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Steam News10 January 20242y ago

'Hydroneer: Journey to Volcalidus' DLC Announcement!

Watch the Announcement Trailer / Dev Vlog here: Wishlist Now! https://store.steampowered.

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changedWishlist Now!https://store.steampowered.com/app/2659380
addedThis contains spoilers for the videoNew DLC coming to Hydroneer - Video covers a few features coming in the DLC - 6x the map size - $10 - Releasing April 5th - Separate island with its own progression: Cannot take items/vehicles from main game island. Lava Powered Machines - Water has to be produced from Ice - Ice appears towards the top of a claim, so strategy is involved to keep belts moving - No more tiered drills, tiered stores instead New Glade - Large new town covered by a blue dome - Assist the museum - Rebuild stores to buy better tools - Stores act as the main progression Vehicles - Vehicles are purchased from Mots Island - Requires a ticket from the player-built ticket store to access - Huge Hauler vehicle with a crane - Picks up heavy items that players can't carry: Machines / Vehicles / Buff Stones Buff Stones - Currently un-named, looking for suggestions! - Refined down to produce a stone for masterwork forging - Applies random buffs to tools/machines (Pickaxe dig size/speed, Drill output size/speed) - buffs can also be damaging Changes to Base Game: - Better build snapping - Better visibility at night/in caves - Game file size reduced - And more!
changedClosed BetaWe host our all betas exclusively on Discord. This is due to it being a good platform to receive feedback, report bugs, show bugs to developers via screensharing / video posting / images. These betas are generally full of game-breaking bugs, so if you're not invited to participate, don't worry, you're not missing much! If you'd like to help us squash these bugs, you can join discord here .

Hydroneer changes

changedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2659380
addedNew DLC coming to Hydroneer - Video covers a few features coming in the DLC - 6x the map size - $10 - Releasing April 5th - Separate island with its own progression: Cannot take items/vehicles from main game island. Lava Powered Machines - Water has to be produced from Ice - Ice appears towards the top of a claim, so strategy is involved to keep belts moving - No more tiered drills, tiered stores instead New Glade - Large new town covered by a blue dome - Assist the museum - Rebuild stores to buy better tools - Stores act as the main progression Vehicles - Vehicles are purchased from Mots Island - Requires a ticket from the player-built ticket store to access - Huge Hauler vehicle with a crane - Picks up heavy items that players can't carry: Machines / Vehicles / Buff Stones Buff Stones - Currently un-named, looking for suggestions! - Refined down to produce a stone for masterwork forging - Applies random buffs to tools/machines (Pickaxe dig size/speed, Drill output size/speed) - buffs can also be damaging Changes to Base Game: - Better build snapping - Better visibility at night/in caves - Game file size reduced - And more!
changedWe host our all betas exclusively on Discord. This is due to it being a good platform to receive feedback, report bugs, show bugs to developers via screensharing / video posting / images. These betas are generally full of game-breaking bugs, so if you're not invited to participate, don't worry, you're not missing much! If you'd like to help us squash these bugs, you can join discord here .

Watch the Announcement Trailer / Dev Vlog here:

Wishlist Now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2659380

Video Summary

This contains spoilers for the video

  • New DLC coming to Hydroneer - Video covers a few features coming in the DLC - 6x the map size - $10 - Releasing April 5th - Separate island with its own progression: Cannot take items/vehicles from main game island. Lava Powered Machines - Water has to be produced from Ice - Ice appears towards the top of a claim, so strategy is involved to keep belts moving - No more tiered drills, tiered stores instead New Glade - Large new town covered by a blue dome - Assist the museum - Rebuild stores to buy better tools - Stores act as the main progression Vehicles - Vehicles are purchased from Mots Island - Requires a ticket from the player-built ticket store to access - Huge Hauler vehicle with a crane - Picks up heavy items that players can't carry: Machines / Vehicles / Buff Stones Buff Stones - Currently un-named, looking for suggestions! - Refined down to produce a stone for masterwork forging - Applies random buffs to tools/machines (Pickaxe dig size/speed, Drill output size/speed) - buffs can also be damaging Changes to Base Game:

    • Better build snapping
    • Better visibility at night/in caves
    • Game file size reduced
    • And more!

Closed Beta

We host our all betas exclusively on Discord. This is due to it being a good platform to receive feedback, report bugs, show bugs to developers via screensharing / video posting / images. These betas are generally full of game-breaking bugs, so if you're not invited to participate, don't worry, you're not missing much! If you'd like to help us squash these bugs, you can join discord here.

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