoughts on some of the top community feedback. While we hope that these blogs provide useful information, we’ve also heard you say that it’s not enough, especially on our long-term focus and the status of bugs and issues. Our first priority will be to determine a better method of communicating what bugs and issues are known, and the status of those issues when possible. We are committed to strengthening our communication with you, and would love to hear your thoughts on how we can improve. Please share them with us on Twitter or Discord.
  
• New and Veteran Players: Your frustration around the new player experience, both as a new player and as a veteran playing with/against new players, has been heard. We’re currently designing features to help with the new player experience. While aimed at new players, some features such as the improved matchmaking system should also help our more veteran players find enjoyable matches.
  

Blogs & Events

• Fixed: Some crashes
  
• Changed: When only one team loads into a match, there will be a minimum of 15 minutes before the Dropship automatically arrives
  

Developer Focus

• Hotfix: There will be a mid-week Hotfix, focused mainly on bug fixes. Keep an eye out for the full Hotfix Notes later this week.
  
• Optimization and Issues: A priority focus for us is always on game optimization and bug fixes. This week, in addition to working on PC refinements, we’re also working on console optimization and correcting issues.
  
• Preparing for the August Update: Our August update is right around the corner and we’re finishing up the content and features that will be included.
  
• Environment Art Updates: Our Creative team has been working hard behind the scenes to update the environment art. Various locations within Cascade Springs have been updated and we’re excited to share this with you in the future.
  
• New Items: Our August update will feature a few new items, including the resurrection item that we mentioned previously, to help you on your adventures.
  

Top Community Feedback

• Teammate’s Keeper Timer: When your teammate activates their Keeper, it’s hard to know how much longer before it finishes. We’d like to adjust the UI so that the time is visible to the entire squad, not just the person who activated the Keeper.
  

• Horde Mode EXP: We’re hearing from you that EXP for Horde Mode is low. Horde Mode is intended to generate less EXP compared to Expedition Mode. However, we do plan to look into this, to check that the level of EXP is where we expect it to be.
  
• Squad Size: We’ve heard your gameplay feedback both on loading into a match without a full team, and the desire for solo and duo queue. While we don’t have any immediate plans to create a solo or duo queue, we’re always thinking of future ideas.
  
• PvE Modes: Horde Mode is our first foray into creating a PvE-only experience. We plan to continue improving and evolving Horde Mode, to make it more fun and exciting for you. We’re also interested in exploring additional PvE modes, although those would be planned for a bit further on in the future.
  

Blogs & Events

Developer Focus

• Shop Update: We’re preparing content for our next major update, including our biggest shop update so far! We know that you would love to see more cosmetic items and these changes will be bringing new skins for Explorers, weapons, Keepers, and more.
  
• Season Point Addition: We’ve heard your feedback about adding more ways to earn Season Points. We’re working on adding Season Points to the Career Challenges. We’re also looking into other ways for players to earn Season Points during a Season.
  
• Matchmaking Improvements: We’re almost ready to roll out the new matchmaking system. This new system comes with a major shift - players from different regions will be able to matchmake together, especially during low population times.
  
• New Salvage: Get ready to collect new Salvage with the next major update. Join Horde Mode to earn this new Salvage once it goes live.
  

Top Community Feedback

• Blocking Players: We want to clear up some confusion we’ve heard around the block feature. Blocking players is designed to stop their ability to communicate through voice chat and prevent them from sending friend requests. It does not, however, stop them from being matched up in the same game.
  
• Weapon Skins: Currently, if you have a weapon skin it will appear on any Crafted weapon, but won’t appear on a weapon if you pick it up from a chest. Although we don’t have any immediate plans to change how the system works, we can discuss adjusting it, so that skins appear on non-Crafted weapons.
  
• Using Abilities: We’ve heard your request to allow Explorers to use abilities when sliding or in the air. We’ll be discussing this internally, to decide if this is something that we want to change, or if we’re happy with how it’s currently working. We appreciate your feedback on this and as always, want to continue hearing from you - keep sharing your ideas with us!
  
• Opus: The Opus is a recurring discussion topic and we’ve heard your thoughts on how powerful it feels, especially compared to similar weapons, such as Letty’s Rosie. We don’t have any definite info to share about any changes; however, we are constantly looking at weapon balance and will make adjustments as needed.
  

Blogs & Events

Developer Focus

• August 4th Hotfix: We’re rolling out another Hotfix this week. This should fix some server crashes and fix several text chat issues in the game. We are continuing investigation into other ongoing text chat issues.
  
• X-Fyre Issue: Last week we identified an issue with the X-Fyre bow where using it could cause a crash. We temporarily removed the X-Fyre from the game. This week, we’re working on fixing that issue so that the X-Fyre will once again be available for use.
  
• Stamina Tuning Pass: We’re taking a look at how Stamina functions in Scavengers. We’re doing a tuning pass to improve how Stamina feels.
  
• Horde Mode Improvement: We’ve talked about improving Horde Mode. The goal for our first set of improvements is to adjust the scalability and difficulty.
  
• Performance Optimization: Although we haven’t talked about it recently, optimization is always a priority. We’re currently working on improving the UI performance, which should hopefully help lower spec machines and aid us in getting console closer to release.
  

Top Community Feedback

• Extra Salvage: Acquiring Salvage is important so you can Research weapons, items, and Talents. For some though, you’ve already Researched everything and have no way to use the extra Salvage. We’re interested in finding other ways for you to use your Salvage. We’re also looking into adding new Salvage types to Scavengers...
  
• Auto Sprint: Providing the option to automatically sprint is interesting. It could open up new possibilities, such as making it easier to search the Inventory while moving forward. This is something we are interested in investigating, especially with how it could function on controllers.
  

Blogs & Events

Hotfix Changes:

• Fixed: Some issues that caused a server crash
  
• Fixed: Several text chat issues. We are continuing to investigate other ongoing text chat issues
  
• Fixed: Inconsistent snow textures in ‘Midwinter’ encounter during matches
  
• Fixed: Corrected the crashes associated with the X-Fyre. The X-Fyre will be re-added to the game with this hotfix