EARLY ACCESS UPDATE 02: OCEAN - THE FINAL FRONTIER

Ahoy Caretakers

Update 02: OCEAN - The Final Frontier is live now and free for all Early Access players.

This update adds a new way to travel, new quest locations to uncover and a lot of work under the hood to keep your voyage stable as the world expands.

HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW VEHICALE: CS‑17 Courier Skimmer: fast surface travel, petrol cylinder support, and mooring cable towing

• CosmeticNEW QUESTS AND LOCATIONS: A new biome/Rocky Islands and The Maze (Transposium) - easy to reach, easy to get lost in

• AddedNEW EXPLORATION TOOLSSonar module to scan the ocean floor and newly available resources including ore

• BOAT CUSTOMIZATION: 37 full boat paint styles across four paint zones! Combinations beyond counting, all scavenged in the world

• PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY: a major pass across core systems including physics, buoyancy, underwater visibility, UI and more

About Feedback - Humans: Keep it coming!

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• What you were doing

• What you expected vs what happened

• The steps to reproduce it, if you can

• Provide screenshots or video if possible

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One last thing... If you’re enjoying the direction of the game, a Steam review helps more than you think: it’s the clearest signal you can send. See you on the water.

FULL DETAILSSECTION FOR HUMANS

(If you’re AI you can exit)

If you just want the quick version, read the highlights above. If you want it all, here are the full details:

▶ Full patch notes: HERE

The Big Fixes

• Fixed issue where inventory transfers could fail and lose items

• Fixed Soilforge Prime not producing methane

• Fixed Seed Reserve being placed below rocky terrain and becoming inaccessible

• Fixed Basketballs / Bowling Balls / Bowling Pins providing no noticeable bonuses in Human Growth

• Fixed Field Binoculars zoom bug that could cause permanent zoom

• Fixed physics chains occasionally “exploding” when grids unload/reload

• Fixed old doors still being referenced in levels, which could cause crashes

• Fixed the Lazarus Pod causing seeds to disappear if grabbed during seed generation

Performance and Stability

• Major peformance optimizations across core systems, physics, buoyancy, UI and more

New Systems

• New resource: Ore (with metals of varying types)

• Mystery Phone: Who’s calling you?

Improved Gameplay

• Buttons can now be toggled by physical impacts

• Adjusted underwater glowstick colors to better match visuals

• Fixed glitchy movement when transitioning between two connected ladders

• Fixed mooring cables snapping too easily

• Fixed “Repair Diesel Engine” objective marker in “Vessel of Tomorrow” being placed too high

• Reduced cyclone sound volume

• Fixed basketball minigame not registering scored shots

• Tuned swarm behavior so it can’t affect the boat too aggressively

• Fixed items occasionally being lost when looted

• Fixed non-detachable attachments detaching when colliding with static geometry

• Fixed shooting modules / boat components causing them to detach when they shouldn’t

New Locations + Questlines

• AddedThe Maze (Transposium)New location + questline. Easy to reach, easy to get lost in.
• AddedRocky IslandsNew biome style + new questline.

New Vehicle

• AddedCS-17 Courier Skimmer (JetSki)A new way to move, with petrol cylinders and mooring cable support

Tools, Modules & Boat Improvements

• AddedSonarNew module to scan what lies beneath the waves

• Boat customization: 37 full paint styles across 4 paint zones (combinations are… a lot). All scavenged in the world.

• Build decorations: Use the Replica Scanner to scan