Biome Progression Elemental Survival

Prepare to face the elements like never before! Conquer those tough biomes in manageable chunks, unlock permanent survival in the harshest environments, and craft temporary buffs to push your limits. This is survival redefined!

Progress through each biome with increasing threat levels and challenges
Smoke, heat, cold and radiation damage, remedies and survival
Craft consumables to increase your temporary biome elemental resistance
Complete challenges to unlock permanent biome elemental hazard immunity
Progressive biome maximum loot caps to encourage exploration
Game options will be available for custom and classic playstyles
New HUD and player elemental VFX and Sound FX
Several new Biome Zombies are coming to 2.0 including the new desert Plague spitter and snow Frost Claw with completely unique behaviors to the game.
Dynamic Severe Storms

On top of new Biome Elemental Survival we have added a new Dynamic Severe Storm System.

Dynamic Severe Storms force players to take or build shelters
Update 2.0 will feature a unique storm type per biome
Rain and light snow still exist but are not hazardous
Perk Updates & Rebalance

We’ve added a brand-new general tab, unlocking a whole new level of customization. Plus, we’ve filled in those empty slots in the attribute lists with exciting new perks!

All attributes have 10 perks with new and improved perks
Each perk has 5 levels
New Mastery Perk Set for each attribute
Moved some perks to a new General Perks tab without attribute requirements
Sledgehammer Saga

We’ve added a new book series for the sledgehammer weapon class
New Higher Gamestaged Zombies

Get ready for a whole new level of zombie mayhem! Similar to the current green Radiated Zombies we have added new higher gamestaged Charged Blue and Infernal Orange zombie Archetype groups with new behaviors coming. These new Archetypes will intensify the later game experience!
Trees and Foliage Update

A Majority of the trees have been optimized to run on the same speed tree shader for a performance boost and reduced draw calls on many
The burnt and wasteland trees have been redone with a greatly improved look
We have added a new sub-biome foliage system which allows for clearings and thicker foliage forests with lower growing plants on their perimeter for a much more believable look without sacrificing performance.
Crawl out Zombies

We have added functionality to allow zombies to spawn and crawl out of smaller 1 meter spaces and crawl under tighter areas.
We have improved the tools for spawning and respawning enemies and reworked many of the larger POIS to take full advantage maintaining the challenge while improving the performance
Navezgane Update

Navezgane has gotten a makeover to work seamlessly with the new biome progression elemental system. Biome boundaries and trader POI positions updated to improve travel time and flow to and from large POI townships.
POIs: The World is Expanding!

We’re aiming for a whopping 50 new Points of Interest, adding even more depth and variety to your world!
We’ve added a greater variety of POIs for wilderness.
We’ve added more remnants for performance.
We’ve also updated some of our more demanding POI’s to perform better – those sneaky zombies are now using crawl outs to surprise you – watch out!
Audio

We’ve added meaningful individual footsteps, making the world feel more alive and immersive than ever!
Zombie audio for new biome zombies!
Clothing Cosmetic Options, Twitch Drops and DLC

Wear what you want for protection but choose how you cosmetically look with new outfits.
We will be adding some new cosmetic DLCs options and Twitch Drops to 2.0! Get ready to unlock awesome new content and show off your unique style.
Random Gen Improvements

Wilderness spawning has been improved allowing a lot more wilderness POIs to spawn and their spawn locations have better random positioning
Wilderness road placement has been improved
New Quest Marker System

We’ve have added a new quest maker that displays a custom quest flag type per quest

Spawn Near Friend

Starting a new save? Choose a friend to spawn near for ultimate teamwork!
We’ve added a handy button to go back to the main menu before joining a game – no more getting stuck!
Crossplay on Dedicated Server

We will not know officially if Consoles can play on dedicated servers until passing cert on each platform. Fingers crossed