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Steam News10 February 20264mo ago

Early Access 0.17.1 Patch Notes

Version 0.17.1 Patch Notes New Features Added ability to knock off NPCs helmet Added radiation zones to irradiated water locations Added large axe melee weapon Added armbands to NPCs Added water freezing when snowy weat

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What changed

4 fixes6 additions4 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Fixes
  • UI and audio
  • Balance
  • Performance
addedNew FeaturesAdded ability to knock off NPCs helmet
addedNew FeaturesAdded radiation zones to irradiated water locations
addedNew FeaturesAdded large axe melee weapon
addedNew FeaturesAdded armbands to NPCs
addedNew FeaturesAdded water freezing when snowy weather is active
changedNew FeaturesUpdated mesh for enemy NPC melee weapons

ASHWAKE changes

addedAdded ability to knock off NPCs helmet
addedAdded radiation zones to irradiated water locations
addedAdded large axe melee weapon
addedAdded armbands to NPCs
addedAdded water freezing when snowy weather is active

Version 0.17.1 Patch Notes

New Features

  • Added ability to knock off NPCs helmet

  • Added radiation zones to irradiated water locations

  • Added large axe melee weapon

  • Added armbands to NPCs

  • Added water freezing when snowy weather is active

  • Updated mesh for enemy NPC melee weapons

  • Made only knife compatible for looting wolf NPCs

  • Made infected run at attacker when shot

  • Redesigned Emissions

Patch Notes

  • Adjusted scale for detectors

  • Adjusted flashlight intensity

  • Made buttons for buy/sell items easier to use

  • Fixed sight & scope ghosting

  • Fixed UI elements interfering with inputs inside Inventory UI

  • Fixed issues with scope alignment

  • Slowed down fire rate for shotguns to avoid spamming

-If you encounter a Fatal Error crash, that is due to a corrupt save, caused by new updates. The updates can include a lot of changes/fixes so it may cause some old saves to break. To fix the issue, you need to create a new game and it will fix itself.

Please leave bugs in discussion area or game bug report channel in the discord so they can be fixed.

Source

Steam News / 10 February 2026

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