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Hotfix 0.22.3: Quest for Glory
Balance Changes Lava Del Rey Reduced map spawns by 20%- Time earned by completing a Primary Objective increased from 3 minutes to 4 minutes- Dropship counts reduced significantly We hope some of these changes will ease…
Store4 changes1 numericFix - SWAPMEAT
OMG Insiders: Quest for Glory
Updated: Quest System The team loved writing Carl quests, in fact, Carl began his “life” within Swapmeat as a quest giver! But over time, all the fun quests were not feeling cohesive, and with all the new additions to t…
Event12 changesGameplayBalance - SWAPMEAT
Quest for Glory: Hotfix 0.22.1
Balance Bean minions had their health reduced from 350 to 200 Monolithic heads have 50 more health by default. This should make it easier to keep your head long enough to reach the laser phase Known Issues All of the Ca…
Patch notes4 changes1 numericBalance - SWAPMEAT
Quest for Glory: Update 0.22.0
Introducing Questlines! Play through employee questlines from “Employee Probation” to “Senior Rangus Associate” Each questline has 5 quests with varying rewards. Quest requirements and objectives clearly displayed New c…
Event46 changesFixGameplay - SWAPMEAT
Achievements Achieved: Hotfix 0.21.1
Bug Fixes Fixed a bug that would sometimes revert your weapon upgrades on return to the lobby during a run Fixed a bug that would keep you from swapping cosmetics in the lobby between planets on a run All of the mutatio…
Patch notes5 changesFixGameplay - SWAPMEAT
Achievements Achieved: Update 0.21.0
Features Our first batch of Achievements have landed. This set is primarily focused around successful completion of planets. Ever wonder what that alien you just blasted was all about? The new Enemy Codex lets you brows…
Event91 changes1 numericFix - SWAPMEAT
Hotfix 0.20.2: Carl's Spring Break
Balance Players will level 10-15% faster Insect eggs will now spawn a greater variety of enemies on Casual (i.e. include more Creepers) Reduced total number of spawns to compensate difficulty Reduced damage dealt by Buz…
Patch notes14 changesFixBalance - SWAPMEAT
OMG Insiders: Join us on Carl's Spring Break
Introducing tropical Lava Del Rey! The inspirational start of this map really came from an early version of the Scurvion Alpha waterways, which was much more expansive than it is today. I wanted to expand on that satisf…
Patch notes17 changesMapsGameplay - SWAPMEAT
Swapmeat Developer Livestream
We're going live on Tuesday March 24th, 2pm PT, playing through the latest update to Swapmeat! Join streamer and OMG dev HeySmallz for a co-op run. HeySmallz will tour Swapmeat's hottest new tropical destination, Lava D…
Store2 changesGameplay - SWAPMEAT
Swapmeat is 40% off during the Steam Spring Sale!
During Steam's Spring Sale, Swapmeat is 40% off! Get the Founder's Edition bundle with exclusive Early Access DLC from now until the end of the sale. There's no better time to jump in and play! We just released update 0…
Patch notes1 changeMaps - SWAPMEAT
Hotfix 0.20.1: Carl's Spring Break
#Hotfix 0.20.1 Balance Enemy max health increases half as fast (1% per minute instead of 2%) Zorpjet enemy health cut in half Removed payload event from Barbecuria Bug Fixes Some of the Rocket Heads had tiny collision,…
Patch notes11 changesFixGameplay - SWAPMEAT
Carl's Spring Break: Update 0.20.0
Carl's Spring Break: Update 0.20.0 Dive Deeper, Get Meatier: Our OMG Insiders News Post! Features What better way to celebrate Carl’s Spring Break than with the addition of a brand new, tropical map? Get away from the m…
Event46 changesFixMaps - SWAPMEAT
OMG Insiders: Inside the Rise & Shrine Update
OMG Insiders: Update 0.19.0 Rise & Shrine Looking for the Patch Notes? Read those here. Introducing Shrines We wanted a visually identifiable thing that would draw player's attention. You should pretty clearly know what…
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Rise & Shrine: Update 0.19.0
Shrines Shrines are large monuments found around planets that players can interact with to gain a global Boon (buff), and sometimes are paired with a Curse (debuff), that lasts for a period of time, for the duration of…
Event41 changesFixBalance - SWAPMEAT
Hotfix 0.18.1: Elite Enemies
Bug Fixes On 2025-12-16 we issued the 0.14.0 update in which we called out a new feature – Elite Enemies Golden enemies will now spawn across the map. Killing one of these will drop an Item Container for the player to c…
Store7 changesFixGameplay - SWAPMEAT
Inside the Nuke Kids on the Block update
New Nuke Artifact: Nuke Dukem "I've been itching to get a giant nuke ability in the game for a while now, something that could wipe out an entire prime directive in one swoop. In our previous update we reworked the Ulti…
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