Arctic Update

This months update brings a new monument, the Arctic Research Base, snowmobiles, polar bears, AI update, spray can item, QOL changes and much more!

Arctic Research Base

In this month's update, a new monument has been added. The Arctic Research Base will spawn exclusively in the arctic biome.

Those who are not afraid of the cold winds and frigid temperatures will be able to explore various lab modules and buildings scattered around the base. You will find there a bunch of loot to scavenge, or take a little break to warm yourself next to an electric heater. But most importantly, the Arctic Research Base will spawn snowmobiles.

Keep in mind, however, that scientists won't appreciate your presence and will shoot you on sight.

Snowmobiles

We've added a new vehicle that's only available through a puzzle at the Arctic Base: Snowmobiles.

Snowmobiles take low-grade fuel and have a small storage container on the back. They're fast on snow and sand and slow everywhere else. They drive smoothly even over rough terrain but take some skill to control well. When you find one in an Arctic Base, it'll have 20 fuel ready to go.

A passenger can sit on the back and face any direction, allowing them to shoot to the sides or even directly behind.

POLAR BEARS

You'll now be encountering the polar bear in the arctic biome. The polar bear is the strongest and most hostile animal in the world but yields extra resources when harvested compared to its bear cousin.

The regular bear will no longer be spawning in the arctic and receive slight health and hostile reduction.

AI Update

We've added the ability for scientists to use medical items to heal themselves. Scientists have a chance of spawning with the ability. We've initially enabled this at the new arctic research station and we'll add it to other areas of the game soon.

We've also made some timing, balance and movement tweaks to the scientist AI.

Spraycan

The Spraycan is a new default tool that can be crafted for 100 metal fragments that allows you to reskin items that have been deployed in the world. Instead of having to pick up items and use a Repair Bench, you can simply use RMB while holding a Spraycan to open up the skin options and select a new skin.

You may have seen some further spray functionality on the Staging branch this month, however these features had some issues so we've had to delay them for a future update.

The spraycan can not be used while building blocked.

General QOL

Jarryd spent some time working on some more General QOL features this month, see the changelog for further info or check out some highlights below:

• Tool Cupboard Storage - Added slots for tools in the Tool Cupboard

• Tech Tree Improvements - Show total cost to reach an unlock and show how much scrap is being held

• Auto Walk and Toggle Crouch - Native auto walk keybind and toggle crouch option

• SAM Defender Mode - Added Defender mode to SAM site to defend against MLRS rockets only

• Patrol Helicopter on Map - Show the Patrol Helicopter's current position on the Map

• Mute Menu - Manage your muted players with a new UI

• Wounded Player Looting - No longer kicked out of the inventory when looting wounded players

• Recent Contacts - Contacts can now be