Patch Notes Summary (Category)

Page Context

Due to the sheer number of updates I've had to be somewhat selective with including changes which I think are of the most interest. I suggest looking at the Official Website Update Notes page and the Discord for more detailed and comprehensive records.

Latest Patch Notes Summary

• 14th December 2024 (2.5.589)

Balance

Armour

2017 (2.3 Released)

• Nerfed strength of armours

2019 (2.4 Released)

• Buffed armour stats
• Removed decimal values from armour modifiers

2021 (2.5 Released)

• Added ATH to underwear to tailor them towards speed builds
• Buffed the armour bonuses of high level armour
• Reworked armour requirements to create lower tiers of each armour set more accessible to other classes

2024

• Reduced Tech Level & rescaled values of Heavy Kevlar armour from Tech Level 63 to 60
• Increased DEX bonus on most PE PAs

Class

2021 (2.5 Released)

• Buffed strength of resist per skill point used and standardised between classes
• Buffed the viability of blessed PE
• Buffed the viability of HC PE
• Introduced a small delay before stealth can be activated
• Rebalanced APU to be a true glass cannon - highest damage, lowest durability
• Rebalanced PE to be more of a Jack of all trades
• Rebalanced Spy to be more of a glass cannon with technology
• Rebalanced Tank to be more of a true tanking character that takes damage but doesn't deal as much damage
• Reduced PAD shield strength & increased self-cast bonus to negate it's effect on the PPU
• Reworked resist caps to increase the difference between classes

2022

• Increased self-cast shield modifier for PE & PPU

Drugs

2019 (2.4 Released)

• Removed decimal values from drug modifiers

2021 (2.5 Released)

• Rebalanced and added new drugs

Dungeons

2023

• Rebalanced Christmas seasonal dungeons to reduce difficulty

2024

• Rebalanced Crahn Church to reduce difficulty
• Rebalanced Mech Haven to reduce difficulty
• Rebalanced El Farid to reduce difficulty

General

2017 (2.3 Released)

• Reduced broken leg malus
• Reduced Overall player damage and NPC healthpools

2018

• Reworked starting point allocation of classes

2021 (2.5 Released)

• Improved nanite QoL by buffing mixed variety and lowering nanite activity per dose
• Increased broken leg malus slightly
• Reworked requirements of many items for better progression

2023

• Buffed Crahn & Blessed booster modules
• Buffed resist point strength a little
• Nerfed foreign cast PPU shields by approx 5%

2024

• Reduced activation delay of Jones stealth tool

Implants

2019 (2.4 Released)

• Buffed rare implant stats
• Removed decimal values from implant modifiers

2021 (2.5 Released)

• Rebalanced opposing tradeskill malus (generally removed)
• Reworked implants to refactor them into serving a purpose (e.g. damage, resist, speed, utility)
• Reworked many implants requirements for more standardised progression

2023

• Removed Hack malus from PSI Gloves

2024

• Increased Main Skill bonus on TL85 rare implants (SWAT, SF, RD, SS, CCC, CSC)
• Increased DEX requirements of Reflex Boosters v1-4
• Reduced Body Health bonus of the Explorer CPU

Items

2019 (2.4 Released)

• Increased charges of v4 Booster/Medpacks from 10 to 20 (daily-mission items)

2022

• Increased charges of Medkit, Stam boosters, PSI boosters & HCK boosters

NPC

2018

• Ranks of Grim Chaser & Grim Persecutor swapped
• Rebalanced NPC health (general reduction)

2021 (2.5 Released)

• Reworked almost all NPC HP & damage to suit new player balance and offer predictable difficultly scaling

2022

• Rebalanced NPC damage (tethered to their Rank)

2023

• Rebalanced Wasteland mob damage (generally reduced)
• Reduced scale at which NPC HP scales so end game mobs aren't so bullet spongey

2024

• Rebalanced several low level & high level NPCs to improve damage output consistency through NPC ranks

Vehicles

2018

• Nerfed Vehicle damage

2021 (2.5 Released)

• Buffed responsiveness of vehicles
• Rebalanced HP & armour of vehicles
• Rebalanced Vehicle weapon damage (tied to TL)
• Reduced speed & agility of entry vehicles, whilst improving that of later vehicles to encourage investment to better vehicles

2024

• Standardised recoil between vehicle weapon types, and reduced the most extreme recoil

Weapons

2017 (2.3 Released)

• General
  • Buffed accuracy & damage of AoE weapons
  • Decreased self-damage modifier on AoE weapons
  • Removed the bonuses added to epic, rare & WoC weapons to make more weapons viable
• APU
  • Fixed DamageBoost so it works on NPCs
• PPU
  • Nerfed strength of Absorber, Deflector and Protector
• Heavy
  • Buffed anti-vehicle weapons
• Pistol
  • Nerfed damage of Ray of Last Hope

2021 (2.5 Released)

• General
  • Rebalanced weapons to fit the following general damage profile APU > Rifle > Pistol > Heavy > Melee > Drones
  • Rebalanced weapon damage (more closely tied to TL)
  • Reworked ammo packs size, weight and number of damage types to introduce standardisation
  • Reworked weapon class characteristic differences in order to give weapon classes a more distinct feel (range, recoil, stamina use, frequency)
  • Increased the bonus that higher combat skill has on weapon damage
  • Increased turret damage & price significantly
• APU
  • Added AoE to APU ball and ball blast
  • Rebalanced PSI cost of modules
• PPU
  • Increased Holy Restoration heal strength
  • Reduced Holy Heal strength
  • Rebalanced PSI cost of modules
• Drones
  • Reduced HP & range of drones
• Heavy
  • Increased effectiveness of anti-vehicle rockets against vehicles

2022

• General
  • Fixed accuracy on all weapons (every weapon should now hit approx 95% of shots with a fully closed reticle)
  • Buffed damage of none AoE weapons
  • Increased self-damage AoE modifier
  • Reduced range of shotguns type weapons
  • Reworked some ammo packets so that they can switch to 40/60 damage split on a primary/secondary damage type
• APU
  • Increased the cast time of antibuffs
• PPU
  • Increased cast time of low-level shields to mitigate noob buffing
  • Fixed a bug that made Soul Clusters almost invincible
  • Reduced rez cast duration
• Heavy
  • Reduced range of flamethrowers
• Pistol
  • Buffed range of pistols

2023

• General
  • Reduced the time it takes for the aiming reticle to close
  • Reduced frequency of some weapons to make them easier to use (SWAT Pistol, Judge, Ionic Shotgun Rifle, Terminator, Rapture, Second Love, Ionic Shotgun Cannon)
  • Reworked hit chances to introduce a new standardised system between all guns in order to improve hit registration of single shot weapons
  • Reduced quality % of MC5 weapon rewards in order to promote progressing to new weapons earlier
• APU
  • Reduced damage & increased frequency of APU lances
• PPU
  • Fixed low level PADs to be useful before achieving self-cast bonus
  • Increased duration of Crahn & Blessed Boosters to 10 minutes
  • Increased the PSI cost of DamageBoost

2024

• APU
  • Increased projectile speed & splash damage size of PSI Ball Blasts
• PPU
  • Increased Damageboost cast time & increased PSI cost
• Melee
  • Increased damage of single target Melee weapons by approx 10%
• Heavy
  • Increased damage of single target Heavy weapons by approx 10%
  • Increased range of Ionic Shotgun Cannon
  • Increased range of Freezer Cannons
  • Increased range of Raygun Cannons
  • Increased range of Gatlin Cannons
• Pistol
  • Reduced stam cost per shot of Ionic Shotgun pistol
  • Reduced clip size of 8mm Automatic Pistol
  • Increased damage of Nailgun Pistols
• Rifle
  • Fixed a Rapture damage bug and increased it's damage
  • Increased damage of pumpguns (Terminator)
  • Increased range of pumpguns (Terminator)
  • Increased range of Ionic Shotgun Rifle
  • Reduced damage of Plasma Rifles
  • Reduced clip size of Plasma Rifles

Content

Items

2017 (2.3 Released)

• Added new APU rare beam module (Holy Caustic Rain)
• Added new Ionic Crossbow Rifle
• Added new rare junk knife (Blackmist's Remorse)
• Added new rare pistol (Anarchist)
• Added new rare pistol (Sucker Punch)
• Added new rare PPU line of sight heal (Holy Restoration)
• Added new rare rifle (Second Love)
• Added new rare Stiletto (Soligen's Finest)
• Added new sets of furniture
• Added new WoC melee weapon (Warbots Bane)
• Added new WoC PSI gloves

2018

• Added Halloween furniture
• Added new droner Power Armours
• Added new Tech Haven apartment, exclusive to FA players
• Added new tier (v4) of Medkit, Stam booster, PSI booster & Hack booster with higher number of consumable usage

2019 (2.4 Released)

• Added new spider & vehicles trophies
• Added new WoC 3 Power Armours
• Added new WoC melee weapon (Claw of the Lizard)

2020

• Added new armour set (Viper King)
• Added new furniture options
• Added new high level PSI bones (Apparition)
• Added new missing Bat Queen bones to complete the set
• Added new tradeskill bones (Cryton's & Cryton's Best)
• Added new WoC hovercraft vehicle
• Added new WoC INT tradeskill gloves

2021 (2.5 Released)

• Added Forte variants to Serumderibat & Thyronol
• Added Improved LoM pills that take less XP away when used
• Added new high level bones (Cyborg, Scorpion, Shaman, Soldier, Viper)
• Added new levelling weapons which can be gained through recycling
• Added new rare APU lances (Holy Voltage, Holy Frostbite, Holy Corrosion, Holy Pyre)
• Added new rare APU PSI Attack (Holy Evisceration)
• Added new rare rifle with AoE effect (Rapture)
• Added new seasonal Halloween weapons (Pumpkin guns)
• Added new Trader Power Armours
• Added new trophies

2022

• Added new APU Crahn & Blessed anti-protector modules
• Added new cosmetic model variants of Monk Power Armour
• Added new cosmetic model variants of Spy Power Armour
• Added new seasonal Winter weapons (Snowball guns)
• Readded missing trophies

2023

• Added new cosmetic model variants of Tank Power Armour
• Added new high level hand grenades (Pathfinder Incendiary & Pathfinder Frag Grenades)

2024

• Added new cosmetic variants of Private Eye Power Armours
• Removed the XP malus and lowered the credit malus of the Law Enforcer implant
• Introduced a third generation nanite heal tool (for GenTanks only)

Missions

2017 (2.3 Released)

• Added new mission to attain new implants (WoC PSI Gloves)
• Added new mission to attain new WoC melee weapon (Warbots Bane)
• Reworked starter MC5 area with new missions

2018

• Added new daily missions for PvE kills (Job Centre)
• Added new daily missions for Tradeskillers (Job Centre)
• Added new Jones missions for Fallen Angel characters starting in Tech Haven
• Added new mission (NCPD Manhunt)
• Added new terminal missions for each faction under Very Hard difficulty
• Added new terminal missions for Hacknet kills
• Reworked the job centre to serve as a mission hub for players. Daily missions on 1st floor, low level missions on 2nd floor

2019 (2.4 Released)

• Added new mission to attain new WoC 3 Power Amours
• Added new mission to attain new WoC melee weapon (Claw of the Lizard)
• Added new missions to the Job Centre 3rd floor in Plaza 2
• Increased rewards for daily missions

2021 (2.5 Released)

• Added new mission (The Antique Heist)
• Added new mission to attain new AoE rifle (Rapture)
• Added new mission to attain new Trader Power Amours
• Added Pathfinder missions to C08 & J05 to help leveling beyond rank 40
• Increased XP rewards from most missions
• Reworked every starter city so you can easily level to /40. Each city has new dungeons and terminal missions

2022

• Added Pathfinder missions to F04 & H08
• Reworked terminal missions to be more rewarding and suit new city dungeons

2023

• Added Pathfinder missions to J10 & E12
• Completed implementation of Pathfinder missions with the addition of K15 & I16 missions
• Various QoL updates to Pathfinder missions

2024

• The Canyon Challenge and Tactical Mercenary Run are now supporting "Warbot families" (You can kill any Warbot, not just 'Legacy Warbots')
• Altered the silver WoC Power Armor script, you can now decide yourself you want to trade in a V-30 a or C-30 version Power Armor

World

2017 (2.3 Released)

• Re-added Outzone 7 with a new wave mechanic. As you kill the mobs, stronger ones will spawn
• Reworked Club Veronique as a Faction Warzone. Hack the terminal inside to turn the guards loyalty
• Updated most outpost structures to be solid
• Updated numerous texts (descriptions, mails, infos, scripts, names)

2018

• Added new dungeon (Mech Haven)
• Added new high level Hacknet mobs
• Added new low level Hacknet dungeon
• Added new low level Hacknet mobs
• Re-added all four Ceres BioGenetic Laboratories
• Re-added the GR at Escador Oasis (K15)
• Reworked Tech Haven and moved starting location of Fallen Angel characters there

2019 (2.4 Released)

• Added new dungeon (Baneful Spider Cave)
• Added new dungeon (Plaza Abandoned Cellar)
• Added new FSM blackmarket where barters can buy from any FSM

2020

• Added new apartment complex in the Pepper Park Sectors
• Added new faction specific titles for completing your epic
• Added new title of Ronin, attained by completing all epics
• Reworked J05 spawns and loot tables to create a new level hub

2021 (2.5 Released)

• Added new dungeon (Abandoned Brotherhood of Crahn HQ)
• Added new dungeon (Seasonal Winter Wonderland map)
• Added new HEW store to Via 1
• Added new mobs, new mob placements and new missions to target each stage of the levelling progress
• Added new Points of Interest around the Wastelands
• Added new tradeskill hub to Plaza 1
• Reworked every starter city dungeon to create better levelling experience and introduce progression through the city
• Reworked naming conventions to be more intuitive and cohesive
• Reworked several Outposts to create more varied OP fights

2022

• Added new additional exit hatches to all Outposts
• Added new mini dungeon in order to kill the MC5 Base Commander
• Added new variants of Warbots to the Wasteland along with trophies for each
• Disabled Mutant Faction takeovers from 18 Outposts

2023

• Reworked J01 spawns and added a terminal to create a new level hub
• Reworked several Outposts to create more varied OP fights
• Updated wasteland spawns to reduce chance of double spawning
• Fixed El Farid dungeon door so the Queen doesn't get stuck
• Added tech part drops back to swamp mobs found the Swamps
• Added tech part & improved the drop chance of Y Rep Cyborgs found in the Canyons
• Added tech part drops to Sandcrawlers found in the Desert
• Added new Christmas decorations
• Added new "Omega" boss NPCs for events

2024

• Reintroduced Reaperspiders (and the trophies) to the Wastelands
• Increased drop rate of Ceres modules (Spidercave) - The Queen now has a 100% drop chance for Ceres modules
• Updated NavRay with various dungeon locations
• Added Added new 2x2 junk - "Plant Fibers"
• NeoFrag 1 & 2 are now Safezones, with a GR & GoGo
• Updated profession descriptions in character creation menu
• Added new weather patterns
• Various fixes to content
• Various safe spots closed
• Various world actor fixes

Graphics

Additions

2018

• Added new textures, decals & actors

2019 (2.4 Released)

• Added new game item models

2020

• Added a new BioGenetic Labs dungeon (WoC Launchers)

2021 (2.5 Released)

• Added new clothing options for characters
• Added new icons for various items

2023

• Added new nanite buff icons
• Added new sync animations

2024

• Added new cosmetic model variants of Private Eye Power Armour
• Restored the Ocean in Viarosso Apartments

Quality of Life

2021 (2.5 Released)

• Reduced intensity of some weapon animations to reduce discomfort they cause

2024

• Optimised 106 models

Remasters

2018

• Remastered drones and some world actors

2020

• Improved textures of all vehicles
• Improved visuals for all melee weapons
• Remastered GR model
• Remastered many world actors

2021 (2.5 Released)

• Graphical overhaul of Plaza & Viarosso sectors
• Improvements to skybox rendering
• Remastered & reimagined El Farid dungeon introduced
• Remastered desert buildings
• Remastered textures used in Plaza & Viarosso sectors
• Remastered various objects in the world

2022

• Remastered Doomreapers family models (Grims, Doomreapers, Small Reapers)
• Remastered Outpost structures
• Remastered several more Pepper Park connected zones
• Remastered several Pepper Park connected zones

2023

• Remastered more world actors & decals
• Remastered Pepper Park sectors
• Remastered the NC Subway & more outpost structures
• Re-created El Farid dungeon map
• Added new tool & PA icons

2024

• Fixed Soulcluster/Apparition hitbox
• Fixed incorrect Mechbeetle texture
• Fixed stealth effect icon
• Re-mastered NeoFrag 1 & 2 Map
• Created better quality temp effect icons
• Reworked over 500 world textures
• All indoor Sectors have been updated with HD textures
• Adjusted textures and several other issues in the Subway
• Adjusted textures and several other issues in Outzone Station
• Adjusted textures and several other issues in Desert Underground City
• Adjusted textures and several other issues in all Outposts

Technical

Bug Fixes

2017 (2.3 Released)

• Fixed a bug which could cause some players to be invisible
• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

2018

• Fixed a bug that stopped players seeing NPC animations
• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

2019 (2.4 Released)

• Fixed weather effects
• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

2020

• Fixed game crashing bug from multi-lightning
• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

2021 (2.5 Released)

• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

2022

• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

2023

• Fixed a bug where self-cast bonus & temp effects could be lost when zoning
• Fixed mouse scroll wheel in trader windows
• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

2024

• Fixed speed on ladder, while using high FPS
• Fixed loot rights
• Fixed an issue which caused the game to crash when the client exceeds 2G of RAM (the cause of most crashes)
• Various other bug fixes

Improvements

2017 (2.3 Released)

• Improved dynamic lighting
• Improved game precaching to reduce potential stutter
• Improved netcode
• Improved numerous areas of the codebase
• Improved particle effect performance
• Improved the item description window
• Improved the weapon codebase
• Reimplemented the damage logs

2018

• Improved proxy network code
• Released a new game launcher

2019 (2.4 Released)

• Improved internal resource management
• Improved item tracking
• Improved language support
• Improved several AI scripts
• Improved sync performance

2020

• Improved NavRay code
• NPCs have a single rank instead of having CR & BR

2023

• Improved how self-cast modifier is calculated

2024

• Several improvements to how the engine handles lighting
• RPOS Improvements
  • Improved vendor trade window to include; searching, more quantity options and sorting
  • Added additional information to the Item detail page stating if an item can be dropped or loses condition after repair
  • Blueprint info window will highlight parts you have in your inventory
  • Improved the ingame settings window with more options and enabled auto saving of these settings every 30 seconds
  • Improved the team/clan tags to be highlight white when that player is fully PAD
  • The RPOS Team Window now contains, loot right settings, clan tag options, and simple buff indicators
• Temp Effect Improvements:
  • The temp effect progress bar now represents the percent time complete
  • Temp effect icons now show time remaining in seconds
  • Drug effect icons now display their drug icon, drug name, and time remaining
• Outpost Fight Improvements:
  • Deactivated the Hacknet part for Outpost takeovers. Every layer is now hacked from the Output hack terminal
  • Hack blocking is now disabled, each side have their own timers
  • Increased the delay between hacks
  • Created adjustable variables for layer amounts, layer delays, and hacknet involvment. NST can now easily modify these settings
  • Created a custom message to indicate how much time is left before you can hack again vs just saying "please wait 60 seconds"
  • Created a custom message to indicate if an Outpost is currently comprimised

New Features

2017 (2.3 Released)

• Added ability to move single & whole stacks by holding SHIFT/CTRL whilst moving items
• Added Item-swapping, except for items in your inventory.
• Added Loot-Rights. With ALT+0 to ALT+5 you can select who might be able to loot your NPCs. This applies just loot NPCs.
• Added new coloured damage indicators to show the damage types being inflicted
• Added new controls to drones. Droners can now control the distance to ground with Duck and Jump keybindings.
• Added vendor item sorting
• Team XP applies to secondary main skills

2018

• Readded Hint of the day

2019 (2.4 Released)

• Added item grades that allow us to create legendary like items
• Added Spanish language support

2020

• Added Borderless Fullscreen & Borderless game configuration options
• Team XP is now based of BR

2022

• Added 144+ FPS / >60HZ support
• Added HUD whilst in sniper scope

2023

• Added more Latin1 characters

2024

• Added ability to sort GRs alphabetically asc/desc
• Added a new slim HUD setting to the options window to reduce the bloat in the main UI
• Added a new HUD feature called target info. Player health and/or effects are now visible in the HUD when a player or NPC is targeted. This setting can be toggled in the options window
• Drop all now available in containers / GoGo (PTS exclusive pending further testing)