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New Character System [2026-05-07]

New Character System 🐿️ Squirrel Mineral Mastery: Whenever you mine minerals, there is a moderate chance to obtain an extra shard.

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  • Fixes
  • Store
  • Performance
addedNew Character System 🐿️ Squirrel Mineral Mastery: Whenever you mine minerals, there is a moderate chance to obtain an extra shard. Agile Body: When your Hydration level is above 75%, your movement speed is 20% faster than normal. Hoarding Instinct: When collecting wood or stones from the ground, there is a chance to trigger a "double collection" effect. Fear of Heat: When in hot zones, your Hydration level depletes at a faster rate. 🦫 Beaver Five-Star Chef: Starts the game with 25 Red Mushrooms; you will not suffer from hunger during the early game. The Feeder: When feeding a friend, the recipient receives a greater Saturation boost. Food Pack: Food carried on your person or in your backpack spoils more slowly. Light Eater: Has a small appetite; consuming food provides a reduced Saturation boost. 🐺 Wolf King Thick-Skinned: When taking any damage, gain 30% damage reduction. Wolf-Friendly: Taking damage from wolf attacks no longer drains your HP. Emergency Gear: Spawns with a Wooden Spear (subject to a cooldown); you will have an inexhaustible supply of Wooden Spears. Big Eater: Can consume more food than the average person, but also gets hungry faster. 🎩 Magician Midas Touch: When picking up wood or stones from the ground, there is a 10% chance to trigger a 20-second effect—during this time, picking up stones or wood will not cause them to disappear from the ground. Drooling: When fed by a teammate, you receive an additional Hydration boost. Lucky Streak: All probability-based activities receive a slight boost to their success rate. Poison Amplification: When consuming any food item that drains HP, you suffer an additional 20% HP loss.
addedNote: In tomorrow's update, you will be able to use "Oxygen Coins" at the Wardrobe to switch between characters. Character switching is temporarily unavailable in the current version, but rest assured, this will be enabled soon. Remarks: We will continue to add new characters and adjust existing character abilities in future updates. For instance, the "Five-Star Chef" character is planned to receive unique, exclusive recipes in the future.
changedAdjusted the stack limit for all edible items (excluding fish) to 50.
fixedFixed an issue where the "Refined Fishing Rod" could not be crafted; the required crafting materials have been adjusted.
addedAdded a new item: "Ointment." This item allows you to instantly restore 20 HP.
fixedFixed an issue where the Large Furnace would sometimes yield multiple products simultaneously.
  1. New Character System 🐿️ Squirrel Mineral MasteryWhenever you mine minerals, there is a moderate chance to obtain an extra shard. Agile Body: When your Hydration level is above 75%, your movement speed is 20% faster than normal. Hoarding Instinct: When collecting wood or stones from the ground, there is a chance to trigger a "double collection" effect. Fear of Heat: When in hot zones, your Hydration level depletes at a faster rate. 🦫 Beaver Five-Star Chef: Starts the game with 25 Red Mushrooms; you will not suffer from hunger during the early game. The Feeder: When feeding a friend, the recipient receives a greater Saturation boost. Food Pack: Food carried on your person or in your backpack spoils more slowly. Light Eater: Has a small appetite; consuming food provides a reduced Saturation boost. 🐺 Wolf King Thick-Skinned: When taking any damage, gain 30% damage reduction. Wolf-Friendly: Taking damage from wolf attacks no longer drains your HP. Emergency Gear: Spawns with a Wooden Spear (subject to a cooldown); you will have an inexhaustible supply of Wooden Spears. Big Eater: Can consume more food than the average person, but also gets hungry faster. 🎩 Magician Midas Touch: When picking up wood or stones from the ground, there is a 10% chance to trigger a 20-second effect—during this time, picking up stones or wood will not cause them to disappear from the ground. Drooling: When fed by a teammate, you receive an additional Hydration boost. Lucky Streak: All probability-based activities receive a slight boost to their success rate. Poison Amplification: When consuming any food item that drains HP, you suffer an additional 20% HP loss.

Note: In tomorrow's update, you will be able to use "Oxygen Coins" at the Wardrobe to switch between characters. Character switching is temporarily unavailable in the current version, but rest assured, this will be enabled soon. Remarks: We will continue to add new characters and adjust existing character abilities in future updates. For instance, the "Five-Star Chef" character is planned to receive unique, exclusive recipes in the future.

  1. Adjusted the stack limit for all edible items (excluding fish) to 50.

  2. Fixed an issue where the "Refined Fishing Rod" could not be crafted; the required crafting materials have been adjusted.

  3. Added a new item: "Ointment." This item allows you to instantly restore 20 HP.

  4. Fixed an issue where the Large Furnace would sometimes yield multiple products simultaneously.

  5. Fixed an issue where transferring fish using Shift + Left-click would cause the fish's weight attribute to disappear.

  6. Changed the Sandworm's texture to a sandy color to distinguish it more clearly from Earthworms, and removed the setting that allowed it to decay.

**Tomorrow's Plan** 1. Address various potential issues related to multiplayer mode—such as floors failing to render after joining a session, or other synchronization glitches (e.g., inventory items within chests appearing identical to those in the player's backpack). 2. Optimize performance to resolve issues such as lag and sudden crashes. 3. Implement various general quality-of-life improvements. 4. Refine and complete the Character System features introduced in today's update.

**The Day After Tomorrow's Plan** 1. Development of "Oxygen Town" [including a variety of fun and lively content].

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Steam News / 6 May 2026

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