News & Changelog

NEW CONTENT • Added Contaminated Ascension as the sixth enemy family. • The family now contains ten different enemy types: - Contaminated Carrier - Contaminated Feverwalker - Contaminated Blighted Brute - Contaminated Plague Warden - Contaminated Fallout Legionary - Contaminated Bilecaster - Contaminated Plague Nurse - Contaminated Leak Seeker - Contaminated Toxic Bloater - Contaminated Cellgrowth • Contaminated enemies appear in all biomes, general POIs, wilderness encounters, wandering hordes and Blood Moon groups. • Medical, hospital, Hazmat and laboratory POIs contain an increased Contaminated presence. • Added dedicated Contaminated loot containers and family materials. CONTAMINATION MECHANIC • Contaminated melee attacks inflict Fixed Contamination. • Fixed Contamination deals 1 radiation damage per second for 30 seconds. • While affected, stamina regeneration is reduced by 20%. • Additional hits refresh the duration instead of stacking the damage. • Rad-Cleanse Tablets now remove Fixed Contamination. • Each tablet grants 60 seconds of protection against new Contaminated applications. • Protection can be extended with up to four applications for a maximum of 240 seconds. • Rad-Cleanse Tablets do not block the Pestilent One’s stronger radiation aura. RESEARCH AND OBSERVATORY MISSIONS • Completely separated Pestilence research from the Eroded family. • Pestilence research, archive reports and evidence now belong to the Contaminated family. • Corrosive Glands and Pestilent Cultures are now obtained from Contaminated enemies. • Gravebreak Sediment remains the signature material of the Eroded family. • Eroded enemies remain the targets of the Gravebreak research branch. • Contaminated enemies are now used by the Pestilence trace, recovery, hunt and Apex protocols. • Updated the corresponding Observatory encounters and enemy pools. • Corrected higher Signature Hunt rewards to grant six matching family samples. • Updated all affected quest, archive, research and item descriptions in English and German. ARMOR SET REWORK • Reassigned the four Ascension armor sets across all six enemy families. • Gravewatch now protects against Eroded and Blood family debuffs. • Plague Reactor now protects against Hellborn and Contaminated family debuffs. • Mourning Veil now protects against Cursed and Void family debuffs. • Observatory Executor armor protects against the debuffs of all six families. • Gravewatch, Plague Reactor and Mourning Veil helmets now scale from 20% to 60% family-debuff resistance. • Executor armor scales from 20% to an exclusive maximum of 70%. • Added persistent confirmation effects for complete four-piece Ascension armor sets. • Set confirmation icons appear only in the detailed status-effects list and not on the main HUD. • Mourning Veil gloves now reduce generated noise by a fixed 20%. PROTECTION MODIFICATIONS • Reworked the Corrosion Seal for the Contaminated family. • The Corrosion Seal now completely blocks Fixed Contamination and protects against the Pestilent One’s radiation aura. • Reworked the Gyroscopic Stabilizer to preserve its separate defensive purpose. • Removed outdated and overlapping references to Eroded armor-breaking effects. • Existing protection against Bone Lord pressure, knockdown and related effects remains correctly assigned. FIXES AND PRESENTATION • Updated German and English names and descriptions for the Contaminated family. • Corrected outdated Eroded references in Pestilence items, missions, archives and research descriptions. • Added clear family colors to the new enemy names. • Added status-list icons and descriptions for all four complete Ascension armor sets. • Corrected displayed family-resistance values so they match the actual active effects. • Replaced the duplicated Apex Rifle Durability Core icon with a unique matching icon. • Added a fixed 20% noise reduction to the Mourning Veil gloves.

- Crack-a-Book shelves now have a 3% chance to contain one random Cryo research book. - Crack-a-Book crates now have a 12% chance to contain one random Cryo research book. - Rotpaw, Ashfang and the Resonance Breaker each have an 8% chance to drop one random Cryo research book. - Duplicate research books remain possible. - The extremely rare chance from the general perk-book pool remains available. - Ammunition containers, regular main-loot chests and major UA boss containers remain unchanged.

NEW CONTENT - Added the new gasoline-powered Expert Autominer workstation. - The Expert Autominer unlocks at Electrician level 105. - The workstation has 5,000 durability and can be picked up while it is not processing a job. - Added extraction jobs for Stone, Iron, Coal, Lead, Nitrate and Oil Shale. - Added two dedicated upgrade slots to the Expert Autominer. - Added the Expert Electrics magazine series, extending the Electrician crafting skill from level 100 to 125. - After completing the Vanilla Electrician progression, 10 Wiring 101 magazines can be converted into one Expert Electrics manual. - Each Expert Electrics manual grants one additional Electrician crafting-skill level. BASE EXTRACTION JOBS - Stone: 1,500 gasoline for 20,000 Stone — 30 minutes. - Iron: 2,500 gasoline for 20,000 Iron — 60 minutes. - Coal: 2,000 gasoline for 16,000 Coal — 50 minutes. - Lead: 2,000 gasoline for 14,000 Lead — 55 minutes. - Nitrate: 2,000 gasoline for 14,000 Nitrate — 55 minutes. - Oil Shale: 5,000 gasoline for 2,000 Oil Shale — 60 minutes. - Oil Shale extraction remains fuel-negative to prevent infinite gasoline production. AUTOMINER UPGRADES - Added the High-Performance Drive. - The High-Performance Drive reduces the duration of every extraction job by 35%. - Added the Improved Cobalt Drill Head. - The Improved Cobalt Drill Head enables the optimized extraction jobs. - The regular Cobalt Drill Head is used as a crafting component for the improved version and no longer occupies its own workstation slot. - The Expert Autominer now has exactly two upgrade slots: one for the Improved Cobalt Drill Head and one for the High-Performance Drive. OPTIMIZED EXTRACTION JOBS - Optimized extraction jobs unlock at Electrician level 125. - The Improved Cobalt Drill Head must also be installed before these jobs can be processed. - Optimized Stone: 1,000 gasoline for 22,000 Stone. - Optimized Iron: 1,500 gasoline for 22,000 Iron. - Optimized Coal: 1,250 gasoline for 17,600 Coal. - Optimized Lead: 1,250 gasoline for 15,400 Lead. - Optimized Nitrate: 1,250 gasoline for 15,400 Nitrate. - Optimized Oil Shale: 3,500 gasoline for 1,500 Oil Shale. - Optimized extraction results are delivered in dedicated resource containers. MASTERFORGE & TOOLS INTEGRATION - Added optional integration with MasterForge & Tools. - Cobalt extraction is only added when MasterForge & Tools is installed. - Standard Cobalt extraction unlocks at Electrician level 125. - Standard Cobalt extraction produces 1,500 Cobalt Ore for 2,500 gasoline in 45 minutes. - Standard Cobalt extraction does not require an installed drill head. - Optimized Cobalt extraction produces 1,650 Cobalt Ore for 1,500 gasoline. - Optimized Cobalt extraction requires Electrician level 125 and the Improved Cobalt Drill Head. UI AND FIXES - Added the missing Expert Autominer icon to the Electrician Tier 5 progression row. - Renamed the Tier 5 progression row from Cobalt Extraction to Expert Autominer. - Added the missing icon for the Ascension Sets armor progression and improved its title color. - Added the missing icon for Seed Genetics and adjusted its green title color. - Added the missing icon for the Optimized Cobalt Extraction Container. - Corrected the Autominer interface from three upgrade slots to the intended two slots. - Corrected the unlock conditions for all optimized recipes. - Optimized recipes now correctly require both Electrician level 125 and the Improved Cobalt Drill Head. - Added complete English and German localization for all new content.

NEW SIEGE ENEMIES - Wall Devourer - Rubblefist - Bulwark Bane The new siege branch appears independently of the five enemy families. These enemies become a serious threat during the late gamestage and blood moons, inflict increased damage on buildings and can reward additional construction materials. Their silver-gray [Siege] marker makes them immediately recognizable. MINIBOSS BALANCE - Rotpaw - Ashfang - Resonance Breaker All three roaming minibosses now inflict more block damage than before. Bases and defensive positions therefore require more attention when one of these enemies joins the fight.