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- Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Updates 4-30-2026
Drugs and Medicine Cough syrup, sleeping pills, and antihistamines are now on the new drug system. Sleeping pills are now zolpidem. If you are a nerd you will know this as Ambien. Currently they're very simple and just…
Patch notes6 changesFixGameplay - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Updates 4-29-2026
Stimulants Cocaine, Nicotine, Caffeine, and Amphetamines have all been moved to the vitamin system. These drugs have had their effects rewritten and provide a number of reasonable benefits and downsides that scale with…
Store13 changesFixGameplay - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Updates 4-27-2026
Smokes, the Hub 01 intercom, the folks at Tacoma, and the NECC traders will no longer buy every stupid piece of trash you walk in with. Each faction only cares about a few narrow categories of items and their main trade…
Store7 changesBalanceGameplay - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Updates 4-26-2026
Opioids Opioids have had their effects and addiction rewritten. They now use the same system as alcohol and cannabis, tracking the actual concentration of the stuff in your system rather than just an arbitrary effect. O…
Store13 changesFixGameplay - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Major NPC AI Fixes and Alcohol/Drug Updates
NPC AI Fixes Hostile NPC aggression and combat behavior has had a major fix. Previously, hostile NPCs were basically ignoring threats that were more than a few steps away. Now, they'll engage and pursue enemies whenever…
Patch notes9 changesFixPerformance - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
420 weed update lol
Critical Marijuana Update Weed is now a pretty good painkiller. It has 4 levels of intensity: stoned, baked, blazed, and zooted. The first level (stoned) gives -1 perception and has minimal drawbacks. The penalties for…
Patch notes5 changesFixGameplay - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Updates 4-19-2026
Addiction Updates Alcohol and nicotine no longer proc withdrawals while you are sleeping, though the timer still runs, so you are likely to need a pick me up as soon as you wake up. All addictions now have their own tim…
Store12 changesFixGameplay - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Addiction Rewrite: Nicotine
Nicotine Addiction Rewrite In the same vein as yesterday's alcoholism rewrite, now we have a new addiction system for nicotine. Nicotine withdrawals happen much the same as alcohol withdrawals. Nicotine withdrawal is fa…
Store7 changesFixGameplay - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Alcoholism Reborn!
Note: This update reworked and removed a couple of background (profession) IDs, and there's no good way to obsolete these. Existing saves may report an error about invalid profession ID when first loaded, you can safely…
Patch notes5 changesGameplayWorkshop - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Updates 4-13-2026
Reinforced glass is gone, as it didn't represent anything that exists in real life. Glass with wires in it is weaker than regular glass and does not belong in ultratech labs, it's a fire safety thing that was abandoned…
Store5 changesFixMaps - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Hotfix 4-10-2026
There was an error message popping up for people who had a specific mission. This clears that up.
Announcement - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Updates 4-10-2026
NPC followers who are hungry will no longer forage as a last resort. This idea might have made sense on paper but it didn't really work out in practice, especially since they would do it if they were at all below their…
Announcement3 changesFixGameplay - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Updates 4-9-2026
Added a new weight category: Skinny. Skinny can be thought of as equivalent to Obese, but in the other direction: It is the point at which your weight has become a problem in terms of speed, stats, and lifestyle. Moved…
Store3 changesBalanceGameplay - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Added a Permanent Fallout Scenario
By popular demand (OK it was one person) I added a new scenario, Nuclear Wasteland. If you select this scenario, the weather will (almost) always be fallout, with occasional breaks for rain or snow.
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Updates 4-7-2026
Anomalous Weather A feature I've long wanted to add is finally here. Anomalous weather events are sort of our answer to portal storms. They're events that happen occasionally and cause some unusual change to the world w…
Store9 changesFixGameplay
